NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 168. 



to his consecration, character, and period of de- 

 cease, would be acceptable. What is the best 

 work on English Suffragan bishops ? I believe 

 Wharton's Suffragans (which, however, I do not 

 possess to refer to) is far from being complete or 

 correct. It would be interesting to have a com- 

 plete list of such bishops, with the names of their 

 sees, and dates of consecration and demise. I 

 find no Suffragan bishop after Bishop John Sterne, 

 consecrated for Colchester 12th November, 1592, 

 and this from the valuable list in Percival's Apol. 

 for Ap. Sue. A. S.A. 



Punjaub. 



Stewarts of Holland. — In the year 1739 there 

 lived in Holland a Lieutenant Dougal Stewart, 

 of the Dutch service, who was married to Susan, 

 daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Fairfowl, of Bra- 

 cindam. He was descended from the ancient 

 Scottish family of Stewarts of Appin, in Argyle- 

 shire ; and this Query is to inquire whether any- 

 thing is known regarding him or his descendants, 

 if he had such ? This might find a reply in De 

 Navorscher perhaps. A. S. A. 



Punjaub. 



Robert Wauchope, Archbishop of Armagh, 1543. 



,__Is there any detailed account of this prelate 

 extant ? The few particulars I have been able to 

 glean respecting him are merely that he was a 

 native of Scotland, and Doctor in Divinity of the 

 University of Paris, where he probably studied 

 theology, as was common with Scottish ecclesiastics 

 of that day. He arrived in Ireland about the 

 year 1541, and is memorable for the glory, or 

 shame, of being the first who introduced the Je- 

 suit order into that country. Pope Paul III. no- 

 minated him to the primatial see of Armagh, 

 after the death of Archbishop Cromer in 1543, 

 and during the lifetime of Archbishop Dowdal, 

 who was a Catholic also, but being appointed 

 Archbishop of Armagh in November 1543, by 

 King Henry VIIL, was not acknowledged at 

 Rome as such. Waucup, as his name is also 

 spelt, and Latinized " Venantius," never appears, 

 however, to have been able to obtain regular 

 possession of the see of Armagh and primacy of 

 Ireland, being merely titular archbishop. Some 

 accounts state that he was blind from his child- 

 hood, but others say, and probably more cor- 

 rectly, that he was only short-sighted. He was 

 present at the Council of Trent in 1545-47, being 

 one of the four Irish prelates who attended there ; 

 and, in Hist, del Condi. Trid., 1. ii. p. 144., he is 

 alluded to as having been esteemed the best at 

 riding post in the world! — " Huomo di brevissima 

 vista era commendato di questa, di correr alia 

 posta meglio d'huomo del mondo." I should like 



• much to ascertain the date and place of his birth, 

 consecration, and death. A. S.A. 



Plum-pudding, — Can any of your readers in- 

 form me of the origin of the following custom, 

 and whether the ceremony is still continued ? I 

 can find no mention of it in any topographical 

 dictionary or history of Devon, but it was copied 

 from an old newspaper, bearing date June 7, 1809 : 



" At Paignton Fair, near Exeter, the ancient 

 custom of drawing through the town a plum-pudding 

 of an immense size, and afterwards distributing it to 

 the populace, was revived on Tuesday last. The in- 

 gredients which composed this enormous pudding were 

 as follows : 400 lbs. of flour, 1 70 lbs. of beef suet, 

 140 lbs. of raisins, and 240 eggs. It was kept con- 

 stantly boiling in a brewer's copper from Saturday 

 morning to the Tuesday following, when it was placed 

 on a car decorated with ribbons, evergreens, &c., and 

 drawn along the street by eight oxen." 



EVERABD HOBNE CoLEMAN. 



^^ Whene'er I asked." — I shall be very glad to 

 know the author and the exact whereabouts of the 

 following lines, which I find quoted in a MS. letter 

 written from London to America, and dated 22nd 

 October, 1767 : 



*' Whene'er I ask'd for blessings on your head. 

 Nothing was cold or formal that I said ; 

 My warmest vows to Heaven were made for thee. 

 And love still mingled with my piety." 



W. B. R. 



Philadelphia, U. S. 



Immoral Works. — What ought to be done with 

 works of this class ? It is easy to answer, " de- 

 stroy them:" but you and I know, and Mr. 

 Macaulay has acknowledged, that it is often ne- 

 cessary to rake into the filthiest channels for his- 

 torical -and biographical evidence. I, personally, 

 doubt whether we are justified in destroying any 

 evidence, however loathsome and offensive it may 

 be. What, then, are we to do with it ? It is im- 

 possible to keep such works in a private library, 

 even under lock and key, for death opens loclis 

 more certainly than Mr. Hobbs himself. I think 

 such ought to be preserved in the British Mu- 

 seum, entered in its catalogue, but only per- 

 mitted to be seen on good reasons formally as- 

 signed in writing, and not then allowed to pass 

 into the reading-room. What is the rule at the 

 Museum ? 



I ask these questions because I have, by acci- 

 dent, become possessed of a poem (about 1500 

 lines) which professes to be written by Lord 

 Byron, is addressed to Thomas Moore, and was 

 printed abroad many years since. It begins, — 



" Thou ermin'd judge, pull off that sable cap.''^ 



More specific reference will not be necessary for 

 those who have seen the work. Is the writer 

 known ? I am somewhat surprised that not 

 one of Byron's friends has, so far as I know, 

 hinted a denial of the authorship ; for, scarce as 



