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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2"<» S. VIII. Oct, 22. '59. 



stag's head, argent, issuing from a coronet, or. 

 In this visitation he is described as Sir John 

 Hart, Grocer, Mayor of London, 1590, died 1603. 

 My blazonry of this crest is as near as I can de- 

 scribe it from a rough sketch ; but if W. N. S. 

 will favour me with his address I should be glad 

 to communicate with him privately. 



William Henbt Hart. 

 Folkestone House, Roupell Park, 

 Streatham. 



Baron of Beef at Windsor (2°* S. viii. 248.) 

 — The baron of beef is roasted at Windsor by 

 the same contrivance which was and still may be 

 used for the same purpose at Arundel Castle, viz., 

 a strong spit to support the meat, and strong beer 

 to support the men who sat up nil night to watch 

 it. On one occasion the spit Droke under the 

 baronial weight, and Vulcanic advice had to be 

 sought in the middle of the night. G. H. K. 



Mr. Abdias Ashton of St. John's Coll., Camh. 

 (2-^ S. viii. 302.) —Is this the Mr. Abdie Ashton 

 who was the favourite and confidential chaplain of 

 Robert, Earl of Essex, and who attended him on 

 the scaffold, Feb. 20, 1600-1, and of whom we 

 have interesting notices in Jardine's Criminal 

 Trials, vol. i. pp. 365. 367. 375-7.? What is 

 known of Ashton's life ? Any particulars of him 

 would be acceptable. M. P. 



Suffragan Bishop (2"^ S. viii. 225. 296.316.) — 

 With reference to Manning's appointment as suf- 

 fragan bishop of Ipswich, I may say that the royal 

 mandate referred to by your correspondent is 

 printed in Burnet's Collection, vol. i., and that 

 Manning retained the priory of Butley after his 

 consecration, and signed the resignation of the 

 priory as bead of that house, with his episcopal 

 title, in 1539, March 1. 



If any of your readers can tell me anything of 

 a copy of Burnet's Reformation, vol. i., with third 

 edition on the title-page I should be obliged. 



Nicholas Pocock. 



6. Worcester Terrace, Clifton. 



Sir William and Sir Richard Weston. — In 2°^ 

 S. vii. 317. your correspondent P. S. C. inquires 

 for information respecting " Sir William Weston, 

 Prior of the Knights Hospitallers in England in 

 the early part of the reign of Henry VIII., or his 

 brother Sir Richard Weston ?" At p. 405. of the 

 same volume, I gave some references to informa- 

 tion respecting the Sir William Weston alluded 

 to by P. S. C. At p. 485. in the same volume, 

 Mr. C. J. Robinson refers me to his Query (but 

 he does not tell me where to find it)*, and says 

 "he inquired about Sir William Weston who was 

 buried at Callow-Weston, Gillingham, co. Dorset." 



[* The Qaery appeared in 2"'' S. v. 359. — Ed.] 



There is certainly a game at cross-purposes in 

 this matter. I am "referred again" to a Query 

 which I have never seen, and charged (by impli- 

 cation at least) by Mr. Robinson with having 

 erroneously replied to a Query asked by P. S. C. 

 respecting one Sir William Weston, when I ought 

 to have directed my attention to another gentle- 

 man of that name, but who is in no way whatever 

 alluded to in the Query to which I replied. I 

 noticed this incongruity nearly three months ago, 

 but my communication escaped the notice of the 

 Editor of " N. & Q." Pishey Thompson. 



Stoke Newington. 



Actresses ennobled by Marriage (2"'' S. viii. 292.) 

 — Martin Folkes, the antiquary, a man of good 

 birth and fortune, is said to have been the first 

 person among " the gentry " who chose a wife 

 from the English stage, although he did not " en- 

 noble " her by doing so. 



Mr. Folkes married Lucretia Bradshaw, the 

 representative of Farquliar's heroines, circa 1725. 

 The lady's " prudent and exemplary conduct " is 

 said to have been the attraction to the learned 

 antiquary. I find the following list of actcesses 

 raised by marriage to elevated rank, in Burke's 

 Romance of the Aristocracy. 



Anastasia Robinson was married to Lord Peter- 

 borough circa 1735. 



Lavinia Beswick (the original Polly Peachura), 

 became Duchess of Bolton about 1750. 



Elizabeth Farren married the Earl of Derby 



Miss Searle married Robt. Heathcote, Esq., 

 1807. 



Louisa Brunton married the Earl of Craven, 

 1807. 



Mary Catherine Bolton (another Polly Peach- 

 um), married Lord Thurlow in 1813. 



Miss O'Neill married Sir AV. W. Beecher, 

 Bart., . 



Miss Foote was married to the Earl of Harring- 

 ton. 



Miss Stephens to the Earl of Essex. 



Miss Mellon (then Mrs. Coutts) to the Duke 

 of St. Albans. 



Mrs. Nisbett married to Sir William Boothby, 

 Bart. 



I believe a daughter of the late John Braham 

 was ennobled by her marriage ; and there ai-e, 

 probably, one or two more instances, of a recent 

 date. Pishey Thompson. 



Stoke Newington. 



Duchess of Bolton {^'•■'^ S. viii. 291.)— Oxoniensis 

 will find the information he desires in Leigh 

 Hunt's Men, Women, and Books, vol. ii. p. 180. 

 I have The Life of Lavinia Besunck, alias Fenton, 

 alias Polly Peachum. It was published in 1728, 

 when she was twenty years old. Gilbert. 



