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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[Sept. 8. 1855. 



Sir John Call. — Where is to be found a grant 

 made by Charles II. to Sir John Call of certain 

 manors in the neighbourhood of Southampton ? 

 Also, are any particulars knoWn of the death of 

 Philip Call of Southampton, nephew of Sir John 

 Call, who died in 1759 ? J. Ybowell. 



Painting by Schut. — I have a painting by Cor- 

 nelius Schut of St. Nicolas appearing to Con- 

 stantine. It has been finely engraved by J. 

 Witdoeck soon after it was painted. I have an 

 idea, however, that Schut painted a larger picture 

 ihan mine of the same subject, and, if so, it was 

 presented " ecclesise parochiali de Willebroeck." 

 Could any of your correspondents inform me 

 whether this is the case ? J. C. J. 



Etiolated. — What is the derivation of this word, 

 applied to the state of health of such as lead a con- 

 fined and sedentary life ? P. J. F. Gantillon. 



Cortez Telfair. — Who was this person, on 

 whose tablet in Kensington Church it is stated he 

 was "celebrated for his literary attainments." He 

 died April 2.3, 1816. Faulkner says nothing of 

 him at all, and the Gentleman s Magazine merely 

 that he was of Margate, and died in Piccadilly. 

 The family for some years resided at Knights- 

 bridge, and were high in repute there, and I wish 

 to learn something of him.* H. G. D. 



Knightsbridge. 



Oratorio of David and Saul. — I should be 

 obliged if you could tell me whether the Rev. 

 Mr. Henley ever published an oratorio of David 

 playing before Saul ? J. C. J. 



Work on Blazon. — Sicily Herald, one of the 

 oldest writers of blazon, who lived in the begin- 

 ning of the fourteenth century, in his book en- 

 titled Le Blazon des Couleurs, published between 

 1483 and 1498, has, amongst the arms attributed 

 to kings, " Le Roy de Hyrlande," being the 

 figure of a king sitting and holding with both his 

 hands a " fieur-de-lis." Can any of your readers 

 and correspondents give the title and date of this 

 work in full, or say where a copy is to be seen, 

 whether published in 8vo. or 4to. ? G. 



Laweis MS. Music. — A very interesting ori- 

 ginal MS., an autograph of Henry Lawes, has 

 come into my possession. It contains " Psalms 

 for Three Voices," thirty in number ; after which 

 are a number of elegies written on the death of 

 Wm. Lawes, by the composers of the day, viz. 



[* Cortez Telfair edited The Town and Country Spell- 

 ing-Book, 8vo., Edinb. 1775.] 

 No. 306.] 



H. Lawes (which is headed "A Pastoral Elegye, 

 to the Memory of my dear Brother Wm. Lawes"), 

 Dr. Wilson, Taylor, John Cob, Captain Foster, 

 Simon Ive, J. Jinkins, J. Hilton. After this are 

 about thirty more psalms and anthems of H. Lawes 

 and one elegy of Wm. Lawes. Have either of 

 these psalms or elegies been published ? The 

 book formerly belonged to a Dr. Rob. Cony. 



J. C. J. 



[This work has been printed in three single parts, en- 

 titled " Choice Psalmes put into Musick for three Voices, 

 the most of which may properly enough be sung by any 

 three, with a thorough base. Composed by Henry and 

 William Lawes, Brothers, and Servants to 'His Majestic. 

 With divers Elegies, set in Musick by sev'rall friends, 

 upon the death of William Lawes. And at the end of the 

 thorough base are added nine Canons of three and four 

 voices, made by William Lawes. London, 4to., 1648."] 



Captain William Baillie. — I should feel obliged 

 to any of your correspondents for some notices of 

 Capt. William Baillie, the eminent amateur artist, 

 and his works. Bryan's X)jc<jo««r^ contains honour- 

 able mention of him, and enumerates about fifty 

 of his chief engravings, the whole being stated to 

 be about a hundred. Bryan says he was born in 

 Ireland about the year 1736, but I am not aware 

 of the date of his death. He was captain of tlie 

 17th Regiment of Dragoons in 1753, and is styled 

 on one of his plates in 1793 " Commissioner of 

 Stamps." Are there any more particular accounts 

 of the artist, and more complete list of his engrav- 

 ings ? His magnum opus was the restoration of 

 Rembrandt's worn-out plate of " Christ healing 

 the Sick," called "the hundred guilder print;" it 

 would be interesting to know the history of that 

 plate coming into his possession. 



Delt. anp Sculpt. 



[Capt. William Baillie was born at Kilbride, co. Car- 

 low, on June 5, 1723, He was educated in Dublin under 

 Dr. Sheridan, and at the age of eighteen sent to London 

 for the purpose of studying the law, and with that view 

 entered himself of the Middle Temple. He, however, soon 

 expressed a wish to enter the army, and accepted a com- 

 mission as the senior ensign in Harry Pulteney's, or the 

 13th Regiment of Foot, and was at the battle of Culloden, 

 under the Duke of Cumberland, and in several engage- 

 ments in Germany with the Marquis of Granby. In 

 1755-6, when the 51st Regiment was raised, he obtained 

 a company, and was with the regiment as captain of the 

 Grenadiers and paymaster at the battle of Minden, under 

 Prince Ferdinand. Some time after this he exchanged 

 into the 17th Light Dragoons, in which he continued 

 some years ; but, his health failing him, he was allowed to 

 sell his commission, and appointed a Commissioner of the 

 Stamp Duties, in which situation he continued for twenty- 

 five years, and retired with a pension. He died at Lisson 

 Green, Paddington, Dec. 22, 1810, in his eighty-eighth 

 year. The etching by Rembrandt, restored by the Cap- 

 tain, was found among some old copper. See the Somer- 

 set-House Gazette, vol. i. p. 300.] 



Joannes Magirus. — Who was Joannes Magirus? 

 Where can I find information respecting him ? I 

 have Physiologice Peripateticce, libri sex, by him, 



