x, in which was kept the tar composition used for anointing sheep. Can
anybody suggest another solution of the meaning of this expression?

HENRY T. RILEY.

_De Gurney Pedigree._--Can any of your readers inform me whether the
following pedigree is correct, so far as it goes?

1170. Robert Fitzhardinge = Eva.
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Maurice Robert = Hawisia de Gurney.
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1230. Maurice = Alice de Henry.[1] Matthew =
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1269. Robert de Gurney.[2]

Who was the father of Simon de Gaunt, Bishop of Salisbury in 1300?

E. W. GODWIN.

[Footnote 1: First Master of the Hospital of St. Mark in Bristol.]

[Footnote 2: Heir to Maurice, his uncle.]

"[Greek: Pistis]," _unde deriv._--Scapula and Hederic both give [Greek:
peitho] as the root; but by what process is [Greek: pistis] so obtained?
What objection is there to taking [Greek: histemi] as the root? whence
[Greek: ephistamai, epistas, pistos]. No doubt one of your learned readers
will kindly aid the inquiry.

[Psi].

_Snush._--When did this name cease to be used for _snuff?_ I think I have
met with it as late as the reign of Queen Anne. I believe the Scotch call
snuff _snish_, or _snishen_.

HENRY. T. RILEY.

_John Bale, Bishop of Ossory._--A _complete_ list of the works of this
voluminous writer, giving the titles in full, will be thankfully
acknowledged; also any facts as to his life, not generally known. There is
a very imperfect list of Bale's _Works_ given in Harris's _Ware's Bishops_,
and most of the Biographical Dictionaries.

JAMES GRAVES.

Kilkenny.

_Proxies for absent Sponsors._--Can any of your readers mention earlier
instances than the following of the attendance of proxies on behalf of
absent sponsors?

"My daughter, Elizabeth Burrell, was born on Thursday, 25th June, 1696
... She was baptized on Monday, 15th February. My brother, P. Burrell
(by Wm. Board, Esq.), Godfather, my Lady Gee (by my sister Parker), and
my niece Jane Burrell, Godmothers."--"Extracts from the Journal and
Account-Book of Timothy Burrell, Esq., Barrister-