April 26. 1851.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



337 



can hear, holds true. It is added, that he was at 

 supper with iny Lord Keeper that evening before I 

 w.is told by him that he should be Lord Chief Justice 

 of the King's Bench ; but he lived not to see the 

 morning. My Lord of Huntingdon rode up, upon 

 this news, for he is his heir." 



Ferditiiindo Lord Hastinfrs, eldest son of Henry, 

 Earl of Huntiniidon, married Lucy, daughter and 

 heiress of Sir John Davis, and in 1613 succeeded 

 his father as Earl of Huntingdon. 



Sir John Davis married Lady Eleanor, only 

 daughter of the Earl of Castlehaven, and sister of 

 the infamous Earl. She remarried Sir Archibald 

 Douglas, and died in 1652. She was the lady of 

 the anagram celebrity, " Reveal, oh, Daniel," and 

 " Never so mad a lady." There is no doubt that 

 she and her brother were as mad as could well be. ! 



In a letter from Mr. Edward Rossingham to Sir ' 

 Thomas Puckering, dated 4th January, 1636, it is 

 stated : 



" Sunday before Christmas the Bishop, Dean, and 

 Chapter of Lichfield sent up a complaint against the 

 Lady Eleanor Davis. It seems the cathedral church 

 in Lichfield is lately very beautifully set out with 

 hangings of airas behind the altar, the Communion 

 table liandsomely railed in, and the table itself set out 

 in the best manner, and the Bishop's seat fairly built. 

 This Lady came one Communion day, in the morning, 

 with a kettle in one hand and a brush in the other, to 

 sprinkle some of her holy water (as she called that in 

 the kettle) upon these hangings and the Bishop's seat, 

 which was only a composition of tar, pitch, sink-puddle 

 water, &c., and such kind of nasty ingredients, which 

 she did sprinkle upon the aforesaid things. This being 

 the act of a mad woman, the Lords, to prevent further 

 mischief, have given oiu two warrants, the one to bring 

 the L :dy to Bethlehem, the other to the keeper of 

 Bethlehem to receive her. There are messengers gone 

 into Staftordshire to bring her up." 



It appeared afterwards she was so poor, that it 

 became a question at the Council who should main- 

 tain her. She seems to have been wholly neglected 

 by her second husband. 



Sir John Davis and his la<ly are buried in the 

 church of St. JNIartin's in the Fields, and the fol- 

 lowing are their ejjitaphs, from Stryj)e's Stoio, 

 book vi. p. 72.: 



" D. (). M. S. Johannes Davys, Equestris ordinis 

 quondam Attornati Ucgis Generalis amplissima Pro- 

 vincia in regno Hib. functus. Inde in Patriam revo- 

 catus inter .Servientes Domini Regis ad Legem priinum 

 lucum sustinuit. Ob. 16-26." 



" Accubat dignissimo marito incomparabilis Uxor, 

 &c., 1652." 



" Note. — .She was the Lady Eleanora, the only 

 daughter of the Earl of Castlehaven, Baron Audley." 



\V. H. Lammin. 

 Fulham, April 15. 1S51. 



LOCKE MSS. 



(Vol. ii., p. 413.) 



In reference to an inquiry after MSS. relating 

 to Locke, I enclose particulars of a small 4to. MS. 

 volume in my possession. Tho.mas Keeslake. 



" MA JVUSCRfPT. — Locke's (John, an Atlorney 

 living at Puhlow, and father of the illustrious Metaphi/- 

 sician of the same name) Common-Place Book, con- 

 taining Matters (relating to the Hundreds of Chew, 

 Chew ton, Kainsham, Biewton, Catsashe, Norton Fer- 

 ris, Horethorne, Froome, Wellowe, Whitstone, Wells 

 Forum, Portbury, Bathe Forum, Winterstoke, Bemp- 

 stone, Kilmersdon, Brent, Hartliffe and Bedminstcr, 

 Hampton and Clavertoj), and Phillips Norton Liber- 

 ties, Glaston, Qucene Camell, &c.) of daily use to him 

 as Court Keeper to Col. Alex. Popham, a Magistrate 

 and Leader of Parliamentary Forces in Somersetsh., 

 variousli/ dated from 1629 to 1655, all in the hand- 

 writing of the elder Jnhn Locke, — also many entries by 

 other hands of other matter'^, in the remaining leaves 

 of the same volume, many of which are probably in the 

 handwriting of the afterwards distinguished younger 

 John Locke, 4to. original vellum wrapper, 12/. 12s. 



Contains ; — 



Entries of Bailments and Bindings over of Prosecu- 

 tors in cases of Felony which occurred in the neigli- 

 bourho id of Pensford, for the Assizes at Bath, Taunton, 

 Bridge water, and Wells, 1630-31. 



Ap:)ointment at Bathe of Overseers of Woollen Cloth, 

 16,'31, for Chew, Dundry, Chewstoke, Ubley, Mids. 

 Norton, Kiiinsiiam, Publow, Kelston, Alounton 

 Coombe, Liathford, Bathwicke, Freshford, Weston, 

 Froome, Rode, Beckington, Lullmgton, Berkley, 

 Chew, Mells, and Lei;.'h, Colsford, Hampton et Cla- 

 verton, Batlieaston, Charterhouse Hiiiton, with the 

 names of the Overseers. 



Scotch Postures (Humorous). 



Names of the Tithings in the Hundreds of Chew, 

 Chewton, and Kainsham. 



Abp. Usher on the Liturgie and Eplscopall Govern- 

 ment, 1640. 



The Sums of the Payment of each Tithing of the 

 above hundreds of the 1st of 15th and 10th of tlie Sub- 

 sidy of ;i-I5ths and lOths to K. James, to declare war 

 against Spain, 1623-4. 



The Yearlie Proportion of the Soverall Hundreds 

 of the Easterne Division of the Countie towarde the 

 relelfe of the Hospitall, 1632. — Ditto, Wcsterne Di- 

 vision. 



The Yearlie Rate for the Mnymed Soldiers of every 

 Hundred and Libertie within this County of Somerset. 



The Rate of Kainsham Hundted, with the amount 

 of each Parish. 



A Rate devised at Hinton in 1601, for the raising of 

 100 men for Ireland, with consent of the Bath Magis- 

 trates, and their names. 



The number and proportion of Shipping within 

 Englande and Wales, to be made readie against Mar. 1, 

 J 635. 



Hundred of Kainsham, Quarterlie Payment of each 

 tithing to the Hospitidls and Maymed Soldiers. 



A Rate made at Pensford 23rd Sept., 1635, for the 

 raising of 160/. 



