Feb. 3. 1855.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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a dead tree, with a young living tree in leaf 

 springing out of its roots. I think the tree is in- 

 tended to be an oak. Over the top of the dead 

 tree is the word " revLrescit ; " and at the bottom, 

 " 1750." The medal is rather larger than a half- 

 crown of 1823 ; indeed, the half-crown will nearly 

 go within the outside rim of the medal, which is 

 considerably broader than that of the half-crown. 



The account I received many years ago of this 

 medal is, that it was given by the Pretender to 

 Colonel Goring ; who, I believe, died a field- 

 marshal in the Prussian service, and from him 

 came into the possession of a member of my 

 family, in which it has continued ever since. I 

 am descended, through my grandmother, from 

 William Goring of Kingston and Fradley in Staf- 

 fordshire, and Colonel Goring was of the same 

 family, I was told that very/ew of those medals 

 were struck, as they were intended only for the 

 intimate friends and warm supporters of the Pre- 

 tender. As my grandmother was about ten years 

 of age when the medal was struck, I think it pro- 

 bable that the account she gave of it was correct, 

 and the more so, as it was always held in par- 

 ticular esteem. I have never heard of any other 

 medal of this kind, but possibly some of your readers 

 may : and I should be obliged to any of them for any 

 farther information, either respecting the medal 

 itself or Colonel Goring. 



I may add, that the medal is considerably worn, 

 as if it had been carried in the pocket ; but not 

 so as to obliterate any of its parts. 



Chas. S. Greaves, Q. C. 



[This medal, which was struck in Italy, is not uncom- 

 mon. It represents Prince Charles ; and the reverse, the 

 young tree springing from the withered trunk, alludes to 

 his hopes of re-establishing his family. Impressions exist 

 in copper. The likeness of the Prince was an approved 

 one, for it appears upon three other medals of different 

 sizes, bearing date respectively 1745, 1750 ; 1752, Sept. 23. 

 To what does this latter date refer?] 



SIB SAMUEL BAGNAI.L. 



Some time since a friend of mine requested me 

 to obtain for him information respecting a gentle- 

 man of the name of Sir Samuel Bagnall. He said 

 it was supposed he resided in Ireland, and held 

 some military command there, either at the latter 

 part of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, or beginning 

 of that of James I. 



To satisfy my friend's request, I examined with 

 Bome care many of the existing historical and 

 other documents relating to the reign of Eliza- 

 beth, and ascertained that the family of Bagnall 

 belonged to the county of Stafford ; also that one 

 John Bagnall, Esq., had two sons, Ralph and 

 Nicholas. That the eldest son. Sir Ralph Bag- 

 nall, was described of Barlaston in that county, 



and that he married Elizabeth, the second daugh- 

 ter of Robert Whitgrave, Esq., of Burton, in the 

 same county, and by whom he had an only son, 

 Samuel Bagnall. But by several pedigrees of 

 that family which I consulted, it appears that Sir 

 Ralph was never married, and that his son Samuel 

 was illegitimate. 



The second son of John was Sir Nicholas Bag- 

 nall, who married and had a large family, and re- 

 ceived in the early part of the reign of Elizabeth 

 the appointment of " Marshall of the Army in 

 Ireland," which he retained until his death, and 

 which occurred in 1575 at his seat, Newry Castle, 

 in the county of Armagh. He was succeeded by 

 his eldest son. Sir Henry Bagnall, who was also 

 married and had several children. The queen, 

 upon the death of his father Sir Nicholas, ap- 

 pointed him to the same command, which Sir 

 Henry held until his death in August, 1598, when, 

 during the rebellion, he was slain in a battle at 

 Blackwater, fought against the celebrated O'Neill, 

 Earl of Tyrone. 



Upon the death of Sir Henry Bagnall, the queen 

 gave that command to Sir Richard Bingham ; but 

 he dying very suddenly shortly afterwards, the 

 queen appointed Sir Samuel Bagnall, the cousin 

 of Sir Henry, to that very important ofBce. Sir 

 Samuel was very much distinguished at that 

 period as a military man. He had accompanied 

 the famous Devereux, Earl of Essex, in the ex- 

 pedition against Cadiz in 1596, and at the taking 

 of that city by assault, he received eight wounds, 

 and was knighted on that occasion by the Earl of 

 Essex, under the authority granted specially to 

 him by Queen Elizabeth. So soon as Sir Samuel 

 received the appointment, he immediately put 

 himself at the head of 2000 infantry and 300 ca- 

 valry, and crossed over the channel into Ireland. 



The latest account I have as yet been able to 

 find of him is, that he still held tlie same command 

 in 1602 ; but whether he died or resigned about 

 that time, I cannot ascertain. Sir Samuel Bag- 

 nall married, and left issue several daughters, but 

 whether he had any sons I do not know. 



As the correspondents of " N. & Q." are so 

 numerous and so well read, I have thought it very 

 probable that some of them may be able to fur- 

 nish me with the additional information I am in 

 search of. My Queries are : 



1. The name of the wife of Sir Samuel Bag- 

 nall ? 



2. Where his residence was, and when and 

 where he died ? 



3. The names of his sons (if any?) and the 

 names of his daughters, and whether married or 

 not ? Chabtham. 



