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friend Thorns, as Librarian of the House of Lords, had had frequent transactions with the firm ; and when he started ' JN. & Q.' he gave them the printing of it, which they re- tained until he parted with the property, since which it has been printed by Francis & Co.

Jn closing this note we cordially wish the Spottiswoode firm continued prosperity. JOHN COLLINS FRANCIS.

DEATH OF 44- YEAR-OLD GOOSE. At the meeting of the Council of the Royal Zoo- logical Society of Ireland on 30 October last, the Secretary reported :

"During the week the Gardens had lost from the collection an interesting specimen of the goose family interesting from the point of view of long- lived birds, namely, the ancient goose, which was, as near as can be ascertained, 44 years old."

WILLIAM MACARTHUR. Dublin.

"LOCK " AND ' KEY." (See ante, p. 323.) DR. CRAIGIE'S article on words in Douglas's ' Eneados ' mentions " Lock, v., simply to close," which reminds me of the curious experience of a lady on arriving in Shetland, who, having told the maid to lock the door, afterwards asked the girl why she had not done so, and was answered : " I did lock the door [i.e., close it], but perhaps you meant me to key it " [i.e., lock it in the English meaning of the word].

W. DURIE.

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WE must request correspondents desiring in- formation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that answers may be sent to them direct.

TOWNSHENDS OF RAYNHAM, RECUSANTS.

I should be glad if any of your readers could tell me what members of the family of the Townshends of Raynham were recusants.

Sir Roger Townshend of Raynham, who died in 1551, was one of Cromwell's com- missioners. His wife was Amy, daughter of Sir William Brewse of Wenham, Suffolk, and Stinton Hall, Norfolk ; and their children were presumably brought up Pro- testants.

John Townshend and Richard Townshend, his sons, both died in their father's lifetime, and Sir Roger was succeeded in the family honours in 1551 by his great-grandson Roger Townshend, who was knighted at sea in 1588, and married Jane, youngest daughter of Sir Michael Stanhope. Could he have been a Catholic ?

His cousin Thomas Townshend of Mergate Hall, Braconash, had conformed, but not so his wife, Lady Style.

In July, 1578, Queen Elizabeth dined with them at Mergate Hall. This time t he- Queen's host was spared, but not so the guests.

Thomas and Marian Townshend of Wear- ham were presented to the Bishop as recu- sants in June, 1597 ; and Thomas Townshend is returned as late as Charles I. for recusancj^

What had they to do with the family of Raynham and B ramp ton ?

Cromer Grange. JAMES DURHAM,

LORD JOHN GREY OF PIRGO. Who was he ? I cannot find him in the ' Extinct Peerage.' All I know about him is that his daughter Margaret married Sir Arthur Capell, who died in 1632. G. H. P.

[He was the youngest son of Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquis of Dorset. He joined in Wyatt's rebel- lion ; had lands bestowed upon him by Elizabeth (Pyrgo in Essex chief among these), but got into trouble at Court over Catherine Seymour, who was for a time at Pyrgo in his charge. He died in 1569. His descendants were the Greys of Groby, his son and heir Henry having been made Baron Grey of Groby. See ' D.N.B.']

CHRIST'S ." SEVEN EYES " IN WELSH POETRY. Rhys Prichard is mentioned on pp. 131, 145-8, 170, 196, of ' A Manual of Welsh Literature,' by the Rev. J. C. Morrice, M.A. (Bangor, 1909), of which a new edition is soon to appear. The ' D.N.B.' tells us that he lived in the years 1579-1644. In

" The Welshman's Candle : or the Divine Poems of Mr. Rees Priohard, sometime Vicar of Lando- very, in Carmarthenshire, Now first translated into English Verse By the Rev. (William Evans, Vicar of Llawhaden). Carmarthen, Printed for the Translator by J. Ross. 1771," one finds on p. 197 :

Shou'd angel, man, or fiend, desire of thee To sin against thy God, when most apart.

Remember thou, his Seven Eyes can see Zach. iv. 10), And find thee out, however close thou art ;

and on p. 219 :

For ev'ry where, at church, at home, abroad.

Thy Saviour sees thee with his seven eyes ;

and on p. 368 :

And Christ, the Lamb with seven eyes,

Thy soul each moment to defend.

Was that author the first Kymric bard to write thus of " those seven," as one finds in Zech. iv. 10 ? The anonymous translation contains some details that are of value for English lexicography; for instance, p. 174, "And of the slawny* trapes, take care," and " devilings," for " little devils," p. 389.

E. S. DODGSON.