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NOTES AND QUERIES, [ii s. vui. OCT. 25, 1913.

ACHESON OF GOSFORD. 1. Sir Archibald Acheson, ancestor of the Earls of Gosford, was the son of Capt. Patrick Acheson. An Inquisitio de Tutela (6 Nov., 1584) refers to Alexander Acheson of Gosford as "propin- quior agnatus, id est consanguineus ex parte patris Archibaldo Achesone filio legitimo quondam Capitani Patricii Achesone." An extended search leaves me still ignorant of the exact position of Patrick in the family tree. Can any reader help me ?

2. How were the following persons re- lated ? (a) James Acheson, master of the Edinburgh Mint 1526 to 1554, son of Alex. Acheson, dwelling at Newhaven, and brother of Alex. Acheson of Gosford. (b) John Acheson, master coine- 1565-81. (c) Thomas Acheson, master coiner 1582-1607. His mother's name was Elizabeth Lermonth. Was he the son of Wm. Acheson, bailie of Dunbar in 1551 ?

3. Alexander Acheson sold Gosford about 1630. He had three sons then living Alexander, William, and Patrick. The second migrated to Ireland, and it is believed that the third did likewise. Is anything known of the descendants of Alexander and Patrick ?

4. In 1478 Dom. John Atkinson was Abbot of Newbottill. Alexander Acheson of Gosford obtained in 1541 a transfer of a grant made to the Abbey of Newbottill in 1526. Are the charters and other records of this abbey preserved ? If so, in whose custody ? W. ROBERTS CROW.

" BETTER GIVE A LANDLORD CORN TO FEED HIS HORSE THAN HEAR HIS COCK CROW." I met with this saying a short time ago after many years. I remember that it was in frequent use amongst farming people discussing their prospects with rela- tion to their landlords. Is it in any col- lection ? Its meaning is pretty clear.

THOS. RATCLIFFE.

A CHURCH BELL. Can any one give the date of a church bell bearing the inscription

CAVLLIER FONDUER A AMIENS ?

E. J. HORNIMAN. Burford Priory, Oxon.

THE DEFENDERS OF CLONMEL. I shouk be glad to learn whether the 1,200 Ulster men who, under Hugh O'Neill (or MacNeill) defended Clonmel against Cromwell in 165( were Presbyterians or Roman Catholics Replies may be sent to me direct.

CHARLES J. HILL.

Belmont Lodge, Waterford.

CAPT. CHARLES JAMES MOORE MANSFIELD OR MANSFEILD). Can any of your readers give me any clue to his birthplace or parent- age ? A destroyer is shortly to be named after this distinguished naval officer, who vas captain of the Minotaur at Trafalgar, and nothing whatever is known of his history Before he entered the Navy, excepting that he was born 15 Nov., 1760. He married in 1788 Miss Anna Spong, and died 1813. He had a brother Barrington Mansf eild, who was a solicitor or barrister. F. C. B.

McFuNN. Can any one give me informa- tion regarding the ancestry of Capt. William McFunn of the Royal Navy ? He married Lydia Biddle of Philadelphia in 1752. He was at the battle of Quebec ; was some time after that Master of the Port at the Island of Antigua, and died in America about 1767 or 1768. Possibly he may have belonged to the Argyllshire family of McPhun.

DAVID HAY PEFFERS.

Crawley, Sussex.

[Miss LYDIA ROBINSON had a query concerning bhis person at 11 S. vi. 508, to which, however, no answer has as yet been received.]

MALCOLM OF GRANGE. James Malcolm, writing 27 Oct., 1715, to John Gordon of Glenbucket, then at Burntisland, says :

" The Earl [of Mar] writes me that your pro- visions are near done, and desires me to write to my friend (which, I suppose, is my brother-in-law, your landlord) to get you provided." 'Stuart Papers,' i. 453.

Now it is true that James Erskine, Lord Grange, was one of Glenbucket's " superiors," but he does not seem to have married a Malcolm. To whom can Malcolm refer ? J. M. BULLOCH.

123, Pall Mall, S,W.

ALBERIC DE VERE crossed over to Eng- land with William the Conqueror, and received the great lordship of Hedingham in Essex, where the family built their castle, and as Earls of Oxford became all-powerful in the district. The family remained there for 558 years, producing 20 earls in succession. It is said the last earl died about 1625. What family in England is the nearest representative of the De Veres ? and who was " the female to whom the withered honours fell in 1625 "? W. H. REEVE.

Castle Hill School, near South Molton.

HENRY PETTITT. Reference is required to any complete edition, if such exist, of the works of Henry Pettitt, the dramatist.

S. A. GRUNDY-NEWMAN.

Walsall.