_John Goldesborough_ (Vol. v., p. 294.).--John Goldesborough, or Goldesburgh, was born 18th October, 1568, studied at Oxford, and went thence to the Middle Temple, where he was called to the Bar. In or about 1613 he was constituted Second Prothonotary of the Common Pleas, which office he held till his death, 9th October, 1618. He was buried in the Temple Church, where there is, or was, a monumental brass to his memory, having thereon his and his wife's effigies, with an inscription in English. His Reports were printed several years after his death. (Wood's _Athenæ Oxonienses_, i. 293. 369.; Dugdale's _Origines Juridiciales_, 63. 178.; _Bibliotheca Legum Angliæ_, i. 236. 242., ii. 213.; _Reports of Deputy Keeper of Public Records, Second Report, Appendix_, ii. p. 73.; _Fourth Report, Appendix_, ii. p. 37.) C. H. COOPER. Cambridge. _Corrupted Names of Places_ (Vol. v., p. 285.).--I beg to offer a few additions to mispronounced names of places: Rampisham Dorset Ransom Beaminster Do. Bemmister Portisham Do. Possum Portishead Somerset Posset. In Sussex the names of places ending in _ly_ are pronounced with the accent on the last syllable; _e.g._ West Hoath_ly_, Helling_ly_, &c. In Gloucestershire, a place written Newland is unexpectedly called Newlànd. C. W. B. My memory enables me to make the following small additions to the list of "Popular Dialects" requested by your correspondent P. M. M. The names of the towns are derived exclusively from my native county, Essex: Spelling. Pronunciation. Bradwell Bradell Brentwood Burnt'ood Brightlingsea Bricklesea Chelmsford Chensford Coggeshall Cockshall Colchester Cou'chester Davenham Dagnum Kelvedon Kelldon Margaretting Margretten Mersy Island Masy Island Mount Nissing Money's End Toulleshunt Darcy Toussent Darcy. M. W. B. _Story of Ginevra_ (Vol. v., pp. 129. 209.).--Bramshall, Hants (of which there are some views in Nash's _Mansions_), claims to be connected with a Ginevra tradition, so that Rogers seems to be justified in stating that "many" old houses in this country do so. P. P. _Ornamental Hermits_ (Vol. v., pp. 123. 207.).--FLORENCE must be in error as to the locality of one of her hermits. There is no place called Marcham in Lancashire, nor any resident family of Powyss. The late Lord Lilford certainly married a Lancashire heiress in 1797, and became possessed of property near Warrington. Whether he had a hermit, I cannot say but I never heard of a hermit in the Preston neighbourhood. P. P.