Obituary. WILLIAM PRIDEAUX COURTNEY, fordshire Letter Book for the IN the death of William Prideaux Courtney, which BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES.-NOVEMBER. MR. WILLIAM BROWN of Edinburgh offers, we notice, in his Catalogue 209 copies of nine Family Histories prepared by Sir William Fraser. The most important of these are The Annandale Family,' 2 vols., 4to, 1894, 187. 188.; The Book of Carlaverock,' 2 vols., 4to, 1873, 15l. 108.; and The Red Book of Menteith,' 1880, 2 vols., 4to, 10l. 10s. Robertson's Genealogical Account of the Principal Families in Ayrshire, more particularly in Cunninghame,' complete, with the Supplement, in 4 vols., cr. 8vo, 1823-7, is here to be had for 211. A very good item is 'Scottish Arms,' a collection of armorial bearings, 1370-1678, containing numerous coats reproduced in coloured fascimile from contemporary MSS., with notes by R. R. Stodart, 1881, which is offered for 421., being one of the two copies printed on vellum. A complete First Series of the publications of the Scottish Text Society, 65 parts in 50 vols., costs 301. In this price are included the four volumes yet to be issued to complete the series. MESSRS. MAGGS'S Catalogue No. 316 gives a list of works on Travel, Topography, Heraldry, and Natural History. The first part consists of books connected with English counties, many of great interest. We may mention from among them (under Cambridgeshire') the original unpublished MS. by Nicolas Robinson of the Commentarii Hexemeri rerum Cantabrigiæ actarum cum Serenissima Regina Anglie Elizabeth in Academiam Cantabrigie Advenerat Anno Domini Ox 1564, Aug. 5,' bound up with Of the Actes done · Under Australasia' D'Ur LONDON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1913. CONTENTS.-No. 205. NOTES:-Casanova and Mary Anne Clarke, 421-Sir John Chardin, Kt., 422-St. Mary, Amersham, Inscriptions, 423-Oldest Indian Settlement in British Columbia car Matrimonial Complications-Bastinado: Golf - Sticks The Duchess of Malfi,' 424-Hertfordshire Superstitions, 425. QUERIES:-Words awaiting Explanation, 425-"Tran-"Tramp" "Pail": Butter Rents, 426-Col. Thomas Povey-Words and Phrases in 'Lorna Doone'— Burlesques of Mystery Plays, 427-"Spinet"-Thomas Parkinson, Artist- British Infantry-Lady Huntingtower's Poems: Toone-Harry Davis-Jennings of Salehurst Bibliographical Queries-Thomas Burbidge and Other Poets, 428-"Museum" Sermon-Oxford Parody on Belshazzar's Feast-Wallace of St. Thomas-"The great Quaker"-"Firing-glass"-Staveley-Greek Typo graphy-Culpeper of Kent, 429. REPLIES:- Hugh Peters - Statue in Queen Square, Bloomsbury, 430-Emeline de Reddesford: "D'Evereux and Salisbury-"Jongheer," 431 Author WantedHeart-Burial in Niches, 432-Matt Morgan-The College School, Gloucester References Wanted - Octagonal Meeting Houses -- Churchwardens' Accounts, Saffron Walden, 433-"Angelina Gushington "- Watts's Catechism-Simon de Montfort and Lewes-Superstition in the Twentieth Century-Toft of Leeke, co. StaffordHighlanders at Quebec-Ancient Wit and Humour, 434Bishop Richard of Bury's Library, 435-Knight's Cap worn underneath Helmet-Haymarket Theatre in the Seventies-Anthony Marsh, Clockmaker-The Pilgrim Fathers: John Alden, 436-Bennett of Wallhills, 437Yorkshire Place-Names - The Silver Domino '-Original of Translation Wanted-New "Circus" for London, 438. NOTES ON BOOKS:-'Rustic Speech and Folk-LoreThe British Empire Universities Dictionary-Eliza bethan Rogues and Vagabonds'-' Archæology of the Old Testament'-'Catalogue of Parish Register Series' -'The Queen' Christmas Number. Notices to Correspondents. Notes. CASANOVA AND MARY ANNE CLARKE. THE memoirs of the Venetian adventurer Casanova have received so many interesting illustrations from contributors to N. & Q.' that it may not be inappropriate to call attention through its pages to a curious mistake which occurs in one of the latest books relative to his career. I allude to a French translation of certain letters addressed to Casanova by women of his acquaintance. The original work in Italian I have not seen, but I presume that the French version follows it exactly : "Lettres de Femmes à Jacques Casanova, recueillies et annotées par Aldo Ravà, traduites de l'italien par Édouard Maynial." There is no date on the title-page, but Rava's Preface is dated "Venise, Octobre, fut, comme sa sœur Sophie, une des aventurières "Marianne Clarke, amie d'Élise von der Recke, politiques qui florissaient au XVIIIe siècle. Elle épousa, en 1794, Wilhelm Clarke, duc de Feltre (1763-1818), général des armées de Napoléon; mais après une seule année de mariage, elle se sépara de lui. Se faisant passer pour veuve, elle noua une intrigue avec le duc d'York, commandant en chef des Anglais dans la troisième guerre de la coalition, et sut le dominer au point de lui arracher quelques secrets d'État. Ayant découvert la supercherie, le duc l'abandonna, en lui refusant tout secours; alors elle dévoila les secrets dont elle lui avait arraché la confidence, et il dut donner sa démission de général. Ça se passait en 1809. On ne sait ensuite ce qu'elle devint. Casanova parle de Marianne Clarke dans la lettre adressée le 27 avril au comte Marcolini, publiée par Ottman ('Jacob Casanova,' 1900, p. 191): 'J'ai connu ici, c'est à dire à Toeplitz, une jeune dame anglaise très intéressante. Elle porte le nom de Clarke, en qualité de femme de ce général qui devait aller à Vienne négocier la paix... Elle a pris un quartier chez le traiteur pour quatre mois, et elle pense d'aller passer quinze jours à Dresden, qu'elle n'a jamais vu. J'ai pensé un moment à lui donner une lettre pour vous; mais je ne me suis pas décidé. Je la crois dangereuse pour un seigneur convalescent.'' Now this Marianne Clarke could not have been identical with the Mary Anne Clarke who was mistress to the Duke of York, and whose trafficking in the sale of commissions in the Army was the subject of a Parliamentary inquiry in 1809. It is well known that Mary Anne Clarke's husband, or reputed husband, was a London tradesman concerned in some way in the building trade. The 'D.N.B.' describes him as a mason; other authorities speak of him as a carpenter. It is certain, at all events, that the Clarke of whom she was supposed to be the wife was not the celebrated French general of that name. upon him in the month of March, 1683, the Honour of Knighthood. He published the first Edition Folio Volume, but they have been since several of his Travels in our Language, in a large Times printed with many Corrections, great Improvements, & considerable Augmentations in French. He continued to reside here & purchased a considerable Estate, so that in the Reign of Queen took Occasion to shew how much the Wealth of Anne we find him frequently mentioned by such as England was increased by encouraging Foreigners of the Protestant Religion to come and settle amongst us. Sir John died at a good old Age on Christmas Day, 1712. He left behind two Sons, & several Daughters. "His eldest Son was created a Baronet of this which, rumour said, were of a very compromising character, as containing remarks by the Duke on his brothers, especially the Prince Regent, and on other members of the Royal family, which were the reverse of flattering. But it was understood that the astute lady had driven a pretty hard bargain before she gave the letters back. A sum of not less than 7,000l. had, in the first place, to be paid to her account; and, in the second, an annuity of 400l. a year secured to her for life. On these spoils of victory she settled in France, where she died at Boulogne, having survived the Duke of York by a quarter of a century. It is strange that neither the Italian editor of the Lettres nor his French translator should have consulted one another of the many books which are extant respecting Mary Anne Clarke. Had they done so, they could never have imagined for a moment that the Duke of York's mistress had been the wife of the distinguished French soldier who, under the first Napoleon, became the Duc de Feltre. In referring to the mistake in question-World, who expected with Impatience so useful which, so far as I am aware, has hitherto passed unnoticed-I must, in justice, add that in the volume in which it occurs it seems to be a very exceptional one. In all other respects the Lettres' are admirably edited. Sydney, N.S.W. or common MORGAN MCMAHON. Kingdom by his late Majesty K. G. 1st and having purchased from Granthum Andrews Esq' of Sunbury the noble seat of Kempton Park in Middlesex, & not far from Hampton Court, fixed there & is still living & unmarried. The old Gentleman employed a great Part of the latter Period of his Life in compleating his Book of Travels, and intended, as himself informs us, to have written a distinct Treatise explaining a great Variety of Passages in the Scripture from the Customs & Manners of the Eastern Nations, with which no unlucky Accidents was hindred from falling [?] that man was better acquainted than he; but by many Promise, to the no small Concern of the learned and instructive a Book, of writing which he was extremely capable; and of seeing anything of the same Kind, the Public since his Death seem to despair." It should be noted that Chardin died in 1712-not in 1713, as stated in 'D.N.B.' His will, which is dated 20 Sept., 1711, was proved in P.C.C. (231 Barnes), 29 Dec., 1712, by his son-in-law, Charles Parry of Oakfield, near Mortimer, Berks. Chardin Green in the parish of Chiswick, and mentions the following relatives :— SIR JOHN CHARDIN, KT. (1643-1712). | describes himself in his will as of Turnham THE following, from an old MS. temp. George II., may be of interest as supplementing the particulars given in the 'D.Ñ.B.' of this distinguished traveller :— "Sir John Chardin's Travels-The Author of these Travels was a Gentleman of a good Family in France & of a liberal Education; He applied himself to Commerce very early and prosecuted with great Success the most considerable Branch of foreign Trade, that of dealing as a Merchant in Jewels, which he understood perfectly, & by which he acquired, with an unspotted Character, a very large and affluent Fortune. He made several Excursions into the East by different Roads, & resided several Years in Persia, had very great and uncommon Opportunities of entering deeply into the Subjects of which he has treated, and digested his Accounts with great Accuracy and Perspicuity, so that they have been esteemed not only here, but in France, & throughout Europe in general, as the most perfect in their Kind that have hitherto appeared. This Gentleman, when the Persecution against the Protestants broke out in France, came over hither and brought great Riches with him. He was received with much Respect at Court, & King Charles the 24 as a Mark of his Favour, bestowed "My sister Dame Mary Charlotte du Frane and her son Capt. John de Laett-my cousin Daniel cousin Jane Goutier, spinster - my son John Bernard, Esq., and all my grandchildren - my Chardin-my son George Chardin-my daughter Elizabeth Chardin." Two other daughters were Julia, wife of The will of Sir John Chardin, Bart., dated 18 July, 1747, was proved in P.C.C. (98 Paul), 28 April, 1755 by his nephew Sir Philip Musgrave of Edenhall, co. Cumberland, Bart. In this will are mentioned : Musgrave, Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford; my G. R. BRIGSTOCKE. ST. MARY'S, AMERSHAM, BUCKS: CHURCHYARD INSCRIPTIONS. (See 11 S. vii. 464; viii. 23, 103, 204, 303.) THE following is the final instalment of these inscriptions: 172A. Edward Weller | died August 7, 1850 | aged 59 years. 172B. Caroline Weller | widow of Edward Weller | died 13 Nov. 1874 | aged 81 years. 173. Edward Weller, | eldest son of John Weller, and Katherine, his wife, who died 7th August 1850, aged 59 years | Also of | Caroline, his widow, who died 13th November 1874, | aged 81 years. 174. Sacred To the Memory of Katherine wife of John Weller, who died April the 12th 1799 | Aged 38 Years | Also of | Katherine Daughter of the above mentioned | John and Katherine Weller who died September 19th, 1795 | Aged 6 Months. 175. John Weller | who departed this Life | the 24th of December 1843, | In the 85th Year of his Age. | Also of | Elizabeth, his Widow | Who departed this Life | Oct 23rd, 1851, | Aged 82 Years. 176. William Weller, who departed this Life | the 2nd of May 1843, In the 80th Year of his age | Also of | Sarah Weller, Wife of the above, who departed this Life | the 4th of March 1820, | Aged 57 Years. 177. William Weller, who Died March 31st 1802, in the 75th Year of his age. | Also of | Ann, Wife of the above mentioned | William Weller who Died 2nd April 1817, | in the 85th Year of her age. 178. Lydia, Widow of William Hickman | Late of Daventry | in the County of Northampton, who died May 11th 1810, Aged 65 Years. Also of | Eliza, Daughter of John and Elizabeth Weller | Grandaughter of the above named Lydia Hickman, who died October 26th 1810, 6 179. George Channer Esqre, of Great Winchester Street, | London: | who died at Amersham, November 28th, 1830: Aged 51 Years. | Also to the Memory of Mary-Widow of the Above; who died at St. John's Wood London; Novr. 14th 1860, aged 77 years. 180. James, son of | William and Sarah Weller, who died September 16, 1819, | aged 26 years. also of Benjamin, their youngest son, who died February 9, 1820, in the 18th year of his age | Also of Ann, wife of William Hill Pears, | and daughter of the above | who died at Coventry, September 6, 1829, | aged 43 years and was buried in St. Michael's churchyard of that City Also of Charles Richard, son of the above, who died in Threadneedle Street, | September 22nd 1830, Aged 39 Years. | and was buried in | St. Bartholomew's Churchyard, | Royal Exchange, London. There were fifty-nine bodies altogether removed from the mausoleum and reinterred in the churchyard, but two of them -Nos. 172A and 172B-were not placed with the others, but buried with their relatives, just by the north side of the tower. The flat stone No. 173 is to their memory. James Rumsey, M.D. (see No. 119), was a noted surgeon living at Amersham, son of a Mr. Rumsey formerly a medical practitioner at Chesham. He is mentioned in Worthies of Buckinghamshire,' by Robert Gibbs, Aylesbury, 1887. 151, 152 Cowell, 164, 165 Dawson, 55 Drake, 141, 142, 143 S-, C., 43 S-, J., 43 INDEX OF NAMES (continued). Urmston, 13 the churches of the natives will not be spared. The Indians are moving their property to two new villages built for them on the reserve in Walker] S. (Anne ?), the Goose country, 15 miles up the Fraser, and on Duck Lake, 12 miles up the Nechaco river. When the railway company purchased the Indian reserve which is the site of Prince George, it that new villages should be built for the tribe. was agreed through the Dominion Government 62 Walker, 62, 105, 106 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 180, 181 White, 20 Statham, 40, 41, 42, Wilson, 22 Thorne, 109, 110 Wingrove, 88, 89 97 Woolmer, 98 INDEX OF PLACES. Hampstead Norris, The town to be burned down is one of the oldest the fact that early discoverers found they carried 79, Talbot Street, Dublin. MATRIMONIAL COMPLICATIONS.-The will of William Davies of Penryn, co. Cornwall, dated 6 July, 1616, proved P.C.C. 2 Jan., Harefield, Middlesex, 19 1616/17, seems to suggest some curious matrimonial complications : Ilford, Essex, 131 Kingsand, Devon, 98 Item I give and bequeath unto Anne, nowe or sometyme my wief, if shee be livinge, twelve pence, more I give and bequeath unto Stephen Davies her son twelve pence. Item I give and bequeath unto Henry, John, Philip, and William, the children of Jane, the daughter of Robert Peers, my supposed wief, five poundes a piece. Monkwearmouth, Dur- Item I give and bequeath unto Anne the daughter of the said Jane tenne poundes." Lee, The, 5 ham, 99 St. Bartholomew, Royal St. John's Wood, Lon- dlesex, 21 BASTINADO : GOLF-STICKS.-John Burbury, who travelled with Lord Henry Howard from Vienna to Constantinople (Relation of a Journey,' London, 1671), mentions the following incident. At Jogada, half way between the two places mentioned above, the cook of the Englishmen's host ran away, but was caught and “ drubbed most severely," receiving on his bare feet 200 strokes with a stick as big and shaped like that we play at Goff with, in so much Westow, York, 121, 122 that he was black in the face, and, lolling Worcester, 128 out his tongue, expired in a manner, but afterwards recovered.' L. L. K. Threadneedle Street, MONUMENTAL MASONS. Burgess, E., 62, 91 Jones, Brick Lane, St. Luke, London, 63 Amersham. OLDEST INDIAN SETTLEMENT IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.-The following comes from The Freeman's Journal of 1 Nov. : "The entire Indian village on the site of Prince George, the new Grand Trunk Pacific town, will be burned down within a few days to make way for the new town. The torch will be applied ruthlessly, and the ancestral homes of the tribes will be swept away to the last building. Even 66 'THE DUCHESS OF MALFI.' (See ante, p. 355.)-I have been courteously informed by MR. H. DUGDALE SYKES that others had anticipated me in seeing a reference to Webster's play in the letter of the Venetian of 1618. Dr. E. E. Stoll in his book' John Webster,' 1905, has the following foot-note : "A writer in The Quarterly Review for 1859, in his review of a translation of Busino's journals and despatches by Rawdon Brown (not published then, and, so far as I can discover at the British Museum, still not published) adds in a note that Busino describes a play in 1618 that must be Malfi.' Ward repeats this !' History of Dramatic Literature '], iii. p. 59." |