Is not the bell-tower at Hackney detached from the church? I do not remember that it has been yet named by your correspondents.
B. H. C.
Christian Names (Vol. vii., pp. 406. 626.).—On the name of Besilius Fetiplace, Sheriff of Berkshire, in 26 Elizabeth, Fuller remarks,—
"Some may colourably mistake it for Basilius or Basil, whereas indeed it is Besil, a surname.... Reader, I am confident an instance can hardly be produced of a surname made Christian, in England, save since the Reformation; before which time the priests were scrupulous to admit any at font, except they were baptised with the name of a Scripture or legendary saint. Since, it hath been common; and although the Lord Coke was pleased to say he had noted many of them prove unfortunate, yet the good success in others confutes the general truth of the observation."—Worthies, vol. i. pp. 159, 160., edit. Nuttall.
J. C. R.
Lord C. of Ireland, which Mr. William Bates guesses to be Lord Castlereagh, was Lord Clare, Chancellor of Ireland, who used also to call men
with three names by a term opprobrious among the Romans: "Homines trium literarum."
C.
Hogarth's Pictures (Vol. vii. passim).—One of the correspondents of "N. & Q." inquires where he could see some pictures from this great artist. May I ask if he is aware of the three very fine large paintings in the Church of St. Mary, Redcliffe, Bristol? which I am told will shortly be sold.
Bristoliensis.