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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



L2»a S. IX. Mar. 10. 'CO. 



burgh." In an Ordinary (Ph. Orel. 94 b ) of 

 Arms in Philpot's MS. Collections, also in this 

 college, a similar coat is ascribed to " S r de 

 Lughtburgh," the cheveron being gutte de poix ; 

 but neither the cheveron on the jupon of the 

 figure, nor that upon the shield, has any in- 

 dication of being charged with any bearing what- 

 ever. 



Amongst the Parliamentary Writs published 

 by the Record Commission, the name of Lught- 

 burgh occurs in the time of Edward II. (Par- 

 liamentary Writs, vol. ii. Div. II., Part I. pp. 413, 

 414. Nos. 47. 52.) Nicholas de Loughborough 

 (or Lughtburgh) Clerieus was Paymaster of the 

 Levies in the county of York (Richmond and 

 Craven excepted) ; Commission tested at Berwick- 

 upon-Tweed 18 June, 4 Edw. II. (lb. vol. ii. Div. 

 III. Part ii. p. 379. No. 37.) "William de Lough- 

 borough (or Lughteburg) was certified pursuant 

 to writ tested at Clipstone 5 March 9 Edw. II. as # 

 one of the Lords of the township of Dulverton 

 in the county of Somerset (lb. vol. ii. Div. II. 

 Part ii. p. 248. No. 122.), and William de Lough- 

 borough (Loughteburgh) was one of the Manu- 

 captors for the appearance of Thomas Rys, &c, 

 in the Court of King's Bench in Hilary Term, 

 17 Edw. II. (Part n. Div. iii. p. 117. of the 

 Digest.) 



Setting aside, for a moment, the character of 

 the armour as being nearly a century too early to 

 be that of the time when Lord Wenlok was slain 

 at Tewkesbury, we have the authority of Leland 

 (vol. vi. fol. 81., &c.) that amongst those who 

 fell at the battle of Tewkesbury in 1471 was 

 " Doininus de Wenlok," "eujus corpus alio ad 

 sepulturam translaluin est" (Dugdale's Monasticon, 

 ed. 1819, ii. 56.), which shows that he was not 

 buried at Tewkesbury. And this is also cor- 

 roborated by Vincent in a MS. volume of his. 

 collection in this college (Quid non, p. 403 ), who 

 says, amongst others, most of whom are said to 

 have been buried at Tewkesbury, " Lo Wenlok 

 slain in the field and his body taken from thence 

 to be buried." 



It is said that he was buried at Luton in Bed- 

 fordshire. (Bennett's Tewkesbury, 8vo. 1830, p. 

 167.) 



I have brought the foregoing facts into juxta- 

 position with each other ; and the almost only 

 coincidence I can offer is that of Meyrick's de- 

 scription of the armour with the date in which 

 I find the arms of Lughtburgh. It yet remains 

 for future investigations, or future discoveries, to 

 throw such a light upon the monumental figure 

 in question as will decide to whom this monu- 

 ment was erected. Upon a very transient visit 

 to Tewkesbury in August last, my attention was 

 called to this sepulchral effigy ; and I regret that 

 I did not particularly notice the architectural 

 structure of the tomb, which might have cor- 



roborated the date I have ventured to ascribe to 

 the effigy which reposes upon it. 



Thos. Wm. King, York Herald. 

 College of Arms. -, 



PS. — If any correspondent of " N. & Q." could 

 throw any light upon this subject, it would be 

 desirable to communicate it in these columns. 



ORIGINAL LETTER FROM GENERAL ELIOTT, 

 AFTERWARDS LORD IIEATHFIELD. 



[We are indebted to the courtesy of Robert Cole, Esq., 

 for permission to publish the following characteristic and 

 interesting letter from the gallant and successful defen- 

 der of Gibraltar. In the King's Collection in the British 

 Museum is a gold medal, which is supposed to be one of 

 those referred to in the letter. It has on one side a view 

 of Gibraltar. 



Above. PKB TOT DISCKIMIKA RERVM. 



Below, xiii. sept. Jincci.xxxn. 



And on the reverse. Within a wreath — 



RE1>KX 



LAMOTTE 



SYDOW 



ELIOTT. 



Above. BRVDERSC11AFT.] 



" Gibraltar, 



"Feby. 16th, 1781. 

 " Dear Sir, 



" I must now apply to you for the perform- 

 ance of a most important service, about which I 

 am extremely anxious. The King is pleased to 

 confer upon me the highest honour that ever has 

 in the memory of man been bestowed upon a 

 Soldier, however great his pretensions ; and 1 pub- 

 lickly declare that notwithstanding His Majesty's 

 numerous and repeated favours to me much sur- 

 passing the utmost of my wishes, this present so 

 honourable distinction is a reward of inestimable 

 value, as proceeding solely from his royal conde- 

 scension, and his own gracious inclination to make 

 those who serve him compleatly happy ; know 

 then, my dear Sir, that amongst other marks of 

 honour to the three Battalions of his Electoral 

 Troops of Reden, Lamotte, and Sydow's Regi- 

 ments who served here during a course of years 

 with unparalleled courage, exertion, perseverance, 

 and cordiality, The King has ordered that on 

 the colours of each Battalion the devise shall be 



MIT ELIOTT KtlHM TJND SIEG, 



by which I am now associated with the most ho- 

 nourable of soldiers in the eyes of all Europe. 



" I have determined as a token of gratitude to 

 offer each Officii- and Soldier of this gallant 

 Brigade a Silver Medal recording the event, and 

 expressive of the joy I feel at being united with 

 this honourable fraternity, the drawing for it is 

 herewith inclosed; I will therefore intreat you to 

 employ the very best hand in England to form 

 the Dye, and then order twelve hundred to be 

 struck off'; the weight in silver of each I must 



