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NOTES AND QUERIES. pis XIL AUG. M, 1915.

For some account of Sir Richard Bulkeley, second baronet, and of the books which he wrote, see the ' Dictionary of National Biography.'

In ' The English Baronetage ' (by Thomas Wotton), 1741", vol. iii. part ii. p. 416, s.v. 'Downing,' "Old-Baron" stands for "Old Bawn." At least the record of the marriage is " Lucy, wife to Sir Richard Bulkeley, of Old-Baron, in Ireland, Bart."

The two books referred to by MB. PRICE are, I think, about baronetcies of England, not including Ireland or Scotland.

ROBERT PIERPOINT.

It ought to be pointed out that the replies at the latter reference differ materially on one important point of fact from what is, among genealogists in North Wales, con- sidered authoritative information.

Miss Angharad Llwyd, the ingenious authoress of ' A History of the Island of Mona ' (A.D. 1833), for instance, on p. 357 of that book says :

" Archbishop Bulkeley married Alice, daughter to his cousin, Rowland Bulkeley of Caernarvon, by whom he had one son and two daughters. His son the Archdeacon of Dublin, was educated at Christ College, Oxon ; he wrote a very ingenious pamphlet, and much to the purpose, entitled, 'Proposals for sending back the Nobility and Gentry of Ireland.' Sir Richard Bulkeley, the Archdeacon's son, was Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, in which university he was brought up."

Mr. J. E. Griffiths, in his colossal work ' Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families ' (A.D. 1914), p. 42, gives two more daughters to the Archbishop, but repeats the statement that he had only one son, and he gives his name " William, the Archdeacon of Dublin." To bring to sight another son of the Archbishop, a Richard, who is said to have been made a baronet in 1672, is new knowledge to Welsh genealogists, and the authority for it ought to go further than a mere reference to Burke.

T. LLECHID JONES.

Yspytty Vicarage, Bettws-y-Coed.

SEVENTEENTH - CENTURY TRAVEL IN EUROPE (US. xii. 42, 63, 81). I am not sure whether MR. MALCOLM LETTS has not been misled by one of the books which he quotes as an authority on continental travelling in the seventeenth century, have seen Edward Brown's ' Travels and Adventures ' described in a bookseller's catalogue as a fictitious work ; and this rather supports suspicions which I had formed previously on first reading the book. It is a very unsatisfactory work, and contains little, if any, information of any value.

Though the month and day of the month af often mentioned, there is no indication of the year, except that the travels are supposed to have taken place somewhere between 1660 and 1670. Perhaps some other reader of ' N. & Q.' can afford further evidence as to the authenticity of this book. It would appear to have passed through several editions. My copy, printed by J. Applebee, is dated London, MDCCXXXIX. Prince Ibra- him-Hilmy, in his ' Literature of Egypt and the Soudan,' vol. i., 1886, mentions editions " London, 1739, 8vo," and " 2 vol., 1753, 12mo." He adds a reference to " Leipz* Zeitung, 1739, p. 404," which might shed some light on the alleged travels. The library of the Royal Geographical Society contains two works apparently by the same author :

'An Account of Several Travels through a great Part of Germany, in Four Journeys, from Norwich to Colen,' &c. Square Svo, 1677. With plates.

' Travels in Divers Parts of Europe.' Folio, 1685. With plates.

Any one interested in accounts of early travel would find many books on the subject in the Society's house at Kensington Gore. FREDK. A. EDWARDS.

CLERKS IN HOLY ORDERS AS COMBATANTS (11 S. xii. 10, 56, 73, 87, 110). The Rev. James Williams Adams, B.A., Chaplain to the Forces in India, was in the fighting line with the 9th Lancers at Killa Khaggi on 11 Dec., 1879, during a fierce struggle with the Afghans. The V.C. was conferred on him on the recommendation of Lord Roberts, 26 Aug., 1881. (Newspaper cutting, 1900.) R. J. FYNMORE.

HASSOCKS (US. xii. 29, 90)." The sandy beds which intervene between the layers of good building stone are known as ' hassock ' ' (Kelly's 'P.O. Directory,' ' Geology of Kent/ 1895).

I have often heard the road foreman speak of a load of rag-stone of inferior quality as " assick." R. J. FYNMORE.

Sand gate.

OLD MAP OF THE LONDON-HOLYHEAD ROAD (11 S. xii. 48, 106). ' The continuation of the road from London to Holy-head,' by John Ogilby, is probably the work of John Ogilby, who was born in or near Edinburgh in November, 1600, and died in 1676. His ' Britannia,' of which only one volume was issued, was undertaken expressly for the king, and was first published in 1675, but a second revised edition was issued in 1698. His ' Itinerarium Anglise, or Book of