12 s. ix. AUG. is, 1921.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 125 section of human society which labours with its hands." Every equipped anti- quary knows this to be false false even of the so-callea Dark Age which followed the downfall of Roman civilization. There is something in the genuine monuments of the great medieval builders and workers in many renascent arts which convinces the student that they strove for excellence and spared nothing to attain it. The simple truth is admirably stated in the recent observation of The Times that : " To-day the traveller may penetrate into the inmost recesses of some great cathedral, and there, perhaps in a remote gallery hid away from sight, he will find the same exquisite finish, the same loving care, the same striving for beauty, where the eye of man would seldom penetrate and where labour would seem to be the least profitable." Richard Parker II., I remember, adorned his little house in Mile End Road with Masonic and other escutcheons, for he had a profitable side-line in funerals ; and his relations with mid-century Freemasonry were certainly intimate. Me. AN ENGLISH ARMY LIST OF 1740. (See 12 S. ii., iii., vi., vii. passim ; viii. 6, 46, 82, 185, 327, 405, 445 ; ix. 45.) THE last regiment of this list (p. 79) was raised in Ireland by Colonel Richard Coote, under a warrant dated February 13, 1702. In due course it became the 39th Regiment of Foot, and in 1754 proceeded to India, being the first King's Regiment to serve in that country.* Hence it bears upon its Colours the motto, " Primus in Indis." In 1782 a territorial title was given to the regiment and it was styled " 39th (or The East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot," which was changed to " 39th (or the Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot " in 1807. Since 1881 it has been designated " The Dorsetshire Regiment," which title it still retains. Colonel Dall way's Regiment of Foot. Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captains Robert Dallway (1) Phillip Savage Theo. Diiry 'Jos. McXoe Peter Beaver Henry Keene George Lucy James Caddel Isaac Coutier (2) ^Edward Williams Dates of their . present commissions. 6 June 1739 Cornet, 18 Aug. 1739 Ensign, . 31 Aug. 1739 ditto Dates of their first commissions. 8 Mar. 1704 2 Nov. 1707 7 June 1720 Captain Lieutenant George Symes 20 May 1730 12 May 1731 22 July 1731 2 Aug. 1731 18 Nov. 1731 19 Nov. 1731 31 Aug. 1739 31 Aug. 1739 ditto ditto ditto ditto ditto ditto ditto ditto 10 April 22 Oct. 28 July 21 April 18 Dec. 15 Jan. 23 Dec. 1710 1711 1716 1720 1722 1718 1709 13 June 1727 /Thomas Townsend (3) .. 18 Nov. 1731 ditto 20 May 1730 David Hepburn (4) . . 19 Nov. 1731 ditto 8 Oct. 1730 Adam Speed .. 17 Mar. 1731 ditto 23 Mar. 1727 Row. Lewis (5) . . 18 Mar. 1731 ditto 22 July 1731 John Clopton . . 30 Sept. 1732 ditto 29 July 1731 James Cope .. 30 Sept. 1732 ditto 9 Dec. 1731 Thomas Buck . . 4 Mar. 1735 ditto 8 Jan. 1731 Henry Fox (6) .. 1 Oct. 1739 ditto 17 Mar. 1731 i VernyLovett .. 1 June 1739 ditto 20 April 1732 'yTohn Semphill .. .. 31 Aug. 1739 ditto 30 Sept. 1732 (1) Appointed to Colonelcy of the 13th Dragoons, May 12, 1740. Was succeeded by Colonel Samuel Warter Whitsed on Dec. 28, 1740. (2) Name should be Courtier. (3) Captain, April 15, 1749. (4) Captain, Aug. 7, 1746. (5) Rowland Lewis. Captain, June 3, 1752. (6) Captain, July 19, 1740.
- As a fact, the first so-called King's troops which served in India belonged to The Royal Regiment
of Artillery, one company of which, commanded by Captain John Goodyear, was sent there in 1747 with Admiral Boscawen's expedition, returning to England in 1750.
