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papers at the time, probably the Sunday Times or 

 Dispatch. T. B. 



Exeter. 



Newton's Library. — In 1813, Leigh and Sotheby 

 sold the books of Mrs. Anne Newton, professing to 

 contain the collection of Newton's own books. As 

 it is fully believed that no personal property of 

 Newton descended to any relatives of his name, 

 how is this pretension explained ? " The statement 

 is copied from Sotheby's catalogue of sales into 

 Hartwell Home's Bibliography, and will be cre- 

 dited at a future time, if not now called in question. 



M. 



Meaning of Boyd. — What is the meaning of the 

 word Royd, which is attached to the names of so 

 many persons and places in Yorkshire, as Ackroyd, 

 Leai-oyd, Brownroyd, and Boltonroyd ? C. W. 



The Cromwell Family. — I have in my posses- 

 sion a document, which shows that my great- 

 grandfather, " William Cromwell of London," 

 mason, was admitted into 



« The freedom aforesaid, and sworn in the Mayoralty of 

 Thomas Wright, Esq., Mayor, and John Wilkes, Esq., 

 Chamberlain ; and is entered in the book signed with 

 the letter A., relating to the purchasing of freedom 

 and the admission of freemen, (to wit) the 4th day of 

 April, in the 26th year of the reign of King George the 

 Third, and in the year of our Lord 1786. In witness 

 whereof," &c. 



The parchment bears the initials " J. W." 

 I am anxious to learn, from some of your 

 numerous correspondents, whether this person 

 once lived near Bath, and then at Hammersmith ? 

 and, secondly, whether he was descended from the 

 Protector ? J. G. C. 



Sir John Darnell, Knt. — Who was Sir John 

 Darnell, whom did he marry, who were his father 

 and mother, and what arms did he bear ? His 

 daughter Mary was married to the Hon. Robert 

 Ord, Lord Chief Baron of Scotland (alive in 1773). 

 Any other particulars regarding his family will be 

 gratefully received by E. N. 



Royal " We." — Can you inform me when, and 

 under what circumstances, the use by royalty in 

 Europe sprung up, of using the plural " we " in- 

 stead of " I," the first person singular ? 



Fkancis J. Grubb. 



Gondomar. — Mr. Macaulay, in one of his 

 "Essays," remarks, 



" The skill of the Spanish diplomatists was renowned 

 throughout Europe. In England the name of Gon- 

 domar is still remembered." 



True, oft have I heard of thee. Count Gondomar, 

 and have read from time to time divers anecdotes 

 of thy wit and wisdom, quips and quiddities. But 

 is it not passing stranQ;e that this man, this Spanish 

 Don, who, as is well known, exercised such a 



powerful influence over the weak-minded " So- 

 lomon of Whitehall," and who, moreover, bore so 

 large a share in the murder of the brave and highly 

 gifted Ealeigh, should be excluded from a niche 

 in the biographical temple ; for such I am told is 

 the case. Having deputed a friend to make search 

 for me in the several biographical dictionaries, 

 he reports that the name of Gondomar is not to be 

 found in the best book of the kind, the Biographic 

 Universelle, nor in the dictionaries of Rose and 

 Chalmers. This desideratum will, I confidently 

 hope, ere long be supplied through the medium of 

 " N. & Q.," by some of its learned contributors. 



W. Stanley Simmonds. 



Wallington^s Journal. — At the sale of the library 

 of Mr. Joseph Gulston, 1784, was sold a Journal 

 of Mr. Nehemlah Walllngton, a Puritan divine, 

 written in the year 1630. This volume probably 

 contains some curious matters respecting the Puri- 

 tans of the day ; and, as it is much desired, should 

 any person know of its whereabouts, I should feel 

 much obliged by a note of it. R. 



Epistola Luciferi, Sfc. — Nicolas Oresmius, or 

 d'Oresme, bishop of Lisieux, who died in 1382, 

 wrote Epistola Luciferi ad prcelatos EcclesicE, after- 

 wards printed, Magd. 1549, 8vo., and in Wolf's 

 Led. Memor., vol. i. p. 654. So far Fabricius. 

 Who was Lucifer ? I mean, was he the potentate 

 who goes by the opposite name of the Prince of 

 Darkness ? And what is the tenor of his letter ? 

 The bishop was a quiet man, of orthodox fame, 

 and tutor to a king of France. M. 



Cambrian lAterature. — Being a collector of 

 works on Druldlcal remains and Cambrian his- 

 tory, I shall feel greatly favoured if any of your 

 numerous readers will answer me the following 

 questions, viz. : — 



1st. The name of the first book or commentary 

 printed in any language abroad, previous to the 

 introduction of printing into England, actually 

 written by a Cambrian f 



2nd. The first book printed in the English lan- 

 guage, actually W7-itten by a Cambrian then living? 



3rd. The first and second books printed in Eng- 

 land in the Welsh language ? 



4th. The first book printed in the Welsh lan- 

 guage abroad ? 



5th. The first book printed in the Welsh lan- 

 guage in Wales ? 



6th. The most ancient author in MSS. and in 

 print who mentions Stonehenge and Aubury ; also 

 the monument called Cromlech ? 



7th. Who has on sale the riiost extensive collec- 

 tion of Welsh books, and those relating to British 

 history ? P. B. W. 



7. Harrington Street, Regent's Park. 



" vcRiMDB " on Coins of Vabalathus (Vol. v., 

 p. 148.). — As no professed Oriental scholar has 



