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 150 NOTES AND QUERIES. [io» s. iv. AU«. M. MM. with my notes and observations when I went away; though he has a sufficiently accurate index of all the Greek MSS. there, made by David Colville, a Scotchman, which he is thinking of speedily giving to the light, together with my notes and animad- versions on unpublished authors, if he could obtain a printer to suit his purpose." The catalogue of Greek MSS. kept at the library itself is stated to be old and not so accurate as that of Colville, " which he pre- pared lately " (i.e., shortly before 1648). It would be of great interest to find out further particulars of this Scotchman, who was cata- loguing the library of the Escorial in the seventeenth century. Corderius was not allowed to publish Greek MSS., as he had hoped, and complained that the authorities kept the library too much as though it were a monument of antiquity and rarity. W. K. B. PRIDEAUX. ROBERTSON OF STRUAN.—James Robertson, fourth son of Robert Robertson, tenth Baron of Si,man, according to Douglas's ' Baronage,' married Margaret Robertson, a daughter of Fuscalzie, and had issue. Where did he settle? What family had he? Are there any descendants of this branch ? PERTHSHIRE. " THE STAR AND GARTER," 1842.—I have a print from a picture 'A Day's Pleasure'(at "The Star and Garter," Richmond), by E. Prentis, dated 18 April, 1842. The figures are well-known people of that time. Could any of your readers tell me for whom they are intended ? C. D. LANGWORTHY. SLIPPER, A SURNAME.—In the list of suc- cessful candidates for pensions granted by the_ Royal Agricultural Benevolent Insti- tution in June last occurs the name of William Slipper. This is probably a trade- name. Can any one say from what occu- pation it has originated ? N. M. <fe A. • DOCTRINALI ALANI.'—Can any reader tell me if there is any English translation in existence of 'Doctrinali Alani'? My copy is of the late fifteenth century, and was probably printed at Mayence. The Latin is very archaic, and the abbreviations render a free translation difficult to an indifferent scholar. Any information as to the work •would be of service. JUVENAL. THOMAS DUDLEY, GOVERNOR OF MASSA- CHUSETTS, used the armorial bearings of the baronial family, but his descent cannot bo proved. Thomas was born in 1576, and went to America from Boston, Lines. His eldest son was born at Northampton, England, in 1608. The father of Governor Thomas Dudley was Roger Dudley. It is of this Roger Dudley that information is needed to complete the descent. He was said to be a captain in the army. It is possible that the Drapers' Company's records contain some information. In a 'Chronicle of Henry IV. of France,' translated from the Spanish by a London author about 1872, it is stated that two Captains Dudley were slain at the battle of Ivry, 1590. Extracts relating to this would be esteemed, as also the names of author and translator. G. DUDLEY. 56, Preston Road, Brighton. JOSEPH ANST1CE. (10th S. iv. 88). THIS accomplished scholar was born at Madeley Wood, Shropshire, on 20 December, 1808. He was the second son of William Anstice, and grandson of Robert Anstice, of Bridge water. The name of Robert Anstice will not be found in 'The Dictionary of National Biography,' although it commemorates hun- dreds of lesser men. My great-grandfather was born in 1757, and died on my fifth birthday, 30 April, 1845. I have but a faint remembrance of a noble old head, crowned with a bush of snow-white hair. Still it is something to have sat on the knees of a man who was born in the year when Plassey was fought, and who was senior by a year to Nelson, by two years to William Pitt, and by twelve years to Wellington and Napoleon. Robert Anstice s father was a shipowner, and his early years were spent at sea. In middle life he settled at Bridgewater, where his family had resided for some generations, and for many years filled the then important appointment of Collector of Customs. He was the leading inhabitant of the town, and Mrs. Henry Sandford ('Thomas Poole and his Friends,' 1888, i. 274) records how during the French war, being almost the only man in the place who took in a London newspaper, he scarcely had it well in hand before a barrel was reared up on end near the Market Cross, which he was there and then expected to mount, and read the news aloud to his fellow-townsmen. He was devoted to natural history, and was one of the early mem- bers of the Linnean Society. I have amongst my books a manuscript volume, contain- ing copies of the correspondence which for several years he carried on with Col. George Montagu, the well-known ornithologist (see ' Diet. Nat. Biog.'). He was also an ardent antiquary, and every coin which was turned