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NOTES AND QUERIES. cii s. m. APRIL i, 1911.
LOCKHART ON DANTE. Has Lockhart's
warm appreciation of Dante, written on his
last visit to Rome (Lang's ' Life,' ii. 403),
ever been printed ? W. E. A. Ax ON.
' DISCORD,' A SATIRE. Who was the author of this poem, published; in 1773 ? He is said by Nichols to have been " a writer of the first celebrity."
HORACE BLEACKLEY.
WHITE LION OF THE HOUSE OF MARCH. Planohe in his ' History of British Costume,' under the heading of Edward IV., writes :
" The collar of suns and roses, to which was some- times appended the white lion of the house of March, was given by Edward IV. to his adherents, and is seen on many effigies of this period."
Planche gives two figures those of the Countess of Arundel at Arundel and that of Sir John Crosby in the church of Great St. Helen's, London. Hollis in his 'Monu- mental Effigies' gives a collar of suns and roses with a sejant lion worn by Sir R. Harcourt, K.G., at Stanton Harcourt, Oxon. Can any reader help me to another instance ?
The effigy I am studying has a" pendent beast which is extraordinarily like the Golden Fleece, but for all that I am sure it is the white lion of March.
EDWARD LAWS, F.S.A.
BELL INSCRIPTION AT FALMOUTH : JEAN FRANQOIS LAVATJD. The following inscrip- tion was recently discovered on the bell in the tower on the stables of " Marlborough," Falmouth :
MESSIRE JEAN FRANCOIS LAVAUD THRESORIER DE
FRANCE BAHRAIN DAME MARIE MIDAUD MARRAINE 1738
Poulange : ,
Between the inscription and the word " Poulange" is a cross standing upon a rock.
The bell looks like a ship's bell, and might possibly have been taken by Capt. James Bull (1739-1821) or Capt. John Bull (1771-1851).
Perhaps some campanologist can tell me something about the bell arid what the in- scription means. WILLIAM BULL.
BISHOP KEN. Bishop Ken's father, Thomas Ken, of Furnival's Inn, Holborn, was married twice. His first wife was Jane, daughter of Rowland Hughes of Essendon, Herts ; his second Martha, daughter of Ion Chalkhill of Kingsbury, Middlesex. In the family pedigree he is said to be the eldest son by the first wife, but his biographer, the Rev. W. L. Bowles, considers him to be the youngest son by the first wife. Izaak
Walton's wife Anne is often styled Ken's
half-sister, which is not correct if the
Bishop was son of the first wife. Most
of Thomas Ken's children were baptized
at St. Giles's, Cripplegate, their names and
the dates of their baptism being subjoined :
1626. Jan. 1. John, son of Thomas Kenn, gent.
1628. June 28. Martha, daughter of Mr. Thomas
Kenne, gent.
1629. Feb. 23. Mary, daughter of Thomas Kenne,
gent.
1631. March 26. Margaret, daughter of Thomas
Kenne, gent.
1632. July 10. Hyon, son of Thomas Kenne, gent. 1635. April 14. Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas
Ken'e, gent.
1638. Aug. 17. Mary, daughter of Thomas Ken,
gent. 1640. March 16. Martin, son of Thomas Ken, gent,
Buried.
1639. Dec. 7. Mary, daughter of Thomas Ken, gent.
1640. March 19. Martha, wife of Thomas Ken,
gent.
Three children mentioned in the pedigree were not baptized here, namely, Anne (afterwards Mrs. W^alton), Jane, and Thomas.
At what date was Thomas Ken married to his second wife ? If this can be ascertained, it will be known which wife was mother of the Bishop. The 19th of March was the bicentenary of the death of Bishop Ken. L. H. CHAMBERS.
Amersham.
[The ' D.N.B.' under Bp. Ken says that his mother was the second wife of his father. Under John Chalkhill it says : " It is worthy of note that Walton married Ann Ken, a sister of Bishop Ken and daughter of Thomas Ken, an attorney, by his first wife. This Thomas Ken married a second wife, Martha Chalkhill."]
' THE HOUSE OF Too MUCH TROUBLE,' POEM. The end of this poem is as follows : In the house of too much trouble he is happy and
at rest ; In the house of too much trouble, with a rose upon
his breast.
Who is the author of the poem ?
E. F. B.
' THE REFUGE,' 1808. Could any readei kindly supply me with the name and calling of the author of a little book entitled ' The Refuge ' ? The volume was printed by C. Whittingham of Goswell Street in 1808, and is by the author of 'The Guide to Domestic Happiness.' P. G. B.
CORSETS AND TIGHT LACING. Can any of your readers inform me of trustworthy books on this question ? Is it known whether men or women w r ere the first to subject themselves to tight lacing ? The Egyptians practised it. Dr. Arthur Evans
