Queries. WE must request correspondents desiring in. formation on family matters of only private interest tc affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that answers may be sent to them direct. JOHN RUSH, Inspector-General of Regimental Hospitals, 1798, died in London, 1802. In The Gentleman's Magazine, lxxi. 1158, he is stated to have been "at ached to the guards" [sic] in North America before his promotion, in 1782, to the post of Apothecary in the Army. In The London Gazette of 16 July, 1782, he is shown promoted to Apothecary "from the Brigade of Guards." I can, however, trace no such early connexion between him and any Guards' regiment, although later he was appointed surgeon to the 2nd Horse Grenadier Guards (14 June, 1782). I should be glad to learn what his exact connexion was with the Brigade of Guards before 14 May, 1782. According to the inscription on a small stipple engraving in my possession, dated 1802, his nephew was Mr. Brook, Seal Engraver to His Majesty and the Duke of Kent. The engraving was published by R. Brook, A. PETERKIN, Col. the Strand. Dunbarney, Putney Common. DUKE OF WELLINGTON MEDAL.-I possess a tiny medal of the first Duke of Wellington, given me by Harriet, Lady Cope. The medal, by Gibbons, was one of thirteen struck, the die breaking after that number. The second Duke pronounced it a very fine likeness; it corresponds exactly with the head and shoulders of the marble bust in the Bodleian Library. My medal was purchased in a second-hand shop in London, set in a locket. I shall be glad to learn more about the medal, and especially the whereabouts of the other twelve. (Mrs.) E. E. COPE. Finchampstead Place, Finchampstead, Berks. CLACK SURNAME.-Can any of your correspondents offer me any solution or suggestion as to the origin and meaning of the surname "Clack"? Bardsley suggests that it is a variant of Clark, but this, I think, is a random shot not supported by evidence; while Lower would give it a territorial derivation from "Clack, a hamlet in Wiltshire." The latter seems improbable, since the name of the hamlet is of comparatively recent date, while the personal name, as "Clac" and Haket filius Clac," occurs in Domesday Book and the Rolls of the Pipe 66 respectively. It is a family indigenous to the borders of Oxfordshire and Berkshire, and, according to Guppy, occurs in the proportion of 1 in 30,000 population. I have my own ideas on the subject, but I should be extremely grateful for others from your more erudite readers. T. S. C. WHITBY'S LIBRARY OF LONDON BOOKS.— On Tuesday, 15 May, 1838, and the three following days, there was sold by W. & C. Pugh at Red Lion Wharf, Upper Thames Street, the library of Thomas Whitby. The little-known catalogue inadequately describes 1,012 lots of books, MSS., papers, &c., mostly relating to London history and topography; and although its descriptions are difficult to identify and frequently incorrect, it affords very many interesting indications of books that are now not known to exist or are of great rarity. Thomas Whitby was a coal merchant, and resided at this wharf, and for many years was a friend of Lambert-Jones, well known in connexion with the Guildhall Library. I have not been able to ascertain the origin of Whitby's library. He was not, so far as I can learn, a frequenter of the sale-rooms or of the literary booksellers' shops, so I assume he inherited or acquired the collections of S. T. Whitby possibly a relation. Other than the fact that he owned some very interesting books on London, I have very little to say of the latter. Much is suggested, however, by his book label: a woodcut of the City arms above his name in heavy black letters. If his name is cut from this label, what is left is identical in style and size with the ex-libris used in the books of the Guildhall Library. The inference is obvious. There is also some connexion between the library of S. T. Whitby and that of William Flower (c. 1740-48), who possessed a considerable number of interesting books and MSS. on London which ultimately formed part of the Whitby collections. Is anything else known of these useful London book-collectors? ALECK ABRAHAMS. RAWDON FAMILY.-This family is of Norman extraction, but the English pedigree is deduced from Paulinus Roydon, or Paulyn de Rawdon, who is said to have commanded a body of archers at the Battle of Hastings in William's army, for which he received grants of land near Leeds. Mr. Robert Davies in his Introduction to Life of Marmaduke Rawdon of York' (published by Camden Society in 1863) refers to a 11 S. IX. MAY 30, 1914.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 66 printed pedigree by Ralph Thoresby which the latter received from Madame Priscilla Rawdon. On p. xxviii of the same Introgenealogical duction the writer refers to a memoir of the family of Rawdon" which was intended for the press, and states that the MSS. were in the possession of Samuel August, 1712, when Bagnall, Esq., in they were examined by Ralph Thoresby, the Leeds historian. It is stated that the MSS. were in Mr. Bagnall's possession in 1741, and Mr. Davies suggests that they have Has any trace since been destroyed. of these MSS. been noted since 1741 ? and has any history of the Rawdon family been published? Where can a copy of the pedigree above Is anything known referred to be seen? about Paulinus Roydon in connexion with the Battle of Hastings or in any other respect? Is anything known about either of the ancestors of Sir George Rawdon, died August, 1683, or Marmaduke Rawdon, died 6 Feb., 1688/9 ? Any information about the Rawdon family would be gratefully received. H. H. I CHEVY CHACE' PARODY.-Where can find a parody of 'Chevy Chace' beginning Duke Smithson of Northumberland? "MISS BRIDGET ADAIR."-There is an old ditty, song, or quaint poem beginning, if my memory is to be trusted, Miss Bridget Adair lived up three pair of stair. I want to know where I can find it in its entirety, and shall be glad of enlightenment from the readers of 'N. & Q.' M. A. NEWMAN. 19, Sudeley St., Kemp Town, Brighton. COBBETT AT WORTH, SUSSEX: WORTH I should also be grateful for any informa- come across AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED.-Could any one inform me who wrote the following Nos habitat, non tartara, sed nec sidera cœli, verse, and where it originally appeared? Spiritus in nobis, qui viget, illa facit. I found it at the conclusion of the IntroOccult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa, duction to the German translation of the published by Scheible in Stuttgart, 1855. J. K. I have been making unavailing search for Shake out your reefs, Stow your griefs, For the girls have a hold of the tow-rope. The second is a humorous Scottish poem At the muckin' o' Geordie's byre It's Meg she was soople an' strang; Ilka daud o' the scartle strak fire, An' loud as a laverock she sang. describes the plans of a farm Wм. C. DOUGLAS. servant-girl for capturing the affections of her young master. 17, Church Street, Alloa. The poem Behold! the radiant Spring, G. V. L. He was forty-six, grey as a rat, earnest, thoughtful, slenderly educated, slouchily dressed and clay: his shovel ever brought to light-than any indeed soiled, but his heart was finer metal than any gold that was ever mined or minted. B. P. CHURCH, CONGREGATIONAL VINEYARD RICHMOND.-Can any one kindly inform me whether the registers of baptisms of the Vineyard Congregational Church, Richmond, for the years 1844 and 1845 are still in existT. S. ence, and, if so, where they are to be seen? BLIND MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, &c. Prof. Henry Fawcett sat in Parliament for years, and became Postmaster-General in 1880, although afflicted with blindness from the age of 25 through an accident. He was from July, 1865, to 1874 M.P. for Brighton. Sir William Tindal Robertson also represented Brighton in Parliament from November, 1886, to his death on 6 Oct., 1889, although he had lost his sight in 1873. Are there any previous instances of blind members of Parliament ? CHARLES I.: JOHN LAMBERT AND LIEUT.COL. COBBETT. appointed a Commissioner for the trial of - A John Lambert was Charles I. in 1649, but did not attend. Was this the well-known General John Lambert ? If not, who was he? King was committed to Lieut.-Col. Cobbett The custody of the and others. who in 1655 was employed, probably with Was this Col. Ralph Cobbett, his regiment, at Dundee ? F. T. HERALDIC.-Can any one tell me whose the following arms are? The tinctures are not known. Three boars' heads couped erect, 2 and 1, impaling semée of Latin crosses, three greyhounds courant, on a canton a lion passant. For crest, a lion statant on a branch. A. G. KEALY. 13, Cornwall Road, Bedford. (Iar Connacht District) I met a shepherd "STILE " = "HILL. -In West Galway a lofty hill. who was looking for lost sheep on top of He asked me, "Were you on this stile before, to-day? In Speeches of Lord Campbell at the Bar very strange to hear in this Irish-speaking I thought it and in the House of Commons,' 1842, p. 137, locality a word which seems by derivation it is said, with reference to the case Stock-(from stigan, to mount) pure Anglo-Saxon. dale v. Hansard : "On that day [23 April, Can any reader say if "stile" for 1839] Mr. Curwood appeared for the plaintiff used in any English dialect, or if it is in .concluding with an apology on account common use in Galway? Was it in use in of his being afflicted with blindness.' literary English? Any details of the life of this learned EALA. counsel will be welcomed. F. C. WHITE. ,, REV. RICHARD SCOTT.--I shall be grateful to any of your readers who can give me biographical information concerning the Rev. Richard Scott, M.A., who was appointed Master of King's Lynn Grammar School on 6 July, 1797, and resigned his post about midsummer, 1803. At the time of his appointment he is described as "of Fakenham." R. S. H. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WANTED. I should be glad to obtain any information concerning the following Old Westminsters: (1) Robert Clayton, scholar of Trin. Coll, Camb., 1668. (2) Archibald Cleveland, admitted 1722, aged 8. (3) Joseph Clement, admitted K.S., 1673. (4) Edward Cliff, admitted 1715, aged 9. (5) Richard Cliffe, admitted 1729, aged 15. (6) George Coape, born 9 May, 1805, admitted 1818. (7) Robert Cobb, born 9 Dec., 1803, admitted 1816. (8) Edward Cochran, admitted 1725, aged 11. (9) James Cockran, admitted 1717, aged 13. (10) Thomas Cockreen, admitted 1739, aged 11. G. F. R. B. 6 hill" is 'JOHN GILPIN' IN LATIN ELEGIACS.-I should be thankful to any of your readers who could tell me of a book which appeared Gilpin translated into Latin Elegiacs.' I some time ago, entitled 'The Story of John think the translation was made by a Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford, but I am unable to recall the name of the translator or of the publisher. H. T. KILGRIMOL PRIORY. The Lost Brother,' one of the stories in Mr. William Canton's Priory of Kilgrimol, the time being the reign 'Book of Saints,' has the scene laid in the of Edward III.; but I never any Priory of Kilgrimol except in this story. Did such a priory once exist? heard of J. MACDONALD, Kilgrimol School, St. Annes-on-the-Sea. Treatise of Gunnery MILITARY MACHINES.-John Gray in his having occasion to refer to the testudo, (London, 1731), musculus, vinea, and pluteus of the ancient Romans, states that these machines wer nearly to our penthouses, mantlets, galleries, and blinds," but does not describe 66 ans 11 S. IX. MAY 30, 1914.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 66 Where Castle, a praty castle at the weste end of The manor house these as used by the English army. I have all the Paroche churche.' can I find a description of them? was at that time probably not built. the references to the Roman machines in Vegetius's, Julius Cæsar's, and other writers' books, and am familiar with the ancient Greek machines as described in the PoliorL. L. K. ketika.' Replies. In Buck's Antiquities,' 1733, there will is filled by an engraving of the manor house, PRICE AND WHITCHURCH FAMILIES. John Whitchurch, Esq., this plate is grate (11 S. ix. 371.) THE Whitchurch family occupied an impor tant position in Somersetshire in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The places where they chiefly flourished are Frome and the adjacent village of Nunney. They turn up in several other parishes also, and I believe they originated at Whitchurch, near Bristol. In the days of Elizabeth members of the family are found at Road, a few miles to the east of Frome. This place was once a thriving market town, but is now a hamlet, and was in 1860 the scene of the famous Road murder. The Whitchurchs are also found at Beckington, an ancient village just outside Frome; at Long Ashton; Stapleton, near Bristol; and at Bristol itself. modern Domesday return mentions members of the family still holding property at Backwell, the village next to Long Ashton, and close to Bristol. reference 66 Frome The family were The foundations of the laid by William Whitchurch, a linendraper of Frome (see will of William Whitchurch, [61 66 of Froome Zellwood" linendraper Dale]). In the original query at above Selwood is printed The This is an error. Froomesetwood." earlier name of Frome was Frome Selwood, but the second name is now no longer used. The Whitchurchs flourished in business, and about the middle of the seventeenth century William Whitchurch became lord of the manor of Nunney, about three miles south west of Frome. Nunney Castle, dating from the thirteenth century, has been a ruin for centuries, but adjoining the ruins is a manor house known as the Castle House, and this is where the Whitchurch family lived for several generations. Previous to its occupation by them, it was owned by the Prater family. Richard Symonds's 'Diary' faire stone house in which Mr. says it was a Prater's sonne lives," Prater, the father, no doubt occupying the Castle. Leland visited the place twice, and mentions the 66 | fully inscribed by his obliged servants Sam1 "This castle having been for many ages the K. Richard II. by an heiress past into the family "At the beginning of the present century [the who was "The living is a rectory in the deanery of Frome; the patronage has been always annexed In 1292 the rectory was valued to the manor. at fifteen marks and a half. The present incumabout fifty or sixty acres of glebe. The parsonagebent is the Rev. Samuel Whitchurch. There are house, now uninhabited, was partly rebuilt by the late Rev. Samuel Whitchurch; presented to the living by the guardians of William son (1791), ii. 219. Whitchurch, a minor, in the year 1734."-CollinAgainst the south wall is an elegant mural 'Under the commonument of white and Sienna marble, the tablet whereof is thus inscribed: munion table are deposited the remains of Elizabeth and James, also near the reading desk those parish, who was called off the 5th day of January, of James-Wadham, the beloved curate of this 1776; sons and daughter of Samuel Whitchurch, rector, and Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Thomas Coward, of Spargrove, esq. in the latter in due time to rest, in consolatory expectation of of which graves their affectionate parents hope a joint resurrection to eternal life, through the merits and mediation of their blessed Redeemer.' Arms: Gules, three talbots' heads erased or; on a chief argent, guttée de sang, a lion passant sable."-Collinson, ii. 220-21. was William Whitchurch of Nunney appointed High Sheriff of Somerset, 27 Nov., 1690. Samuel Whitchurch, D.D., sometime Incumbent of Stapleton, near Bristol, succeeded to the family living of Nunney, and was for fifty years Rector there. He married, Sept. 1742, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Coward 19 March, 1766, aged 16; B.A. 1770; M.A. of Spargrove (see supra). The Rev. Samuel Whitchurch, Rector, 1797, made the following bequests to the parish of Nunney : Land adjoining parsonage orchard, left in trust to his nephews, Samuel Whitchurch, James Whitchurch, and John Eames, to provide a preparatory sermon to be preached every Good Friday for ever in the parish church of Nunney. 1007. in trust to the above mentioned nephews, the interest, &c., to be divided as follows: 25s. per ann. towards Sunday School for boys, 258. towards Sunday School for girls, and 58. to a boy, and 5s. to a girl, who say the Catechism best. 101. to the poor to be given the next Christmas after his decease. Mr. William Whitchurch of Nunney in or about 1742 gave 100l. to the Charity School towards purchasing "Sheppards (a house, garden, and land), near Feltham, for the use of the Charity School. Mr. George Whitchurch, a trustee, who died in 1803, bequeathed 2007. to the almshouse charity (of Frome). Edward Whitchurch gave 50l. to the poor of the parish. The Whitchurchs married well. James Whitchurch, b. circa 1704, and brother of Samuel, D.D., m. 1746 Anne Gresley, one of the Gresleys of Drakelowe. He died 1746. Jane, only daughter of Joseph Whitchurch, m. 1767 Thomas Smyth of Long Ashton, Somerset :- "Thomas Smyth, second son of Sir Jarrit, married, in 1767, Jane, only daughter of Joseph Whitchurch, of Stapleton in the county of Gloucester, esq., by whom he has issue two sons, Hugh, born July 4, 1772; and John, born Feb. 9, 1776; as also two daughters, Florence and Mary.". Collinson, ii. 294. Francis Whitchurch was Mayor of Bristol in 1704. "John Whitchurch. M. 16 July, 1691 (fil. Gulielmi Whitchurch de Frome, Somerset, arm., æt. 16). Caution-money received as Fellow Commoner 16 July, 1691, taken up for Battels by Bursar Hody."-R. B. Gardiner, Registers of Wadham Coll.,' pt. i. p. 273. "Thomas Whitchurch. M. 3 Nov., 1763 (fil. Samuelis W. de Nunney, Somerset., cler., æt. 17). Caution-money received as Commoner 31 Oct., 1763, restored 10 July, 1765. Admitted Scholar 28 Sept., 1764, of Somerset, aged 18: took the oath 15 Oct. Hody (Hebrew) Exhibitioner 1764 to 1765. Resigned his Scholarship and became student of Ch. Ch., 5 July, 1765. B.A. (Ch. Ch.) 25 June, 1767. M.A. 11 April, 1770. Apparently he was Craven Scholar in 1764. Chaplain to the British Embassy at Vienna." -Ibid., pt. ii. p. 115. James Wadham Whitchurch, clerk, son of Samuel, clerk, of Nunney, Ch. Ch. matric 1774. George Gresley Whitchurch. Balliol Coll., Drowned matric. 16 March, 1815, aged 17. on his way to St. Malo, 12 Aug., 1817. Samuel Whitchurch, s. of George of Frome. Queen's Coll., matric. 30 March, 1748, aged 21; B.A. 1751. William Whitchurch, s. of John of Beckington. Hart Hall, matric. 4 July, 1713, aged 15. Student of Lincoln's Inn, 1715. Joseph Whitchurch of Stapleton (Glos.), d. 6 Aug., 1772 (Gent. Mag., p. 391). Mary, relict of Joseph Whitchurch of Stapleton, d. 8 Sept., 1790 (Gent. Mag., 864). William Whitchurch of Nunney, d. 5 Dec., 1725, aged 28 (Historical Reg.,' p. 49; Political State of Great Britain,' xxx. 613). William Whitchurch, s. of William of Nunney. Queen's Coll., matric. 26 March, 1740, aged 17. Father of William of St. Edmund's Hall, matric. 23 March, 1791, aged 25; B. A. 1794; M. A. 1797. Of wills, the earliest I have is Robert Whitchurch of Frome, proved 22 May, 1635 (45 Sadler), vide Matthews's 'Probate Acts,' vol. ii. p. 69. Samuel Whitchurch* of Frome, Somerset, "Will dated Feb. 3, 1690, proved Apr. 4, 1691, by Anne Whitchurch, the relict [73 Vere]. My wife Ann and my daughters. To my aunt Lyte an allowance of 107., for her relinquishing her rights to Hapsford Mills. My brother-in-law Roger Leversegge, Esq., my kinsman John Champneys, Esq., my brother Wm Whitchurch, and Joseph Iveleaf, Överseers. My sister Boyce. My sister Coles. My brother Boyce, of London, &c., rings."-Rev. F. Brown, Somerset Wills,' vol. iv. pp. 111-12. Leonard Whitchurch, 1736, will in 'Bristol Wills.' Thomas Whitchurch, 1752, ibid. Buried at Frome, 7 Nov., 1684. Mr. Leonard Whitchurch was buried at Frome, 29 March, 1706. + Nee Leversedge. They were married at Frome, 3 Jan., 1666/7. He was buried at Frome, 2 April, 1691, she in 1694. There are many entries of this name in the Registers of Lamyatt, CO. Somerset. 1623, 8 May, Thos. Iveleffe bapt. (Lamyatt Register). |