Aug. 30. 1851.] 



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wardnesse order and reforme things as hee desired, 

 was advised to direct out his writts to certaine Gentle- 

 men of the best ability and trust, entitling them 

 therein Barons, to serve and sitt as Barons in the next 

 Parlament. By which meanes hee had so many 

 Barons in his Parlament, as were able to weigh down 

 the Cleargie and their friends : the which Barons, they 

 say, were not afterwards Lords, but onely Baronets, as 

 sundry of them doe yet retayne the name." — Spenser's 

 " View of the State of Ireland," in the Aricient Irish 

 Histories, Dublin Edition, 1809, pp. 223, 224. 



" Baronets. 

 " Seint Leger, Baronet of Slemarge, meere Irish. 

 Den, Baronet of For man ston, waxing Irish. 

 Fitz Gerald, Baronet of Burnchurch. 

 Welleslye, Baronet of Narraghe. 



[Ancestor of the Duke of Wellington.] 

 Husee, Baronet of Galtrim. 

 S. Michell, Baronet of Reban. 

 IMarwarde, Baronet of Scryne. 

 Nangle, Baronet of Navan." 



Campion's " Historie of Ireland," written in 

 the yeare 1571, p. 12. (In the Ancient Irish 

 Histories, Dublin edition, 1809.) 



T.J. 



Hopkins the Witchfinder (Vol. ii., pp. 392. 413.). 

 — Your correspondents will find some "curious 

 memoirs" of this person in the Anthologia Hi- 

 bernica for June, 1793, p. 424. The memoirs are 

 embellished with a plate " correctly copied from an 

 extreme rare print in the collection of J. Bindley, 

 Esq." R. H. 



Plowclen (Vol. iv., p. 58.). — Erom Burke's 

 Landed Gentry, 1846, under " Plowden of Plow- 

 den" (a.d. 1194), it would appear that Edmund 

 was of Wansted, Hampshire, and ancestor of the 

 Plowdens of Lassam, Hants, and that he " was 

 styled in his will, July 29, 1G55, Sir Edmund, 

 lord earl palatine, governor, and captain general, 

 of the province of New Albion." I would suggest 

 to your Transatlantic readers the interest that 

 woulil be derived from a compilation of surnames 

 in the United States ; and in cases where it can 

 be ascertained, the date of introduction, position 

 of first immigrant, ancestry, and descendants. 

 The names and subserpjent history of those fa- 

 milies who remained loyal during the American 

 Revolution, are worthy of record; most of whom 

 have, I believe, prospered in the world since the 

 conliscation of their property. 



The names of the followers of AVilliam the 

 Conqueror are often alludcid to ; but the " comers 

 over" at tlie conquest of Wales, Scotland, and 

 Ireliind arc but seldom thought of, though they 

 lend to their descendants' pedigree a degree of 

 historical interest. A. C. 



Ah lazy an Lwllams Doi( (Vol. i., pp. 382. 475.). 

 —This proverb is to be fijund in Ray's first edition 

 (1670), and is quoted in a little book entitled 



Scarronides, et cet., a burlesque on the second 

 book of Virgil's JEneid. ^neas, reposing on the 

 " toro alto," is likened to " Ludlam's curr, on 

 truckle lolling;" whilst a marginal note says: 

 "'Tis a proverb, Ludlam's dog lean'd bis head 

 against a wall when he went to bark." Both here 

 arid in Ray the name is spelt Ludlam. 



Ceanmore. 



Pope and Flatman (Vol. iv., p. 132.). — The 

 piece quoted by Mr. Barton had long since been 

 pointed out by Warton {Essay on Pope), who has 

 also collected many others which Pope 7nay have 

 known and made use of, some which he must. 



V. 



Spenser's Faerie Queene (Vol. iv., p. 133.). — 

 The explanation of the stanza in question would 

 occupy more space than I think you would spare 

 me. It will suflice to note that a very sufficient 

 one will be found in Todd's edition of Spenser 

 (1803), In vol. ill., at the close of canto Ix. book ii. ; 

 and that the letter of Sir K. Digby is given at full 

 length, before the editor's own commentary and 

 explanation, In that place. V. 



Belgravia. 



Bells in Churches (Vol. ii., p. 326.). — In reply 

 to the Inquiry whether there Is still a law against 

 the use of bells as a summons to divine services, 

 except In churches, which has not been answered, 

 permit me to quote the following sentences from a 

 judgment of Lord Chief Justice Campbell, as re- 

 ported In the Times of August 14. 



" First, with regard to the right of using bells at all. 

 By the common law, churches of every denomination 

 had a full right to use bells, and it was a vulgar error 

 to suppose that there was any distinction at the present 

 time in this respect. At the same time, those bells 

 might undoubtedly be made use of in such a manner 

 as to create a nuisance ; and in that case a Protestant 

 church and a iloman Catholic one were equally 

 liable." 



The case (Soltan v. De Weld) from the judg- 

 ment in whicli the above remarks are extracted 

 was tried at the Croydon Assizes, and related to 

 the use of bells by a Romanist community in such 

 a manner as was alleged to be a nuisance. Arun. 



Proverb of James I. (Vol. iv., p. 85.). — The 

 meaning of tills proverb will be founil in Jamieson's 

 Scottish Dictionary, 4to. ed. : — To '■'■ cone" or 

 " cmine " thanks, is " to give thanks ; to express a 

 sense of obligation ; to have a sense of obligation." 



S. VVmson. 



iSltSrenaitr0utf. 



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