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NOTESJ AND QUERIES. 



[2°d S. No 50., Dec. 13. '56. 



Gen' olim un' Attorn' Cur' Dni' Regis de Banco, nati in 

 Parochia Sci' Petri de Mancroft in Civitate Norvici anno 

 Salutis 1660, qui obijt Maij 7" 1743, anno aetatis sua 82; 

 unJi cum corpore Rob. Fransham Patris ejus." 



I especially desire to know when his wife died ? 

 Was John Fransham, the Norwich polytheist (who 

 died Feb. 1, 1810), descended from him? 



J. Gtprian Rust. 



Norwich. 



Portraits of Lawyers. — Can any of your corre- 

 spondents inform me, whether a second part ap- 

 peared of — 



" Portraits of the Worthies of Westminster Hall, with 

 their Autographs, from Fac-similes of Original Sketches 

 found in the Note- book of a Briefless Barrister." (Pub- 

 lished by Thomas & William Boone: London, 1823, 

 Parti.)? 



The sketches are exceedingly clever, and very 

 like ; but I never saw a second part : as the first 

 part was priced at 20s., this would necessarily 

 limit the circulation. J. Mt. 



The Czar. — It has been stated by some that 

 the Russian dynasty is of Assyrian origin. On 

 what gi-ounds ? Abhba. 



Prideaux Family. — In Gorham's History of 

 St. Neat's, he states, p. clxiii., in the list of vicars 

 of St. Neot's, Robert de Preaux alias Prideaux, 

 presented by the prior and convent, 1270. In 

 Dr. Oliver's Historic Collections of Devon, p. 123., 

 he gives Adam Prianho or De Pratellis, als Pry- 

 deaux, appointed Prior at Modbury, 1423. Again, 

 in a topographical work on England, published, I 

 believe, in 1828 or 1830, vol. i., mention is made 

 of a Peter de Pratellis, or Preaux, of Normandy. 

 I wish to ascertain on what ground De Pratellis, 

 or Preus, or Preaux, are supposed to have been 

 the same family name as Prideaux of modern 

 times ; and any information as to the origin of the 

 name, the various ways of spelling the same, to- 

 gether with the time when, and for what reason, 

 they had a Saracen's head granted them for a 

 crest. An Old Subscriber. 



Le Celehre Barrios. — In a rather curious 

 little book entitled Ze Gout, Paris, 1747, among 

 examples of false metaphor " L'eau pour secher 

 les plaies," and " L'epee de sa fuite decoupe le fil 

 de ma vengeance," are ascribed to "le celebre Bar- 

 rios." Who was he ? F. 



Papers of Arabella Stuart. ■ — D'Israell says : 

 " It is on record that at Longleat, the seat of the 

 Marquis of Bath, certain papers of Arabella are 

 preserved." Is this the fact r 



Edward F. Rimbault. 



Conway Papers. — Where are these papers de- 

 posited, and oyey what period do they extend ? 



Edward F. Rimbault. 



Davies of the Marsh, Co. Salop. — What is the 

 tradition connected with the very peculiar arms 

 borne by Davies of the Marsh, co. Salop, viz. Sa. 

 on a mount, vert, a goat, argent, guttee de larmes, 

 attired, or, standing on a child, pp'. swaddled, gu. 

 and feeding on a tree. Dallaway says the goat is 

 guarding the child, and the motto of Davies of 

 Elmly Park (who bear the same arms), "Deus 

 tuetur," seems to countenance his version. 



Francis Robert Davies. 

 Moyglas Mawr. 



Sir Robert and Sir Philip Stapylton. — On the 

 16th of May, 1617, Robert and Philip Stapleton, 

 of Yorkshire, were admitted Fellow-Commoners 

 of Queen's College, Cambridge. We assume from 

 their being entered on the same day that they 

 were brothers, or at least kinsmen, and that the 

 former was Sir Robert Stapylton, the translator 

 of Juvenal, Muscbus, and Strada, and author of 

 several dramatic pieces, who died July 11, 1669; 

 and the latter Sir Philip Stapylton, a leading 

 member of the Long Parliament, who died at 

 Calais in 1647. The surname of Sir Robert is 

 occasionally given as Stapleton, and that of Sir 

 Philip almost invariably as Stapylton. Sir Robert 

 is stated by Wood to have been the uncle of Sir 

 Miles Stapylton, and the third son of Richard 

 Stapylton of Carleton, in Moreland, Yorkshire. 

 We are unable to find any notice of the parentage 

 of Sir Philip. Perhaps some of your correspond- 

 ents can throw light on the matter. 



C. H. & Thompson Coopeb. 



Cambridge. 



Cromwell Portraits. — 1. Is a full-length por- 

 trait of the Protector Oliver Cromwell, sitting in 

 a country ale-house, engaged in smoking, the 

 night before the great battle of Naseby was 

 fought, said to have been taken by General Lam- 

 bert, extant? 



2. Does any engraving of His Highness's ef^gj, 

 which is stated to have been exhibited in a win- 

 dow at Whitehall after the restoration of King 

 Charles II,, near the spot where King Charles I. 

 was beheaded, exist? 



3. Where is the best executed bust of the Pro- 

 tector now to be met with ? T. P. L. 



Manchester. 



Richard Cumberland. — Can any correspondent 

 of " N. & Q." kindly inform me what are the dates 

 of the birth and death of Richard Cumberland, 

 "the Terence of England." At his funeral in 

 Westminster Abbey, the then dean (Dr. Vincent, 

 I think) pronounced a short oration over the 

 grave. It has been printed, but I cannot at this 

 moment recollect where. Perhaps some one could 



