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NOTES AND QUERIES. [9* s. in. APRIL s, m
lation of Pere d'Orleans's 'History,' from
which I quoted (8 th S. xii. 431), has an in-
troduction by Echard, the historian, dated
8 May, 1711, and was consequently made
before the term could with any propriety
have been applied to Harley, yet in that work
it is quite common. I have noted no fewer
than nine instances, to wit :
1. "Cecil, the Prime Minister." P. 7.
2. "The Conde Duque de Olivarea, Prime Minister to his Catholick Majesty." P. 8.
3. "Notwithstanding the Prime Minister's in- structions." P. 108.
4. " The Earl of Danby, Lord High Treasurer by Clifford's laying down, and Prime Minister." P. 247.
5. "The Earl of Sunderlaud the Prime Minister." -P. 294.
6. "His Prime Minister is accus'd of it," i.e., treason. P. 303.
7. ' ' That being become Prime Minister and almost the only one." P. 303.
8. " The Prime Minister's opinion." P. 306.
9. "The Prime Minister stood to his advice." P. 307.
In 3 Mazarin is meant ; in 6, 7, 8, and 9, Sunderland. In 'The Life of James II.,' published in 1702, I find, on p. 379
" The Earl of Melford, prime Minister of State." I remember, too, since my last communication, seeing a still earlier instance ; but I cannot trace it for the moment. W. H. DAVID.
AUTHOR WANTED (9 th S. iii. 69, 178, 218). In the admirable ' Bibliographical Catalogue of Macmillan & Co.'s Publications from 1843 to 1889,' I find (p. 5) that "The Legacy of an Etonian, edited by Kobert Nolan ds, sole executor," was written by the Kev. R. W. Essington, formerly Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. Robert Nolands was, of course, a pseudonym. Mr. Essington also wrote, under the name of "A. Kingsman," 'Over Volcanoes ; or, through France and Spain in 1871.'
C. W. BUTTON.
COGAN : BARRY : ROCHE (9 th S. ii. 448). The information on the early history of these families is complicated, and the facts given disjointed. The statements in the query do not agree with Burke, &c. Burke says John FitzThomas, called " John of Callan," Lord of O'Connelloe (not of OfFaly), married Margaret, .daughter of Thomas FitzAnthony, Lord of Decies and Desmond, Seneschal of Leinster, and bailiff of the county of Kerry. Nothing further seems to be known of this family. Maurice FitzGerald, second Baron of OfFaly, married Juliana, daughter of John de Cogan, who was Lord Justice in 1247. He was pro- bably son or grandson of Miles de Cogan, of the honour of Brampton (see ' Visitation of Devon,' 1564), one of the companions of Robert FitzStephen in his Irish expedition of 1171-7.
Juliana, sister of Maurice, fifth Baron OfFaly,
was married to a John de Cogan. Thomas
FitzMaurice (not fifth Baron OfFaly), father
f Maurice, first Earl of Desmond, married
Margaret, daughter of John (? de Barry of
Olethan), Lord Barry. The Barry family is
supposed to be of Norman origin, and it is held
that two brothers, Robert and Philip, went with
Robert FitzStephen into Ireland in 1169, and
settled there. They enjoyed the titles of
Barons Barry of Barry Court and Viscount
Buttevant from circa 1273, and Earls of
Barry more from 28 Feb., 1628, until 1824,
when they became extinct. The De la Roches
were of the first rank of Norman families,
and had great possessions in Pembrokeshire.
The family was established in Ireland by
Adam de Rupe, of Roche Castle, co. Pembroke,
another fellow-soldier of Robert FitzStephen
in 1196. Created by writ Lord of Fermoy,
Hen. VII. and 3 Phil, and Mary, and
Viscount Roche of Fermoy, 13 Eliz. Autho-
rities difFer as to the dates of creation.
JOHN RADCLIFFE.
TROUSERS (9 th S. iii. 126). The compilers of the 'H.E.D.' will be greatly misled if they adopt the year 1778 as an early use of this word. The pages of ' N. & Q.' furnish many examples of a much earlier date. For instance, 3 rd S. v. : Ben Jonson's ' Staple of Newes ' (1625), ' The Coxcomb ' of Beaumont and Fletcher (1647), Shakespeare's 'King Henry V.' (1600); 5 th S. xii.: 'True Anti Pamela ' (1741) ; 6 th S. i. : ' Dragon of Wantley ' (1767), the London Gazette, No. 934 (1674); ix. : private diary (1665) ; ' Janus Lin- guarum of Komensku ' (London, 1670) ; and a short article from PROF. SKEAT.
EVERARD HOME COLEMAN. 71, Brecknock Road.
The word must have been in common use long before 1778. Goldsmith wrote, in 1762, that the Amazons wore " an open jacket, and trowsers that descended no farther than the knee " (' Essays ').
EDWARD H. MARSHALL, M.A.
Hastings.
ST. MICHAEL'S, CROOKED LANE (9 th S. iii. 108), The church of St. Michael, Crooked Lane, was demolished in 1831 to make room for the approaches to the new London Bridge, and the parish was united with those of St. Magnus the Martyr and St. Margaret, New Fisli Street ; the latter church, however, had not been rebuilt after the Great Fire, as its site was required for the erection of the Monument. We find this church of St. Michael spoken of as having been "some- time but a small and homely thing," and
