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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2»<i S. VIII. Oct. 1. '59. 



to the transaction herein alluded to, and the debt 

 of 150/. From her biography I glean nothing, 

 except that it would appear she was officially em- 

 ployed, in the reign of King Charles II., as resi- 

 dent female agent at Antwerp during the Dutch 

 war : ladles at that period being often similarly 

 engaged. Can any of your contributors throw 

 light upon this episode in her history ? This pe- 

 tition was probably hurriedly written under men- 

 tal and pecuniary distress, as may be inferred 

 from the transition from the first to t^he third 

 person, &c. : — 



" The humble peticon of Fyhare Behn, 



" Sheweth, 



" That after long waiting on M"" Killigrew for y^ loO'i 

 due to Edward Bultler (for v/'^^ I petitioned j-o'^ Mat'<^ 

 severall times), and being at last ordered to go to my 

 Lord Arlington (whom he said had order from vo'' Ma''^ 

 to pay it), his Loi' said he had neither monies nor orders, 

 and M'' Battler being out of all patience hath taken his 

 revenge in arresting yC petition^. 



" Yoi" petic, therefore, most humbly beggs that yo'' 

 Ma'''= will take some compassion upon her condicon, and 

 not to lett her suffer for what was done to serve yo'' Ma''« 

 only, and be gratiously pleased to order him his money 

 that I may not perish here. 



" And yo"^ pef, &c." 



In another petition she alludes to Mr. E. But- 

 ler having come to town, and allowed her but one 

 week's grace to pay tjiis loOZ., after which he pur- 

 poses to use all imaginable severity. Trusts the 

 king will not let her languish in prison, but will 

 order payment of the money which Mr. Hallsall 

 and Mr. Killigrew know is so justly due. 



A third petition excuses her again approaching 

 the king after two years' suffering. Is threatened 

 with an execution in this business of Mr. Butler. 

 Prays an order for payment of this money may be 

 made either to Mr. May or Mr. Chiffinch. 



Ithubiel. 



Family Professions. — I extract from Burke's 

 Peerage., Sfc. the following remarkable statement : 

 James (xraves, Esq., had two sons, the younger of 

 these, Rear Admiral Thomas Graves (1.), had a 

 son, Admiral Thomas Graves (2.), created Lord 

 Graves ; the elder son of James Graves, Samuel, 

 had two sons, the younger one was Admiral 

 Samuel Graves (3.) ; the elder son, the Rev. 

 John Graves, had four sons, 1. Rear Admiral 

 Samuel Graves (4.) ; 2. Admiral John Graves 

 (5.) ; 3. ^''ice Admiral Sir Thomas Graves, K.B. 

 (6.) ; 4. Admiral Richard Graves (7.). And as a 

 parallel case, Sir Wm. Rowley, K.B., Admiral of 

 the Fleet (1.), had two sons ; the elder. Rear Ad- 

 miral Sir John Rowley (2.) was created a baronet ; 

 his eldest son, Sir William, had a son. Rear Ad- 

 miral Sir Joshua Ricketts Rowley (3.), 3rd Bart. 

 Sir John, had two other sons, Vice Admiral Bar- 

 tholomew Samuel Rowley (4.) and Admiral Sir 



Charles Rowley (5,), created a baronet; three 

 cousins German (sons of Clotworthy, younger 

 son^ of Admiral Sir William), were Admiral Sir 

 Josias Rowley (6.) and Rear Admiral Samuel 

 Canipbell Rowley (7.). The various baronet 

 families of Parker, although apparently uncon- 

 nected with each other, include no less than ten 

 admirals and a commander R,N. amongst them. 



Y. S. M. 



Cromtvellian Relic. — On a fly-leaf in the Amer- 

 sham register^ occurs the following note, written 

 by the Rev. — Robertsh.aw, who was formerly 

 rector of Amersham : — 

 " Oct. 

 y"' 19. Francis Eussell, Auditor. 



" This Francis Eussell lived at y« Hill farm in y® 

 Parish of Chalfont St. Giles, and on y« confines of this 

 Parish ; he was one of Oliver's justices, and a fit man for 

 y^ times. I knew his son, a kind of non. con., who came 

 to poverty and sold ye farm. General Fleetwood lived at 

 y" Vache, and Russell on y« opposite hill ; and M'* Crom- 

 well, Oliver's wife, and her daughter, at Wood-row, High 

 House, where afterwards lived Captain James Thompson. 

 So the whole county was kept in awe, and became ex- 

 ceedingly zealous and very fanatical, nor is the poison 

 j-et eradicated. Buty® w'^*' persons are gone and y« Hamp- 

 den s agoin. 



"C.(?)R. 1730." 

 A. 



A Poofs Vow. — Many authors have written 

 their personal vows or aims — their " Hoc erat in 

 votis," " I've often wished," &c. Perhaps one of 

 the noblest is that of Pindar. After describing 

 the wicked, and specially the slanderous, he ex- 

 claims : — 



" Etrj jaij frOTt ^oi TOi- 



ovTOv -ijffos, Zev iraTep, 'AAAa (ceAtvfloi? 

 'AirAdat? fioas i^arrroiixav, Savoiv co? 

 Hoieri kAc'os /ht) to 5v<T^afXoi' irpocrd'j/u). 

 Xpuo'bi' evxovrai, mSiov 5' erepot 

 'AirepavTOV' iyi) S' acrroii aSuiv (cat 

 X6ovt yv'ia KaKviraL- 



p.', alvdiav alvTiTO. p-op,- 



^av 5' im(xneCpiav dXiTpois," 



Nem. VIII. 59-G7. 



Francis Trench. 



Islip Rectory. 



Shaving Statute. — In a parliament held at Trim 

 by John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, then Lord- 

 Lieutenant, anno 1447, 25 Henry VI., it was 

 enacted " That every Irishman must keep his 

 upper lip shaved, or else be used as an Irish 

 enemy." The Irish at this time were much at- 

 tached to the national foppery of wearing musta- 

 chios, the fashion then throughout Europe, and for 

 more than two centuries after. The unfortunate 

 Paddy who became an enemy for his beard, like 

 an enemy was treated ; for the treason could 

 only be pardoned by the surrender of his land. 

 Thus two benefits accrued to the king, his ene- 

 mies were diminished, and his follov/ers provided 

 for ; many of whose descendants enjoy the con- 

 fiscated properties to this day, which may appro- 

 priately be designated Hair-breadth estates. The 



