2nd s. N« 95., Oct. 24. '57.] 



NOTES AND QUEKIES. 



329 



24. Eev. Wm. Allen, Senior Fellow of Trinity 

 College, Cambridge. 



25. Mrs. Anne Francis, translator of Solomon's 

 Song, living 1783. [Ob. Nov. 7, 1800.] 



26. Edward Poore, Esq., F.R.S., a fi-iend of 

 Bp. Horsley, living 1784. 



27. James Macknight, D.D., translator of the 

 Thessalonians, living 1787. [Ob. January, 1800.] 



28. Edward Hay, Esq., M.R.I.A., author of a 

 History of the Insurrection of Wexford in 1798, 

 living 1803. [?0b. Oct. 13, 1826. Cf. Gent. 

 Mag., Nov. 1826, p. 477., with Biog. Diet, of 

 Living Authors, 1816, p. 150,] 



29. Alexander Marsden, Esq., Under Secre- 

 tary of State in Ireland in 1803. 



30. William Beauford, Esq., M.E.I. A., 1787. 



31. Professor Richards, of Glasgow, author of 

 An Essay on the Mythology of Ossian's Poems. 

 [Ob. Nov. 3, 1814.] John Bowyer Nichols. 



GERMAN HERALDIC ENGRAVINGS. 



I have come into possession of a series of 

 German heraldic engravings, concerning which I 

 should be glad of information. They are quarto 

 size, printed on very good paper, consisting in all 

 of 115 plates, numbered from 1 to 100, with 15 

 additional ones inserted : these additions contain 

 the arms of some of the European sovereigns, one 

 shield on each page ; there are also in the regular 

 series a few of these royal arms, but nearly all are 

 occupied with the armorial insignia of German 

 nobles, four shields on each page. That the in- 

 sertions belong to this series there can be no 

 doubt, for there is always a note stating the fact 

 on the plate immediately succeeding one of these. 

 For example, between numbers 62. and 63. occur 

 the royal arms of Great Britain, and at the bot- 

 tom of plate 63. there is the following notice of 

 the fact, " dar Zwischen das Konig Gross Britt^'^^ 

 Wappen." 



The first 36 plates are undated, the rest are 

 marked with the year of their issue, from 1785 to 

 1791 inclusive. From their size it is evident that 

 these plates have been intended either to form a 

 volume in themselves, or to illustrate some other 

 book. 



I am anxious to know whether I have a com- 

 plete set ? whether there is a title-page belonging 

 to the series ? and whether, if complete, they con- 

 tain the arms of all the noble families of Germany 

 that were in existence at the time of their pub- 

 lication ? K. P. D. E. 



Minav UBiutviti. 



Elizabeth Vauce. — I have an old painting on 

 panel, temp. Q. Elizabeth apparently, representing 

 an abbess or nun in a white dress, vrith a black 



covering or hood, the corners of which are square, 

 and she is represented holding a volume of prayers 

 in her hands (clasped), and on the top occurs the 

 following, " BLizABBTH VAvcE," and unfortunately 

 no date. 



It has all the appearance of the reign of Q. 

 Elizabeth, and is well painted. I wish to know if 

 any of your correspondents can inform me who 

 she was, and her history ? and inform me where 

 I may find any biography of her ? Query, Is she 

 connected with a Glamorganshire family ? I have 

 not consulted the Visitations of Counties. 



A. B. C. 



" My ancestors" Sec. — Who is the author of the 

 lines commencing ? — 



" My ancestors are Englishmen, an Englishman am I, 

 And 'tis my boast that I was born beneath a British 

 sky." 



T. Gkbbnwood. 

 Weymouth. 



Diana de Monfort. • — Can any of your worthy 

 correspondents inform me who this person was ? 

 I have several entire autograph letters signed by 

 such a person. They are all in French, and ad- 

 dressed chiefly to the "Due de Montfort." All 

 about the reign of our Q. Elizabeth. A. B. C. 



Sir John Powell. — Can any of your corre- 

 spondents Inform me what were the arms of Sir 

 John Powell of Broadway, Carmarthenshire, a 

 judge of the Court of King's Bench tempore 

 William III. His son, I believe, was created a 

 baronet in 1698, and the title became extinct in 

 1721. I have searched the ordinary authorities 

 for the arms of the family, but without success. 



Ttbo. 



Collecting Postage Stamps. — A number of 

 persons are collecting old postage stamps, under 

 the idea that they will be able, by presenting 

 them, to gain admission for a child to some bene- 

 volent institution. None seem to know what in- 

 stitution ; can any of your correspondents inform 

 me? A.B.M. 



Duke of Newhurgh. — In the year 1657, and in 

 the castle of the Duke of Newburgh, near Bruges 

 on the Rhine, certain Cavaliers, members of 

 Charles II.'s tiny court, put to death Captain 

 Manning, whom, though in the service of Charles, 

 they found to be a creature of the great Oliver 

 Cromwell, placed there by him to betray Charles's 

 secrets. 



I want some farther information of this Duke of 

 Newburgh, and of his castle, who he was, and 

 whether his castle be still in existence, or if not, 

 when it was destroyed. Sheridan Wilson. 



Richard Aston. — I shall feel much obliged if Mr. 

 Foss, or any one else, can give me any account of 

 Richard Aston, brother of Sir Willoughby Aston 



