Dec. 6. 1851.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



453 



centuries. Another account declares the original 

 settlers to have formed part of the Spanish Ar- 

 mada ; and that, after its defeat, they made a 

 descent on this part of the Cornish coast, drove 

 out or killed the former inhabitants, and have ever 

 since remained unmolested, and in great measure 

 distinct from the surrounding inhabitants. The 

 nature of the country in which they settled has, 

 no doubt, proved favourable to them in this 

 respect, as the soil is barren and rocky, with thinly 

 scattered villa^jes inhabited by a hardy race of 

 fishermen. H. L. 



The settlement of a colony of Flemings in the 

 lower part of Pembrokeshire, called Rhos and 

 Castle Martin, in the time of Henry L, was one of 

 the subjects discussed at the meeting of the Cam- 

 brian Archaeological Association at Tenby in 

 August last, where the subject was fully debated, 

 and the fact seemed established. A full report of 

 this discussion is contained in the October number 

 of the Cambrian Archwological Association, pub- 

 lished by Pickering, London. T. O. M. 



^^ History of Anglesey" ^-c. (Vol. iv., p. 317.). 

 — This publication is attributed to the Rev. J. 

 Thomas in a note to page 230. of the Cambi'ian 

 Plutarch, bv the late J. Humphreys Parry. 



T. 0. M. 



The Lowey of Tunhridge (Vol. iv., p. 294.).— 

 There still is, I believe, a district known by this 

 name. In order to save the valuable space in 

 " Notes and Quehies," I will merely refer E.N.W. 

 for information respecting it to the following works : 



" A Perambulation of Kent ; written in the yeere 

 1570 by William Lambarde of Lincohies Inn, Gent. 

 Imprinted at London by Edra. Bollisaut, 1596." — 

 Page 425. 

 This first I believe to be a somewhat scarce book. 



" ATopographle or Survey of the County of Kent. 

 By Richard Kilburne, London, 1659."— Pp. 276, 277. 



" Tunbridge Wells and its Neiglibourliood. By 

 Paul Arasinck, Esq., London, 1810." — Pp. 97 — 99. 



There are incidental notices of Tunbridge Lowey 

 in Hasted's History of Kent. From the Pai-lia- 

 nfiitury Gazetteer I extract the following (to 

 which my attention has been directed bj a 

 friend) : — 



•' Tunbridge Lowey, a division in the Lathe of 

 Aylesford, County of Kent. Area, 20,660 acres ; 

 houses, 2,072 ; population in 1831, 12,2.').'?." 



In 1841 the census returns for that district gave 

 a population of 14,638. 



There is also, I believe, another " Lowey," viz. 

 that of Pevensey. 11. Vincent. 



PraecTs Works (Vol. iv., p.2.'if).). — About five 

 years since I saw in the travelling lil)rary of an 

 American lady a very good edition of Praed's 

 Poemx, small 8vo. clear type, published (I believe) 



in the States. The owner promised to send me a 

 fac-simlle of the work, on her return to New York; 

 but family bereavements and various painful cir- 

 cumstances have arisen to banish the recollection 

 of such a promise. I have .isked for the book in 

 vain in London ; but if your correspondent K. S. 

 is very anxious to procure a copy, I would sug- 

 gest an order for it, given through Chapman in 

 the Strand, to whom Wiley and Putnam appear to 

 have transferred the American literary agency. I 

 should think the price would not exceed six or 

 seven shillings. Yunaf. 



[This collection was publislied by Griswold of New 

 York in 1844. We saw a copy at Tupling's, No. 320. 

 Strand, a few days since.] 



John a Camber (Vol. iv., p. 83.). — Some months 

 ago Mr. J. P. Collier made some inquiries re- 

 specting John a Kent, the Princess Sidanen, and 

 John a Cumber. Respecting the two latter I was 

 enabled to furnish some information ; and since 

 that I have fallen upon the traces of John a Cum- 

 ber. My inquiries have recently been directed to 

 the scene of the Battle of Cattraeth or Siggeston 

 (Kirby Sigston) ; and I have endeavoured, hither- 

 to ineffectually, to find some good description of 

 the scenery of the North Riding of Yorkshire, and 

 of the great plain of Mowbray, wliicli was probably 

 the scene of the conflict desci-ibed by Aneurin, 

 and which, I believe, includes both Catterick and 

 Sigston. It was in that country that I found 

 John ii Cumber, who is most probably the person 

 described in the following extract: — 



" Thirsk. — In the reign of Henry VII. an insur- 

 rection broke out here, in consequence of an obnoxious 

 tax. This was a subsidy granted by the parliament to 

 the king, to enable him to carry on the war in Brit- 

 tany against the French. The Earl of Northumber- 

 land had signified at an assembly, that the king would 

 not remit any part of the tax, though the northern 

 people had besought it ; when they, taking the earl to 

 be the causa of the answer, fell upon, and slew him, 

 together with several of his servants, at the instigation 

 of one John a Chamber. They then placed themselves 

 under a leader. Sir John Egremond, who, on being 

 defeated by the Earl of Surrey, fled into Burgundy. 

 John a Chamber and some others were taken, and exe- 

 cuted at York." — A Picturesque Tour in Yorkshire and 

 Derbyshire, by the late Edward Dayes, London, 1825, 

 pp. 147-8. 



Dayes gives no authorities *; but this may afford 

 a clue to further discoveries. T. Stephens. 



Merthyr, Nov. 21. 1851. 



Panishnent of Prince Edward of Carnarvon 

 (Vol. iv., PI). i338. 409.). —Me. W. S. Gibson 

 will find further partlcidars of the offence and 

 punishment of this prince in a paper by Mr. 



[* Dayes' account of the above insurrection will be 

 found in Kennett's History of England, vol. i. p. 595. 

 —Ed.] 



