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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2«<J S. N" 29., July 19. '56, 



heires of Joh' Neville, kt, Lord Latymer, being tbyrd 

 sone of Edw. Fyton of Gawsworth, kt. (who marled Mary 

 ye younger doughter and coheir of Sir Vigitt Harbutell, 

 in 'Northu'br., kn., and Elenor, her elder sister, maried 

 ■w* S' Tho. Percy, kn., afterward ataynted, being father by 

 her to 'i'ho. and Henry Percy, knts., and both in their 

 tymes earles of Northu'br. and restored by Q. Mary), 

 brother to Edward Fyton, kn., lord president of Conaghte 

 and thresorer of Ireland, and sone and heyre to th' afore- 

 said Edward, which thresorer and his wife decessed in 

 Irlonde, and lye both buried in St. Patric's church in 

 Dublin." 



Ormerod, in bis History of Cheshire, suggests 

 that the skeleton has probably reference to the 

 attainder of Sir Thomas Percy, but why ? Per- 

 haps after all it is but an emblem of mortality. 

 Local tradition asserts that Francis Fitton fell in 

 battle, and only his body, from which the head had 

 been severed, could be found. This ancient family 

 became extinct in the direct line by the death of 

 Sir Edward Fitton in 1643. Oxoniensis. 



QUERIES RESPECTING THE GAMAGE FAMILY. 



1. What is the import or etymology of the name 

 Gamage ? Is it of Saxon or of JNorman origin, or 

 of neither? 



2. What is the coat of arms of the family of 

 Gamage, and whence its origin ? 



3. Can any traces of the family, the disposition 

 of the family estates, titles, its origin, &c., be dis- 

 covered ? If so, from what sources ? 



4. Is it possible from any records of emigration, 

 shipping and naval lists, to ascertain what branch 

 of the Gamage family emigrated to New England 

 about 1700, or previously? and from what port 

 they sailed, and where was their place of residence 

 in England previous to their emigration ? We 

 find from a parish record in Cambridge, Massa- 

 chusetts, that one Joshua Gamage was there in 

 1710, the date of his marriage to a Deborah 

 Wyeth ; but when he came from England does 

 not appear. 



5. Can anything be obtained, by way of family 

 history, from monumental inscriptions, parish, 

 church, and county, national and heraldic records, 

 and records of knighthood, grants of land, and 

 conveyances of estate, wills, &c., and where can 

 these be found ? 



6. Is there any place named Royiode, or any- 

 thing similar, in co. Hertford (or Hertfordshire), 

 England ? and if so, could not some traces be 

 found of the Gamage family, provided their re- 

 sidence was there ; or any part of the coat armour 

 derived from that place ? Royinde may not be 

 the whole name of the place, but the last half of 

 it. The old Saxon word royd, meaning clearing, 

 is a frequent termination of the names of towns, 

 and was somet mes used in connection with the 

 name of a proprietor, as Monkroyd, Martinrode, 

 and also Okenrode, Acroyd, HoUinsrode, &c. 



7. Where is Clerhenshalls in Scotland, and what 

 possible connection can that place have with the 

 Gamage family or their coat armour ? When was 

 Sir Thomas Gamage knighted ; by whom, and 

 what was the order of his knighthood ? 



The result of any investigations in relation to 

 the Gamage family will oblige the inquirer. 



Anox. 



"il daring Pilot in Adversity ." ^^"From what 

 author is the following quotation (made in the 

 last page of vol. i. of Sir Robert Peel's Memoirs) 

 taken : 



" . . . . When waves run high 

 A daring pilot in adversity ? " 



D. G. 



Aristotle's Proverbs. — The Rev. Thomas Wil- 

 son, in a lecture on the "Philosophy of Proverbs," 

 in the Popular Lecturer, states that " Aristotle 

 made a collection of them." Is this collection still 

 existing ? I never heard of it. W. S. D. 



Ode by Lord Byron. — In an excellent collec- 

 tion of fugitive poetry of the nineteenth century, 

 entitled The Laurel, published by Tilt in 1841, Is 

 an ode ascribed to Lord Byron. It consists of 

 nine stanzas, is characterised by considerable 

 merit, and is a vehement invective against the 

 French people for their desertion and neglect of 

 Napoleon when fortune no longer attended his 

 arms. The first stanza is as follows : 



" Ob, shame to thee, land of the Gaul ! 



Oh, shame to thj' children and thee! 

 Unwise in thy glory, and base in thy fall, 



How wretched thy portion shall be ! 

 Derision shall strike thee forlorn, 



A mockery that never shall die ; 

 The curses of hate, and the hisses of scorn, 



Shall burthen the winds of thy sky ; 

 And proud o'er thy ruin, for ever be hurled 

 The laughter of triumph, the jeers of the world." 



I should be glad to know by what authority thia 

 energetic ode is attributed to Lord Byron ; or to 

 whom it may with greater truth be ascribed. 



William Bates. 



Birmingham. 



Prestp.r John. — More infonnation respecting 

 this myth (if myth he is) is required than is to be 

 found in 1»' S. vii. 502. ; x. 186. Why do writers 

 cite the length of his foot, rather than any other 

 characteristic he may possess ? Anom. 



Mr. Bathursis Disappearance. — Was anything 

 certain ascertained relative to the fate ot Mr. 

 Bathurst, who disappeared mysteriously during a 

 mission abroad in the course of our great war 

 against Bonaparte ? I found, at an old book- 

 seller's in Paris, some years ago, the MS. journal 

 of Mrs. Bathurst, who was a sister of Sir G. P. 



