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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 176. 



dcBcent, by filling up the interval of three or four 

 generations between the above Raleigh Gilbert 

 and the Hon. Nathaniel Gilbert mentioned by 

 !Mrs. Flannigan ? 



The present Sir George Colebrook and Sir 

 William Abdy are connected, more or less re- 

 motely, with the last-mentioned Mr. Gilbert. 



The English branch of the family is now es- 

 tablished at Tredrea in Cornwall. (See Burke,) 



Any information whatever upon this subject 

 would be exceedingly valuable to the inquirer. 



C. GONVILLE, 



Minor cauerte^. 



English Bishops deprived by Queen Elizabeth, 

 1559. — Me. Dredge's list (Vol. vi., p. 203.) was 

 very acceptable and interesting ; but he has left 

 unanswered several points regarding these bishops. 

 1. Bishop Scot's death is given as at Louvain, but 

 not the period when it occurred. 2. Bishop 

 Bayne is merely said to have " died at Islington 

 in 1560," month unnoticed. 3. Bishop Ooldwell 

 is "said to have died shortly afterwards (1580) 

 at Rome," while I gave my authority as to his 

 being still alive in the year 1584 (Vol. vi., p. 100.). 

 4. Bishop Pate is said to have also " died at Lou- 

 vain," but no date is mentioned. 5. Bishop Pole 

 " died in 1568." Is neither the place nor month 

 known ? In conclusion, with regard to the " En- 

 glish bishops deprived, 1691," only the years of 

 the deaths of Bishops Frampton and White are 

 stated. I trust Mb. Dredge, if he sees this, will 

 forgive my being so minute and particular in my 

 inquiries on the above points, and kindly recollect 

 that I am far away from all public libraries and 

 sources of information. For the replies he has 

 so readily afforded, I am very grateful indeed. 



A. S. A. 



Wuzzeerabad. 



John Williams of Southivark, Esq. (elder brother 

 of Morgan Williams, who married a daughter of 

 Walter Cromwell of Putney, from whom de- 

 scended Oliver Cromwell : Jones's Brecknockshire, 

 vol. il. p. 111.). — Will you, or either of your 

 readers, oblige me with some account of the male 

 descendants of such John Williams ; or of John 

 Williams (" heir to the paternal estate" of such 

 Morgan Williams : Waring's Recollections of lolo 

 Morganwg, p. 162.) and his male descendants, or 

 any references to such account ? Gltwysig. 



" A Screw." — Why should a broken-down horse 

 be called "a screw?" Is it because he has 

 *' a screw loose," or because a force equivalent to 

 the screw-propeller must be applied to make him 

 go ? This was discussed at a hunting dinner the 

 other evening, and the guests could arrive at no 

 satisfactory conclusion : neither could they agree 



as to the definite meaning that should be assigned 

 to "screw," and what description of horse came 

 under that very condemnatory designation. Per- 

 haps " U. & Q." can assist them to a proper mean- 

 ing. Cuthbert Bede, B.A. 



Tanner's MSS. — In a collection of MSS. relative 

 to Eton College, in Birch and Sloane Collection, 

 British Museum, mention is made of Tanner's 

 MSS., which, at the time these MSS. on Eton 

 were collected (1736), were In the Picture Gallery 

 at Oxford. Are these the MSS. inquired for by 

 your correspondent in Vol. vi., p. 434. ? E. G. B. 



The Westminster Assembly of Divines. — On the 

 cover of A Collection of Confessions of Faith, ^-c, 

 of the Church of Scotland, in my possession, is the 

 following memorandum : 



" The minutes of the Westminster Assembly are yet 

 reserved in private hands." — Calaray's Abridgment 

 of Baxter's Life, p. 85. 



In Dr. Williams's Library, Redcross Street, 

 there is part of a journal ; but Neal, in his History 

 of the Puritans (preface), tells us — 



" The records of this Assembly were burnt in the 

 Fire of London." 



Strype, preface to Lightfoofs Remains, says : 



" A journal of the various debates among the learned 

 men in the Westminster Assembly, was diligently kept 

 by Dr. Lightfoot." 



And Strype tells us he had seen it. 



I shall be much obliged to any of your readers 

 who can inform me where this journal, or any 

 other, of the proceedings of the Assembly can be 

 procured? Joseph Stansbury. 



The Witch Countess of Morton. — Can any one 

 give me any information about a Countess of 

 Morton who was called " The Witch ? " Her 

 picture is at Dalmahoy. L. M. M. R. 



Mary, Daughter of King James I. of Scotland. — 

 This princess Is stated to have been married 

 to the Count de Boucquan, son of the Lord of 

 Campoere in Zealand, and she had at least one 

 son, born 1451 : any information as to her hus- 

 band's family, her own death, &c. is requested ; 

 for all notltia of our royal princesses are interest- 

 ing. A. S. A. 



Wuzzeerabad. 



Hibemicis Hibemior. — Whence, and what the 

 proper form of this proverbial expression ? 



W.T.M. 

 Hong Kong. 



The Cucking-stool, when last used. — Can any 

 of the correspondents of " N. & Q." Inform me of 

 the latest period at which this Instrument of pun- 

 ishment for scolds is recorded to have been used 



