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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 123. 



cooper's miniature of CROMWELL. 



(Vol. iv., p. 368. ; Vol. v., p. 189. &c.) 



It is only within a few months that the existence 

 of the "N.&Q." became known to me. It seemed 

 likely to be such an useful and amusing publica- 

 tion, from the description I received of it from a 

 literary friend (now appointed vice-consul to the 

 Isle of Mytilene), that I lost no time in becoming 

 a subscriber ; and I am rejoiced to add, that my 

 expectations have not been disappointed, though 

 I have not had time to read the Notes or attend 

 to the Queries as fully as I could have wished till 

 very lately. 



However, I have now observed amongst the 

 Replies, Vol. v., p. 189., a Note relating to the 

 miniature of Cromwell by Cooper, with several 

 references to other Notes and Queries upon the 

 same subject, originating with a Query from 

 Lord Braybrooke in Vol. iv., p. 368. If the 

 following appears to you worthy of insertion, pray 

 use it. 



I have a beautiful miniature of Oliver Crom- 

 well, painted with very great care, and which has 

 every appearance of being an original by Cooper. 

 I remember it all my life in my father's (Lord 

 Holland's) room at Holland House ; and on his 

 death in 1840, it was left by him to his friend and 

 mine, John Allen, late master of Dulwich College, 

 who died in 1843, and left it with his books to me. 



Cromwell is painted in armour, with a remark- 

 ably clean, plain, turned-down shirt collar; his 

 usual countenance, somewhat stern, but full of 

 the expression of good sense and intelligence ; 

 reddish hair, and a small portion of it under the 

 lower lip. On the back is written in my father's 

 handwriting : ^ 



" This miniature was given to me when at school by 

 Lady Diana Beauclerk, who assured me that it was an 

 original by Cooper, and that it had been long in the 

 possession of the Beauclerk family, who had it from 

 Charles II. (Signed) Vassall Holland." 



Lady D. Beauclerk, herself distinguished as an 

 artist, was the daughter of the Duke of St. Al- 

 bans, a lineal descendant of Charles II. 



There is an engraving from a miniature of 

 Cromwell in Carlyle's life of him, said to be in 

 the possession of Archdeacon Berners, which I 

 believe to be also by Cooper. It is larger than 

 mine, and even better painted. I have seen it, 

 but cannot recollect where or when. 



C. Fox, Major-General. 



P. S. — I have left my miniature with my friend 

 Mr. Domenic Colnaghi at Pall Mall East, for the 

 inspection of any of your correspondents. It will 

 be there till the 31«^ March. 



Addison Road. 



THE QUEEN OF THE ISLE OF MAN. 



(Vol. v., p. 132) 



In an interesting communication from Mr. Wm. 

 Sidney Gibson in a late Number of your publi- 

 cation there occurs the following statement, to 

 which I beg to add a few remarks. He says : 



" After the death of Magnus, the ishmd was seized 

 by Alexander III. of Scotland. A daughter and 

 heiress of Reginald sued for it against John Ualiol, 

 before Edward I. of England, as lord paramount of 

 Man.— Rot. Pari, 21 Edw. 1." 



And farther on he states : 



" From sundry records it appears that Edward II. 

 and Edward III. committed its custody to various 

 persons, and the latter at length conferred his right to 

 it upon William Montacute, Earl of Salisbury, in con- 

 sideration, probably, of that valiant earl having by his 

 arms regained the island from the Scots, who had re- 

 sumed possession, and of the circumstance that his 

 grandmother, the wife of Simon de Montacute, was 

 sister and heiress of one of the former kinjrs of Man, 

 and related to the lady who had claimed it as htr in- 

 heritance on the death of Magnus." 



Now, I think Mr. Gibson, on reflection, will 

 agree with me in concluding that the wife of 

 Simon de Montacute, and the lady who claimed 

 the island on the death of Magnus, were one and 

 the same person. There is no document, I believe, 

 of the kind he refers to, of the "31st" of Edw. I.; 

 but in the "21st" of Edw. I., which date is pro- 

 bably intended, there is amongst the Scotch Rolls 

 (anno 21 Edw. I. m. 4.) a citation from Edward I., 

 as supreme lord of Scotland, directed to John 

 Baliol, King of Scots, to answer the complaint of 

 Aufrica, cousin and heiress of Magnus, late King 

 of Man, &c. This is in the year 1292-3; and a 

 few years later we again meet witli Aufrica^ for 

 amongst the ancient charters in the British 

 Museum is one marked " V. 73." It is a deed by 

 which " Aufrica, heiress of the land of Man," gives 

 up her right therein " to her noble and potent 

 husband, Simon de Montagu." This deed is 

 dated at Bridgewater, on Tlmrsday the Vigil of 

 the Annunciation, 1305 ; i.e. March 24, 1306. 



In this charter (V. 73.) she calls herself Aufrica 

 de Connought : and this is rather curious, for in a 

 volume of pedigrees in the British Museum, in the 

 handwriting of Robert Glover, Somerset Herald 

 (Bib. Harl. 807.), she is said to be the dauijhierof 

 Fergus, Lord of Galloway (Galway ?), and Queen 

 of Man. Galway it is in another M S. in the same 

 collection (MSS. Harl. 1074. folio 22.). where she 

 is styled " Aufrica, Reyne de Man," and dangliter 

 of Fergus, Lord of Galway. In both these MSS. 

 she is said to be the wife of Simon de Montagu, 

 who is styled " Kov de Man par sa fcmme," 



F. C. M. 



