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wore going in a manner of which ho did not approve. 

 The Marquess put off his folly, and appeared in his true 

 character of a man of sense and spirit, when there was a 

 prospect of saving the country from the effects of James's 

 policy." 



OxONIENSIS. 



[The last of the family of Scrope who resided at Bol- 

 ton Castle was Emanuel, thirteenth lord of that name, 

 and Earl of Sunderland, who died in 1630. In the great 

 civil war of the seventeenth century, this castle was a 

 garrison for the King ; and was long and gallantly de- 

 fended against the arms of the parliament, by a party of 

 Richmondshire cavaliers, commanded by Colonel Scrope, 

 and afterwards by Colonel Henry Chaytor, who held it 

 until reduced to eat horseflesh, when he capitulated, Nov. 

 5, 1G45, and the garrison marched to Pontefract. The 

 committee at York ordered this fortress to be made unte- 

 nable in 1647 ; but it does not appear that the order was 

 ever completely carried into effect ; yet from that period 

 it has been neglected, and falling into greater dilapida- 

 tion. The north-eastern tower, which had been most 

 damaged by the fire of the besiegers, fell suddenly to the 

 ground in 1649. Four or five families now reside in the 

 different parts of the castle. The south-west tower is 

 that ascended by visitors, and is occupied from turret to 

 basement. Close to this tower is the room in which tra- 

 dition says " the beauteous hapless l^Iarj' of Scotland " was 

 confined. It has two narrow windows through, the thick 

 wall ; one to the east, looking into the court ; the other 

 to the west, overlooking the open country. It was 

 through this last that she made her escape, being lowered 

 from it b}' an attendant to the ground beneath. The 

 room has a low fireplace ; the floor is of mortar, now 

 partly broken up ; and the whole apartment gives us a very 

 low idea of the comforts of the ancient nobility. The 

 chimneys not in use are covered over to keep out the 

 jackdaws, who have a great partiality for the old build- 

 ing. — Grainge's Castles and Abbeys of Yorkshire, p. 345.] 



Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln. — I wish to obtain 

 some particulars of Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln, and 

 find some difficulty in my inquiries. There were 

 two bishops of that name : one said to have suc- 

 ceeded to the see a.d. 1186, and the other a.d. 

 1209. The latter must be, I believe, the person 

 respecting whom I shall be glad to have such in- 

 formation as any of the readers of " N. & Q." can 

 furnish. Did he add to the buildings of Lincoln 

 Cathedral, or found any charitable institutions 

 there, or in the diocese ? When and where did he 

 die, and where was he buried ? Ina. 



Wells. 



[Hugh Wallys, prebendary of Lincoln, Vice-Chancellor 

 of England, and Archdeacon of Wells, was consecrated 

 Bishop of Lincoln, Dec. 21, 1209. At the time of his 

 election to this Bishoprick the grand dispute had arisen 

 I'especting the appointment to the see of Canterbury, the 

 Pope having consecrated Langton archbishop, without 

 the King's authority or privity. Hugh Wallys was 

 elected to Lincoln by the King's recommendation, on the 

 condition that he should not recognise Langton as arch- 

 bishop. The bishop elect desired leave to go abroad in 

 order to receive consecration from the Archbishop of 

 Rouen ; but he no sooner reached France than he hastened 

 to Pontigny, where Langton then resided, and paid 

 homage to him as his Primate, and received consecration 

 from him. By way of punishment for his contumacy, he 

 was for five years deprived of the temporalities of his 



bishoprick. He afterwards took an active part in obtain- 

 ing Magna Charta, acting, it is thought, rather from re» 

 venge than from patriotism. "For his disloyalty unto 

 his natural Prince," says Godwin, "he was worthily ex- 

 communicate, and might not be absolved before he had 

 paid unto the Pope a thousand marks, and to his legate 

 one hundred. Foir all these hindrances, he and Joceline, 

 Bishop of Wells, laying their purses together, built a 

 goodly hospital at Wells : moreover, he erected a chan- 

 try in his church of Lincoln. I have seen a copy of a 

 will made by him in 1211, in which, beside many great 

 legacies to his friends and kindred, he bequeathed to good 

 uses above 5000 marks. He lived long after, to wit, until 

 Feb. 7, 1234, and was buried in his own church." — 

 Catalogue qfthe Bishops of England, edit. 1615, p. 297.] 



Sir Samuel Itomilhj. — Can you give me any in- 

 formation respecting the place of burial of Sir 

 Samuel Romilly, who died Nov. 2, 1818 ? or 

 oblige me with a copy of any monumental inscrip- 

 tion there may be to his memory. 



A Country Reader, who remembers 

 Sir Samuel. 

 H Hall. 



[The remains of Sir Samuel Romilly were removed oa 

 Friday, Nov. 6, 1818, from Russell Square, for interment 

 (pursuant to his will) in the vault of Lady Romilly's 

 father at Knill, in Herefordshire, whither the remains of 

 Lady Romillj' had been previously conveyed ; and on the 

 11th both were interred at the same time. We have not 

 met with a copy of his epitaph ; but the inscriptions on 

 the family vault, previous to the interment of Sir Samuel, 

 are given in the Gentleman^ Magazine, vol. Ixxxviii. 

 pt. ii. p. 635. It is a singular circumstance, that in the , 

 parish church of St, Bride, Fleet Street, there is a simple 

 undecorated tablet placed against the wall, with an in- 

 scription on it to the memory of Mr. Isaac Romilly, F.R.S., 

 who was the uncle of Sir Samuel, and who died, in 1759, 

 of a broken heart, seven days after the decease of a be- 

 loved wife.] 



Westminster Plays. — How long have the Queen's 

 Scholars of Westminster been in the habit of per- 

 forming one of Terence's Plays before the Christ- 

 mas holidays ? Have they always played Terence 

 exclusively ? Have the Prologues and Epilogues, 

 which are always understood to refer to passing 

 events, been collected and published ? If so, 

 where ? 



Lastly, Is the custom peculiar to Westminster, 

 or has it ever existed at Eton, Winchester, or any 

 other of the public schools ? W. P. T. 



[This custom is pi'obably as old as the School which was 

 founded by Elizabeth, in whose honour the Founder's Day, 

 November 17, was, until within a very few years, observed 

 as a holiday. A correspondent has shown (1»' S. xii. 

 494.) that on some occasions Seneca's Tragedies liave been 

 acted at Westminster. The Prologues and Epilogues have 

 never yet been collected and published ; but it is under- 

 stood that the present Head Master, who, though not an 

 " old Westminster," is one in spirit, is preparing such a 

 collection. We believe English Plays were formerly 

 played occasionally both at Harrow and Winchester. 

 The subject of Plaj's at Schools is one which has never 

 been treated at length, but well deserves attention. There 

 are numbers of modern Latin Dramas existing written 

 expressly for such performances.] 



