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NOTES AND QUERIES. [n s. VIL MAY 10, 1913.

O'Hart, in ' Irish Pedigrees/ vol. i, p. 277. writes :

"A large grant of the lands of Rawleystown, which was part of the Desmond estate, was in 1609 made by King James the First to James Raleigh, uncle to Sir Walter Raleigh."

Raleighstown, vulgarly known as Ralins- town. of which, it is said, not a vestige remains save the family keep, formerly stood on the high road between Lough Gur and Grange in county Limerick.

In the church of the Recollects at Valen- ciennes, France, is a monument, erected to the memory of a scion of the house of Raleigh, with the following inscription :

" Messire Michel de Raleigh, de la famille de Rawleighstown, vivant capitaine commandant au regiment d'infanterie Irlandaise de Berwick, chevalier de 1'ordre militaire de St. Louis, qui eut 1'honneur de servir 42 ans, sous les regnes de Louis XIV. et XV., et mourut le 31 Decembre, 1732, ag6 de 76 ans."

The Registrar of Births in Ireland reports for the year 1890 those born in all Ireland bearing the name Raleigh as 11, of whom 9 were born in Munster. The two counties in Munster in which the name occurs are given as Limerick and Tipperary.

JOHN G. EWING.

Detroit, Michigan.

AN UNPUBLISHED DOUGLAS LINE. It is said that Sir James Douglas, third Lord of Dalkeith, 1440, had, besides James, Earl of Norton, a son named Henry, who left two sons, Henry and Alexander.

Alexander married in 1479 Isabella, daughter of Robert Orr, and had Robert (1) and David, living 1511.

Robert (1), born about 1480, married 7 May, 1507, Margaret, daughter of Robert Riche of Glasgow, and left Robert (ancestor of family of Hamiltune), Andrew, Walter, and Margaret (Wat).

Andrew, born 1510, married in 1539 Isabella Spens, widow of Andrew Smyth. Living in Lochambrocht in 1562. His children were Robert (2), Matthew, and Walter (a maltman of Glasgow 1610-57).

Robert (2), born 18 May, 1540, married 9 June. 1585, Sarah, daughter of John Cathair. Children : John and Robert (3).

John married Elizabeth, daughter of Christopher Boyce, and had Hugh, who went to America in the ship Constance, 24 Oct., 1635, aged 22 years.

Robert (3), born 17 Aug., 1588, married 3 Nov., 1609, Susan, daughter of Chris- topher Boyce. He was a maltman of Glasgow. Children : William, Robert (living 1642). and Susan, wife of John Kawane.

William, born 9 Aug., 1610, married Ann, daughter of Thomas Matlet or Motles of Ringstead, Northamptonshire (Matlet's will was proved in 1612). They emigrated to America in 163940, and settled in Gloucester, Mass. Their children were Elizabeth, born 26 Aug.. 1641 ; Sarah, 8 April, 1643; and William, 1 April, 1645.

I should be glad to know if this is correct. DOUGLAS MERRITT.

Leacote, Rhinebeck, N.Y.

JOHN MONCURE, 1709-64. I should be very grateful for any information in regard to the Rev. John Moncure or his ancestry. He was born in Scotland in 1709 or 1710; emigrated to Virginia 1733; returned to England in 1737 to be ordained by the Bishop of London; returned to Virginia; married in 1741 Frances Brown; died in, 1764, and was buried in the Aquia Creek Church. He left money to a brother William in Kincardineshire. The names of his parents and the place of his birth are un- known. LYDIA S. MONCURE ROBINSON.

Paoli, Pennsylvania.

ANNE BERNERS. Wanted parentage of Anne Berners, said to have been a sister of a London merchant of that name. She married Col. John Barnwell of South Carolina before 1704. The latter went to that province in 1701. His seal bore the arms of the Barnwell family of Crickston, co. Meath.

E. HAVILAND HILLMAN, F.S.G. 13, Somers Place, Hyde Park, W.

A CURIOUS BACTRIAN COIN. Among my Bactrians I have a small bronze coin of Eukratides. It is very interesting, as the reverse shows a figure, with the right arm uplifted, crowning himself apparently, and riding a huge bird of the eagle species. The obverse bears the well-raised head of the king, crowned with the fillet. The legend visible is " Basileos Eukratidou " in two lines. To the B.M. authorities this coin was not known. Is it a new type of that king 2

C. SWYNNERTON.

MEDIAEVAL MONASTIC MORTARS. In The Tablet of 8 March is an account of the discovery of a bell-metal medieval mortar, weighing 107 lb., supposed to have belonged to Hyde Abbey, Winchester. Reference is also made to one in the York Museum, which formerly belonged to St. Mary's Abbey, York. Are there any other specimens known of these interesting objects dating from pre-Reformation times ? R. C. B.