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NOTES AND QUERIES. tn s. vi. JULY 27, 1912.

Chickens ' went from him to Mrs. Price by bequest or descent. The initials C. A. W. indicate that A was the initial letter of the first name of Chris- topher Worth's wife."

EUGENE F. McPiKE. 135, Park Row, Chicago.

ASHBY FALLOWS. Two or three years since I unsuccessfully sought through 'N. & Q.' the identity of the place mentioned as follows in the burial register of St. Mary's, Notting- ham, 23 Nov., 1645 : " James Nasbye of Asbye Fallowes." I now entertain little doubt that the village in question was Ashby Folville, Leicestershire, which occurs as " Ashby Follis " in 1656 in the parish register of that place. Vide Phillimore's ' Leicestershire Marriage Registers,' vol. vi.

A. S.

WE must request 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.

EDWARD BOATE, M.P. FOR PORTSMOUTH 1646-8. He was elected in the place of the Royalist Col. Goring, and was seemingly secluded in the Purge of December, 1648. I have failed to discover anything about him beyond that he was a master shipwright at Portsmouth, and was several times employed by the Commissioners of the Navy for the felling of timber of delinquents for the use of the Navy. The Journals of the House of Commons once only indicate his presence in the House, when on 15 May, 1646, about a month after his election, he received leave of absence. He was living in July, 1649, when he offered to "resell" to the Navy Commissioners his house at Ports- mouth for 141. a year. I should be obliged by any further particulars about him or later reference to him. W. D. PINK.

CORT OF WEST HAM. Could any reader of ' N. & Q.' give me any biographical details of C. F. Cort of West Ham, who in 1834 published a poem entitled 'A Tribute to Learning, Fame, Science, and Genius ' ? C. WHITWELL.

Central Public Library, Stratford, E.

BOOKS ON MALVERN. Will any of your readers able to do so be good enough to let me know the authors of these books on Malvern ?

^ Malvern as I Found It,' by Timothy Pounce,

1858.

' Three Weeks in Wet Sheets : Diary of a Moist Visitor to Malvern.' (Several editions of this work were published; it appears to have had a large sale. )

' Malvern Punch,' by J. B. Oddfish.

These were published when the water cure was at the height of its prosperity, and when the leaders in the literary world were visiting Malvern in large numbers.

F. C. MORGAN. Public Library, Malvern.

ANCESTORS OF BISHOP S. SEABURY. Is it known who were the ancestors of Samuel Seabury, the first Bishop in America ? I have a marriage licence of " Samuell Seabrey " of Eusen (orEnsen), Dorset, husbandman, 30, and Joane Barnes of St. Thomas, Sarum, spinster, 30, 17 Jan., 1630/31.

EDMUND R. NEVILL, F.S.A.

DEACON OF CHESTER. In the obituary notices of the Venerable Archdeacon Eyre of Sheffield he is described as at one time Dean of Chester, but in ' Crockford ' as Deacon of Chester Cathedral 1872-90. What is the origin of this office ? what are its duties ? and who is the present Deacon ?

M.A.OxoN.

BRITISH TROOPS IN GOA. According to Jose Nicolau da Fonseca's ' Sketch of the City of Goa ' (Bombay, 1878) :

"About the beginning of the present [nine- teenth] century this fortress [Cabo in Portuguese India] was occupied for a time, with the consent of the Portuguese Government, by the British, who erected there a hospital, barracks, and some other buildings, which in 1848 Avere demolished by the Portuguese so completely that hardly any traces of them are now visible. A cemetery is the only monument which still attests this occupation, and for its preservation and safe custody the Government of Bombay allows the sum of six rupees monthly to a guard posted there. Of the thirty-eight tombs found in the cemetery, six only bear epitaphs."

Where could I find a history of this occu- pation ? The Rev. Denis L. Cottineau de Kloguen, who visited Goa in 1827, in his 'Historical Sketch of Goa' (Madras, 1831) gives a short account of the Portuguese troops in the colony, but does not mention a word about the British garrison. The fortress was in ruins in 1878.

The old convent of the Franciscans at Cabo is now the summer residence of the Governor of Goa, and I had an opportunity of visiting it last year, but unfortunately had no time to visit the British cemetery and copy the six epitaphs therein, if they still exist. Have they been published ?

L. L. K.