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WE must request correspondents desiring in- formation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that answers may be sent to them direct.

MASBURENSIS : ITS IDENTITY. Prof. P. de Labriolles of Freiburg (Switzerland) writes :

"Un des editeurs de Tertullien, Sigismondus Gelemus, dans son Edition de Bale, 1550, dit avoir utilise uu manuscrit provenant 'du fond de la Bretagne ' (ex itltima Britannia) et ayant appartenu a un Coenobium Masburense. Pourriez-vous me dire si 1 on a identifie ce Ccenobium Masburense ' Je veux dire si on connait la localite designed par ce mot Masburensis."

Perhaps one of your readers might be able to give the desired information. Could it be a misprint for Malmesburense (or Malmesbirense, as is, I think, the usual spelling) ? j. EGGELING.

The Library, University of Edinburgh.

LOUISBOTJRG : ITS SIEGE. A diary of the siege of Louisbourg in 1758 states that when Wolfe's frontal attack on the landing- place was repulsed, three officers Lieuts. Brown, Hopkins, and Grant, of the 35th Regiment found, after the signal of retreat had been given, a landing-place, where their small force secured a footing, and turned defeat into victory. They are not mentioned by Wolfe, Amherst, or Boscawen, nor does the journal make it quite clear whether only Grant or all three belonged to the 35th, the rolls of which do not show their names.

The Gentleman's Magazine of September, 1758, states that the colours captured at this siege were carried to St. Paul's, and put up near the west door of the Cathedral. They are no longer there, and inquiries from officials on the spot have failed to elicit any information as to their present where- abouts.

Can any of your readers give details about these officers or colours ?

J. S. McL. (Jape Breton.

COL. THOMAS WESTBROOK is known to have been in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S.A., where he was appointed to ad- minister the estate of his father John West- brook, then lately deceased, in 1697. John and Job Westbrook were in Portsmouth as early as 1665. Thomas Westbrook was for several years a member of the New Hampshire Province Council, and at some

time a renowned Indian fighter and colonel of the " Eastern Regiment." About 1730 he settled in Falmouth, Maine, at a place- called Stroudwater, and now included within the limits of Portland, where he became a large owner of lands and water-power, and was extensively engaged in cutting down the virgin forests and converting them into merchantable lumber. He was also- the King's agent for the securing of masts for the Royal Navy. He died at his Stroud- water home, known as Harrow House, in February, 1744. With his death, the family name in these parts became extinct. He left one child, however, a daughter who married Richard Waldron, Secretary of the Province, and through this connexion his posterity, under other names, is still numerous. He is thought to have been well advanced in years at the time of his death, but his real age has not been ascer- tained, even approximately, and it is still matter of dispute with the local historians whether Col. Westbrook was born on Ameri- can soil, or while still young was brought from England by his parents.

The present writer is especially anxious to learn when and where Col. Thomas West- brook was born. The inquiry has been often made through various publications in this country, but always without results. Perhaps some one of the many readers of ' N. & Q.' may be able to answer it.

F. M. RAY. 191, Middle Street, Portland, Maine.

ST. ALBAN'S SCHOOL, LONDON. The ' D.N.B.' says that Nathaniel Richards was master of " St. Alban's School, London," about 1640. Can any one tell me anything of this school ? Richards was not at St. Albans School, Herts, as MB. C. H. ASHDOWN has kindly shown me.

G. C. MOORE-SMITH. Sheffield University.

CIVIL WAR DOCUMENTS. I am anxious for information as to certain points con- nected with two Civil War documents which have just come into my possession :

1. An order dated Oxford, 30 Oct.,|1642, signed by Charles I., and directing certain payments to be made to several officers and chaplains. It is directed to " Matthew Brodley, Esq re ., Paymaster General of His Majestys Forces." On another sheet is an account of disbursements, presumably in the handwriting of the said Matthew Brodley.

Who was Matthew Brodley, and what is known concerning him ?