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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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There was an Arthur Skarlett in the reign of 

 Edward II., who was keeper of one of the king's 

 manors. 



The pedigree of the Norfolk Scarlelts is pre- 

 served in the Harleian MSS. at the British Mu- 

 seum ; and those of Suffolk and Essex at the 

 Heralds' College. 



The same arms borne by the Scarletts now, 

 were attested at the Heralds' Visitations 250 years 

 ago, as belonging legally to the families at that 

 date in England. 



Christiana, the daughter of James Scarlett of 

 Jamaica, grandfather of the late Lord Abinger, 

 married into the family of the Gordons of Earl- 

 ston. From that lady the present Sir William 

 Gordon of Earlston, Bart., is lineally descended. 



Hugo Scarlett and Henry de Wyndesmore were 

 returned to Parliament for the city of Lincoln, on 

 the 20th Jan. 1307, Edw. I. Vide Palgrave's 

 Writs of Parliament. A Genealogist. 



Sarah, Duchess of Somerset. — Did this lady, 

 the widow of John Seymour, fourth Duke of 

 Somerset (who died in 1675), remarry with 

 Henry, Lord Coleraine ? The only 'intimation of 

 such a marriage that has come under my ob- 

 servation, is an extract from one of the registers 

 in the office of the Vicar- General ; in which it 

 appears that a licence was issued, on the allega- 

 tion of Richard Newman of Westminster, Esq., 

 on the 17th of July, 1682, to Henry, Lord Cole- 

 raine of the kingdom of Ireland, a widower, aged 

 about fifty, and Sarah, Duchess of Somerset, a 

 widow, aged about forty; the ceremony to take 

 place in any church or chapel within the province 

 of Canterbury. 



Did such a marriage take place ? Where, and 

 when ? Patonce. 



Heraldic. — To whom do the following arms 

 belong : Az. 2 bars erm.. on a canton, a fleur de 

 lis ? G. W. M. 



Bisiioi* Horsley's " Sermons on S. Mark vii. 

 26." — I was told by a friend, some time since, that 

 the two sermons on the above text, on the Syro- 

 phoenician woman, and which are usually included 

 in the works of Bishop llorsley, were written, not 

 by himself, but by his son. And that by accident 

 the .MSS. of these Sermons having become mixed 

 up with that of other Sermons of the Bishop, they 

 were published as his after his death. It would 

 be interesting to know if the above statement can 

 lie disproved, and also on what grounds ? 



Query, Was the son above mentioned, George 

 llorsley, who graduated at Trinity Hall, Cam- 

 bridge; A.B. 1813; A.M. 1816? Bishop Ilors- 

 ley was of the same college, which makes it the 



1 '*- likely that this George llorsley was related 



to him. Alfred T. Lee. 



Carnival. — It is stated in the Milan article of 

 the Times of 27th Feb. that the inhabitants of 

 that, city and of that of Varese enjoy the privi- 

 lege (?) of four additional days of carnival; so 

 that Lent does not commence there until four 

 days later than in other parts of Christendom. 

 It is added that this was granted to them by S. 

 Ambrose. 1 should be glad to learn what au- 

 thority, if any. there is for the latter part of this 

 statement, and whether it is not merely an in- 

 genious fable of the pleasure-seekers. Vebna. 



Book of Common Prater, 1679. — " The Book 

 of Common Prayer, and Administration of the 

 Sacraments, frc, folio. London : printed by John 

 Bill and Christopher Barker, Printers to the 

 King's most Excellent Majesty, 1679." In the 

 Litany the prayers are for — 



" That it may please thee to bless and preserve our 

 gracious Queen Katherine, Mary the Queen Mother, 

 James Duke of York, and all the l.'oyal family." 



Query, Who was "Mary the Queen Mother" ? 

 The same names are used in the other prayers.* 



M. 



Frances Lady Atkyns. — I should feel in- 

 debted could any of your readers inform me of 

 the pedigree of Frances Lady Atkyns, the second 

 wife of Sir Edward Atkyns, a Baron of the Ex- 

 chequer, to whom she was married, according to 

 the Hackney registers, the 16th Sep. 1645. Her 

 maiden name was Gulston. Was she a member 

 of the family of Gulston of Widial, co. Herts? 

 She was buried at Hackney, 20th March, 1703-4, 

 and is stated to have been over 100 years of age. 



C. S. 



Cushions on Communion Table. — Among 

 other questions about authorised and unauthorised 

 church ornaments which have been so much 

 discussed on all sides, one has lately arisen which 

 seems not foreign to the province of " N. & Q." 

 It has been asked, " what the authority is (if any 



[* We have not been able to meet with a copy of the 

 Common Prayer of this date containing the words" Mary 

 the Queen Mother." In our researches for it, however, we 

 made the following singular discovery. The Brit- Museum 

 contains The Book of Common Prayer, 4to., 1G78, fol. and 

 8vo., 1G79, but in the Litany and Collects the petitions are 

 for James (II.), Mary, Princesses Mary and Anne, except in 

 one or two prayers in the Occasional Offices the name of 

 Charles is retained. As James ll.'s accession did not 

 take place until 1685, we at first suspected that the book- 

 seller had inserted title-pages of editions of the preceding 

 reign; but after a caieful examination of the paper and 

 binding, we are inclined to think differently. Can any 

 of our correspondents clear up this anachronism? 



Since writing the foregoing, we have submitted the 

 Query to Mr. Offor, who informs us that " the ana- 

 chronisms ma3' he accounted for by the books having 

 been printed in Holland to escape the Copyright Act. 

 They abound in errors, especially as regards the dates of 

 publication, i have one dated 1599 on the general title 

 and on that of the i\'ew Testament, but in the imprint at 

 the end the date is 1633." — Ku.l 



