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WARWICK LANE AND ITS HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS (11 S. iii. 121, 193, 250). My old friend who has inherited one A the forty manors I alluded to ante, p. 193, wishes me to thank COL. PRIDEAUX for his courteous observations, and careful distinc- tion between the Tibetot and Montacute estates, which had been confused somewhat by my friend and myself.

All of these manors Sawston Hall near Cambridge, and Rainham in Norfolk, in- clusive belonged to Joan, second daughter of Tibetot, E.prl of Worcester, whose daughter Lady Isabella Ingaldethorp married John Xevill, first Marquis of Montague or Monta- cute. The deed of partition dated 17 Henry VII., and mentioned by me, is still in the possession of the present owner of Sawston Hall, one of the Nevill manors in question. t is signed and sealed, first by Sir Adrian Fortescue and Ann his wife ; secondly, by Elizabeth, Lady Scrope ; thirdly, by Sir John Mortimer and Mary his wife ; fourthly, by Sir Anthony Browne and Lucy his wife ; and w is to remain in the posses- sion of Sir William Huddleston and his wife Isabella. The above wives were the five daughters and coheiresses of the first Marquis of Montague spoken of by COL. PRIDEAUX.

Sir Edmund Huddleston, great-grandson of the said Sir William, sold the manor of Pvainham in 1543 to Sir Roger Townshend, the ancestor of the present Marquis Towns- hend.

Huddleston was occasionally spelt Hodel- ston in old times, and a noteworthy scion of the family was the favourite Privy Councillor of Queen Mary (Tudor). This Sir John Huddleston, grandson of Sir William, sheltered Queen Mary at Sawston Hall on her flight to Framlingham in Norfolk. The Hall was burnt down by Northumber- land's supporters, and afterwards restored by Mary to the picturesque state in which t now remains. It is 7 miles from Cam- bridge. WILLIAM MERCER.

SIMON DE MONTFORT: TRANSLATION OF FRENCH POEM (11 S. iii. 229, 297). If I recollect right, another verse translation of the poem (I believe by Prof. Gilbert Murray) will be found in a little volume entitled King and Baronage,' by the Rev. W. H. Hutton, published by Nutt in a series called English History from the Sources." The refrain, I remember, ended with

The Earl Montfort, whose evil sort the land shall long deplore.

L. R. M. STRACHAN. Heidelberg.

REV. MR. GARRARD (11 S. iii. 227). I would venture to suggest that Straff ord's correspondent may have been John Gerard the Jesuit (1564-1637), who wrote a narrative of the Gunpowder Plot. After escaping from the Tower, he became Rector of Louvain, 1609. He was the first Rector of Liege, 1614-22; and Director of the English College, Rome, from 1627 until his death.

Row TAY.

SONNETS BY RAFAEL (11 S. iii. 208, 297). The translation of a sonnet by Rafael will be found at p. 224 of Mr. Samuel Wadding- ton's ' Collected Poems,' published by Messrs. Bell & Sons in 1902. The original sonnet is said to be inscribed on one of Rafael's draw- ings now exhibited at the British Museum, and begins :

Un pensier dolce erimbrare e godo Di quello assalto.

There appear to be only two other sonnets by Rafael in existence, so far as is known, and they are of such inferior quality as to be quite unworthy of the great artist.

S. K. SEYMOUR.

Upper Montagu Street, W.

ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM, R.N. (11 S iii. 289). There was a James Cunningham in the Royal Navy, who received his com- mission as lieutenant 22 February, 1743/4. On 1 April, 1761, he was second in command of the Iris (Capt. Ed. Wheeler) of 50 guns, when, off Cape Tres Forcas, she fell in with and took the Oresflame of 40 guns. Early in this action Capt. Wheeler was killed, there- upon Lieut. Cunningham took command ; and owing to his behaviour, Vice- Admiral Saunders gave him the command of the Oresflame and recommended him for pro- motion. In December of the same year he received his captaincy and was appointed to the Tryal sloop of 14 guns, which he com- manded until the conclusion of the war in 1763. His name does not again appear on the active list, and apparently he was the only Capt. Cunningham in the Navy at that period. Tnere were two lieutenants named Thomas Cunningham, who entered the Navy 6 October, 1744, and 16 February, 1746/7, respectively ; but they do not appear to have attained the rank of captain.

This Capt. Cunningham may therefore prove to be the f ether of Capt. Alexander Cunningham, R.N., who was a lieutenant on board the America (Capt. Kirk) during the battle in Lagos Bay on 17 August, 1759. Two days later his ship was sent by Admiral Boscawen to burn the Ocean