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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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ment, and upon what authority he is called Bishop 

 of Rochester ? x\gain, he had three sons, Henry, 

 Richard, George, LL. D., of Exeter, and one 

 daughter, Paseha. Can any of your readers in- 

 form me if there are any descendants of these 

 sons ? Browne Willis appeared to think that the 

 bishop was never married. F. Fixz Henky. 



Anonymous Works. — 1. Philamour and Phila- 

 mena ; or genuine Memoirs of a late affecting 

 Transaction London, 1746. To what does this 

 refer, and who is understood to have been the 

 author ? 



2. The Maze, a poem, with illustrative notes ; 

 London, 1815. Who was its author ? T. G. S. 



Edinburgh. 



Paston Family. — A family of this name, and 

 reputed an ancient branch of the ancient family 

 of Paston, resided at Teversham, in the county of 

 Cambridge, in the reign of King Charles II. The 

 Rev. James Paston was rector of Finningham, co. 

 Suffolk, in 1667, and inducted to Little Liver- 

 mere, in 1681. He was born at Teversham, in 

 the county of Cambridge, 1642, where his father, 

 James Paston, resided in 1640. 



Can any of your correspondents who devote them- 

 selves to genealogical pursuits, or are acquainted 

 with the counties of Suffolk and Cambridge, give 

 any account of James Paston of Teversham, his 

 parentage, or connexion in any way with the an- 

 cient family of Paston of Norfolk ? S. E. G. 



" Cato Major." — There is a poetical version of 

 Cicero de Senectute, published under the title of 

 Cato Majo7\ 8vo., 1725. Who is the author ? 



R.J. 



^^ Edivard and Egwina." — Who is the author 

 of Edward and Egwina, a dramatic poem, 8vo., 

 1776? R.J. 



St. Luke's Little Slimmer. — I am writing in a 

 heavy shower of rain to ask what your several 

 correspondents in their counties know of a few 

 fine days about this time, called " St. Luke's 

 little summer," which the good folks of Hants and 

 Dorset always expect about the 18th of this 

 month. Clekicus Rusticus. 



Oct. 17. 



" Palladius and Irene." — Who wrote Palladius 

 and Irene, a drama in three acts, 8vo., 1773 ? 



R. J. 

 Curious Marriage Custom : — 



" Sieur Roger, aged 87 years, was married to a maiden, 

 or single lady, aged 76, by whom he had in his time 3 

 children, y" eldest of w<='» was a da<='' of 41 years of age, 

 who at y" celebration of y^ marriage was put under y« 

 pall. This is a ceremony coiiTon at all marriages ; a pall 

 or cloth is held over y<= heads of y*' bride and bridegroom, 

 and in case y" said bride and bridegroom have had any 

 nfal children together, y<= marriage of y^ father and mo- 

 No. 315.] 



ther and y" children, going under y^ pall, gives y™ a 

 legitimate character, and makes y™ incapable (query- 

 capable?) of inheriting, &c. This is y* reason Miss wa* 

 put under y" pall." 



The MS. from which this extract is taken, omits 

 to give the date and place of this curious cere- 

 mony. Perhaps some of your correspondents may 

 be able to throw a light upon it. Ci.. Hoppek, 



Author of " Tales, Romances," §-c. — Who is 

 the author of the following work ? Tales, Ro- 

 mances, Apologues, Anecdotes, and Noveh ; Hu~ 

 mourous. Satiric, Entertaining, Historical, Tragi- 

 cal, and Moral. London, Robinsons, 2 vols., 1 2m<)., 

 1786. K. J. 



Bank Notes for a Million. — Will the writer 

 of the Query headed as above in ''■N. & Q.," 

 Vol. xii., p. 325., be kind enough to say whether 

 the book which he has lately " come across," con- 

 sists of " Pen and Ink Sketches " of poets, as there 

 is a book bearing some such title, which I am 

 anxious to " come across " for a particular reason ? 



I>. 



Common-Place Books. — What is the best mode 

 and form of keeping a common-place book? 

 Pray elicit some information on this head. It is 

 much wanted, and the subject, I believe, is new 

 to your pages. Lock, amd Uhi.ock. 



Mrs. Joanna Stephens. — Can any reader oT 

 " N. & Q." either give me particulars of the above 

 person, or refer me to a memoir of her? She 

 possessed a nostrum which, it was alleged, had the 

 powers of a perfect lithontriptic in the human 

 subject ; and I have not been able to trace any 

 particulars of her or her remedy than the follow- 

 ing. In consequence of her representations, the 

 government gave 5000/. for her secret, which she 

 gave a full description of, the method of pre- 

 paring, &c., and which was published in the 

 London Gazette, No. 7815, of Tuesday, June 19, 

 1739. Subsequent trials of her medicines did not 

 realise the fancied expectations of those who took 

 them, and they soon fell into discredit, and conse- 

 quent disuse. I have not found any farther 

 mention of her than that given by the General 

 Evening Post, a newspaper of Saturday, Nov. 12, 

 1774 : " Died at Brook Green, Hammersmith, oa 

 the preceding Thursday, Mrs. Joanna Stephens." 



Qu^aiiBESS. 



Kew, Surrey. 



" The Deformed," Sfc. — There was a volume of 

 poems published under the following: title in 

 1842 : The Deformed, Jessy Bell, and other 

 Poems, by Mary St. Aubyn, 8vo., 1842. Could 

 you mform me whether The Deformed is a dra- 



