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Edwards, i. e. some time before September, 

 1746. 



There is, however, another circumstance, which 

 in my opinion affords strong presumption of Arne's 

 publication of his Ode being previous to 1751, viz. 

 the statement that it was put forth "By parti- 

 cular Desire of several encouragers " of his work. 

 This appears to me almost conclusive against the 

 supposition of there having been any prior publi- 

 cation, as it is by no means likely that Arne's 

 patrons would have desired him to publish a piece 

 already accessible to them. 



I will add a few notes on Walsh's publications 

 of Alfred, which I agree with M. Sch(ei.oher in 

 thinking are not anterior to 1756. 



Walsh first published Songs in the Masque of 

 Alfred composed by Mr. Ame, consisting of eleven 

 songs, a duet and a trio, amongst which " Rule 

 Britannia " is not included. The words of three 

 only of these songs (" Peace, thou fairest child," 

 " Sweet valley," and " If those who live in shep- 

 herd's bower ") appear in the play as published 

 by Millar in 1745, and only one (the first named) 

 in the alteration published in 1751. 



He next brought out The Masque of Alfred, 

 composed by Mr. Ame, which contained twenty- 

 three songs, an accompanied recitative, a duet, 

 and a trio, besides the overture and a march, all 

 the pieces in the former publication being in- 

 cluded (although arranged in a different succes- 

 sion), but " Rule Britannia " still omitted. The 

 words of four of the songs only are found in the 

 original play, and of five (including two of those 

 four) in the alteration of 1751. The book con- 

 tains 83 pages. 



To this second publication Walsh afterwards 

 appended " Rule Britannia," which he printed 

 from the plates engraved for Waylett, numbering 

 them 84, 85, and 86, but leaving the original 

 pagination remaining on them. 



Amongst the songs of the second publication 

 are two (" When Spring Returns," and " There 

 Honour comes "), the words of which are by 

 Collins, which leads me to conjecture that this 

 " Masque " is identical with the " oratorio " 

 printed in 1754, mentioned by J. M. (Oxford) in 

 " N. & Q." (2°" S. ii. 489.) 



I yet Ijope we may be able to discover the date 

 of the publication of the Opera Sesta of Ame, 

 although it is perhaps of little moment, con- 

 sidering the turn the matter has now taken. 



W. H. Husk. 



FAMILY OF FOTHERGILIi. 

 (2"<» S. V. 170.) 



This family is an ancient and very respectable 

 Westmoreland one. They long held (and may 

 now hold) property in the parish of Ravenstone- 



dale in that county, as the principal family in the 

 parish, and originating there I presume. Sir Wil- 

 liam Fothergill of Ravenstondale, in the reign of 

 Henry VHI., was standard-bearer to Sir Thomas 

 Wharton at the celebrated fight of SoUom Moss 

 in that reign. He bore for arms, " Vert, a stag's- 

 head couped within a bordure invecked, or." In 

 the reign of Charles II. (being previously also, no 

 doubt), George Fothergill, Esq., of Tarn House, 

 in Ravenstondale, was clerk of the peace for the 

 county. Over the door of Tarn House were the 

 arms above-mentioned. He was a benefactor to 

 the parish church. In the old one (since rebuilt) 

 were two monuments with inscriptions to himself 

 as " The Queen's Majesty's Receiver for West- 

 moreland, Cumberland and Lancashire, obt. 1681," 

 and to " his wife Julian, second daughter of Rich* 

 Skelton, Esquire, of Armathwaite Castle, Cum- 

 berland, obt. 1677." She was a person of good 

 descent. The family of Skelton (now extinct) 

 had been knights of the shire and sheriffs from the 

 time of Edw. II. Her mother was sister of Sir 

 Thomas Burdett, Bart., of Bramcote, and her 

 grandmother daughter of Christ. Musgrave, Esq., 

 of Edenhall. I have no farther particulars of this 

 line of the family, though possibly they may easily 

 be obtained from local records. Another branch, 

 apparently, was of Brounber and Lockholm in the 

 same parish. Anthony Fothergill, of Trannahill, 

 living 1645, was great-grandfather of Anthony 

 Fothergill of Brounber, who was father of Thomas, 

 living 1777. Thomas Fothergill, B.D., of Broun- 

 ber, possibly son of the first Anthony, was Master 

 of St. John's College, Cambridge, 1668. He en- 

 dowed the parish school. A " John Fothergill 

 and Isabel his wife, of Brounber," apparently an 

 intermediate generation between the first and 

 second Anthonies, gave endowment to the church. 

 Four brothers of Brounber and Lockholm were 

 living between 1758 and 1778, viz. George, D.D., 

 Principal of Edmund Hall, Oxford; Thomas, 

 D.D., Provost of Queen's, Oxford, and Vice- 

 Chancellor ; Henry, rector of Cheriton Bishop, 

 Devon ; and Richard the eldest, then proprietor 

 of Lockholm. All were contributors to the en- 

 dowment of the school, &c. The name still exists 

 no doubt, and a more connected statement might 

 be made from parish records and other local in- 

 formation. A late most respected member of the 

 family, the Rev. J. Fothergill, B.D., was well 

 known to the writer (he never, however, heard 

 anything from him respecting his family). Having 

 been previously archdeacon in one of the African 

 settlements, he was presented to the vicarage of 

 Bridekirk, Cumberland, in 1849 ; where he died, 

 after a short incumbency, to the deep regret of his 

 parishioners. 



Edmondson makes the bordure engrailed, in- 

 stead of invecked; colours, &c., same. In Mr. 

 " Sims's Index," British Museum (heraldic part), 



