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seven counties, are in existence, and were printed 

 many years ago, by order of Parliament, a copy of 

 which I have. In the parish of Maiden ITewton, 

 in the county of Dorset, one of the jurors was William 

 Boneparte. In other of the parishes, in the same 

 county, Thomas Bonevyle, Robert Bonefeld, Law- 

 rence Bonefaz. In Suffolk, Simon Boneye. In Hamp- 

 shire, Badulphus Bonebrock. In Wiltshire, William 

 Boneteste, Radulphi Bienacr'. In Cambridgeshire, 

 Walter Bonebrok. In Bedfordshire, Richard Bone- 

 brok, Nicholas Bonebrok, Richard Bonebrok, Junior, 

 Nigel Bonegent. There can be little doubt that the 

 ancestors of these persons came over with William 

 the Norman, when he invaded this country, or after 

 he had gained it ; and affords a fair presumption that 

 the family of Bonaparte, was of Norman extraction. 

 Prince Lucien ^^ Bona/parte " presented a curious spe- 

 cimen of eel to the British Museum ; and Napoleon 

 the Pirst, when appointed Chief Consul for life, was 

 so invested as "Napoleon Bonaparte^ See ** Histoire 

 du Consulat et de TEmpire," par Monsieur A. Thiers, 

 The above records are in abbreviated Latin ; they 

 are very curiouSy for they shew the origin of a vast 

 number of surnames ; and are most iw^portant to the 

 clergy, as they shew in many counties what tithes, 

 glebe land, belonged then to the church, and must 

 still be its property. These rolls are very little known, 



