Queries. WE must request correspondents desiring information on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that answers may be sent to them direct. SIR JOHN GREVILLE OF BINTON, 1480.In the east window of Binton Church, Warwickshire, there were formerly the kneeling figures of Sir John Greville (in armour, and a surcoat with the Greville arms), who died in August, 1480, and his wife Johanna. A scroll over the head of Sir John had the words, Jhu fili dei miserere mei"; and another scroll, over his wife, had an inscription, which in an old etching appears to read." intercede pro me Johannes Xpn carn." The last three words in the second inscription are impossible, and suggest an error on the part of the copyist. Can any correspondent kindly give the correct reading of the second inscription ? The glass has long since disappeared. W. G. D. F. BRISBANE OF BARNHILL.-William Brisbane of Barnhill, parish of Inchinnan, Renfrewshire, undoubtedly the progenitor of the Brisbanes of Barnhill, died 11 Jan., 1591. His Testament Dative and Inventory (Edinburgh Commissariot Testaments. vol. xxix.) mentions "Issobella Maxwell his relict." One of his daughters is named Janet. I should like to know the parentage of Issobella Maxwell. William Maxwell, who died 13 July, 1542 (son of Sir John Maxwell of Pollock), and who was generally designated of Carnnaderick, left by his wife Janet Cathcart two sons and a daughter, Isabel. Is there any way of ascertaining whether Isabel, the daughter of William Maxwell of Carnnaderick, was the Issobella Maxwell, wife of William Brisbane of Barnhill? readers send me particulars of the parentage KENNEDY FAMILY.-Can any of your of Sir Thomas Kennedy of Kirkhill, subsequently of Dunure, in Ayrshire, who was Lord Provost of Edinburgh in the seventeenth century, and knighted before 1686; also the names of his wife and of his brothers and sisters? F. A. JOHNSTON. Wellington Club, Grosvenor Place, S. W. THE FIRST FOLIO SHAKESPEARE: EARLIEST REFERENCE TO, AND PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION OF.-The earliest reference I have seen is in the auction-sale catalogue, dated 9 May, 1687, of books belonging to Sir W. Coventry, in the British Museum, press-mark Stationers' Register, 8 Nov., 1623, is not 1422. c. 5 (4). The well-known entry in the refers to the First Folio. Prynne's reference sufficiently specific, though no doubt it in his Histrio-Mastix' (1633), may, though to "Shackspeers.... Playbooks....Folio," I do not think it does, refer to the Second Folio (1632). Some portion of HistrioMastix (Prynne's reference is on p. 1) was probably written before 1633. whole, I think Prynne did refer to the First Folio. On the The earliest pictorial representation I have seen is in an engraving by Sharp, dated 8 May, 1789, alleged to be from the portrait of the Earl of Southampton (1573-1624) in the collection of the Duke of Bedford, in the Print-Room, British Museum. The portrait of Southampton in the Duke of Bedford's collection, which I have not seen, is painted by Mierevelt (1568-1641), but it is obvious that the 1789 engraving cannot correspond in details with any portrait painted in or before 1641, the style being at least 150 years 1504, E. Fifty-Third Street, Chicago. CARDIGAN MANUSCRIPT: WHAT HAS BECOME OF IT?Lipscomb in his History of the County of Buckingham,' written in 1847 and before, frequently refers to this manuscript as an authority for his statements, especially in matters of pedigree and genealogy. He states that it was then in the possession of Lady de Grey at Wrest, Bedfordshire. The manuscript is evidently an important one from an historical point of view. I hope it may have been deposited in the Bodleian Library at Oxford with the other manuscripts there, or in some other repository where it will be carefully preserved. Can any one tell me where this manuscript may now be found? MONUMENTS AT WARWICK.-Is there any list or catalogue of the inscriptions on the monuments and tombstones in the church and graveyard at Warwick, and where may this list be seen? New York City. JOHN ROSS DELAFIELD. POLHILL FAMILY.-I am in search of information regarding the brothers, sisters, and daughters of David Polhill, M.P. for Rochester. Was "Jane from Barkhamstead," whose burial with her mother at Otford is mentioned by MR. COLYER-FERGUSSON at 10 S. xi. 315, married? I received intelligence from Otford that David Polhill had four daughters, only one of these being alive when he died in 1754. Since then a representative of David Polhill has kindly sent me an extract from their pedigree, stating that David had but the one daughter, Elizabeth (b. 1727, d. 1815). Are there any grounds for the first statement, or is it merely a misapprehension ? Is there positive proof that Mr. Charles Polhill, grandson of General Ireton, died without issue? In many cases this is stated in pedigrees, simply because the. descendants are unknown to the compilers. Was his brother Henry buried at Ötford, or is it possible that he left, married, and had a son and daughter? Were David, Charles, Henry, and Jane the only children of Mrs. Elizabeth (Ireton) Polhill? (Miss) E. F. WILLIAMS. 10, Black Friars, Chester. 6 RECORDS OF NAVIGATION IN INDIA.Mr. John R. Spears, in his valuable little work on Master Mariners' (Williams & Norgate), affirms that "there are records showing that the coasts of India have been navigated for at least 9,000 years." Of what nature are these records? Or must the statement be classed with that recently made by Mrs. Walter Tibbits when she speaks of “the long pointed boats which have navigated the Gunga for millions of years" ('Cities Seen,' p. 225) ? O. KNOTT. WE must request correspondents desiring formation on family matters of only private in to affix their names and addresses to their ve in order that answers may be sent to them di SIR JOHN GREVILLE OF BINTON. In the east window of Binton Church wickshire, there were formerly the figures of Sir John Greville (in armou surcoat with the Greville arms), who August, 1480, and his wife Joha scroll over the head of Sir John words, 'Jhu fili dei miserere m another scroll, over his wife, had tion, which in an old etching read. "intercede pro me carn." The last three word inscription are impossible, and error on the part of the copyist correspondent kindly give the ing of the second inscription has long since disappeared. BRISBANE OF BARNHILL. bane of Barnhill, parish Renfrewshire, undoubtedly of the Brisbanes of Barnhill 1591. His "Testament D ventory (Edinburgh Comm ments. vol. xxix.) mention Maxwell his relict." One of is named Janet. I should li parentage of Issobella Ma Maxwell, who died 13 Jul Sir John Maxwell of Pollo generally designated of Carn his wife Janet Cathcart daughter. Isabel. Is there ascertaining whether Isabel, of William Maxwell of Carnnade Issobella Maxwell, wife of Willia of Barnhill? E. HAVILAND HILLMAN, 13, Somers Place, Hyde Park, W. SALEHURST, SUSSEX.-I am collec data for a history of this parish ( includes the small country town of Rober bridge), and shall be grateful to any corre spondent who can furnish me with any information bearing on the subject. I am, Pr of course, already in possession of all the of Sc information to be found in the Transactions collect of the Sussex Archæological Society and in by Mier Horsfield's History of Sussex,' &c. Please that the 1. reply direct. LEONARD J. HODSON. in details Wi Robertsbridge, Sussex. before 1641, the 1 on 23 April, 1749, Chippendale as having been a native of arden; and he con- Worcestershire. must have been dead cery suit arose conwhich his wife Elizaames to have been his Four children (Thomas, arles) are named. Mr. K. Warren Clouston, at p. 31 of The Chippendale Period in English Furniture' (1897)-as cited by MR. HARRY HEMS in N. & Q.' at the second reference-also claims the Thomas Chippendale as having been born in Worcestershire. is to be the first to give and shows that Thomas lied on 13 November, 1779, at St. Martin's; no age is though that age might have Administration to his estate the following month to his th. Another grant was made which time she was dead) to Davies, who was appointed in her stead "in order to confirm proceedings then imCourt of Chancery." These are no doubt those to which DALL refers, and were for the a long-outstanding debt of the In such a general history of English firm due from the notorious furniture as Mr. Percy Macquoid's great work ornelys, of Carlisle House, Soho, one, perhaps, could scarcely expect to find the subject of notice in N. & Q. much detailed information as to the family rs ago (see 8 S. vi. 3, 93; viii. of the various craftsmen whose work he so 277; ix. 281; x. 171, 311). She fully and masterfully deals with; but on declared a bankrupt in 1772, when P. 134 of vol. iii. (Age of Mahogany) of ssigned her estate to Chippen- his History of English Furniture' (1906) other creditors, and eventually the author says:the Fleet Prison in 1797. Miss "But little is known of the career of this celestates that the final result of these and so much has been written on his work and brated craftsman [Thomas Chippendale II.], between the creditors is not known, influence that it is not necessary to attempt here did not seem as if the Chippendales to introduce his personality in connection with .d much of their money. This is followed by Mr. W. E. Penny in an article on Thomas Chippendale and his Work' in The Connoisseur, who says: "Thomas Chippendale, it is believed, was born at Worcester in the first decade of the eighteenth century." Mrs. R. S. Clouston, in a series of articles on Thomas Chippendale' in the same periodical, whilst mentioning the belief that he was born in Worcester, says that the dates of his birth and death are quite uncertain. She, however, gives reasons for supposing that he must have died between 1762 and 1765, which we know now could not have been the case. The death of Thomas Chippendale (II.) .79 his eldest son, Thomas-the last of umviri-succeeded to the business, himself died, unmarried, in December, will being proved in the following that COL. CHIPPINDALL has There are the furniture called after his name. It has been 1727 with his father, who was a carver, gilder, and proved that he came to London before the year cabinet-maker; that he married his first wife in 1748, took a shop in 1749, moved to St. Martin's Lane in 1753, and published his celebrated book in 1754. Facts also go to prove that he died at The Gentleman and Cabinet-maker's Director the age of about 70. If the date of his birth was, say, 1709, he would have been thirty-nine when he married, and forty-four at the date of the merely to suggest that it was not till after the 'Director's' appearance. These dates are given appearance of the Director' that Chippendale's influence really affected English furniture." Mr. Macquoid does not state what the facts Simon are that go to prove that Thomas Chippendale died at the age of about 70"; and it may, I think, be fairly assumed that, as Lamily the first volume (The Age of Oak') o estate of his great work was published in 1904, he had not seen, when he wrote these words, Illustrated H.M.S. BEAGLE.-Has the ultimate fate of the ship on which Darwin made his celebrated voyage ever been definitely cleared up? An article appeared in The Japan Magazine in April, 1910, stating that a ship called the Beagle was presented to Japan in 1870, and after being used as a gunboat, &c., was broken up in 1880. But there were doubts as to whether this was the Darwinian Beagle. On the other hand, Essex friends tell me that they are under the impression that the guardship moored in the Roach River (near Burnham-on-Crouch) thirty or forty years ago was named the Beagle. This Government hulk would seem more likely to be the vessel in question. Possibly some local or naval reader can clear up the point. F. A. W. PARISH REGISTERS OF SURREY.-Could any reader of ' N. & Q.' kindly let me know whether there are any transcripts of the parish registers of Surrey earlier than 1813 still extant, and if so, where ? They should, of course, be in the same custody as the Marriage Licences of Surrey Commissary Court, but they are not. REGINALD M. GLENCROSS. Makshufa, Harefield Road, Uxbridge. THE INQUISITION IN FICTION AND DRAMA. -Can any of your readers give me particulars of works of fiction or of plays introducing the Inquisition? I am aware, of course, of its introduction in Westward Ho!' and of Victorien Sardou's tragedy 'La Sorcière'-a mere travesty of Inquisitorial process. But in the autumn of 1911 I read a review of a novel dealing with "the Holy Office" in the Netherlands -supposed to be based on a MS. found in an old house in Antwerp; and I believe that some four or five years ago another novel was based upon the Inquisition. Its elaborate and very dilatory procedure is all against a successful and accurate treatment of it in fiction or drama. ERIC R. WATSON. "OF SORTS."-In replying to the query concerning A "Dish "of Tea MR. DOUGLAS OwEN uses (11 S vi. 433) the expression “the dish was originally a bowl of sorts." Whenever I meet with this 'of sorts" I am puzzled, as no English dictionary that I have consulted has as yet furnished me information. What is its exact meaning ? I have come across such sentences as “It is an army of sorts," where the context seemed to imply that it was a sorry one; and the title of a book, Chances of Sports of Sorts,' which seems to be only a variant for "all sorts." G. KRUEGER. Berlin. FRENCH PRONUNCIATION OF "LAW."I should feel obliged if you would help me to trace the reason for pronouncing the name Law (of South Sea Bubble fame) as Lass" in France. I find this pronunciation is noted by Larousse as correct. 66 Royal Dublin Society. JOSEPH BERRY. (10 S. vi. 447; vii. 37; 11 S. vi. 407.) MAY I supplement COL. CHIPPINDALL'S interesting account of the Chippendale family by a reference to one or two other modern authorities? In Miss Constance Simon's charming and tasteful production English Furniture Designers of the Eighteenth Century (1905) a very good account is given of the Chippendale family as known in London. Miss Simon says (p. 24) that Thomas Chippendale the second (the great Thomas Chippendale, I may call him) was born and spent a part of his early life in Worcester (though she gives no authority for that statement), and that both father and son were settled in London before 1727. On 19 May, 1748, the son would appear to have married Catherine Redshaw of St. Martin-in-theFields at St. George's Chapel, Mayfair, as related by both Miss Simon and COL. CHIPPINDALL. This, the latter states, was followed by the baptism of a son- -Thomas |