en, with a few largish spots of a dark brown colour. The nest was
not lined with mud, as is usually the case with a blackbird's, but with
moss and dried grass.

Has the egg of the redwing been ever seen in this situation before?

C. T. A.

Lyndon.

_Earth thrown upon the Coffin_.--Is there anything known respecting the
origin of the ceremony of throwing earth upon the coffin at funerals? The
following note is from a little German tale, _Die Richtensteiner_, by Van
der Velde, a tale of the time of the Thirty Years' war. Whether the
ceremony is still performed in Germany as there described, I do not know.

"Darauf warfen, nach der alten, frommen Sitte, zum letzten Lebewohl,
der Wittwer, und die Waisen drei Haende voll Erde auf den Sarg hinunter
... Alle Zuschauer drangten sich nur um das Grab ... und aus hundert
Haenden flog die Erde hinab auf den Sarg."

J. M. (4.)

_Family of Rowe_.--Lysons, in his work _Environs of London_, gives an
extract from the will of Sir Thomas Rowe, of Hackney, and, as his
authority, says in a note:--

"_Extracts of Wills in the Prerogative Office_, by E. Rowe Mores, Esq.,
in the possession of Th. Astle, Esq., F.R.A.S."

Can any of your numerous readers inform me in whose possession the above
now is? And whether, wherever it is, it is open to inspection?

TEE BEE.

_Portus Canum_.--Erim, one of the biographers of Becket, states that the
archbishop's murderers {409} (_S. Thom. Cantuar_., ed. Giles, vol. i. p.
65.), having crossed from France, landed at _Portus Canum_. It has been
conjectured that this means Hythe, which is close to Saltwood Castle, where
the knights were received by Ranulph de Broc (_English Review_, December,
1846, p. 410.). Is the conjecture right? I believe Hasted does not notice
the name.

J. C. R.

_Arms of Sir John Davies_.--Can any of your correspondents inform me what
were the arms, crest, and motto (if any), borne by Sir John Davies, the
eminent lawyer and poet? In a collection which I have made of the armorial
bearings of the families of Davies, Davis, and Davys, amounting to more
than fifty distinct coats, there occur the arms of _three_ Sir John Davies
or Davys, but there is nothing to distinguish which of them was _the_ Sir
John.

LLAW GYFFES.

_William Penn_.--Will MR. HEPWORTH DIXON, or some of your correspondents,
be so good as to send a reply to this Query?

What was the name, and whose daughter was the lady to whom W