■2'^^ S. VIII. Oct. 15. '59.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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even small paper copies exceed this height ? 



Mine measures 15^ inches, but is I think merely 



a tall ordinary copy. Joseph llix. 



St. Neots. 



George Browne, the First Protestant Archbishop 

 of Dublin, deprived by Q. Ma?'?/ in 1554. — Of 

 what family was the above prelate ? "Was he mar- 

 ried*, and if so, to whom? Whom did his de- 

 scendants marry ? What were his arms and crest ? 

 A reply to these questions, through the post, will 

 greatly oblige R. W. Dixon. 



Seaton-Carew, co. Durham. 



Marrjuis of Argyle and Charles II. — It is 

 stated in Martyn's Life of Shaftesbury (vol. i. 

 p. 161.) that in 1650 King Charles II. gave the 

 Marquis of Argyle, who was beheaded after the 

 Restoration, " a promise under his hand and seal 

 to make him a duke, a knight of the garter, and 

 one of his bedchamber, and likewise to be in- 

 fluenced by his counsels ; and that, when restored 

 to his just rights, he would pay to the Marquis 

 forty thousand pounds which was due to him." 

 What is the authority for this statement ? Has 

 such a document been anywhere published ? 



W. C. 



Sir John Baiikes in 1676. — Who was Sir John 

 Bankes, living in Dorsetshire about 1676„? The 

 eldest son and successor of Sir John Bankes, the 

 Chief Justice, who died in 1644, was Sir Ralph 

 Bankes, Knt., who died early in the reign of 

 Charles II. His eldest son is described in the 

 family histories as John Bankes, without a title. 

 Was he a knight ? W. C. 



[John Bankes, grandson of the Chief Justice, repre- 

 sented the borough of Corfe Castle in eight parliaments, 

 and died in 1714, and was buried at Wimborne. Accord- 

 ing to the pedigree in Hutchins's Dorsetshire, ii. 567., 

 he is without a title.] 



Mrs. B. Hoole, afterwards Hofland. — Can you 

 give me any information regarding Mrs. Hoole, 

 author of a volume of Little Dramas for Young 

 People, published by Longman. I have not seen 

 the book, but the title is given in The London 

 Catalogue of Boohs, 1814—1846. What was the 

 date of publication, and what are the titles of the 

 •dramas ? Z. A. 



[We are unable to get a sight of Little Dramas for 

 Young People from English History, 1809. The maiden 

 name of the authoress was Barbara Wreaks, born at 

 Sheffield in 1770. Her first husband was Mr. T. Brad- 

 shawe Hoole; and her second Mr. Thomas Christopher 

 Hofland. Mrs. Hofland died at Richmond in Surrej', 

 Nov. 9, 1844 ; and her Life and Literary Remains were 

 published by Thomas Ramsaj-, 12mo., 1849. 



[* Abp. Browne was deprived for matrimony. See E. 

 P. Shirle}''s Original Letters on the Church in Ireland, pp. 

 5. 18. — Ed.] 



E. H. Keating' s Dramas. — Can you give me 

 the date of a volume by Miss Keating, entitled 

 Drawing-room Dramas. What are the names of 

 the pieces ? Z. A. 



[The work is entitled Dramas for the Drawing Room; 

 or Charades for Christmas. By E. H. Keating. Post 

 8vo., no date [1856?] It contains four charades: 1. Blue 

 Beard. 2. Phaeton. 3. Catiline. 4. Guy Fawkes. These 

 are preceded with directions " How to carry out a per- 

 formance successfully."] 



Seal Inscription. — I have the matrix of a seal 

 with the following legend : — 



" S. THESAUEAE. ET CAPITUI-. ECCESI.E DE 

 MBNIGDUSTE." 



The D in the last word may possibly be an o. 

 It is of the thirteenth century, with canopy of 

 three arches ; under centre is Madonna and infant 

 Saviour ; at the sides are two saints ; underneath 

 is a kneeling figure, under another arch. Can 

 you tell me to what church it belonged ? J. C. J. 



[The D, as our correspondent suggests, is probably an 

 o. The church appears to have been that of Menigoute, 

 a town of 850 or 90O inhabitants in the department of 

 Deux-Sfevres. (Worcester, Geog. Diet, Bouillet, Diet.") 

 Menigoute would in old French be Menigouste, as on the 

 seal, and is so spelt in the Diet. Geog. of Expilly, 1766. 

 This would be modernised into Menigoute, much in the 

 same manner that the old Fr. goiist, taste, has in modern 

 Fr. become gout,"] 



Anna Liffey. — How did the river which runs 

 through Dublin acquire the name of Anna Lif- 

 fey ? Frances Seymour. 



[The name Anna LifFej' is said to be derived from 

 Awen Luiffa, the black river.] 



The Termination " -sex.''' — Can any of your cor- 

 respondents inform me what is the meaning of the 

 termination -sex in TSiSsex, Sussea;, Middlesea;, and 

 Wessea; ? P. D. 



[The word is derived from Seaxe, the Saxons, who had 

 different names according to their locality : 1. East Seaxe, 

 East Saxons, people of Essex. 2. Middel- Seaxe, Middle- 

 sex. 3. Suth- Seaxe, South Saxons, or the people of 

 Sussex. 4. West- Seaxe, West Saxons, or inhabitants of 

 Wessex. — Bosworth's Anglo-Saxon Dictionary."] 



JLADY CULBOS's DREAME. " 



(2"« S. viii. 247.) 



Under the impression that I had the materials 

 at hand to enable me to frame a reply to Lady 

 Lytton's Query, I have devoted a few hours to 

 the search, but fear my success in throwing any 

 new light upon Lady Culros, or her Dreame, has 

 not been very signal. 



To the inquiry as to whether the Dreame is still 

 in existence, the reply is easy : a reprint of the 

 earliest known edition of the only work answer- 

 ing that description, having been published by 



