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NOTES AND Q UERIES. [ii s. vi. AUG. si, 1912.

I shall be glad to know something about this knight, who seems to have been a wealthy man. With which of the various Boteler or Butler families was he connected ? His family does not appear in the ' Visita- tions of Essex,' nor have I succeeded in tracing him elsewhere. He was doubtless the Sir Edward " Butler " knighted at Whitehall 23 July, 1603, who served as Sheriff of Essex in 1624-5. His daughter Dorothy married Col. William Kingsley of Sarratt, Herts. W. D. PINK.

WOODVILLE FAMILY. I shall be glad of information regarding the parentage of William Woodville of Edge Hill, Liver- pool, who married early in the nineteenth century Anne Kirby. This Woodville be- lieved himself to be descended from the Woodvilles of Grafton, who were connected with the Woodvilles of co. Northampton, and both these families were connected with Sir Richard Woodville, Earl Rivers, whose daughter Elizabeth was queen to King Edward IV. C. W. H.

THIRD PENNIES. In the ' Calendar of Close Rolls, 1307-13,' p. 113, reference is made to " third pennies."

I should be grateful for any information on this subject. What were third pennies ? J. HAUTENVILLE COPE.

[The section of the 'New English Dictionary' issued last April cites under ' Third,' 4, the follow- ing definition from Kersey's edition of Phillips : " Third-penny, the third part of Fines and Profits, arising from Law- Processes, which in every County was heretofore allow'd to the Sheriff; the other two Parts being appointed for the King's Use."]

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WANTED. 1. THOMAS CART WRIGHT was admitted to Westminster School 23 April, 1777. Par- ticulars of his parentage and career and the date of his death are desired.

2. A. CASTLE was admitted to Westminster School 3 Oct., 1806, and left in 1809. I should be glad to obtain any information about him.

3. GEORGE CHATJVEL, second son of Col. James Chauvel of Shepperton, Middlesex, was admitted to Lincoln's Inn 27 Nov., 1775, but was not called to the Bar there. What became of him, and when did he die ?

4. THOMAS FARQUHAR CHILVER, born 11 March, 1805, was admitted to West- minster School 9 April, 1817. Can any correspondent give me particulars of his parentage and career ? G. F. R. B.

SERJEANT PENGELLY AND RICHARD CROM- WELL. I should be glad of information as to the Serjeant Pengelly mentioned by Noble in his ' Memoirs of the House of Cromwell,' i. 176. It is there stated that

"Richard Cromwell died in the eighty-sixth year of his age, on the 12th of July, 1712, at Cheshunt, in the house of Serjeant Pengeily, who (if his son) far exceeded his daughters in filial affection."

In Richard Cromwell's will (P.C.C. 150 Barnes) is a bequest of " the little picture with the gold chain to my good friend Mrs. Rachael Pengelly." At p. 175 Noble says that Pengelly was the counsel retained by Richard Cromwell in 1705 for the lawsuit with his daughters (to regain possession of the Hursley estate). According to Luson, " Thomas Pengelly, Esq., Serjeant-at-law, was knighted on the 1st of May, 1719, and was made Lord Chief Baron of the Ex- chequer on Oct. 22nd, 1726." He died 1 April, 1730.

Noble has the following foot-note (vol. i. p. 175):

" Mr. Luson's account of the Cromwell family

It has been said that Richard, his supposed father, left him, amongst other things, the house at Ches- hurit in which he died ; but, on the contrary, it is certain he is not named in Richard's will ; but it is certain that the once Protector and the future Chief Baron had a very great regard for each other."

With regard to this statement and the tradition that Richard Cromwell often resided at Hursley Park between 1705 and his death in 1712, it is interesting to find that " Sir Thomas Pengelly, Serjeant-at-law, purchased the manor of Compton Monceux," near Stockbridge, " in 1717," and afterwards leased it to the Rumbolds.

Anything throwing light upon this Thomas Pengelly and his connexion with Hursley would be of great interest to Hampshire genealogists. F. H. S.

[See Major Webb's article on Sir Thomas Pengelly in the' D.N.B.'l

MURDER OF LORD WILLIAM RUSSELL. In 1840 Lord William Russell was murdered by his valet Courvoisier. Where did this take place ? HAROLD MALET, Col.

[At 10 S. viii. 450 it may be seen in SIR HARRY POLAND'S article on Courvoisier that the murder was committed at 14, Norfolk Street.]

" NEVERMASS." What is the meaning of this word ? I cannot find it in the ' N.E.D.' It occurs in Kirk's ' Tour in Scotland ' (Edin., 1892, p. 48) : " A new nevermass noon." G.