10 8. XL FEB. 30, 1909.] NOTES AND QUERIES.
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GAINSBOROUGH AT RICHMOND : JOHN
THOMAS HILL. Can any reader of ' N. & Q.'
kindly give me information as to where
Gainsborough resided in or near Richmond
during the summer months of the last six
or seven years of his life (178087) ?
Perhaps also some one might oblige me with information regarding John Thomas Hill (" Jack Hill "), son of George and Elizabeth Hill of Petersham, whom Gains- borough adopted during those years, and who, through the influence of Mrs. Gains- borough, was placed in Christ's Hospital, 1791. A. W. DAVIES.
56, Elm Grove Road, Barnes.
POLHILL FAMILY : CBOMWELL DESCENT. In Miller's ' Jottings of Kent,' p. 95, it is stated :
"Amongst the monuments [at Otford] is a mural tomb of fine sculpture for David Polhill, son of Thomas Polhill, of Otford, whose grand- mother was Bridget, daughter of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector. ' ' Can any one verify this ? Bridget Cromwell married (1) Ireton, (2) Fleetwood.
G. H. W.
" LAPPASSIT." In a letter written in
1679 by Col. Cooke to the first Duke of
Ormonde, " that illustrious cavalier " of Macaulay, occurs the following :
'My own distemper so continues that it forfeits me also to a lappassit of writing legible.' ' -Morning Post, 26 Dec., 1908, p. 7.
The assumption is that the colonel it: advancing his illness as an excuse for in- different calligraphy ; but will some one kindly tell me the meaning and derivation of " lappassit " ?
What, too, is the force of " it forfeits me to " in this curious sentence ?
CHARLES GILLMAN.
Church Fields, Salisbury.
THOMAS DOVER, M.B. Can any of your readers supply information as to the an- cestry of Thomas Dover, M.B., 1660-1742, author of ' The Physician's Legacy ' ? From the ' Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College ' (Venn) he appears to have been the " son of John Dover of Barton- on-the-Heath, Warwicks., gent." Was his father the only son of Robert Dover, 1575 1641, a Warwickshire attorney of Bar- ton-on-the-Heath, who founded the Cots- wold games in 1604 (vide 3 S. ix. passim) ? ' D.N.B.' states that Robert Dover had one son, Capt. John Dover, who fought under Prince Rupert, and was the father of John Dover (d. 1725), dramatist and rector of Drayton. I am inclined to think that the
Rev. John Dover was the elder brother of
Thomas. At Michaelmas, 1686, when
Thomas entered at Caius College, Cambridge,
was there any John Dover resident at Barton-
on-the-Heath besides Robert's son, the
Royalist captain and father of the Rev.
John Dover of Drayton, Banbury T
J. A. NIXON. 18, West Mall, Clifton, Bristol.
SAMUEL HAYES was Fellow of Trin. Coll., Camb., and Usher at Westminster School (1771-88), where he was known as "Botch" Hayes. I wish to obtain the exact date of his death. He is said to have died in 1795, and a volume of his sermons was published in 1797 for the benefit of his widow.
G. F. R. B.
RICHARD BIJGH, 1780-1838. What authority is there for the statement in the 'Diet, of Nat. Biog.,' v. 218, that he was a son of Admiral William Bligh ? The West- minster Indenture of 1795 and the entry of his admission to Trin. Coll., Camb., both state that he was son of John Bligh of London ; and in his entry at Lincoln's Inn he is described as " the second son of John Bligh, late of Abingdon St., Esq., deced." I should be glad to obtain the exact date of his death. G. F. R. B.
DR. ROBERT GURNEY. Can any one give me information as to the Rev. Robert Gurney, D.D. ? He was Rector of Omagh, co. Deny, early in the eighteenth century. T. PAKENHAM LAW.
15, Ryder Street, St. James's.
GENERAL RUSSELL MANNERS : COL. H. H. MANNERS. The former was Lieutenant Colonel 2nd Dragoon Guards, 1763 ; and Colonel 86th Foot, 1794. He died Sept., 1800. Of what family did this officer come, and how was he connected with the Rutland house, if at all ?
Col. Henry Herbert Manners was Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade, 1807 ; also Major and Colonel 37th Foot. He died at Ken- sington, 21 May, 1843. Was this officer related to the former ? and if not, of what family did he come ?
GEORGE EVATT, Surgeon-General. Junior U.S. Club, S.W.
LICENCES TO TRAVEL : PASSPORTS. When did the royal licence to travel cease to be issued ? I have traced it to the time of William III.
When did the passport, as distinguished from the licence, come into use ? I have traced it back to Anne. GEORGE WHALE.
