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NOTES AND QUERIES. [ii s. v. MM, o, 1912.

THOMAS CROMWELL (11 S. iv. 509; v. 37). - I do not think that the phraseology of the announcement of the decease of " The Lady of Thos. Cromwell " in The, Gentleman's Magazine for 1752 should be regarded by Miss WILLIAMS as sufficient proof that the Thomas Cromwell referred to could not have been the Thomas who died in 1748.

In those days it was, I believe, no un- common mode of recording, in ' The Annual Register ' and such like "publications, the

decease of a widow ; and seeing that Olive Cromwell had no great - grandson in thi male line of the name of Thomas other thai he who died in 1748, I am of opinion tha the announcement in question refers to th< decease of the said Thomas's second wif< Mary, daughter of Nicholas Skinner.

Upon this supposition, and in answer t< Miss WILLIAMS' s inquiry, I give the follow ing pedigree, which shows the whole of thi descendants known to me of the two mar riages of the aforesaid Thomas.

Oliver Cromwell, Protector, b. 1599, m. 22 Aug., 1620,=pElizabeth, d. 8 Oct., 1672, daughter of Sir James in St. Giles s Church, Cripplegate, d. 1658. Bouchier, of Felsted, Essex.

Henry Cromwell, third son, b. 20 Jan., 1628,=pElizabeth, daughter of Sir Francis Russell, Bt., Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, d. 1674. of Chippenham, Cambs. She d. 7 April, 1687.

Henry Cromwell, second son, a Major, d. 1711=F=Hannah, daughter of Benjamin Hewling. She d. 1732.

Frances, first wife, daughter of^Thomas Cromwell, eighth and youngest son=r=Mary, second wife, danghte John Tidman. d. 1748. of Nicholas Skinner.

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Oliver, d. 1741. Anne=^ Henry, d. 1771. Thomas. Elizabeth, d. young.

=John Field, of Stoke Newington,

Elizabeth ; Thomas ; Hannah ; Richard ; Susannah of Enfield.

Oliver, of= Cheshunt Park, Herts, d. 1821.

=Mary, daughter of Morgan Morse.

Henry Field, = Miss Baron, b. 1775.

John, b. 1760 ; Oliver, 'b.' 1761 ;

John, b. 1764;

Thomas, d. young ;

one not named, d. young ;

Anne ; Elizabeth, d. 1781 ;

Sophia ; Mary ; Letitia.

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Elizabeth= Thomas Oliver,

Oliveria Artemidorus b. 1782, Cromwell, Russell. d, young,

b. 1777-8, d. 6 Aug., 1849.

FRANCIS H. RELTON.

' LlLLIBULLERO ' (11 S. V. 28, 111).

It is rather extraordinary that in the replies to MR. BRESLAR'S queries, given on pp. Ill and 112, no reference is made to the circum- stance that has done more to direct attention to the ballad in question than anything else in English literature. I refer, of' course, to the fact that ' Lillibullero,' or ' Lilla- bullero ' as Sterne spells it, was the favourite tune of "my uncle Toby," which he whistled on ^all occasions, great and small. Readers j Tnstram Shandy ' will recollect how he is described as " directing the buccinatory muscles along his cheeks, and the ovicular muscles around his lips to do their duty " while he whistled the tune.

The music of the tune, and an account of the ballad, taken from Burnet's ' History of his Own Times ' and King's ' State of the Protestants in Ireland,' 1691, are given in Sterne's ' Works,' vol. i. p. 96 (London,

Sharpe & Son, &c., 1819).

T. F. D.

"BARTHOLOMEW WARE" (11 S. v. 130). As James Howell was one of " the tribe oi Ben," he was no doubt in agreement with his chief regarding the degeneracy of the great festivity which was for seven centuries a conspicuous feature of London life. In Jonson's ' Bartholomew Fair,' although it is concerned with the revelry rather than the traffic of the gathering, there is very suggestive evidence as to the cha- racter of the wares presented. Both Overdo and Busy are subjected to the exposure which is the high prerogative of comedy, yet each in his own way is allowed to indicate one " enormity " after another. The dis- guised Justice justifiably exclaims (Act II. scene i.) : " How is the poor subject abused here ! " while the other moralist is not without method as he vehemently exhorts his hearers thus (Act III. scene i.) :

" The place is Smithfield, or the field of smiths, the grove of hobby-horses and trinkets, the wares