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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2nd s. VII. May 7. '69. 



Street, Strand. He arranged them in classes 

 after the following manner : — 1. Gods. 2. Demi- 

 gods. 3. Fabulous history in general. 4. The 

 Trojan War. 5. The Iliad and Odyssey. Under 

 his own immediate inspection proof impressions 

 (in plaster) were taken, and a catalogue was also 

 formed and sold in connection with them. I shall 

 be glad to know how many sets of these were 

 taken, and what they sold for each, and their 

 probable value at present ? Photographic fac- 

 similes have lately been taken of classes one and 

 two, and sold at 51. each. John W. Ford. 



Quotation. — Last summer I saw a picture in the 

 gallery of the Crystal Palace, the subject of which 

 was the plunder of a village by some border 

 riders. There were some lines attaclied which, 

 as near as I can recollect, ran — 



" The good old rule, the ancient border law, 

 That they who have the power should take, 

 And they should keep who can." 



As they are quoted from memory, they may be 

 incorrect. Can any of your readers inform me 

 whence they are taken ? Caelo Guam Vilikeop. 



Deverevx Family. — I wish to make some in- 

 quiries in regard to the family of Devereux in 

 Ireland, residing, I believe, in Wexford or Water- 

 ford. In Brewer's Beauties of Ireland, we find 

 mentioned a Philip Devereux (son of Sir James, 

 temp. 1597), who had eight sons, all of whose 

 issue is supposed to be extinct, except that of 

 Kobert, &c. &c. Now can any one inform me, 

 or aid me in finding out, what relation to this 

 Robert, a James Devereux was, who had a son 

 James born in 1766, and also other sons, John, 

 Nicholas, Valentine, and Philip ? Brewer speaks 

 of " a genealogical account of this ancient family 

 communicated by the Chevalier de Montmorency." 

 Has this ever been published, or is it attainable in 

 any way ? Any items of information in regard to 

 the genealogy or history of this family will be 

 most acceptable to Clement. 



Cambridge, U. S. 



Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond. — 

 In one of the Sermons preached by Fisher, Bishop 

 of Rochester, in which he eulogises the virtues of 

 the Countess of Richmond (mother of Henry VII.), 

 the following occurs : — 



" What by lineage, what by affinity, she had thirty 

 kings and queens within the four degrees of marriage unto 

 her, besides earls, marq«ises, dukes, and princes." 



Can you tell me the names of those " thirty 

 kings and queens ? " J. H. S. 



Crewherne. — Can any of your readers inform 

 me if there is such a place as Crewkerne any- 

 where in Scotland, not Crewkerne in England 

 (Somerset) ? I am not certain of the spelling. 



En Esr£BANCE. 



Welsh Families. — The principal English families 

 who settled in Wales on its conquest by Hugh de 

 Lacy, their residence in Wales, and genealogical 

 connexion with the parent stock of their families 

 remaining in England. Reference is especially 

 requested to any chronicles bearing minutely on 

 the subject, to grants of land, pedigrees known 

 to exist in private collections, &c. &c. Admirer. 



Bower : " Our Lady of the Bower.'" — A chan- 

 try chapel, in Bishop's Cannings church, Wilts, is 

 thus dedicated. The word bower means, I pre- 

 sume, in this instance, chamber, as in Chaucer and 

 Milton. This dedication appearing to be very 

 unusual, perhaps some of your readers may be 

 able to mention other chapels bearing this title; and 

 also whether in Italy, or other countries, a corre- 

 sponding title is ever given to " Our Lady" ? J. 



Lancashire Traditions : Child of Hale. — The 

 child of Hale is said to have grown so tall in one 

 night that he could not stand upright in the room. 

 The room is still shown, and the tradition popu- 

 larly believed. Where can I find any account of 

 him ? iTHUEimJi 



Centennial Celebrations of Gr^at Men. — I am de- 

 sirous of ascertaining when was the first centen- 

 nial celebration of the birthday of any illustrious 

 man. Besides Burns, I am not aware that there 

 has been any other great man whose memory 

 has been thus honoured, except Washington in 

 1831 (?) and Shakspeare, whose centennial birth- 

 day is said to have been celebrated during the 

 last century. Can any of your readers give this 

 information ? L. P. Smith. 



Philadelphia. 



The Arrows of Harrow. — I have often won- 

 dered that the arms of Harrow School should be 

 two crossed arrows. I have always hoped that it 

 was no disregard for the letter h ; but I have not 

 been set quite at ease on the subject until I found 

 the following notice of a custom, to which I at- 

 tribute the use of the arrows, which it was once 

 the height of my ambition to see on my books : — 



" The parish is remarkable for a Free School founded 

 by Mr. John Lyons, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth ; 

 and on the fourth of August in each year a select number 

 of the scholars, dressed in the habit of archers, attend on 

 the hill, and shoot at a mark for a silver arrow." — Cham- 

 berlain's Compleat History and Survey of the Cities of 

 London and Westminster. London, 1771, p. 645. 



How long has this custom been discontinued ? 



J. Ms. 



Dates in the Reign of Elizabeth. — Among the 

 letters of an ancient family through which I have 

 recently been looking I found several dated in 

 this manner, 



« 1578. Januarij 22. 21." 



where the last figures were unintelligible until I 

 recollected that they must denote the year of the 



