Notes and Queries, Number 225, February 18, 1854: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.Various
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Notes and Queries, Number 225, February 18, 1854: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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Questions and answers -- Periodicals
_Scotch Grievance_ (Vol. ix., p. 74.).--The Scottish coins of James VI.,
Charles I., William, have on the reverse a shield, bearing 1. and 4.
Scotland; 2. France and England quarterly; 3. Irish harp.
EDW. HAWKINS.
Under this head A DESCENDANT OF SCOTTISH KINGS asks: "Can any _coin_ be
produced, from the accession of James VI. to the English throne, on which
the royal arms are found, with Scotland in the first quarter, and England
in the second?"
Will you kindly inform your querist, that in my collection I have several
such coins, viz. a shilling of Charles I.; a mark of Charles II., date
1669; a forty-shilling piece of William III., date 1697: on each Scotland
is _first_ and _third_. I shall be most happy to submit these to your
inspection, or send them for the satisfaction of your correspondent.
F. J. WILLIAMS.
24. Mark Lane.
_"Merciful Judgments of High Church," &c._ (Vol. ix., p. 97.).--The author
of this tract, according to the Bodleian Catalogue, was Matthew Tindal.
[Greek: Halieus].
Dublin.
_Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester_ (Vol. ix., p. 105.).--I can refer A. S.
to Camden's _History of Elizabeth_, where, under the year 1588, it
related,--
"Neither was the publick joy anything abated by Leicester's death, who
about this time, namely, on the 4th day of September, died of a
continuall fever upon the way as he went towards Killingworth."
I can also refer him to Sir William Dugdale's _Baronage of England_, vol.
ii. p. 222., where I find it stated that he--
"Design'd to retire unto his castle at Kenilworth. But being on his
journey thitherwards, at Cornbury Park in Com. Oxon., he died upon the
fourth of September, an. 1588, of a feaver, as 'twas said, and was
buried at Warwick, where he hath a noble monument."
But neither in the above writers, nor in any more recent account of his
life, have I seen his death ascribed to poison. The ground on which
Stanfield Hall has been regarded as the birthplace of Amy Robsart is, that
her parents Sir John and Lady Elizabeth Robsart resided at Stanfield Hall
in 1546, according to Blomefield in his _History of Norfolk_, though where
he resided at his daughter's birth does not appear.
[Greek: Halieus].
Dublin.
_Fleet Prison_ (Vol. ix., p. 76.).--A list of the wardens will be found in
Burn's _History of Fleet Marriages_, 2nd edit., 1834. Occasional notices of
the under officers will also there be met with, and a list of wardens' and
jailors' fees.
S.
_The Commons of Ireland previous to the Union in 1801_ (Vol. ix.,
p.35.).--Allow me to inform C. H. D. that I have in my possession a copy
(with MS. notes) of _Sketches of Irish Political Characters of the present
Day, showing the Parts they respectively take on the Question of the Union,
what Places they hold, their Characters as Speakers, &c._, 8vo. pp. 312,
London, 1799. Is this the book he wants? I know nothing of its author nor
of the Rev. Dr. Scott.
ABHBA.
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