Volume 3 — Replies. (continued 2)

—In reference to the subject of the name "Vineyard" being still applied to certain places in England, it may be curious to note that the little village of Fingest, on the borders of Oxon and Bucks, was formerly called Vingest; and a farm in the same parish, now known as the Fineing, appears on an old tablet in the church as "the Vineing." I should add that the country around is full of steep sunny slopes; and would be, in a warmer climate admirably adapted for vines.

G. R. M.

Legend represented in Frettenham Church (Vol. iii, p. 407.).

—Your Cambridge correspondent C. J. E. will do well to refer to the Acta Sanctorum of the Bollandists, "June 25, St. Eloy,"—or to any of the numerous biographical notices of that saint, so dear to the French, especially to the Limousins; and he will find, if not the identical legend represented in Frettenham Church, the one which probably suggested it.

A. B.

Family of Rowe (Vol. iii., p. 408.).

—In answer to the inquiry of TEE BEE, I beg to refer him to vol. iii. No. 10., pages 225. to 231. of the Antiquarian Repertory, where he will find the will of Sir Thomas Rowe of the 2d May, 1569; of his wife Dame Sarah Rowe of the 21st March, 1579; and of Sir Thomas Rowe of Woodford. They were communicated to the publishers by T. Astle, Esq., as well worthy of publication, and containing many pious and charitable bequests, particular directions for their funerals, and the price of wearing apparel in the reign of Queen Elizabeth.

I have been unable to learn in whose possession the original "MS. Extracts of Wills" now remain.

J. R. D. T.