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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 151. 



Leonard Fell of Becliff was a brother of the judge ; 

 but it does not appear in the judge's will, or else- 

 where, that he had any brother. 



The judge, in his will, made at Swarthmore 

 Hall in 1658, leaves " unto James Fell, my servant, 

 twenty shillings, to buy him a ring therewith as a 

 token of my love unto him." Leonard Fell of 

 Becliff was in the year 1665 also a servant at 

 Swarthmore Hall to Margaret, the widow of the 

 judge. It therefore does not seem probable that 

 Leonard, Henry, or James Fell were very nearly, 

 if at all, related by blood to the judge. 



I shall be much obliged to any reader of " N. 

 & Q." who will favour me with a copy of the 

 pedigree of Fell which was registered in the Col- 

 lege of Arms by the Lieut.-Col., whose father 

 Charles Fell married Gulielma Maria, grand- 

 daughter of William Penn. J. Lewelyn Curtis. 



Voydinge Knife (Vol. vl., p. 150.). — They were 

 of silver, and generally of large size, being used to 

 remove crumbs from the table after dinner, as the 

 circular brush is now used. A very fine one is 

 amongst the plate exhibited on gaudy days at 

 Drapers' Hall, London. E. D. 



JoJin de Huddersfield (Vol. vi., p. 54.). — If 

 G. R. L. would say in what locality this architect 

 chiefly practised, some of your correspondents 

 might gain a clue to look him up. BoAis. 



The Application of Toads to Cancers (Vol. vi., 

 p. 193.). — In White's Selborne, Letters 18. and 

 '21., it will be seen that he certainly did not credit 

 the reports then (1768) common, that cancers 

 were cured by toads. A. Holt White. 



Keel-hauling (Vol. vi., p. 199.). — In answer to 

 your correspondent's Query (H. G. T.), as to the 

 firing a gun during the punishment of keel-haiding, 

 there is a tradition that it was discontinued in 

 order that a certain port-admiral's lady should not 

 have her nerves shaken. Yet, as old seamen tell 

 us, though she was so " squeamish" in that respect, 

 she was able to peep from the quarter-galleries 

 while the poor fellow was being keel-hauled, or, 

 as is unpunningly expressed, undergoing a great 

 hardship. 



While on naval matters, pray can you carry the 

 phrase of " Pull Devil, pull Baker," further back 

 than the times of Messrs. Booty and Curtis ? 2. 



Greville's Ode to Indifference (Vol. vi., p. 127.). 

 — Gataker, in his Adve7-saria, adopts the same 

 illustration with regard to the " regenerate." I 

 am unable to give the page. My authority is the 

 Christian Observer, vol. xv. p. 380., where the 

 passage is given at full length. CiiEBicus (D). 



Wilton Castle and the Bridges Family (Vol. vi., 

 p. 34.). — Colonel John Birch, in a letter dated 



December 18th, 1645, addressed to "The Right 

 Honourable the Committee of Lords and Com- 

 mons for the safety of both Kingdoms," gives an 

 account of liis proceedings in taking the city of 

 Hereford, and mentions some assistance rendered 

 to him by Sir John Bridges : 



♦' May it please your Lordships, 

 " According unto your commands I drew forth 

 neere nine hundred Foot, and my Troop of Horse, and 

 upon advice from the Governour ot" Gloucester I 

 marched unto him, but finding the way which was 

 intended altogether frustrate, and the Governour of 

 Gloucester not very well, I went with Sir John Bridges 

 neere to Hereford, and sent for thither the two gentle- 

 men who Sir John had treated withall about the busi- 

 nesse, who were then out of Hereford, fearing to come 

 to towne, when I satisfied myselfe of the enemies 

 security and the negligence of the Guards . . . ." — 

 Severall Letters from Colonel Morgan and Col. Biixh, 

 4to. : London, 1645. 



If, as I presume, this Sir John Bridges was the 

 Baronet of Wilton Castle, it would appear that 

 his political opinions were favourable to the Par- 

 liament, and some support is afforded to the state- 

 ment that this castle was burnt by the royalists. 

 Some colour is also given to the supposition that 

 William Bridges of Wilton Castle, gentleman, 

 served as a lieutenant in the parliamentary army. 

 J. Lewelyn Cuktis. 



Latin Epigrams (Vol. \i., p. 191.). — The five 

 Latin epigrams are taken from the third book of 

 John Owen's Epigrams : 



" Vivere natura?," &c. - - Epigram cxxiir. 



" Rarus Amoris," &c. - - „ cxxvi. 



" In gnatura quo," &c. - - „ cxxvii. 



" Omnia fert aetas," &c. - „ cxxxi. 



" Improbus Herculeum," &c. „ cxliv. 



C. B. C. 



The true Maiden-hair Fern (Vol. vi., pp. 30. lOS. 

 ISO.). — I beg to add two specific localities to the 

 lists you have already furnished where this grace- 

 ful Adiuntum is to be found. 



1. Ilfracombe, near The Whistling Stone, North., 

 Devon. I found it here, in company with 

 Asplenium Marinum, in great abundance, fringing 

 the rocks which overhang the small cove, about 

 twelve feet from the shingle. 



2. Ilfracombe, Sampson's cave, North Devon. 

 The fern to which Eirionnach has alluded as 

 being (along with Wall-rue) confounded with " the 

 true maiden-hair," viz. " the maiden-hair sj)leen- 

 vvort," grows here in great quantities : but Adian- 

 tum Capillus Veneris grows here also, but very 

 sparingly. C. Mansfield Inglecy. 



Birmingham, 



Chalmers s '■''Revolt of the American Colonies" 

 (Vol. vi., p. 200.). — la the sale catalogue of 



