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heiress and changed his name for hers. They had one son, James of Murroch, 1641, anc minister of Dumbarton at the Revolution.

Can any of your readers refer me to any book which records the death of the wife of Jamej of Murroch she was a daughter of Stirling of the shire of Stirling or the date of her birth 1 The second edition of the * History of Dumbartonshire ' does not record it, nor does Nisbet's * Heraldry' or any books I have referred to. CHARLES P. PORTER.

11, Brunswick Place, Cambridge.

REV. JOHN WILSON, OF KING'S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE. This clergyman, at one time incumbent of Sudbury, in Suffolk, went to America and became the first pastor of the church in Boston. It is believed in America that an ancestor of his was chaplain to one of our kings and was knighted. What authority is there for this belief ? What was his name, and to what king was he chaplain i Was he knighted 1 and if so, for what services"

W. S. B. H.

BYRT OF SHROPHOUSE. The following is an extract from the * Golden Grove Book ' :

"James Byrt, second son of Thomas Byrt of Byrthall in Essex (descended from Sir Walter Byrt, Kt., temp. Henry II.), was steward and receiver to Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, in the lordships of Haselbury and Briany, co. Dorset. The said Earl, for his service, gave him Shrophouse, where his name remaineth. He

married Anne, daughter and heir to Byrt of

Dorset."

In what county is Shrophouse ? Is Byrthall in Essex or Kent ? And to which county did Sir Walter Byrt belong ? Also which Earl of Northumberland is intended ? I presume the one born in 1421, who died in 1461. This earl was first cousin to Lady ^Elizabeth Strangways, of Harlsey Castle, co. York, whose daughter Eliza is supposed to have married Robert Byrt, son of James Byrt, of Shrophouse, and thus there was some relationship between the two families.

G. R. BRIGSTOCKE. Ryde, I.W.

POWNILL. Can any reader tell mo where Pownill, Perth, is? Did anybody possess it in its entirety between 1630 and 1640?

CHARLES P. PORTER.

11, Brunswick Place, Cambridge.

PARAGRAPH MARK. Is there any name for the paragraph mark? and, if so, what is it? It is stated ante, p. 303, that it is not a P turned round ; but on comparing the fifteenth-century printed form 25 given on that page with the alphabets from old handwriting given in Andrew Wright's

some likeness between it ana a C (see plates 3, 10, and 18, C. T. Martin's ed., 1879). Can it be a debased form of C, and represent capitula or chapter ? H. W. UNDERDOWN.
 * Court- Hand Restored,' there appears to be

BARGA, ITALY. During a recent stay at the Bagni di Lucca I drove toBarga,nine miles distant, far up among the hills. Baedeker, somewhat too concisely, says, " The village of Barga possesses some good examples of the Delia Robbias," and that is all. It is, in fact, an extremely, interesting small walled city of the most mediaeval kind, with a cathedral on a plateau commanding a magnificent view of the neighbouring mountains and valleys. Where can I get an account of Barga's his- tory? WILLIAM GEORGE BLACK.

Ramoyle, Dowanhill, Glasgow.

MRS. CAREY. Wanted, particulars of Airs. Carey, actress, and mistress (in the opening years of the nineteenth century) of Frederick, Duke of York her birth, her death, her children, and her career ; also the authors, titles, and dates of publication of any books or pamphlets that may throw a light on her life. I have been appealed to by one who claims to be a descendant of the Duke by this lady, and, being unable to advise myself, ask the kindly courtesy of the readers of 1 N. & Q.' GEORGE DAVID GILBERT.

[Is Mrs. Mary Anne Clarke intended? See her biography in the 'D.N.B.' and the bibliography appended.] _

RICHARD OF SCOTLAND.

(10 th S. ii. 408.)

MR. WILLIAM GEORGE BLACK has been misled by the praise worthy, but not altogether successful attempt of the authorities at S. Frediano to be helpful to the travelling Briton. Richard was no king of Scotland, )ut he was a prince in Wessex early in the eighth century. He left his country with his sons Willibald and Wunibald, whose names are also on the roll of saints, to make a nlgrimage to Rome, but lingered long at arious shrines on the way, and died at ucca short of his goal. There, says Mr. Baring-Gould, "his relics are still preserved and his festival is kept with singular devo- tion." He is commemorated on 7 February. Mr. A. J. C. Hare tells us ('Cities of Central taly,' vol. i. p. 62) that St. Richard's wife was ister of the famous Boniface, and that, resides having the canonized sons I have eferred to, his daughter became St. Walburgh. Mr. Hare likewise quotes the epitaph seen by