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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2od &. VIII, July 9. '59. 



chevron between three trees erased or, three 

 martlets, the colour of which I cannot make out, 

 but they are probably sa. Crest, a doe courant. 



I have an idea that the arms are those of White 

 impaled with those of Antram or Antrim, but am 

 not at all certain. J. A. Pn. 



Sir Edward Lovett Pearce. — In the year 1733, 

 Sir Edward Lovett Pearce, "a celebrated archi- 

 tect, and the builder of the Irish parliament-house 

 of his day," departed this life, and was buried in 

 the old churchyard of Donnybrook, near Dublin. 

 Are any particulars of his life and professional 

 engagements to be found in print ? He is men- 

 tioned (as I am aware) in Harris's History of 

 Dublin, p. 410., Whitelaw and Walsh's History of 

 Dublin, vol. i. p. 529., and D' Alton's History of 

 tlie County of Dublin, p. 805. ; and his interment 

 is duly recorded in the register of burials in the 

 parish of Donnybrook. Abhba. 



"Musomania, or Poets' Purgatory," 12mo. 1817. 

 — Can any of your correspondents tell me the 

 name of the author of the above work ? Pub- 

 lished with the pseud. Jeremiah Jingle. I have 

 got the MS. of it in my possession. I am also 

 desirous of ascertaining the author of Sketches of 

 Irish Political Characters (London, 1799). At p. 

 193. the author refers to himself as a graduate 

 of Trinity College, Dublin. 



W. J. Frrz-PATRicK. 



Bryan Robinson, M.D. — Where may I ascer- 

 tain particulars of Bryan Robinson, M.D., the 

 author of a posthumous publication, entitled An 

 Essay on Coin ? (Svo. pp. 104., Dublin, 1757). 



Abhba. 



Quotation.— 'Who is the author of the following 

 lines ? — 



"Why every nation, every clime, though all 

 In laws, in rite, in manners disagree, 

 With one consent expect another world 

 Where wickedness shall weep.!* why Punjuin bards, 

 Fabled Elysian plains — Tartarian lakes, 

 Styx and Cocytno — tell why Hali's sons 

 Have feign'd a paradise of mirth and love, 

 Banquets and blooming nj'mphs ? or rather tell 

 Why on the banks of Orellana's stream, 

 Where never science reared her sacred torch, 

 The untutor'd Indian dreams of happier worlds 

 Beyond the cloud-topt hill ? " 



Dexter. 

 ^ Herbert Knowles. — Can any of your readers 

 give any information about Herbert Knowles, 

 who wrote some beaxitiAil " lines in Richmond 

 Churchyard, Yorkshire," on the words, " It is good 

 to be here," and beginning thus : — 



" Methinks, it is good to be here, 

 If thou wilt let us build — but for whom .» " 



Also, are there any other poems by the same 

 author, and if so, where are they to be found ? 



H. E. Wilkinson. 



Sir Henry Calverley. — Can you give me any 

 information about Sir Henry Calverley, or Cal- 

 verly, Knt., M.P. for Northallerton from 1678 to 

 1685, or tell me where I am likely to find it ? 



C. J. D. Ikgledew. 



Davenanfs Place of Confinement. — Was Dave- 

 nant's place of confinement Cowes Castle, or 

 Carisbrooke Castle ? When Davenant was on 

 his way to Virginia his vessel was captured by 

 a Parliamentary man-of-war, and he was lodged 

 in prison. Aubrey says at Carisbrooke, others 

 say Cowes ; which is the truth ? Was Gondibert 

 written in either place ? V. 



Early Law Lists. — Will any kind reader of 

 " N. & Q." tell me where I can procure or get a 

 sight of a list of the gentlemen practising in the 

 Law Courts from 1695 to 1705, or any year during 

 that period ? J. F. C. 



Ancient Localities near London. — I am at a loss 

 as to the identification of the following places 

 mentioned as being in the close vicinity of Lon- 

 don, temp. Henry III. : Sandford, apparently to-- 

 wards the north of London ; Bolkette, apparently 

 on the south ; Anedethe, "near Westminster;" and 

 the ^^New Wear," situate somewhere probably be- 

 tween the Tower and the Pool (la Pole). I shall 

 esteem it a favour if any of your correspondents 

 will assist me by way of information or suggestion. 



I am inclined to identify Sandford with the 

 present Stamford (Hill), as being more to the 

 north than Stratford, which is evidently men- 

 tioned in the passage in question as being the 

 eastern boundary. The western boundary is 

 Gnichtebrigffe, the earliest mention of Knights- 

 bridge that I remember to have seen. 



Henry Thomas Rilet. 



Minor ^utviti tottS ^niStDcrtf, 



College of Christ at Brecon. — Any information 

 respecting this collegiate church, and particularly 

 where the muniments belonging to it are deposited, 

 will be esteemed a favour. A. M. 



[Our correspondent will find the information he desires 

 in Theophilus Jones's History of the Counti/ of Brecnock 

 (4to. Brec. 1809), vol. ii. pt. ii. pp. 726—760. inclusive. 

 In the Appendices (Nos. IX. & X.) are contained the 

 charter of Henry VIII. for transferring the College of 

 Abergwili to the house or priory of the Dominicans at 

 Brecon ; and an exemplification of a decree in the Court 

 of Exchequer (temp. William and Mary) establishing the 

 right of the prebendaries of this collegiate chapter to 

 their possessions. The muniments belonging to the col- 

 lege are deposited, no doubt, at Abergwili, the episcopal 

 residence of St. David's, whose bishop is also Dean and 

 Treasurer of Brecon. The college, as well as the beau- 

 tiful chapel, has almost entirely disappeared. About 

 three years ago. Lord Llanover (then Sir B. Hall) called 

 th& attention of parliament to the condition of both, which 

 led to an angry correspondence between the Bishop of St. 



