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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2'«i S. VIII. Oct. 8. '59. 



Fenton, Duchess of Bolton, the original Polly of 

 Gay's Beggars Opera ? * 



I wish to have, farther, a complete list, as far 

 as it can be ascertained, of ennobled actresses. 

 There were, Lavinia, Duchess of Bolton ; Miss 

 Brunton, Countess of Craven ; the Countess of 

 Derby ; the Countess of Harrington, and Lady 

 Thurlow. Others may be added. Oxoniensis, 



John Jones, A.M., Oxon. — 



"Considerations on the Illegality and Impropriety of 

 preferring Clergymen, who are unacquainted with the 

 Welsh Language, to Benefices in Wales, &c., by John 

 Jones, A.M., Fellow of Queen's College, Oxon. 1768." 



Can any of your correspondents furnish a clue 

 as to the birthplace of the author of the above 

 pamphlet, together with his place of residence, his 

 profession, and the date of his decease ? Was he 

 the learned friend and executor of the celebrated 

 author of the Night Thoughts f (See Nichols's 

 Literary Anecdotes, vol. i. 637. &c.) Inquirer. 



London in 1558. — Can any of your artist 

 readers inform me in whose custody the curious 

 volume described as under by Dallaway, in Dis- 

 courses on Architecture, Svo., 1833, is now secured, 

 and if it can be seen, and how ? — 



" But a singular curiosity has been brought to light, 

 which was lately in the custody of Mr. Colnaghi, sen. 

 (Printseller). It is a series of views and perspectives of 

 the City of London, its ancient buildings, with St. 

 Paul's Cathedral, the Tower, &c., upon the north-west 

 shore, for a considerable extent. Others are taken from 

 the roof of the Mint (formerly Sufiblk House) in South- 

 wark, overlooking that side of the river. Of the royal 

 palaces at Westminster, St. James, Plaisance at Green- 

 wich, Hampton Court, and Oatlands, there are distinct 

 elevations and parts, in many delineations of each. It is 

 of the largest imperial folio size, several of the views 

 being so long as to require to be folded. They were cer- 

 tainly taken from the spots mentioned, which are repre- 

 sented with scrupulous accui'acy, and give a true idea of 

 London in 1558. The artist's name affixed is Antonio Van 

 Wyiiergard, and the drawings are tricked with a pen, 

 heightened with blue."— P. 389. 



W. P. 



Heraldic Query. — The eldest son of a family, 

 duly entitled to bear arms, has no male children ; 

 but his brother, who succeeds to the entailed 

 estate on his death, has. 



Has the husband of the daughter of the oldest 

 son a right to bear the arms of the family in an 

 escutcheon of pretence ? and have their descend- 

 ants a right to quarter them ? C. W. B. 



Leigh Hunt and " the Liberal." — Would any 

 of the readers of " N". & Q." be kind enough to 

 state what were the papers which Leigh Hunt 

 contributed to The Liberal ? I believe the preface 

 to have been written by him. James J. Lamb. 



Underwood Cottage, Paisley. 



[* Lavinia Fenton was born in the year 1708, and died 

 Jan. 24, 1760, at the age of fifty-two.— Ed.] 



Sigismond and Henry Alexander. — Can you in- 

 form me where I can find anything about " the 

 two Alexanders," or Zinzans, of James I.'s time ? 

 I know what Nichols has to tell.* E. H. K. 



Manuscript of William de Shoreham's Poems, — 

 Can any of your correspondents inform me where 

 the MS. from which Mr. Wright transcribed W. 

 de Shoreham's Poems for the Percy Society in 

 1849 is now to be found? He says in his pre- 

 face that the MS. was in private hands at the 

 time his transcript was made ; but that it was 

 uncertain at the time he wrote (Oct. 1849) whe- 

 ther it was in a public or private collection. A 

 recollation of the MS. would probably remove 

 some, at least, of the numerous difficulties with 

 which the printed text at present abounds. H. C. 



Epigram. — Who was the author of the fol- 

 lowing beautiful Epigram ? It is printed in the 

 Anthologia Oxoniensis, accompanied by a trans- 

 lation into Latin elegiacs by Mr. Booth of Mag- 

 dalen : — 



" To a Female Cupbearer. 

 " Come, Leila, fill the goblet up, 

 Reach round the rosj' wine : 

 Think not that we will take the cup 



From any hand but thine. 

 A draught like this 'twere vain to seek : 



No grape can such supply ; 

 It steals its tints from Leila's cheek. 

 Its brightness from her eye." — P. 82. 



Oxoniensis. 



Rubbings of Brasses : Wm. Shakspeare Payton. 

 — I shall feel obliged if any of your numerous 

 readers can inform me of a preparation which will 

 effectually preserve rubbings from brasses and 

 stones. In a recent visit to Stratford-on-Avon I 

 obtained from the parish clerk, Mr. Kite, rubbings 

 from the gravestones of Shakspeare and his wife, 

 and I wish to ascertain the best mode of preserv- 

 ing these. I would add for the information of 

 your readers that these most excellent rubbings 

 can be had for the small cost of one shilling each. 



In strolling through the above churchyard I 

 came upon the grave of " William Shakspere 

 Payton, son of John and Eliza Payton of this 

 borough. He died October 25, 1789, aged 18 

 years." 



I would ask if It is known whether this youth 

 was a descendant of the poet? and whether any of 

 this family are at the present time In existence ? 



E. Y. Lowne. 



Eleu loro. — To the song in Scott's Marmion 

 beginning " Where shall the lover rest," there is a 

 burden given thus : " Chorus, Eleu loro, &c." 

 What Is the meaning of these words, and to what 

 does the " &c." refer ? A. 



[* A brief notice of the family of Zinzan is given in 

 Coates's History of Reading, p. 445. Consult also Mrs. 

 Green's Calendar of State Papers, Domestic, between 

 1603 and 1623.— Ed.] 



