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 48 NOTES AND QUERIES. [io» a. iv. JULY 13. MQ& his project of a settlement in New England in ' The Planter's Plea; or, the Grounds of Plantations Examined ' (London, 1630). The colony is said to have come from Dorsetshire and the neighbouring counties. Mathew Grant therefore probably came from the south of England, but there is no definite statement as to his ancestry or locality. General Grant distinctly declined to recognize any connexion with the better- known Scotch families of that name. Can any of the readers of 'N. & Q.' give infor- mation as to the Grants of Dorsetshire in the seventeenth century 1 J. P. LAMBERTON. Philadelphia. PLESHEY FORTIFICATIONS. — I should be much obliged if some one would refer me to a book where I could obtain a trustworthy history of the fortifications at Pleshey, near Chelmsford. Can anybody inform me to what period the bridge spanning the moat belongs f The arch and brickwork appear to be of ancient date. ROBINIA. "LOVE IN PHANTASTICK TRIUMPH SAT."— Has Aphra Behn's magnificent love song, of which this is the first line, been reprinted in any anthology, old or new] or is it only to be found in its proper place, at the beginning of her tragedy of ' Abdelazer' ? R. MARSHAM-TOWNSHEND. [It appears in ' The Flower of the Mind,' an anthology by Mrs. Meynell (Grant Richards).] CROMWELL HOUSE, HIGHGATE.—Can any of your readers inform me whether there is any authority for the statement that the above house was built by the Protector for his son-in-law, General Ireton, and that the Protector himself occasionally visited the place, or resided there for a time t Howitt, in his ' Northern Heights of London,'states that the house was built by Cromwell about 1630, "for the residence of General Ireton, who had married one of his daughters." This is obviously wrong, for Ireton did not marry Bridget Cromwell until 1C46. HENRY JOHNSON. YTHANC.ESTER, ESSEX. — The Rev. J. P. Shawcross, in his 'History of Dagenham, co. Essex,' 1904, p. 267, under 'Chadwell Heath,' refers to Ceadda, Cedd, or Chad (one of the two saints of that name), being sent by Oswy, King of Northumbria, from Mid Anglia, with another, to preach the Gospel in Essex, "where, having gone through all parts, they gathered a large church for the Lord." Encouraged by this success, Cedd returned in 654 to Lindisfarne, where he had been trained, to seek the advice of Bishop Finan, who, gratified at the labours of his pupil, made him bishop for the race of the East Saxons (Camden says he was Bishop of West Tilbury). Returning to his work, Cedd carried it on with greater energy than before, " building churches and ordaining presbyters and deacons to assist him in preaching ano baptizing, especially in that city which it called in the Saxon tongue Ythancsester and also that which is called Tilabury" (i.e., Tilbury). Cedd died in 664 from the plague. Mr. Shawcross, in a foot-note, states that Ythancsester cannot be identified, ana asks, " Was it Upminster ? " Can any reader throw light on the identity of this early seat of Christianity in Britain f E. C. MANEIS : MAYNE.—In Rentals and Surveys 20 Jas. I., Roll 626, mention is made of bii Anto. Maneis as a holder of Crown land it Egham. In the Feet of Fines Trin., 6 Jas. I. is mention of Ant. Mayne, Esq. I should b» glad to know where I can obtain furthei information regarding th'is gentleman. '. presume the two entries refer to one and tin same person. FREDERIC TURNER. " FOSTELL," " FOSLETT," A COFFER OR CASKET —In the ' N.E.D.' the word fostell appears a "obsolete, rare." the definition "a cask,' and derivation O.F. fustaille, modern Frencl futaille, a cask, being interrogatively prof fered, while as an illustration of its use ; 1570 the lines are quoted :— I leif to thee at my last ende Of fantisie ane/orfeW fillit fow. I would submit that casket rather than ens is the true interpretation. It certainly lend itself more gracefully to the above metapho, reminding one of George Herbert's '' Bcc where sweets compacted lie." Casket or box is the definition given in tb 'N.E.D.' for the words forcelet orforslet (sal to be corruptly from O.F. forceret), othr forms being /ostler, forcer, fosser, fosset, & I can bring forward two variants that ae not to be found in the ' N.E.D.,' viz., in te ' Tavistock Churchwardens' Accounts,' editd by R. N. Worth, under 1538-9, "For ij n<? key eg to the ongfostelett" ; and in Chancey B. & A. Eliz. W. 15/50, " one little box./osSf or kaskett." Might not some, if not all, of the foris cited be traced to the Latin fossa, like/o*> a ditch, fossette, a little hollow, «tc. ? ETHEL LEGA-WEEKES BISHOP Cox OF ELY. (See 10lh S. iii. 269.- Can any reader give me information regard ig