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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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wid the style of Mr. W. Blackett Beaumont, M. P., 

 is yet " Lord of the Regality and Manor of Hex- 

 ham," and the district to the south of the town is 

 still known as HexhamsJiire. In Scotland the 

 towns where the ancient sees were seated still use 

 the title of city, claiming it on the ground of" once 

 a city always a city." Westminster had once a 

 bishop (and, like Hexham, gives now a title to a 

 Roman Catholic prelate) ; but Westminster is yet 

 called a city. Manchester, formerly a town, is now 

 elevated to the rank of city, in honour of the lo- 

 cation of the bishoprick. Can we not then claim 

 this title, as the ancient right of the town of St. 

 Wilfred ? Hagustauld. 



Hexham. 



Catechism on the Pentateuch. — Who is the author 

 of the following work ? The Preface is dated, 

 " Loddon, Norfolk, July 1822 : — 



" An Historical Catechism, drawn from the Pentateuch : 

 intended to illustrate that part of Sacred Writ, and to 

 familiarize it to the minds of the rising generation. By 

 J. H. London. 24mo. 1822." 



Rksupinus. 



Clayton Family. — Where can I find any in- 

 formation with respect to the families of Clayton 

 of Bamber Bridge, or Clayton le Woods, particu- 

 larly of the place and time of death of one John 

 Clayton, who lived about the beginning of the 

 last century ? and also of the family of Atkins, if 

 any, or what, connexion by marriage existed be- 

 tween these two families ? If. H. L. 

 38. Cross Street, Islington. 



Members for Middlesex in Barebone's Parlia-^ 

 m,ent. — Can you, or any of your readers, give me, 

 or direct me where to find, information respecting 

 the birth, parentage, social position, and religious 

 or political party of the less krtbivn members for 

 London and Middlesex, who sat in the '■'■Little'' 

 Parliament in 1653, vulgarly known as "Bare- 

 bone's Parliament." Their names are given in 

 the Parliamentary History of England (vol. x. 

 p. 177., edit. 1763, London,) as follows: "For 

 Middlesex, 'Sir William Roberts,' 'Augustine 

 Wingfield,' ' Arthur Squibb.' For London, ' Ro- 

 bert Tichborne,' ' John Ireton,' ' Samuel Moyer,' 

 'John Langley,' 'John Stone,' 'Henry Barton,' 

 ' Praise God Barbone.' " 



There is little difficulty respecting " Roberts," 

 "Tichborne," and "Ireton," who are described in 

 Noble's Lives of the Regicides, while every one 

 knows that " Barbone" was a leather merchant in 

 Fleet Street. 



" Arthur Squibb " is mentioned in the anony- 

 mous letter of a contemporary (see Thurloe's 

 State Papers') as having been once " clerk to Sir 

 Edward Powel," and, from a speech of Cromwell's, 

 published in Somers' Scarce Tracts, it was at his 

 house the Levellers and Anabaptists used to meet. 

 "Samuel Moyer" was called to the Mace by the 



same party after the departure of Rouse, the 

 Speaker, and the rest of Cromwell's friends, to 

 tender their resignations. Is anything known 

 with regard to " Augustine Wingfield ? " 



G. F. W. 

 Harbours in England and Wales. — What is the 

 number of harbours in England and Wales having 

 sufficient depth of water to admit the " Levia- 

 than?" An Oi.d Subscriber. 



Sempringham Head House. — A religious estab- 

 lishment, part of the Priory of Lincoln. It was 

 situated near Smithfield, London, and at the time 

 of the Dissolution is supposed to have been the 

 subject of a grant from the king. Any informa- 

 tion as to the site and present ownership of the 

 above would be acceptable. G. P. 



" Chiron to Achilles." — Who is the author of 

 Chiron to Achilles, a poem. London. Printed 

 for J. R. in Warwick Lane, 1732, price three 

 pence. Also, of Achilles s Answer to Chiron. 

 The following advertisement, prefixed to the latter, 

 may interest some of your readers : — 



"Just published, and sold at ' Allan Ramsay's ' shop in 

 Edinburgh, ' The Mock Doctor or Dumb Lady Cured, 

 and the Devil of a Duke, or Trapolines Vagaries,' two new 

 Ballad Operas, price Six pence each." 



As also the " Harlots' Progress, in Six New 

 Prints, finely engraved by Mr. Richard Cooper, 

 and printed on Imperial paper, price Six Shil- 

 lings, and framed at Twelve Shillings." 



Query, Was the price of The Harlots' Progress 

 six shillings the set, or for each ? S. Wmson. 



Hunters " Illustrations of Shakspeare." — Mr. 

 Hunter, in this interesting work (vol. i. p. 296.), 

 says of Bottom's speaking of the bottle of hay, 

 " the snatch of an old song that follows h in praise 

 of ale, not hay." Will Mr. Hunter kindly explain 

 what " snatch of an old song" he here refers to ? 



R. T. 



Complexity v. Complicity. — We are all familiar 

 with the former term in the sense of complexness ; 

 to the latter the Imperial Dictionary attaches the 

 same meaning, but adds that is a useless word. 

 Query, Is it a useless term ? and has it not an 

 import distinct from that of complexity, in that it 

 asserts a condition of an ally or accessory ? In 

 this sense it appears to have been employed in 

 the opening sentence (2°'' S. iv. 261.), as well as in 

 some other places which I cannot now recollect. 



Tas. Brbv. 

 Dublin. 



Irish Topography. — The late Mr. Wm. Shaw 

 Mason, in his Bibliotheca Hibemieana (p. 42.), 

 says of Dunton's Dublin Scuffle, which appeared 

 in the year 1699, that "this eccentric production 

 may be considered as the earliest attempt at Irish 

 topography." Certainly this statement is incor- 

 rect; for (to say nothing of other productions 



