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ever, escaped by swimming his horse across the river, and 
retiring by unfrequented roads well known to him into 
Oxfordshire. As the story proceeds, he took care to 
arrive at the gates of his castle in the dead of night; 
and so disguised as to be known to no one except a single 
domestic, on whose fidelity he could rely. Before the 
return of day, he retired to a subterranean recess, of which 
the faithful servant retained the key, and here he re- 
mained for several months in safety and concealment ; 
but the estates being seized by the king’s orders, the 
castle dismantled, and the inhabitants dispersed by au- 
thority, some in confinement, and others to great dis- 
tauces, the unfortunate prisoner was left to perish from 
hunger in the place of his voluntary imprisonment. So 
late as in the last century, when the small remains of 
this once stately edifice were pulled down in order to 
make use of the materials, the vault was discovered, and 
the unfortunate nobleman in it, seated in a chair as he 
had died. So completely had the external air been ex- 
cluded by rubbish, at the time of dismantling the build- 
ing, that his apparel, which was gorgeous in the extreme, 
and a prayer-book lying before him upon a table, were 
discovered entire. On the free admission of the air, it 
was said, the whole crumbled into dust; but it is not im- 
probable, the sanctuary was considerably profaned by 
the rude hands of the persons who discovered it, either 
from ignorance or curiosity.” 
Can this story be confirmed? And what was 
the exact date of the demolition of the old edifice ? 
It would be strange if no pains had been taken 
to preserve even a fragment of such an extraor- 
dinary discovery. . 
It may not be uninteresting here to quote what 
Bacon says concerning the fate of Lord Lovel, in 
his History of King Henry VII.: 
* Of the Lord Lovel there went a report, that he fled and 
swam over Trent on horseback, but could not recover the 
farther side by reason of the steepness of the bank, and 
so was drowned in the river. But another report leaves 
hini not there, but that he lived long after in a cave or 
vault.” 
It is almost unnecessary to remark, that if the 
second of these reports were true, the first is just 
such a one as would naturally have arisen while 
the truth was unsuspected. JAMES GAIRDNER, 
GLANOVENTA IN THE TENTH ITER. 
Of the fifteen Iters of Antonine, which relate 
to Britain, the one which has most perplexed an- 
tiquaries is the tenth ; at least the first part of it, 
and the Query still is, “Where was Glanoventa ?” 
The undersigned proposes a new answer, namely, 
that Ravenglass, in Cumberland, is the place: 
Roman coins have been found there. The ruins 
of a strong castle-like building, near Ravenglass, 
now called ‘‘ Walls,” bear a great resemblance to 
Roman work. The mountain ridge, ending near 
Ravenglass, bears the name of Muncaster Fells. 
Some very remarkable traces of a town, now 
called “'The City of Burnsear,” are within three 
miles. A road from Ravenglass leads directly 
over and through the mountain range (the highest 
points which the road passes being Hardknot and 
Wrynose), to the head of Windermere, where the 
vestiges of a Roman station still exist: this road 
is the old pack-horse road, long used by traders 
formerly between Whitehaven and Kendal. That 
the Romans knew it is evident from the highly 
interesting remains of a castellum, admirably posi- 
tioned to guard the pass through the mountains, 
on Hardknot, and known by the name of Hard- 
knot Castle. 
It is not fair to occupy the limited space of 
“N. & Q.” with antiquarian discussions, and 
lengthened evidences ; but it may be hoped that 
some, among its many competent correspondents, 
will take up the question of the Tenth Iter, when 
further reasons may be adduced for the belief that 
Ravenglass stands in the place of Glanoventa; 
Ambleside (Roman station of Windermere) of 
Galava; Burrow Bridge on the Lone of Alone; 
Overburrow, near Kirby Lonsdale, of Galacum ; 
and Ribchester of Bremetonacis. Dr. Whitaker 
places Coccium at Blackrode, the propriety of 
which is here neither denied nor affirmed. Man- 
cunium speaks for itself. PEREGRINATOR. 
Pinar Queries. 
The Doldrums.— Are not the Doldrums certain 
latitudes near the Equator, where ships are often 
becalmed? If not, what are they? One so often 
hears of people being in the—I suppose metapho- 
rical — doldrums. Witiram Frazer, B.C.L. 
Alton, Staffordshire. 
Harrison and Negus, Norfolk.— From a pedi- 
gree of “ The Harrisons of Great Plumstead, co. 
Norfolk,” commencing in the reign of Queen 
Mary, I extract the following : 
“Thomas Harrison, of Lingwood (Norfolk), and of 
London, Gentleman, born at Gt Plumstead, April 20th, 
1722. Married there by special license Novbr 6th, 1752, 
Martha, the dau. of Thomas Negus, Esqr, of Ling- 
wood (by Martha his wife), and great grand-dau. of 
Henry Negus, Esqr¢, the husband of Sarah, the dau. of 
John Fowle, Esq", of Norwich, Barister-at-Law, by Sarah 
his wife, who was the widow of W™ Burton, Esq', of Gt 
Yarmouth, the eldest dau. of Sir George England of that 
place, and the sister of George England, Esqre, sometime 
Besos and Member of Parliament for the same bo- 
rough. 
“Tssue (born at Lingwood) Cubitt Harrison (named 
after his maternal uncle), born Oct» 15th, 1753; Martha 
Harrison, born Jany 29th, 1755; Elizt® Harrison, born 
September 5th, 1757.” é 
I shall be glad to learn, through the medium of 
“N. & Q.”:—1. Who were the parents of 
Thomas Negus (the father of Martha, the wife of 
Thomas Harrison)? 2nd. The precise relation- 
ship which existed between the said Thomas Ne- 
gus and Henry Negus, Esq'., whose daughter 
Christable was married, in 1789, to the late James 
