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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2»* S. IX. Mar. 3. '60. 



ball's Lodges Peerage of Ireland, vol. iv. ; Play- 

 fair's British Family Antiquity, vol. v. ; Burke's 

 Extinct and Dormant Peerage (1846), and other 

 similar publications ; but, as was lately remarked, 

 " more might well be in print respecting the Fitz- 

 williams of Merrion." Abhba. 



Fisher Family. — 'Where can I find the pedi- 

 gree of Thomas Fisher, of Acton, Middlesex, Esq., 

 who married in 1755 Margaret, sister of Lord 

 Pigot, and whose second daughter married, in 

 J 787, Francis, late Earl of Kilmorey. Pronessos. 



Irish Kings Knighted. — 



"When Richard tbe 2ml, in 1395, made a royal tour 

 (o Ireland, he was met in Dublin by the four provincial 

 Kings, whom he intended Knighting; but they declined 

 this compliment, eacli having received that honour from 

 his father at 7 years old." — Selden's Titles of Honour. 



Who were the four Kings, and where did they 

 reside ? Were there acknowledged Kings of Ire- 

 land after the conquest by Henry II. ? 



S. Pedmond. 



Liverpool. 



Geo. Middleton's MS. — There is a translation 

 in Latin Iambics of the Cassandra [Alexandra] of 

 Lycopliron, by George Middleton (Brit. Museum 

 Addit. MS. 840.). What is the date of this trans- 

 lation, and who was the author ? * Z. 



Peers serving as Mators. — In Baines's His- 

 tory of Liverpool, the following noblemen are 

 stated to have served the office of mayor of Liver- 

 pool in the period from 1356 to 1843, viz. : — 

 " 1585. Frederick Lord Strange. 

 1603. William, Earl of Derby. 

 1625. Lord Strange. 

 16G6. Charles, Earl of Derby. 



1667. Thomas Viscount Colchester. 



1668. William, Lord Strange. 

 1677. William, Earl of Derby. 

 1707. James, Earl of Derbv. 

 1734. James, Earl of Derby." 



I should like to know whether any other in- 

 stances exist in which peers have been elected to 

 hold the office of mayor of a borough or city ? 

 and if not, why the custom was confined to 

 Liverpool ? Algernon Brent. 



Burrows Family. — Wanted information re- 

 specting the family of Burrows or Burrowes, who 

 were staunch followers of Charles II., and about 

 him at the time he was concealed in the oak : 

 hence the tree upon their arms. S. M. S. 



George Adams', M.A., was author of, 1st, Ser- 

 mons, &c, 8vo., 1752; 2nd, Systems of Divinity, 

 Ecclesiastical History, and Morality, &c, 8vo., 

 1768. Was he of St. John's College, Cambridge ? 



Z. 



[* This MS. seems to be about the time of Charles L, 

 1635. The translation is dedicated to the Bishop of Win- 

 chester. — Ed.] 



Fletcher Family. — Is it the case, as com- 

 monly reported, that the ancestor of the Fletcher 

 family came over with William the Conqueror, and 

 was an archer in his band ? hence the arrow in their 

 arms. Where can information on the various 

 wide-spread and numerous families of this name 

 be obtained ? S. M. S. 



Major Pogers. — Wanted particulars reg ( ard- 

 ing Major P. Pogers, author of " Joui-nals, con- 

 taining an account of the several excursions he 

 made, under the Generals who commanded, on 

 the Continent of America, during the late War," 

 1755 — 1765, 8vo., London: A Concise Account of 

 North America, &c, 1765, 8vo. The author, I 

 think, was a native of Ireland. Z. 



Field Family. — Wanted information respect- 

 ing the Fields, of whom I have heard that their 

 names are mentioned in early history, and am 

 informed that the date of the original grant of 

 arms is so early that the document or record must 

 have been destroyed in the fire of London, when 

 the Heraldic Office and its contents, with few ex- 

 ceptions, were destroyed. S. M. S. 



Fye Bridge, Norwich. — Blomefield says, at 

 p. 822. of his History of Norwich, ed. 1745 : — 



" Fybridge Bridge, or Fy ve Bridge as it is antiently 

 called, took its name on account of its being the fifth 

 principal bridge over the river at that time." 



May I inquire if any ancient instance of its 

 being written Fyvebridge be known? The testa- 

 ment of Richard* Welly s "leprosus," dated 12 

 Nov. 1466, and proved 14 Jan. in the same year, 

 after the usual pious bequest of his soul, reads as 

 follows : — 



"Corpus q} men sepeliend' in Cimil'io Omi Stof do 

 ffitzbriggate in Civitate Norwici." 



This is the only instance of Fitzhriggate that I 

 have met with. I have been at some trouble in 

 searching for examples, but have been far from 

 successful. In all the documents to which I have 

 had an opportunity of referring (and of which the 

 first Institution Book of the Diocese, commencing 

 in 1290, is the earliest) it is written "Fybriggor," 

 " Fibrig." I am inclined to think that Fybridge 

 is a corruption of Fitzbridge, and should be glad 

 of anything tending to confirm or explode that 

 theory. Extraneus. 



Huttner's Autographs. — In "N. & Q.," Dec. 

 2, 1854, was advertised "A Catalogue of a splendid 

 Collection of Autographs belonging to the late Mr. 

 Hiittner of Leipsic, &c. may be had of Mr. Nutt," 

 &c. I wrote for and procured the above, whieh 

 was a very interesting biographical dictionary 

 upon a very small scale, but unfortunately only 

 extended to one-half of the alphabet, and I cannot 



* Consis. Reg r Jekkys, fo. 78., Norwich Court of Pro- 

 bate. 



