Jan. 18. 1851.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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catalogue of " Books printed for and Sold by Philip 

 Bishop, at the Golden Bible over against the Guild- 

 hall in Exon, 1702." It was reprinted, "London, 

 1734," for "Edward Score, over against the Guild- 

 hall in Exeter." And again {privately), a few years 

 ago. Of tlie_;?rs^ edition I have never seen a copy, 

 although I ain not aware that it is jjarticularly 

 scarce ; of the second, copies are not uncommon. 



If any of your readers could communicate any 

 information regarding the author, I should feel 

 much obliged. Richard Hoopeb. 



University Club, Suffolk Street. 



Benj. Wheelers Theological Lectures. — In the 

 year 1819 was published Vol.i. of the Theological 

 Lectures of Benjamin Wheeler, late Regius Pro- 

 fessor of Divinity in Oxford. In the preface, it is 

 said — 



" The first of the three volumes, in which the Lec- 

 tures will be comprised, is offered to the public as an 

 experiment of its disposition towards the completion of 

 the work; the favourable entertainment of which will 

 determine the editor's purpose of sending the two re- 

 maining volumes after it with all convenient ex- 

 pedition." 



Can any of your readers infijrm me whether the 

 MSS. of the two iinpublished volumes are pre- 

 sferved, and where they are to be found ? W. A. 



Sir Alexander Gumming. — A Nova Scotia ba- 

 ronet, living in 1730, of Coulter, called by some, 

 " King of the Cherokees." He married Elizabeth, 

 one of the last coheiresses of the ancient family 

 oi Dennis, of Pucclechurch, co. Gloucester. Where 

 may be found any account of his connection with 

 the Cherokees ; also any thing of bis death or 

 descendants ? S. S. 



Cross between a Wolf and Hound. — IMay I call 

 the attention of such of your correspondents as are 

 versed in natural history, to an account that I have 

 lately received from a gentleman of intelligence, 

 education, and undoubted veracity. I am in- 

 fbrnied by him that he has lately seen, in the 

 south of France, a she-wolf that had been caught 

 at a very early age, and l)rouglit up on very 

 friendly terms with a kennel of hounds. The 

 animal had come to its maturity when my friend 

 observed it and its good understanding with its 

 canine neighbours had never been interrupted. 

 So far from it, indeed, that the she-wolf has had 

 and reared a litter of pups by one of the dogs, and 

 does duty in bunting as well as any dog of the 

 pack. Bullbn states that he had found that an 

 experiment continued for a considerable time, to 

 bring about the like result between the like ani- 

 mals, never showed the least appearance of success. 

 The circumstances wliich lie mentions as to the 

 capture and liabits of the she-wolf are nearly the 

 same as I have above described, and from the 

 failure of the experiments, Buffon doubted the 

 possibility of any sexual conjunction between these 



kinds of animals. Some of your correspondents 

 may be able to say how far subsequent observa* 

 tion confirms Buifon's conclusion. 



T N. 



Athenseura. 



Landwade Church, and Moated Grange. — 

 About five miles from the town of Newmarket, 

 the metropolis of the racing world, and from 

 Eening, a village in the county of Suffolk, there is 

 a secluded hamlet called " Landwade," which con- 

 tains a " moated grange" and a church to all ap- 

 pearances very ancient. 



The church contains several antique tombs, to- 

 gether with curious monumental brasses, nearly 

 all, I believe I may say all, to the memory of the 

 Cotton family; amongst whom, judging from the 

 inscriptions, were crusaders and knights of mighty 

 emprize, and other worthies. There is only one 

 grave and gravestone in the churchyard, and that 

 is to an old domestic servant of the said Cotton 

 family. 



Can any of your readers or antiquaries give any 

 information touching the church, the ancient tomla 

 and efligies, the Cotton family, the grange, &c. 



When a boy I used to look upoti tlie old house 

 and the quaint little church with a deal of awe. 



It is very distressing, but I cannot find any 

 published account of this ancient and remarkable 

 place and its antiquities. 



Jonathan Oldbttck, Jcn. 



Dr. Bolton, Archbishop of Cashel. — Any in- 

 formation respecting the family, the arms, or 

 descent of Doctor Theophilus Bolton, Archbishop 

 of Cashel, in the early part of the last century, 

 will oblige X. X. 



Dec. 31. 1850. 



Genealogy of the Tnlbots. — In some of the 

 printed genealogies of the Talbots, to whose an- 

 cestry you have lately made several references, 

 descent is claimed for thatiinoble family from the 

 emperors of the East, through Anne, wife of 

 Henry I., King of France, and daughter of la- 

 roslaf, or Georges, King of Russiti, whose father, 

 the great Vladimir, married Anne, sister of Ba- 

 silius. Emperor of Byzantium. 



Now that excellent authority, V Art de Verifier 

 les Dales, gives the date of 988 for the conquest 

 of the Chersonese by Vladimir and his marriage 

 with the emperor's sister, and tliat of 978 for the 

 birth of laroslaf, who must, therefore, be a son of 

 one of the many concubines mentioned in that 

 work as preceding his wife Anne. 



Can the rare honour of descent from the Eastern 

 emperors be substantiated by the correspondents 

 who api)ear to take interest in the pedigree of 

 this house? 



I may add, that L'Art de Verifier les Dates, though 

 seldom incorrect, seems to err when it asserts En- 

 guerherde, wife of the jibove-named laroslaf, to be 



