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KUGGE OB RUDGE FAMILY. This very ancient family was originally seated at Rudge Hall, near Pattishall, co. Stafford, and also at Seisdon.

It is recorded in Blomefield's ' Norfolk,' xi. 35, that

"William de Bugg was father of William, under age in 56 Hen. III. (1272) ; and Robert Rugge and Isabell his wife conveyed the manor of Pickeford in Shropshire to Sir Nicholas Burnel, Kt., in 49 Ed. III. (1376)."

It is added that the younger branch, as it is called, came into Norfolk, Nicholas Rugg, second son of John Rugg of Rugg, seating himself in that county in 49 Ed. III.

It would seem as if the pedigree of the Ruggs or Rugges of Norfolk might read thus : William de Rugg.

William, under age 56 Hen. III. John Rugg of Rugg.

? 1st son, Robert = Isabell 2nd son, Nicholas, Fines Salop, 49 Ed. III., settled in Norfolk

No. 57). 49 Ed. III.

I am endeavouring to show the connexion, which undoubtedly existed, between the Ruggs or Rugges of Norfolk and the Rugges of Seisdon (or Seysdon), apparently, accord- ing to Blomefield, the elder branch.

The first mention I have found of the latter is in Shaw's ' Staffordshire,' where John de Rugge is recorded as of Seysdon, co. Staffs, living there 4 Ed. III. (1330). May he have been an elder son of William de Rugg, and brother to William under age 56 Hen. III. (1272) ?

In Harl. Soc. xxxii. 228 ' Visitation of Norfolk, 1563, 1589, and 1613 'there is a pedigree of Repps (als. Rugg or Rugge, Blomefield's ' Norfolk,' xi. 35) commencing with " Robert Repps, descended of a younger brother of Rugg of Salop, lived 2 Ed. III." (1328).

May not 2 Ed. III. (1328) have been an error for 2 Ed. IV. (1462) ? The great- great-grandson of Robert Repps, William Rugg, was Bishop of Norwich 28 Hen. VIII. (1536), which, if the former date were correct, would give the extraordinary in- terval of 208 years between Robert and his great-great-grandson.

If Robert Repps lived 2 Ed. IV., he would appear to be identical with Robert Rugge living 2 Ed. IV., great-great-grandson of Nicholas above given, the descendants of, and arms borne by, this Robert being identical with those of Robert Repps, alias Rugg (see Harl. Soc. xxxii. 228 and Blome- field's ' Norfolk,' xi. 35).

Sir William Molyneux, Kt. (who took two standards from the Scotch with his own hands at the battle of Flodden, and won the Earl of Huntly's arms, and died 1548), married temp. Hen. VII. Jane, only daughter and heir of Sir Richard Rugge, Kt., by his wife Margaret Moreton. Is anything known of the pedigree of this Sir Richard Rugge ? He may have been a Rudge of Rudge, co. Salop, as the arms of that family appear on a monument in the parish church of Pattenham, co. Stafford, where Jane lies buried.

I shall be most grateful for any assistance readers of ' N. & Q.' can render me. Com- munications direct will greatly oblige.

FRANCIS H. RELTON. 9, Broughton Road, Thornton Heath.

' BAAL ; OB, SKETCHES OF SOCIAL EVILS.* Who was the anonymous author of this poem " in ten flights," published by William Freeman, 102, Fleet Street, 1861 ? The principal poem occupies 210 pages, twenty- four minor poems making the volume up to a total of 299 pages. W. B. H.

" VEBGEL." This Spanish word may mean either a garden or an orchard. Has it any connexion with the French for orchard, verger ? This, according to Littre", is derived ultimately from the Latin viridis, green. The first mention he gives of verger is from La Fontaine. Comtesse Genlis speaks of " le verger de Charles V.," which was situated on the site of the present Jardin des Plantes in Paris. W. T. LYNN.

Blackheath.

" AS THE FARMER SOWS HIS SEED."

An interesting game, which I have in years past often seen children playing in a ring, had no name except " As the Farmer.' As usual, the players were mostly little girls boys beyond five or six years " shunt," as they say, such things. They formed a ring, and " went through motions " in accordance with the words, partly delivered in a sing-song sort of way :

As the farmer sows his seed,

So he stands and takes his heed ;

So he stands and claps his hands,

Then turns him round to view the land. As they sing the motion of sowing seed is shown by swinging both hands right and left ; then the players stand hand in hand ; their hands are clapped ; next each child turns round to view the land ; and finally they join hands and romp madly round, singing the words over again.

It is now many years since I saw children