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us.vLAuo.31,1912.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 169 MARY TYRRELL. I shall be grateful if any of your readers can help me to the solution of the following genealogical difficulty. Mary, daughter of Sir Edward Tyrrell of Thornton, Bucks, "Knight," and Mary (Lee) his wife, was born 14 December, 1578, and married William Trye of Hardwick, Gloucestershire, ante July, 1599. She was widowed early in 1610, and though—the "books," Gloucester Visitation, 1623 (Harl. xxi.), and Bucks Visitation, 1634 (Harl. Iviii.), do not mention it remarried prior to 22 November, 1618, as is shown by the following extract of that date from State Papers (Domestic):

"Grant to Charles Tyrrell, in trust for his sister Mary Good, daughter of Sir Edward Tyrrell, and her children, of the profits of the house and Manor of Hardwick and other lands, her jointure .... which are forfeited by the outlawry of her husband, Thomas Good, of Hardwick, co. Gloucester."

The 1634 Worcester Visitation records the match of Thomas Good, Redmarley D'Abitot, and Mary (not Trye, but) daughter of " Sir Edward Tirrell of Thornton, Com. Bucks, Knight and Baronet." Was this the Mary (" filia Edwardi Tyrrell, Militis '") who, according to the Thornton registers, was born June, 16.07, or the first -named Mary, born December, 1578 ? In other words, did two Mary Tyrrells aunt and niece marry persons of the same name ? It is worthy of note that Lipscomb's ' Bucks ' omits mention of all the children of Sir Edward Tyrrell, " Knight," by his wife Mary Lee, with the single exception of Sir Edward Tyrrell, Knight and " Baronet," but has a full record of those by the second wife. Margaret Aston. Nor is there an entry in the Hardwick or Thornton registers of the marriage of either Mary Tyrrell. Where can I find them ? GENEALOGIST.

Adelaide, S.A.

" THE DEVIL OWED HIM A SERVICE." In ' The Book of John Fisher ' (who was Town Clerk and Deputy Recorder of Warwick), containing a quaint and curious record of examinations before the Warwick magis- trates from 1580 to 1588, there is an account of the examination of a certain Richard Greneway, who was charged with stealing a cloak,

li but saith that he had yt not. But after saith that he took yt thinking no harme but ment to bring yt agayn but the devill ought him a sruice and askid Thomas Welles forgiveness and so the cloke was brought agayn."

Did defendant, by saying that " the devil owed him a service," refer to plaintiff, and

intend to imply that defendant, having done plaintiff " a good turn," felt justified in taking the cloak ? or was the reference to Satan, and the expression common in 1581 ? A. C. C.

REFERENCES WANTED. 1. Can any of your readers give me the author and refer- ence for the following classification ? " Cows, women, sheep, dogs, and other democrats." I believe it is from Nietzsche, but am not sure.

W. H. B.

2. In an article bearing the title ' History as She Ought to be Wrote,' BlackwoocTs Magazine, August, 1899 the late Andrew Lang explained the prin- ciples upon which history, in his opinion, should be written. He contended against C. V. Langlois and C. Seignobos that a readable history of permanent and general interest was far more a question of style than of strict accuracy, &c. ; and made use of the expression that a case of " measles is better than paralysis." He repeated this expression quite recently in a review, but I made no note of it at the time. Could some reader help me to recover the reference?

L. L. K.

ROBERT DENTON. Might I ask if any of your readers can throw any light on the parentage of Robert Denton of Malton, Yorks, " merchant," who was born (accord- ing to the age given in his marriage licence) in 1680, but whose baptismal entry is not to be found in Malton or its vicinity ? As he was a wealthy man, and married a lady of good family, one would have thought that his descent could be traced from some- where. J- G.

SIR EDWARD BOTELER, KT., OF D ANBURY, ESSEX. The abstract of his will is as follows :

9 Aug., 1625. To be buried in Barking Church or in Stepney Church " Dame Dorothy my now loving wife " a sermon to be preached " at my funeral," no cost or apparel to be disbursed, save only a competent dinner " to my good friends" and 20s. to the preacher 100 marks for a tomb 151. to the poor of Barking and Stepney. " My two sons Edward and Bracken- bury Boteler" property in Baleigh, Essex " Dorothy Boteler my daughter " " my son John Boteler, heir apparent" "my now 'wife 3 former name was Dorothy Strongitharme she was a widow at the time of marriage to her 2 500Z son Henry Boteler son Edward Boteler under age. Wife Dorothy exor. Pr. in London 11 Dec 1626, by Dame Dorothie, relict. [In margin, 3 Jan., 1640, Admin, to Edward Boteler, son of defunct.]

The will is very lengthy, consisting of twelve sheets of paper.