Dec. 2. 1854.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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to have died in prison, as no record remains of him 

 save a black tablet on the north side of the 

 chancel, which is called his tomb, he being the 

 reputed refounder of the church. His son Wil- 

 liam succeeds on his mother's death to the estate, 

 the event taking place in 1367. lie quits this 

 earthly sphere in 1381, leaving his son Richard, 

 who dies four years afterwards, that is to say, in 

 1385. Richard leaves a son, seven years old at 

 the time of his death, who dies in 1425, aged forty 

 years. His name is William ; he also leaves a son 

 named William, who is nineteen years of age then. 

 In 1429, four years after, he is killed while de- 

 fending a bridge at the siege of Orleans. He 

 leaves a daughter Eleanor, who is thirteen years 

 old at her father's death, and at fifteen marries 

 Robert, Lord Hungerford. This marriage takes 

 place about 1441. I should like to be set right 

 here ; there is some mistake evidently between the 

 two last-named Williams. The date 1425 of the 

 first William is right as regards his death ; four 

 years afterwards his son William, aged twenty- 

 three, falls in battle. The last-named (as above) 

 dies in 1429, his daughter's marriage takes place 

 about 1441, a period of twelve years afterwards. 

 Consequently, if the above dates are right, she is 

 twenty-seven at her marriage ; if she is born at 

 all during his life she is one year of age at her 

 father's demise, 1428 ; if she marries at fifteen she 

 is born in 1416, thus making her father ten years 

 old at her birth. When did the siege of Orleans 

 take place, in 1429 or 1439 ? If the latter date is 

 correct, she is born in 1426, when her father is 

 twenty years old, and her age of fifteen in 1441 

 correct. I have not at hand any works I can 

 refer to for this event. W. H. B. 



First Literary Newspaper in Dublin. — 



" The first literary newspaper that appeared in Dublin 

 was commenced by the Pastor Droz, who long officiated 

 as a clergyman in that city, and who founded a library on 

 College Green." — Weiss, History of the French Protestant 

 Refugees, p. 273. 



Query, Does the above-mentioned library still 

 exist ? and if so, what is its present state, and of 

 what description are the books in it ? J. M. O. 



Sir Henry Johnes. — Can any of your corre- 

 spondents answer the following Queries respecting 

 Sir Henry Johnes of Abermarlais, co. Carmarthen, 

 who was created a baronet in 1643 ? Was he 

 twice married ? What issue did he leave ? When 

 did he die ? 



In the Heraldic Visitation of South Wales, one 

 wife only is mentioned, viz. Elizabeth, daughter 

 of Richard Herbert; by whom he had Thomas, 

 Edward, Magdalen, and Priscilla. According to the 

 Baronetage, Magdalen, daughter and co-heiress, 

 married Sir John Stepney, Bart.; and Priscilla 

 his brother Thomas Stepney : yet in another part, 



Sir Price Rudd, Bart., is said to have married v/T 

 Magdalen for his first wife. Again, Sir Francis 

 Cornwallis, Knt., is described of Abermarlais, 

 having married Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress 

 of Sir Henry Johnes, by Margaret, daiughter of ^ 

 Sir Henry Williams, Bart., of Gwernevet. J. P. O. ^ i 



Pasigraphy. — In the English EncyclopiBdia, 

 art. " Alphabet," Is the following passage : 



" Mr. Dow, author of the History of Indostan, lately 

 formed a new language and alphabet. This language, 

 and the characters formed for its notation, were so easy 

 that a female of his acquaintance acquired the knowledge 

 of them in three weeks, and constantly corresponded with 

 him therein." 



Was this system ever explained in print ? Does 

 it still remain In MS., or is it Irrevocably lost ? 



Drexelios. 



" Star of the twilight grey." — There is a very 

 charming Jacobite lyric, beginning " Star of the 

 twilight grey." I cannot by any means discover 

 who was its author. Can any of your intelligent 

 correspondents enlighten me ? A. S. 



Printers' Marks. — What is the origin of the 

 printers' marks, ? ! * ^ § || ? Are they merely 

 arbitrary signs, or possessed originally of some 

 intrinsic significance ? J. T. jBFFCOCi. 



HandeTs Wedding Anthem. — The Daily Gazet- 

 teer of May 8, 1740, gives the " Wedding Anthem 

 for the Princess Mary," as composed and set to 

 music by Mr. Handel. It was on the same day 

 that she was married to the Prince of Hesse. 



Is this Anthem to be found in any MS. or 

 printed collection of Handel's work ? H. E. 



Spanish Epigram. — There is a little Spanish 

 epigram in praise of small things, as enfolding In 

 themselves the largest value ; taking the diamond 

 as an example. Can any reader help me to the 

 words, or the author ? J. P. R> 



The Boyle Lectures. — Can any of your readers 

 explain why these lectures have not been regu- 

 larly published? Bishop Van Mildert, in the 

 preface to his Sermons preached at the Boyle LeC' 

 ture, from the year 1802 to 1805, says : 



" Although the noble founder of the lecture did not 

 expressly direct that the discourses should be printed, yet, 

 as the design of it could not otherwise be effectually 

 answered, it is hardly to be doubted that such was his 

 intention." 



In the preface to the seventh edition of Derham's 

 Boyle Lectures (Physlco-Theology), _ 1 727,^ It is 

 stated that, to remedy an Inconvenience In the 

 original mode of paying the lecturers, — 



" His present Grace of Canterbury procured a yearly 

 stipend of 50/., to be paid quarterly for ever, charged^ 

 upon a farm in the parish of Brill in the county of 

 Bucks." 



