SCOTT AT LES ANDELYS.-The Journal de London. Rouen of Nov. 17, 1917, republishes the guidebook assertions about Walter Scott visiting the town of Les Andelys on Jan. 17, 1827, and signing in a local hostelry his name as mr. Guillaume l'Écossais." This seems like an invention of some romantic traveller. Can it be verified for the benefit of the numerous readers of Walter Scott in France ? C. R. GRAVILLE. CEDARS IN ENGLAND.-Will any of your readers, conversant with the subject, give me an idea of the maximum size of cedars in this country? I measured the fine specimen at Camer, in this county, a few days ago, and found it 26 feet in girth at 1 feet from the ground-before the spread of any lateral branches. Are there many that beat this? S. R. C. Canterbury. CLAUDE DUVAL, THE HIGHWAYMAN.-Can any reader of N. & Q.' offer information on the following points? 1. Where was this highwayman's birthplace in Normandy? 2. He came to England in 1660, as page or footman to the then Duke of Richmond. How long did he remain in that employ? 3. In what year was the hostelry known as "The Duval Arms" in Duval's Lane pulled down to make way for a new railway extension? "The Duval Arms" bore on its signboard the mounted figure of Claude Duval. 4. Particulars wanted concerning the house in Chandos Street, Covent Garden, where Duval was captured. 5. Who sentenced Duval to be executed at Tyburn? Was it Sir Matthew Hale? Was he executed on Jan. 21, 1669, or in February, 1670 ? 6. Dr. William (or Walter) Pope says in his Memoires of Monsieur Du Vall' that after the execution he was cut down and taken to the Tangier Tavern, St. Giles's, where he lay in state all that night. Dr. Pope adds that a gentleman, while stripping Duval of his clothes, put his hand in Duval's pocket, and discovered the speech, written in a bold hand and signed, which Duval had intended to make on the gallows, but did not. Dr. Pope says that after much trouble he obtained it. What is the nature of this document ? Does it still exist? 7. According to tradition and to the 'Memoirs,' Duval was buried in the centre aisle of St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden, A white marble slab was erected to his memory by his friends, which bore the family arms, curiously engraved," and an epitaph of eight lines of verse in black letters. Where was Duval really buried ? The annals of St. Paul's Church do not mention this monument, nor can any tombstone bearing these family arms and epitaph be found. THOMAS CROMPTON. Cheetham Hill, Manchester. says that some of the incidents narrated in the [The Dict. Nat. Biog.' in its notice of Duval Memoirs "ascribed to the pen of William Pope appear unworthy of credence. The B.M. Catalogue enters the pamphlet (which is anonymous) under Walter Pope. at Domfront, Normandy, in 1643. 1. The Memoirs' state that Duval was born 3. What is the authority for speaking of "The Duval Arms" in Duval's Lane? Duval's name has been associated with a private house in the lane called after him. This house was pulled down in 1871, and the Duval legend was transferred to another house near, which was also pulled down in 1897. Long articles on these houses appeared in N. & Q.', on Jan. 29 and March 19, 1898, MR. JOHN HEBB showing in the former that "Duval's Lane " was a popular corruption of "Devil's Lane," as the property was described in a survey made in 1611, half a century before Duval arrived in England. 4. The Memoirs' say that the house was the Hole-in-the-Wall. 5. The London Gazette for Jan. 20-24, 1669[70], contains a short account of Duval's trial at the Old Bailey, which states that he was executed on the 21st. There is no mention of the judge It may have been who presided at the trial. Sir William Morton, of whom Foss says in his 'Judges of England,' vol. vii., 1864, p. 148, that he was the terror of highwaymen, and that he "prevented the mercy of the Crown being extended to him [Duval] by threatening to resign if so notorious an offender was allowed to escape.' An earlier number of The London Gazette-that for Nov. 15-18, 1669-had contained a royal proclamation, dated "Whitehal, Nov. 17," offering a reward of 201. to any person who should lead to the arrest and conviction of any one of a number of notorious criminals, the first on the list being "Lewis alias Lodowick alias Cloud de Val alias Brown." 6. The speech is printed in full in the Memoirs,' which are reprinted in the Harleian Miscellany,' vol. iii. The speech occurs on p. 313. ་ buried in the centre aisle of Covent Garden 7. The D.N.B.,' in stating that Duval was Church, under a stone inscribed with an epitaph beginning Here lies Du Vall: Reader, if male thou art, Look to thy purse; if female, to thy heart,' follows the Memoirs'; but we are informed on excellent authority that there is no entry of Duval's funeral in the Burial Registers of St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden, and that there is no "white marble slab " or any other monument to Duval's memory in the church or churchyard.] 1 'AN ADIEU TO THE TURF': 4TH EARL Don a real person, and is he heard of elseOF ABINGDON.-In 1778 a pamphlet was published by M. Smith, London, entitled An Adieu to the Turf,' from the E-1 of A――n to his Grace the Ap of Y-k. Does any one know who was the author of this poetical satire on the 4th Earl of Abingdon (1740-99) ? On the title is a quotation, said to be from Shakespeare, Henry IV.' :— "I'll repent, and that suddenly, while I am in some liking. I shall be out of heart shortly, and then I shall have no strength to repent. Company, villainous company, hath been the ruin of me." Where does this quotation come from? The first stanza of the satire is as follows: At whose dark brow and low'ring face, Trembled through every form. educated at Westminster ? In The Gentleman's Magazine for May, 1778, p. 240, there is a notice of a pamphlet, A Letter to the Earl of Abingdon, in which his Grace of York's Notions of Civil Liberty are examined by Liberalis,' published in The London Evening Post. Also the Adieu to the Turf' is reviewed in The Westminster Magazine for June, 1778, p. 226: "A humorous satire, but unfair censure, on the Earl, for his having quitted an idle, extravagant, and dissipated life and character, to addict him self to the service of his country. Shaftesbury recommends ridicule as a test of truth, but we apprehend that it is oftener used to supply the place of it." C. M. PRIOR. Adstock Manor, Winslow, Bucks. [The reference is 1 Henry IV' Act III., sc. iii., Falstaff's opening speech. The Oxford Shakespeare' reads spoil, not "ruin."] where? Is he possibly the Don from whom Felsted. ZOLA'S ROME.'-It is said that several characters in this powerful study were drawn without disguise from well-known prelates of the Papal Court and household (temp. Leo XIII.). I am unaware that a key was ever actually published, but I should be greatly obliged if your readers could give me information on this point, and identify Cardinal Boccanera, Cardinal Sanguinetti, Cardinal Sarno, Monsignor Nani, Monsignor Fornaro, or any other of Zola's personages. MONTAGUE SUMMERS, F.R.S.L. COLUMBUS MEDALLION.-I have recently been given a medallion, of metal plated with Copper, 24 inches in diameter, & inch thick, bearing the head and shoulders of Columbus on the obverse, and the Western hemisphere on the reverse. The designer's name, A. O. Ameis, also appears on the right shoulder 66 Presented of Columbus. The inscription, by the Editor of The Christian Globe as a reward of merit," also appears on the obverse. There is no date. Is anything known of this medallion, or when it was issued? The present proprietors of the paper have no knowledge of it. PERCY F. HOGG, Lieut. R.G.A. 8 The Terrace, Lower Barracks, Chatham. ELIZABETH MONCK.-This lady, described SWINE IN BRITAIN.-In Social England,' ed. Traill, vol. i. p. 87, is this state-as a married woman, is said to have been ment (by O. M. Edwards) : interred in the parish church of Bromley, Kent; date uncertain, but probably some time in the closing years of the seventeenth or opening years of the eighteenth century. Certain genealogical authorities say that she "adopted an infant boy." That is all Probably the last [animals] to be domesticated were swine and bees, and concerning the domestication of these we have legends. Swine were first brought into Britain by Gwydion ab Don." Can any one tell me where the legend occurs? And does any element of fact under-I can at present gather about her with any lie it? Neolithic man in Britain had in some sense domesticated the wild hog, but that would not preclude a considerable importation, at the dawn of historical times, of an already domesticated breed. Was certainty. In the register of St. James's, Clerkenwell, however, under date Feb. 18, 1714, an Elizabeth Monck, a widow, is recorded to have been "carried away Was it to Bromley for interment ? ! What was the motive also of associating the inter- BOOK ABOUT PIRATES.-I have been asked to identify a small book (5 by 3 in.) containing biographies of pirates. The titlepage is lost, and the only clue left is the name of the printer at the bottom of the last page: T. Johnson, 92 Dale Street, Liverpool.' About a dozen of the biographies are probably based on Capt. Johnson's well-known General History of the Pyrates' (5th edition, 1735), but some of the naval heroes flourished in more recent times, such as, e.g., Benito de Soto (hanged at Gibraltar, 1830) and Charles Gibbs and Thomas J. Wansley (Bellevue Prison, New York, 1831). The book was probably published in the thirties. Can any kind reader help me? L. L. K. 'POCAHONTAS,' A POEM.-Who was the author of the poem · Pocahontas ' ? Chaldee Manuscript. From a second edition the THE ART OF BOOK-KEEPING.'-This jeu d'esprit consists of ten verses. I shall be glad to learn who wrote it. The first two CHARLES BRANDON, DUKE OF SUFFOLK : HIS WIVES.-Have the first two wives of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, ever been clearly identified? He is supposed to have married aunt and niece, basing his plea for divorce on this ground among others. Anne Brown was one of the ladies to Queen Elizabeth (who died 1503). She was con I. S. EDMONSTONE OF NEWTON.-I shall be glad if any of your readers can send me particulars regarding James Edmonstone of Newton, who was born in 1627, and suc-tracted to Brandon, 1505; married after 1508; ceeded to Newton in 1661. He was the son of William Edmonstone, minister of Kilmadock, the other children being Archibald, Margaret, Nancy, and Katherine. I should like particularly to know the name of James Edmonstone's wife, and the fate of his brother and sisters. 56 Queen's Gate, S.W. F. A. JOHNSTON, 'BLACKWOOD' AND THE CHALDEE MANUSCRIPT. I take the following from Blackwood for April, 1917, p. 434, col. 2 : "The first number of the Magazine is still memorable for the Chaldee Manuscript, an elaborate jest, hit upon by a happy accidenta jest, moreover, which set all Edinburgh by the ears, and ensured the success of the venture... the point was so sharp that it pierced deep into the heart of Edinburgh society. One subject only was in all minds, upon all tongues-the died 1512, leaving two daughters. She was called the third daughter of Sir Anthony Brown, Governor of Calais, by the Lady Lucy Neville, whose sister Margaret, widow of Sir John Mortimer, Brandon married in 1506, and divorced in 1507. But Lady Lucy's first husband, Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam of Aldwark, died in 1495 only, as can be seen on her monument at Tickhill; therefore it is almost impossible that her daughter by her second husband, Sir Anthony Brown, can have been old enough to be the Anne Brown who became Lady Brandon; and if she were a daughter by a former marriage, the Lady Margaret Mortimer cannot have been her aunt. This lady is represented as of mature age, and her husband was killed at the battle of Bosshe was the fourth worth, 1485. As daughter of John Neville, Marquess of Montacute (married 1457, killed 1471), she cannot have been much more than 40 at her second marriage with Brandon. The identity of these two ladies seems extremely uncertain, but perhaps some more definite information has now been discovered. M. T. F. 'MR. HOWARD, PORTRAIT BY G. H. HARLOW.-Can any reader tell me who was the Mr. Howard whose portrait was painted by G. H. Harlow and engraved in mezzotint by W. Say? He is seated in an armchair, holding a piece of paper with both hands. The portrait is full length. The mezzotint is 22 in. by 17 in. W. H. QUARRELL. WANTAGE, BERKS: INN CALLED THE PRICE'S ARMS.-I am anxious to locate an inn at Wantage, Berkshire, formerly situated on the Prior's Hold " estate, in 1784 belonging to John Price, Esq., of The Ham," Wantage, High Sheriff of Berks in 1752. The inn bore his arms as its sign, and is said to have been a stopping-place of some interest in the coaching days. Upon what road was it situated, and when was it demolished ? Any information will be gratefully received. LEONARD C. PRICE. seems to be connected with such a prospective event in the Pretender's life. The young princess is represented standing before the door of a small circular temple; two columns of its peristyle bear medallions of her ancestors-Henry IV., Lewis XIII., Lewis XIV., and Lewis XV.; and her personal resemblance with the last of the kings is emphasized by the engraver. To the same temple is going the young prince, led by a female figure who is revealed to be the Queen of France by her fleur-delised crown and mantle. A child near the Queen has a double shield bearing (1) France, (2) quarterings of alliances, legible with difficulty, one of them seeming to be Medicis, for Henry IV.'s wife, I suppose. I do not think it necessary to describe the symbolical Justice, War, Arts, Religion, Love, and the figures surrounding the group above: Truth, lying Error and Discord; they are too well known in subjects of that period. the Young Pretender, nothing is really With respect to the figure supposed to be convincing as to his identity; he is dressed as a Roman warrior, but the head seems to have been traced after a portrait. A child before him carries a laurel branch and a sceptre. In the background a crowd applauds. It should be added that the Queen's head is certainly intended to be a portrait, too, and reminds one forcibly of Mary Leczinska. Had not she some special interest in the Young Pretender, he being the son of a Polish woman? PIERRE TURPIN. 44 Heath Terrace, Leamington Spa. AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED.1. Who wrote the following lines, and where do they appear? His taste exact for faultless fact 2. Calderon is stated to have said that "the greatest sin that man commits is being born." Is this correct? If so, where does he use the words? F. R. CAVE. Folly Gate, Okehampton, Devon. 3. "Too wise to err, too good to be unkind "as applied to God. I have known this quotation all my life. I find it used in the first verse of a poem on Submission,' by G. B. W., in The Baptist Reporter for April, 1843, as follows: · My God! Thou art too wise to err, My way I would to Thee refer, Is this its origin ? JOHN T. PAGE. [Mr. Gurney Benham, in Cassell's Book of Quotations,' revised edition, 1912, attributes the Century)," but cites nothing in support of the expression to the (19th authorship.! "Rev. John East THE KING'S GLAZIER. (12 S. iii. 436.) SOME years ago I investigated the date of Flower's coming into the kingdom, with a view of ascertaining whether he could be definitely associated with the Fairford glass. I also collected a good deal of information as to the Flemish colony of glaziers and glasspainters established in Southwark about this period. The following document throws some light upon the provenance of English glass at a later period, Letters and Papers Henry VIII., vol. 162, folio 131. [The Glaziers' Petition to Cromwell, c. 1537 ?] Mekely besechithe your honorable Lordeshipe we your pore suppliantts and contynewall oratoures the felishipe and fremen of the crafte of Glasyers crafte to be so good Lorde vnto vs your pore Suppliantts that we may haue the Kyngs lawes to procede agaynst one peter Nicholson the Glasier a stranger whiche hath offendide the Kyngs Acte made by our Sou❜eigne Lorde the Kyng and all his lordes both spirituall and temp'rall enactyde by his soa'eignes parlyainente and according vnto that we your saide suppliantts humblie besechithe your grace that I agree with H. C. that, for the present, the Kings lawes may procede vpon hym by your Mr. Lethaby's dates must not be taken into Lordeshipes favoure I truste that your Lordeaccount. He appears to have confused the shipe will lete vs haue the Kyngs Lawes and in period covered by some Exchequer T.R. this that we may haue yor Gracyous andswere where to we shall stande and in this we shall accounts with the actual dates of the pay-enfourme your Lordeshipe the trewithe That ments to Flower. These are as follows: 28 March, 22 Henry VII. [1507], similar entry, -P. 144. Also on 30 Sept., 23 Henry VII. [1557]; 31 March, 23 Henry VII. [1508]; 31 March, 24 Henry VII. [1509]. Thus Flower was in the service of the Crown early in 1505. Can we prove an earlier date? Unfortunately, his patent of appointment as King's glazier is not recorded on the Rolls, and it is possible that he never was technically so appointed. It is, however, known that much of the glazing executed in England immediately prior to 1505 is either Flemish work or shows signs of Flemish influence. The portrait of Prince Arthur in Great Malvern Priory was the gift of Henry VII. in 1501-2 (Westlake, iii. p. 38 n.); while the corresponding portrait in St. Margaret's, Westminster, is known to be Flemish work. Did not these portraits emanate from the same atelier? and if so, were they not both executed at Dort in Flanders? is that they [sic] sayd peter Nicholson dothe The Act referred to here is not that of 1 Ric. III. c. 12, prohibiting the importation of " painted glasses," but the Statute of Aliens referred to by H. C. The tradition of the Fairford glass probably rests upon some action taken or proposed to be taken under the former Act. Obviously this Act was no longer regarded as being in force. It will be seen that the English glaziers tacitly admit the superiority of the foreign workmanship, and they lay stress upon the number of workmen employed by Nicholson. Many of the names of his workmen are preserved in an action in the Star Chamber which was first brought to light by Mr. Page in his valuable introduction to the Huguenot |