Chapter C: D. Lamont

Greenock.

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_"The Innocents," a Drama._--Who is the author of a small volume of poetry, published anonymously about the year 1825, and which is very favourably noticed in the _New Monthly Magazine_ for January, 1826, vol. xviii. The title of the volume is, _The Innocents, a Sacred Drama; Ocean and the Earthquake at Aleppo, Poems_.

S. N.

_Waugh of Cumberland._--Can you inform a Waugh, the family arms of Waugh of Cumberland; to whom they were first granted, and why?

A SUBSCRIBER.

_Norton._--Wanted, the origin of, or the sources of information respecting, this name, the appellation of so many villages, &c. in Oxfordshire. A family of the name of Norton, after residing in those districts for many generations, have long moved to London, and are not possessed of the information sought by the inquirer.

N.

_De La Fond._--Can any of your readers explain the following inscription on an engraving by P. Lombart of De La Fond, and its application?

"In effigiem De La Fond, Galli
Festivissimi, apud Batavos, Ephemeridum Historicarum Scriptoris,
Distichon.

Mille oculis videt hic Fondus mille auribus audit;
Plus audit naso, plus videt ille, suo."

A. F. B.

Diss.

_"Button Cap."_--In the north of Ireland there is a belief that just before a war breaks out, the spirit of an ancient warder of Carrickfergus Castle is heard examining the arms stored there, and, if they are not entirely to his satisfaction, he shows his displeasure by making an awful clatter among them. Has old "Button Cap" (for that is his name) been inspecting the arms lately? What is the legend connected with him? If I mistake not, he is said to be the spirit of a warder who was drowned in the castle well in the reign of Elizabeth.

FRAS. CROSSLEY.

_Cobb Family._--Richard Cobb, Esq., and his wife Joan, were painted by Sir Peter Lely between 1641 and 1680. These portraits are now in my possession. Elizabeth Cobb, granddaughter of the above, married, _circa_ 1725, the Rev. Thos. Paget, at that time Fellow of Corpus Christi, Oxford. Thus, Richard Cobb would be born _circa_ 1634, his son _circa_ 1667, and his granddaughter _circa_ 1700. I shall be obliged for any clue to the arms, residence, &c. of this Mr. Cobb.

ARTHUR PAGET.

_Prince Charles' Attendants in Spain._--The assistance of your antiquarian correspondents is particularly requested towards the making out of a complete list of all the persons who were in attendance on Prince Charles on his romantic visit to Spain. Of course it is well known that the Prince and Buckingham started accompanied only by Sir Francis Cottington, Endymion Porter, and Sir R. Graham. Of the members of his household who afterwards joined him, the principal of course are also well known. But of the gentlemen and grooms of the Privy Chamber, pages, &c., I have been unable to discover a complete list, although notices of individuals are occasionally met with. Any references to such notices are much desired.

E. O. P.

_Sack._--What wine was this? Is it still existing and known to the wine trade by any other name? If so, when and why was the name changed?

FALSTAFF.

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Minor Queries with Answers.

_Ralph Ashton the Commander._--In an ancient record I met with a year or two ago (two centuries old, I suppose), the name of a Ralph Ashton, "Commander," occurred. The record related to Lancashire, and it spoke of "Isabella, the wife of Ralph the Commander." I believe that a gentleman of this name was commander of the Lancashire forces under the Commonwealth. Will any of your readers oblige me (should they have access to any ancient pedigree of the Ashton family) by saying whether any mention is made of this "Isabella," and what her name was before her marriage to Ralph the Commander?

JAYTEE.

[The pedigree of the family of Ashton, or Assheton, of Middleton, is
given in Baines's _Lancaster_, vol. ii. p. 596., which states that
Ralph Ashton, Esq., M.P. for Clithero, temp. Chas. I., for the county,
16 Chas. I., died 17th Feb. 1650, married Elizabeth, daughter of John
Kaye of Woodsome, co. York. In old documents Isabella and Elizabeth are
used for one and the same name.]

_Christopher Hervie._--M. ZACHARY (Vol. ix., p. 184.) obligingly replies to my question as to the quotation--

"One while I think, and then I am in pain,
To think how to unthink that thought again."

Would he be kind enough to say where I may find any notice of Christopher Hervie? as I have been unable to find mention of him or his work in any biography to which I have access.

W. M. M.

[A biographical notice of Christopher Harvie, or Harvey, is given by
Anthony à Wood in his _Athenæ Oxonienses_, vol. iii. p. 538. (Bliss),
from which it appears he was "a minister's son of Cheshire, was born in
that county, became a batler of Brasen-nose College in 1613, aged
sixteen years, took the degrees in Arts, that of Master being completed
1620, holy orders, and at length was made vicar of Clifton in
Warwickshire." Wood, however (_Ath. Oxon._, vol. i. {273} p. 628.),
attributes _The Synagogue_ to Thomas Harvey, first Master of Kington
School in Herefordshire. "There can be no doubt," adds Mr. Bliss, "but
a Ch. Harvie was the author of this poem, particularly as Walton
contributed some commendatory verses to it, which were repaid by
another copy prefixed to the _Compleat Angler_ by Harvie; but whether
this was Christopher Harvey, the vicar of Clifton, or some other,
remains to be decided. If it was, it is at least singular that Wood,
who was so inquisitive in these matters, should have been ignorant of
the circumstance." Harvey died before the 4th Sept. 1663, as on that
day Samuel Bradwall was instituted to the vicarage of Clifton, void by
the death of the last incumbent.--See Sir John Hawkins' edition of _The
Complete Angler_, p. 186.; also "N. & Q.," Vol. vi., pp. 463. 591.]

_Dannocks._--Hedging-gloves made of whit-leather (untanned leather), and used by workmen in cutting and trimming fences, are called in this part of Norfolk _dannocks_. Can any of your correspondents say whence the word is derived?

J. L. S.

Edingthorpe.

["It should rather be _Dornecks_," says Forby, "which is the proper
Flemish name of _Tournai_, a Frenchified name, long since universally
substituted. Two hundred years ago it was celebrated for its coarse
woollen manufactures, principally of carpets and hangings, mentioned in
some of our old comedies. Probably thick gloves were another article of
importation. Our modern _dannocks_, indeed, are of thick leather, and
made at home by our own glovers. Dan. _dorneck_."]

_Brass in All Saints, Newcastle-upon-Tyne._--In the Church of All Saints, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (an erection dating at some period of the Protestant dark ages), there is a magnificent Flemish brass, of which the incumbent refuses to allow a rubbing to be taken, on the ground that the process would _injure_ it! Can any of your correspondents tell me if it has been engraved, and where?

J. H. B.

[There is a beautiful representation of the very curious plate of brass
inlaid on the table monument of Roger Thornton, the celebrated patron
of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, temp. Henry IV., and still preserved in the
Church of All Saints in that town, engraved in Brand's _History of
Newcastle-upon-Tyne_, vol. i. p. 382. Mention is also made by that
author of another work containing it, entitled _Monuments in the
Churches of St. Nicholas and All Saints_.]

_Imperfect Bible._--A Bible has lately come into my possession in an imperfect state. It is in black letter, 4to., with the capitals commencing the chapters in Roman letters. I wish to know the date and printer. It begins at fol. 7., at the end of the 6th verse of xvth chapter of Genesis, "counted that to him for righteousness." There are a number of engravings representing the instruments used in the temple and tabernacle, at fol. 36. 38. 40. 62. 160. &c. There is no date, but I think it is about 1590 or 1600.

AN IGNORAMUS ON THE SUBJECT.

[This imperfect Bible is one of the very numerous series of editions of
the Genevan or Puritan version, commonly called the Breeches Bible. It
is not a 4to. but a pot folio, having six leaves to the sheet or
signature, "Imprinted at London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker,
printer to the Queen's most excellent Maiestie, Anno Dom. 1595. _Cum
privilegio._" Our correspondent's copy wants the title and preface
(three leaves), six leaves of Genesis, the title to the N. Testament,
and at the end eleven leaves, including the two tables. The translation
may be identified by the last word of 1 Cor. vi. 9., or by 1 Tim. i.
10. There is another edition by the same printer, and of similar size,
in the year 1602; but the title to the second part has "conteineth,"
instead of "conteining."]

_The Poem of "Helga."_--At what date was this poem, by Herbert, written?

SELEUCUS.

[This poem was commenced, as the author states in his preface, "soon
after the publication of the translations which he made from the relics
of ancient Icelandic and Scandinavian poetry," issued in 1805.]

_"Merryweather's Tempest Prognosticator."_--I wish to know if there be a book published entitled "Merryweather's Weather Prognostication?" I think, if I mistake not, I saw it among the nautical instruments, &c. in the naval department of the London Exhibition in 1851. I cannot find here if there be any such book extant.

J. T. C.

Dublin.

[The work is entitled _An Essay explanatory of the Tempest
Prognosticator in the Building of the Great Exhibition for the Works of
Industry of all Nations_, read before the Whitby Philosophical Society,
Feb. 27, 1851, by George Merryweather, M.D., the Designer and Inventor:
London, John Churchill, Princes Street, Soho, 1851.]

_Edward Spencer's Marriage._--Can any reader supply me with particulars of the marriage of Edward Spencer of Rendlesham, co. Suffolk, and Grosvenor Square, who lived in the early part of the last century, and whose daughters married the Duke of Hamilton and Sir James Dashwood?

CHARLES BRIDGER.

Keppel St., Russell Sq.

[The following entry is given in Davy's Suffolk Collections (Add. MSS.
19,097., p. 272.): "Edward Spencer, son of John Spencer, Esq., ob.
1718. Edward, now living at Naunton Hall, is a barrister-at-law. He
married Anne, the only daughter of William Baker of Layham, clerk, by
whom he had issue Henry Spencer, who died an infant, and Ann Spencer,
their only daughter, and now living." This extract is copied from
Hawes's MSS., the date of which, unfortunately, is not given.]

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_Yew-tree at Crowhurst._--Could any of your readers inform me of the age of the yew-tree in Crowhurst Churchyard, Sussex?