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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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DACRES OP THE NORTH. 



William Lord Dacre, of the Noi'th, had four 

 sons: 1. Thomas; 2. Leonard; 3. Edward; 4. 

 Francis. The eldesc son Tlioinas married, and 

 died in his lather's lifetime ; leaving a son George, 

 and three daughters, all under age. This George, 

 on his grandfather's death, became Lord Dacre ; 

 and was in ward to the Duke of Norfolk during 

 his minority, and his mother became the Duke's 

 second wife. George Lord Dacre was accidentally 

 killed before he attained his majority, leaving his 

 three sisters his coheiresses-at-law. Two of the 

 coheiresses were married to the Duke's two sons, 

 the Earl of Arundel and Lord William Howard. 

 Can any of your readers state what became of the 

 third sister ? 



On the death of George Lord Dacre, the title 

 and estates were claimed by Leonard, the" second 

 son of William Lord Dacre, by virtue of an alleged 

 entail on the heirs male of William. Leonard, 

 taking part in the rebellion of 1569, was attainted 

 and lied abroad ; and soon afterwards dieil, and is 

 buried at Brussels, I think. The next brother, 

 Edward, was also implicated, and fled. Is it 

 known when and where he died ; and did he leave 

 any issue ? 



Francis, the fourth son of William Lord Dacre, 

 carried on a long contest at law with the Earl of 

 Arundel and the Lord William Howard for the 

 Dacre's estates; claiming under the entail of his 

 father William Lord Dacre on the male line. He 

 married, and had a son and a daughter. He 

 fell under suspicion of the government, and re- 

 tired abroad about the year 1588, and died there. 

 His son is stated to have compromised his claims 

 to the estates with the Howards. 



I wish to .ascertain, and possibly some of your 

 readers may be .able to state, whom did Francis 

 Dacre marry ? What was the name of his son, 

 and was he married ; and the name of his daughter, 

 and whom did she marry ; and whether there are 

 any descendants of this branch of the Dacre 

 family now in existence ? Ercad. 



iHtiior CSucn'cS. 



270. Etijmolagii of Salter. — I wish to ascertain 

 the precise etymology of the word Salter as applied 

 to localities far removed from the sea, and from 

 those districts in which the makin£r of salt is 

 carried on. It seems to be applied in the north of 

 England to places adjoining ancient roads, or 

 where these pass : e. g. part of the old highway 

 from Rochdale to Burnley is called the Salter's 

 Gate. The old road from Rochdale to Hebden 

 Bridge crosses Salter Edge, on Blackstone Edge. 

 The road from Rochdale to IVIiddleton crosses 

 Salter Eilge in Hopwood. The road from Ashton 

 to Feniston p.asses Salter's Brook in the woodlands 



of Cheshire. It is somewhat remarkable th.at all 

 these roads lead in direct lines to the Cheshire 

 salt works. F. R. R. 



271. Chattes of Haselle. — Sir John Mande- 

 viUe, in giving the account of the growth of pep- 

 per in India, says : 



" The long Peper comethe first, whan the Lef be- 

 gynnethe to come ; and it is lyclie the Cliatles of 

 Haselle, that cometh before the Lef, and it hangethe 

 lowe." 



Is this old name for " catkins " retained in any 

 part of England, or is it the same word? II. N.E. 



272. " Truth is that which n man troweth." — 

 Would some one of your correspondents furnish 

 the authority for the saying, "Truth is that which 

 a man troweth ?" r. 



273. JReligiot/s Statistics. — Is there any work 

 published, on which reliance may bo placed, which 

 would give me the numbers, or supposed numbers, 

 of persons professing the Roman Catholic, Lu- 

 theran, Protestant, Episcopal, and other varieties 

 of religious worship? The number of professing 

 members of the Greek Church is given in v.arious 

 works, but I have never seen any complete list of 

 the numbers [)rofessing other religions. Q. E. D. 



274. Cross-legged Effigies. — What is the date 

 of the latest cross-legged eOigy known, and is the 

 person commemorated known to have been con- 

 nected with the Crusades ? Is there any cross- 

 legiicd memorial effigy with the hands in the atti- 

 tude of drawing the sword of so late a date as the 

 fourteenth century ? 



Dugdale and others say that persons pledged to 

 join a crusade were marked with the cross. How 

 was this ceremony performed ? W. H. K. 



275. Vei-ses accidentally occur in Classical Prose 

 often. — Has a collection of these ever been made ? 

 (I have a " Note" on the subject, but do not send 

 it, feeling sure I must have been anticipated.) 



A.A.D. 



276. Count Maurice Tanner de Lacy. — From 

 what family connexion did " Count jMaurice Tan- 

 ner de Lacy," general in the Austrian service, and 

 who died in 1819, take the name of "Tanner?" 

 What relative was General M. de Lacy to Joseph 

 Francis JMaurice Count de Lacy, field marshal 

 under Joseph II., and who distinguished himself 

 so highly during the Seven Years' War ; .also who 

 was mother of the latter? ni^iw. 



277. The Sinaitic Inscriptions. — Your corre- 

 spondent E. H. D. D. (Vol. iv., p. 332.) says th.at 

 the Sinaitic inscriptions have been already de- 

 ciphered. May I ask, by whom ? T. D, 



278. Portrait of Dr. Bray. — Is any authentic 

 portrait in existence of Dr. Bray, to whom the 

 venerable Society for the Propagation of the 

 Gospel owes its origin ? C. 



