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NOTES AND QUEEIES. 



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by the Chetham Society. At the end of the lat- 

 ter work I find " The Arraignment and Triall of 

 Jennet Preston of Gisborne, in Craven, in the 

 Countie of Yorke," who was tried and condemned 

 to death, " before Sir James Althani, Knight," 

 aiid " Sir Edward Bromley, Knight," of " his 

 Majesties Court of Exchequer;" and from some 

 expressions there used, I am led to inquire whe- 

 ther Mr. Potts wrote his book for the benefit of 

 the public, or as an apology for the conduct of the 

 judges. ' : 



In the early part of the Arraignment he talks of 

 " satisfying the world" how " dangerous and mall- 

 tlons a witch this Jennet Preston was," and, " how 

 unfit to live;" of being '■'■directed, for example 

 sake, with that which [he has] to report of her;" 

 and he also alludes to the cun-ent opinion of the 

 inhabitants of Craven, " that she was maliciously 

 prosecuted by Master Lister and others." At the 

 close of his Essay he says : " loolie not upori tilings 

 strangely allcdged, but judiciously consider what 

 h proved against them" [the witches] ; and con- 

 cludes with the following strange prayer on be- 

 half of those who tried them : — 



" God grant us the lone; and prosperous continuance of 

 these Honourable and Reverend Judges, under whose 

 government we live in these North parts : for we may 

 ■sa.y, that God Almightie hath singled them out, and set 

 them on his seat, for the Defence of Justice. And for this 

 great deliverance, let us pray to God Almightie, that the 

 menwrie of tltese worthie Judges may bee blessed to all pos- 

 terities." 



These clauses appear to me so like an attempt 

 to allay a storm of indignation excited by the 

 execution of so many reputed witches, that I feel 

 anxious to ascertain whether such was really the 

 case. Probably some of your readers will be able 

 to supply some contemporaneous extracts illustra- 

 tive of the matter. T. T. W. 



Burnlej', Lancashire. 



JMontt^jo Family. — In a letter of Mr. Oglethorp 

 to the Governor of St. Augustine, dated Georgia, 

 1735-6, Feb. 15, the following passage occurs : — 



*' The gentleman who delivers this is of an ancient and 

 noble family in Ireland : he has letters to j-ou from the 

 ■Conntess of Jlontejo, and from S'' Th* Fitzgerald, who is 

 now charged with the King of Spain's atRiirs in England." 



What relation did this lady bear to the present 

 Empress of the French ? Ituuriel. 



Lost Brass lEmneth Church.— In i\\Q nave of 

 Emneth church, Norfolk, is a large slab which 

 formerly contained a tine brass of a cross-legged 

 knight under a canopy, supposed to be the monu- 

 ment of Sir Adam de Hackbeach, who lived in the 

 time of Edw. I. The indent of the brass is well 

 preserved, and a drawing of It will probably ap- 

 pear in a future part of the publications of the 

 Norfolk and Norwich Archajological Society. I 

 fim desirous to ascertain wheth.er any drawing of i 



the lost brass itself is in existence. I have seen it 

 stated that such a drawing was preserved in the 

 library of one of the Colleges at Cambridge, I 

 think Pembroke College. I cannot recollect 

 where this statement appeared, but I am Inclined 

 to suppose it was iu one of the early publications 

 of the Cambridge Camden Society. I should be 

 much obliged if any of your readers could refer 

 me to this statement, or to the supposed drawing 

 of the brass. There is no sketch either in Ker- 

 rlch's MSS. or Cole's MSS. In the British Museum. 



C. R. M. 



Numher Superstition. — 



" On Friday a frightful murder, followed by suicide, Avas 

 committed in a house on the Corso. A man, employed as 

 cook in a private family, had for some time been on bad 

 terms with a young woman, his fellow-servant. On this 

 occasion words somewhat higher than usual had passed 

 between the two, and the man, goaded to fury by some 

 irritating expression used by his companion, inflicted on 

 her a deadly blow with a large kitchen-knife, and then 

 threw himself out of a high second-floor window into the 

 street, fracturing his skull upon the pavement below. 

 An immense run will accordingly be made this week by 

 letter}' gamblers upon the 'numbers' which, by popular 

 superstition, are supposed to correspond with a fractured 

 skull, a kitchen-knife, a window, and other prominent 

 features of this lamentable crime." 



The above Is taken from a letter, dated Milan, 

 May 6, In The Standard of May 17. I think the 

 superstition Is not known in England, and shall 

 be glad to have a farther notice of it. 



FiTZHOPKIXS. 



Garrick Club. 



Sir Anthony Poulett, eldest surviving son and 

 heir of Sir Amyas Poulett, Knt., was constituted 

 Governor of the Isle of Jersey on the death of his 

 father, Sept. 26, lo88 ; he was likewise Captain 

 of the Guard to Queen Elizabeth, who conferred 

 the honour of knighthood upon him ; and in 1600 

 he died. Qu. Where was he buried ? 



W. H. Hart. 



Folkestone House, Koupell Park, Streathani, S. 



Anderson Papers. — Will Mr. Lamont kindly 

 o-ive me a list of " Origines Andersoniana," if I 

 may call them so ? That is to say, all the works 

 he is acquainted with which give any information 

 about this branch of the Aunily. Sigma Theta. 



• Officers in the Army of Charles I. — Is^ there 

 any complete list of persons who held commissions 

 in the royal army temp. Charles I., and where can 

 It be referred to ? I have looked at Harl. :MS. 

 6804., but it does not appear to contain " Lists of 

 Officers in the Army of Charles I.," as stated in 

 SIms's Manual, p. 438. C. J. 



Zona. — Can anyone give rae Information as to 

 any part of the ancient library of lona ? Besi(!es 

 being the repository of the oldest Scottish records, 

 It was said to contain a chest of books brought by 

 Fergus II. from Rome, where he was present, as 



