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NOTES AND QUERIES. [n s. x. AUG. 15, 1014.

& quitt claimed from them the said Henry & Mabella and their heires to the aforesaid Mathew & his heires for ever And moreover the said Henry & Mabella have graunted for them and the heires of the said Henry that they will warrant to the aforesaid Mathew & his heires the aforesaid Manner tenaments & comon of pasture with the appurtenances against them the said Henry and Mabella & the heires of the said Henry for ever And for this etc the said Mathew hath given t the aforesaid Henry and Mabella foure hundred pounds sterlinge.

" Surrey, from the day of St. Hillary in fifteen dayes In the yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred fifty nine."

About two months later, on 4 April, Charles II. signed a declaration known as the Declaration of Breda, in which he offered a general pa.rdon to all except those specially exempted by Parliament, and promised to secure confiscated estates to their new owners in whatever way Parlia- ment should approve. On 25 May of the same year he landed at Dover, amidst enthusiastic crowds.

On 18 May, 1660, upon complaint made by the Commons in Parliament, it was ordered by the Lords in Parliament assembled that certain persons (including Sir Gregory Norton),

" who sate in judgement upon the late King's Majesty when sentence of death was pronounced against him, and the estates both real and personal of all and every of the said persons (whether in their own hands, or in the hands of any in Trust for their, or any of their uses) who are fled, be forthwith seized and secured ; and the respective sheriffs and other officers whom this may concern, are to take effectual order accordingly."

This proclamation was ordered to be printed and published.

On 9 June of the same year the House of Commons resolved

" That several persons [a list of whose names appears, which includes Sir Gregory Norton's] be excepted out of the General Act of Pardon and Oblivion for, and in respect only of such pains, penalties, and forfeitures (not extending to life ) as shall be thought fit to be inflicted on them by another Act, intended to be hereafter passed for that purpose."

On 23 June Denzil Holies, who soon after was admitted to the Privy Council, and was created a peer by the title of Baron Holies of Ifield, submitted to Parliament, from the Committee for the Do wager- Queen Henrietta Maria's jointure, a schedule of the honours, manors, and lands, parcel of her jointure, which had been purchased by various persons during the Commonwealth, whose estates had become liable to forfeiture. This schedule includes the manor of Richmond, with the house and materials there, purchased by Sir Gregory Norton.

The following report was also submitted to the House by the Committee :

" That the Queen's Majesty ought to be forth- with restored to the possession of the several Houses, Manors, and Lands aforesaid, mentioned to be Parcels of her Majesty's jointure, and to have been purchased by. Persons, whose Estates are liable to forfeiture. That what Monies for Kent, or any other Payments, due out of the aforesaid Lands, now remain in the Hands of the Tenant, or of any other Person, that hath received such Monies to the Purchaser's use, and not paid it over to the Purchaser, shall pay it unto such Person, as shall be appointed to receive it for Her Majesty's use."

The House of Commons

" resolved that the Queen's Majesty be forthwith restored to the Possession of the several Houses, Manors, and Lands, after mentioned, being Parcels of Her Majesty's jointure, and purchased by Persons, whose Estates are liable to Forfeiture ; That is to say." (Here follows the schedule.)

It was also resolved :

" That the Lords' concurrence be desired to these Votes, and that Mr. Holies is to carry them to the Lords."

There was evidently no trouble so far as the House of Lords was concerned, for almost immediately after the resolution was sent in, Queen Henrietta Maria was enrolled as Lady of the Manor of Richmond. ALBERT A. BAKKAS.

Richmond, Surrey.

(To be continued.)

WELLINGTON (11 S. x. 49). The reason why Arthur Wellesley took his title from Wellington in Somerset has, so far as I know, never been satisfactorily explained, but I would offer the following suggestion.

There is nothing extraordinary in the fact of a man adopting a territorial title from some place with which he has little acquaintance. The peerage is full of the names of families, the representative mem- bers of which 'bear titles which have been selected for reasons of euphony only. In the year 53 George III. an Act of Parlia- ment was passed entitled

" An Act for granting a sum of money for pur chasing an estate for the Marquis of Wellington in consideration of the eminent and signal services performed by the said Marquis of Wellington to His Majesty and the public." It was enacted that a sum not exceeding a hundred thousand pounds should be paid out of the Consolidated Fund, and that certain trustees appointed they were Charles Abbott, Speaker of the House of Commons ; Robert Banks, Earl of Liverpool ; Nicholas Vansittart, William Wellesley Pole, and