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1. John Reynolds Peyton, of whom presently.

2. Jane Peyton, born 16 Feb., 1806. She married John Lambert, second son of Walter Lambert, of Castle Lambert, Co. Galway, and had issue a son, Walter Reynolds Lambert.

John Reynolds Peyton, the only son, of Laheen, Co. Leitrim, born 30 June, 1803, died 1850; married firstly, Louisa, eldest dau. of Samuel Scott of Dublin; he had no issue by her; and married secondly, Alicia, dau. of Andrew Ennis of Roebuck, Co. Dublin, by her had issue.

HENRY FITZGERALD REYNOLDS.

THE EARLDOM OF HUNTINGDON :

ROBIN HOOD.

A volume has recently been issued (April, 1926) by the St. Catherine Press entitled Complete Peerage,' by G. E. C., in which it is stated that Robin Hood was not, as tradition avers, Earl of Huntingdon. But, curiously enough, Debrett's Peerage (eighteenth ed. 1829, vol. i., p. 99) has the subjoined :

Hans-Francis Hastings, Earl of Huntingdon, Capt. R.N., born 14 Aug. 1779; married, 1st, 2 May, 1803, Frances, 3d. da. of the Rev. Richard Chaloner Cobbe, Rector of Great Marlow, co. Bucks, and by her had issue S. Edward-Plantagenet-Robin Hood, b. 12 Aug., 1818.

The addition of "Robin Hood" to the Christian names of the eighth child of Earl Hastings seems to suggest an acceptance of the tradition that the great outlaw of Sherwood Forest had a right to the title, but which was created Dec. 8, 1529, 21 Henry VIII. The tradition itself appears to be based on the alleged tomb-stone inscription on the outlaw's grave near Kirklees and is thus commented on by Priory, S. J. Chadwick, F.S.A., in a paper in the York shire Archaeological Journal, 1902:

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The grave of Robin Hood is on rising ground overlooked by the windows of the gatehouse [of the Priory], from which the last arrow is said to have been shot. Of the stone which covered the grave there is only a small fragment now remaining, enclosed within an iron railing to prevent further depredation. drawing of the stone appears to have been made by Dr. Nathaniel Johnston, of Pontefract, in the year 1665, and a copy has been published by this Society in Vol. xvi of the Journal, where also is given a copy of the celebrated inscription :

Hear underneath dis laitl stean
Laz robert earl of Huntingtun
Ne'er arcir ver az hie sa geud
An pipl kauld im robin heud
Sick utlawz as hi an iz men
Vil england nivr si agen

Obiit 24 Kal. Dekembris 1247. The lettering of this inscription is comparatively modern, probably not earlier than the latter part of the 18th century. The writer tion, which appears to have been made in 1759, has in his possession a copy of the inscrip

and which varies, both in spelling and in the use of capital letters, from that given above, though both agree in the impossible date. 24th Kalends of December.

And, in a description of a visit to Kirklees by the Bradford Historical and Antiquarian Society in July, 1901, in the Reporter, headed Antiquaries at Kirklees: Robin Hood's Grave,' it is said that:—

enclosure, in which is a profusion of rhodoThe grave of the daring archer is in an dendron shrubs and fine ferns. Perpendicular and horizontal railings surround the place of sepulture to protect it from modern vandals. Nearly the whole of the original recumbent stone has disappeared, but a stone inserted in the side of the wall has this inscription [ut supra]. Mr. S. J. Chadwick (who acted as cicerone, and who is the local

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authority on Kirklees), here made a few observations. "This,' he said, was the grave of Robin Hood. The inscription on the stone here stated that he died on the 24th of the Kalends of December, 1247. That was an impossible date, which threw doubt on the There was no such date; the inscription.

last day of the Kalends was the 18th,' and after the Kalends came the ides." Sir George Armytage (of Kirklees Hall) said that quite recently he had come across a copy of a drawing that was made of Robin Hood's gravestone in 1655 by Dr. Johnston. There were then, as now, two distinct stones-one in the bottom being the gravestone, and the other, a stone describing the gravestone.

Neither Hunter (1852), nor Stapleton (1898), nor Chadwick (1902) in their

pamphlets of those dates, refers to the Earldom nor (except Chadwick) gives the inscription. Nor does Gutch, in his 'Lytell Geste of Robin Hode' allude to the former, but (vol. i., p. 47, 1847), concerning the latter, quotes the following from Thoresby's Ducatus Leodiensis

Amongst the papers of the learned Dr. Gale, late Dean of Yorke, was found this epitaph of Robin Hood (ut supra with [r. 14] opposite Kal Dekembris). The genuineness of this epitaph has been questioned. Dr. Percy, in the first edition of his Reliques of Ancient English Poetry (1765) says, "It must be confessed this epitaph is suspicious, because, in the most ancient poems of Robin Hood, there is no mention of this imaginary earldom." This reason, however, is by no means conclusive, the most ancient poem now extant having no pretention to the antiquity claimed by the epitaph; and indeed the doctor himself would seem to have afterwards had less confidence in it, as, in both the subsequent editions, those words are omitted. . . As for the present editor's part, he can perceive nothing in it from whence one should be led to pronounce it spurious. That there actually was some inscription upon it in Mr. Thoresby's time, though then scarce legible, is evident from his own words; and it should be remembered, as well that the last century was not the era of imposition, as that Dr. Gale was both too good and too learned a man either to be capable of it himself or to be liable to it from others The old epitaph is, by some anonymous hand, work entitled Sepulchrorum Inscriptiones; or A Curious Collection of Nine Hundred of the most remarkable Epitaphs,' 1727 (Vol. ii., p. 73) thus not inelegantly paraphrased

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87.

(Kesgrave.) Mr. Tho. PRESTON late of Mile End, Middlesex, gent. 10 Oct. 1792 aged 76.

88. (Withersfield.) Mrs. Eliz. ROSENHAGEN wid. of Arnold R. esq. of Isleworth, Middlesex, 22 Aug. 1797 aged 86.

89. (Groton.) Mr. John BARNARD late of par. of S. John, Westminster, 14 Mar. 1807, aged 64, 35 y. a clerk of the Bank of England; Ann his w. 29 Oct. 1823 aged 78.

90. (Bradwell.) Susan BURTON relict of James B. of Kentish Town, Middlesex, 3 Ap. 1809 aged 63.

LEAKE of Stoke Newington, co. Middlesex, 91. (Bildeston.) Anne w. of Mr. Geo. da. of Mr. GROWSE of this par. 20 Sep. 1814 aged 26.

92. (Glemsford.) Rich. s. of Sam. and Eliz. FENNING of S. James Square, Westminster, 13 Ap. 1815 aged 35.

93. (Westerfield.) On a chevron a lion ramp. crowned, a mullet for difference (Brooke). Francis BROOKE gent. 21 May 1757 aged 79; Martha his w. but late w. of Chess STEDMAN of Stepney, Middlesex, 29 Jan. 1824 aged 91.

(xix.) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.

94. (Hitcham.) Eliz. WEBSTER relict of D. Webster of Deene, co. Northampton, 4 Oct. 1824 aged 67.

(xx.) NORTHUMBERLAND.

Gutch then gives two plays dated 1601, both headed Robert, Earle of Huntingdon, afterward called Robin Hood of merrie Sherwodde.' To conclude this survey, Hunter (p. 59), in a foot-note, quotes Dodsworth as asserting that "Mr. Long saith that 95. (Lowestoft.) Cha. KING esq. comFabyan saith, Little John was an Earl Hun-his w. youngest da. of Will. CLARK esq. of mander R. N. 17 Aug. 1825 aged 72; Ann tingdon-"-which makes confusion worse confounded.

J. B. McGOVERN, F.S.A., SCOT. St. Stephen's Rectory, C.-on-M., Manchester.

Dockwray Square, Northumberland, 29 Sep. 1826 aged 53; Mary Eliz. w. of Rev. Will. Clark King da. of Will. Clark esq. of Benton House, Northumberland, 15 Jan. 1826 aged 27;

(xxi.) NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.

96. (Brandon.) Edm. CROFTS, A.M., b. at SOUTHWELL, Notts, rector of Brandon and Wangford, d. 6 Dec. 1790 aged 69; Eliz. C. relict of Mr. Edm. C. 2 Feb. 1806 aged 78. 97. (Barton Magna.) Tho. WELCH gent. late of Redford, co. Nottingham 21 Aug. 1815 aged 92.

98. (Assington.) Rev. Tho. HALLWARD A.M., rector of Stanton in the Wolds, co. Nottingham, and Fell. of Worcester Coll. Oxf. eldest s. of Rev. John H., A. M., vicar of this par. 10 Nov. 1819 aged 32. (xxii.) OXFORDSHIRE.

99. (Barton Mills.) James DAVIES A.M. formerly Fell. of Jesus Coll. Oxf., rector of this church more than 39 y., 22 Mar. 1708 aged 67.

100. (Sutton.) M.A. late Fell. of C.C.C. Oxf. rector of Spexhall and 41 y. vicar of this par. b. 28 Ap. 1738 d. 11 Dec. 1806; 3 of his children d. inf.

Rev. Joseph GUNNING

101. (Hadleigh.) Ann BEAVER da. of Herbert B. esq. of Oxford University 9 Nov., 1814 aged 80.

102. (Assington.) See 98, above. 103. (Wickham Market.) Rev. Will. Urmston EYRE M.A. Fell. of New Coll. Oxf. 19 Oct. 1830 aged 34; (xxiii.) SHROPSHIRE,

Rev. Cha. Anson

104. (Poslingford.) TISDALL, b. in co. York, for 20 y. a skilled exponent of Greek and Latin at the Gram. School at Wrexham co. Denbigh and Oswestry Shropshire d. at Clare 1811 aged 78. (xxiv.) SOMERSETSHIRE.

105. (Athelington.) Quarterly, 1 and 4 On a chev. a lion ramp. crowned (Brooke). 2 and 3 On a chev. three lions ramp. (Cobham), impaling Per pale a chev. between three stags trippant (Green). [Then follows a long tabular pedigree in Latin of the BROOKE family of Aspall in Suffolk, Cobham in Kent, and Ilchester in Somersetshire going back to 1230-31, ending thus]: Domini Manerii de la Brookes juxta Ilchester in [ends thus].

106.____ (Beccles.) In Latin.-Eliz. wid. of Cha. WHITAKER of Bath eldest da. of Will. BENTON of Ruston, Wiltshire; of 12 children, she left Charles, Edw., Will., Eliz., and Nich.; she d. Jan. 1684 aged 68; Rich.

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In the Japanese encyclopædia Wakan Sansai Dzue,' 1713, tom., xlii., it is said :— "The bat has its body, shape, colour, teeth, voice, and claws all similar to those of the rat, but differs from it in possessing the wings. The latter animal when advanced So, bats in age turns into the former. swarm in old monasteries." The Chinese 'Lirbahst Li Shi-Chin' Some one states: says that rats turn to bats, and bats to cockles but not all of them probably (Pan-tsan-kang-muh,' 1578, tom., xlviii.) That the Buddhists in ancient India maintained such a view is evident from the Ching-fah-nien-chu-King,' trans. Goutama Pradjnarutchi, A.D. 538-543, which observes that, when one attempts to catch birds, the bat retires into a hole and turns into the rat, and when he attempts to catch rats, it issues therefrom and turns to a bird; whence the Chinese Buddhist priest, FahLin, in his 'Pien-ching-lun,' A.D. 618-626, tom. vii., has happily compared the two degenerate Taoist prelates to bats, because they used to excuse their illicit marriage as important for cherishing humanity, whereas they insisted on their canonical unconcern with the world whenever they strived to get free from all public duties. And from Mary Alicia Owen's Old Rabbit, the Voodoo,' 1893, pp. 70-74, we learn how a calculating woodpecker made up a bat by magically conjoining a field-mouse with a nighthawk.

OSO Y ALCANFORADA.

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L. F. POWELL. ALLUSION IN 'GREAT EXPECTATIONS.' In Great Expectations,' ch. xv., Mr. Wopsle met Pip in Rochester and, taking him to tea with Mr. Pumblechook inflicted "the affecting tragedy of George Barnwell " them. On their return to the village Mr. Wopsle beguiled the way with recitations, he died amiably at Camberwell, and exceedingly game on Bosworth Field, and in the greatest agonies at Glastonbury.' The first and second allusions are obvious,

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A SPANISH CHARM.-In The Blue Peter for May, in an article by A. Bonnet Laird, there is the following statement: Why do they sell, at the cathedral doors (in Santiago de Compostella) little fists of jet, the thumb protruding, in some lost gesture of caution or contumely between the first and second fingers? Gallegan folk cannot tell. They forget. After all, when

Saint James had landed in his miraculous ship, and died and gone to his grave, they forgot where they had laid him.

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Can any reader make any suggestion as to the origin of the little jet fists? Southern Italy a fist with the first and fourth finger extended is considered a charm against the evil eye; have the two charms any connection?

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Is anything known of this Coffee House? From its situation, the last house on the south side of Piccadilly and opposite Devonshire House, it ought to have been of some note, but perhaps its importance was obOld White scured by the better-known Horse Cellars, a few yards away. I fail to find any reference to it in Wheatley, and other similar works. HARRY A. COCKBURN.

JARNDYCED." This word

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in Too many Fakirs,' an article by May 2 last, p. 12, col. 5:— J. D., printed in The Sunday Express of

A friend of mine went to law over three years ago. He won his case, but the legal costs devoured more than the total amount of his claim. If he had been a poor rabbit he would have been jarndyced out of the King's Bench into the Bankruptcy Court.

have never heard it used in conversation. Is this its first appearance in print? I R. W. B.

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"WINK."-The 'Concise Oxford Dictionhas a sense: to 'momentarily close one eye to awaken attention of or to "" So convey private information to person.' far as I know this is now the main (if not the only) way in which the verb is used. lish Dictionary' (Old Ashmolean Buildings, It seems that the editor of the New EngOxford) has no instance of the verb or of the corresponding noun in this sense earlier than the Pickwick Papers.'

I gather he would be glad to have quotations for either dated before 1836.

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Q. V. EDOWE (MEDOWS) FAMILY.-Geoffrey Medue was Rector of Farnham, Essex, Oct. 27, 1427, to Oct. 10, 1432, according to Rev. J. G. Geare's 'Farnham,

Essex, Past and Present' (London, Geo. MARIA DEL OCCIDENTE (MARIA

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Allen, n.d.), quoting Newport's 'Repertorium.' Is anything else known concerning this priest? Was he related to the Medowe (Medows or Meadows) family of Suffolk, one of whose descendants assumed the name and arms of Pierrepont in 1788, and was subsequently created first Earl Manvers? According to the pedigree of Meadows of Witnesham (senior branch of the same family) given in old editions of 'Burke's Landed Gentry,' Jeffery tended to be a favourite name with this house in early days, but the pedigree cited badly needs correction (vide Rev. Wm. C. Pearson's articles in The East Anglian: Notes and Queries, N.S., vol. v., pp. 20, 22, 49). As I have already mentioned in N. and Q. there has been more than one marriage between Medowes and Roes, one of them being between Jeffery Medowe of Newbourne, and Joan Roo, on Oct. 11, 1638. There appears to exist a strong tradition that this Jeffery belonged to the same stock as the Meadows of Witnesham. Can anyone supply the link?

F. GORDON ROE.

LIEUT. GEORGE GOOCH. Further particulars are desired concerning George Gooch, of St. Margaret's, Ipswich, who married Miss Jemima Roe at St. Clement's, Ipswich, April 7, 1824. Was he the Lieut. George Gooch who was living in Woodbridge Road, Ipswich, in 1844 (vide Directory), and in 1849 (vide Ipswich Burgess Roll, 22 Oct. 1894) when, however, no rank was indicated?

F. GORDON ROE.

GOWEN BROOKS, 1795-1845).-I would appreciate hearing from persons owning any letters to or from this lady, the friend of Southey and author of 'Zóphiël'or any MSS. relating to her. I also wish to locate a copy of Zóphiël' with Paris (Galignani) title page, if one exist. THOMAS OLLIVE MABBOTT.

14, Fifth Avenue, New York. EMBRANDT'S HUNDRED GUILDER ᎡᎬ PRINT Sick : 'Christ Healing the First State. Only eight impressions are known. I should be glad to know the price paid for it at any other sales not mentioned in the following list.

The above famous

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print sold in the artist's own time for about eight guineas of our present money. show the progression of prices, it brought at the Burgy's sale in 1755, £7; Barnard's, 1798, £33 1s. 6d.; Hibbert's, 1809, £41 7s. 6d.; Debois', 1844, £112; Baron Verstolk's, 1847, £140; Johnson's, 1860, £160; R. Pole Carew's, 1835, £163; Esdail's, 1840, £231; Sir Charles Price's, 1867, £1,180; Palmer's, 1868, £1,100; Duke of Buccleuch's, 1887, £1,300; R. S. Hólford, Esq., 1893, £1,750.

LEONARD C. PRICE.

JAMES SUTTON.-Information is very much desired with reference to the antecedents of James Sutton, Corn Factor, of Broken Wharf, Queenhithe, London, who died 1789 and who, with other members of his family, is believed to have resided at Blackheath. Any data as to parentage, etc., would be very greatly appreciated.

M. S.

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DANBROOK FAMILY.-References, other TOLERATION.-Being engaged on than such as have appeared in 'N. and liography of work by English authors. Q.,' to the Danbrook family of Suffolk are on 'Religious Toleration,' printed before desired-preferably sixteenth century and the publication of John Locke's famous letters in 1689, I should be glad of any titles of rare tracts not to be found in the British Museum Library.

earlier.

F. GORDON ROE.

SAINT PASCOE.-Could any reader enlighten me as to the life and death of a certain St. Pascoe, whom I believe to have been a Cornish Saint. I believe it is true

that there are a number of churches dedi

cated to him in that county. His name is not in any book of reference on the Saints that I have seen.

P. A. G. GLYN.

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HARLES CHA (1794-1865) THE DIARIST.-Who wrote the lines about him, commencing :"For forty years he listened at the door. Heard many secrets, and invented more. I have always heard them ascribed to the fourth Earl of Rosslyn, but there appears to be some doubt about this. I should be obliged to be informed as to who the author was, and where they are to be found?

L. G.

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