Chapter L: M. M. R

_Ken: "The Crown of Glory"_ (Vol. vii., p. 597.).--This work was properly rejected by Mr. Round in his edition of Bishop Ken's _Works_; and in the preface he gives the reasons for so doing. The absence of certain forms of expression was the chief test relied on. The book is so excellent, and the prayers so warm and Ken-like, that its exclusion indicates much critical acumen on the part of Mr. Round. Subsequently to the publication of this collection, it was ascertained that the prayers and other parts of _The Crown of Glory_ were taken from a book of Dean Brough, of Gloucester, entitled _Sacred Principles_, which was published, I believe (I am writing at a distance from my books), in 1661.

W. D----N.

_Pennycomequick, adjoining Plymouth_ (Vol. viii., p. 8.).--In days gone by, when the boundaries of the town were much more circumscribed than at the present day, a well-known old female (a perfect character in her way) had long fixed her abode in a curiously built hut-like cot in the locality in question; the rusticity of which, together with the obliging demeanour of its tenants, had gradually induced the good folk of Plymouth to make holiday bouts to this retired spot for the purpose of merry-making. As years rolled on, the shrewd old dame became a general favourite with the pleasure-seekers; the increasing frequency of these pic-nics suggesting to her an opportunity which might be turned to good account, viz. that of providing her visitors with the cheap requisite, boiling water, for the brewing their sober afternoon's beverage, at the low rate of a penny a head. Still later in the evening of life, shrugging herself closely in her old scarlet cloak, which had served her well for better than half a century, she would, with much apparent gusto, recount to her pleased auditory how many a time and often she had made the "penny come quick," by the above-recited inexpensive vocation; until at length her saying became a by-word in the neighbourhood, and universal consent fixed on the ever-happy octogenarian's triplet as a fitting appellation for the then nameless and retired little nook, but now thickly studded grounds, of _Pennycomequick_.

That equally simple occurrences have frequently given rise to the names of places, is shown by other remarkable titles of localities not far distant from _Pennycomequick_, such as those of "The Bold Venture," and of "No Place."

HENRY H. HELE.

Ashburton.

Your correspondent R. H. B. is informed that the name of this village is Welsh, viz. _Pen y cwn gwich_, and signifies a village at the head of a valley.

H. C. K.

---- Rectory, Hereford.

_Longevity_ (Vol. vii., pp. 358. 504. 607.).--May I be permitted a word with your correspondent A. I., and at the same time assist MR. HUGHES in his laudable attempt "to convert him to the faith?" To do this, it will not be necessary for me to search either in annual or parish registers, or to decipher half-defaced inscriptions on marble monuments or humble headstones.

A lady is now living, or was two months ago, in Williamsburg, State of South Carolina, by the name of Singleton, who is known to be in the _one hundred and thirty-first year of her age_:

"Her mental faculties are still unimpaired, and she retains all her
senses except that of sight, of which she was deprived at the advanced
age of ninety-nine years by an attack of the measles. Her bodily energy
exhibits no diminution for many years, she being still able to walk
briskly about the room. She has outlived all her children: her oldest
descendant living being a granddaughter, over sixty years old. The
first granddaughter of this granddaughter, if now living, would be over
sixteen years of age."

W. W.

Malta.

_Arms: Battle-axe_ (Vol. vii., p. 407.).--The undermentioned families bore three battle-axes {114} simply, their coats of arms varying only in metal and colour:

Aynisworthe.
Bainbrige.
Batten.
Daueys.
Daverston.
Gyves.
Gibbes.
Hall.
Hakelett.
Lewston.

Stephen Hoby (the earliest ancestor of the Bisham family of whom any record is preserved), married ----, the daughter and heiress of ---- Bylmore, whose arms were--Gu. three halberds (long-handled battle-axes) in pale ar. handled or.: hence, no doubt, the three battle-axes in connexion with the Hoby or Hobby name at Bisham Church. William Hoby, of Leominster, the tenth in descent from the above-mentioned Stephen, married Catherine, sole daughter and heiress of John Forden _alias_ Fordayne, by Gwentwynar, daughter and heiress of Sir Griffith Vahan _alias_ Vaughan, Knight Banneret; who was, as I am led to think, of Denbigh or its neighbourhood. I shall be happy to find I have thrown any light upon the Query of A. C.

H. C. C.

_Sir G. Browne, Bart._ (Vol. vii., p. 528.)--Your correspondent NEWBURY is in error in styling this George Browne a baronet, nor was he of West Stafford or Wickham. He was the sole son and heir of Sir George Browne, Knight, of Wickhambreux, co. Kent, Caversham, co. Oxford, and Cowdray in Midhurst, co. Sussex; which last estate devolved on this family by the will of William Fitzwilliam, Earl of Southampton, the son of Lucy (daughter and co-heiress of John Nevill, Marquess of Montagu) by her first husband, Sir Thomas Fitzwillam of Aldwark, co. York; which Lucy became the wife of Sir Anthony Browne, who was knighted at the battle of Stoke, June 6, 1487, and succeeded as above-mentioned to the Cowdray estate.

George Browne, who married Elizabeth or Eleanor, the daughter of Sir Richard Blount, was of Wickhambreux, Caversham, and also of West Shefford in co. Berks; his name appears as thus in the Visitation of this county anno 1623. Of the nineteen children, he had three sons whose names are not given, and who died in the Royal cause during the civil wars: but as Richard, the third son, is expressly mentioned, he certainly was not one of the three killed in the service of King Charles I. Sir George Browne, second, but eldest surviving son, was made a K.B. at the coronation of King Charles II.; and was celebrated by Pope in his "Windsor Forest." He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Francis Englefield, the second baronet of Wootton Bassett, co. Wilts, and died _s. p. m._ George, the eldest born, died an infant. Henry, the fourth son, died unmarried March 19, 1668, and was buried at West Shefford; and John, the fifth son, was of Caversham, and created a baronet May 19, 1665. He married the widow of ---- Bradley, and was the ancestor of the baronets of Caversham, extinct in 1774. Three daughters, whose names are not given, became nuns. Eleanor, another daughter, died unmarried, Nov. 27, 1662, and was buried at West Shefford: and Elizabeth was the wife of John Yate of West Hanney, co. Berks; and who died Jan. 26, 1671, before his wife.

H. C. C.

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Miscellaneous.

BOOKS AND VOLUMES WANTED TO PURCHASE.

MEMOIRS OF THE ROSE, by Mr. John Holland. 1 Vol. 12mo. 1824.

LITERARY GAZETTE, 1834 to 1845.

ATHENAEUM, commencement to 1835.

A NARRATIVE OF THE HOLY LIFE AND HAPPY DEATH OF MR. JOHN ANGIER. London, 1685.

MOORE'S MELODIES. 15th Edition.

WOOD'S ATHENAE OXONIENSES (ed. Bliss). 4 vols. 4to. 1813-20.

THE COMPLAYNTS OF SCOTLAND. 8vo. Edited by Leyden. 1804.

SHAKSPEARE'S PLAYS. Vol. V. of Johnson and Steevens's edition, in 15 vols. 8vo. 1739.

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Notices to Correspondents.

_In consequence of being compelled to go to press with the present Number on Thursday, and of the number of_ REPLIES TO MINOR QUERIES _waiting for insertion, we have been compelled to omit our_ NOTES ON BOOKS, &c.

T. M. B. _The oft-quoted lines_--

"So down thy hill, romantic Ashbourn, glides,
The Derby dilly, carrying THREE insides," &c.--

_will be found in the_ Poetry of the Antijacobin, _at the close of the Second Part of_ The Loves of the Triangles.

J. D. _Where is the sentence of which you ask an explanation to be found? Send the context, or farther particulars._