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NOTES AND QUERIES. [ii s. ix. MAR. 28, i9u.

CURZON AND CLERKENWELL (?). Some time late in 1910, or between June and December, 1911, or early in 1912, there appeared an article either in The Morning Post or The Times more prob- ably the former upon certain archaeo- logical discoveries in London, among which was mentioned the gift of a drink- ing trough or fountain by one Nathaniel Curzon circa 1500 to Clerkenwell (?). The reference having been mislaid, the under- signed would be very glad if any reader of ' N. & O.' could supply the information.

C. OF K.

MILO AS A SURNAME. I should be glad of any reference to this surname in the eighteenth century. I am inclined to place it in Sussex, but can trace it in London from the early part of the nineteenth cen- tury, G. R.

MOTTO ON A RING. Some few years ago a posy ring found in this neighbourhood came into my possession. Originally it appears to have been a wedding- or "reason ring," and then, w-earing thin, to have had a thick band of pale floriated gold welded round it. After ten years' wrestling its riddle remains unread, and I now appeal to ' N. & Q.' for help. The motto reads : Devinez H. L. A. F. S.

H. A. HARRIS. Thorndon Rectory, Eye, Suffolk.

CORNISH CAROL. In the parish of Gwen- nap is sung by children a (cumulative) carol beginning

I will teach you one

What is your one? One is God Almighty,

Teacher of variety.

No. 2 is the Son, 3 the Trinity, 4 the daily hour, 5 the fillee bird.

Can some one kindly tell me what the corruptions indicated by italics represent ?

YGREC.

[" What is your one, oh ! " has been discussed at considerable length in ' N. & Q.' ; see 1 S. ix. 325 ; 4 S. ii. 324, 452, 599 ; iii. 90, 183 ; x. 412, 499 ; 6 S. xii. 484 ; 7 S. i. 96, 118, 206, 315, 413 ; vii. 264, 337, 438, 495. At 6 S. xii. 484 MB. G. C. BOASE printed, under the heading 'A Cornish Carol,' a version which had been sung at Padstow "from time out. of mind."]

ARTHUR OWEN OF JOHNSTON, co. PEM- BROKE, second surviving son of Sir Hugh Owen, first Baronet of Orielton; M.P. for Pembroke from 1679 to 1695. He married, about 1668 or 1670, Elizabeth Horsey of Melcomb Horsey, Somerset (who died in 1681) ; and secondly, about 1683, Mary

Powell. Owen is believed to have left a son or sons by his first wife, and any infor- mation about these will be welcomed. It is known that there were a son and daughter of the second marriage: information as to these is also wanted. Owen was living in 1698 (according to W. R. Williams's ' Parlia- mentary Representation of Wales ' ), but the date and place of his death are required.

R. L. MORETON. 12, Serjeants' Inn, Fleet Street, B.C.

PRINTS TRANSFERRED TO GLASS. Can any reader inform me by what method prints were transferred to glass, Ihe paper being entirely removed, leaving only the ink of the print upon the glass, as in the case of the old glass pictures ? Was there more than one method ? and if so, which is the most suitable in transferring old prints ? ANDREW J. GRAY.

3D, Bushey Hill Road, Peckham Road, S.E.

J. W. GILBART : HIS MOTHER. James William Gilbart, the eminent banker, was the son of the Rev. Francis Gilbart, a Con- gregational minister, and was born in London in 1786.

I am anxious to ascertain his mother's maiden name and the date and place of her marriage. I have before me Francis Gil- bart's pedigree back to James Gilbart, who married Mary Veycholl (or Vercoe), 23 April, 1677. J. H. R.

LINES IN GEORGE PEELE'S ' EDWARD THE FIRST.' On the second leaf from the end, after the disclosure of lone's (Joan's) ille- gitimacy, " Shee fals groueling on the ground.'" Then the following lines are introduced :

For ce ine abbassa come vinto e stance. Defluer chain bocea [? bocca] il fren gli sproni al fianco.

King. O Sommo Dio come i guidneo humans, Spesse offuscan son danu membo oscunro.

The edition of 1599 follows that of 1593, except a misprint. I would ask whether these lines are traceable to any Italian author, and if so, how they run in the original, for here they are manifestly corrupt. RICHARD H. THORNTON.

GEORGE II. 's NATURAL CHILDREN. Are there any records of George II. 's illegitimate descendants ? and were they numerous ? In a case which I am interested in the son and daughter of the King seem to have been remarkably well provided for, which would suggest that such offspring were not very numerous. G. J., F.S.A.