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 ii s. ix. JAN. 10, ion.] NOTES AND QUERIES.

HARRIET WILKES : MRS. ROUGH. Does any authentic portrait exist of this lady, who was a natural daughter of the famous John Wilkes, and who married William Rough, barrister-at-law ? I want to repro- duce her picture in my forthcoming Life of Wilkes. HORACE BLEACKLEY.

Algeciras, Spain.

WAYS OF BEING LOST : HINDU REFER- ENCE SOUGHT. I have read somewhere in Hindu literature of the sixteen different ways in which an object can be lost. I shall be glad to learn where I may find the refer- ence ; is it in the Ordinances of Manu ?

MARCH DUNNING.

CURIOUS NAMES ON A COFFIN-PLATE. Can any reader of ' N. & Q.' tell me whether the following inscription on a lady's coffin- plate denotes that she belonged to any particular sect or society ?

"Dame Cleaoffia Cleopatria Clestalis Phillis Langham, relict of Sir James Langham, Bt., died November 19th, 1754, set. 62 years."

Her real name was Phillis ; she was sister to Isaac Ball of St. Anne's, West- minster, a necklace-maker, and wife of Sir James Langham, fifth Baronet, who died in 1749. She had no children by him, but a daughter Sarah, wife of John Johnson of St. George's parish in Middlesex, and a granddaughter Phillis Windsor are men- tioned in her will, which is dated July, 1754. Not having seen it myself, I cannot tell whether it throws any light on her reasons for assuming these high-sounding names, and I shall be most grateful for any infor- mation about the inscription or her family. ETHEL LANGHAM. Tempo Manor, co. Fermanagh.

PARISHES IN Two OR MORE COUNTIES. I shall be very much obliged if any reader can tell me whether there is any list of the parishes in England which are situated in two or more counties, and whether (if so) the proportion of the parish in each county is given. IVY C. WOODS,

Librarian-Secretary.

Society of Genealogists, 227, Strand, W.C.

DOVER SEEN FROM CALAIS. Could a man see across the Straits three centuries ago ?

' : As a man standing vpon Callis sands may see men walking on Douer Clifts, so easily may you discerne heaue fro the farthest part of hel." Tho. Nash, ' Pierce Penilesse his Supplication to the Diuell,' 1595, sig. G 2.

RICHABD H. THORNTON.

PRIOR FAMILY OF TEWKESBURY. Behind the new organ in Tewkesbury is a monu- mental inscription put up in memory of several members of the Prior family-^- among others Henry Prior, died 1809, aged 91, and Henry Prior, died 1852, aged 100. Can any correspondent give me further par- ticulars respecting this long-lived family ? W. F. PRIDEAUX.

Villa Paradis, Hyeres (Var).

CROMWELL'S ILLEGITIMATE DAUGHTER, MRS. HARTOP : THOMAS PHILPOT. At 2 S. i. 101, CESTRIENSIS set out the life of Jonathan Hartop of Aldborough, Yorks, from Jas. Easton's ' Health and Longevity,' published in 1799. Hartop died in 1791, at the age of 138, and is said to have married five wives, of whom the third was an ille- gitimate daughter of Cromwell. The Rev. H. J. Todd, in his Life of Milton prefixed to his edition of the poet's works, states in a foot-note to p. 158 :

" This curious anecdote [of Milton repaying a sum of 50?.] had appeared in The Wolverhampton Chronicle and Staffordshire Advertiser of March 31, 1790, Mr. Hartop being then living, and the letter [of Milton to Hartop] described as extant."

Is the extract from The Wolverhampton Chronicle known ? and does it throw any light on Hartop's third marriage ?

In his petition to Cromwell on 9 Oct., 1654 (Brit. Mus. press-mark 669. f. 19 [20]), Thomas Philpot signs himself " your son- in-law." Further particulars of this man can be gathered from Mercurius Aulicus for 13-20 March, 1654, and from his exami- nation in 1660, to be found summarized in the ' Calendar of State Papers, Domestic, for 1660-61,' on p. 427. He must not be confounded with the other Thomas Philpot, or Philipot, of whom there is a Life in the 'D.N.B.' J. B. WILLIAMS.

MOULE. Will any of your readers be so kind as to help me in the following difficulty ? I am anxious to establish the connecting link believed to exist between the family of Moule of Bedfordshire and one John Moule, who is known to have been living in Great Swan Alley, Coleman Street, in 1770, and before that in Aldgate. He married Eliza- beth Parceval of Stockton-on-Tees ; place and date of marriage unknown. Their son George Moule, born 1768, settled at Melks- ham in Wiltshire in 1790. He used arms identical with those of Moule of Bedfordshire, namely, Argent, a trefoil slipped sable be- tween two bars gules, in chief three torteaux (see Edmondson's 'Body of Heraldry'), Crest : A cubit arm issuing out of clouds