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NOTES AND QUERIES. m s. v. FEB. 10, 1912

HARRY QUILTER'S POEMS. The late Harry Quilter's first publication was a book of poems, which was published anony- mously. I am anxious for literary reasons to know the title of this volume. Mr. Quilter's widow does not know the title.

W. ROBERTS.

FRENCH GRAMMARS BEFORE 1750. Will some correspondent be good enough to give me the titles and dates of the earliest pub- lished French grammars say, up to 1750 ? GREGORY GRUSELIER.

' COCKE LORELLE'S BOTE.' This is the title of a poem which contains the names of numerous mediaeval crafts and occupations. Will some reader kindly tell me who was the writer of it, where I can find the poem in extenso, and why named as above ?

T. P. C.

COSEY HALL, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Can any correspondent tell me in what parish the above Hall is (or was) situated ? It was at one time the residence of a family named Pitt. CHAS. HALL CROUCH.

62, Nelson Road, Stroud Green, N.

SIR KENELM DIGBY. A folio of original letters from Sir Kenelm Digby to his son was sold in the collections of J. Britton, the antiquary, at Evans's many years ago. Can any one inform me through ' N. & Q.' where these letters can be seen now ? Mr. Allan H. Bright of Liverpool has Britton's own notes on Kenelm Digby in MS.

JOHN S. ARTHUR.

' TEMPLE BAR ' : CASANOVA. Who was the author of the account of Casanova in Temple Bar in January, 1890, vol. Ixxxviii. pp. 27-50 ? HORACE BLEACKLEY.

CAPRANICA FAMILY. I should feel much obliged if any of your readers could tell me of an important lady belonging to this Italian family who was at the Court^of Louis XIV. I am endeavouring to find out the name of a fine marble bust by Coysevox that has the arms of this family on the pedestal. The lady is very like Marie Theresa of Austria, wife of Louis XIV. The only member of this family I have been able to discover is Domenico Capranica, Bishop of Fermo, but he is two hundred years too early. ALGERNON GRAVES.

42,;Old Bond Street.

'IAN ROY.' Will one of your readers inform me where I can obtain a copy of the romance 'Ian Roy,' by Urquhart Forbes ?

J. F. J.

Minneapolis.

MATILDA OF PARIS. I find one Matilda of Paris conveying land to the Abbey of St. Peter at Westminster towards the end of the twelfth century. Who was she ?

W. D. B.

GRETNA GREEN RECORDS. Can any one tell me where the marriage records of Gretna Green are to be seen ? Q. N.

[See 10 S. ii. 386.]

KEESTON CASTLE, PEMBROKESHIRE. In Murray's ' Handbook to South Wales ' (pub. 1860), p. 123, it says :

" On the summit of a high ridge of ground are the scanty ruins of Keeston Castle. A very extensive view is gained from hence over Haver- fordwest and the Vale of Cleddau." What is known of the history of this castle, and do these ruins still exist ? There is no mention of them in ' Castles and Strongholds of Pembrokeshire ' (pub. 1909), by Emily Hewlett Edwards. G. H. W.

MUMMERS. Until the year 1898 or 1899, " Mummers," or " Christmas Rimers," as they were popularly called, used to go round the town of Carrickfergus, co. Antrim, visit- ing from house to house, and collecting what pence they could, during the days imme- diately preceding Christmas.

The parties consisted of boys of about sixteen years of age and under, decked out with paper hats, and their repertory, so far as I can remember, was confined to the stirring dramatic poem about St. George, Oliver Cromwell, Beelzebub, &c., given in ' Chambers's Book of Days ' under 24 Dec. Whether the Carrickfergus mummers still con- tinue their activities or not, I cannot say. Are there many places in the United King- dom where mumming survives, or where it has survived until recently ? Are the recitations given by the mummers always the same ? P. A. MCELWAINE/

[See the articles in 10 S. v., vi., vii.j

BENJAMIN FLETCHER, GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK 1692-7. Can any of your readers give me particulars regarding Col. Benjamin Fletcher, both prior to and after his governor- ship ? I have all the necessary particulars regarding him during his stay in America, but I am very desirous of obtaining all pos- sible information about him : his military career before he came to New York, his marriage, his children, descendants, and everything relating to him after his return to England in 1697. I know absolutely nothing about him after he left New York. ARTHUR LOWNDES.

143, East Thirty-Seventh Street, New York.