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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2i><«S. X. Aug. 11. 'GO. 



Of these three names that of Gwiliam Robinson 

 is in the same hand as the verses, and he there- 

 fore may be regarded as the poet. The signatures 

 of William Eyricke and George Brooke, placed 

 above and below, were subsequently added. 



I have met with no other notice of Robinson. 

 His companion George Brooke was the liusband 

 of Christian, one of the daughters of John Ey- 

 ricke of Leicester, and Mary Bond (see the pe- 

 digree in the History of Leicestershire, vol. ii. p. 

 C15.) ; and William Eyricke I believe to have 

 been Christian's brother, afterwards Sir William 

 Heyrick, mentioned at the beginning of this Note. 

 He was at this time a youth, and had not yet gone 

 to seek his fortune in the metropolis. He subse- 

 quently wrote his name both Hericke and Hey- 

 ricke. 



The epistolary ballad was addressed I imagine 

 to the eldest son of Robert Heyrick of Leicester, 

 who is left nameless in the pedigree. He had a 

 brother Tobias, afterwards rector of Houghton in 

 Leicestershire, and the progenitor of the family 

 of which the late town-clerk of Leicester was the 

 last male heir. They had nine sisters, all married, 

 who are the "sisters alle" mentioned in the verses. 



If I am right in this view of the parties, the 

 marriage must have taken place at Leicester, where 

 Robert Heyrickwas an alderman, and in 1588 M.P. 

 for town ; though I should not have imagined that 

 the "brave Londoners" or the queen's " apparel" 

 would have travelled so far on such an occasion. 



Of the "bride's grome " himself, maister Cle- 

 ment Chare, I know nothing ; but as the name is 

 an uncommon one, it is possible he may be dis- 

 covered, and the communication of any references 

 to the habitation of the family would oblige me. 



In further illustration of the custom of mas- 

 querading at private marriages, I copy the follow- 

 ing address : — 



"Right Worshipfull, Certaine well-willers of j'ours, 

 understandinge that uppon twesday next yC doughter's 

 nuptiall rytes shalbe solemnised, have thought good 

 hearby to geve yow notice that wee ineane with the rest 

 to beare a part in such mearth as fitts the occation pre- 

 sent, whearin whee wish not to be trublesome, but rather 

 wish to pass the time in yo'' house with such maskinge 

 deh'ghtes as shalbe to the likinge of yo'' self and the 

 good corapa}-nye with yow, wich, after an ower or ij spent 

 that waye, whee meane to departe to seay from whence 

 whee came, and to taike the benyfite of a happ(ie) 

 winde: in wich o'' journey whee will wish yow and yo''s 

 all health (and) happines." 



The masquers on this occasion were evidently 

 in the costume of sailors, who after their perform- 

 ance were to " depart to sea, from whence we came." 



This address is written in Sir William Hey- 

 ricke's own hand, and is accompanied by no inti- 

 mation of its date. It was probably addressed to 

 some "Right Worshipfull" knight, and may be a 

 copy of a speech made to Sir William himself 

 v/hen one of his daughters was married. 



John Gough Nichols. 



JACOBITE HONOURS. 



An accurate list of the titles conferred on their 

 adherents by the Royal Stuarts subsequent to 

 the revolution of 1688, would be very curious and 

 interesting ; and although it might compromise 

 the ancestors of many existing loyal families, it 

 could scarcely give offence at this distance of 

 time. In the hope of assistance from others, I 

 now send the names and titles of those individuals 

 in so far as they have come to my knowledge : — 



Peerage of England. 



1688-9. Duke of Powis and Marquis of Montgomery, 

 William Herbert, Marquis and Earl of Powis. 

 Died, 1696. 

 Duke of Albemarle, Henrj' Fitzjames, Grand 

 Prior, natural son of James II. bv Arabella 

 Churchill. 



1688-9. Baron Esk*, Richard Graham, Yiscount Pres- 

 ton in Scotland, and Baronet of England. 

 Convicted of treason, 1690. Died 1695. 

 1689. Baron Cleworth, John Drummond, Earl of Mel- 

 fort, K.T. (Duke of Melfort, 1692.) Died, 1714. 



Peerage of Scotland. 



Duke of Melfort, Marquis of Forth, Earl of Isla 

 and Burntisland, Viscount of Riccarton, Lord 

 Castlemains and Galston, John Drummond, 

 Earl of Melfort, K.T. Attainted, 1695. Died, 

 1714. 



Duke of Perth, Marquis of Drummond, Earl of 

 Stobhall, Viscount of Cargill, Lord Concraig, 

 James, 4th Earl of Perth, K.T. Died, 1716. 



Duke of Mar, John Erskine, 11th Earl of Mar of 

 the Erskine line, K.T. Attainted, 1715. Died, 

 1732. 



Duke of Fraser, Simon Eraser, 12th Lord Lovat. 

 Executed, 1747. 



Duchess of Albany, Charlotte, natural daughter 

 of Charles Edward by Clementina Maria Wal- 

 kinshaw. Died, 1789. 



Marquis of Seaforth, Kenneth Mackenzie, 4th 

 Earl of Seaforth, K.T. Died, 1701. 



Earl of Inverness, John Hay, son of Thomas, 

 6th Earl of Kinnoull. Attainted, 1715. Died, 

 1740. 



Earl of Nairn, John Murray Nairn (3rd Lord 

 Nairn.) Attainted, 1746. Died, 1770. 



Earl of Lismore. (He was principal Secretary to 

 the Chevalier in 1748.) 



Earl of Dunbar, James Murray, son of David, 

 5th Viscount of Stormont, and brother of Wil- 

 liam, Earl of Mansfield, L. C. J. of England. 

 Died, 1770. 



Earl of Alford, John Graeme. Died, 1773. 



Earl of Inverness, Alexander Murray, 4th son of 

 Alexander, 4th Lord Elibank. Died, 1777. 



Countess of AlberstrofF, Clementina Maria Walk- 

 inshaw. Died, 1802. 



Lord Carlyli, John Carlyll. 



Lord Sempill, Sempill. 



Lord Oliphant (new patent with the old prece- 

 dency of the Lords Oliphant), Laurence Oli- 

 phant of Gask. Attainted, 1745. 



1692. 



1695, 



1715. 



1743. 

 1787. 



169-. 

 1725. 



1759.? 

 1759. 



1750. 



* He claimed a seat in the House of Peers, 11 Nov. 

 1689, on the ground that the patent had passed the seals 

 before the vote of abdication ; but the House declared it 

 null and void. The patent was dated at St. Germain?. 



