2nA 8. VII. Feb. 12. '60.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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the work in my possession, the last of these pub- 

 lished in 1822, edited by J. Jamieson and Sir 

 Walter Scott. In this edition occurs the only 

 notice I have ever met with of Capt. Burt. In 

 it the .editors say, " The author is commonly un- 

 derstood to have been Capt. Burt, an oiiicer of 

 engineers, who about 1730 was sent into Scotland 

 as a contractor, &c." 



I have had for some time by me a MS. volume 

 of the business letters of an Inverness merchant 

 dated from 1744—1746, and in this MS. I find 

 the following addressed to " Edw*^. Burt, London," 

 who I am inclined to believe is one and the same 

 individual as Capt. Burt. Taken in connection 

 with what Jamieson and Scott say of Burt being 

 sent to Scotland as a Contractor, and the subject 

 of the Highland merchant's letter, there seems 

 little doubt of my being correct. A Celt. 



" Inverness, 22nd February, 1745. 

 " Edw^. Burt, London. 

 « Sir, 

 " This in Consequence of the Inclosed to which please 

 be referred, goes Chiefly to Advise that I have of this 

 date drawn bill on you payable at ten days' sight to the 

 order of M"^. Alex"". Innes, 'Edin"-, p' 92?. 10s. Sd. value of 

 a year's Goal and Candle for Fort George from the 24'i» 

 June last to the 24"> June next, to which 1 doubt not 

 your giveing due honour. You'll please observe that in 

 the Estimate now made on, the Coals are only valued at 

 eighteen pence p"^ barrel, which is at least sixpence p"" 

 barrel below their present value, so that when our Coal 

 Ships Come in whatever the Coals cost above Eighteen 

 pence p"" barrel must be brought to your Debit in a new 

 Account. I am very Glade to heare that the Marshall * 

 is in good health, and if good Wishes would avail him 

 anything, he has none more sincere for his person and 

 interest than mine, 1 have hade the honour of attending 

 him through the Highland Barracks and of seeing him 

 in my own house here. I wish all health, happiness, 

 and Prosperity may attend him. 



« I am, Sir, 



" &c., &c." 



Minax ahumtS, 



Words used by Milton. — Milton uses " metal " 

 more than once for " mine," in the sense, that is, 

 of the Latin " metallum." He uses " symbol " as 

 contribution to a common stock, in the sense, that 

 is, of the Greek crvixSixov. Can any of your readers 

 inform me whether any other English writers use 

 these words in these meanings ; and if so, give 

 the quotations, or the references ? 



In like manner, Milton uses " temperament " in 

 the sense , that the Latin " temperamentum " 

 sometimes has, namely that of compromise. He 

 uses both in prose and verse, " to assassinate " 

 in the sense which " assassinare " in Italian some- 

 times acquires, namely,'as " grievously to wrong." 

 Will any of your readers likewise inform me 

 whether they can adduce any similar uses of these 

 words by other writers ? T. 



* Marshall Wade? 



The Pocockei Family. — Richard Pococke, Bishop 

 of Meath, author of Travels in the East, &c., was 

 born Nov. 19, 1704, and died Sept. 1765. He 

 was the son of Richard Pococke and Elizabeth 

 (Mills) his wife, who were married April 26, 

 1698. Dorothea Pococke, sister of the father of 

 the bishop, married the celebrated Joseph Bing- 

 ham. Mary Bingham, issue of this marriage, mar- 

 ried Thomas Mant of Havant, and thus became 

 grandmother of the late Richard Mant, D.D., 

 Bishop of Down and Connor. Giles Pococke, 

 rector of Chively, Berks (died in 1682), had a 

 son, Giles, who married Eliza Mant. They had 

 a son, John Pococke, reetor of Langley and 

 Bradley. I wish to discover, if possible, the 

 connexion between the latter Giles Pococke and 

 Richard Pococke, Bishop of Meath. Also, who 

 was the father of Eliza Mant ; and where I can 

 find any account of the Pococke and Bingham 

 pedigrees. Alfred T. Lee. 



Cursitors in Chancery. — Is any MS. list of 

 these officers in existence ? and if so, where ? The 

 period wanted is during the reigns of Charles I. 

 and II. C. E. L. 



The Ascension. — In what part of Judea did 

 our Lord take his final leave of his disciples, and 

 make his ascent into heaven ? Wn. 



Sir Richard Fry, Knt., tempore Hen. VII. — 

 Information is requested concerning Sir Richard 

 Fry, Knt., who married Joane Beaufort, second 

 daughter of Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somer- 

 set, slain at the battle of St. Albans, 1455, and 

 widow of the Lord Howth of Ireland. His 

 name occurs in all the larger Peerages, as Collins, 

 Edmondson, Lodge, &c. ; but no particulars are 

 furnished which throw any light on his birth or 

 family. It should perhaps be mentioned that the 

 querist is already acquainted with the following 

 notices, and that his object is more to ascertain 

 some clue to his ancestry than to his descendants, 

 if any. 



1st. The first reference I find is in the Parlia- 

 mentary Rolls, vol. vi. p. 454., 7 Hen. VII., 1492 : 



" A saving unto the daurs, &c., of Alianore, late 

 Duchess of Somerset ; among the rest to Richard Fry, 

 Squier, and Jane his wife, another of the daurs of the 

 said Duchess." 



2nd. His name occurs among the guests at 

 Thornbury Castle, Gloucestershire, the residence 

 of his cousin, the great Duke of Buckingham, 

 during the Feast of the Epiphany, 23 Hen. VII., 

 1507. See Archceologia, vol. xxv. ar. 17., 1834, 

 " Household Expenses of the Duke of Bucking- 

 ham." 



3rd. His will, dated 1504, was proved at Doc- 

 tors' Commons in 1510. Therein he devises all 

 his land at Stanford (no county named) to his 

 wife Joane : witnesses, Dr. Fysher and Beken- 



