Page:Notes and Queries - Series 11 - Volume 5.djvu/352

 288

NOTES AND QUERIES. f n s. v. APRH, 13, 1912.

(gwrhs.

WE must retjiiest correspondents desiring in- formation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that answers may be sent to them direct.

FORLORN HOPE AT BADAJOS. Can any one tell me in this centenary year of Badajos the names of those officers who led, or took part in, desperate assaults on the town ?

Y. T.

" CONFOUNDED RED HERRINGS." What is the point of this epithet applied to the Marquis of Hertford by the Prince Regent ?

J. D.

COWER : "AN UZERPER." In the Regis- ters of Moreton Corbet, co. Salop, the follow- ing note appears under date 1660 :

" Peeter Gibbons, pastor of Morton Corbett, 1660. Most p'te of ye war time before theyr was an uzerper in ye place one p'son Grower put in by Traytors and Bebbells and in Growers time few were rogestered but John Maurice being Clarke to Mr. Gibbons ye booke of Comon prayr being brought in ye Church agayne then be regestred ye foresd p'sons as you be then written."

If any correspondent can help me to identify the " uzerper " (Govver), I shall be glad. R. VAUGHAN GOWER.

CONSTABLES' STAVES. I have in my possession an elaborately painted constable's staff, bearing the royal arms with " G. IV. R., 1824," in red and gold, " Honi soit qui mal y pense " on black ground ; size 16| in. long, 5J in. in circumference. It has nothing on it to show where locally used. I shall be glad to know why such were in use at that date, and to hear about such staves gene- rally, if any one will kindly communicate with me. CAMPBELL LOCK.

Ashknowle, Whitwell, Ventnor. [See 'Curious Staff,' ante, pp. 49, 138, 237.]

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WANTED.

1. GEORGE BATESON was admitted to Westminster School 20 July, 1772. Who were his parents ? When did he die ?

2. BARROW. Richard Barrow was ad- mitted to Westminster School 12 June, 1782, and George Barrow 3 Feb., 1786. I should be glad to learn any particulars concerning them.

3. BARNETT. William Barnett was ad- mitted to Westminster School 16 June, 1777, Samuel Wells Barnett 22 Nov., 1779, and Jonathan Barnett 14 Feb., 1781.' Information concerning their parentage and career is desired. G. F. R. B.

BURROWS-BROOKE. In Gore's ' Directory of Liverpool ' for 1766 appeared the name " Gawen Borrows, merchant of Thomas St." He was captain of the ship Tyger, owned by Joseph and Jonathan Brooks ; and an exploit of his during the Seven Years' War (1760) is noted in Gomer Williams's ' History of Liverpool Privateers.' His will was dated 17 April, 1773, and proved at Chester, 7 Nov., 1776. Therein he mentions two brothers William, deceased, and John, of Lancaster. The latter is included in the directories for 1774 and 1777 as of 13, Basnett Street, Liverpool ; and administra- tion was granted at Chester to his widow, Ellen Burrows, 12 June, 1787.

The first-named brother, William, was lost at sea in the early part of 1773, he having sailed from Liverpool for Naples as captain of the ship Dick on 23 Dec, 1772. He left two children James and Catherine by his wife (nee Brooke), and these subsequently made their home in Dublin. This lady claimed relationship with the author of 'The Fool of Quality,' but was born in England, and probably lived in London before her marriage.

I am desirous of finding the Burrows- Brooke record, which should be about the year 1768. Has any reader observed it among the London registers ?

J. N. DOWLING. 48, Gough Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham.

FRANCES WALSINGHAM. Could any reader give me some description of the personal appearance of Frances Walsingham, the daughter of Sir Francis Walsingham and the wife' of (1) Sir Philip Sidney, (2) Robert, Earl of Essex, (3) Ulick, Earl of Clanrica:de? Fuller mentions her beauty, but does not say whether she was dark or fair.

PLEVNA.

" SKIVVY " : "UP." Could you inform me of the derivation and origin of the slang word " skivvy " a servant ?

I should also be extremely obliged if you could explain the significance and force of the word " up " in such phrases as " do up," " shut up," " make up," &c.

H. COOPER.

["Up" is here used primarily to express com- pleteness, as with many other verbs.]

NAPOLEON'S EMBLEM OF THE BEE. Why did Napoleon I. adopt the golden bee as his badge ? and what is the symbolical mean- ing ? LEZZE. [See 5 S. vii. 7 ; viii. 354 ; 10 S. v. 9, 76, 115.1