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to ascertain whether that in my possession be the 

 orij^inal or not. For at least twenty-five years 

 my family has possessed a picture of the above 

 subject, but until yesterday, when I stumbled 

 upon an exact engraving thereof, we have never 

 known by whom it might have been painted. 



The engraving is French line, and by " E. 

 Jeurat, 1719." W. P. L. 



Greenwich. 



John Willis, educated in Christ's College, Cam- 

 bridge, took the degrees of B.A., 1592-3 ; M.A., 

 1596 ; B.D., 1603.. On June 12, 1601, he was 

 admitted to the rectory of St, Mary, Bothan, 

 London ; which he resigned in 1606, on being ap. 

 pointed rector of Bentley Parva, Essex. He is 

 author of a work on the art of memory, and of 

 the first treatise on alphabetical short-hand. 



Can any of your correspondents give further 

 information respecting him ? 



C. H. & Thompson Coopeb. 



Cambridge. 



John Carter, F.S.A., Author of the " Pursuits of 

 Architectural Innovation" — The late Mr. John 

 Britton, F.S.A., was informed by Sir John Soane 

 that some of the adventures and peculiarities of 

 John Carter were described and satirised in a 

 pamphlet entitled The Life of John Ramble, Artist 

 (a '■^draftsman'") : the copies of which are said to 

 have been bought up and destroyed by Carter. 

 Does a copy exist in Sir John Soane's library ? in 

 that of the Institution of British Architects, or 

 elsewhere ? J. G. N. 



Captain Roger Harvie. — Frequent and honour- 

 able mention is made of the above-named oflicer 

 in Pacata Hibernia ; or, a History of the Wars in 

 Ireland, during the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. To 

 what family did he belong ? and are any members 

 of it still resident in Ireland, where there are 

 f many of the name ? His death is thus described 

 ^ in vol. ii. p. 645. (edit. Dublin, 1810) : — 



" But the present service received no small prejudice 

 by meanes of the untimely departure of Captaine Roger 

 Harvie, whose heart being overwhelmed with an inunda- 

 tion of sorrowes, and discontentments taken, (though in 

 f_ my conscience not willingly given,) by one that had 

 beene his honourable friend, as his heart blowen like a 

 bladder (as the surgeons reported), was no longer able to 

 minister heate to the vitall parts, and therefore yeelded 

 to that irresistable fate, which at last overtaketh all 

 mortall creatures. The untimely death of this young 

 gentleman was no small occasion of griefe to the Lord 

 President, not onely that nature had conjoyned them in 

 the neerest degrees of consanguinitie, but because his 

 timely beginnings gave apparent demonstration, that his 

 continuall proceedings would have given comfort to his 

 friends, profit to his countrey, and a deserved advance- 

 ment of his owne fortunes." 



Abhba. 



" Felix culpa," Sec. — What is the remaining 

 part of the Latin proverb wUich begins : " Felix 

 culpa"? ^. Y. 



Francis Rouse and the Birkheads. — Francis 

 Rouse, in his will, published in "N. & Q." (P' S. 

 ix. 440.), is shown to have remembered the poor 

 of Knightsbridge ; and in the registers of Trinity 

 Chapel, there are frequent mentions of the name. 

 Among the Christian names are Thomas, Anthony, 

 and Richard, names also found in the above-men- 

 tioned will ; and John likewise, a name mentioned 

 in Noble. Thomas Rouse, in April, 1687, mar- 

 ried Hester Birkhead, of whose family I inquired 

 about in 2""^ S. i. 374. From the entries relating 

 to this latter family, I have reason to think they 

 were connected with St. Botolph's, Bishopsgate, 

 and Dr. Littleton, the author of the Latin Dic- 

 tionary, was acquainted with them. I should be 

 greatly obliged, if answers can be given to the 

 following questions concerning these families : — 



1. Was Francis Rouse connected with Knights- 

 bridge in any way, or related to a family in its 

 locality? There are "Rouse's Buildings" in 

 Chelsea still. 



2. Was he related to, or connected with, the 

 Birkheads ? 



3. Can any information of the Birkheads, with 

 these additional clues, be given me ? H. G. D. 



Tomb of Queen Katharine Parr. — The tomb of 

 this Queen is now about to be restored : can any 

 of your correspondents inform me where there is 

 any drawing or engraving of it, or furnish me 

 with any particulars relating to her funeral, be- 

 yond those narrated in the ninth volume of the 

 Archceologia ? 



I should also be extremely obliged for an ac- 

 count of any relics or authenticated portraits, 

 which may have come under the notice of some 

 of your readers, or any historical facts whicli have 

 not already been referred to in Miss Strickland's 

 Life of Katharine Parr. J. D. A. 



^^ Lover," a I'erm applied to a Woman. — Is 

 there any instance where such is the case, of a 

 more recent date than is to be met with in Smol- 

 lett's Count Fathom (vol. i. chap. 10.), published 

 in London in 1754 : — 



" These were alarming symptoms to a lover of her 

 delicacy and pride." 



w. w. 



Malta. 



Coffin Plates in Churches. — In passing through 

 Rhudland, N. Wales, a short time ago, I was look- 

 ing through the churchyard at a gravestone which 

 has been noticed in " N. & Q.," and on looking 

 inside the church I was surprised to see a number 

 of coffin plates nailed up to the walls, particularly 

 on the south side. I found at the time of inter- 

 ment the plate with name, age, &c., was taken off 

 the coffin, and brought into the church and placed 

 as I found it until it rusted away. On inquiring 

 from a dissenting minister 'vvho ^as acquainte4 



