A Watson appears to have married one of these refugees towards the end of the eigh. teenth century—perhaps about 1790. Can any reader also tell me where I can find the pedigree of this family? Their pedigree to the present day would interest me particularly. G. D. McGRIGOR. GORDON A JACOBITE BANKER AT BOULOGNE. In March, 1723, Lord Carteret, Secretary for the South, got hold of a sus picious letter which was to have been conveyed to M. Gordon, banker at Boulogne, by Roger Garth of Hammersmith, skipper of the sloop Dove. Garth said he knew Gordon and suspected him of being a Jacobite agent. Does any reader know who this Gordon was? I think it was Alexander, and that he was the son of William Gordon, the Jacobite banker at Paris, who figures so largely in the Stuart Papers.' J. M. BULLOCH. 37 Bedford Square, W.C.1. 6 famous translator, the Rev. Edward Samuel, But the name of the author has never been put on the title-page, and we in Wales are led to believe, by our literary historians, that the name is not known. Is this so? Looking through an old book list the other day I came across the names of these seven books by the learned and pious Author of The Whole Duty of Man' (1) 'The Duty of Man'; (2) The Causes of Decay of Christian Piety'; (3) The Gentleman's Calling; (4) The Lady's Calling'; (5) The Government of the Tongue'; (6) Art of Contentment'; (7) The Lively Oracles given to us.' This book list was issued at Oxford in 1730, but I find practically the same list issued by Edward Pawlett,. Chancery Lane, near Fleet Street," in 1667. Besides the above, the two book lists referred to also have 'The Whole Duty of Man put into significant Latin for the use of Schools." 66 9 66 Is the name of the author of all these books quite unknown and to remain so? T. LLECHID JONES. UNCOLLECTED KIPLING ITEMS: WITH NUMBER THREE' SURGICAL AND MEDICAL.'-At 11 S. ix. 309 the following is stated by J. R. H. :— Among the stories of the Boer War which appeared in 1900 in The Daily Express were two not given by MR. YOUNG: With Number Three' (four issues of the paper), 'Surgical and Medical' (two issues)." We desire for bibliographical purposes to locate these more exactly. The editor of The Daily Express has been unable to trace them, and a search at the British Museum has failed. If any reader can furnish us with dates of publication we shall' be obliged, B. F. STEVENS & BROWN. 4 Trafalgar Square, W.C.2. HECTOR BOECE'S 'HISTORY OF SCOTLAND: BELLENDEN'S TRANSLATION.-Dr. R. W. Chambers and I have undertaken Bellenden's translation of Hector Boece's for the Scottish Text Society an edition of 'History of Scotland.' The manuscript which will be used as the basis of this edition is the Auchinleck Manuscript,' which is now in the library of University College, London, and which was formerly in the libraries of James Boswell and the library of the Earl of Kinnoull. one Six other manuscripts are known in the library of the Marquis of Bath at Longleat; 8 second in the Advocates. Library, Edinburgh; a third in the library the Pierpont Morgan Library, and the others, probably copies of the printed text, in the possession of Dr. George Neilson and Mr. Brown of Glasgow. We are anxious to ascertain whether any other manuscripts of Bellenden are known to exist, and should be very much obliged if you could find room for this inquiry in 'N. & Q.', in order that any readers who know of manuscripts of Bellenden may communicate with us at University College, London. WALTER D. SETON. University College Hall, Ealing, W. been the same in the early eighteenth century. Was the above coat granted to a common ancestor of all three families, and if so which is the senior branch of the three? Sir Robert himself was not the ancestor. LEBEL. HALLOWEEN.-Can any reader kindly give particulars, or direct to sources of information concerning the old superstition that on the night of Hallowe'en the apparitions of those persons who are to die in the course of the year always appear in the churchyard of the place where they dwell? (Rev.) H. CHAPMAN. The Vicarage, Forest Gate, E.7. HARRIS FAMILY OF ESSEX (Southminster, Creeksea, Woodham-Mortimor and Maldon). Can any one kindly give information (1) as to where the second wife of Sir Arthur JAMES.-The Rt. Rev. William James, Harris of Creeksea, Anne Salter, widow of Master of University College, Oxford, 1572, Sir Henry Bowyer, and her son Salter Dean of Christ Church, 1584, Dean of Harris, were buried. Sir Arthur was buried Durham, 1596, and Bishop of Durham, in 1632 at Creeksea, and his eldest son Sir 1606-17, married as his third wife Isabel, Cranmer Harris in 1674 at Woodham-widow of Robert Atkinson, Alderman of Mortimor, and (2) what family bore the Newcastle. Who were the parents of Isabel? coat of Argent, guttée de larmes, usually When was the bishop born? blazoned 3, 2, 3, but also 4, 3, 2, 1, quartered with that of Harris in the seventeenth century. H. C. FANSHAWE. BATMANSON [OR BATMISON] OLIVER, of Gilligate, near the city of Durham, landowner in West Auckland, co. Durham; over whose estates there were suits in the Durham Chancery Court on Feb. 19, 1619, J. W. F. CLERGYMEN AT WATERLOO.-It is said that there were eight clergymen present at the battle of Waterloo. What were their names, and what is known of them? J. W. F. SIR ROBERT BELL OF BEAUPRÉ, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, bore for arms, Sa., a fess ermine between three church bells arg. In the earlier editions of Burke's Landed Gentry' the family of Bell of Woolsington are shewn as possessing the same arms; while from a "trick" to be seen in Warburton's MSS. in the Lansdown Collection at the British Museum, the arms H. PIRIE-GORDON. 20 Warwick Gardens, Kensington, W.14. SCANDINAVIA, ICELAND, FINLAND: BIBLIOGRAPHY WANTED.-I am compiling a list of books in English relating to Scandinavia, Iceland and Finland and should be glad if any of your readers would write to me and suggest the names of books of travel in these countries or of works dealing with their customs, folk-lore, history and literature. HERBERT WRIGHT. University College, Bangor. T. FORSTER, M.B.-Can any of your readers refer me to further data concerning T. Forster, M.B., Corpus Christi Coll., Cambridge, who revised and edited The Perennial Calender, published London (Harding, Mavor & Lepard), 1824; and inform me who was Philostratus," who wrote Fides Catholica,' apparently during the life-time of Malthus? MORE ADEY. CHARLES PARKER is described in the 'Concertatio Ecclesiæ' as "nobilis sacerdos, exul, doctor theologiæ, et frater Baronis de Morleio, electus episcopus.' The 'D.N.B.' (xliii. 239) says that he was born Jan. 28, 1537, and was a younger brother of Henry, ninth Lord Morley. From Gough's 'Sepulchral Monuments,' vol. i. p. 216, it appears that Charles Parker de Morley in the year 1590, being the thirtieth year of his exile for the Catholic faith, put up a monument to Lionel of Ant Edward III., from whom he claimed descent, "in the nave of the church of St. Austin's monastry" at Pavia. I have been unable to ascertain what is the church at Pavia to which allusion is made. Gough goes on to state that "Charles Parker was titular bishop of Man, and retired hither from England in Queen Elizabeth's reign," but as Bishop of Sodor and Man he is not recognized either by Gams or by Eubel, and he was not an "electus episcopus this or any other English see when Queen Mary died. to ROGER O'SHAUGNESSY: LETTERS WANTED -In his 'Historical Portraits of the Tudor Period,' vol. iv. page 39, the author (S. Hubert Burke) quotes from the Letters of the Rev. Roger O'Shaughnessy-on the Dominican fathers and the English Reformers, printed at Brussells, 1601.' May I ask whether any reader can say where a copy of these letters exists? 66 ALPHA. 'COCKAGEE": "CYPRESS : WINES OR LIQUEURS.-In clearing out the wine cellar He became rector of Great Parndon, here the other day, a number of labels were Essex, and Swanton Morley, Norfolk, in found at the back of a bin. They are of 1558, and absented himself from the visita- earthenware with a white glaze and the tion of 1559, but was not succeeded in his names, in fine bold characters, are printed livings till 1571. He was studying in Paris over the glaze. They are mostly Port," in February, 1561 (Cal. S.P., Span.' Eliz.," Burgundy," &c., but amongst the names vol. i. p. 184), and it is possible that he took are two with which I am entirely unfamiliar. the degree of S.T.D. there. In 1572 he was These are Cockagee" and Cypress.' living at Louvain and in 1581 at Milan. It Were they wines, liqueurs, or cordials? is not known when Charles Parker retired to "St. Austin's monastry at Pavia, where, as Gough says, "he erected other monuments in the adjoining cloister for Francis, Prince of Lorraine, and for Richard de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, who was killed on the French side at the battle of Pavia " in 1525. Are these monuments still extant? When and where did Charles Parker die ? JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT. VENABLES.-Peter Venables, b. circa 1649, m. [licence July 30, 1709] at the age of 60 Sarah Roberts [b. 1690, d. Feb. 25, 1713]. He d. Aug. 7, 1720, and both were buried at Tewkesbury Abbey. Was Peter a son of Peter Venables of Kinderton who had issue (unnamed in the Visitation of Cheshire,' 1613) by his first two wives, Mary, dau. of Sir Richard Wilbraham of Woodhey, Bt., and Frances, natural dau. of Robert Cholmondeley, Earl of Leinster ? If so, by which wife? Is it possible to establish the parentage of Sarah Roberts? H. PIRIE-GORDON. CISTERCIAN BUILDINGS.-In The Yorkshire Archæological Journal, vol. xv. p. 245, there are three chapters on the Cistercian Order contributed by Mr. J. T. Micklethwaite. In a note at the end he says that he hopes before long to write two more chapters, viz., on the Decay of the Rule and on the Cistercian Buildings. Will someone tell me if these chapters were ever written, and if so, be kind enough to let me have the reference? H. P. HART. 66 The N.E.D.' does not help me, nor the Century Dictionary,' nor Barry's History of Wines,' 1775, nor other books on the subject which I have consulted. The house is an old one, probably built one hundred and twenty years ago, or even E. T. BALDWIN. more. 1 Gloucester Place, W. 66 SARAH'S COFFEE-HOUSE.-In the Court several editions of it. I had one in my Book' of the East India Company hand lately, date 1677. I have been told (vol. xxxvii.A, p. 167) is the following entry, that the second edition of Hocus Pocus' under date Jan. 31, 1698-9: Ordred That came out about 1634. a Bill of 21. 5s. 6d. from Sarah's Coffee-house for Tea and Coffee at Mercers hall....be paid." Ye might have seen the frothy billows fry I should much like to be able to prove that | The Moorlands, Woldingham, Surrey. 66 I should be very pleased with a speedy answer, as the information is needed immediately. Please reply direct. R. EVANS. 37 Ponsonby Buildings, Charles Street, Blackfriars, S.E. HENRY CODDINGTON.-The improver of the microscope, after whom the Coddington Dr. Batten of Haileybury College and died lens was named, married a daughter of 1845. What is known of his ancestry? J. S. L. LOUIS DE BOULLONGNE, THE YOUNGER, 1654-1733.—Can any of your readers give me information as to four pictures painted by this artist: The Four Elements: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water' ? These pictures were engraved, two by Dupuis and two by Desplaces, and the engravings are well CAVALIER OFFICERS.—In Nicholl's 'Col-known; but what I want to find out is lectania Topographica and Genealogica is where the original pictures now are. a copy of a list of The Names of the Indigent Officers certifyed out of the County of Edinburgh. Salop by his Majesty's Commissioners appointed by Act of Parliament for that purpose." These lists were ordered by the Act (14 Cav. 2, c. 8) to be sent by the Commissioners to London for the purpose of having the grant made by the Act allotted to the various counties. So far inquiries at the Public Record Office have not enabled me to trace any more of these lists. Can any of your readers tell me where' any of them are to be found? J. B. W. 'Hocus Pocus : 'A RICH GIFT.'-Could any one tell me the date of the first edition of Hocus Pocus,' by White, and also the date of first edition of A Rich Gift'? The last work deals in conjuring and curious matter. I was told by one of the gentlemen at the British Museum that they did not possess a copy of A Rich Gift.' This I ENGLISH VERSION OF QUOTATION WANTED. Can any of your readers furnish me with the popular accredited version of the following Latin acrostic? Nitimur in vanum, daut auri pondera nomen LORD BOWEN REFERENCE TO DANIEL IN THE LIONS DEN.-I shall be greatly obliged if any reader could direct me to the record of the late Lord Bowen's life history where I could see the speech he made at some dinner in which he referred to Daniel in the lions' den, and, I think, said that the historian was to be congratulated in the fact that "he was spared the necessity of an after dinner speech or some such remark. Replies. HENRY WASHINGTON. (12 S. vi. 290.) AN ENGLISH ARMY LIST OF 1740. (12 S. ii. 3, 43, 75, 84, 122, 129, 151, 163, 191, 204, 229, 243, 272, 282, 311, 324, 353, 364, 391, 402, 431, 443, 473, 482, 512, 524; iii. 11, 46, 71, 103, 132, 190, 217, 234, 267, 304.) 3rd Foot Guards (12 S. ii. 165, 231; v. 270; vi. 17.) Daniel Jones, app. captain-lieutenant and lieutenant-colonel, Nov. 7, 1759; captain and lieutenant-colonel, Sept. 1, 1760; second major, Nov. 3, 1769; first major (and brevetcolonel), April 18, 1770; lieutenant-colonel of the regiment, Feb. 22, 1775, till 1777; major-general, Aug. 29, 1777; lieutenantgeneral, Feb. 19, 1779; colonel 2nd Foot, Aug. 7, 1777, till he d. Nov. 18, 1793. Edward A'Court, brother to William (12 S. ii. 165), and 4th son of Pierce A'Court, M.P., was a captain in De Grangue's (new) 60th Foot, Jan. 27, 1741, till he d. in Ireland, December, 1745. THE autograph in Chaucer's Works, now in the possession of SIR HERBERT MAXWELL is most likely that of Henry Washington who married on Oct. 7, 1689, Eleanor Harrison of South Cave, Yorks. By this marriage Henry Washington ultimately became lord of the manor of South Cave and he had four daughters and two sons. Susanna was born at South Cave in 1694 and died the same year; Elizabeth was baptised at the same place in 1696; Anne married John Idell, who obtained the manor of South Cave in 1719; the elder son, Richard Washington, was in 1710 living in London. His son William and his daughter Mary are only mentioned in his will. According to William Lindsay, lieutenant and captain some Chancery Proceedings at the Public in the regiment, March, 1744, d. Nov. 1745. Record Office (Whittington, Easter, 1700, Hon. John Maitland, lieutenant and No. 254) Henry Washington was nephew captain, September, 1743; wounded at to Katharine, wife of John Arthur of Fontenoy; third and youngest son of 5th Doncaster, gent. he was her half-sister's Earl of Lauderdale; was the Capt. John son. He occurs again in other Chancery Maitland who was a Gentleman Usher, proceedings (Whittington, Michaelmas and Quarterly Waiter (1007.), to the Princess of Hil., 1707, No. 305), where he is described | Wales, 1736, till 1753 or 1754. as of Lincoln's Inn, gent. He was then the John Maitland appointed captain of acting on behalf of Elizabeth Gellott, who the Independent Company of Invalids doing before her marriage with Stephen Gellott duty at Landguard Fort, December, 1753, was Elizabeth Washington, one of the four till Nov. 8, 1756. daughters of Col. Henry Washington, the gallant defender of Worcester in the Civil War. " Henry Washington's will (Tenison 248), dated Oct. 6, 1717, mentions his wife Eleanor, his manor of South Cave, his three younger children Anne, William and Mary, his trusty friend George Washington of Covent Garden, apothecary, his house in Cookham, Berks. The will was proved by Eleanor Washington, widow, on Dec. 15, 1718. Her burial entry "Mrs. Elienora Washington, widow," occurs on June 9, 1735, in the parish church_register_of_Redgrave, co. Suffolk. SIR HERBERT MAXWELL, if he likes, can have a copy of Henry Washington's pedigree connecting him with the Flemings of Rydal and the Earl of Lonsdale. T. PAPE. James Leslie d. March, 1745. He was and Montagu Blomer, lieutenant and captain, January, 1744 ; captain-lieutenant lieutenant-colonel, Aug. 27, 1753; captain and lieutenant-colonel, Dec. 24, 1755; left 1765; brevet - colonel, Feb. 19, 1762; d. September or October, 1772. Presumably the Montagu Blomer who matriculated from Christ Church, Oxford, May 26, 1726, aged 17, as son of Ralph Blomer of Canterbury, doctor." His kinsman Dr. Thomas Blomer d. Jan. 29, 1764, aged 85, Vicar of Lavington, and for thirty years Chaplain to George II. (Gent. Mag.). Richard Lyttelton of Little Ealing, Middlesex, fifth but third surviving son of Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 4th Bart., M.P., of Frankley, co. Worcester, was a Page of Honour to Queen Caroline in 1734 till 1737; captain in Jeffreys's 10th Marines, Jan. 27, 1741; brevet lieutenant-colonel April 11, |