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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2nd S. X. JtJLY 21. '60 



pbeus and his Lute," must now be added two 

 more. One of these is by Sir H. Bishop, and is a 

 duett for Olivia and Viola in Tivelfth Night ; and 

 Mr. W. H. Husk informs me that the other set- 

 ting is a four-part Madrigal by Lord Mornington, 

 and that it is contained in the volume of his lord- 

 ship's Gleest edited by Sir H. Bishop. 



Alfeed Eoffe. 

 Somers Town. 



Stolen Brass (2"^ S. ix. SH.) — I have been 

 favoured, by the courtesy of Mr. Sarson, with a 

 communication to himself, dated May 5, 1860, 

 from the Rev. F. Le Grice, vicar of Great Grans- 

 den, near Caxton, Cambridgeshire, in which that 

 gentleman says decidedly that the brass was taken 

 from the church of Billingford, near Diss. Al- 

 though I have been anticipated in the object of 

 my communication to " N. & Q.," yet I hope that 

 other correspondents will, if opportunity occur, 

 follow Mr. Chadwick's advice. The brass, I 

 may add, has since passed into Mr. Le Grice's 

 possession. P. J. F. Gantillon. 



Bath Family (2"^ S. ix. 487.) — C. B.'s in- 

 quiry relative to this family, more properly styled 

 de Bathes of Bathe House near Taunton, will be 

 met, at least in respect to their descendants in 

 Ireland from the time of Edward II., by the me- 

 moir of the linenge of Peter Bathe, a lieutenant 

 in King James's regiment of infantry, as lately 

 printed in Mr. D'Alton's Illustrations of upwards 

 of 400 families, members of which held commis- 

 sions in that .service. Simon Bathe is there stated 

 to have been a landed proprietor in Limerick at 

 the close of the thirteenth century. Matthew de 

 Bathe filled sundry offices of trust and rank in 

 Meath during the reign of Edward III. John 

 Bathe was the chief magistrate of Dublin in 1350. 

 Thomas Bathe, clerk, was Chief Baron of the 

 Irish Exchequer in 1381, and in twelve years 

 after he was one of the Lords Justices in Ire- 

 land. A grandson and namesake of his was the 

 king's escheator in 1441, at which time, and for 

 some previous years, this family were seised of 

 various estates in Louth. In 1533, William Bathe 

 was Vice-Treasurer in ' Ireland. In two years 

 after James Bathe was appointed Chief Baron of 

 the Exchequer there. In 1554, John Bathe was 

 Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and his son 

 and namesake was Chancellor of the Exchequer 

 in 1554. In 1581 another William Bathe was 

 one of the Judges of the Irish Common Pleas ; 

 and, in Perrot's Parliament of 1585, Thomas Bathe 

 was one of the representatives for Dundalic. In 

 1641, James Bathe was, with other members of 

 the name, attainted, and the civil war of 1688 in- 

 duced yet more confiscations of this family. Of 

 those then attainted was James Bathe, a minor, 

 whose grandson, James Michael B9,the, assumed 



the more legitimate, as it was the original, sur- 

 name of de Bathe. He was created a baronet in 

 1801, and his son, Lieutenant-Colonel William de 

 Bathe, is the present baronet. These notices are 

 briefly extracted from the Illustrations above al- 

 luded to. John D'Aj-ton, 

 48. Summer Hill, Dublin.. 



The German Church in London (2°"* S. x. 6.] 

 — Access to the State Papers enables me to answei 

 one of Mr. Nichols's Queries. A List of the 

 Dutch Church in 1561 is signed " Petrus Deloenus 

 vevbi minister in Ecclesia Londina Germanica ; ' 

 and at p. 193. of my Hist, it is stated that botl 

 Micronius and Deloenus were born in Belgium 

 The notice about the early Register of the Dutcl 

 Church had escaped me, but I will make inquirief 

 with a view of recovering it, and depositing it a1 

 Somerset House. 



Since the publication of my History of the Pro- 

 testant Refugees, I have collected much additiona 

 information, which is at the service of anyoiM 

 desirous of giving it to the public. A Frencl 

 translation of the whole has recently been mad( 

 for some Protestant gentlemen in Paris. Manj 

 interesting details relating to the Protestant refu- 

 gees in Ireland have already appeared in the Ul- 

 ster Journal of Archceology, and we may hope t( 

 see a complete history of the French settlers there 

 augmented as they were by the Protestant regi- 

 ments of Gallway, Moliniere, Lifibrd, Bellcastle 

 and Miremont, the gallant soldiers of Wm. IH. 



John S. Burn 



Christopher Lord Hatton (2"'* S. x. 4.) — 

 Your able correspondent, Cl. Hopper, describes 

 the first Lord Hatton as the " son of Sir Chris- 

 topher Hatton (knighted at the coronation o 

 King James I.), who succeeded, as nearest kins- 

 man, to the estates of the celebrated Chancelloj 

 of that name." I do not dispute the correctnesi 

 of this description ; but if it be correct, Mr. Cour- 

 thope (Somerset Herald) will have to rectify, ir 

 the next edition of Nicolas's Historic Peerage 

 the entry which describes the first Lord Hattor 

 as the " son of John Hatton, cousin and heii 

 male of Sir Christopher Hatton, K.G., Lore 

 Chancellor to Queen Elizabeth." Allow me tc 

 add a Note here of the first lord's kindliness o; 

 heart. When he was in exile in France, ant 

 Henrietta Maria had discarded her little sor 

 Gloucester, on account of his refusal to embrace 

 the Roman Catholic religion, Hatton took the 

 hungry boy to his own table, and offered him £ 

 lodging in his house. This the noble -spirited little 

 Duke declined, reminding Hatton that such ser- 

 vice rendered to a son of Charles I. might in- 

 duce Cromwell to sequestrate that portion of his 

 estate which Lord Hatton was still permitted tc 

 enjoy. This incident will be found in Carte's 

 Ormonde. Four Hattons were members of the 



