2 nd S. IX. April 21. '60.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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Milbourne Family, co. Somerset. — It is 

 said that Milborn Port gave name to an eminent 

 family, of which Sir William tie Milbourne, Knt., 

 temp. Edw. TIL, was a member. Is there any 

 proof of this? If so, what was the surname of the 

 family previous to taking the ' name of Mil- 

 bourne ? 



Was the ancient family of Charrone (who bore 

 for arms gu. a chev. between 3 escallops arg.) any 

 relation to that of Milbourne? 



Of what branch of the family was^Ralph Mil- 

 bourne, steward of the monastery of Glaston- 

 bury ? 



Is tbei'e any pedigree extant of the Mil- 

 bournes of Milborn Port and Dunkerton, both in 

 co. Somerset ? If so, where are they deposited ? 



A Genealogist. 



The Rev. Alex. Colden. — Can any corre- 

 spondent supply me with the full title to An Elegy 

 upon the Death of the llcv. Alexander Colden, late 

 Minister of the Gospel at Oxname, fyc. Sm. 8vo., 

 pp. 36., written, according to an acrostic at the 

 end, by George Robson. 



The poet is a very homely one : speaking of 

 Mr. C.'s family, he says : — 



" Me had no children left, excepting twa; 

 The one of whom is in America." 



Which latter seems to point at Cadwallader 

 Colden, the founder of a considerable name in the 

 New World. J. O. 



Titlur. — Sugar-loaves of a certain class are, 

 in commerce, termed titlers. What is the deriva- 

 tion of the word ? Is it from a fanciful resem- 

 blance in shape to a teat, or dug ? T. Lamfray. 



James Dalton, of Clare Hall, B.A. 1787, M.A. 

 1790, was rector of Copgrove in Yorkshire, and 

 appears to have been well skilled in natural his- 

 tory. (See Freeman's Life of Kirby, 229 — 232. 

 243.) When did he die ? 



C. H. & Thompson Cooper. 

 Cambridge. 



The Window Tax. — 



" Your frozen heart ne'er learned to glow 

 At other's joy, or melt at woe, 



Your very roof is chilling ; 

 There bounty never sheds her ray; 

 You e'en shut out the light of day, 

 To save a paltry shilling! " 



("Ode to Jenlcinson."— Fitzpairick.) 



1 1 was said that Jenkinson, though he was in 



al the time the window-tax was imposed, 



was one of the first to set the example, at his seat 



near Croydon, of stopping up windows in order 



ipe the duty. 



The practice, at first decried, soon became 



general. I remember hearing it said, many years 



after, that on occasion of the peace of 1802, the 



effeel of tin' illumination at my grandmother's 



''"" t ' — a|large and handsome house in South 



Hants — was completely marred through the 

 many windows that had been stopped up. For 

 some reason, I believe on account of the weather, 

 they could not place lights outside of the darkened 

 windows. 



Perhaps this anecdote, merely as a reminiscence 

 of ancient days, may prove interesting to some of 

 your readers. yy. l\ 



Seals of Lord Hastings of Abergavenny. 

 — Among the impressions of seals on sale by 

 M'Ready of Norwich are two concerning which I 

 should be glad if you or your correspondents' 

 could supply information. 



They are called the seal and counter-seal of 

 John Lord Hastings of Abergavenny. Of this 

 name there were two barons, who died severally 

 in 1313 and 1325. 



The seals are of similar size, circular, 4 inches 

 diameter, and each bears a heater-shaped shield 

 2 inches broad by 2^ i»ches high. 



The seal bears " On a cross between 4 fl.-de- 

 lys, 5 fk-de-lys." The shield is placed between 

 three sprigs of something resembling the hop, and 

 round the whole is a legend broken away at the 

 top, and elsewhere much defaced. It seems to 

 me to be — 



" n tome : johaxa mv . . . . n . . 



. . . lle god: namende: m " 



The counterseal bears also " a cross charged 

 with 5 fl.-de-lys," but it is placed between 1 and 

 4, a lion passant looking sinisterwards ; 3. a lion 

 rampant also looking sinisterwards ; and 4. a lion 

 rampant. 



On each side is a sort of dragon, very like a 

 Plesiosaurus, climbing up the shield, and there 

 are traces of something like a third one above. 



The legend is broken away at the top, and much 

 defaced. I cannot make out the following : — 



" he: or-L: odesiet: ioii: hie .... 



and I am not certain even of these letters. 



The execution of the seals is very rude indeed, 

 and the crosses are very thin. 



What are these arms ? They are not Hastings 

 or Cantelupe. I cannot learn that they are Aber- 

 gavenny. And what are the legends? 



Any information of these points will much 

 oblige Querist. 



Pamela. — How is this name pronounced in 

 England ? In Jeaffrcson's Novels and Novelists, 

 from Elizabeth to Victoria, is this passage : " So 

 much for ' Pamela,' " which altered the pronunci- 

 ation of the name from Pope's, 



" The gods to curse Pamela with her prayers." 



From this we are to conclude that after the 

 publication of Richardson's novel what had been 

 called Pamela became Pamchi. It is pronounced 

 in both ways in this country. Richardson's novels 



