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NOTES AND QUERIES. [io* 8. m. MAY 6, 1905.

adopted by him, and by all his descendants in the male line down to Richard III., the last king of the dynasty. Henry VII. was the fourth of his family who had adopted the surname Tudor. His great-grandfather was Meredith ap Tudor, but after this the name continued as Tudor.

The family name of the Stewarts was originally, as ME. BAYLEY observes, Fitzalan. The original Walter Fitzalan (brother of the ancestor of the Dukes of Norfolk) was Lord High Steward of Scotland, and from this circumstance his branch of the family ap- pears to have adopted the name Stewart. When the change began is not certain, but it was probably not later than the time of Alexander, the great-grandson of Walter Fitzalan, for both his sons James (the grandfather of Robert II. and all the Scot- tish Stewart kings) and John (the ancestor of Lord Darnley) appear to have borne the name of Stewart.

The name of the Hanoverian dynasty may be doubtful, but George I. appears to have descended in a direct line from Guelf I., Duke of Bavaria, of the eleventh century ; and the institution of the Guelphic Order by George IV. seems to suggest the adoption of the name by the heads of the royal family themselves. There is, however, I believe, no doubt as to the surname of King Ed- ward VII. (Wettin). J. FOSTER PALMER.

8, Royal Avenue, S.W.

WEATHERCOCK (10 th S. iii. 288, 334). There is no difficulty, because the oldest sense of weather is " wind." To this day the cognate Russ. vietr' and Swed. vdder retain the sense of " wind." Wea-ther is lit. " blow-er," and wind is lit. " blowing," both from the same root, viz., the Indogermanic base we, to blow ; whence Skt. vd, to blow, Gk. a-^-fjn (for *3.-(i)Y]-/j.i\ I blow. Explained in my 'Concise Etym. Diet.' under the words weather and ivind. WALTER W. SKEAT.

SADLER'S WELLS PLAY ALLUDED TO BY WORDSWORTH : " THE BEAUTY OF BUTTER- MERE " (10 th S. i. 7, 70, 96, 136). When raising this discussion in ' N. & Q.' I threw out the suggestion that "the favourite burletta 'Edward and Susan'" was the play in ques- tion, but unfortunately, in copying the extract, I made a mistake in the title. The letter of MR. E. RIMBAULT DIBDIN (10 th S. i. 136), which puts the matter beyond doubt, shows that my surmise was correct. " The lyrics, with descriptions of the scenery, in many of my grandfather's Sadler's Wells pieces were printed," says MR. DIBDIN, but adds, "I have not seen a copy of this one."

Fortunately he will find a copy of the songs in 'Edward and Susan 1 in vol. iii. of the 'Collections relative to Sadler's Wells Theatre' (Brit. Mus. Catalogue, Grace, i. Tab. 4-5 b).

Although we are told in many of the accounts of the " Beauty of Buttermere" that numerous dramas and tales were founded on her story, the play alluded to by Words- worth is the only one that I have been able to discover ; and, likewise, the only novel I have seen is entitled 'James Hatfield and the Beauty of Butterraere,' 3 vols., Colburn, 1841. Possibly your readers can give the names of others. HORACE BLEACKLEY.

' THE LASS OF RICHMOND HILL ' (10 th S. iii. 66, 289,334). Those interested in the I'Anson family may be glad to know of a monument in the church of Ashby St. Ledgers, North- amptonshire, to Bryan I'Anson, Esq., who purchased the manor in 1612. It is on the north wall of the chancel, and contains the following inscription :

Here lieth the bodie of Brian

I'Anson Esqvier somtime cit

tizen & Draper of London

& lined for Aldernian & She

riff of the same Cittie &

afterward High Sheriff of

y Countie of Buckingham &

was the first purchaser of

this Manor of Ashby Ledgers

with the parsonage and vovsan

of the Vicaridge whose sovle

resteth in Heaven & departed

this myserable world the

daye of

(Here the inscription abruptly terminates, ifc never having been finished.) On the monu- ment are figures of a man and woman kneel- ing at a faldstool, and the following children are also depicted : Sons : Richard, Clement, S. Brian, John James. Daughters : Eliz. Hannan, Ann, Margret Eliz. (the last swathed). The following arms are given between lines 9 and 10 of inscription : Quarterly, Azure and gules, a cross flory and chief or ; impaling a fess between three crescents (tinctures gone). On the front of the faldstool is as follows : Azure, three (a curious device, something like a branched candelabrum surmounted by an orb) or and gules. On a shield at head : Quarterly, Azure and gules, a cross flory and chief or. On the monument is also inscribed the motto : " Jacta cogitatu in Domino & ipse te mutriat [sic]." JOHN T. PAGE.

West Haddon, Northamptonshire.

SHACKLEWELL (10 th S. iii. 288). Charles Lamb does not appear to have lived at any time in Shacklewell itself, but he had lodgings