2nd s. VIII. July 2. '69.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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Elizabeth Bourchier he had Robert, b. Oct. 13, 

 1621; died young. Oliver, bap. Feb. 6, 1622 ; died 

 young of the small-pox. Richard, b. Oct. 4, 1626 ; 

 died at Cheshunt, co. Herts, July 13, 1712, £Et. 85. 

 Henry, b. at Huntingdon, Jan. 20, 1627 ; died 

 March 23, 167f, aet. 47; buried at Wicken, 

 CO. Cambr. Bridget, bap. Aug. 5, 1624 ; buried at 

 Stoke Newington, co. Mid., Sept. 5, 1681. Eliz. 

 bap. July 2, 1629; died Aug. 6, 1658. James, 

 bap. Jan. 8, 1631 ; buried Jan. 9. same year. 

 Mary, bap. Feb, 9, 1636 ; died March 14, 1712-13. 

 Frances, d. Jan. 27, 1720, set. 84. 



The entries in the pedigree from which this list 

 is taken give those of Robert, Oliver, Richard, 

 Henry, and Elizabeth, as extracts from Hunting- 

 don registers. Cl. Hopper. 



Oliver Cromwell had five sons : 1. Robert; 2. 

 Oliver ; 3. Richard ; 4. Henry ; 5. James. The 

 first three appear to have been educated at Fel- 

 stead school, Felstead being the residence of their 

 maternal grandfather, Sir James Bourchier. 



Robert was buried at Felstead on the 31st of 

 May, 1639, ast. seventeen. Probably he died 

 while at school. Oliver was killed in battle at 

 the age of twenty-one. I believe his burial-place 

 is unknown. If it be at Felstead, the Rev. R. B. 

 P. Stanley will be doing a public service by pub- 

 lishing a copy of the register in the columns of 

 " N. & Q." Richard was buried at Cheshunt, 

 where he died. Henry was buried in Wicken 

 church. James, who died the day after his birth, 

 was buried at Huntingdon. 



The correspondent of the Kentish Mercury is, 

 no doubt, in error in stating that three of the sons 

 of Oliver Cromwell were buried at Felstead. 

 Probably Robert was the only one buried there, 

 as it is scarcely likely that Oliver, who was killed 

 near Knaresborough, would be buried in Essex. 



J. G. Morten. 



Cheam. 



The Cromwellian Edition of OwillinCs Heraldry 

 (2°'* S. vii. 180.) — A. A. speaks of a great num- 

 ber of the coats of the Cromwellian families being 

 in " the early editions of Gwillim," but it is only in 

 one edition of Gwillim that those coats occur ; and 

 where is a copy of it to be found ? J. G. N. 



The Arrows of Harrow (2""* S. vii. 463.) — Your 

 correspondent states that Dr. Butler, head mas- 

 ter, introduced the adoption of two crossed ar- 

 rows as the arms of Harrow School. 



This is an error. I have in my possession three 

 prize books which I received while there, and all 

 those (and they were very numerous) which I 

 saw with other boys were similar ; viz. stamped 

 with two crossed arrows on the back, as the arms 

 of Harrow. And I left Harrow before Dr. But- 

 ler became head master. I apprehend the custom 

 to be coeval with the establishment of the school. 



E. L. 



Vergubretus, &fc. (2"'^ S. vii. 424.) — In the 

 present nebulous state 'of Keltic literature, it is 

 hazardous to attempt any etymologies, but the 

 following are submitted in illustration of M. Phi- 

 LARETE Chasles' 'Note of the 6th May, e. g., 



Vercingetorix, the celebrated chieftain of the 

 iEdui (Cass. B, O. 7.) has been resolved into 

 " Fear cean go turus," literally, the head man of 

 the expedition. 



Vergesllaunus, " Fear or feer go saelan," or 

 the man of the standard, i. e. the standard bearer. 



" Liscus (says Caesar in his Comment, b. i.), qui summo 

 magistratui praeerat, quem Vergobretum vocant JEdui, 

 qui creatur annuus et vitae necisque in suos habet potes- 

 tatem," &c., 



is quite in accordance with the explanation of 

 " V ergobretus," or " Fear go braith," i. e. " The 

 man that judges." 



To this may be added — 



" Cartismandua," "Caer ys maen du," or "Caer 

 (t)ys maen du ; " " The wall or city of the black 

 stone." 



" The Brigantes," from Braighe, braighe acan, 

 elevated grounds. 



The words (or as we now have them, proper 

 names) of Viriathus, Viridomarus, or Virduma- 

 rus (Caes. B. G. vii. 38.), Eporedorix {Id.) and 

 Veredovix are compounds requiring elucidation. 

 The prefix, ver, vir, or " fear," may be considered 

 as ascertained to mean man : quaere tamen de cse- 

 teris. The old Scholiast on Juvenal, Sat. vii. v. 

 214. interprets AUobrox as meaning a stranger or 

 barbarian. 



" Rufum qui toties Ciceronem Allobroga dixit." 



L. M. N. 



Smokers (2"^ S. vii. 512.) — The appellation of. 

 " Smokers " to a voter in Preston was not gene- 

 ral, if indeed it was ever used. The only quali- 

 fication required before the passing of the Reform 

 Act was to be twenty-one years of age, to have 

 lived in the town six months, and to have received 

 no parochial relief for twelve months before the 

 election. Your correspondent Ithuriel has been 

 misinformed as to people taking apartments to 

 acquire the right to vote. W. D. 



Guns, when first used in India (2°^ S. vii. 523.) 

 — Your correspondent Eric asks, " When, and 

 from what source, was artillery first brought into 

 use in and among the natives of India ?" 



See the Hon. M. Elphinstone's History of India, 

 vol. ii. p. 90. The Emperor Baber from Cabul in- 

 vaded India, the last time in a.d. 1526, on the 21st 

 of April. He defeated Sultan Ibrahim, Emperor 

 of Delhi, who had 100,000 men. Baher had only 

 12,000 men, including followers. " On the ap- 

 proach of Ibrahim, Baher took up a position, 

 linked his guns together by ropes of twisted lea- 

 ther, and lined them with infantry, farther pro- 

 tected by breast- works. He likewise strength- 



