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NOTES AND QUERIES. . [9* s. x. OCT. is, 1002.
married, 1309, Hawys Gadarn ap Owen
Princess of Powys ; died 1353, leaving
son John, second baron, who married Joan
daughter of Ralph, Earl of Stafford, diec
1374, leaving two sons viz., John, thin:
baron (whose first wife was Maud, daughte
of Roger Mortimer, Earl of March, and whos<
second wife was Alice, daughter of Richarc
Fitzalan, tenth Earl of Arundel, K.G.), d.s.p
1400; and Edward, fourth baron, who mar
ried Eleanor, daughter of Thomas Holland
Earl of Kent, and widow of Roger Mortimer
Earl of March, and d.s.m.p. 3. Sir Alan de
Cherleton, of Apley Castle, married Ellen
widow of Nicolas St. Maur, and daughter
and coheiress of William, Baron Zouche o:
Harringworth ; died 1362, leaving a son Sir
Alan, of Apley Castle, married Margery
daughter and heiress of Hugh FitzAer,
died 1350, leaving a son Thomas, of Apley
Castle ; died 1388, leaving a son Thomas
(d.s.p. 1398), and a daughter Anne, heiress oJ
her brother, married William Knightley, ol
Fawsley, and had a son Thomas Knightley
Charleton, of Apley Castle, married Elizabeth,
daughter of Sir Adam Francis; died 1460,
leaving a son Robert, of Apley Castle, married
Maria or Alice, daughter of Robert Corbet, of
Moreton Corbet ; died 1472, leaving amongst
others a daughter Margaret, married William
Steventon, of Dothill, and had a daughter
Anna, married John Guttyns, of Aston Rogers,
and had several sons and one daughter
Eleanor, who married first Edward Corbet,
of Moreton Corbet (s.p.), and secondly Roger
Hard wy eke, of Pattingham, and left a son
Roger. RALPH POLE.
"QUITE A FEW" (9 th S. x. 208). I am not familiar with this expression, but "quite a nice few" is very common. Its origin and meaning are not, 1 think, difficult to explain. " Few " and " many " are, after all, only com- parative terms, and "a good many" may be regarded as " a good few ); if the point of view be changed. We used, as children, to have a rime :
One 's none,
Two 's some,
Three 's a many,
Four 's a penny,
Five's a little hundred.
I do not know that I have ever seen it in P rmt - C. C. B.
GREEK AND RUSSIAN ECCLESIASTICAL VEST- JSHSNTS (9 th S. x. 28).-To me the subject of vestiSJents is one full of mystery, and I approach it with fear and trembling, but the 8tat>^t*^hat th ? Greek Church only two coloite and red, for the
vestments at mass throughout the year
sounds improbable. I have attended many
services in the Greek Church, and should
be surprised to hear that there is any such
restriction as to the colours employed. I
have myself noted the following, if I am not
much mistaken : At a baptism red and gold
were used ; at a mass for the dead, black and
white ; at a wedding the priest wore white
with a purple bonnet ; at the administration
of the Holy Communion in Lent, purple and
gold ; at the blessing of a private donation
of bread and grapes, gold and crimson ; at
the rite of the Blessing of the Waters on the
Feast of the Epiphany many, if not all, of the
ecclesiastics in the procession wore vestments
that were covered with gold embroidery. At
vespers on the eve of the Assumption at the
Lavra of Petchersk some of the monks wore
black and gold, and on the feast day itself at
mass, which was celebrated with the utmost
magnificence, the monks and acolytes wore
white vestments adorned with gold brocade.
The Lavra of Petchersk is the richest, as it is
the oldest, of Russian monasteries, and in the
sacristy there is a display that ladies cannot
praise enough. The following is a short
description of three of the most precious
vestments :
1. A chasuble of silver brocade with gold flowers, the shoulders of which are covered with pearls on red velvet.
2. A chasuble of cherry-coloured silk with silver flowers, the shoulders adorned with pearls, diamonds, and precious stones.
3. A chasuble of rich gold brocade, of which the shoulders are of black velvet, ornamented with pearls, crosses of rubies and diamonds, diamond stars and roses, ruby and diamond sprays.
On Sundays at the Lavra the vestments lave gold flowers on a light red ground. On the feasts of angels or the B.V.M. they are of white with gold flowers, or else entirely white. On days consecrated to an Apostle hey are yellow, to a bishop blue, to a martyr ed, and to one of the holy fathers green. But the Lavra, no doubt, has its own peculiar customs, and therefore it is by no neans allowable to argue from the particular nstitution to the entire Church.
T. P. ARMSTRONG.
LADY WHITMORE (9 th S. x. 268). Frances, ister of the whole blood to Lady Denham ind Lady Boothby, youngest daughter of the Ion. Sir William Brooke, otherwise Cobham, LB., was celebrated as a great beauty, and narried firstly Sir Thomas Whitmore, of iridgnorth, second son of the first baronet.
