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the paternity of Col. Gordon ? Again, on 5 Dec., 1861, according to the contemporary press, Henry James Rose, Esq., of Alex- andria, married at Ventnor Janet Ann, elder daughter of Sir Alexander and Lady Duff Gordon. Who was Henry James Rose ? In the pedigree of the Duff Gordons his surname is given as Ross. Any informa- tion as to the foregoing will oblige.

D. M. R.

SIR HENRY DOCWRA. It is stated in the ' D.N.B.' that this skilful commander ( 1560 ?- 1631) married Anne Vaughan and had three daughters and two sons. Only one son is named, i.e., Theodore, who succeeded his father as " Baron Docwra of Culmore," and on whose death the barony became extinct. No other details of Sir Henry's children are given. One of his younger daughters, Elizabeth, married in 1640 Andrew Wilson, of Wilson's Fort, Killinure, co. Donegal, and was mother of Anne Wilson, sole heiress of her father, who died when she was but three months old. Anne Wilson became ward in 1644 to Sir William Anderson, and about 1661 married Capt. John Nisbitt, of Tillydonnell. Shortly after- wards her mother married, as third wife, Sir Henry Brooke, eldest son of Sir Basil Brooke, of Donegal, by whom she was mother of Docwra Brooke and two daughters Catherine and Elizabeth ; the latter married Lewis Jones, and became (1732) heiress at law to her brother.

I should feel obliged if some correspondent would supply me with the names, of the other daughters of Sir Henry Docwra, and particulars, if any, of their marriage. May I ask also if any portrait of Sir Henry is known ? None is mentioned in the 'D.N.B.,' nor do I find reference, to any in the ' A.L.A. Portrait Index,' published in Washington in 1906. As, however, the latter useful compilation makes reference only to portraits which have appeared in printed books, there is room to hope that some painting, miniature, or engraving of him may exist, and I would gladly learn of its whereabouts. J. N. DOWLING.

67, Douglas Road, Handsworth, Birmingham.

LA.DY-BIRD FOLK-LORE. In Devonshire the lady -bird is " God-a' mighty cow " ; in Lincolnshire, " cow-lady " or " lamb-lady" ; in France, " Vache a Dieu," " bete a bon Dieu," and " bete a Martin."

The German is " Marienkafer " (Mary's chafer) or " Sonnenkafer " (sun-chafer).

Are similar names for it used in other European languages ? and do rimes exist

about it, as in English and German ? Is it connected with God, the saints, the heavenly light, or heathen deities in the folk-lore of European races ? For example, what do the peoples of Latin or Celtic descent say of it ?

Further, is it any one's " bird " or " beast " in Asia ? M. P.

" FUNERAL " : " BURIAL." In the will of Richard Estebroke, vicar of Okehampton, dated 5 Dec., 1413 (printed in ' The Epis- copal Registers of Exeter : Stafford's,' p. 403), are bequests to every priest taking part in his exequies, and present and cele- brating for his soul on the day of his funeral, I2d. ; and to each priest only celebrating on the day of his burial, 6d. What is the explanation of the distinction ?

ETHEL LEGA-WEEKES.

RED ROSE OF LANCASTER. When was the badge of the red rose first connected with the House of Lancaster ? There is evidence that it was used by Henry IV. Can it be traced any earlier ?

J. R. NUTTALL.

Lancaster.

BARRINGTONS OF CULLENAGH. Thomas Barrington, of Barrington Hall, ancestor of the extinct baronets, married secondly Winifred, daughter and coheiress of Henry Pole, Lord Montagu, by whom he had

1. Sir Francis Barrington, Kt.

2. Capt. John Barrington, who obtained a grant of lands in Ireland in 1558, and was of Cullenagh, Queen's County. He married Joanna, daughter of Giles Hovenden (by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Walter Chevers of Macetown, Kt.), of Killaban (in 1549), Queen's County, was captain of light horse in 1532, and in 1544 commissioner for the government of Connacht and territory of Clanricard a native of the parish of Ulcombe, Kent.

Can any correspondent of ' N. & Q.' give me the names of the male and female children of this John Barrington ? His son or grandson (?) was Alexander Barrington, also of Cullenagh, who married Ellen, daughter of Francis Cosby, of Stradbally Hall, M.P., by his wife Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Loftus, Kt., of Killyan, co. Meath, and Tymoghoe, Queen's County.

WM. JACKSON PIGOTT. Manor House, Dundrum, co. Down.

CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS. (See 10 S. vii. 189, 232, 275.) The following is a con- tinuation of my list of queries (printed