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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[So* S. VII. Mab. 26. '59. 



Drew of East Grinstead. — A family of this 

 name and place terminated about 1550 in co- 

 heiresses, of whom Sidney married John Kowe of 

 Tunbridge, co. Kent (see Berry's Sussex Genealo- 

 gies'). Can any of your readers supply me with 

 farther particulars of the descent of the Drews ? 

 Their arms were, erm. a lion passant between 

 three fleurs-de-lis, gules. C. J. R. 



County Poll-hooks. — I am very anxious to in- 

 spect the poll-books of Somerset and Lincolnshire 

 about the commencement of the last century. 

 Can you tell me whether they have been printed, 

 and if so, where I can see a copy ? C. J. R. 



Hearing through the Throat. — I will state a 

 fact: a friend who is so utterly deaf as to be 

 almost beyond relief from any of the mechanical in- 

 ventions now in use for the aid of persons afflicted 

 with deafness, walked into a chapel, and took his 

 seat on one of the open benches. He heard no- 

 thing of the sermon then and there delivered, 

 until, from mere listlessness, he placed the rim of 

 the crown of his hat in his mouth : he heard dis- 

 tinctly. He has frequently repeated the experi- 

 ment in my presence with the same result ; and 

 where the opportunity is afforded him, he 

 places his hat between his lips, and carries on a 

 conversation, speaking in the usual way, and hear- 

 ing as I have described. I have made the experi- 

 ment with many deaf persons, and generally with 

 success. I leave the learned in acoustics to ex- 

 plain; I only state the fact, and everyone can 

 make the experiment. Is it the open mouth, or 

 has the vibration of sound on the hat anything to 

 do with the effect produced ? Look on a crowd 

 of listeners, eager to catch the voice of the speaker, 

 they sit with open mouth : " With locks thrown 

 back and lips apart" " in listening mood," &c., 

 is the poet's description of the Lady of the Lake. 



It is almost impossible to make use of the hat 

 as an auricle, but I venture to think that if science 

 would apply its efforts to hearing through the 

 throat, following nature as a guide, more would 

 be done for the sorest evil that can afflict huma- 

 nity than has been hitherto effected. " The ob- 

 structed path of sound " I am persuaded may be 

 reached this way. I throw out the hint : let it be 

 followed out.* J. Sw. 



Earl of Chesterfield : Bp. Berkeley's MSS. — 

 Can any of your readers inform me where I can 

 find a book entitled An Antidote to the Opinions 

 disseminated in the Works of the Earl of Chester- 

 feld.f Also, whether Bishop Berkeley's manu- 

 scripts and letters are extant in any of our public 

 libraries ? Noel H. Robinson. 



[* See «N. & Q," 2'"i S. vii. 170.] 



[t This work is by the Rev. Sir Adam Gordon, Bart., 

 and entitled. The Contrast; or an Antidote against the 

 Pemicinus Principles disseminated in the Letters of the late 

 Lord Chesterfield. 2 vols. Lond. 1791, 12mo.] 



Gray's MS. History of Roxburghshire. — About 

 twenty-five years ago I was informed that the late 

 Mr. Gray, parish clergyman of Eckford, Rox- 

 burghshire, had prepared a history of that county 

 with a view to publication. Mr. Gray afterwards 

 became Professor of Greek in the University 

 of Glasgow, where he died not more than seven 

 years ago. Can any of your readers inform me 

 what became of this manuscript ? T. 



Writings of Robert, Second Earl of Essex. — 

 Sir Henry Wotton, in his Parallel between the 

 Earl of Essex and the Duke of Buckingham, says 

 that 



" The Earl was a very acute and sound speaker, when 

 he would intend it ; and, for his writings, they are bej'ond 

 example, especially in his familiar letters, and things of 

 delight at court, when he would admit his serious habits, 

 as may yet be seen in his impresses and inventions of enter- 

 tainment, and above all in his darling piece of love and 

 selflove," Sfc. — Reliquice Wottoniunm, p. 23. 



A great number of the Earl's letters are extant ; 

 but what has become of the " impresses, inventions 

 of entertainment," and "the darling piece of love 

 and selflove ? " One composition of the kind was 

 printed in 1853 by Captain Devereux in his 

 Lives of the Earls of Essex (vol. ii. p. 501.), 

 though he does not say whence it came ; and we 

 know from the news-letters of the time that he 

 used to exhibit such things ; but what has become 

 of them ? I find no traces of any such in Watt 

 or Lowndes, or the catalogues of the great MS. 

 collections in the British Museum. J. S. 



Names of Six Priests wanted. — At the taking 

 of Basing House, Oct. 14, 1645, by the parlia- 

 mentary soldiers, six priests were put to death in 

 cold blood, their murderers crying out : " Cursed 

 be he that doth the work of God negligently." 

 Can any correspondent inform me of the names of 

 these six priests ? F. C. H, 



Minax ^ntxiti iattlb '^ni'iatxi. 



Dr. .John Burton, ^c. — Can you give me any 

 account of Dr. Burton, who was Head Master of 

 Winchester College about 1740. Also, of the 

 Rev. H. Bigg and J. Coxed, Wardens of the Col- 

 lege about the same time? R. Ikglis. 



[Dr. John Burton was the third son of Humphrej' 

 Burton, Esq. of Kersley, co. Warwick. He was elected 

 Fellow of New College, 1710; of Winton College, 1722; 

 and Head Master, 1724. He was the founder of " Old 

 Commoners," and bequeathed his house to his successors 

 in the office of head- master. Obiit Jan. 24, 1774, ajtatis 

 84. — Dr. Henry Bigg, of Chilton Folcott, Wilts, was 

 Fellow of New College, June 22, 1712 ; Warden of New 

 College, Jan. 1, 1724; of Winton, 1740. He died in 1740. 

 — John Coxed, D.C.L. of Bucknell, Oxon, was Fellow of 

 New College, July 20, 1720 ; vicar of Chesterton, Dec. 13, 

 1727; Warden of New College, Feb. 6, 1729; of Winton, 

 1740. He died May 26, 1757. — Walcott's JFyheham and 

 his Colleges.^ 



