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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 230. 



" The Innocents" a Drama. — Who is the au- 

 thor of a small volume of poetry, published anony- 

 mously about the year 1825, and which is very 

 favourably noticed in the New Monthly Magazine 

 for January, 1826, vol. xviii. The title of the 

 volume is, The Innocents, a Sacred Drama ; Ocean 

 and the Earthquake at Aleppo, Poems. S. N. 



Waugh of Cumberland. — Can you inform a 

 Waugh, the family arms of Waugh of Cumber- 

 land ; to whom they were first granted, and why ? 



A Subscriber. 



Norton. — Wanted, the origin of, or the sources 

 of information respecting, this name, the appella- 

 tion of so many villages, &c. in Oxfordshire. A 

 family of the name of Norton, after residing in 

 those districts for many generations, have long 

 moved to London, and are not possessed of the 

 information sought by the inquirer. N. 



De La Fond. — Can any of your readers ex- 

 plain the following inscription on an engraving by 

 P. Lombart of De La Fond, and its application ? 



" In effigiem De La Fond, Galli 



Festivissimi, apud Batavos, Ephemeridum Histori- 



carum Scriptoris, 



Distichon. 



Mille oeulis videt hie Fondus mille auribus audit ; 

 Plus audit naso, plus videt ille, suo." 



A.F.B. 

 Diss. 



" Button Cap." — In the north of Ireland there 

 is a belief that just before a war breaks out, the 

 spirit of an ancient warder of Carrickfergus 

 Castle is heard examining the arms stored^ there, 

 and, if they are not entirely to his satisfaction, he 

 shows his displeasure by making an awful clatter 

 among them. Has old " Button Cap " (for that 

 is his name) been inspecting the arms lately ? 

 What is the legend connected with him ? If I 

 mistake not, he is said to be the spirit of a warder 

 •who was drowned in the castle well in the reign 

 of Elizabeth. Fras. Crosslbt. 



Cobb Family. — Richard Cobb, Esq., and his 

 wife Joan, were painted by Sir Peter Lely be- 

 tween 1641 and 1680. These portraits are now 

 in my possession. Elizabeth Cobb, granddaughter 

 of the above, married, circa 1725, the Rev.Thos. 

 Paget, at that time Fellow of Corpus Christi, Ox- 

 ford. Thus, Richard Cobb would be born circa 

 1634, his son circa 1667, and his granddaughter 

 circa 1700. I shall be obliged for any clue to the 

 arms, residence, &c. of this Mr. Cobb. 



Arthur Paget. 



Prince Charles' Attendants in Spain. — The 

 assistance of your antiquarian correspondents is 

 particularly requested towards the making out of 

 a complete list of all the persons who were in 



attendance on Prince Charles on his romantic 

 visit to Spain. Of course it is well known that 

 the Prince and Buckingham started accompanied 

 only by Sir Francis Cottington, Endymion Porter, 

 and Sir R. Graham. Of the members of his 

 household who afterwards joined him, the principal 

 of course are also well known. But of the gentle- 

 men and grooms of the Privy Chamber, pages, &c, 

 I have been unable to discover a complete list, 

 although notices of individuals are occasionally 

 met with. Any references to such notices are 

 much desired. E. O. P. 



Sack. — What wine was this ? Is it still existing 

 and known to the wine trade by any other name ? 

 If so, when and why was the name changed ? 



Falstaef. 



Minor GxuzUM Jnt'th 8tt£toer;». 



Ralph Ashton the Commander. — In an ancient 

 record I met with a year or two ago (two centu- 

 ries old, I suppose), the name of a Ralph Ashton, 

 u Commandei-," occurred. The record related to 

 Lancashire, and it spoke of " Isabella, the wife of 

 Ralph the Commander." I believe that a gentle- 

 man of this name was commander of the Lanca- 

 shire forces under the Commonwealth. Will any 

 of your readers oblige me (should they have access 

 to any ancient pedigree of the Ashton family) by 

 saying whether any mention is made of this " Isa- 

 bella," and what her name was before her marriage 

 to Ralph the Commander ? Jaytee. 



[The pedigree of the family of Ashton, or Assheton, 

 of Middleton, is given in Baines's Lancaster, vol. ii. 

 p. 596., which states that Ralph Ashton, Esq., M.P. 

 for Clithero, temp. Chas. I., for the county, 16 Chas. I., 

 died 17th Feb. 1650, married Elizabeth, daughter of 

 John Kaye of Woodsome, co. York. In old documents 

 Isabella and Elizabeth are used for one and the same 

 name.] 



Christopher Hervie. — M. Zachart (Vol. ix., 

 p. 184.) obligingly replies to my question as to the 

 quotation — 



" One while I think, and then I am in pain, 

 To think how to unthink that thought again." 



Would he be kind enough to say where I may find 

 any notice of Christopher Hervie ? as I have been 

 unable to find mention of him or his work in any 

 biography to which I have access. W. M. M. 



[A biographical notice of Christopher Harvie, 

 or Harvey, is given by Anthony a Wood in his 

 Athena Oxonienses, vol. iii. p. 538. (Bliss), from which 

 it appears he was "a minister's son of Cheshire, was 

 born in that county, became a batler of Brasen-nose 

 College in 1613, aged sixteen years, took the degrees 

 in Arts, that of Master being completed 1620, holy 

 orders, and at length was made vicar of Clifton in 

 Warwickshire." Wood, however (Atli. Oxon., vol. L 



