Walker's Bards of Bonaccord. 1885. P. 133.

None of these gives a bibliography of his writings.
A first attempt is appended.

esquire, had the honour of being related to the royal Bluebeard in the capacity of brothers-in-law. Their names were :

Sisters' husbands.-1. James IV., King of Scotland, ob. 1513. 2. Archibald Douglas, Earl of Angus, ob. 1556 (divorced 1526/7). 3. Henry Stewart, Lord Methven, ob. c. 1552* 4. Louis XII., King of France, ob. 1514/5. 5. Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, ob. 1545.

Brother-in-law of Queen Catherine (of Aragon).

Verses at end of Alexander's Tituli Fontium Abredon-6. Emanuel, King of Portugal, born 1521. ensium. Aberdeen, 1707. Bodleian Library.

Viri Humani Salsi et Faceti Gulielmi Sutherlandi Multarum Artium et Scientiarum Doctoris Doctissimi Diploma. N.p.; n.d. Adv. Library.

Phaeton; or, the First Fable of the Second Book of Ovid's Metamorphoses Burlesqu'd. Edinburgh, 1720. Tale of a Man and his Mare. N.p.; 1721. Laing's Sale Cat., vol. iii. p. 77.

The Knight. N.p.; 1723. The Knight of the Kirk; or, the Ecclesiastical Adventures of Sir John Presbyter. London, 1728.-Halkett and Laing state, p. 1308, that a third edition of The Knight' was published in 1728.

Mob contra Mob. Edinburgh, n.d. Mitchell Library, Glasgow.-MS. note by James Maidment says, "First edition."

Mob contra Mob. Edinburgh, 1731. Brit. Mus.
Mob contra Mob. Edinburgh, 1738.

Old Mother Grim's Tales. Decade I. London, 1737.

-No. 9 is Phaeton Burlesqu'd; No. 10 is The Man and
his Mare. Query: Did the others appear previously in
separate form? They are:-1. A Grecian Tale. Motto:
Erupit vene," &c.; 2. Tarquin and Tullia: a Roman
Tale." Vivitur ex rapto," &c.; 3. The Lion and his
Subjects. Nobilis est ira leonis," &c.; 4. The Real and
Pretended Parent. "Præstat sero sapere," &c.; 5. The
Cobler an Irish Tale. "Est genus unum," &c.; 6. A
Dutch Tale. "Ridiculum acri," &c.; 7. A Vision, "Con-

stitit ante oculos," &c.; 8. A Lochaber Tale. "Sunt
quos curriculo," &c.

Decadem Alteram Subjunxit Jodocus Grimmus Pronepos. London, 1738.-The longest piece in this is G. Sutherlandi Diploma.' This was also reprinted in 'The Wife of Auchtermuchty,' Edinburgh, 1803; and in 'Carminum Rariorum Macaronicorum Delectus,' second edition, Edinburgh, 1813. Query: Also in first edition of 1801? According to the preface in the Collected Poems' of 1767 both "Decades" underwent several impressions.

Poetical Works, Sixth [?] edition. Edinburgh, 1767. -According to Jervise, ii. 83, "The first edition of Meston's Poems, now rare, appeared in 1737."

Poetical Works. Seventh edition. Aberdeen, 1801.—
This edition omits the Latin poems.

Unpublished verses printed in Scottish Notes and
Queries for December, 1889, January and June, 1890.
P. J. ANDERSON.

New Spalding Club, Aberdeen.

BROTHERS-IN-LAW OF KING HENRY VIII. No King of England has exceeded Henry VIII. in the number of his wives, and it is only natural, therefore, that we should find him more than usually blessed in the number of his fraternal relatives by marriage. In all twenty-seven persons, ranging in rank from the crowned monarch to the simple

Brothers and brothers-in-law of Queen Anne (Boleyn).-7. George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford, ob. 1536. 8. William Carey, Esq. 9. Sir William Stafford.

Brothers and brothers-in-law of Queen Jane (Seymour).-10. Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford (afterwards Duke of Somerset), ob. 1552. 11. Sir Thomas Seymour (afterwards Lord Seymour of Sudley), ob. 1549. 12. Sir Henry Seymour, ob. 1578. 13. Sir Anthony Oughtred. 14. Gregory Cromwell, Lord Cromwell, ob. 1551.† 15. Sir Clement Smith. 16. John Laventhorpe, Esq.

Brother and brother-in-law of Queen Anne (of Cleves).-17. William, Duke of Cleves, ob. 1592. 18. John Frederick, Duke of Saxony, ob. 1554.

Brother and brothers-in-law of Queen Catherine (Howard).-19. Henry Howard, Esq. 20. Sir George Howard. 21. Sir Charles Howard. 22. Sir Thomas Arundell of Wardour, ob. 1522. 23. Sir Edmund Trafford of Trafford, ob. 1590. 24. John Stanney (or Stanley), Esq. 25. Henry Baynton, Esq.

Brother and brother-in-law of Queen Catherine (Parr). 26. William Parr, Earl of Essex (afterwards Marquis of Northampton), ob. 1571. 27. Sir William Herbert (afterwards Earl of Pembroke), ob. 1569.

Queen Catherine of Aragon had a brother John, Prince of the Asturias, who died in 1497, and two brothers-in-law, viz., Don Alonzo of Portugal and Philip I., King of Spain, both of whom died before her marriage with King Henry.

Queen Jane Seymour had three brothers who died young, viz., 1. John Seymour, ob. 1510. 2. Anthony Seymour. 3. Another John Seymour.

Queen Catherine Howard's eldest brother Henry

*The date of Lord Methven's death is uncertain. Miss Strickland, in her 'Lives of the Queens of Scotland,' vol. i. p. 268, says that he and his son, the Master of Methven, were both killed at the battle of Pinkie, 1547; but Douglas, in his 'Peerage of Scotland,' says a charter of certain lands was granted to him and Henry his son, dated Oct. 10, 1551, and that he died soon afterwards.

After the death of her second husband, Gregory, Lord Cromwell, Elizabeth Seymour, Queen Jane's younger sister, married, thirdly, John Pawlet, afterParliament in his father's barony of St. John in 1554. wards Marquis of Winchester, who was summoned to He did not succeed to the marquisate until 1572, and died in 1576.

Although six times married, Henry VIII. had actually only two mothers-in-law, viz., Margaret Wentworth, Lady Seymour, who lived to see her grandson on the throne, and died in 1550, and Marie, Duchess of Cleves, who died in 1543. Queen Isabella of Spain died in 1504, Lady Elizabeth Boleyn in 1512, Lady William Howard in 1530, and Maud Green, Lady Parr, in 1529.

King Ferdinand of Spain, who died in 1516; Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire, who died in 1538; and Sir John Seymour, who died in 1536 (seven months after his daughter had succeeded the hapless Anne on her throne), were successively King Henry's fathers-in-law. John, Duke of Cleves, who died in 1539, Lord William Howard in 1538, and Sir Thomas Parr in 1517, did not live to see their daughters ascend the perilous steps of his throne. H. MURRAY LANE, Chester Herald.

may have died before her marriage with the king. teeth sett in his head I had then time to say Lord have His (Henry Howard's) wife, or widow, was impli- mercy upon me what art att which hee did vanish but the candle did burne very blew and almost went out I cated in the troubles of her royal sister-in-law. In the above list we have three kings, four then being much discontented did by the p'sent post give my owners a just account of what had befallen and the dukes, one marquis, two earls, one viscount, three 5th of that instant wee sett saile being day about 4 a lords, seven knights, and six esquires. Miss Strick-clock with the wind at W.S.W faire weather and a brave land (alluding to the king's marriage with Jane wind of the shore we did continue untillan hower a: Seymour) remarks, "By this alliance the sovereign call out that hee could not steer the helme but after I 11. A Wednesday night then the man at the helme did of England gained one brother-in-law, who bore had pulled of the Whipp staff the ship did steire as afore the name of Smith, and another whose grandfather and still faire weather the wind coming to the N.W and was a blacksmith at Putney." snowing weather but very faire and cleare I was doubtfull of more wind I did cause the men to furl the fore top sale and lower doun the main Top saile upon the back of the maine Saile but could not with all the strength wee had hall in the weather brace of the fore topp saile when this was down still in my Judgmt our shipp did Heile as much as when our Sailes were out then wee did hall upp our maine saile and still the shipp had the same List with a large Wind to my Judgment might be a Strake or thereabouts. by this time it was 2 a clock then our men did try the pump and finding little or no water in her the man at the helme did call out that the candle was burning so blew that was in the Lanthorne yt it did give noe light and then Three severall times did goe out so that I did [hold?] the Binekell to the looke out which candle did burne very well and show a good light but of a suddaine our shipp would not free her helme soe kindly as before and brought all our sailes A back & then our shipp did fill as much to winward as afore to Leward the glasse being out went to try ye pump & found no water in ye Ship but did not Steire well neither could I find the reason still faire weather & this unkind steerage made mee urgent to try the pump but could not gett the upper box to worke nor stir puling that upp & tryeing with the pump Hooke wee could not come nere the lower box by a foot and wch to my judgmt was like a Bullfiss or Wool sack yt as you did force downe gave up againe with the hooke then I did mistrust yt all was not well I did cause our men to ripp the coat of the pump & myself looseing ye Tackle in ye meane time I did order two men to loose the boat which they did being lashed in 3 places but they doe not remember to this hower yt they did loose any of them but y middlemost and wth 3 men in her ye boat went over the top of the ffore sheet wh lay above her stem and did never touch it wth such violence as did amaze us that see it & they yt were in the boat cryeing out soe much did fright him at y° helme he came runing out unknowne to me but I finding ye Shipp comeing neerer ye wind then formerly I run to y Staire case to bid him put the helme over and he giving me noe answear I run downe & finding him gon I tryed what I could doe to putt the helme over but could not & hearing one Jump downe at the hatch wh was open upon the Deck did expect that the Helmesman had come downe againe & calling him by his name to come & help me but the word being noe sooner out of my mouth but I did p'ceive the same p'son that I had formerly seene before wee came out of Harbour who came violently to me & spoke to me to be gone you have noe more to doe here and did heave me in at the Cabbin doore there upon the top of the Table I cryeing out in the name of God what art? he vanished away with a flash of fyer and did thinke the Shipp had splitt in a 1000 peices it gave such a crack yt our men called out Master if you be a man come away did something revive me and I did strive to have gott to my chest being I had some money in it but found that something did hinder me but what I could not tell but p'ceiving the Maine sea comeing soe that I was up to ye waste before I coulde gett out of the Cabbin finding all our men in the Boat

A SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY GHOST STORY
OF THE SEA.

The document from which I have transcribed the following yarn is contemporary with the date of the events referred to. It is written in a fine secretary hand, and is endorsed "A Sad Relation of a Ship in Extremity." If space can be afforded, I trust that the gentleman "in the Black Hatt stuff coat and stript neckcloth" may be allowed to make his bow to the readers of 'N. & Q.'

"The 22 Feby 1671 Wee sailed from Gravesend and the 26th by Gods providence Wee sailed over the Barr of Newcastle and there loaded the 2d of March about 9 or 10 of the clock in the night Wee had made all cleare for the furtherance of our voyage, and after Supper I went to rest about 12 a clock to ye best of my remembrance I was waked out of my sleepe by a noyes but See nothing which did to the best of my capacitie bid me begon had nothing to doe there but I being soe hastily disturbed was not certaine wt might be the cause but judging I might be a dream'd & soe that I did passe that being uncertaine of the truth After the first day was past about 8 or 9 o clock I went to rest and about 12 my Mate rise and strooke a light to take a pipe of Tobacco as I suppose and expecting the Wherry to goe upp to the Towne being the Tyde fell out about two in the morning I desired the candle might not be put out and being as well awake as now I am to the best of my Judgment I was then pulled by the haire of my head upp from my pillowe and the same words declared to me as before and then I saw the p'fect face and p'portion of a man in a Black Hatt stuff coat and stript neckcloth hanging downe haire and a sower downe looking countenance and his

upp

"Just below the step of the nave, near ye screen of the chancel, lies a large old gray marble with ye broken effigies of a man in armour and his wife by him in brass, coats at ye corners are perfect. Ye 1st at ye man's but the inscription at their feet is reeved. head is a chevron engrailed inter 3 Rouniles, each charged with a Pale, for Docwray; the 2nd at ye woman's head is a cross flory or moline or patonce [], for Brockett of Brockett Hall, in Hertfordshire; 3rd at ye man's feet these 2 impaled, and at ye woman's feet Doowray again. This monument by the arms was designed for Roger Dockwra, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Brockett of Brockett Hal. Vide vol. xv. [? xiii.] p. 109 of my MS. Collections for Cambs."

In a paper read before the Camb. Antiq. Society, March 3, by the Rev. W. H. Shimield, on 'Shengay and its Preceptory,' it appeared from a Visitation made in 1684 that a Sir Thomas Docwra was Preceptor of Shengay. Was this Sir Thomas related

to the Roger of East Hatley? The arms are alike. A Docwra was postman at Guilden Morden, a parish west of Shinghay, in 1870. Would he have been of this family? It might so be, seeing that (as appears from Mr. Shimield's paper) Sir John Thorney, chantry priest of Clapton (? Clopton), on Jan. 10, 1425, left Dalyson* by will a pair of fustian blankets and 10d., and to Helen Janeway, of Shengay, 4d. was bequeathed.

"It is interesting to notice that there are still several Janeways living at Shengay, probably the descendants

of the fortunate Helen aforesaid."

The local pronunciation of Shengay is Shingy.

"Sir Thomas Docwra [Mr. Shimield further states] was also Lord Prior of the order, and finished the rebuilding of the Hospital of St. John by Clerkenwell in London. His arms, the same as those found in the Shengay Preceptory, were carved in stone over the great gate, and bore the date 1504." H. W. P. STEVENS.

Tadlow Vicarage, Royston.

The

to this chapel. The records and histories of Bristol showed this. In 1878 witness had the well cleared out, and he produced several coins and tokens which were taken from the well. Witness explained them, and said there was no doubt the tokens were thrown into the well by pilgrims as a testimony of their presence at the place. There was a tradition amongst his congregation that this was a holy well, and it was believed that the water had medicinal value, and was good for bad eyes. devotion to St. Anne had commenced in Brittany, and he knew that parties of Bretons, who came over yearly to sell onions, were accustomed to make a pilgrimage to this spot. July 26 was St. Anne's Day, and in July last year he met a Breton coming from St. Anne's. In a conversation with could not make a pilgrimage at home, and so came the reverend gentleman the Breton stated that he there to do so. He also stated that other Bretons came there for the same purpose. The witness mentioned that Latimer on one occasion preached a sermon in Bristol against this pilgrimage. St. Anne's Chapel was formerly attached to the Augustinian monks of Keynsham Abbey. It was customary for a monk from the abbey to reside there. The chapel was dismantled and the pilgrimage suppressed in 1536.

JOHN FINLAYSON, 1730-1776.-All mention of this excellent draughtsman and mezzotint engraver is unaccountably omitted from the 'Dict. of National Biography.' Messrs. Colnaghi & Co., of Pall Mall East, send me the following particulars of him :"He was born about 1730, and practised his art in London. He was a member of the Free Society of Mr. Elton, Q.C., then put in the printed extracts Artists in 1763, and in 1764 and 1773 was awarded a pre-compiled by the Rev. T. P. Wadley from the Book mium by the Society of Arts. He engraved a considerable number of portraits after Hone, Cotes, Zoffany, and Reynolds, and died about 1776. He also engraved two or three subject pictures, one of them, Candaules show ing his Wife as she is leaving the Bath,' after his own design."

The above is, I presume, copied out from some well-known work. Finlayson's proof engravings have now a considerable value.

HOLCOMBE INGLEBY.

ST. ANNE'S CHAPEL AND WELL-In the course of an inquiry regarding the existence of an alleged right of way through St. Ann's Wood, Brislington, near Bristol, the following very interesting evidence was tendered by Father Ignatius Grant, of Bristol. The reverend gentleman stated that he had given attention to the claim made for this path, and, with other persons, had gone over the path leading to the well. He knew the well in St. Ann's Wood and the building near, which had existed up to 1878. It was not, he thought, the chapel itself, but an adjunct to the chapel-a sort of guest house. The witness explained that in old times it was considered a duty, as it was the practice, to make pilgrimages, and everybody made them up to the time of the Reformation. He had no doubt that there were pilgrimages made *His epitaph was in existence in 1684, and was, "Hic Jacet Frater Robertus Dalison, miles quondam Præceptor hujus Præceptoria de Shengay et nuper Præceptor Præceptoria de Halston et Temple Coombe, qui obiit quinto eptembris Anno Domini 1404."

of Wills and the Orphan Book in the Bristol. Council House. It appeared that in 1392 the will of John Beket was proved before the mayor and bailiffs at Bristol. The following extract was read:

"Saturday in the feast of the Conversion of Paul' Apostle. To be buried in the Monastic Abbey of the Blessed Mary of Keynsham. Legacies to the Abbot and Convent of that Monastery, the Vicars of Keynsham and Compton Dando, Sir Richard, Chaplin of St. Anne's, and other persons.'

Mr. Elton also quoted from the accounts of the Duke of Buckingham, which fell into the hands of the Crown on his attainder for high treason: "May 9, My Lords, my Ladies, and my young Ladies obligations to St. Anne's in the Wood, 78. 4d." Then from the privy purse expenses of Elizabeth of York, queen of Henry VII., an entry showing that during her progress the queen gave 2s. 6d. to the King's Almoner as the "Queen's offering to St. Anne in the Wood beside Bristow." Another interesting witness was Elisha Ettmell, who said he was born in 1810, and could remember three kings and one queen. He could remember the St. Anne Chapel. It was sealed up, and he thought it was a cart-house. This inquiry has lasted some days, and at time of writing is not concluded; but thinking the above items in the evidence may interest many of your readers, I venture to send them for insertion in your columns. ABBY MEEHAN.

1, Henrietta Street, Bath,

Queries.

DE STAFFORD PEDIGREE.—Among the 'Collections for a History of Staffordshire' (William Salt We must request correspondents desiring information Archæological Society), vol. ii. p. 273, the learned editor states that William and Ralph were half-on family matters of only private interest, to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that the brothers of Hervey de Stafford, and that they were answers may be addressed to them direct. the sons of Hervey Bagot by a previous wife to Milisent de Stafford, because he thinks that they were too young in 1215 to have supported their brother Hervey de Stafford when he joined the insurrection of the barons against King John, or when the said barons appointed him to be Sheriff of Staffordshire. However, he allows that Hervey de Stafford may have been born as early as 1194. He then goes on to say :

"We must here pause, for we purpose to deal not with genealogies so much as with authentic materials for genealogy. One of the old Staffordshire genealogists has told us that Harvey and Milisent his wife gave Bramshall to William, their younger son. This is an invention. Bramshall was the inheritance of William Bagotafterwards called 'de Stafford'-somewhat improperly. William was the son of Hervey Bagot, but not of Milisent. Sampson Erdeswick-I name him with reverence-was proud of his descent, and knew himself to be descended from William 'de Stafford,' of Bramshall. Perhaps some sycophantic friend assured Sampson that William was a son of Milisent de Stafford; so Sampson, much liking to be descended from the older barons of the Toni race, believed himself to be so.'

Now there is not a shadow of evidence to prove the existence of another wife of Hervey Bagot, and there is printed in 'Collect. Top. et Geneal.,' vol. i. p. 249, a charter of this William de Stafford, which formerly belonged to the priory of St. Thomas, near Stafford. It was sold in 1833 by auction, with nearly one thousand other ancient deeds, and is stated to be "now in possession of one of the editors of these 'Collectanea.' The date assigned to it by them is temp. John, but it more probably belongs to the early years of the reign of Henry III. :

"Sciant tam presentes quam futuri quod Ego Willelmus de Stafford filius Hervei Bagot, assensu Domini et fratris mei Hervei Bagot et assensu Dominæ et matris mose Mylisent......concessi et presenti carta mea confirmavi Ecclesiæ S. Thomae Martyris de Stafford et Canonicis ibidem......concessionem et donationem quam pater meus Herveus fecit predictis Canonicis de Villa de Drayton cum molendino, et cum secta ejusdem molendini, &c. Reddendo anuatim dimididiam marcam argenti,' &o.

It will be seen that this charter confirms the descent generally accepted, viz., that William de Stafford was the younger son of Hervey Bagot and his wife Milisent de Stafford, and that it proves the correctness of the statement of "the old Staffordshire genealogist."

This correction may perhaps be of interest to some of the descendants of the older race of De Toeni, the first Barons of Stafford.

Reform Club, S.W.

R. TWIGGE, F.S.A.

'LE FOURBE PUNI; OU, LE DUEL DES RIVALES,' 1741.-Tempted by a handsome binding, I purchased the above volume, which comes from the library of the Duke of Buccleuch. It is a small octavo, of 183 pages, title included, with no place of publication, but probably printed in Holland, and is a passably gallant novel, written in the supposed interest of virtue. The first scene presents a duel between two gentlewomen. I find no mention of the book in the 'Dictionnaire des Ouvrages Anonymes' of Barbier, in Brunet, or in the very full 'Bibliographie' of works of its class of Gay. Can any one tell me if the work or its author is known? H. T.

HOLKER FAMILY.-Will any one give me information about the family of Holker? The Right Hon. Sir John Holker died in 1882. One member of the family was, I believe, famous at the court of King James II. M. C. OWEN. Hulme Hall, Plymouth Grove, Manchester.

"PSYCHOLOGICAL PÆDAGOGICS."-A friend asks me whether there are English works on this subject; but as the question is too vast and profound for me, I submit it to the readers of 'N. & Q.' in hope of enlightenment. Mr. Herbert Spencer's treatise on Education' is the only thing that occurs to me as probably apposite.

Helensburgh, N.B.

THOMAS BAYNE,