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(' Polyolbion '). which describes the Flemings as emigrants, in consequence of inundations that ' swamped ' their land. It was during the reign of Henry I. They were kindly received by the King, 'in respect of the alliance which he hi,d with their Earl, Baldwin, Earl of Flanders,' and settled chirlly in Northumberland ; where, however, they were found so unruly that ' King Henry was xinder the necessity of driving them into \Val-s.'' Other historians assert that it was by persuasion, and not compulsion, that they became settlers among the Welsh ; the Anglo- Normans found them brave and valuable allies ; whilst their habits of thrift and industry made them useful examples, as well as auxiliaries to the conquerors. The second Henry gave them direct encouragement, and considerably aug- mented their numbers, recommending them to his knights as ready and powerful partisans, the more to be trusted because so thoroughly isolated in the midst of merciless enemies, against whom they were perpetually compelled to keep watch
 * nd ward."

EBNEST B. SAVAGE, F.S.A.

There never was a settlement in Pembroke- shire of men from Holland* but in 1616 the word " Dutchmen " included even more than the natives of Germany and the Low Countries, and if Goodman knew what he was talking about, he was referring to the Flemish settlement which took place during the reign of Henry I. Caradoc of Llan- carvan and William of Malmesbury describe the circumstances ; while the peculiarities of the settlers are discussed at some length by a good Pembrokeshire man, Giraldus Cambrensis, whose time and place of birth make him the best possible authority. For a modern account see ' The History of Little England beyond Wales,' by Edward Laws. DAVID SALMON.

Swansea.

[MR. A.. R. BAYI.EY, C. C. H M and H. O.

-Mi:. G. H. \VITTTE from Mr. Laws's book we have forwarded to the querist.!
 * lso thanked for replies. The quotations by

SWEETAPPLE SUKNAME : BENJAMIN

HODGKIN (US. iii. 66, 134, 213). Mention has not been made of the pedigree in Le NVve's * Knights ' (Harl. Soc. vol. viii 447) of '* Sir John Sweetaple, citizen and gold- smith, London, one of the Sheriffs, knighted at Whitehall, 12 Nov., 1694." This, not being of three generations in the male line, is not named in Marshall's ' Genealogist's ( Juide.' It gives an account of two different coats of arms borne by him, and of those of his wife Sarah Adams. It states also that Adams of London, goldsmith in Cheapside,"
 * his wife '* Sarah, daughter of John [sic]

died 1698, and that their son was "

Sweetaple, Esq., of the Temple, London,

1699 " ; but it seems probable that this was a son by a former wife. It further states that " he was a banker in Lombard Street, and after broke for a great sum, dying in the Mint " (i.e., the Mint Sanctuary, South- wark). As the pedigree was apparently entered in 1699, and his death is therein mentioned, it probably occurred before that date, though after 1694. There is no will or administration of him in the P.C.C. From the pedigree of Levett in the same work (p. 437) it appears that " Richard Levett, Esq., Aldermin of London " (son of Sir Richard Levett, Alderman, who died

20 Jan., 1710), married " da. of Sir

John Sweetapple of London, goldsmith and Alderman, heir to her brothers." The licence for this marriage is at the Bishop of London's office, as under : " 1694, May 1, Richard Levett of St. Ann and Agnes, Aldersgate, bachelor, 23, and Mrs. Ann Sweetapple of Allhallows, Lombard Street, spinster, 18, with consent of father Mr. John Sweetapple, [to marry] at St. Ethelburgh,. London."

The following marriage licences apply to Sir John, viz. : Vicar-General's Office, "1671, Aug. 8, John Sweetaple of All- hallows, Lombard Street, goldsmith, bachelor, about 24, and Anne Burdett of St. Lawrence Jury, London, widow, about 23, [to marry] at St. Andrew, Holborn " ; Faculty Office, " 1685, June 20, John Sweetaple of All- hallows, Lombard Street, London, widower, and Mary Sherloe of Stepney, Middlesex, spinster, 24, [to marry] at St. Martin Out- wich or St. Michael, Cornhill " ; Vicar- General's Office, "1691, July 13, John Sweetaple of Allhallows, Lamber Street, London, widower, 40 and upwards, and Mrs. Sarah Adams, of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, Middx., spinster, 26 and upwards, with con- sent of her father Mr. Thomas [sic] Adams, [to marry] at St. Leonard's afsd, or ."

The following, though not applying as above, may be interesting : Vicar-General's Office, 1689/90, Feb, 27, " John Sweetapple of St. Buttolph's, Aldersgate, London, milliner, bachelor, about 22, and Ann Reeve of St. Olave, Southwark, Surrey, spinster, about 20, with her parents' consent, [to marry] at St. Andrews, Holborn."

G. E. C

This is a strange little world I Only a few days ago I bought an old Treasury order, issued 25 November, 1698, for the payment of 8 per cent interest quarterly upon a loan of 500 made by Charles Fox, Esq., " upon Credit of the Duty on Coals."