2'«i S. VIII. A.UG. 27. '69.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



167 



PKOBATION riSTS OF MERCHANT TAYLORS SCHOOL. 

 NO. II. 



(2'"' S. viii. 45-6.) 



I send another batch of names, with a hope of 

 eliciting further information than I possess re- 

 specting their owners. My best thanks are due 

 to Messrs. Cooper for the valuable aid which they 

 have kindly afforded me : — 



57. Jacob Chamberlain, bom 1598. 



58. Lawrence Roe, b. 1593. 



59. Richard Roe, b. Dec. 1596. 



CO. Abraham") fb. April 1, 159G. 



f.l. Peter VChamberlaine, ■{ h. IGOl. 

 62. Younge j (b. 1601. 



(The first two were eminent London merchants ; the 

 last, I expect, was of a different family.) 

 G3. James ) yt^Au^^tt- f h. 1596. 



64. Richard I ^^^'l''^^*^"' jb. 1599. 



65. Christopher Abde3'. (No date given.) 



(No doubt a member of the Essex family of that 

 name.) 

 G6. Ricbard Kidder, b. Mar. 7, 1601. 

 (Was he father of the Bishop ?) 



67. Thomas Chevnev, b. Mar. 21, 1597. 



68. James Skelton, b. July 20, 1600. 



69. John Withers, b. Oct. 10, 1602. 



70. Rowland Wj'nne, b. Nov. 27, 1607. 

 (Probably of Nostell Priorj', Yorkshire.) 



71. Ralph Holland, b. Oct. 24, 1602. 



72. Daniel Harecourt, b. Sep. 14, 1605. 



73. Nath. Micklethwait, b. April 19, 1612. 



74. Gabriel Tomlinson, b. May 20, 1613. 



75. Geo. Fuller. (No date.) 



76. Walter Sheldon, b. 1634. 



77. Christopher Cope, b. 1634. 



(Perhaps ancestor of the baronets of that name.) 



78. George Throckmorton, b. 1632. 



79. John Wickliff, b. 1632. 



80. Philip Nevill, b. 1638. 



81. Nath. Langhorn, b. 1638. 



82. Benj. Chandler, b. 1647. 



83. Peter Neve, b. Jan. 21, 1660. 



(Norroy-King. First President of the Society of 

 Antiquaries, d. 1729.) 



84. Charles Cranmer, b. 1660. 



(Probably a member of the Archbishop's family.) 



85. Roger Burgoin, b. 1659. 



(Clerk of the Warrants, Court of Chancery.) 



86. William Beckford, b. 1658. 



87. Thomas Hearne, b. 1666. 

 -88. Randolph Stracey, b. 1664. 



(Comptroller and Town Clerk of London.) 

 ■89. Thomas Canninge, b. July 26, 1640. 



90. Samuel Trevillian, b. 1644. 



91. Sir Jemmet Raymond. (No date.) 



(He was son of Sir Jonathan R., and was knighted 

 May 1, 1680, when his father was Sheriff of 

 London.) 

 S2. Charles Coningsby, b. 1668. 

 d3. Beardmore Brereton, b. 1667. 

 91. Sheldon Mervin, b. 1666. 

 95. Walter* -,„,,„„ fb. 1663. 

 1)6. George) '^^'^°" lb. 1661. 

 •97. Moses Jermyn, b. 1667. 



98. Randolph Knife, b. 1666. 



(Afterwards Alderman and Sheriff of London.) 



99. Peter Gleane, b. 1666. 



(Probably son of Sir Peter Gleane, M.P. for Nor- 

 wich, 1628.) 



100. Benjamin Cudworth, b. Jan. 1671. 



101. Marmaduke Allington, b. 1671. 



(? Afterwards M.P. for Agmondesham.) 



102. Edward Leneve, b. 1669. 



103. Arthur Evelyn, b. Sep. 1671. 



104. William Massingbeard, b. 1677. 



(Probably Sir W. M., baronet, M.P. for Lincoln- 

 shire.) 



105. Christopher Anstey, b. 1680. 



106. Jeremiah Bentham, b. Aug. 15, 1683. 

 (Perhaps father of the Economist.) 



107. Brabazon Aylmer, b. May 19, 1683. 



108. Francis Fortescue, b. Oct. 4, 1683. 



(Perhaps Sir Fra. F., Bart, of Salden, co. Bucks. 



109. Luke |-v,p,, „ (b. 1684. 



110. Edward P^'^^""^^'^^ {b. 1683. 

 (Sons of the poet, Drj-den's antagonist.) 



C. J. Robinson. 

 28. Gordon Street. 



Minav JJatcS. 



The Skull of Robert Bruce. — The notice in 

 your June number of Cromwell's head reminds 

 me of a circumstance which occurred to myself 

 nearly forty years ago, concerning the head of 

 another very eminent prince. The Abbey Church 

 at Durafernline, belonging to the crown, was at 

 that time undergoing extensive repairs. It was 

 known that Robert the Bruce and his queen were 

 interred there, and in the course of the excava- 

 tions the remains, which had been carefully de- 

 scribed in a contemporary record, were easily 

 identified. At that period the Phrenological So- 

 ciety of Edinburgh was in full activity, and, on 

 hearing of the discovery of these remains, they 

 applied to the crown for permission to examine 

 Bruce's skull. This was granted, and the skull 

 was transmitted to Edinburgh. Having occasion 

 to call at the Exchequer Chambers, I was sur- 

 prised to observe on a large table covered with 

 green cloth a human skull, and from deference to 

 royalty, I suppose, no other article was suffered to 

 be deposited on the table. The gentleman occu- 

 pying the chamber assured me it was the skull of 

 Bruce, and allowed me to handle it. Being no 

 believer in phrenology, I can say nothing as to its 

 developement, &c. AH that I remember indeed 

 at this distance of time is that it was very regu- 

 larly formed^ but whether materially different from 

 common-place crania I cannot tell, as it is the only 

 one I ever had in my hands. I understood that 

 it was retransmitted to its former resting-place, 

 and was told at the time that the workman em- 

 ployed did his part so conscientiously that, on 

 fastening down the royal remains with pitch, he 

 exclaimed, " My certy, he will hae sic a job to 

 win away when the trumpet sounds." T. 



A Curious Advertisement, March, 1717. 



"Denham Buildings, in Scotland Yard, Whitehall, are 

 built in different Apartments, with several Stair Cases, 

 after the same Manner as the Inns of Court, where there 



