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There is a private Act of Parliament, 22 and 23 Charles II. c. 11 :

" To enable the daughters and co heires of Sir John Fitzjames to joyne in a sale of Lands for payment of his debts."

This has reference to the Dorset branch.

Various legal cases are associated with the history of the family (see an article by Canon Jackson in The Wilts Arch. Mag., vol. viii.). Other references are :

William Hartegyll v. William Fitzjames and others : assault on plaintiff's wife and stoppage of a right of way. P.R.O. Star Chamber Proc., i. 10.

William Hartegyll v. William Fitzjames : re hunting deer in Burcombe Walk. P.R.O. Star Chamber Proc., i. 322.

William Culverwell v. Sir James Fitzjames. P.R.O. Chancery Proc., Series II., i. 56.

Anthony Stowell v. Nicholas Fitzjames : assault at Taunton and Wiveliscombe. P.R.O. Star Chamber Proc., i. 217.

Richard Eilles v. John Fitzjames : con- cerning the chapel of West Bradley. P.R.O. Cal. of Chancery Proc., i. 265.

Richard Wattes against Sir James Fitz- james : concerning manor of North Cadbury. P.R.O. Chancery Proc., Series II., i. 415.

A.ction by John Callowe, alias Otys, against James Fitzjames : assault. P.R.O. Star Chamber Proc., i. 290.

Edmund Lord Bray v. Nicholas Fitz- james : manor of Eastham. P.R.O. Chan- cery Proc., i. 25.

William Whibby v. John Fitzjames : con- cerning the Rectory of St. John the Baptist, Glastonbury. P.R.O. Cal. of Chancery Proc., iii. 295.

Edward Gryffyn v. John Hall : poaching in Pilton Park. P.R.O. Star Chamber Proc., i. 309.

Sir James Fitzjames v. Roger Mawdelye. P.R.O. Chancery Proc., Series II., i. 145.

Thomas Whalesburgh v. John Fitzjames : re manor of Alford. P.R.O. Early Chancyry Proc., i. 157.

The Herald and Genealogist, vol. iii. p. 424, has a short pedigree connecting Lord Waldegrave's family with the Fitzjames.

In The Gent. Mag., 1742, p. 499, I find among the deaths :

" Mr. Ralph Fitzjames, an eminent mohair and tabby weaver, \vorth 40,OOOZ."

Sir Thomas Lawrence's portrait of Mrs* Maguire, in the possession of the Duke of Abercorn, includes in the picture a portrait of Arthur Fitzjames, a boy. There is a photogravure plate of the picture in Lord Ronald Gower's book upon Lawrence.

It was at Leweston, the Dorset seat of the family, that Bishop Ken was taken suddenly ill in March, 1711. From there he was moved to Longleat, where he died.

A. L. HUMPHREYS.

187, Piccadilly, W.

In the ' Obit Book of the English Bene dictines, 1600-1912,' privately printed in 1913 for Dom Henry Noibert Birt, O.S.B., priest of Downside Abtey, at \ p. 32-3, I find the following account of Dom Nicholas Fitzjames, who died 16 May, 1652 :

" Born at Redlynch, Somerset, circa 1572* Fifth and youngest son of Richard Fitzjames o* Redlynch, Esq., and his wife Mary, daughter o* William Francis of Combe Flory. Educated at Gloucester Hall, Oxford. Entered English Col" lege, Douay, 4 Nov., 1599. Matriculated in Douay University, 4 May, 1600. Confirmed and tonsured, 4 Aug., 1600. Ordained in minor orders, 20 Dec., 1600 ; sub-deacon, 22 Dec., 1600 ; deacon, 16 March, 1601 ; priest, 7 April, 1601. Sent on the English Mission, 11 June, 1601. Entered Benedictine Order at St. Gregory's, Douay. Clothed, 12 May, 1607 ; professed, 15 May, 1608. Sent to St. La\^rence's, Dieu- lonard, where he was Novice Master, also Sub- prior for a short time in 1610. Sent again on the Mission, and died at Stourton, Wiltshire."

I believe- that the names of the four elder brothers of Dom Nicholas are to be found in Foster's ' Alumni Oxonienses.'

In 1590 one George Fitzjames of " Lewson,'* in the diocese of Bristol, entered Winchester College, aged 10 (Kirby, ' Winchester Scholars,' p. 155).

It seems probable that the Fitzjame& family of Redlynch were all recusants, and that, having been reduced to penury by the persecution under Elizabeth and James I. r they ceased to have their descent recorded.

One John Fitzjames, who took the degree of B.A. at Oxford in 1524, became, thirty years later, Archdeacon of Taunton and Rector of Chew Magna and Dinder. He fled abroad on the accession of Queen Elizabeth, and was succeeded, after depriva- tion, in his Archdeaconry in 1560, and, after resignation, in his Rectory in 1564. He died in exile before 1588.

JOHN B. WAINEWBIGHT.

OVERLAND PANORAMA (11 S. xii. 140). The panorama of ' The Overland Mail ' was a very amusing entertainment given in 1852 at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, by Albert Smith. He was the author of ' The Adven- tures of Mr. Ledbury,' and a constant contri- butor to Punch. He died in 1860.

CONSTANCE RUSSELL.

Swallowfield Park, Reading.