Notes and Queries, Number 182, April 23, 1853: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.Various
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Notes and Queries, Number 182, April 23, 1853: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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_Townley MSS._--I request to know, where are the Townley MSS.?* They
are quoted by Nicolas in the Scope and Grosvenor Rolls? Also, where are
the MSS. often referred to in the _History of the House of Yvery_ as
then penes the Earl of Egmont; and also a folio of Pedigrees by Camden
Russet?
H. T. ELLACOMBE.
[* For a notice of the Townley MSS., see "N. & Q.," Vol. iv., p.
103.]
_Order of St. John of Jerusalem._--1. Who were the members of the
British Language of St. John of Jerusalem, when Elizabeth took away
their property?
2. What members of the British Language were present when, in 1546, the
English commander Upton attacked and defeated the famous Corsair Dragut
at Tarschien in Malta? Also, what members of it were present when the
Chevalier Repton, Grand Prior of England in 1551, was killed, after
signally defeating the Turks in another attack which they made on the
island?
3. What became of the records of the Language?
N.B.--Some of them, belonging to the Irish branch of it, were lately
bought of a Jew by a private gentleman in the Grand Duchy of Baden. They
are supposed to have been deposited for security at Heidersheim near
Fribourg, which was the chief seat of the German Language of the Order.
R. L. P.
Wartensee, Lake of Constance.
_Consecrated Roses, Swords, &c._--Where will any account be found of the
origin of the custom, which has long prevailed at Rome, of the Pope's
blessing, on the eve at certain festivals, roses and {408} other
articles, and which were afterwards frequently presented to sovereigns
and potentates as tokens of friendship and amity?
G.
_West, Kipling, and Millbourne._--In 1752 there was a firm of West and
Kipling in Holborn: the Christian name of West was Thomas; and there is
reason to believe that he had two sons, Francis and Thomas. A George
Millbourne, Esq., of Spring Gardens, married a cousin of Thomas West,
the partner of Kipling: these facts are referred to in the will of a
lady proved A.D. 1764. Can any reader of "N. & Q." furnish me with
materials or references from which I may gather information of these
families of West and Millbourne? The smallest contribution will be
thankfully received by
F. S.
_Font Inscriptions._--I would request the favour of any such of ancient
date. A collection of them would be interesting. I can give three.
At Lullington, Somerset, on a Norman font, in characters of that date:
"In hoc Fontu sacro pereunt delicta lavacro."
At Bourn, Lincoln:
"Su[=p] o[=m]e no[=m] I H C est no[=m] q[=d]e."
At Melton Mowbray:
"Sancta Trinitas misere nobis."
H. T. ELLACOMBE.
_Welsh Genealogical Queries_.--Can JOHN AP WILLIAM AP JOHN (Vol. vii.,
p. 292.), or some other reader, enlighten me as to who the following
personages were, or where a pedigree of them is to be found:
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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