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children by Donnina Visconti can be ac-
counted for, and certainly none of his
daughters married John Shelley in the reign
of Henry VI. RICHARD EDGCUMBE.
Edgbarrow, Crowthorne, Berks.
KNIGHTLEY CHARLETON (9 th S. x. 189).
M.D. will find what he desires in vol ix.
p. 319 of Eyton's 'Antiquities of Shropshire' ;
also in vol. xxviii. of the Harleian Society's
publications ('Visitation of Shropshire,
1623 '). Several years ago, when comparing
the Charleton pedigrees in the ' Visitation of
Shropshire,' I came across an egregious
blunder ; but if M.D. will always bear in
mind that Sir Alan Charleton, founder of
the Apley branch of the family of that name,
was the youngest brother and not the grand-
son of John Charleton, first Lord Powys, he
will not be led astray. Another brother was
Thomas Charleton, Bishop of Hereford.
Thomas Charleton, alias Knightley, is the
person referred to by M.D. as the father of
Robert Charleton, Sheriff of Salop in 1472.
He was a son of William Knightley, of
Fawsley, Northamptonshire (who, according
to Eyton, was a son of Knightley of Gnosall,
Staffordshire), bv his wife Anne Charleton,
great-granddaughter of the first Sir Alan
Charleton, of Apley. John Charleton, the
elder brother of Sir Alan, acquired the lord-
ship of Powys by his marriage with Hawyse
ap Owen, Princess of Powys, in 1309. Alto-
gether four John Charltons held successively
the barony of Powys. The first John
Charleton and the first Sir Alan were, I
believe, sons of Robert Charleton, fl. 1300,
but Eyton marks this descent as doubtful.
A. H. FEWTRELL.
Bury.
I send these few items for the perusal of M.D. and for correction by some of your readers, knowing there is a difficulty in pro- ducing a reliable pedigree. John Charleton, of Apley, Lord Powys (d. 1360), married Joan, daughter of Ralph, Earl of Stafford. His second son, Sir Alan, Knt. (d. 1362), had a son Alan (d. 1350), who married Margery, daughter and heir of Hugh Fitz - Aer, of Whitford, co. Salop. His son Thomas (d. 1388) had a daughter Anne, who became heir to her brother Thomas (d. 1398), and married William Knightley, of Fawsley, co. Northampton, whose son, Thomas Knightley, alias Charleton (given by Burke as Knightley Charleton), married Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of Sir Adam Francis, Knt., son of Adam Francis, of London. Their son, Robert Charleton, was Sheriff of Salop in 1472, and
married Maria, daughter of Robert Corbet,
of Morton. JOHN RADCLIFFE.
"KiT-CAT" PORTRAITS (9 th S. x. 188). In case MR. McGovERN cannot get access to the 'N.E.D.,'1 refer him fora full explanation of this phrase to the ' Dictionary of National Biography,' art. ' Cat, Christopher ' ; Cassell's ' Old and New London,' i. 70 ; ' Chambers's Encyclopaedia,' s.v. ; or, for a brief account, to Brewer's 'Phrase and Fable,' s.v.
F. ADAMS.
The name Kitcafc is that of a clergyman at present residing in Chelsea. H. T.
COLERIDGE BIBLIOGRAPHY (9 th S. x. 167). Is MR. HANEY acquainted with ' Coleridge : Letters to Lamb, and Notes on Samuel Daniel's Poems,' given in ' N. & Q.,' 1 st S. vi. 117 ; x. 463. Other of his annotations are given in vol. vii. of the same series. He will also find six long communications in 8 th S. vii., entitled ' The Bibliography of Coleridge,' which contain a gomplete list of his works with his marginal Corrections, and- in many instances the name of the owner of the volume. EVERARD HOME COLEMAN.
71, Brecknock Road.
I have some notes by Coleridge in a copy of Mandeville's 'Fable of the Bees.'
W. G. BOSWELL-STONE.
TITLE OF BOOK WANTED (9 th S. x. 167). I have the tale 'An Old Woman of the Sea," which, I believe, is in a part of the Comhill Magazine, published quite twelve years ago. The wrappers and first pages of the number being absent, I cannot be quite sure of the publication, but if T. S B. has any difficulty in getting the story, mine is quite at his service. JAMES JOHN BARRETT.
Crosscliffe, Moss Side, Manchester.
BRANSTILL CASTLE (9 th S. x. 149, 191). This castle was situate in the parish of Eastnor. See ' A History of the Castles of Herefordshire and their Lords,' by the Rev. Charles J. Robinson, where a short account is given, with a sketch "from nature " of part of the ruins, made by Lady Frances Vernon Harcourt in 1869. It was purchased from the Rede family in the middle of the eighteenth century by Mr. Cocks, of Castleditch, and in 1869 was the property of Earl Somers, in whose possession it probably still remains. The author calls the castle "Bransill," but adds that "the castle is sometimes called Bronsill, Brantsill, and Bromeshill, all of which are probably variations of the Cymric bryn, the English brow (or ridge), and the Scotch brae" (p. 18).
