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 212 NOTES AND QUERIES. [io" s. iv. SEPT. 9,1905. both the Order of the Bath and a Privy Coun- cillorship from Charles II. in 1661 is, I think, a mistake. I much doubt if he ever received the former honour at all. He is not in the list of those upon whom it was conferred at the coronation of Charles II., and I know of no other occasion when it is likely to have been given to him. Knighthood "in the field" would, I take it, be equivalent to 'Knight-banneret." which honour is probably denoted by the"K.B." sometimes appended to his name. He was not made a Privy Councillor until after the Revolution of 1689, being amongst the number sworn 14 Feb. of that year on the first Council of William and Mary. I have not met with his imprison- ment by Charles II., but' D.N.B.' states that he was imprisoned in Windsor Castle under the Commonwealth. ME. BRENAN'S discovery of Sir Robert's eldest son, Robert jun. (hitherto unknown), is of some importance, owing, as pointed out, to its bearing upon the succession to the Earldoms of Suffolk and Berkshire. The question arises, For what reason was this Robert passed over by his father? ME. BRENAN has found the marriage of Sir Robert and his first wife, Anne Kingsmill, on 1 Feb., 1645/6, and the baptism of Robert, the eldest son, at Church Oakley at some time in the same month. It seems important here to arrive at the exact day of the month when the rite was performed. The birth might have been a few days or a few weeks before baptism, a fact that would make all the difference in the child's position in the home. Then, again, the daughter Mary, whose bap- tism is not entered in the Church Oakley Registers, would, if the date of her birth be correctly given as 28 Dec., 1653, surely be a twin with the second Dorothy, baptized 20 Jan., 1653/4, in this instance the baptism coming three weeks after the birth. I may add that Sir Robert was appointed Serjeant Painter to the King, and also Clerk of the Patents in Chancery, in 1660 (' Cal. S.P. Dona.'). His auditorship of the Exchequer dates from 1677. He was M.P. for Stock- bridge 1661-79, and for Castle Rising iu the last three Parliaments of Charles II., 1679-81, and in the first three of William and Mary, 1689-98. W. D. PINK. Lowton, Newton-le-Willows. PAUL FAMILY (10th S. iv. 49).—I am unable to mention any services of George Paul; but in a Navy List of 1814 I possess he is shown still as a lieutenant, and as he was then of thirty-one years' standing as such, it is not possible that he ever became a commodore. His later ranks, if any, could easily be traced from Navy Lists, or possibly obtained from the Admiralty. H. K. H. INEDITED POEM BY CHARLES KINGSLEY (10th S. iv. 125).—The pocket edition of ' Poems by Charles Kingsley,' Macmillan, 1889, con- tains (on p. 249) ' Old and New : a Parable," which varies a little from the version given by MR. W. E. A. AXON :— See how the autumn leaves float by decaying, Down the wild swirls of the rain-swollen stream. So fleet the works of men, back to their earth again; Aucient and holy things fade like a dream. Nay ! see the spring-blossoms steal forth a-maying, Clothing with tender hues orchard and glen ; So, though old forms pass by, ne'er shall their spirit die, Look! England's bare boughs show green leaf again. Eversley, 1848. R. A. POTTS. SLIPPER, A SURNAME (10th S. iv. 150).— This surname (not uncommon, I believe, in East Anglia) is said by Mr. Bardsley—'Dic- tionary of English and Welsh Surnames'— to be derived from the occupation of a maker of sword-slips or sheaths. ST. SWITHIN. Dr. H. B. Guppy in his ' Homes of Family Names' states that the Slippers bear the name of the old "sword slypers," a designa- tion employed in the Acts of James VI. for those whose occupation it was to whet swords. This is, I believe, on the authority of Lower's 'Patronymica Britannica.' "Ricardus Sliper" is mentioned in the 'Rotuli de Oblatis et Finibus' of King John's time. W. G. B [ME. S. D. CLIPPIKODALE also quotes from Dr. Guppy's book.] "LOVE IN PHANTASTICK TRIUMPH SAT" (10th S. iv. 48, 132).—Aphra Behn's song from ' Abdelazar' is also to be found (No. 411) in ' The Oxford Book of English Verse,' edited by Mr. Quiller-Couch (1904). Two other anthologies which contain this are Mr. A. H. Bullen's ' Musa Proterva : Love Poems of the Restoration' (1889, p. 50), and ' Lyrical Verse from Elizabeth to Victoria,' edited by Oswald Crawfurd (new ed., 1900, No. cxcix.). 'Musa Proterva' contains five more of Mrs. Behn's poems, besides one to which her claim has been questioned. EDWARD BENSLY. 23, Park Parade, Cambridge. SCOTTISH NAVAL AND MILITARY ACADEMY (10th S. iii. 148, 209).—! have come across a small pamphlet entitled 'Report by the Directors of the Scottish Naval and Military Academy, to the Subscribers; occasioned by a printed letter addressed to them by Major