2'«i S. V. 121., ArRiL 24, '58.] 



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London, 1627), mention is made (p. 49.) of an 

 old game called " Spurn Point." Can you explain 

 what the game was, and whether it has any con- 

 nexion with the well-known spit of sand at the 

 soufcli-eastern extremity of Ilolderness, called 

 Spurn Point ? Edw. S. Wilson. 



" Lord Hardwicke" s Vmdicaiion." — I have in 

 my possession an interesting IMS., pp. 60., 4to., 

 and entitled Lord Hurdioickes Vindication against 

 the Calumnies of General Fox, Commander of the 

 Forces in Ireland, which attributed the most lethar- 

 gic Lidifference on the Part of the Irish Govern- 

 ment to the projected Insurrection q/'1803. It is 

 stated to have been " written for the perusal of 

 the B. C." [British Cabinet] ; and some former 

 owner has prefixed " a remarkable likeness of R. 

 Emmet, Esq., leader of the rebels, July 23, 1803, 

 taken whilst in dock." 



The MS. commences with the following words : 



" In order to give a distinct idea of ttie insurrection in 

 Dublin on July 23, 1803, and to afford the means of form- 

 ing an impartial judgment upon the merits and demerits 

 of the Irish Government, it will be necessary to take a 

 short view of the state of that country after the prelimi- 

 nary of definitive treaty of peace." 



Has it appeared in print ; and if so, when and 

 where ? Abhba. 



Downing. — In 1697, John Dunton, the book- 

 seller, " went to drink at the widow Lisle's in 

 Castle Street" in Dublin, with "Captain Annes- 

 ley, son to the late Earl of Anglesey," and with 

 " Lieutenant Downing, his former fellow-traveller 

 to New England" in 1686. Captain Annesley 

 said that " the Earl, his father, had written an ex- 

 cellent history of Ireland ; " and " for the Lieu- 

 tenant [^Downing'], my old fellow-traveller, I must 

 say he has as much address, and as great presence 

 of mind as was ever seen. He is most agreeable 

 company, and perhaps the best friend I had in 

 America." 



Who was this Lieutenant Downing ? Emanuel 

 Downing, who passed several years in New Eng- 

 'ind prior to 1654, was father of Sir Geo. Down- 

 ing, Bart., who graduated at Harvard College, 

 Cambridge, in New England, in 1642. 



Rev. Emanuel Downing, was of "Dublin, Octo- 

 ber 24, 1620." (Parr's Life of Usher, 1686, p. 16.) 

 Of what family was Lieutenant Downing, and 

 what led him to New England ? Some account 

 of the family of Emanuel Downing of " Dublin, 

 Oct. 24, 1620," is desired. Was he grandfather 

 T Sir George Downing ? Is his will extant, or 



3 record of his marriage, and of his children, 

 .^d of his death? 

 *" Gilbert. — Jonathan, Obadiah, Josiah, and 

 Thomas Gilbert were brothers. Jonathan was 

 born about 1618-1620. In what parish records 

 do their names exist ? 



Lake. — Sir Edward Lake, Bart, of the Close of 



Lincoln, co. Lincoln, by his will made April 8, 

 1665, gave " to the church or chappell of Nor- 

 manton, near Pontefract in Yorkshire (if there be 

 a church or chappel there, which I know not), 

 where my paternal ancestors have lived for many 

 ages," a clock, etc. He mentions " Sir Hugh 

 Caley, Knight, whose coheir my ancestor in the 

 time of King Edward III. married ;" his " kins- 

 man, Christopher Lake of Harpswell;" " cosin 

 Francis Lake of HatclifFe;" his "name and kin- 

 dred at Tetney;" "kinsman Henry Bigland of 

 Morninghurste, Sussex, Esq., and his brother, Mr. 

 Edward Bigland of Graies Inn, Barrister ; " " bro- 

 ther John Lake ;" " most deare and loving brother, 

 Thomas Lake [of Boston in New England], full 

 and sole executor of this my last will," etc. 



Are there any memorials or records of this 

 family at Pontefract in Yorkshire ? Who was 

 Sir Hugh Caley ? 



Goodyear. — Of what family was Stephen Good- 

 year, a wealthy goldsmith and merchant of Lon- 

 don, about 1630-1640 ? J. W. T. 



Boston, U. S. 



Brother of Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat. — Alex- 

 ander, son of Thomas Fraser of Beaufort, was a 

 brother of the notorious Simon Lord Fraser of 

 Lovat. Was he not his elder brother ? and if so, 

 what evidence did Simon bring forward to prove 

 his brother's death ? He is said to have fled into 

 Wales in consequence of having killed a man in a 

 brawl, and to have died there. Where could any 

 records be found of the proceedings of Simon 

 Lord Lovat, and of the whole evidence which he 

 produced in support of his claim when he took the 

 barony of Lovat in 1730 ? An answer from any 

 of the Scottish readers of 'N. & Q." who are ge- 

 nealogists will oblige. William Fbaser, B.C.L. 



Alton, Staffordshire. 



St. Simeon Stylites. — What is the original basis 

 of the assertion that St. Simeon Stylites lived for 

 many years on the summits of pillars, never de- 

 scending ? Our blackletter tomes tell us that the 

 saint "dwellyd" in a " cloystre of stones," and 

 subsequently in a " celle foure cubytes of heyghte," 

 then in one of thirty where " he abode foure yere, 

 and by syde hym he dyd make two chapellys ; " ul- 

 timately, it is said, he " dwellyd unto his dethe " in 

 " another celle of fourty cubytes." An old French 

 translation of the legend teaches us that Simeon 

 built " une petite closture de pierres," and that 

 the people afterwards built for him " deux eglises 

 ou il demoura quatre ans," and so forth. Tenny- 

 son has embalmed the legend ; but who first named 

 the pillars. Statius. 



Indian Medals. — Are there any medals struck 

 in England, in commemoration of events or per- 

 sons connected with the island of Java, or any 

 other of the present Dutch East Indian colonies. 



