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NOTES AND QUERIES, ui s. vm. AUG. ie, ins. Cole in the Michelmersh registers, but for that period they are so badly written, and in such faded ink, that they are not easy to read; moreover, the baptisms, marriages, and burials are all jumbled up together. Is anything known of Richard Cole, and of his subsequent career? Could he have been a Cambridge graduate? His name follows that of William Tasker, appointed Rector in 1600. Whether Tasker remained until 1621 or not is not stated.

—Can any one inform me if there is any authority of note for what I consider the misspelling of the plural of money—"monies" instead of moneys? A book written by a lawyer was shown to me recently in which the spelling I object to was used, but it is a recent work, and peradventure this was an oversight.

[The 'N.E.D' says: "Money, sb. Pl. moneys

For the plural the irregular spelling monies is still not uncommonly met with, esp. in sense 4," which is defined as "pi. Properly' sums of money,' but often indistinguishable from the sing, (sense 3). Now chiefly in legal and quasi-legal parlance, or as an archaism."]

SIR WILLIAM BROWNE, KT., GOVERNOR OF FLUSHING TEMP. ELIZABETH AND JAMES I. Is his parentage known ? A note in ' Lodge's Illustrations,' quoted in Nichols's ' Progresses of James I.' (p. 43), states that he was the Sir William Browne who was knighted at the Tower, 14 March, 1603/4, and was only son of Nicholas Browne of Snelston, Derbyshire, by Eleanor, dau. and heir of Ralph Shirley of Stanton Harold. This identity has been generally accepted, but I do not feel quite satisfied with its accuracy. The will of Sir William Browne of Snelston was proved in 1612, at which date, I believe, the Governor of Flushing was still living. Moreover, the latter was certainly a knight some years earlier than 1604. He long served as a captain in the Low Countries, and was a particular friend alike of Sir Philip Sidney and the brothers Sir Francis and Sir Horace Vere. According to a note in Markham's ' Fight- ing Veres ' (p. 249), he received knighthood from the Earl of Essex at the Azores, 7 Oct., 1597, and this date is confirmed by numerous allusions to him in the State Papers which prove him to have received the honour between February and November of that year. He was Lieutenant-Governor of Flushing

under Vere in 1597, and under Sidney in 1602, an office he certainly continued to hold after 1610, in which year letters were received from him. On 1 June, 1604, his children William, Anne, and Barbara were naturalized. He appears to have died about 1622, in which year letters of denization were granted to Percy and Mary Browne, " children of the late Sir William Browne, Lieut, of Flushing, and born there," prob- ably after 1604. I strongly suspect that -he was M.P. for Haslemere in 1614 and 1621- 1622, he being then, so far as I can ascertain, the only Sir William Browne, Kt., then living. W. D. PINK.

INVERNESS BURGESS ACT : W. CURTIS. I have a stipple engraving, printed in colour, of a portly elderly man, not unlike Sir Walter Scott in face, dressed in tartan, with trousers trimmed at the side and end with fur, and a plaid across his shoulders, gold medal of George III. on the left breast, and bonnet with two eagle's feathers secured with a clasp of blue, with St. Andrew for a device, holding in his right hand a scroll, on which is engraved " Inverness Burgess Act | in favour of | W. Curtis of London | 1774." At the foot of the engraving is printed " A true character | drawn and engraved by T L Busby." I should feel grateful if some of your Scottish readers could tell me anything about the print : (a) as to whom it represents ; (b) as to the circumstances in which this personage came to be portrayed.

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REV. JOHN THORNLEY. Can any reader give me information about the antecedents of the Rev. JohnThornley? He was perpetual curate or incumbent of Bosley Church (near Macclesfield), Cheshire, from 1728 until his death in 1765. He is prominently referred to in the ' History of Cheshire ' by Earwaker, who states that at his death he left legacies to several adjacent Cheshire parishes, thus indicating a Cheshire origin.

Can any reader help me to find out the following items ? (1) What was the name of his father ? (2) What was the date of his birth ? (3) Where and on what date was he ordained ? J. B. THORNLEY.

39, Mapperley Plains, Nottingham.

NED WARD. I shall be glad of any par- ticulars (literature or otherwise) of Ned Ward, author of ' The London Spy,' &c.

J. ARDAGH.

[The ' D.N.B.' devotes over four columns to him and his works.]