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printed pedigree by Ralph Thoresby which the latter received from Madame Priscilla Rawdon. On p. xxviii of the same Intro- duction the writer refers to a " genealogical memoir of the family of Rawdon " which was intended for the press, and states that the MSS. were in the possession of Samuel Bagnall, Esq., in August, 1712, when they were examined by Ralph Thoresby, the Leeds historian. It is stated that the MSS. were in Mr. Bagnall's possession in 1741, and Mr. Davies suggests that they have since been destroyed. Has any trace of these MSS. been noted since 1741 ? and has any history of the Rawdon family been published ?

Where can a copy of the pedigree above referred to be seen ? Is anything known about Paulinus Roydon in connexion with the Battle of Hastings or in any other respect ?

Is anything known about either of the ancestors of Sir George Rawdon, died August, 1683, or Marmaduke Rawdon, diec] 6 Feb., 1688/9-?

Any information about the Rawdon family would be gratefully received.

H. H.

find a parody of ' Chevy Chace ' beginning Duke Smithson of Northumberland?
 * CHEVY CHACE ' PARODY. Where can I

G. W. E. R.

" Miss BRIDGET ADAIB." There is an old ditty, song, or quaint poem beginning, if my memory is to be trusted,

Miss Bridget Adair lived up three pair of stair. I want to know where I can find it in its entirety, and shall be glad of enlightenment from the readers of c N. & Q.'

M. A. NEWMAN.

19, Sudeley St., Kemp Town, Brighton.

COBBETT AT WORTH, SUSSEX : WORTH

FAMILIES. Can any reader of ' N". & Q.' inform me exactly where in Worth, Sussex, William Cobbett stayed whilst pursuing his Rural Rides ? Several of his letters were written there, but, as the parish is of con- siderable extent, the information conveyed by the mere name Worth is rather vague.

I should also be grateful for any informa- tion as to the origin of the names Dench, Tullett, Laker, and Duelling. There are several families bearing these names in Worth parish, and I do not remember having come across them elsewhere. Are the names peculiar to this district ?

ALBERT E. T. WEBB.

AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED. Could any one inform me who wrote the following verse, and where it originally appeared ? Nos habitat, non tartara, sed nee sidera coeli, Spiritus in nobis, qui viget, ilia facit.

I found it at the conclusion of the Intro- duction to the German translation of the ' Occult Philosophy ' of Cornelius Agrippa, published by Scheible in Stuttgart, 1855.

J. K

I have been making unavailing search for some time for two quotations.

The first is a sea-song in which these words occur :

Shake out your reefs, Stow your griefs, For the girls have a hold of the tow-rope.

The words occur as part of the title of a picture entitled ' Homeward Bound,' which was sent to the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1904 by Mr. W.* L. Wyllie. If possible, I should like to obtain the words and music which inspired so fine a picture.

The second is a humorous Scottish poem beginning thus :

At the muckin' o' Geordie's byre

It's Meg she was soople an' strang ; Ilka daud o' the scartle strak fire, An' loud as a laverock she sang.

The poem describes the plans of a farm servant-girl for capturing the affections of her young master. WM. C. DOUGLAS.

17, Church Street, Alloa.

Behold ! the radiant Spring, In splendour decked anew, Down from her heaven of blue Returns on sunlit wing.

G. V. L.

1. There was a king in bygone days That in his time wrought good laws. He did them make, and full well hold ;

Him loved young, him loved old

And all for his good works.

2. And I still onward haste to my last night ; Time's fatal wings do ever forward fly ; So every day we live, a day we die.

G. S.

He was forty-six, grey as a rat, earnest, thought- ful, slenderly educated, slouchily dressed and clay- soiled, but his heart was finer metal than any gold his shovel ever brought to light than any indeed that was ever mined or minted.

B. P.

VINEYARD CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, RICHMOND. Can any one kindly inform me whether the registers of baptisms of the Vineyard Congregational Church, Richmond, for the years 1844 arid 1845 are still in exist- ence, and, if so, where they are to be seen ?

T. S.