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the neighbourhood of Derwentwater, until the last male of the race resident there, a childless man, 70 years of age, having buried his wife at Crosthwaite in 1791, disappears from view. More as to these cadet branches will probably be found in the forthcoming (tenth) volume of the new ' History of Northumberland. '

I fail, however, to see how Mr. John Nicholas Fazakerley (of Stoodley, co. Devon, which Mr. Fazakerley, M.P., bought in 1819), who died in 1909, could in any way claim to represent the Derwentwater family as descending from a gentleman who com- paratively recently " changed his patro- nymic of Ratcliffe." This was done so far back as 1767 by one Thomas Radcliffe (baptized at Ormskirk 7 Sept., 1722 ; married there, 8 Oct., 1755, Ann Brownsword; and buried there 11 July, 1773), who was great- grandson of Alexander Radcliffe, of Leigh, co. Lane., who entered a pedigree of four generations at Ormskirk, 23 Sept., 1664, and was husband of Alice, daughter of William Fazakerley. of Kirby, in the parish of Walton-on-the-Hill, co. Lane. The Rad- cliffe house, now " The Wheatsheaf Inn," in Bnrscough Street, Ormskirk, bears Rad- cliffe initials a,nd dates 1764 and 1777; and over the doorway into the principal room of the house are the arms of the family Argent, two bendlets engrailed sable, a canton gules done in plaster. The con- nexion of this Thomas Radcliffe with the Hawardens, Gillebrands, Fazakerleys of Fazakerley Hall and Spellow House, Faza- kerleys of the Clock House in West Derby, and Mr. John Nicholas Fazakerley, lately deceased, is not easy to make out, in spite of the illuminating labours of Mr. John Brownbill in vol. iii. of the ' Victoria History of Lancashire ' and Mr. Joseph Gillow in his ' Bibliographical Dictionary of English Catholics.' R. D. RADCLIFFE, F.S.A.

. The AthentEum, Liverpool.

EDGAR ALLAN POE'S MOTHER (11 S. v. 7 135). I am glad to exchange " lights," how- ever dim, with MR. CRESS WELL. ThePoe and the Arnold (or Arnell) families have been well known in Selsey (Sussex) for centuries Between 1621 and 1640 Richard Poe, anc between 1661 and 1670 his son Richarc Poe, jun., served the office of churchwarden on several occasions; and between 1681 anc 1700 Clement Poe, the son of Richarc junior, served the same office more than once

The Arnolds (or Arnells) appear first a churchwardens between 1751 and 1770, and the family is still flourishing there.

In a Parliamentary Survey of 1649 (in he MSS. of the Dean and Chapter of yhichester) it appears that Richard Poe vas a copyholder of the manor of Bartleys or Berkeleys), attached to the Prebendal tall of Waltham in Chichester Cathedral, ind held land adjoining the (old) church of ~elsey at Church Norton.

In the Protestation Return for Selsey of 642 Thomas Poe, his brother Richard, and Richard's son, Richard junior, appear as 5 rotestants.

In 1674 Richard Poe deposed before an Exchequer Commission concerning tithes .P.R.O., 25 Charles II.). In 1672 this Richard Poe had been admitted tenant of Parson's Croft, which is now my property, )ut was then part of the lands of the manor of Canongate (MSS. of the Dean and Chapter- of Chichester, vol. 1660-1780); and on his death his son Clement and his daughter Sapphira were admitted tenants.

The Gravelys held land in the adjoining parish of Sidlesham, and about 1680 Thomas Bravely, son of Robert Gravely, married Alice Poe of Selsey. MR. CRESSWELL might earn more of this from Mr. C. E. Gravely of Bassocks, Sussex.

On the Tithe Map of Selsey, dated 1839, STo. 37 is called " Poe's Field," and it bears that name to this day. All these facts and references concerning them are to be 'ound in my recent book, ' Selsey Bill ' [Duckworth).

When next at Selsey I will search my

opy of the Selsey registers, and shall be happy to furnish ' N. & Q.' with any entries that I may find bearing on the subject

EDWARD HERON -ALLEN.

DOGS IN CHURCHES (11 S. v. 209). Within the last ten years I have attended matins on a weekday at Swinderby, near Lin- coln, where the vicarage dogs occupied the seat in front of the family and behaved admirably. But a friend to whom I told this reminded me of its inconsistency with Rev. xxii. 15. W. E. B.

Some amusing anecdotes relating to dogs in churches in Scotland are to be found in Dean Ramsay's ' Scottish Life and Cha- racter,' pp. 87, 308, in the Foulis edition, 1908. W. S.

I have an engraving of the interior of " St. Stephen's, Wallbrook," looking towards the altar. There are several fashionably dressed figures in the foreground, the ladies xvith enormous hoops, and carrying fans, the men in knee-breeches and wigs. Just