Warwick, 24 Henry VIII. Francis was the founder of the Sheldons of William Sheldon, ob. Dec. 23, 1570, had issue two sons and four daughters by his marriage with Philippa Heath. Ralph the heir (1537-1613) built the mansion at Weston which became the principal residence of the family after the destruction of the house at Beoley during the Civil War. He also purchased Steeple Barton, co. Oxon. His first wife was Anne, daughter of Sir Robert Throgmorton of Coughton. Catherine who married Edmund Plowden was one of his four sisters. Of his brothers, Fiorenzo, without effect. After the evacua- If the Sheldon pedigree be correct, Catherine must have been much younger than her husband. If, on the other hand, she was the daughter of William Sheldon of Barford Hall, her father died 1517, the same year that her husband Edmund Plowden was born. 6 Perhaps the privately printed Records of the Plowden Family,' by B. M. P., 1874, may throw some light on this question, I have not access to this work nor can I, at the moment, refer to the Plowden pedigree in Foley's Records,' vol. iv. To those using the Brooke pedigree in Nash, I would add one word of caution. By a slip, probably a printer's error, Ralph Sheldon, who succeeded to the estates on the death in 1684 of his cousin the "great Ralph Sheldon," is given as Rcbert, and this mistake has been copied by Dr. Kirk in his Biographies of English Catholics.' Nash in the text of his book correctly describes him as Ralph. RORY FLETCHER. MATTHEW PARIS (12 S. viii. 28, 58).— The passage required is to be found at pp. 279-280 of vol. iv. of the Master of the Rolls' edition-erased in MS. B., but given in MS. C. are p. 598). THE BRITISH IN CORSICA (12 S. viii. 10, 35, 59). According to Clowes's 'History of The prophecies of St. Hildegard the British Navy,' a squadron was sent to printed in Migne, Patrologia latina,' vol. Corsica in 1745, under the command of excvii., pp. 145-382, according to Potthast Com. Thomas Cooper. Bastia was bom-(Bibl. Hist. Medii Aevi," 1896 edition, vol. i. barded for two days, Nov. 17-19, after which Cooper withdrew, two of his ships having suffered somewhat severely. No further details of the expedition are given, and as no mention of it is made in Fortescue's 'History of the British Army,' we may conclude that, so far as the British Army was concerned, it was a purely naval operation. ASKELL (12 S. vii. 409, 513). It might be noted that Lindkirst in his 'Middle English Place Names of Scandinavian Origin '(Upsala, 1912) at f. 173 says the names Asketill, Askell, Eskell-old west Scandinavian-had In September, 1793, Lord Hood des- a wide diffusion in England in O.E. times patched a squadron of five ships from and was one of the most usual Scandinavian Toulon, under Com. Robert Linzee, which names there-Askytel, Askill, Aeskitil, Eskil, VOUCHER = RAILWAY TICKET (12 S. tickets and the numbers are also written in. These particular vouchers were issued at special rates for an excursion on the occasion of a Wesleyan Conference held at Birmingham during the week beginning Aug. 5, 1844. The local paper states that over a thousand persons travelled by the trains. vii. 510; viii. 36).-Two unused first and 39 FIRST CLASS. BRISTOL TO GLOUCESTER. Monday, August 5, 1844. The Bearer must return by the Special Train from Gloucester, at nine o'clock on Tuesday Evening, Aug. 6, or exchange this Ticket and pay 18. at Mr. B. Wellings, Northgate-Street, Gloucester, and return by any of the regular Trains, on Wednesday, August 7. A. T. M. This Ticket must be carefully preserved and produced when required. Paid 6s. 6d. SECOND CLASS. GLOUCESTER, CHELTENHAM, OR TEWKESBURY, TO BIRMINGHAM. 562 The Bearer may return by either of the Trains which leave the Camp-Hill Station, Birmingham, Monday Evening, at Eight o'clock, or Tuesday Afternoon, at Six o'Clock. Paid 58. 6d. A. T. M. This Ticket must be carefully preserved and produced when required. WILLIAM AND RALPH SHELDON (12 S. vii. 466, 516).-While information has been given in regard to the tapestry industry founded at Barcheston by William Sheldon of Beoley, and his identity has been established, his relationship to the Catherine Sheldon who married Edmund Plowden is still unanswered. In the hope that more information may be forthcoming, let me state the difficulty. The question is whether Catherine was the daughter of this William (Sheldon pedigree) or his cousin (Plowden pedigree according to Archdeacon Cameron in the extract quoted by MR. WAINEWRIGHT). The Sheldon pedigree will be found in full detail in Nash's Worcestershire, 1781-99,' having been contributed to that work by J. C. Brooke, Somerset Herald, as an act of gratitude to the memory of the great Ralph Sheldon (1623-84) who gave over 300 MSS. and numerous pedigrees to the College of Arms. Some useful additions are contained in Glazebrook's 'The Heraldry of Worcestershire,' 1873, and in the Sheldon pedigree in vol. v., p. 849, of Foley's Records of the English Province of 66 ROLAND AUSTIN. Of the Society of Jesus.' According to these authorities, Ralph Sheldon who married the heiress of the Rudings and acquired with her land in Beoley, Feckenham, Hanbury and Martin Hussingtree, had six sons. these William, the eldest, of Barford Hall, purchased the Manor of Beoley from Richard Neville, Lord Latimer, in the reign of Edward IV. He was an ardent supporter of the House of York, followed Richard III. to Bosworth and had his estates confiscated by the victorious Henry VII. He died without issue September, 1517, the estates having been restored to him in that year [This is the William that the Plowden pedigree makes father of Catherine.] William's younger brother Ralph eventually succeeded to the Beoley property. He married Philippa, daughter and co-heiress of Baldwin Heath and died September, 1546. Of their issue William the eldest son is the one who established the tapestry works at Barcheston having married as his first wife Mary, daughter and co-heiress of William Willington of Barcheston. He purchased the Manor of Weston iuxta Chiriton, co Warwick, 24 Henry VIII. Francis was the founder of the Sheldons of William Sheldon, ob. Dec. 23, 1570, had issue two sons and four daughters by his marriage with Philippa Heath. Ralph the heir (1537-1613) built the mansion at Weston which became the principal residence of the family after the destruction of the house at Beoley during the Civil War. He also purchased Steeple Barton, co. Oxon. His first wife was Anne, daughter of Sir Robert Throgmorton of Coughton. Catherine who married Edmund Plowden was one of his four sisters. Of his brothers, Fiorenzo, without effect. After the evacuation of Toulon Hood despatched five ships, again under Com. Linzee, with transports containing troops commanded by MajorGeneral David Dundas, the expedition arriving in Mortella Bay on Feb. 7, 1794. The troops consisted of detachments of the following regiments: 2/1st, 11th, 25th, 30th, 50th, 51st (under Lieut.-Col. Moore, afterwards Sir John Moore) and 69th. Later on they were joined by the 18th. San Fiorenzo was taken on Feb. 17, but Bastia, which was next attacked, proved a harder nut to crack. Owing to differences with Lord Hood as to the conduct of the operations Dundas gave up his command, and left on Mar. 11, being succeeded by Col. D'Aubant, of the Engineers, the naval force on shore being under Nelson, then in command of the Agamemnon. Bastia surrendered, owing to want of provisions, in May, and shortly after Charles Stuart arrived and took command of the forces. Calvi was attacked on June, 19, and surrendered after a siege of fifty-one days. It was during these operations that Nelson's eye was injured by some sand or gravel, thrown up by a round shot, the sight of which was eventually lost. The casualties were slight, but the troops suffered terribly from sickness, two-thirds of the force being in hospital at the end of the siege, and the remaining third worn out by their exertions. If the Sheldon pedigree be correct, Catherine must have been much younger than her husband. If, on the other hand, she was the daughter of William Sheldon of Barford Hall, her father died 1517, the same year that her husband Edmund Plowden was born. Perhaps the privately printed Records of the Plowden Family,' by B. M. P., 1874, may throw some light on this question, I have not access to this work nor can I, at the moment, refer to the Plowden pedigree in Foley's 'Records,' vol. iv. To those using the Brooke pedigree in Nash, I would add one word of caution. By a slip, probably a printer's error, Ralph Sheldon, who succeeded to the estates on the death in 1684 of his cousin the "great Ralph Sheldon," is given as Rcbert, and this mistake has been copied by Dr. Kirk in his Biographies of English Catholics.' Nash in the text of his book correctly describes him as Ralph. RORY FLETCHER. MATTHEW PARIS (12 S. viii. 28, 58).— The passage required is to be found at pp. 279-280 of vol. iv. of the Master of the Rolls' edition-erased in MS. B., but given in MS. C. p. 598). are W. A. B. C. BENSLY at ante. p. 50.] [Text of passage has been given by PROF. THE BRITISH IN CORSICA (12 S. viii. 10, 35, 59). According to Clowes's 'History of The prophecies of St. Hildegard the British Navy,' a squadron was sent to printed in Migne, Patrologia latina,' vol. Corsica in 1745, under the command of excvii., pp. 145-382, according to Potthast Com. Thomas Cooper. Bastia was bom-(Bibl. Hist. Medii Aevi," 1896 edition, vol. i. barded for two days, Nov. 17-19, after which Cooper withdrew, two of his ships having suffered somewhat severely. No further details of the expedition are given, and as no mention of it is made in Fortescue's History of the British Army,' we may conclude that, so far as the British Army was concerned, it was a purely naval operation. ASKELL (12 S. vii. 409, 513).-It might be noted that Lindkirst in his 'Middle English Place Names of Scandinavian Origin '(Upsala, 1912) at f. 173 says the names Asketill, Askell, Eskell-old west Scandinavian-had In September, 1793, Lord Hood des- a wide diffusion in England in O.E. times patched a squadron of five ships from and was one of the most usual Scandinavian Toulon, under Com. Robert Linzee, which names there-Askytel, Askill, Aeskitil, Eskil, f. 16. Again, see Munch in his 'Samlede died in 1751 was John Theophilus: the Afhandlinger (G. Storm), vol. iii., 1857, pedigree also gives Thomas's birth-date as 'Names of Norsk origin' f. 126 on Ketil and Jan. 5, 1720/1, and gives the name of his affiliated names Askel, Grimketil, &c. The wife, Mary, dau. of John (F. A. Crisp, 'Visit. A.-S. forms were Oseytel, Grimcytel. Com- of Eng.,' Notes, vol. ii, Shuttleworth pedipare also O. Lygh work on Scandinavian gree, calls him Job) Blackwood of Charlton, Personal Names.' This seems to eliminate Kent. Askulfr-Anskekle, &c., as that name existed in England before the Normans came here. ALEX. C. MOFFAT. "FRANKENSTEIN (12 S. viii. 31).-An instance of this prevalent confusion occurs in the last sentence of the fifth paragraph of chap. xxix. in 1 James Payn's novel 'By Proxy,' first published in 1878. The most satisfactory explanation of the error seems to be that Mrs. Shelley's story is little read, although most people who write have a vague acquaintance with the plot of the same. A. R. BAYLEY. FRIDAY STREET (12 S. vii. 490; viii. 16).— It is remarkable that replying to this query reference has not been made to the late Mr. H.A. Harben's 'Dictionary of London.' 6 THE REV. JOHN THEOPHILUS DESAGULIERS (12 S. v. 318).—It appears from Agnew, Protestant Exiles from France,' (2nd ed.), ii. pp. 89-94, and the pedigree in The Genealogist, vol. v., that John Theophilus Desaguliers, married at Shadwell on Oct. 14, 1712, Joanna, dau. of William Pudsey, Esq. About his three sons referred to in the 'D.N.B.,' there is some discrepancy. Agnew gives (1) John Theophilus, b. Mar. 7, 1715; d. Aug. 19, 1716; (2) John Theophilus, b. Aug. 18, 1718; (3) John Isaac, b. Oct. 17, 1719, a beneficed clergyman in Norfolk, who survived only to 1751; (4) Thomas, b. Feb. 5, 1721, Equerry to George III.; with other details given in 'D.N.B.' According to the pedigree John Isaac, the third son, d. Oct. 31, 1719, and the son who It seems probable on the whole that there were only two sons to survive infancy. It is certain that Thomas was the fourth son (see a note to the pedigree in The Genealogist), and neither authority mentions a son younger than Thomas. J. B. WHITMORE. "Now, THEN— !" (12 S. vii. 469, 512; viii. 17, 38).—Na is paralleled in Slavonic languages by the interjection nu, used as a term of encouragement. For example, Russian, nu shto, "well, what now " ?-Czech, nu dɔbre, Well, now!" FRANCIS P. MARCHANT. 66 My experience of this expression differsfrom that of MR. ARMSTRONG. I know it boys climbing over a garden wall: passeras a warning. For example: two small and they rapidly came back to the footpath, by, wishing to stop them, "Now, then! and decamped. Q. V. KENSINGTON GRAVEL AT VERSAILLES (12 S. viii. 30, 57). That the gravel pits at Kensington were of early date is indicated by two tokens in my cabinet, one a halfpenny issued by Peter Sammon, dated 1667 "in Kinsington Gravel Pits." The other, a halfpenny of Robert Davenporte (undated but of the same period), at Kinsington Gravell Pits." "The Lord Treasurer has had an ugly return of his gravel. "Tis good for us to live in gravelpits [Kensington Gravel Pits was noted for its good air] but not for gravel pits to live in us; a man in this case should leave no stone unturned." H. E. T. REPRESENTATIVE COUNTY LIBRARIES: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE (12 S. viii. 8, 34, 54). There is one aspect of this question which will be abundantly obvious to PUBLIC LIBRARIAN, although, in his position, he could not be expected to refer to it, viz., that private collectors would frequently be placed on the horns of a dilemma, either to run the risk of damage to, or the loss of some of, their treasures as a consequence of lending, or appear churlish by refusing to lend. it is a lamentable fact that few people are For capable of handling books properly. Hence I have no desire to advertise my own fairly large collection of Yorkshire books. In addition to the collection in York Minster Library mentioned by ST. SWITHIN, DR. ROWE may like to know that the Wakefield Public Library has a large collection of local works. If my memory serves me correctly, these were once the property of Charles Skidmore, Esq., who had its contents catalogued by the late C. A. Federer. This catalogue, privately printed, is an extremely useful guide. Mr. W. T. Freemantle's 'Bibliography of Sheffield Books may also be mentioned here, it is a model of what such a work should be, and it is to be hoped that we may see it completed, for as yet it only comes down to the year 1700. E. G. B. EARLY ASCENT OF MONT BLANC (12 S. viii. 30). Henry Humphrey Jackson, who made the thirteenth successful ascent of Mont Blanc, Sept. 4, 1823, was the only son of Henry Jackson of Lewes, Sussex. He was born Feb. 5, 1801, and was admitted to Westminster School, Jan. 10, 1815, where he remained until April, 1819. He matriculated at Oxford from Exeter Coll., June 2, 1819, but appears to have never resided there. I should be glad to ascertain the date of his death. G. F. R. B. It seems not unlikely that the eleventh of Mr. Montagnier's series was John Dunn Gardner, born July 20, 1811, died Jan. 11, 1903. He was educated at Westminster, and was M.P. for Bodmin, 1841-6. He died J.P. for the Isle of Ely, and D.L. for Cambridgeshire. He married: (1) 1847, Mary, dau. of Andrew Lawson, late M.P., of The Hall, Boroughbridge, Yorks; and (2) 1853, Ada, dau. of William Pigott, of Dullingham House, Cambridgeshire. HARMATOPEGOS THE GREEN MAN: ASHBOURNE (12 S. viii. 29). I remember visiting this old country town and remarking what I believe is a unique feature. There is a strange local custom of playing football there in the main all the natives old and young participate. I fancy the sign then gets badly used. What I wish to know is this, why was the house called The Green Man? There are other "publics" of like nomenclature, for example, Leytonstone and Winchmore Hill, Neither of those taverns have any painted figures. M. L. R. BRESLAR. Percy House, Well Street, S. Hackney, E.9. CHARLES PYE, Engraver (12 S. viii. 10). -Charles Pye (not G. Pye) was born in He was apprenticed Birmingham in 1777. to James Heath, the celebrated engraver. of Modern Birmingham, made in an ExcurHe published a very interesting Description sion round the Town in 1818.' In 1808 William Hamper the antiquary writes : "Charles Pye the engraver has returned to Birmingham. He is much improved (witness his plate of Malmesbury Cross in Britton's Antimade drawings of the Birmingham Priory and quities'), and is certainly an able artist. He has Deritend Guild Seals, and will engrave them for me, and as he intends to follow the profession of a draughtsman (for which he is well fitted), in preference to an engraver, I shall find him very useful about Aston Church, its interesting monuments, &c. On Apr. 1, 1852, Pye writes from London to a friend :-- 66 Although my sight still continues very bad, I have managed to put together the coins I promised, and have sent them to you by rail addressed to the Stamp Office." He gives particulars, and says he still has the copper-plates of the octavo edition and would be glad to sell them, but those of the quarto edition he has sold to Sir George Chetwynd, who, he believes, has "left them, together with the coins they illustrated to trustees, and having omitted to mention the subject or intention of the trust, the coins, be deposited in the cellars of his former bankers &c., have been packed in a box, and will now here; where I suppose they will remain unseen and unknown until some future Sir George may feel sufficient interest in the matter to bring them to light again." The writer of the letter containing the above details (signed "J. M., 53 Gough Road, Birmingham ") hopes that the coins may be found. He says he has a small statuette of Pye, and speaks of a private token issued by the latter as a beautiful example of the die-sinker's art. Charles Pye had a younger brother John, who was a far more famous engraver than himself. He was a well-known man, and energetically advocated the admission of engravers to the honours of the Royal |