Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 88, July 5, 1851: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.Various
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Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 88, July 5, 1851: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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Questions and answers -- Periodicals
_Catharine Barton_ (Vol. iii., pp. 328. 434.).--A correspondent has
asked what was the maiden name of this lady, the widow, as he calls her,
of Colonel Barton. I have a note of Charles Montagu, writing of her as
"the beautiful, witty, and accomplished Catharine Barton," and have
marked her as the daughter of Major Barton, but cannot find my
authority. What follows is hardly likely to be of use to your
correspondent, though it may, possibly, suggest to him a channel of
inquiry. The Rev. Alexander Chalmers married Catharine Ekins, a niece of
Mr. Conduitt, to whose daughter he was guardian after her father's
death. Mrs. Chalmers had a brother who was rector or vicar of Barton,
Northamptonshire. Alexander Chalmers was rector of St. Katharine
Coleman, London, and of Burstow, Surrey; clerk of St. Andrew's, Holborn;
chaplain to the forces at Gibraltar and Port Mahon: he died in 1745, and
was buried in St. Katharine's: his wife was of the family of Ekins, of
Rushden, in Northamptonshire. On August 12, 1743, Alexander Chalmers
writes, "This will be delivered you by my cousin Lieut. Mathew Barton,"
probably his wife's cousin: in another letter he speaks of Miss Conduitt
as his wife's cousin. Mr. Conduitt died 23rd of May, 1737, and his
widow's "unexpected death" seems to be alluded to in a letter in 1740.
DE CAMERA.
_Alterius Orbis Papa_ (Vol. iii., p. 497.).--This was not, as A.B.'s
informant thinks, a title of honour bestowed by any Supreme Pontiff upon
any Archbishop of Canterbury, but a mere verbal compliment passed by
Pope Urban II. upon St. Anselm, when the latter went to consult the
former at Rome. The words are those of Gervase, the monk of Canterbury,
who tells us:
"Tantam ejus gratiam habuit, ut eum (Anselmum) alterius orbis
papam vocaret (Urbanus papa)."--Ed. _Twysden_, ii. 1327.
Eadmer, who was with the archbishop when he went to Italy, gives the
following as the Pope's expressions:
"Cumque illum, utpote hominem cunctis liberalium artium
disciplinis innutritum, pro magistro teneamus et quasi comparem,
velut alterius orbis Apostolicum et Patriarcham jure venerandum
censeamus."--_AA. SS. Aprilis_, t. ii. 886.
D. ROCK.
You have not told us the origin of this title. I have just been reminded
of the omission by the dedication of _Ludovici Cappelli Commentarii_,
Amstel., 1689, which is--
"Wilhelmo Archiepiscopo Cantuariensi ... alterius orbis, sed
melioris, Papæ."
J. W. H.
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