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 10"- s. iv. OCT. a, loos.) NOTES AND QUERIES. 323 Edward I.=pMargaret, daughter of the King of France. I Thomas Plantagenet, died 1338=Alice, daughter of Sir Roger Halys, of Harwich. Margaret Plantagenet, Duchess of=John, third Earl Segrave, died 1353. Norfolk, died 1399. Lady Elizabeth Segr a ve=John, fourth Lord Mowbray, slain 1368. Thomas, sixth Lord Mowbray,Duke=Lady Elizabeth Fitzalan, daughter and coheiress of Richard, sixth of Norfolk, K.G., died 1413. Earl of Arundel, K.G., and widow of William de Montacute. Lady Margaret Mowbra y=Sir Robert Howard, Knt., temp. Henry VL Sir John Howard, Duke of Norfolk,=Catherine de Molines, daughter of William de Molines, and sixth in K.G., slain at Bosworth, 1485. descent from Edmund Plantagenet, Earl of Lancaster, brother to Edward I. Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk,=Elizabeth, daughter and sole heiress of Sir Frederick Tilney, of K.G., died 1524. Ashwell Thorpe, co. Norfolk, widow of Sir Humphrey Bouchier. Lady Elizabeth Howar d=Thomas Boleyne, Earl of Wiltshire and Ormonde, K.G., died 1538. Lady Mary Boleyne, sister of Queen=William Carey, died 1528. Anne Boleyn, wife of Hen. VIII. Henry Carey, first Lord Hunsdon,=Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Morgan, Knt. K.G., died 1596. Sir John Carey, third Lord Huns-=Mary, daughter of Leonard Hyde, of Throgkyn, Herts. don, died 1617. Hon. Blanche Care y=Sir Thomas Wodehouse, Bart., M.P., of Kimberley, died 1658. Anne Wodehouse, third daughter=Robert Suckling, of Woodton, High Sheriff of Norfolk 1664, died 1690.. Robert Suckling, eldest son, died=Sarah, daughter of Maurice Shelton, of Shelton, co. Norfolk. 1708. I Rev. Maurice Suckling, second son,=Anne, eldest daughter of Sir Charles Turner, Bart., of Warham. Prebendary of Westminster. Mary his wife, sister of the celebrated Sir Robert Walpole MIL by, K.G. Catherine Suckling, died Dec., 1767=Rev. Edmund Nelson, M.A., rector of Burnham Thorpe, co. Norfolk. Horatio, Viscount Nelson of the Nile, killed at Trafalgar, 1805, died s.p. FKANCIS H. HELTON. 9, Broughton Road, Thornton Heath. 'RICHARD II.' AND 'THE SPANISH TRAGEDY.' I THINK ' The Spanish Tragedy' has exerted a marked influence upon ' Richard II.' in the non-historical parts. Much of the influence is more felt than proved, because (according to Prof. Schick) "Shakespeare, no doubt, acted in 'The Spanish Tragedy.'" Act I. sc. ii. of Kyd's play is, in its general outline, suggestive of 'Richard II.,' Act I. sc. i. In each two nobles are rival*; the king makes his award, which is not destined to endure. But the King of Spain (11. 175-8) exercises real royalty (cp. 'Richard II.,' Act I. sc. i.). When Shakespeare read in Holinshed's 'Chronicle,' "He became so greatlie dis- comforted, that sorrowfullie lamenting his- miserable state, he utterlie despaired of his owene safetie," he might think of the- following lines:— Vic. Then rest we here awhile in our unrest. And feed our sorrows with some inward sighs, For deepest cares break never into tears, But wherefore sit I in a regal throne? This better fits a wretch's endless moan. [Falls to the ground. Yet this is higher than my fortunes reach, And therefore better than my state deserves. Ay, ay, this earth, image of Melancholy, &c. Act I. so. iii. 5-H. If he thought of this, I fancy this passage is the germ of Richard's despairing speech iu