the sepulchral chest) were seized. In parish church; a large slab which once January, 1836, a public auction took place, covered his remains is still there. Sir and the chest containing the bones was actually presented to the auctioneer, 'for him to put them up for sale." The humanitarian feelings of the auctioneer, however, revolted, and he refused to recognize the remains as saleable. The facts were duly reported in Court to the Lord Chancellor, who declined to regard the remains as part of the estate, or to make any order relating thereto. In 1839 the receivership ended; and in March, 1844, the person who had acted as official receiver transferred the remains to a Mr. Tilley, 13, Bedford Square, London, in whose custody they were in 1846, when the pamphlet before me was written. What became of the remains subsequently is not clear. I have recently heard that Dr. Stanton Coit possesses part of the skull, but I have not verified the report. Wherever they be, it is to be hoped that they rest in peace. Of the identity of the sepulchral fragment there can, on the other hand, be no reasonable doubt. JAMES M. Dow. 16A, Abercromby Square, Liverpool. THE YELVERTONS OF EASTON MAUDIT.— -In the recent memoir of Thomas Percy, Bishop of Dromore, entitled 'Percy, Prelate and Poet,' by Miss Alice Gaussen, one is rather surprised to find so little mention made of the village of Easton Maudit, Northamptonshire, where he spent some of the best years of his life. It was at that time the residence of a family of distinction in legal annals-the Yelvertons, then Earls of Sussex. The theory has often been put forward that climate, food, and soil have much to do in influencing the life of any one, and this view is adopted by Buckle in his 'History of Civilization.' The Yelvertons were originally a Norfolk family, and possessed large estates in that county in the reign of James I. Sir Christopher Yelverton acquired by purchase the estate of Easton Maudit, in Northamptonshire, and was Speaker of the House of Commons as well as judge. He died at Easton Maudit in 1607. His son and successor Henry was Solicitor-General in 1613, Attorney-General in 1617, and died in 1629. His son, Sir Christopher, the first baronet, died in 1654, and Sir Henry, the second baronet, in 1676. When resident at Easton Maudit, Thomas Morton, Bishop of Durham, filled the comparatively humble office of tutor in the Yelverton family, and, dying there in 1659, found a grave in the Henry, the third baronet, was advanced to the dignity of Viscount Longueville in 1690, and died in 1714. Oldys records some amusing anecdotes of Barbara, Lady Longueville, his wife, who died in 1763, aged nearly 100. She remembered Dryden and Edmund Waller, and had a strong hereditary attachment to the house of Stuart. The second Viscount was advanced in 1717 to the Earldom of Sussex, and died in 1730. Two of his sons succeeded him, the last, Henry Yelverton, dying in 1799. The members of this family are all buried in a chapel on the north side of the altar in the church, but the hall in which they resided has been razed to the ground, and of it not a vestige remains. The north aisle is literally filled with monuments of the family, and their heraldic bearings. A chief gules, three lions passant, are conspicuous. The barony of Grey de Ruthyn vested in them has descended until late years. The vicarage, the home of Percy for many years, in which the 'Reliques of Ancient English Poetry was compiled, is on the opposite side of the road, and is now an unpretending structure. Simple indeed it must have been in those times, and we may dismiss as mythical the account of Percy having gathered at his hospitable board the literary celebrities of his day, though it is certain that he entertained as his guest Dr. Johnson. Robert Neres, Percy's successor at Easton Maudit, speaks of the parsonage in 1784 as merely a comfortable cottage of stone containing two parlours. Goldsmith has left us a picture, perhaps not much overdrawn, of a rustic parsonage when George III. was king, and its simple-minded occupants. The benefice of Easton Maudit was in the gift of Christ Church temp. George II. and III., and continued so until purchased by the Marquess of Northampton, to whom the Yelverton estate now belongs. My knowledge of the place and its celebrated vicar Thomas Percy arises from my having once held a curacy in the neighbourhood, and having made many expeditions in former years to the church and village. Within a short distance towers the stately mansion of the Marquess of Northampton, Castle Ashby, built by Inigo Jones. A little biographical memoir of Bishop Percy from my pen was prefixed to the MS. folio of ballads edited by Messrs. Furnivall and Hales, and in it much information_concerning the Yelvertons was given. JOHN PICKFORD, M.A. SPURIOUS COINS AND MEDALS.-Should one volume in 1770, under the title of 'The any of your readers visit the church of San Court of Cupid,' printed, as before, for C. Juan de los Reyes, outside the walls of Moran, who at this time had removed to Toledo-the church on the outside of which Tavistock Row, Covent Garden. still hang the chains worn by Christian HORACE BLEACKLEY. prisoners in Granada when the Moors were in power-let them beware of dealing with AND HE WAS A SAMARITAN": DR. E. E. the custodian or sacristan. In 1904 he HALE.-The death of the Rev. Dr. Edward victimized me with an antique-looking Everett Hale, the distinguished Bostonian medal, about three inches in diameter. On preacher and littérateur, brings to mind the obverse is the upper part of a mailed some lines which I have always attributed and helmeted man; on the reverse, a spread to his versatile pen. In concluding an eagle holding a key in each claw. Many article in The Scotsman in 1896 on spurious antiques of a similar character are sold in Scotland and elsewhere. The strange part of it is (as the British Museum authorities tell me) that these things are not often duplicated, though I cannot see how it can pay to make them separately. RICHARD H. THORNTON. 36, Upper Bedford Place, W.C. ROBERT SOUTHEY.-In The Lady's Magazine for May, 1799, there is a curious outrage on two of Robert Southey's best-known poems. One begins thus : Father Dennis's Comforts, and how he "You are old, father Dennis," the young man said, "In the days of my youth," father Dennis replied, The editor must have been a cool hand thus to transform "Father William " into "Father Dennis " throughout the six verses. It is perhaps to escape detection that in giving The Well of St. Keyne' on the same page he omits the author's name. WILLIAM E. A. AXON. CAPT. EDWARD THOMPSON'S POEMS.The 'D.N.B.' is inaccurate with regard to the dates of the publication of these works. "The Meretriciad' was first published in September, 1761, by C. Moran, "under the Great Piazza, Covent Garden ; see Public Advertiser, 24 Sept., 1761. It was followed in January, 1766, by The Demi-rep'; see Public Advertiser, 17 Jan., 1766. The copy of the latter poem in the British Museum, which is the second edition, bears the date 1756; but the context shows unmistakably that this is a misprint, and a foot-note to one of the verses quotes Dodsley's ‘Annual Register for 1764. From advertisements in the newspapers it would appear that 'The Courtesan' was published in May, 1765. All these poems were collected in The Joint Hymnal for the Scotch Presbyterian New and Lend-a-Hand Record, and possibly W'en you see a man in woe, Say "Hullo!" and "How d'ye do?" Is he clothed in rags? O sho! Jest the same are you an' me- 14, Crofton Road, Camberwell. J. GRIGOR. HENGLER'S CIRCUS: "THE PALLADIUM," ARGYLL STREET, W.-It may be useful to put upon record that from Tuesday, 15 June (according to The Daily Chronicle of that date), Hengler's Circus will no longer rank among the entertainments of London. It was founded in 1871, in Argyll Street, Oxford Street, by the late Charles Hengler, a son of the noted tight-rope dancer and equestrian. For many years it was one of the most popular of Metropolitan resorts, but when public appreciation of circuses began to decline it was converted into a skating rink. Last Christmas, however, it was reopened for a few weeks as a circus." "MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE, AND JOHN.". The version of this rime familiar to most of us is, I believe, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, And two to bear my soul away. But some twenty-two years ago an old lady, then over ninety, gave me a version of which the last line was And two to drive the devil away. Surely this must be the older version. EMILY HICKEY. MOLIÈRE'S COMEDIES: RECORD PRICE.The Feuille d'Avis de Lausanne of 26 April last, a popular daily journal, has the following, which I venture to translate in the hope that it may interest readers of ' N. & Q.' "The Molière,' illustrated by Moreau the younger, which formed part of the collection of M. de Janzé, was sold on Saturday [24 April] to a Parisian bookseller, M. Rahir, for the sum of 177,500 francs. This unique work consists of six volumes, and contains thirty-three original drawings by Moreau. They were executed in 1773, and are bound up along with the comedies of our great master. In 1820 this Molière' was sold for 1,200 francs. In 1844 M. de Janzé purchased it for 900 francs at the sale of M. de Soleines. It is believed that the price named is the highest ever obtained for any book." CECIL CLARKE. Queries. 66 WE must request correspondents desiring information on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that answers may be sent to them direct. ST. NICOLAS'S, ROUEN.-It is proposed to issue a history of this church, which was demolished in 1840. Some of the windows from it, bought at Rouen in 1802, were sold in London by Van Hamp & Stevenson. I know of the Visitation window in York Minster, but am desirous of tracing the others, and shall be grateful for information respecting any of the windows that may be in churches, museums, or private collections. The history will be illustrated, and a copy will be sent to any one assisting in its compilation. G. LEFRANÇOIS, Ex-Secrétaire général de la Société des Amis des Monuments Rouennais. 21, Quai du Havre, Rouen. DONNA MARIA OF SPAIN.-Will some one put me in possession of information that will enlighten me as to what became of Donna Maria, the fourth child and third daughter, I think, of Ferdinand and Isabella JOHN L. STEWART. of Spain? Lehigh University, Pennsylvania. MARCHETTI COLLECTION OF DRAWINGS.On 20 Oct., 1743, a letter from Mr. John Talman was communicated to the Society of Antiquaries, giving an account of & collection of 2,111 drawings, bound in 16 volumes, which had belonged to Monsignor Marchetti, Bishop of Arezzo, and was being offered for sale by his nephew, Chevalier Marchetti of Pistoia, who demanded 750l. for them. In Mr. Talman's opinion they were "worth any money." See Archæologia, vol. i. I should be glad of any information as to the purchaser, the subsequent history, and the present place of deposit of this colEDWARD BRABROOK, Dir.S.A. "PLOUGH, THACK, STACK, AND WILLING." -I have seen scores of written applications for farmwork service, and in most of them have been the words, in one form or another, which head this note. One of the latest, after a general summary of what the appli-lection. which would be written in standard Russian 66 'CAMELARIO," SPANISH TERM.-I shall be glad to know what is the meaning of the term camelario in modern Spanish slang. I am acquainted with the slang verb camelar, to love, but this may not be connected. are not given in any Spanish dictionary. Camelario Zaragatono is the title of a book by an illustrious humorist, Juan Perez Zuñiga, a most prolific dramatist and novelist, whose works already embrace about fifty items. JAS. PLATT, Jun. BLAIR'S NORTH-COUNTRY PARISH REGISTERS.'-Who is the publisher of this book by Robert Blair ? There is no copy at the British Museum. JACKSON AND LAW FAMILIES.--I shall be glad of any information as to what became | Unfortunately, these colloquial neologisms of the business of a James Jackson, attorney, of 15, Furnival's Inn, London. He acted for the Sherard and Molyneux families. By his will, dated 2 Jan., 1776, he left a legacy to his nephew Thomas Peircy of Little Chelsea, Middlesex, and Robert Law of Furnival's Inn, both of whom he appointed his executors; and he directed that the residue of his personal estate should be divided equally between Robert Holliday (his nephew) of Endfield, Middlesex; Mary Chapman, widow (his niece), and sister of the said Robert Holliday; James Peircy the elder (his nephew) of Old Fish Street, London, sugar baker; the said Thomas Piercy and John Margerum Close, clerk, and Henry Jackson Close, clerk (the sons of his late nephew the Rev. Henry Close). The will was proved on 10 April, 1777, in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. Robert Law appears to have been an attorney, and to have carried on James Jackson's business. On 29 May, 1784, administration of the goods and chattels of the said Robert Law was granted to his father Thomas Law. 1 should also be obliged for any information that would enable me to trace the present representatives of this Thomas Law. Please reply direct. PEIRCE GUN MAHONY, Cork Herald. Office of Arms, Dublin. ARCHDEACON STEDMAN.—I should be glad of information regarding the parentage and family of the Rev. Samuel Stedman, Prebendary of Canterbury, Archdeacon of Norfolk, and Rector of Denver, who married a daughter of Bishop Butler of Ely. J. H. RIVETT-CARNAC. Schloss Rothberg, Switzerland. "SEECATCHIE : "HOLLUSCHICKIE." Can any one tell me what is the exact meaning of these two terms, denoting kinds of seals, used by Rudyard Kipling in The Seven Seas,' 1898, p. 71 ? The words do not appear to be in any English dictionary. Holluschickie looks like a Russian name, HENRY W. Рook, Col. 121, Hither Green Lane, Lewisham, S. E. "SEE HOW THESE CHRISTIANS LOVE ONE ANOTHER."-What is the context of this sentence? I have hunted Gibbon in vain. W. L. appeared in N. & Q.' nearly fifty years ago (3 §. i. [The following editorial note to a similar question 488):- "We find the first mention of this saying in Tertullian, who notices it, not as employed by any particular author, but as a remark current among another"; for they themselves [the heathen] hate the heathen: "" "See," say they, "how they love one one another.' "Vide, inquiunt, ut invicem se diligant: ipsi enim invicem oderunt.' ('Apol. adv. Gent.' c. 39.) Bingham ('Antiq.,' book xv. cap. vii. $10) gives the saying paraphrastically. See how these Christians love one another.' This last is the form in which we now have the saying."] FORD FAMILY AND ARMS. To which NUNS AS CHAPLAINS.-In an article on family of Ford does the crest of a lion rampant and a demi-lion rampant belong? I shall be glad if any one can give me the pedigree of the family of Richard Ford, genealogist, born in or about 1776 (probably at Somerset). He died at the Vicarage, Kew, in 1842, having previously resided at Worcester Park House, Surrey, and 5, Ladbrooke Terrace, Notting Hill. He had a large family. My grandfather Dr. Alfred Ford had the pedigree when he was living at Pimlico about 1856. Please reply direct. LORD BYRON AND CAPT. CRAWLEY.-I shall be much obliged for a reference to the original of the following story, which I take from 'A Treatise on the utility of Swimming,' by H. Kenworthy, 1846, p. 21 :— : "Capt. Crawley of the Philomel British brig of war and Lord Byron, after a merry day spent on shore at the island of Solmondrachi, were returning on board the brig, when the boat was upset by a squall of wind. His lordship saved Capt. Crawley's life by pulling him on the keel of the boat..... [Byron] swam to an Italian vessel three miles distant, from whence a boat was sent for his companion, who but for this act of high intrepidity must have perished." RALPH THOMAS. Kirklees Priory, by S. J. Chadwick, F.S.A., "the chaplains of nuns were sometimes women. The lines of Chaucer referred to are :— Another Nonne also with hire hadde she, That was hire chapelleine, and Preestes thre, upon which the editor of my edition (1853) observes in a note : "These and the following lines have been condemned by Tyrwhitt as spurious. See his Discourse, p. 78." Upon what authority does Tyrwhitt call St. Stephen's Rectory, C.-on-M., Manchester. ST. DUNSTAN'S-IN-THE-WEST: ITS CLOCKS. -The famous projecting clock and its two figures have been lost to Fleet Street for nearly forty years. Their cost and date of erection are well known :— "On the 18th of May, 1671, Mr. Thomas Harrys, then living at the end of Water Lane, London, made an offer to build a new clock with chimes, and to erect two figures of men with pole-axes, FREEMASONRY: W. GORDON.-An alleged whose office should be to strike the quarters...... The exposure of Freemasonry appeared in the it in order for the remuneration of £80 and the old whole of this he proposed to perform and to keep eighteenth century in a book entitled clock."-Denham's 'St. Dunstan-in-the-West.' 'Every Young Man's Companion,' of which It is on record that the vestry finally agreed the author or editor was a W. Gordon. to give the sum of 35l. and the old clock The British Museum Library has a copy of the third edition, dated 1759. Can "for as much of his plan as they thought reader give me the date of the first edition? proper to adopt, and on the 28th October, 1671, the work was completed." any LATHOMUS. PIG GRASS: FIONING GRASS.-This is a weed which grows in some cornfields, and runs to a great length along the ground. The commonest name for it amongst farming men is "pig-grass," and they consider it quite useless. What may be the allusion to Richardson in the following lines? Haste, O Richardson, and with thee bring I see thee coming; thy fame it spreads around; When they gave up turnips for the best of hay. Is anything known about this earlier clock? With respect to the "two figures of men to strike the quarters," is it possible that Harrys was replacing earlier figures, or improving upon an Augsburg clock used in the church before 1671 ? ALECK ABRAHAMS. ENGRAVING BY J. G. WILL AFTER TOCQUÉ. -I wish to learn the name of the original of an engraved portrait. Size of plate, 71 7 in. by 5 in. Full face, half-length, tie wig, dress coat and waistcoat; curtain behind drawn back to show books on shelves. The portrait is within oval. The shield bears: Per chevron and pale arg., gu., and azure; a chevron chequy arg. and gu.; in chief a pale or charged with three hurts between 2 stags' heads vert and or; in base |