ii s. VL DEC. 14,1912.] NOTES AND QUERIES.
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HERALDIC : BEARER OF COAT SOUGHT
(11 S. vi. 410). The arms referred to are,
in all probability, those of the Pinchbeck
family, who bore Argent, on a bend sable
a bezant in chief. It is likely that in the
example the gold of the bezant has perished,
and the charge been mistaken for a "plate."
This family were originally of Hagbeck
Hall and Pinchbeck, co. Lines ; and a
member, Thomas Pinchbeck, who married
Joan, daughter of Sir William Bawde, Kt.,
was Chief Baron of the Exchequer in 1388.
I can find no record of the family ever using
a, crest. WILFRED DRAKE.
[MR. T. H. B. VADE-WALPOLE thanked for reply.]
JEFFREY HUDSON AND CROFTS DUEL (11 S. vi. 369, 433). An earlier reference than those cited is to be found in The Gentleman's Magazine for December, 1 732. This account of Hudson's career, taken from The Universal Spectator, 30 Dec., No. 221, is possibly abridged, and reference to the original might disclose further particulars. The part bearing upon the query reads as follows :
" After the Rebellion broke out, being made a Captain of Horse in the King's Service he under- went many Perils till 1644, when he went over with his Royal Mistress to France. Here he had a Quarrel with the Ld Croft's brother, whom he obliged to meet him with Powder and Ball, and shot him dead on the Spot."
I note also that in a letter dated 4 Sept., 1625, " Mr. Croftes, the courtier," is men- tioned ; this Croftes was one of the Queen's pages. AITCHO.
MlSS COGHLAN OF BATH (US. vi. 386).
Being myself connected with the Coghlan family, I am much interested in this sub- ject. I have an old Coghlan family tree in which Andrew Coghlan appears. My great- grandfather, John Coghlan, who died in 1827 at Farnham, Hants, may have been his brother. I have for some time been making inquiries of and for the Coghlan family, and should be very glad to hear more from your correspondent J. D. C.
F. J. EGERTON-WARBURTON. 23, Old Buildings, Lincoln's Inn, W.C.
CHANCELLORS OF YORK MINSTER (11 S. vi. 409). A list of the Chancellors of York Minster ah iniiio up to the date of publica- tion will be found in vol. i. pp. 130-31, and an account of their duties in vol. ii. p. 171, of " An Accurate Description and History of the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of -St. Peter, York : York, Printed by A. Ward for. . . .MDCCLxvm." W. C. BOLLAND.
Lee's ' Glossary of Liturgical Terms '
defines a chancellor as " the official of the
cathedral chapter who advised the members
of it in legal questions and disputes."
There is a very full list of these func-
tionaries attached to York Minster from
early in the thirteenth century to the end
of the eighteenth in ' Eboracum,' &c.. pub-
lished at York by Wilson & Spence in 1788.
In Gent's ' History of York.' 1730, there are 'to be found transcripts of the inscriptions and epitaphs of some Chancellors buried in the Minster which had remained legible up to that date. WM. NORMAN.
In reply to CANON AUSTEN'S inquiry, I may say there is a short account of the founding by Archbishop Thomas I.. A.D. 1070-1100, of the Chancellorship of York Minster, as well as of the duties and rents attaching to the office, in ' An Accurate Description of the Cathedral and Metro - political Church of St. Peter, York,' published at York, MDCCLXX., on pp. 170-71 of vol. ii.
From Gent's ' History of York ' and other sources I gather the following list of Chancellors, which, though very imperfect, may help in the making of a complete list :
Robert Riplingham, d. 1332.
John Kexby, d. 1452.
Wm. Palmer, d. 1605 (after thirty-four years' occupancy).
Henry Swinburne, d. 1622.
Phineas Hodson (wife d. 1636).
Wm. Pearson, d. 1715.
John Nassington.
L. Vernon Harcourt, appointed 1827. A. H. ARKLE.
Oxton, Birkenhead.
For list of the Chancellors see Le Neve's 'Fasti Eccl. Angl.' (1854), iii. 163-6.
G. F. R. B.
ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS (US. vi. 408)- Your correspondent may be interested to learn that Leamington is a case in point. In its early days it was known as Leamington Priors. In 1830 the Princess Victoria, with her mother the Duchess of Kent, stayed some time at the Regent Hotel. In reply to a requisition from the inhabitants, and in honour of this visit, Queen Victoria inti- mated, on 19 July, 1838, that henceforth the town should be styled " Royal Leaming- ton Spa." JOHN T. PAGE.
Long Itchington, Warwickshire.
In reply to Miss M. CROCKER of Royal Tunbridge Wells as to the names of other places with Royar additions, I may state
