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 NOTES AND QUERIES. tio"-s.iv. JULY 22,1905. as a family of this name was connected with that of Heath, in which I am also interested, I am able to supply him with sources of information which perhaps may afford some clues to his quest. My notes refer me to Harl. Soc. Pubs. 'Wore.,'vol. xx. 7 ; ' Vistn. of Staffs, 1614 and 1663-4,' by the W. Salt Soc., No. 70 (compiled by Thos. Phillips); Mite. Genealoyica et Herald., series ii. 3, 104 ; ' Com. Leices.,' by Nichols, vol. iv. p. 370 ; Harl. MS. 1995, fol. 62. This last records a marriage between Heath and Caldwall (? Caldwell), and is the one reference which I have personally seen. My notes also mention that a Robt. Caldwell resided at Rolston, Staffs, and William Caldwall at Burton-on- Trent. The following notes may perhaps be helpful to C. T. E. :— 1. Thomas Cold well, M.A., was instituted to the rectory and parish church of Newbury in 1592 by John Coldwell, Bishop of Sarura, on presentation of Queen Elizabeth. He seems to have held the living of Shaw-cum- Donnington jointly with that of Newbury, and was probably a kinsman of the Bishop of Sarum (cf. Reg. Coldwell, f. 3). 2. Thomas Coldwell was collated Sub-Dean of Salisbury as successor of Richard Hooker, 16 Feb., 1594/5 (cf. Le Neve's ' Fast. Eccl. Angl.,' vol. ii. p. 621). I found this information in a newspaper catting from article viii. on the church of St. Nicholas, Newbury, by Walter Money, F.S.A. No date appears on the cutting, nor any indication of the name of the paper. The following excerpt is from Camden's ' Britannia,' under Richmondshire :— "From Catarractonium the military way falls into two roads. That towards the North lies by Caldwell and by Aldburgh." J. W. B. The family of Caldwell had an existence in Scotland centuries before the repeal of the Edict of Nantes. Sir Adam Muir, of Hawaiian (grandson of Sir Archd. Muir, who •died in 1349), had three brothers: one of them, Robert of Comeeskin, married the heiress of Caldwell in 1349. I would not venture to assert what was the origin of the place-name. "Cold," "kald," "cauld,"&c., are numerous in Scottish place-names. It •would not surprise me if it had its origin in "Coiladar"—i.e., the wood of oaks. Caldwell is in the parish of Dunlop, Ayrshire. The old castle of Caldwell stood on the top of a hillside, to the south-west of Lochlibb (now known as Lugton), in Renfrewshire. One square tower of the castle was standing in 1876. Respecting the coat of arms, the earliest Muir whom historians of Scotland start with s a Sir J. Gilchrist. He married the only daughter of Sir William Gumming, of Row- allan. " The History of the House of Row- allane. by Sir William Mure, Knight, of Rowallan, written in, or prior to, 1657,' informs us "Sr. Gilchrist" bore from his ancestors " Argent, a fesse azure charged w' thrie starrs proper." "Quartering" was noo then known in Scotland, and Sir Adam (first of the name) was the first " who quartered l his owne the armes of the Cuming," &c. " So y' to this day the Airs & successors of tie persons above mentioned do beare two Coats in one scutshion quarterly, to will, the first quarter Argent, a feese parting equallie the field, Azure charged w' thrie starrs ...... Thence it is that the house of Caldwell ...... do bear the arms of the Paternall Coat," &c. ALFRED CHAS. CROMWELL FLEETWOOD (10th S. iii. 456). — Sarah Nevill, afterwards Burkitt, was sister of John Nevill, called the elder in tlu will. Chauncy speaks of their father as Jam the elder, and calls this John, the youngtr. He was in possession in Chauncy's tine, and regarded by him as the heir. The George who married Jane Guyon was his ion ; the will quoted shows that John was- only in possession as guardian for his son and pre- sumably obtained power to sell it for his benefit. The younger son John vas doubt- less the John Nevill of Ridgewill, barber- surgeon, who in 1710 took out i licence to marry Judith Ovington. This Ridgewell pedigree seens to rest on Harl. MS. 3882, which is a la-ge collection relating to Nevill families, aid has various trial pedigrees of this branch • most of these insert a Thomas as son of Sr Thomas, son of Lord Latimer, but withcut any details whatever. On the first page of the sane collection is a small slip pasted in : — " Nevill ...... of Halsted and Fedgewell in Essex a pedigree from Hugh Nevill cieif Forester in the time of King Richard the fr«t see my book of Pedigrees Miscellaneous DerbNott Hunt S... Salop and other countys to George •Jevill of Staple Inne fo. 260." This was the George wio purchased Berk- ham pstead. The other notes seen to be by Le TMeve, and I have long been inxious to trace the book referred to above. If correct, it entirely disposes of the allegeddesceut of the Ridge- well family from the latimers. The lion seal of Hugh the Foresterin the British Museum was obtained from Join of Ridgewell attached to an Essex deed ; ii MS. 3882 is the imprea-