gna &, No 11., Man. 15. °56.] 
grandfather of the Very Rev. Cutts Harman, Dean 
of Waterford. _ Y. S. M. 
Townsend. — Who was Colonel Richard Towns- 
end, ancestor of Mr. Townsend of Castle Towns- 
end, co. Cork ? and what was his wife’s name ? 
Y. S. M. 
Vaughan : Latham. — Arther Lord Chichester 
made a lease, dated March 10, 1620, of lands in 
counties of Donegal and Londonderry to Sir 
John Vaughan, Knt. Barbara Vaughan, one of 
Sir John’s daughters, married William Latham of 
Newplace, co. Londonderry, Esq. He died in 
1642, leaving a son and heir, William, and five 
daughters, of whom the eldest, Barbara, married 
Edward Synge, Bishop of Cork. Who were Sir 
John Vaughan, his wife, and children? and what 
arms did he bear? Wm. Latham’s arms were, 
Or on a chevron indented ? three roundlets 
? Isuppose a scion of the Lancashire family. 
Mesh fille 
{ We must request our correspondent to write his proper 
names more legibly, as his article has occasioned much 
loss of time in decyphering them. ] 
Pinar Queries. 
The Tau Cross.— Was this the distinguishing 
badge of any religious order in the fourteenth or 
fifteenth century? I have an impression that I 
have seen an illuminated figure of a religious 
with this cross on the shoulder. Burtensis. 
Arms of Principalities.—W hat are the emblems 
or armorial bearings of the Principalities; or I 
shall be glad to find a representation of them. 
I have searched in vain. Steruen Austin. 
Commission for Ecclesiastical Preferments. — 
What persons constituted the commission for ec- 
clesiastical preferments in the reign of William 
Ifl., and of what preferments had they the dis- 
posal? Was this commission a new feature in 
the government of the Church, or had it existed 
before ? Wr1raM Fraser, B.C.L. 
Alton, Staffordshire. 
Crediton Church, co. Devon. —Polwhele, in his 
History of Devon (vol. i. p. 234.), says : 
“Crediton deserves no notice for its buildings in 
general; that Bishop Eadulph, however, built the cathe- 
dral has been told by several writers.” 
I shall be greatly obliged to any of your cor- 
respondents who will inform me who are the 
writers here referred to? Bishop Eadulph died 
931; and I find Bishop Ethelgar consecrated the 
church between the years 937 and 939, and that 
he obtained from Pope Leo VII. and others, 
12,480 days of pardon for the donors and bene- 
factors to Crediton Minster, and those who assisted 
the work, and for King Athelstan. Query, was 
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the building commenced by Bishop Eadulph and 
finished by his successor Ethelgar ? J. T—+r. 
John Gibbon of Sedgeley. —Information is de- 
sired respecting John Gibbon of Sedgley, co. 
Salop. He died Sept. 9, 1727, leaving him sur- 
viving at least four sons, viz. John Gibbon, 
Richard Gibbon, Edward Gibbon, and Toby Gib- 
bon. The last named, Toby Gibbon, had two 
daughters, namely, Anne Gibbon and Mary 
Gibbon. 
John Gibbon must have been advanced in life 
at the period of its termination, being then a 
grandfather. To whom was he married, and what 
were his father’s and his mother’s names and resi- 
dences? To whom were his sons married, and 
their descendants ? S. N. R. 
Catterson Smith's Portrait of the Queen.— Per- 
haps you, or some of your readers, can tell me 
whether Mr. Catterson Smith’s portrait of the 
Queen is (as I think it is) the first royal portrait 
ever painted in Ireland by a native artist? It 
certainly is an admirable production, and well 
calculated, in every respect, to grace the mansion- 
house of the city of Dublin. ABHBA. 
John Ker Strother. —Was there ever such a 
person as John Strother Ker, Esq., residing at 
Nenthorne, in Berwickshire? If so, required to 
know whether he was buried at Nenthorne, 
whether he left any issue, and how it was that he 
bore the name of Strother in conjunction with 
that of Ker? 
In Hodgson’s History of Northumberland, there 
is an account of the Strothers of Kirknewton, 
Fowberry Tower, and Bedenhall. Will any cour- 
teous reader of “ N. & Q.,” possessing the work, 
kindly make an extract of the pedigree? The 
same book contains, I believe, the pedigree of the 
Kers or Kerrs. Any further information con- 
cerning the family will be thankfully received by 
HEeERraxpicus. 
The Sacramental Wine originally administered 
in Wooden Cups; when and by whom the change 
was first made. — There is a black letter dwarf 
quarto volume, entitled The Pageant of Popes, 
contayning the Lyues of all the Bishops of Rome, 
Srom the beginninge of them to the Yeare of Grace, 
1555.” It is divided into six books; the first con- 
tains the lives of the bishops, the second of the 
archbishops, and the remaining four of the Popes 
of Rome: 
‘‘Shewing manye straunge, notorious, outragious, and 
tragical partes, played by them, the like whereof hath 
not els bin hearde: both pleasant and profitable for this 
age. Written in Latin by Maister Bale, and vow En- 
glished with sondrye additions by J. 8. [John Studley ]. 
London, 1574.” 
From the first book of the above work, I ex- 
tract the following account of Zepherinus, the 
