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" raw " edges just as it left the printer. The publisher, John Clarke, carried on business 1650-82. He was successor at "The Harp and Bible" to Richard Harper, and was succeeded by James Bissel. "The Harp and Bible " published especially ballads, broadsides, and such pamphlets as ' The Married Men's Feast.' An extensive list of Clarke's ballad publications may be found in Lord Crawford's ' Catalogue of Ballads ' (privately printed, 1890), p. 537.

' The Married Men's Feast ' is referred to in Hazlitt's ' Handbook,' 1867, p. 391, where it is entered for some reason under the heading ' Middlesex.' No clue is there given as to where the copy catalogued by Hazlitt may be found. Hazlitt spells the name of the printer incorrectly as " Peter - Lillitrap." His correct name was Peter Lilliecrap, and he was a native of Queathiock, co. Cornwall. In the time of the Civil War he served in the Royalist army. He was first at " The Crooked Billet " on Addle Hill, and secondly at " The Five Bells," near the church in Clerkenwell Close. A short time before the date of the publica- tion of ' The Married Men's Feast ' he was registered as employing one press, one apprentice, one compositor, and one press- man. A. L. HUMPHREYS.

187, Piccadilly, W.

Has MR, GERISH a note of ' A True Rela- tion of a Devilish Attempt to Fire the Town of Barnet' (see 5 S. vi. 169, 297) ? Copy in Guildhall Library, London, ' Political Tracts, 1655-1706,' No. 20. GEORGE POTTER.

10, Priestwood Mansions, Highgate, N.

SPANISH TITLES GRANTED TO IRISHMEN (11 S. v. 69). I am afraid I do not know of any book which gives definite data with regard to the titles granted by Philip IV. of Spain to the Irishmen who fought in the " Wars of the Netherlands," but it is possible Don Francisco Fernandez de Bethen- court may deal with this subject before he has finished his ' Historia Genealogica de la Monarquia Espanol.' Some information as to the pedigrees can be found in the papers relating to Spanish military orders such as Calatrava, Alcantara, Carlos III., &c., in the Archives nacionales, Pasco de Rigoletos, Madrid, as some fifty Irishmen were enrolled in these orders. The services of the officers of the Irish regiments Dublin, Irlanda, Hybernia, Comerford, Macauliffe, Ultonia, Limerick, Waterf ord and of the Irish officers in the originally Scotch regiments Edimburgo

and Wauchope, may be seen at Simancas. In the eighteenth century they are chronicled under the names of their regiments, but in the seventeenth century under the names of the officers themselves.

V. HUSSEY WALSH.

SAMUEL GREATHEED (11 S. iv. 347 ; v. 71). MR. COURTNEY'S excellent account of this worthy at the later reference omits what is to me his one point of interest, namely, the fact that his portrait was painted by Romney. This portrait, a three-quarters (i.e., 30 in. by 25 in.), has never been traced. It was painted early in 1795, and dispatched to Newport Pagnell on 14 May of that year. His acquaintance with Romney was doubt- less brought about by his friendship with Cowper and Hayley. He preached a sermon on Cowper s death at Olney, 18 May, 1800, which was printed ; he sent a copy to the artist, inscribed " To Mr. Romney, from the author," and this identical copy was offered in the second-hand book catalogue of Mr. Rollings some time since. The Monthly Magazine of January, 1803, had the follow- ing announcement :

" The Rev. Mr. Greatheed, of Newport Pagnell, has in considerable forwardness a General History of Missions, in which he is assisted by Mr. Burder, of Coventry. The work is expected to make three or four volumes in octavo ; and the first will be ready for delivery early in the spring." The portrait to which MR. COURTNEY refers as having been published in The Evangelical Magazine of April, 1794, cannot, of course, have been the Romney picture.

W. ROBERTS.

Allow me to correct a misprint in MR. COURTNEY'S very interesting account of my grandfather. For " the Rev. Samuel Rothey Straitland " (ante, p. 72, col. 1) read Samuel Roffey Maitland. He was the author of ' The Dark Ages ' and ' The Reformation,' and grandfather of the late Prof. Maitland.

The family is much indebted to MR. COURTNEY. J. GREATHEED.

Corringham Rectory, Essex.

FAMILIES : DURATION IN MALE LINK (11 S. v. 27, 92). SIR W. BULL'S idea is supported by[the following extracts from the Introduction to Burke's ' Extinct Peerages/ 1883 :

" 1. Not one of the honours now exist conferred by William Rufus, Henry I., Stephen, Henry II., Richard I., or John.

" 2. All the English Dukedoms created from the institution of the order down to the com- mencement of the reign of Charles II. are gone except only, Norfolk, Somerset, and Cornwall.