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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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nearest word approaching to it is tursio or thyrsio, 

 a porpoise. Perhaps some local coi'respondent 

 may enlighten me. 



In a work shortly to be published by the Camden 

 Society, Expenses of Judges of Assize temp. Queen 

 Elizabeth^ among items of other fish is " one long 

 oyster." What kind of fish was this ? 



Cl. Hopper. 



" The Earl of Ross." — Can any of your readers 

 inform me who is the author of The Earl of Ross, 

 a Tragedy in five acts : Yarmouth, printed by W. 

 Meggy for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, London ; 

 and Alex. M=Kay, Edinburgh ; 8vo., 1823. The 

 play is dedicated to Elizabeth, Countess of Suther- 

 land, Marchioness of Stafford. X. 



Medal of Charles I. and Henrietta Maria. — 

 Can you inform me who designed the shilling- 

 sized silver medal in my possession, of which I 

 enclose photographs taken by Mr. Sutherland of 

 this place ? On one side are profile-busts of King 

 Charles I. and his French bride Henrietta-Maria, 

 with this inscription : " oh . mag . et . hen . mar . 

 BRIT . REX . ET . REG." The revcrsc has a winged 

 Cupid strewing flowers, surmounted by the legend : 



" FVNDIT . AMOR . LIMA . MIXTA . ROSIS . 1625." 



The courtly artist makes no allusion to the thorns 

 which beset the nuptial couch of the ill-fated 

 monarch.* George Hardcastle. 



Sunderland. 



Robert Parker and Samuel Ward. — I wish to 

 obtain pedigrees of two ministers and authors in 

 much repute with the Puritans in the early part 

 of the seventeenth century, if any are extant ? 

 viz. Robert Parker, author of De Politeia Eccle- 

 siastica ; and Samuel Ward of Ipswich, in Suf- 

 folk, who published a number of Sermons. Brief 

 biographies of both are in Brook's Puritans (vol. ii. 

 pp. 237. 452.). The latter was son of John Ward 

 of Haverhill, whose curious epitaph is preserved 

 in Fuller's Worthies of England, edit. 1840, vol. 

 iii. p. 186. Can any of your correspondents aid 

 me in my research ? T. F. 



Edmond Hoyle, Gent. — A biographical notice 

 of this worthy, with a bibliographical account of 

 his works on Whist, Backgammon, Piquet, Quad- 

 rille, Sj^c, is a desideratum which, perhaps, some 

 of the readers of " N. & Q." can supply. Each 

 treatise appears to have been published separately 

 about 1745. Edward F. Rimbault. 



Clergymen administering Communion in White 

 Gloves. — Is there any precedent for clergymen 

 using white gloves whilst administering the Holy 

 Communion ? J. S. B. 



[* A notice of this medal occurs in our 1»* S. xii. 206. 

 There are several varieties of it ; and of some more than 

 one pair of die8 were used.] 



Dr. Don Gregorio Cano. — There is a silver 

 watch in this city, supposed from the maker's in- 

 scription to have been made in the reign of Queen 

 Anne. It is about six inches in diameter, and 

 two inches from the front of the outer case to the 

 back. The weight with the outer case is 28 oz. 

 17 dwts. troy; without the outer case, 23^ oz. 

 troy. It is in excellent preservation, and a good 

 time-keeper. Upon the face, inside the hour 

 numbers, is inscribed "d. gregorio cano;" and 

 that each number may have a letter, the i and o 

 are combined, something like a Greek ^. Inside 

 are these inscriptions : " Soi de el Doctor D" 

 Gregorio Cano," and " Dan^ De S* Lea, Watch- 

 maker to her Majesty, London, 2603." 



Was this Spanish physician a resident of Lon- 

 don ? Were watches of this size used by physi- 

 cians in the reign of Queen Anne ? Uneda. 



Philadelphia. 



Ancient Tiles. — A few houses in this city and 

 its vicinity, about a hundred years old, have 

 around the fireplaces very curious tiles, supposed 

 to be as old as the houses. Many of them are of 

 a humorous style, very much in the manner of 

 Hogarth. All are well drawn, and are creditable 

 works of art. Some of them have the address of 

 the maker painted in a corner. It is "J. Sadler, 

 Liverpool." When did he live ? Are tiles of his 

 manufacture rare In England ? Uneda. 



Philadelphia. 



Robert Stearne. — Any particulars of the pedi- 

 gree of "Robert Stearne of Fullinally, Westmeath, 

 Esq., souldier in Lord Fleetwood's regiment," 

 whose will was proved April 16, 1660, and who 

 married Ann Stevens, and had issue, with four 

 daughters, two sons, Robert, who died issueless, 

 and John, who had four daughters, will be most 

 acceptable. Was he of a Norfolk family, whose 

 pedigree was registered in the Visitation of 1563 ? 

 and if so, how did he stand related to them ? His 

 brother John was father of Dr. John Stearne, 

 Bishop of Clogher. Dodo. 



Ward, Viscounts Bangor. — In Ormerod's 

 Cheshire (vol. iii. p. 358.) is a pedigree of " Ward 

 of Capesthorne." It is there stated that Peter, 

 third son of John Ward of Capesthorne, settled in 

 Ireland in 1637, and was the ancestor of the Vis- 

 counts Bangor. In Archdall's edition oi Lodge's 

 Peerage (vol. vi. p. 68.), a totally different ac- 

 count is given : the statement there is, that Ber- 

 nard Ward, of the Capesthorne family, came to 

 Ireland in 1570. And the names of the earlier 

 members of the family in Lodge, viz. Bernard, 

 Nicholas, Robert, Thomas, Charles, and Arthur, 

 are wholly different from those in Ormerod, viz. 

 William, John, Randle, Peter, George, Philip, 

 Henry. 



Can any of your correspondents tell me how to 



