_Compositions during the Protectorate_ (Vol. iv., pp. 406. 490.).--W. H. L. suspects that there is an error in the list of these compositions for Lincolnshire, as given in Oldfield's _History of Wainfleet_, and asks, "Where is there any account or list of these?" H. F. refers W. H. L. to a small volume entitled _A Catalogue of the Lords, Knights, and Gentlemen that have compounded for their Estates_. London, 1655. I have compared Oldfield's list with the reprint of the _Catalogue_ (Chester, 1733), and find that, with some slight exceptions, they agree. Oldfield, however, omits the following compositions for Lincolnshire: £ _s._ _d._ "Benson, Clement, of North Kelsey, Gent. 120 0 0 Burcroft, Thomas, late of Waltham, _pro_ Frances and Jane, his sisters 70 0 0 Dalton, John, late of Barton on _Humber_ 46 0 0 Fines, Morris, of Christhead (Kirkstead) 50 0 0 Leesing, Thomas, of North Somercotes 12 7 6 Monson, Sir John, of South Carleton 2642 0 0 Moore, Alexander, of Grantham 350 0 0 Manson, Sir John, Jun., of North Thorpe 133 0 0 Thorold, Joseph, of Boston, Gent. 96 0 0 Whichcoat, Edward, of Bishop's Norton, Esq., with 50_l._ per annum settled 513 0 0." There are also a few discrepancies in the amounts of the compositions, but none of any importance. Roger Adams, the publisher of the edition of the _Catalogue_ printed at Chester in 1733, says, in the preliminary address to his subscribers, that-- "The Catalogue was printed five years before the miserable scene of oppression (by sequestration) closed. To supply the defects of it, I apply'd many ways, first to _Goldsmith's Hall_, where I was told the latter sequestrations were generally imposed; but the haste my friend was in, and some discouragements he met with, rendered this application unsuccessful." The error which W. H. L. suspects in Oldfield's list, may probably be corrected by application at Goldsmith's Hall. P. T. I was aware of the work, _A Catalogue, &c._, which contains also the error alluded to at p. 406. Will H. F. be so obliging as to say from what materials that work was compiled, and how the whole business of the compositions was managed? Some part of it was carried on at Goldsmith's Hall. Evelyn probably alludes to the compositions at p. 311. of vol. i. of his _Diary_, edition of 1850. W. H. L. Miscellaneous. NOTES ON BOOKS, SALES, CATALOGUES, ETC.