2'>d S. X. Oct. 20. '60.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



317 



Cmfton of Leighton BrOM8WOU> (2"'' S. ix. 

 364.411.) — 



'• The D'Arcy family probably had the estates. Lord 

 D'Arcy's daughter, by a second marriage, married Sir 

 Gervas Clifton, who was created by writ Lord Clifton of 

 Bromswold, in 1612 (9 James L). In 1673, this barony 

 had descended to Catharine Clifton, Lady O'Brien. Earl 

 Darnley sits in Parliament in right of this English ba- 

 rony {Lords' Journals, vol. xii. p. 629. ; see " Cruise on 

 Dignities.") — Note at p. 20. of Notices and Remains of 

 the Family of Tyrwhitt, ^c, " printed, not published." 



J. Sansom. 



CvEVEU (2"^ S. X. 67, &c.) — As another instance 

 of this word being used to signify well-done, well- 

 born, well-bred, of a fine or nice form, I recollect 

 having a mare with a foal by her side in a mea- 

 dow in the month of May, when an itinerant 

 horse-breeder, travelling from Norfolk, visited my 

 homestead. On seeing the dam and foal, he said, 

 with allusions to its points of breeding, " That's a 

 very clever colt indeed, sir." As the foal was but 

 a month old, and had shown skill in nothing but 

 just keeping its hide well distended, the Norfolk 

 man's meaning must have been, that the foal's 

 " points " were promising. Both mare and foal 

 were nearly thoroughbred. S. C. Freeman. 



The Sinews of War (2»^ S. ix. 103,, &c.) — 



" L'argent, Monsieur, c'est .... 

 Le nerfde la guerre ? L'adage est bien vieux." 



F. Bungence, Trois Sermons sous Louis XV., 

 tom. iii. 123. Paris, 1854, 3™ edition. 



A. 5. 



Photographs op Elgin Marbles (2"* S. x. 

 248.) — In reply to the inquiry of N. as to whe- 

 ther the Elgin Marbles have been photographed, 

 I beg to state that about two months since, Mcvssrs. 

 Cadart, of No. 3. Rue St. Fiacre, Paris, informed 

 me of their intention to publish at an early period 

 a series of photographs from casts of the Elgin 

 Marbles. I may mention that the same publishers 

 have produced a very interesting and well-exe- 

 cuted series of photographs of ancient medals and 

 gems, forming a book or album of several sheets, 

 at the price of one and a half francs each sheet. 



A.B. 



Centenarianism (2"'* S. X. 15.) — J. R. M. D., 

 who has " serious doubts whether there is an in- 

 stance of any human being having completed his 

 hundredth year in modern times," may have those 

 doubts removed. Mrs. A. Baillie, sister of Joanna 

 Baillie, lately completed her hundredth year. 

 This lady is living, I believe, at Highgate or 

 Ilampstead. This instance, too, occurs in the 

 class of "gentry," among whom J. R. M. D. says 

 no alleged case of such longevity occurs. H. A. 3, 



T. S., Author of " Second Part of Pilgrim's 

 Progress " (2°'' S. x. 216.) — If Mr. Offor will 

 turn to " N. & Q." 1'* S. xi. 342. and 376., he will 

 find these initials upon the titles of two works, of 



contemporary date with his Pilgrim's Progress, 

 entitled Youth's Comedy and Youth's Tragedy, 

 There is another poetical tract in the British 

 Museum : A Yoke for the Roman Bulls, by T. S. 

 4to. S. Speed, 1666. These all bear a strong family 

 resemblance ; and if Lowndes, following Bindley's 

 Catalogue, is right, they are the works of one 

 Thomas Sherman, most likely a Dissenter, in 

 which case we are safe in referring the Query 

 back to Mr. Offor for confirmation and farther 

 elucidation. J. O. 



Deere Family (2"*" S. x. 230.) — In answer to 

 your correspondent P. P. P., I can state that on a 

 seal of John Deere of Cowbridge, 1819, the arms 

 appear to be "party per chevron, sable and argent, 

 three griffins' heads erased." Crest, "a griffin's 

 head erased." 



There are several wills of the family in Llan- 

 dafF registry. C. D. 



Sentinel Stars (2°'^ S. x. 88.) — Is not Camp- 

 bell's line — 



" And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky," — 

 a mistake in terms? Do the sentinels set the 

 watch ? Is it not the general who, by the proper 

 routine, sets the watch, and the watch which 

 places the sentinels ? I know nothing of these 

 matters, but my ear refuses the phrase of a sen- 

 tinel setting any watch, unless indeed, in his 

 private capacity, he should set his own. M. 



Union is Strength (2°^ S. x. 190.) — " Vis^ 

 unita fortior " is the motto of the Earl of Mo unt- 

 cashel. Wm. Reyd. 



[Also of the following families : Flood : Hales : Hos- 

 ken : Lidwell : Moore. See Elvin's Hand-book of Mot- 

 toes. ] • 



Do Germans possess Wit? (2"'' S. x. 224.)— 

 The article reminds me of Porson's Epigram : — 



" These Germans in Greek 

 Are sadly to seek : 

 They know no more metre '1 

 Than Paul did or Peter ; 

 Except perhaps Hermann, 

 And Hermann's a German 1 " 



Nathanael Lloyd (2"'1 S. x. 248.)— Fellow of 

 All Souls' College, Oxford, D.C.L., 1696, son of 

 Sir Richard Lloyd, Knt., Chancellor of Durham, 

 and Dean of the Arches. Admitted to the Mas- 

 tership of Trinity Hall June 20, 1710, he resigned 

 it Oct. 1, 1735. See Nichols's Illustrations of 

 Literature (viii. 576.), and Catalogue of Oxford 

 Graduates. 'A\tevs. 



Dublin. 



Sir Nathaniel Lloyd, son of Sir Richard Lloyd, 

 M.P. for the city of Durham, Chancellor of the 

 Diocese of Durham, and Dean of the Arches, 

 was himself Judge Advocate General in the reign 

 of Queen Anne, and Master of Trinity Hall, Cam- 



