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and not as importing request or stimulus. It 

 would seem, however, that some of our authors 

 in days of yore adopted inji^ire as well as conjure 

 in that other sense of earnestly inviting. Of this 

 an example lately came into "N. & Q.," where, 

 I think, a not very old author employs the 

 word obviously in the last-named sense. One 

 could more aptly conceive how thg "conjuring of 

 a spirit to appear " by degrees became vocally 

 corrupted (?) into "conjuring up a spirit" or 

 other marvel, than tell how injure, with accent 

 moved from last to first syllable, lost entirely its 

 intensive sense of entreaty, and retained only its 

 hurtful meaning. "What is the fitting solution of 

 this case ? S. C. Fbebman. 



AixpoBT. — In or near the Low Peak in Derby- 

 shire is a whole district called Allport, or Alport, 

 and the Ordnance Map mentions Allport Castle, 

 Alport Loiv, Alport Moor, river Alport, Alport 

 Dale, Alport Castle's Farm, Alport Bridge, Alport 

 Tower, and Alport Edge. Can any correspondent 

 give the origin of the name, and whether any 

 family of the name Is, or was, connected with the 

 locality ? W. A. Leighton. 



Shrewsbury. 



Nurse, Derivation of. — This is a contraction 

 of, the old word nourice, Fr. nourrice, Latin nutrio, 

 I noui'Ish. From the Greek vetirepos has been de- 

 rived vewTfpl^w, in the sense of bringing up the 

 young, which would give us veureplffu ; from Its 

 contracted future, veonepiZ, we get by an easy 

 transition the Latin nutrio. But the Greek verb 

 is never, I believe, used with this signification, 

 its strict meaning being to innovate. I shall be 

 glad if some of your Grecians would inform me 

 of any example of the earlier signification. The 

 Roman goddess Fortuna figured In ancient Ita- 

 lian mythology as Nursia. Does there exist any 

 etymological sympathy between this fostering 

 deity of classic times and our modern good old 

 " nurse " ? F. Phillott. 



Portrait. — At the INIansion House, Ulles- 

 thorpe, CO. Leicester, was formerly, and may be 

 yet, a picture thus described : . a man with a band 

 on, a book in his hand, on which is written "Jer- 

 sey," and this motto, "Impavidus vita fata sequor." 

 ^ Whose portrait is this ? I imagine some Jersey 

 historian. Abracadabra. 



_ WoLRicH Ariis. — I have seen in the posses- 

 sion of one of his descendants a painting of the 

 arms of Charles Wolrich of Cowling, Suffolk, 

 which was prflbably made during his lifetime: 

 certainly between the years 1618 and 1650. The 

 quarterings are as follows, and I should like to 

 know to what families the various coats belonged, 

 and how the Wolriches derived from them : — 



Ist. Az., a chevron erm. between 3 swans, with 

 wings slightly elevated arg. (This is no doubt for 



Wolrich of Cowling, though it differs slightly from 

 that borne by the elder branch of the family at 

 Dodmaston, who have the chevron arg. and the 

 wings more elevated.) 



2nd. Arg., a cross molinee sable, surrounded by 

 a border engrailed vert. (This may perhaps be 

 az., as the colours have been altered by time so 

 that It is impossible to distinguish between the 

 greens and blues.) 



I suppose this Is for Upton of Upton, though 

 the Uptons now omit the border. 



3i'd. Arg., a lion ramp, sa., armed and langued 

 gu. on a chief of the 2nd fretty of the 1st. 



4th. This seems to have been party per pale, 

 barry of 6 or and arg. counterchanged ; but several 

 of the divisions are red, In consequence probably 

 of the colours, which had been painted over a red 

 ground, having been rubbed off. 



5th. Arg., a cross flory sa. 



6th. 1st and 4th paly of 6 or and gu., 2nd and 

 5rd erm. (These are the arms of Knightley, but 

 I cannot trace the descent.) 



7th. Sa., a fret or. (This seems to be Maltra- 

 vers, and probably comes through the same heiress 

 as' the) 



_8th. Or, a chev. gu. (The Staffords of Suth- 

 wick bore this coat quartered with Maltravers, 

 but I cannot trace the descent from them to the 

 Wolriches.) 



9th. Or, a cross flory sa. 



10th. Gu., a cross erm. 



11th. Vert, or az. a chev. between 3 mullets or. 



12th. Arg. on abend sa., 3 cinquefolls of the 1st. 



I find the Wolriches had previously married 

 heiresses of the families of Moyning, Culllnge of 

 WIckombroke, Rowley of Staff, Dodmaston of 

 Dodmaston, and Upton of Upton ; but I am unable 

 to Identify the several arms as given above, or to 

 trace the descent. Investigator. 



Sir Henry Havblock. — Can any surviv- 

 ing friend of the gallant Havelock inform me 

 whether during the earlier period of his career in 

 India, or at any time afterwards, he was generally 

 known among his brother officers by the sobriquet 

 "Napoleon?" I am aware that this name was 

 usually given him by the Commander-in-Chief 

 under whom he served in the Burmese war, the 

 late Sir Archibald Campbell. I may add, that In 

 a volume printed at Serampore, and which I have 

 seen, entitled, as nearly as I can recollect, A Nar- 

 rative of the Campaign in Burmah under Sir Archi- 

 bald Campbell, Bart., just beneath the name of 

 the author, Henry Havelock, Lieutenant, &c., on 

 the title-page there is in pencil the word " Napo- 

 leon " in the handwriting either of Sir Archibald 

 Campbell, or of his gallant and lamented son the 

 late Sir John Campbell. Rona. 



Mrs. Cooper. — The Muses' Library (1737)i 

 without author's name on the title-page, but by 



