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NOTES AND QUERIES. [io s. VIL APRIL 20, 1907.

Peter de la Pole of Radbourne, co. Derby, in right of his wife.

Was Elizabeth also heiress to her father ? and to what place (Lawton) and county did the same John de Laughton or Lawton belong ? What proof is there that he was an esquire to Chandos, and constable of the castle of St. Sauveur-le-Vicomte, in Nor- mandy (the estate presented to Chandos in 1360) ?

When did Lawton die ? He was dead apparently by 1370, because then, or certainly by 1375, the said Eleanor, his widow, was wife of Roger Collyng, of co. Hereford. Eleanor, who had been the wife of John de Lawton, was living in 1407, but at that date " Alice," widow of Roger Collyng, of Hereford, occurs. Unless " Alice " is a mistake for Alianore, which seems probable, some explanation of this difficulty is required.

The arms of Lawton (of Radbourne ?) are described as " Argent, on a fesse between three cross-crosslets fitchee sable, three cinquefoils of the field. Crest : A demi-wolf salient reguardant argent, vulned in the breast gules."

Replies or additional information upon this Chandos and Lawton match will be much appreciated, and may be sent direct to me. R. E. E. CHAMBERS.

Pill House, Bishop's Tawton, JBarnstaple.

HACKNEY : TYSSEN FAMILY. Did not some of the property of the Tyssen family come from a Miss (Mary ?) Dickinson ? Who was she ? What were the extent and limits of her property ?

CONSERVATIVE.

CARLYLE ON PAINTING FOAM. In the chapter of 'The French Revolution' entitled 'Go Down To,' there is an allusion to an antique painter who, driven desperate, painted the foam in gross. I have been unable to find out anything about such a story. Can readers of ' N. & Q.' help me ?

THOMAS FLINT. Brooklyn, N.Y.

MADAME DE MONTIJO. Can any of your readers tell me the exact date of birth and death of Madame de Montijo, the mother of Eugenie, Empress of the French ?

J. C. MICHELL.

SLINGSBY, MALE DANCER. Can any reader r o?' & Q>> obli g e me earl y with particulars of blmgsby, a well-known opera dancer in the last century ? Who was his father, and whom did he marry ? He is said to have been a man of refined tastes, and clever in

nany ways, also fond of natural history. He lived at one time at Twickenham, Middlesex. B. R. THORNTON.

Granville Lodsre, Hove, Brighton.

JOANNES BANFI - HUNYADES. On his portrait by Wencel Hollar he is described as " olim apud Anglos in Illu. Coll. Lon- dino Greshamensi Hermeticse Discipli. Sec- Dator [sic] et Philo Mathematicus " ; on William Marshall's engraving as " Her- meticae Philosophise Scrutator et Artis spagyricse, Anglo-Londini, Professor." A medal with his portrait is illustrated in ' an old English book on medals." Can any reader tell me where I can see either the medal or the illustration ? According to Richard Smyth's ' Obituary ' (Camden Society), "Hans Hongar, alias" John Huni- ades, the chymist, died without Algate " on 28 Aug., 1646, and not at Amsterdam, as stated by Sir Thomas Browne in a letter to Elias Ashmole (Wood, ' Athense Oxon.,' 1815 ed., iii. 288). L. L. K.

REVETT OF CHECKERS, BUCKS. (10 S. vii. 168.)

NOT having with me here the full pedigree of my family, but so much only as is given in Growse's ' Bildeston,' I am unable to reply to your correspondent so satisfactorily as might be wished. These notes can, how- ever, be checked with the pedigree and history of the Revett family contained in the Davey, Reece, and other collections in the MS. Department of the British Museum, a very mine of information regarding the ancient families of Suffolk in the good old times. Copinger's ' Suffolk Records,' too, gives a complete index of Revett references in these and other collections.

Mr. John Revett, of the 1st Foot Guards, was the son of Col. Revett, of the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, killed at Mal- plaquet. The colonel's name, however, was Edmund, not as given by your correspond- ent. A full account of these officers, with many of their letters, &c., will be found in the Russell- Astley Checkers papers recently printed by the Record Office, to be noticed more fully later.

Col. Edmund Revett was son of Mr. Edmund Revett, of the Brockford branch, and his connexion with Sir Thomas Revett will be seen in the pedigree above noticed.

Mr. John Revett, the son, married Miss