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NOTES AND QUERIES. [10* P. v. JAN. e, IGOG.

part of the play. Did Scott invent them Family tradition says that the three frienda were in the habit of making up anc " spouting" queer rimes of all kinds, and I incline to think that this was one of them Unless another origin can be pointed out for these lines, I shall conclude that we have in them a trouvaille from Scott's young days, probably made by him, and at any rate often on his lips.

I may add that the same family tradition tells that Scott and his two friends, in their college days, made a trip to the north of Ireland, crossing from Galloway ; that there Scott usually rode while his companions walked ; that the trip was cut short for some unknown reason ; and that a riming account of it was preserved by John Irving, though it has long since disappeared. Tiiis excursion is not mentioned by Lockhart, nor, so far as I know, by any other chronicler of Scott's life. To many of us every trifle connected with the Great Magician is of value, so I make no apology for mentioning these.

14, Calverley Park, Tunbridge Wells.

THOMAS BARRY, the son of Spranger Barry, the famous actor, by his first wife, was admitted on the foundation at Westminster School in 1758. I should be glad to learn the maiden name of his mother, and any par ticulars of his career. G. F. K. B.

NED : " To RAISE NED." Can any one give an explanation of the origin and early mean- ing of the phrase " to raise Ned "a common expression applied to an active fellow who creates disturbances out of a pure love of mischief? That is to say, it was common enough in New England half a century, or more, ago. It signified a sort of harmless, yet provoking disorder in conduct. Is the expression current in England to-day 1 or has it ever obtained there?

FRANK WARREN HACKETT.

1418, M Street, Washington, D.C.

MALTBY: MAWBEY. Miss Maltbj-, of 58, Grove Street, New Haven, Connecticut, has asked me to send the following to * N. & O.'

Parentage is wanted of William Maltby, born 1645, and of his brother John ; they emigrated to America about 1670. A Robert Maltbye witnesses a deed of land for William in 1673 ; the relationship of this Robert is unknown, as this is the only time he appears upon the records. In Betham's * Baronetage,' vol. iii. p. 322, is to be found the pedigree of the Mawbeys of Botleys, Surrey. Can any one tell what became of the John and William

who are on the chart as sons of William Mawbey ? GERALD FOTHERGILL.

11, Brussels Road, New Wandsworth, S.W.

PENN AND MEAD JURY, 1670. Mr. Horace J. Smith, of Philadelphia, has started a move- ment to provide a memorial commemorating the jurymen who in 1670 refused to convict William Penn arid William Mead for preach- ing in Gracechurch Street. As chairman of the committee I shall be glad if readers of 'N. & Q.' can supply me with any informa- tion about these jurymen or their letters or portraits. JOHN HENRY LLOYD.

Edgbaston Grove, Birmingham.

MONUMENTAL BRASSES IN THE MEYRICK COLLECTION. Saw bridge worth Church, in common with many others in Hertfordshire, has suffered the loss of many monumental brasses, some of which are in the Saffron Walden Museum, and others, apparently, were in the Meyrick collection.

Haines informs us (under Sawbridgeworth) that "a brass of a man in armour, about 1480, is at Goodrich Court, Herefordshire." This probably represents John Chauncy, whose effigy is missing from its matrix.

Cussans, referring to an altar-tomb in the chancel of Sawbridgeworth Church contain- ing matrices of a knight and his two wives kneeling before a representation of the Trinity, states : " These brasses are said to have been in the collection of Sir Samuel Meyrick at Goodrich Castle [Court?]."

I am informed that the Meyrick collection is now entirely dispersed, and no references to these brasses is to be found in the sale catalogues. Is it possible to ascertain their whereabouts at the present time ?

W. B. GERISH. Bishop's Stortford.

BORN WITH TEETH. I am presently issuing a work to be called * Dental Jottings,' and shall be obliged if any readers of ' N. & Q.' can send me the names of any distinguished persons of whom it is undoubtedly on record that they were born with teeth.

CHAS. F. FORSHAW, LLD.

Baltimore House, Bradford.

[Is it not stated that Richard III. was so endowed at birth ?]

FRANCIS PRIOR : ANNABELLA BEAUMONT. I am anxious to learn if Foster's * London Vtarriage Licences ' records the marriage of Francis Prior and Annabella Beaumont Between 1700 and 1720. If it does not, is there any similar publication that does ?

F. O. HOPKINS.

39, City Councillors Street, Montreal.