. V.MAY 12. 1906.] NOTES AND QUERIES.
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are obtainable. I have consulted Wilson's
'Magdalen College,' p. 50; A. a Wood,
- Colleges and Halls/ p. 350; and Pointer,
- Oxoniensis Acadeinia,' pp. 66, 68.
AYEAHR.
[The Rev. H. R. Bramley, a Fellow of Magdalen, is quoted at 5 th S. xi. 385 as stating that the words of the hymn were written by Dr. Thomas Smith, who died in 1710. MR. F. E. SAWYER says at 5 th S. xii. 134 that the hymn is called ' Hymnus Eucha- risticus,' and begins, "Te Deum Patrem colimus, Te laudibus prosequimur." He adds that The Musical Times of 1 May, 1848, gives the hymn, with music composed by Dr. Benjamin Rogers (1625-95).]
- HORACE IN LONDON.' These excellent
imitations of the first two books of Horace's Odes were written by James and Horace Smith between 1807 and 1810, most of them dealing with the topics of the day. I shall be particularly obliged to any reader of
- N. & Q.' who will tell me (1) the name of
the Baronet celebrated in Ode III. Book i. ('The Baronet's Yaoht'), and (2) who
"H. R , Esq.," was, to whom Ode III.
Book ii. ('Philosophic Enjoyment') is dedi- cated. R. L. MORETON. Greenford, near Southall, Middlesex.
CHASSEURS BRITANNIQUES. A regiment called the Chasseurs Britanniques appears in the Army List of 1804 for the first time. When, how, and by whom was it raised 1 What was its constitution 1 And when was it disbanded ? It does not appear in the Army List after 1814.
J. H. LESLIE, Major.
W. C. T. DOBSON, R.A. Did the late W. C. T. Dobson, R.A., R.W.S., leave any children 1 ? Can any reader inform me of their address? S. BIRNBAUM.
14, Brook Street, New Bond Street, W.
SIR WILLIAM GERARD, LORD CHANCELLOR OF IRELAND. The 4 Diet. Nat. Biog.' says that he was son of Gilbert Gerard, of Ince, co. Lancaster, by Eleanor, daughter of William Davison, Alderman of Chester, and therefore cousin to the well-known Sir Gilbert Gerard, Attorney- General and Master of the Rolls to Queen Elizabeth. I have no reason for doubting this statement, but so far as I am aware this is the first time the parentage of this eminent lawyer has been definitely specified, and I should be grateful to know the authority upon which it is given. Sir William Gerard's connexion with the Lancashire family of that name has been seriously questioned. The Ince line of the Gerards is very incomplete, but in my notes of the name I find that William Gerard of Ince, who flourished temp. Henry VII., had a
numerous family, the three elder sons being
(1) Thomas, his heir ; (2) James of Astley,
father of Sir Gilbert Gerard, M.R. ; and (3)
Gilbert, of whom I know nothing. Was this
Gilbert the father of the Irish Chancellor ?
W. D. PINK. Lowton, Newton-le-Willows.
CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS. I shall be very glad of any light that can be thrown upon the meaning, or probable meaning, of the obscure words or phrases in the following items, which are selected from the wardens' accounts of the parish of SS. Anne and Agnes, Aldersgate, City:
1&38/9. Paied Mr. Cheere for a long Cant to lye on the Church wall next Mr. Grymmitt's, 10$.
1641/2. Paied for a mattock staile and a shovell staile and for a new shovell, 2s.
1642/3. Paied for an Abbott of Wark's Land & the Tenths of Gregorye's Land due to his Ma ti9 ,* 17$ 9d.
1643/4. P[ai]d for a warrant from the R[e]corder and spent in cleeringe the p[ar]ish from abrudis [sic] child born in this pfarlish, 4-?.
1645/6. Spent on the Salt peter men to leavell the Alines howse being digged, Is. 4c?.
Paid the Upholster for worke done in the Church, and for cornacon [sic] taxes, l u 4s. IQd.
1652/3. Paid for Greene say, Buccorum, black- tacks, yallow nayles, Caddas [sic'], Tos [sic], curled haire, and covering three pewes and mending of another in the Church, 6 U 10s.
1664/5. Given to a Bustned (?) man, 1*.
1666/7- Given to Widdow Bell, being destitute of a being [sic], 5s.
1675/6. Given to a Mann i or pace money, 6d.
1676/7. Paid for two Shovells and a helme, 3s. Id.
1696/7. P[ai]d James Smith in Clipt Money, 3 U Is. 6d. P[aijd him more 2 Guineys, 2 U 4s.
1697/8. Laid out for Smith's Child, Born in this parish, for y e King, 2s.
Gave Towards y e Buring of Allexander y e prefund,f 4s.
1698/9. Piai]d Boddington the King's Tax for two parish Children, 8s.
1699/1700. Spent upon deliv[e]ring of Ticketts to pr[e]vent Inmates being Chargeable, Is. Qd.
W. McM.
[1645/6. For saltpetre man see 8 th S. v. 228, 353, 476; xii. 388, 472, 518.
1676/7. "Helm" here is probably handle. The first quotation for this meaning in 'N.E.D.' is 1430, "Like mattokes wer here wepens wroght, With long holmes of iren stoute."]
MITCHELL = PELL. Information wanted as bo the pedigree of Frances Sarah Pell, an heiress or co heiress, who married Mitchell. Her book-plate bears : Per chevron gules and azure (sable ?), a chevron between three swans argent ; on an escutcheon of pretence, Ermine, a canton charged with a pelican in her piety.
- William Gregory and John Werk were the chief
parochial benefactors.
t The first, four letters of this word seem clear, the last three are not so plain.
