In the King's Bench, in certain cases, any other plaintiff could declare by the bye against the defendant, and that even before the original plaintiffs had declared. See Crompton's _Practice Common-placed_, 2nd ed., 1783, vol. i. p. 100. _The Doctor_ (in chap. cx.) says-- "By the bye, which is the same thing, in common parlance, as by the way, though critically there may seem to be a difference; for by the bye might seem to denote a collateral remark, and by the way a direct one." By the bye, what a pity it is there is no Index to _The Doctor_. C. H. COOPER. Cambridge, March 24, 1851. * * * * * _Bigod de Loges_ (Vol. iii., p. 306.).--There is an error, perhaps a clerical one, in M. J. T.'s statement, that "Bigod, whose name was attached to the charter of foundation of St. Werburgh's Abbey, is elsewhere, according to Ormerod, called Robert." The remark is by Leycester, not Ormerod, and the purport is exactly the converse. To the words "Signum Roberti de Loges" is added, "alii Bigot de Loges hic legunt." Vide _Monasticon_, pars I., pp. 200. 202. This passage will be found in Leycester's _Antiquities_, p. 111., reprinted in _Hist. Chesh._, vol. i. p. 13. But Leycester's _Prolegomena_ is the heading, and the initials "P. L." are appended to the note. LANCASTRIENSIS. * * * * * _Knebsend or Nebsend, co. York_ (Vol. iii., p. 263.).--A part of Sheffield is called Neepsend, which is probably the place inquired after by J. N. C., especially as the ordinary pronunciation of it is _Nep_send. J. EASTWOOD. * * * * * _Mrs. Catherine Barton_ (Vol. iii., p. 328.).--Your correspondent will find all that is known in Sir David Brewster's _Life of Newton_, and will see (p. 323.) that her maiden name must have been either Smith, Pilkington, or Barton itself. M. * * * * * _Peter Sterry_ (Vol. iii., p. 38.).--In the title-page to his sermon, preached before the Parliament, Nov. 1, 1649 (Lond. 1650, 4to.), Sterry is called "sometime Fellow of Emanuel College, Cambridge; now a Preacher of the Gospel in London." Some account of him may be seen in Burnet's _History of his own Time_; and in the _Memoirs of Edmund Ludlow_. Wood says that Peter Sterry was notorious "for keeping on that side which had proved trump" (_Athenæ_, iii. 197., edit. Bliss). EDWARD F. RIMBAULT. * * * * *