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Edward Turnour, Speaker of the House of Commons. 2. Robert, a barrister of Lin- coln's Inn, who inherited the Grove estate in Herts, and whose will is dated 6 April, 1682. His sons, I believe, all died s.p. 3. George, M.A. and B.D., Rector of Beaconsfield 1637 till sequestered in 1646, Prebendary of Lincoln 1660 till his death in 1669. All three sons were graduates of Oxford.

Any amplification of this pedigree will be acceptable. In what way was the family descended from the Lancashire Asshetons of Great Lever. W. D. PINK.

AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED.

1. Affection never to be weaned nor changed By any change of fortune, proof alike Against unkindness, absence, and neglect : Fidelity, that neither bribe nor threat

Can move nor ward ; and gratitude for small And trivial favours, lasting as the life, And glistening even in the dying eye.

2. I knew not what it was to die, But knew my master did not sleep.

F. D. WESLEY.

To part too soon, but never to forget.

ASTARTE.

" ORGEAT." What was an " orgeat " ? The Post Boy of 27-29 April, 1714, con- tained the following :

"On Tuesday last the Duke of Berry found him- self ill, having, as it was said, drank over Night, as soon as he came from hunting, two Glasses of Orgeat with Ice before Supper. He was blooded 3 times, and vomited, which gave him a little Ease. The next Day he was blooded again ; but his Dis- temper heightening on Thursday, he died yesterday at 4 in the Morning. His Corpse was brought to the Palace of the Thuilleries, where it will lay upon a Bed of State, till it is carry'd to St. Denys. We have learnt since his Death, That his Illness was owing to a Blow he receiv'd in the Stomach with the Pommel of his Saddle, as he was hunting, which had hurt his Lungs."

" Orgeat " was evidently a liquor of some kind, but of what description ? It would seem to have been known in this country

tOO. J. HOLDEN MACMlCHAEL.

[" Orgeat " is described in the ' New English Dic- tionary' as "a syrup or cooling drink, made originally from barley, subsequently from almonds, and orange-flower water." MR. MACMICHAEL'S quotation is, however, 40 years earlier than the first in the Dictionary.]

CHARLES WESLEY, 1757-1834. This cele- brated musician was the eldest son of the Rev. Charles Wesley, the noted hymn- writer. Can any one inform me where he was born, the date of his birth, where he died, and the place where he was buried ?

He was for many years organist of St. George's, Hanover Square ; is it known how long he held that appointment ? I also wish to know of any compositions written by him. Please reply direct.

L. H. CHAMBERS. Amersham.

SAMUEL WESLEY, 1766 - 1837. This brother of Charles Wesley, and father of Samuel Sebastian Wesley, was also a noted musician and composer. I am desirous of knowing the exact date and place of his birth, and where he lived and died. Was any monument erected to his memory ? Please reply direct. L. H. CHAMBERS.

Amersham.

[There are lives of both in the ' D.N.B.' Has our correspondent consulted Grove's 'Dictionary of Music and Musicians'?]

DAY, HALLEY, AND PYKE FAMILIES. The ' Visitation of Surrey, 1530, 1572, and 1623 ' (London, 1899), gives on pp. 156-7 a pedigree of Day down to Richard Day and Edward Day, brothers, of Dorking, Surrey (fl. 1623) ; but more details appear in the chart printed in Surrey Arch. Coll., vol. xi.,. London, 1893, pp. 322-4.

Dr. Edmond Halley's first cousin, Francis Halley, sen., in his will (P. C. C., reg. Marlboro, fo. 126), dated 28 June, 1698, pioved 8 Sept., 1702. refers to "my father i nd mother [-in-law] Richard Pyke and Eleanor Pyke, to my brothers Thomas Pyke and William Pyke and Edward Day, and to my sisters Jane Day and Susan Pyke."

The testator's son, Francis Halley, jun.,. in his will, dated 22 Oct., 1717, proved 5 Aug., 1718, by William Pyke, power reserved to Richard Pyke (Commissary Court of London), mentions " cousins Mary Day, Jane Day, and Richard Day." What connexion, if any, existed between these Days (related to the families of Halley and Pyke) and the Days of Dorking, Surrey (fl. 1623) ?

Also, what was the relationship of either or both of those families of Day to the deceased husband of Mrs. Sarah Day, widow, of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, who married in 1746 William Pyke, bachelor, of the same parish (see ante, p. 368) ? Can any reader throw light on the identity of Mrs. Sarah Day's first husband ? Was her maiden surname Freeman or Turner ? Who were her parents ? Did she have a sister Sybilla who married a John Parry, and had issue (cf. 11 S. ii. 44 ; iii. 127, et passim) ?

EUGENE F. McPiKE, I 1, Park Row, Chicago.