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10 S. XI. MAY 8, 1909.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 365

It will be noticed in this letter that Lea states he has been a schoolmaster for over thirty years, which carries us back to 1717 or earlier. On 6 June, 1716, one Thomas Whitaker, a native of Bucknall, afterwards Rector of Ashton-upon-Mersey, was admitted to St. John's College, Cambridge, the register stating that he had been bred at Stoke, under "Mr. Lea," for four years (R. F. Scott's 'Admissions to St. John's College,' pt. iii. pp. 5, 302). There can be scarcely a doubt that "Mr. Lea" was the Rev. Samuel Lea, who, as Grazebrook's notes on the pedigree already referred to show, was described as "of Bucknall," which is in Stoke parish. Samuel Lea, as I mentioned in my book (p. 248), was curate of Bucknall in 1718, and his son Samuel was born at Stoke about 1725. Three of Lea's Newport pupils entered St. John's College, Cambridge: Robert Moreton in 1733, Thomas Gough in 1738, and Samuel Dickinson (as mentioned before) in 1749. Evidently Newport scholars went to Oxford rather than Cambridge.

—The following misstatements seem worth notice.

The 'D.N.B.' says of Edward Parry, Bishop of Killaloe that "his father's name has not been ascertained." The bishop was the son of Rees Parry of Newry and Anglesea, whose will was proved in 1618.

Of Sir Thomas Parry, alias Vaughan, the 'D.N.B.' says: "From him were descended the poets Henry and Thomas Vaughan." There is no foundation whatever for this statement. Though it would be difficult to trace the Vaughans, they in all probability belonged to the elder and legitimate branch of that family. Sir Thomas had only one son, who died unmarried, and two daughters, who married Knyvett and Abrahall. The Dictionary says that "Henry Parry, Bishop of Worcester, was never married." By his will he makes his wife Elizabeth executrix, and gives legacies to three sons and a daughter Pascha. The widow proved it P.C.C. 31 May, 1617.

Of William Parry of Shipston-on-Stour it is said that he "probably died about 1756." A. C. gives the exact date in ''Gent. Mag.'', 1807, p. 1191:—

—Prof. Pollard, writing of Sir Lewis Pollard in 'D.N.B.' (vol. xlvi. p. 60), gives his date of death as 1540, although he makes him "retire from the Bench after February, 1526." There can be no doubt that Pollard died in 1526. His will was proved 2 Nov., 1526 (P.C.C.