Page:Notes and Queries - Series 11 - Volume 1.djvu/37

 ii s. i. JAN. s, i9io.] NOTES AND QUERIES.

Constable More. Hon. Catherine C. (V. Dunbar) m. c. 1665 John More of Kirklington, and had John and Winifred, both living 1717. (118)

Callander = Napier = Dunmore. John Alex. C. cadet of Craigforth, b. 1809, and his sisters Charlotte Frances, m. 1832 Robert Dunmore Napier of Ballykinrain, and Agnes, m 1836 William Dunmore, H.E.I.C.S. (123)

Cartwright = Middleton. Dorothy and Anne C.

one of whom m. Sir Middleton. Theii

sister Jane m. 1755 Sir Digby Legard 5th Bt. (99)

Connor = Perrott. William C., M.D., Geo. C., Capt. 28th Regt., and their sister Eliz Mary C., wife of Sam. Willy Perrott, living about 1860. (210)

Cox- Lyon. Anne C., sister and h. of 10th, llth and 12th Bts. (I. 1706), m. Rev. Thos. Lyon (213)

Cecil. Robert, Philip, and Wm. C., yr. sons of 2nd E. of Salisbury. (226)

Cotton = Hurt. Jane, m. 1741 Thos. Hurt of Warfield, Berks ; Eliz. Frances ; and Mary das. and cohs. of Sir John C., 6th Bt. (241)

Cotton= Dennis. Dorothy (da. of Sir John C., 3rd Bt., d. 1702) m. Wm. Dennis of co. Glouc. (241)

Douglas of Cavers. Had James Douglas ol Cavers (d. 1861) any brothers or sisters ? (96)

(Marquis de) RUVIGNY. 12, Buckingham Street, Strand, W.C.

DERBYSHIRE INSCRIBED STONE. Can any one throw light upon the origin and date of an inscribed stone lately discovered in North Derbyshire ? It is flat and circular, dia- meter 13 in., depth about 6 in., and of some very hard black stone. The following inscription, in large letters, is incised rather deeply on the surface :

GARD-BOIS

BASSIN

DE

SEYSSEL.

There is a design resembling cross keys in low relief on a small squared portion of the circumference. JERMYN.

TWYFORD FAMILY. Can any of your readers give me information respecting the wife and children of John Twyford, baptized at Semington, Wiltshire, 29 Dec., 1646 ? He is believed to have left two sons and three daughters, and to have been the great-grandfather of Samuel Twyford, born 17 Jan., 1710, of Portsea, Hants, timber- merchant, who died 9 March, 1771 (M.I. Portsea) ; but the intermediate generations require verification. One of John's grand- daughters married Benjamin Gooder, and another Anthony Kington of Widcombe.

H.

BROOKE OF COBHAM. I wonder if any of your readers can enlighten me as to who is the present representative of the old family of Brooke of Cobham. With the attainder of Henry Brooke, Lord Cobham, the barony came to an end, and his estates were forfeited. His son William Brooke was knighted, and a small pittance granted him out of the large estates to which he was heir. He married twice : firstly a daughter of Lord Dacre, and secondly a daughter of Sir Moyes Hill, Bt., by whom he had three daughters. Are any of these daughters' descendants living ?

I see that in 1645 the barony was revived in^the person of Sir John Brooke (a barony by patent, and not a continuation). I am anxious to trace his connexion with the Brookes, Lords Cobham.

In the present day the only connexion I know of Brooke of Cobham is Brooke of Ufford, Suffolk. I am told that the late Capt. Brooke of Ufford claimed the title of Lord Cobham, but do not know if this is true. If so, it would look as if he had been the nearest representative of the last Lord Cobham, and therefore his eldest son, Col. Brooke (late 1st Life Guards), would be the present head of this old family, who were among the most powerful nobles during many reigns, and gave soldiers, statesmen, and ambassadors to our country.

ENQUIRER. Paris.

" WHELPS " AS A NAME FOR BROKEN WATER. The rough water in the Humber off Hessle is known as " Hessle Whelps." The lesser waves which follow on the ' eagre " as it runs up the Trent are also ' whelps." What is the derivation of the word ? Does it signify a little wave, because i whelp is little when compared with a dog ? >r has it some connexion with weallan, o well up, to seethe, or wellan, which has the jame meaning ? HESSLE WHELP.

GRAMMATICAL GENDER. I should feel grateful to any of your readers who would nlighten me as to the true meaning and rigin of the grammatical gender which is till used in many languages. In Old English it found a place, but has long been liscarded, without any resulting incon- enience so far as I know. To give an xample to illustrate my meaning : the rord table is feminine in French, though obviously the article itself can have no sex ; rtiile, on the other hand, the German for a irl (mddchen) is, I believe, neuter, though