July 28. 1855.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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his statement, the only representative of the 

 general. 



General Braddock had two sisters and two 

 brothers. Of the brothers, Daniel he believes to 

 have died s. p. at Gimmingham, in Norfolk. One 

 of the sisters — Fanny, who inherited a large for- 

 tune from her sister who died unmarried, after 

 gambling it all away — committed suicide. She 



also was unmarried. The remaining brother 



Braddock had two sons, James and Daniel ; this 

 latter also died s. p. James died at Buxton, in 

 Norfolk, leaving two sons ; James, who, as well 

 as an only son, died at Sco Ruston ; and William 

 Braddock, my informant. Also three daughters : 

 1. Martha, late the wife of William Bexford, ma- 

 riner, of Great Yarmouth ; 2. Elizabeth, married 

 to John Pye, and then to John Riches (these all 

 died at Scotlow) ; and 3. Anne, also twice mar- 

 ried, first to Wm. Derry, and then to Edmund 

 Wright : she died at Rollesby in 1854. William 

 Braddock has several sons and daughters, who are 

 all tradespeople. The old man has no papers on 

 the subject, except a shield of arms : Sa., a bend 

 engrailed arg., in the sinister chief an eagle dis- 

 played or ; crest, an eagle displayed sa. This he 

 inherited from his sister Martha Bexford, who he 

 thinks had other documents, now lost, relating to 

 the general's family. He believes himself entitled 

 to a large sura of money, and remembers the late 

 Lord Suffield of Blickling proposing to his grand- 

 father to aid him in establishing his claim. I 

 should be happy to correspond with Serviens on 

 the subject. E. S. Tayi,oe. 



Ormesby St. Margaret. 



Scottish Nursery Song (Vol. xii., p. 28.). — I 

 believe I can help your correspondent C. D. L., 

 who dates from Greenock, to another verse of the 

 nursery song about which he inquires. In the 

 Fortunes of Nigel, Lord Glenvarlock's follower, 

 after being elevated by George Herriot's good 

 cheer, sings as follows : 



" do ye ken Elsie Marlie, honey ? 

 The wife that sells the barley, honey ; 

 For Elsie Marley's grown sae fine, 

 She winna get up to feed the swine. 

 do ye ken," &c. 



Perhaps, if the querist could trace out any de- 

 scendant of " Sir Richard Moneyplies of Castle 

 Collop," he might obtain the rest of the ballad. 



A. B. R. 



Belmont. 



There can be little question that the song to 

 which your correspondent C. D. L. alludes is our 

 north country lyric " Elsie Marley," the refram 

 of which runs — 



" And do you ken Elsie Marley, honey ? 

 The wife that sells the barley, honey : 

 She lost her pocket and all her money 

 A back o' the bush i' the garden, honey." 

 It may be seen in the Bishoprick Garland, edited 

 No. 300.] 



by our late venerable friend Sir Cuthbert Sharp.* 

 The song is scarcely of sufficient interest for re- 

 production in the columns of " N. & Q.," but if 

 your correspondent will communicate with me 

 personally, I shall be happy to furnish him with a 

 copy of it. RoBEET S. Salmon. 



" Ovum anguinum" (Vol. xi., p. 346.). — L. M. 

 M. R. thinks the glass ring, described by J. M. 

 Rolls, is Druldical ; and would gladly purchase it, 

 if he is inclined to part with it. Any answer 

 addressed to L. M. M. R., under cover to John 

 Spottiswoode, Esq., Spottiswoode, Lauder, Ber- 

 wickshire, would reach the inquirer after the Ovvm 

 anguinum. L. M. M. R. 



Door-head Inscription (Vol. x., p. 253. ; Vol. xi., 

 p. 353.). — " Ce que Dieu garde est bien garde." 

 There was a reason for this inscription being in 

 French. It was doubtless chosen on account of 

 its bearing an allusive reference to the name of 

 the worthy clergyman by whom the parsonage 

 house was built, the Rev. G. Dugard. E. H. A. 



Wayside Crosses (Vol. xi., p. 505.). — Your 



correspondent's inquiries into the history of mor- 

 tuary crosses may perhaps be forwarded by some 

 remarks on those memorials in Belgium. It i& 

 scarcely possible to travel a few miles in that 

 country, either on the high roads or on those less 

 frequented, without finding one or more of those 

 pious remembrances placed by the wayside. 

 Those less pretending record the death, " near 

 that place," of some one who, by his own negli- 

 gence, or through the carelessness of others, there 

 lost his life. Others destined to record a murder 

 are generally more elevated ; as the one at Lub- 

 beck, dated 1688, erected by the high road from 

 Louvaine to Deist, on which is a long inscription 

 recording the particulars of the murder of a 

 priest, whose life was there sacrificed while tra- 

 velling towards Malines. In the historic village 

 of Willebroek is one made more than usually 

 conspicuous, to record the murder of the burgo- 

 master of the place. The inscription, literally 

 translated, is as follows : 



«B. I. D. (pray for the soul of) Glis Vardicht, of old 

 Bourgmester of Willebroek, here near murdered by twa 

 soldiers with him lodging, the 21st May, 1696. Eartl^ 

 renew by his offspring, 1829." , ' 



There are several crosses remaining in Norfolk, 

 but I believe none possessing any particular merit 

 as works of mediaeval art. The cross in Langley 

 Park, the seat of Sir William Beauchamp Proctor, 

 Bart., is perhaps one of the best existing example* 

 of a single shaft ; the enrichments are full and 

 very perfect. About the year 1801 the late Sir 

 Thomas B. Proctor removed this cross from the 



[* This lyric will also be found in Richardson's Locat 

 Historian's Table-book, Legendary Division, vol. iii. 

 p. 103.] 



