I am unable to discover when Edmund Prideaux died; but it appears that either he, or one of his descendants, took part in the rising of the Duke of Monmouth in the West of England, upon which occasion the "great estate" was found of great service in providing a bribe for Lord Jeffreys. In the Life of Lord Jeffreys, annexed to the _Western Martyrology; or, Bloody Assizes_ (5th ed. 266. London, 1705), it is said that "A western gentleman's purchase came to fifteen or sixteen hundred guineas, which my Lord Chancellor had." And Rapin, vol. ii. p. 270., upon the authority of Echard, iii. p. 775., states that in 1685 one Mr. Prideaux, of Ford Abbey, Somerset, gave Jeffreys 14000l. [probably misprint for 1400l.] "to save his life." I think it likely that your correspondent may find further information upon the subject of this note, in the _Life of Dr. Humphrey Prideaux, Dean of Norwich_ (born 1648, died 1724), published in 1748. J. B. COLMAN. Eye, March 18. 1851. Polwhele was clearly wrong in designating Edmund Prideaux, the Attorney-General, a Cornishman, as he belonged to the family long seated in Devonshire, and was fourteenth in descent from Hickedon Prideaux, of Orcharton, in that county, second son of Nicholas, lord of Prideaux, in Cornwall, who died in 1169. The four Queries of G. P. P. may be more or less fully answered by reference to Prince's _Worthies of Devon_, ed. 1810, p. 651.; and an excellent history of the Post-office in the _Penny Magazine_ for 1834, p. 33. Is it too much to ask of your correspondent, who writes from Putney under my initials, that he will be so good as to change his signature? I think that I have strong reasons for the request, but I will only urge that I was first in the field, under the designation which he has adopted.[2] J. D. S. [Footnote 2: [Would J. D. S. No 1, and J. D. S. No. 2, add the final letter of their respective names, _h n s y_, or whatever it may be, the difficulty may probably be avoided. We have now so many correspondents that coincidence of signature can scarcely be avoided.]] * * * * * LADY JANE OF WESTMORELAND. (Vol. i., p. 103.; Vol. ii., p. 485.)