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grandfather of the Very Rev. Cutts Harman, Dean
of Waterford. Y. S. M.
Townsend. Who was Colonel Richard Towns- end, ancestor of Mr. Townsend of Castle Towns- end, co. Cork ? and what was his wife's name ?
Y. S. M.
Vaughan : Latham. Arther Lord Chichester made a lease, dated March 10, 1620, of lands in counties of Donegal and Londonderry to Sir John Vaughan, Knt. Barbara Vaughan, one of Sir John's daughters, married William Latham of Newplace, co. Londonderry, Esq. He died in 1642, leaving a son and heir, William, and five daughters, of whom the eldest, Barbara, married Edward Synge, Bishop of Cork. Who were Sir John Vaughan, his wife, and children ? and what arms did he bear ? Wm. Latham's arms were,
Or on a chevron indented ? three roundlets
? I suppose a scion of the Lancashire family.
Y. S. M.
[We must request our correspondent to write his proper names more legibly, as his article has occasioned much loss of time in decyphering them. ]
The Tau Cross. Was this the distinguishing
badge of any religious order in the fourteenth or
fifteenth century ? I have an impression that I
have seen a^ illuminated figure of a religious
with this cross on the shoulder. BURIENSIS.
Arms of Principalities. What are the emblems or armorial bearings of the Principalities ; or I shall be glad to find a representation of them. I have searched in vain. STEPHEN AUSTIN.
Commission for Ecclesiastical Preferments. What persons constituted the commission for ec- clesiastical preferments in the reign of William III., and of what preferments had they the dis- posal ? Was this commission a new feature in the government of the Church, or had it existed before ? WILLIAM ERASER, B.C.L.
Alton, Staffordshire.
Crediton Church, co. Devon. Polwhele, in his History of Devon (vol. i. p. 234.), says :
" CredTton deserves no notice for its buildings in general ; that Bishop Eadulph, however, built the cathe- dral has been told by several writers."
I shall be greatly obliged to any of your cor- respondents who will inform me who are the writers here referred to ? Bishop Eadulph died 931 ; and I find Bishop Ethel gar consecrated the church between the years 937 and 939, and that he obtained from Pope Leo VII. and others, 12,480 days of pardon for the donors and bene- factors to Crediton Minster, and those who assisted the work, and for King Atholstan. Query, was
the building commenced by Bishop Eadulph and
finished by his successor Ethelgar ? J. T T.
John Gibbon of.Sedgeley. Information is de- sired respecting John Gibbon of Sedgley, co. Salop. He died Sept. 9, 1727, leaving him sur- viving at least four sons, viz. John Gibbon, Richard Gibbon, Edward Gibbon, and Toby Gib- bon. The last named, Toby Gibbon, had two daughters, namely, Anne Gibbon and Mary Gibbon.
John Gibbon must have been advanced in life at the period of its termination, being then a grandfather. To whom was he married, and what were his father's and his mother's names and resi- dences ? To whom were his sons married, and their descendants ? S. N. R.
Catterson Smith's Portrait of the Queen. Per- haps you, or some of your readers, can tell me whether Mr. Catterson Smith's portrait of the Queen is (as I think it is) the first royal portrait ever painted in Ireland by a native artist ? It certainly is an admirable production, and well calculated, in every respect, to grace the mansion- house of the city of Dublin. ABHBA.
John Ker Str other. Was there ever such a person as John Strother Ker, Esq., residing at Nenthorne, in Berwickshire ? If so, required to know whether he was buried at Nenthorne, whether he left any issue, and how it was that he bore the name of. Strother in conjunction with that of Ker ?
In Hodgson's History of Northumberland, there is an account of the Strothers of Kirknewton, Fowberry Tower, and Bedenhall. Will any cour- teous reader of " N. & Q.," possessing the work, kindly make an extract of the pedigree? The same book contains, I believe, the pedigree of the Kers or Kerrs. Any further information con- cerning the family will be thankfully received by
HERALDICUS.
The Sacramental Wine originally administered in Wooden Cups ; when and by u-hom the change was first made. There is a black letter dwarf quarto volume, entitled The Pageant of Popes, contayning the Lyues of all the Bishops of Rome, from the beginninge of them to the Yeare of Grace, 1555." It is divided into six books ; the first con- tains the lives of the bishops, the second of the archbishops, and the remaining four of the Popes of Rome :
" Shewing manye straunge, notorious, outragious, and tragical partes, played by them, the like whereof liath not els bin hearde: both pleasant and profitable for this age. Written in Latin by Maister Bale, and now En- glished with sondrye additions by J. S. [John Studley]. London, 1574."
From the first book of the above work, I ex- tract the following account of Zepherinus, the
