Nov. 26. 1853.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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widow and relict and executrix living in 1687. 

 Their eldest daujibter Elizabeth married John 

 Sheffield, Esq., of Croxby ; and I have noted 

 three children of theirs, viz. Vincent, who died 

 s.p. ; Christopher, who, with Margaret, his wife, 

 in 1676 sold the Croxby estate ; and Sarah. What 

 farther as to this branch does not appear, although 

 my next Vincent Amcotts may be, and probably 

 ■was, a descendant. This Vincent Amcotts was of 

 Harrington, in the county of Lincoln, Esq. ; and 

 who, from his marriage settlement dated May 16 

 and 17, 1720, married Elizabeth, the third of the 

 four daughters of John Quincy of Aslackby, in the 

 county of Lincoln, gentleman : and I find the 

 issue of this marriage to be Charles Amcotts of 

 Kettlethorpe, in the county of Lincoln, Esq., who 

 died in 1777 s.p.; Anna Maria, who married 

 Wharton Emerson ; Elizabeth, who died previous 

 to her brother Charles ; and Frances, who mar- 

 ried the Rev. Edward Buckworth of Washing- 

 borough, in the county of Lincoln, Clerk, Doctor 

 of Laws. 



After the death of Charles Amcotts, we find 

 Wharton Emerson at Kettlethorpe, having as- 

 sumed the name of Amcotts : he was created a 

 baronet in 1796, the title being limited in re- 

 mainder to the eldest son of his daughter Elizabeth. 

 Sir Wharton Amcotts married a second wife, 

 Amelia Campbell, by whom he had a daughter, 

 but what became of her does not appear. Eliza- 

 beth, the daughter and heir of Sir Wharton Am- 

 cotts by his first wife Anna Maria Amcotts, 

 married in 1780 John Ingilby, Esq., of Ripley, 

 who in the next year was created a baronet : and 

 they appear to have had eleven children, viz, John, 

 Charles Amcotts, the present Sir William Amcotts 

 Ingelby, in whom both titles are vested, Eliza- 

 beth, Augusta, Anna Maria, and Ann ; which last 

 three died in infancy ; Diana, Vincent Bosville, 

 who died at a year old ; and Julia and Constance. 

 Thus far my Notes extend. W. S. Hesleden. 



Barton-upon-Humber. 



SIB RALPH WINWOOD. 



(Vol. viii., p. 272.) 



I have an original letter of Sir Ralph Winwood's, 

 in French, addressed "A Monsieur Mons'' Chai-les 

 Huyghens, Secretaire du Conseil d'estat de Mess" 

 les Estats a la Haye," which, as it may possibly be 

 interesting to your correspondent H. P. W. R., I 

 here transcribe : 



" Mons'. — Vos dernieres m'ont rendu tes- 

 moignage de vostre bonn' affection en mon en- 

 droict. Car je m'asseure que vous n'eussiez jamais 

 recommende vostre filz a ma protection si mon 

 nom n'eust este enregistre au nombre de vos 

 meilleurs et plus affectionnes amys. Je m'en vay, 

 dans peu de jours, trouver Sa Ma*'^ en son re- 



tour d'Escoce, et j'espere sur la fin du moys de 

 7^"^*^ de me rendre a ma maison a Londres. Sur 

 ce temps-la, s'il vous plaira d'envoyer v'" filz vers 

 moy, il sera le bien venu. Son traittement rendra 

 tesmoinage de I'estime que je fais de vostre amitie. 

 De vous envoyer des nouvelles, ce seroyt d'en- 

 voyer Noctuas Athenas. Tout est coy icy. La 

 mort de Concini a rendu la France heureuse. 

 Mais ritalie est en danger d'estre exposee a la 

 tirannie d'Espagne. Je vous baise les mains, et 

 suis, Mons', vostre plus affectionne servif, 



RODOLPHE WiNWOOD. 



" De Londres, le 7""^ de Juillet." 



The year is not indicated, but the allusion to 

 the death of Concini (the celebrated Marechal 

 d'Ancre, who was assassinated by order of 

 Louis XIII.) proves that this letter was written in 

 1617, and very shortly before the death of the 

 writer, which occurred on the 27th of October in 

 that year. 



M. Charles Huyghens, to whom the letter is ad- 

 dressed, was probably the father of Constantine 

 Huyghens, the Dutch poet-politician, who was 

 secretary and privy counsellor to the Stadtholders 

 Frederick Henry, and William I. and IL, and 

 who, not improbably, was the son here mentioned 

 as recommended to the protection of Sir R. Win- 

 wood, and who, at that date, would have been 

 twenty-one years of age. 



Constantine was himself the father of the still 

 more celebrated Christian Huyghens, the astro- 

 nomer and mathematician. The seal on the letter, 

 which is in excellent preservation, is a shield 

 bearing the following arms : 1. and 4. a cross bo- 

 tonne, 2. and 3. three fleurs-de-lis. W. Sneyd.- 



Denton. 



TRENCH ON PROVERBS. 



(Vol. viii., p. 387.) 



I hope that neither Mr. Trench nor his critic 

 E. M. B. will consider me interfering by my 

 making an observation or two on the correct ren- 

 dering of the latter part of Ps. cxxvii. 2. Mr. 

 Trench is perfectly correct by supposing an ellip- 

 sis in the sentence alluded to, and the words 



X •• . t I., . 



should have been translated, " He will give to his 

 beloved whilst he [the beloved] is asleep." The 

 translation of the authorised version of that sacred 

 affirmation is unintelligible. Mr. Trench has the 

 support of Luther's version, which has the sen- 

 tence thus : 



" Seinen Freunden glebt er es schlafend." 

 The celebrated German Jewish translator of the 

 Old Testament agrees with Mr. Trench. The fol- 

 lowing is Dr. Zunz's rendering : 



" Das giebt er seinem Liebling im Schlaf." 



