ad, His trembling hand had lost the ease Though more than seventy years of age, and subjected to much hardship and privaof tion, John of Skye walked erect, and had a miltary air to the last. There was no eir relation to claim the poor piper's remains, in and his body was sent to one of the dissecting rooms. A medical student purchased, for a trifle the bagpipes which he was so proud to bear as a gift of the Great Magimcian, and with which he had once charmed 'high dames and mighty earls" in hall and ice greenwood. be CAPTAIN E. H. FAIRBROTHER. ROBERT DOVER.-The 'D.N.B.' gives the date of his death as 1641. The following, however, appeared in The Times of July 3, last: May I correct a statement that my ancestor, Captain Robert Dover, founder of the Cotswold Game, died in 1641. His grandson and namesake died in that year, but he survived till 1652, and was burried, July 24, in his Parish Church at Barton on the Heath, Warwickshire. His widow, Sibella, daughter of Dr. William Cole, Dean of Lincoln, was also buried there, November 5, 1653. His grandson Thomas, the merchant adventurer and physician, was buried April 20, 1742, at Stanway, probably in the vault of his friend, Robert Tracy, with whom there was a family connexion. Mrs. Thomas Dover predeceased him, being buried April 27, 1727, at Barton on the Heath. Only her Christian name, Joenna, is known, and her marriage has yet to be traced. No tablet exists to the family at either church.-SIR THOMAS COLYER-FERGUSSON, Ightham Mote. WA HARMATOPEGOS. ARREN FAMILY.-The following are extracted from the Calendars in the office of the Vicar-General of the Archbishop of Canterbury. I commenced searching for persons of my own name from July 1, 1694, from which date there is no printed list. It is unfortunate that no Christian names—or initials are given. The present list includes all Warrens that I noticed from the above date to end of 1810, and may be of service to genealogists. It may be that I have missed some entries, but I think not. 1710, March 9, Warren et Mug. 1713, Oct. 20, Warren et Pearson. 1716, Sept. 29, Warren et Constant. 1716, Dec. 20, Warren et Taylor. 1718, July 28, Warren et Jordan. 1724, Dec. 31, Warren et Jones. 1725/6, March 3, Warren et Harmer. 1728, Sept. 16, Warren et Collett. 1729, June 2, Warren et Buck. 1729, Sept. 15, Warren et Letticott. 1730, May 25, Warren et Carpenter. 1731/2, Jany. 22, Warren et Cholmondeley. 1731, Sept. 21, Warren et Merrill. 1732, April 21 (or 22), Warren et Machen. 1733, May 1, Greenwood et Warren. 1733, Nov. 30, Warren et Constable. 1734, April 18, Warren et Smith. 1734, April 29, Warren et Clarke. 1735, June 16, Warren et Pickard. 1735, June 26, Warren et Ayres. 1746/7, Feb. 2, Osboldstone & Warren. 1747/8, Feb. 1, Warren & Hill. 1749/50, March 24, Warren & Caradine. 1750/1, Feb. 5, Warren & Mason. 1750, Nov. 19, Warren & Morfitt. 1754, Aug. 10, Warren & Riley. 1755, Aug. 12, Warren & Shepherd. 1757, June 1, Warren & Turlington. 1760, June 4, Warrin [sic.] & Blake. 1762, Sept. 23, Warren & Miles. 1763, Feb. 21, Edwards & Warren 1763, April 29, Banyer & Warren. 1765, Aug. 19, Warren & Richards. 1766, May 30, Warren & Fielding. 1771, Oct. 31, Warren & Tuck. 1772, Feb. 5, Warren & Wright. 1773, June 18, Sir Basil Keith & Warren. 1774, Sept. 22, Warren & Goodman. 1774, Oct. 4, Burr & Warren. 1774, Dec. 13, Warren & Griffin. 1778, June 1, Warren & Savory. 1779, Feb. 23, Edwards & Warren. 1779, Nov. 9, Warren & Hamilton. 1781, Sept. 28, Warren & Tobias. 1783, Dec. 2, Warren & Ward. 1790, May 18, Warren & Hickling. 1799, May 29, Warren & Wilson. 1802, Feb. 2, Warren & Smith. 1803, May 31, Warren & Miller. 1804, June 7, Warren & Smith. 1804, July 20, Collin & Warren. 1804, Aug. 14, Warren & Guiver. 1804, Nov. 20, Warren & Andrews. 1806, May 8, Warren & Matthews. 1806, May 21, Warrin [sic.] & Selby. 1806, July 19, Warren & Pryke. 1806, Nov. 20, Warren & Owen. No more entries of this name noted after end of year 1810. HERBERT SOUTHAM. Readers' Queries. GOLD HELMET.-In Hearne's Leland' (third edn., vol. i., 1768, p. 30 [fol. 31]) occurs the following passage: An old Man of Ancaster told me also that a Plough Man toke up in the Feldes of Harleston [Harlaxton, Lincs.], a 2. Miles from Granteham a stone, under the wich was a potte of Brasse, and an Helmet of Gold, sette with Stones in it, the which was presented to Catarine Princes Dowager. There were Bedes of Silver in the Potte: and Writings corruptid. From Thomas Allen's History of the County of Lincoln' (1833, vol. ii., p. 315) we learn that the helmet was deposited afterwards in the Cabinet of Madrid." No trace of it can be discovered by those most likely to be familiar with its whereabouts. Can any one throw any light on the subject? What is meant by the "Cabinet of Madrid"? O. G. S. CRAWFORD. ONSLOW SQUARE.-Will someone kindly tell me something about Onslow Square, or tell me where I can read an account, historical, of it. I have been told that the trees are the remains of "" a stately avenue in which Queen Anne was wont to walk." I refer to Onslow Square in the South West of London. GUY FLEETWOOD WILSON. A BRITISH SCANDINAVIAN SOCIETY. -Can any reader supply details of a British Scandinavian Society, founded in 1875 ? Its original President was Baron Hochschild, Swedish Ambassador. It was in existence in 1877. How long did it last? What work did it accomplish? What part did Professor Eirik Magnusson take in its affairs? L. M. ANSTEY. JAN GRUTER'S MOTHER. The mother of Jan Gruter (1560-1627) is said to have been an Englishwoman, named Catherine Tishem, who besides French, Italian and English had a very good acquaintance with Latin literature, and understood Greek well enough to be able to read Galen in the original. What was her real name? JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT. THOMAS OWEN.-Will any reader kindly supply particulars of the founder of The New York Daily Register? His name was Thomas Owen, a native of Carmarthen. JOHN EVANS. SIR IR JOHN COLSHILL.-'The Parochial History of the County of Cornwall' (published by William Lake of Truro in 1867), vol. i, p. 306, states that Sir John Colshill, of Duloe, was, at the age of 23, slain at the battle of Agincourt (25 Oct., 1415). Chancery Inquisitio post mortem of John Colshull, Chivaler [6 Henry V. File 34 (41)] the writ for which was dated at Westminster, 24 July, 6 Henry V. (1418) shows that on 3 April, 1418, the aforesaid John Colshull was intending to cross the seas in the King's Service, and, to that end, made grants of all his lands in Devon and Cornwall under certain conditions to trustees. "He died on the Tuesday after the Translation of St. Thomas last past. The date of his death is, therefore, Tuesday, 12 July, 1418. It seems probable from the evidence of did not in reality fall at Agincourt in 1415, the above Inquisition that Sir John Colshill but was killed in 1418 at a later period of the war with France. Was any known battle fought on 12 July, 1418? What is the authority on which the statement in Lake about Agincourt is based? The Parochial History' has made other Sir Robert Tresilian in or before 1372 (Cornslips. Emmeline or Emma Huish married wall Feet of Fines, No. 663). By this husband she had one child only, Emma, who married John Hawley, junior, and was the ancestress of all the Coplestones. Tresilian was hanged in 1388. Emma Huish married, secondly, John, son of Walter Colshill, about 1390. He was, I think, never knighted. She died 14 Oct., 1413, when her son and heir, John, was aged 22 [Inq. post mortem, 1 Henry V. File 3 (36)]. If this knight really fell at Agincourt he would seem to have left a brother as his heir, also named John. The following facts, which are extracted from Bishop Stafford's Register of Exeter, seem to refute this suggestion adequately: 10 Dec., 1414. John Colshulle, domicellus, and Anne his wife and their family were licensed to have oratories within their mansions at Tremethert and Dename (Binnomy). 27 April, 1415. John Colshull did homage at Clyst to the Bishop for lands at Canelisy in Pawton. 3 Dec., 1418. A Royal Writ was issued to the Sheriff to administer to Anne, widow of Sir John Colshull, Kt., the oath de non maritando sine licencia.. From what county did the Colshills originate? Do earlier records about the family exist? F. B. PRIDEAUX. PUNCHARD FAMILY IN AMERICA. In The East Anglian (N.S.), Vol. v., pp. 104-107, there is an account of this family, and the bearers of its name, by E. G. Punchard, D.D. The record extends, though not consecutively, from the Conquest till the present day. In the twelfth century the family appears to have been of some importance, and Joan Punchard was mother of the celebrated Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent. Coming to Norfolk, the author records that "William Punchard-probably of Litcham or East Lexham [adjoining villages emigrated to America in 1660, and married Abigail Waters of Salem, from whom a numerous family settled at Boston." On 24 Sept., 1610, John Punchard married Prudence Collison, and by an indenture dated 27 March, 1612, he and his wife became possessed of two messuages, etc. in East Lexham (Carthew's History of Launditch, ii, 500). William Punchard, a son of this marriage, was at this village on 3 Sept., 1617, when he was left a legacy of 3s. 4d. (!) by his maternal grandfather. It seems highly probable that this is the William Punchard referred to by Dr. Punchard, and I should be much obliged if any of your American, or other, correspondents could enlighten me further. Dr. Punchard states that a full pedigree is in the British Museum, but does not say when this pedigree commences, and I am a long way from this institution. CHARLES DANVERS, second son Henry Danvers, M.P. of Baynton, Wilts, was called to the bar at the Inner Temple When was he born? Feb. 12, 1664/5. 1. 2. Who was his mother? 3. When did he G. F. R. B. die? THE MALSTROM.-In the first volume of N. and Q.' for 1868 there was a the maelstrom, little correspondence on winding up with reference to accounts of it in the Journal of Travel in Norway,' 1817, by Boie of Kiel, and by Lieutenant Vibe in an early "Erganzungsheft" of Petermann's 'Geographische Mittheilungen.' I should be glad of notes of modern descriptions of the maelstrom." Is it still formidable? Both gentlemen and yeomen bold, It is the tales of Robin Hood, And greater favour with his prince In robust verse the ballad runs along with its attack upon the priests and the rich: But where he knew a miser rich, Nay, sometimes when the highway fails, Such rich men in their houses. The King to favor meant to take But e'er the pardon to him came, There is no mention of the dying archer being propped up in bed, and nothing about a last shot, but a plain account of an attack of fever, the bleeding to death of Robin by treachery of à "faithless friar," and the burial the next day by the Prioress "in mean sort Along the highway side. And over him she caus'd a stone To be fixed in the ground. An Epitaph was set thereon, Whereon his name was found. The date of the year and day also She made to be set there, That all who by that way did go, Might see it plain appear.' And tho' his funeral was but small, This woman had in mind, Lest his fame should be buried clean, For certainly before or since, No man e'er understood, Under the reign of any prince. A man like Robin Hood. For thirteen years and something more Fear'd by the rich, lov'd by the poor, This chap-book ends with "The Epitaph which the Prioress set over Robin Hood, which, as it is before mentioned, was to be read within three hundred years, though in Old English, much to the same sense and meaning as hereafter followeth : Decembris Quarto Die 1228. No archer was like him so good, His wilderneis nam'd him ROBIN HOOD: Full thirteen vears and something more, Such out-laws as he and his men, May England never see again." The year 1228 is a bit out of the reckoning, but the compilers of these popular histories were not good at dates. The second chap-book was published by Howard and Evans, printers, Long Lane, London, and was called The Aventures of Robin Hood.' It can hardly be treated as an historical document. In prose, it recounts his romantic history and introduces a beautiful queen of the shepherds named Clorinda who married Robin. Although in the opening paragraph the story is laid in the time of Richard I., the last paragraph says that Robin bled to death about the latter end of the year 1395. Clorinda died subsequently of a broken heart. The epitaph is stated to have been "set on his tomb by the Prioress of Birksley Monastery, in Yorkshire" and the variations from the Warrington version are found in the first line (Robin Earl of Huntingdon), fourth line (His wildness nam'd him Robin Hood), and the last line (May England never know again). The date and reign are omitted. If the Warrington print of the ballad I have quoted is not generally known I should be glad to offer a full copy. The illustrations are those used by this house to embelish its productions and include a picture of the four-masted ship carrying Richard Coeur de Lyon to the coast of Sion. This ship was also chartered by that "famous knight of royal extract," Valentine, when, with Orson, he went for a voyage in the Mediterranean. The chap-books published at Warrington were sold at a half-penny, at the office of J. Haddock, who supplied shopkeepers and hawkers with slip songs, garlands, godlys, battledores, reading-made easys, spellingbooks, Bibles and Testaments. F. G. MACKERETH. A MBLING (cli. 27).-One way of training a horse to amble is to tie the hind foot to the fore foot on the same side by a length of rope; the horse will soon learn to move both feet together. A few years ago, while serving in India I had a pony which ambled, and I had some considerable trouble to teach it to trot, but to the end it preferred ambling. A large proportion of the natives in India prefer an ambling horse because the pace is so much smoother than trotting; it is essentially a pace for travelling long distances, and is less fatiguing to the rider and to the horse, but I have never heard of warhorses or cavalry horses being trained to amble. The ambling palfrey was the lady's or the London merchant's mount in the historical novel. Mules are largely trained to amble if used for riding; they are notoriously rough trotters, due to their straight shoulders. A. R. The following extract from ‘To Lhasa in Disguise,' by Dr. W. Montgomery McGovern (1924) refers to hill-ponies hired in Darjeeling: I tried to get my pony to canter, but found that these hill-ponies have only one pace, viz., an amble, something between a fast walk and a trot, and nothing will induce them to break into either a real trot or a gallop. They are able to keep up their amble all day, however, and can, in the long run, out-distance any pony with more orthodox means of locomotion." (pp. 30-31). G. H. WHITE. 23, Weighton Road, Anerley. FRENCH CHAPELS IN LONDON (cl. MANCHEE is singularly informative. Upon 291, 391). The reply of MR. W. H. one important topographical detail, I am at issue with him. He states the position of Peter's Court, St. Martin's Lane, and distinguishes it from Peter's Yard, which he cannot trace, and assigns the possession of Peter's Court Meeting House exclusively to a Huguenot congregation between 1745 and 1760. No large scale map of 1745, of which I am aware, shews Peter's Court as it then existed, but my contention is that it may well be identical with Peter's Yard. The differ"Old ence of names is nearly immaterial. Square," Lincoln's Inn, is identical in certain of its houses, including the address from which I write, with "Old Buildings." A presumption of unlikelihood arises against a Peter's Court and a Peter's Yard, both existing near Leicester Fields, both possessing meeting houses. Such might be, but is improbable. Wm. Cudworth's Collection of Hymns, 1745 and 1746, describes itself as on sale at the Meeting in Peter's Yard, Castle Street. The 1742 edn. (also Brit. Mus. Cat. 3436 g.) describes Peter's Yard more explicitly, as Peter's Yard, Castle Street, near Leicester Fields. The "near Leicester Fields" would exclude the court to the north of Peter's Street, Soho, and would not exclude Peter's Court, St. Martin's Lane. In favour of MB. MANCHEE's contention is the fact that the entry to Peter's Court in the late eighteenth century was from St. Martin's Lane only, and that, therefore, it could not easily be termed "Peter's Yard, Castle Street." But it is possible that, in 1745, an entry from Castle Street existed. That a Huguenot congregation possessed a church in Peter's Court in 1760, would |