2'«» S. X. Oct.'. 13. '60.] 



NOTES AND QUEBIES. 



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No. 2. — Ohv. leg. — 



" Carol us D, G. Mag. 

 Brit. Fran, et Hib. Rex," 



Head apparently the same as on reverse of No. 1., 

 but wearing a broad-brimmed hat, not turned up, 

 nor jewelled. 

 Rev. leg. — 



"MariaD. G.Mag. Brit 

 Fran, et Hib. Reg." 



Full-faced portrait, wearing a large ruff. No 

 date. 

 No. 3. — Obv. leg. — 



" Carolus et Maria D. G. 

 M. B. F. et Hib. Rex et Reg." 



Two busts : heads in profile, turned to the left. 

 Rev, leg. — 



" la uno tria juncta." 



Three crowns placed triangularly, the sword and 

 sceptre saltierwise, passing through them. No 

 date. 



Can any correspondent kindly say on what 

 occasion the above were struck, or for what pur- 

 pose, and their value ? R. M. R. 



Stuart Adhekents. — Dr. Denis Grenville, 

 Dean of Durham, who preferred inviolate loyalty 

 to a fallen, and, in his case, an ungrateful master, 

 followed into exile his unfortunate sovereign, 

 James II. In a letter by the Dean, dated Corbeil, 

 Nov. 20, 1702, occurs the following passage : — 



" Although I have hitherto escaped the troublesome 

 application very well from the priests of the town, who 

 are civil well-bred people, no bigots ; yet since their gain- 

 ing a certain great Lord, whereof I suppose Mr. Cook has 

 informed you, thej' begin to fall upon me, poor man, most 

 unmercifully, hoping that since they have overborne the 

 chief laick, they shall overpower the first ecclesiastic. 

 This occasions me to write, though I will be drawn into 

 no formal dispute beyond my strength, and robs me of 

 much time." 



Who was this " certain great Lord" and "chief 

 laick"? J. Y. 



Thomas Betton. — A gentleman of the name 

 of Betton left his property some years ago partly 

 for the education of children in Church of Eng- 

 land schools. I believe the Ironmongers' Com- 

 pany manage this property. Can you give me 

 any information about the history of Mr. Betton, 

 and the manner in which he left his property for 

 educational purposes ? H. W. 



[It is related of the celebrated Mr. Thomas Betton, of 

 Shoreditch, that in his youth he had the misfortune to be 

 captured as a slave on the coast of Barbary ; that after 

 suffering great privotions, and enduring dreadful cruel- 

 ties, he was provic" ;ntially redeemed from captivity by 

 the exertions of the captain of an English vessel, who, 

 moreover, nobly offered him a passage to England, which 

 was readily accepted. The poor boy, with heartfelt thank- 

 fulness on embarking, fell on his knees on the deck of the 



ship, and vowed to God, that if he should ever become 

 possessed of wealth he would devote it to the cause of 

 charitj'. On his arrival in England he obtained a situ- 

 ation in a merchant's counting-house, and eventually 

 became a Turkey merchant, and acquired considerable 

 wealth. 



By his will, dated in Hoxton Square, 15th February, 

 1723-4, after disposing of a small portion of his property 

 in legacies, he bequeathed the residue to the Ironmongers' 

 Company on trust, to divide the same into parts, each 

 part and the interest thereof to be speciallj' appropriated, 

 viz., one full half part of the interest and profits of his 

 whole estate yearly, and every j'ear for ever, unto the 

 redemption of British slaves in Turkey or Barbary ; one 

 full fourth of the said interest or profit j'early for ever 

 unto charity-schools in the City and suburbs of London, 

 where the education is according to the Church of Eng- 

 land, in which number that in the parish of St. Leonard, 

 Shoreditch, should be always included; the other fourth 

 part he gave to the Ironmongers' Company for their mi- 

 nister, poor freemen, their widows, &c., in consideration 

 of their care and pains in the execution of his will. 



With reference to the carrying out Mr. Betton's inten- 

 tions, it appeared, by the proceedings in Chancery, that 

 the company applied upwards of 500/. a j'car for the be- 

 nefit of schools in the metropolis. That with respect to 

 the part to be applied for the redemption of British slaves 

 in Turkey or Barbary, the company in 1837 possessed 

 stock in the funds amounting to 119^^180/., and an estate 

 in Essex let at '230/. per annum. The Court of Chancery 

 on a review of the whole matter ordered that 7000/. stock, 

 three per cents., should be set aside to form a fund to ac- 

 cumulate and be made applicable to the redemption of Bri- 

 tish subjects detained in captivitj' in Turkej' or Barbary; 

 and that as the primar^v object of the testator could not 

 be carried into effect, the interest of the accumulated 

 residue (deducting the 7000/. before mentioned) should 

 be applied by the company to the purposes of promoting 

 education in schools according to the principles and tenets 

 of the Established Church throughout England and Wales. 

 Such application appearing to be as near to the wishes of 

 the donor as the circumstances of the case would admit. 

 It is stated in the Church of England Magazine for 1847, 

 that the available fund produces about 5000/. a year, and 

 is apportioned to the twentj'-six dioceses of England and 

 Wales, in sums varying from 360/. to 80/. a year, in pro- 

 portion to the population and wants of each diocese. 3 



Lists of Nonjuroks.— Where can I find the 

 most complete list of those clergymen of the 

 Church of England who, in 1690, were deprived 

 of their livings for refusing to take the oaths to 

 the Prince of Orange ? R. Inglis. 



[A list of the prelates and clergy deprived at the Revo- 

 lution is printed in The Life of John Kettkwell, Appendix 

 No. vi., and also, with a few variations, in Bowles's Life 

 of Bishop Ken, ii. 176. The origin of this document may 

 be briefly stated. After the deprivation of Bancroft and 

 the other prelates, steps were taken for continuing the 

 succession of bishops with suffragan titles. Application 

 was made to King James II. for his consent. James 

 hesitated, but submitted the case to the Archbishop of 

 Paris, the Bishop of Meaux, and Popo Innocent XII. 

 These prelates severally determined that the Church of 

 England being established by the laws of the kingdom, 

 James (although a Roman Catholic) was under no obli- 

 gation of conscience to act against it, but obliged to 

 maintain and defend it, as long as those laws are in force. 

 James accordingly requested that a list of the deprived 

 clergy should be forwarded to him. Dr. George Hickes 

 was selected to convey it to his Majesty, and left London 



