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NOTP:S AND QUERIES. [n s. ix. JUNE 13, uiu.

WILLIAM AUGUSTUS FIELDING. Can any one tell me anything of William Augustus Fielding of London ? His daughter Anne married my grandfather, Hilkiah Hall of Birtley and Consett, co. Palatine, in 1806.

My grandmother used to say she was of the family of Henry Fielding the novelist, but, owing to an accident, all her papers were lost, and there is no record remaining.

H. FIELDING-HALL.

4, Essex Court, Temple, E.G.

URTON ALIAS STEPHEN. Can any readers furnish^ me with information relating to the following persons ? Margaret Bamford, daughter of John Bamford, gent., Pull Hill, who married Anthony Urton alias Stephen, yeoman, Herdings, who was born 1577. There were six children of the marriage, among whom Elizabeth, b. 1605, d. 1606 ; Maria, b. 1607, d. 1618; John, b. 1609, d. 1609.

John Urton alias Stephen, landed man, lived at the Chantry House, Norton ; m. Sarah Brunslay. There were two Anthony Urtons, of whom the second married Maria Lilly. George Urton, yeoman, of Light- wood, m. Magdalen Burnely, daughter of James Burnely, Worsborough. The Urtons alias Stephen are one of the oldest families of Norton, Derbyshire, having been at Lightwood as early as 1216-72. I shall be much indebted for any details.

TOM S. URTON-WILSON. Ivy Cottage, Warminster Road, Norton, Sheffield.

RAINSFORD FAMILY. Information is wanted as to the identity of Sir Thomas Rainford, Bt., of Friday Street, whose death is announced in The Gentleman's Magazine on 23 Dec., 1745.

Who was the Rainsford referred to in the following verses from ' Drunken Barnaby's Four Journeys to the North of England,' ed. 1805 ?

Singing along down Santry laning,

I 'saw a tomb one had been lain in ;

And enquiring, one did tell it,

" 'Twas where Rainsford buried the Prelate."

I saw, I smiled, and could permit it,

Greedy priests might so be fitted.

F. VINE RAINSFORD. 66, Oseney Crescent, N.W.

DUKE OF SUSSEX : MORGANATIC MAR- RIAGES. I have often wondered why so much difference was made in the treatment by royalty of the two morganatic marriages of the Duke of Sussex. He was compelled to separate from Lady Augusta Murray, while Lady Cecilia Underwood, the second

wife, was created Duchess of Inverness. Does the explanation lie in the fact that Queen Victoria looked on the matter in a different light from that in which George III. regarded it ? E. L. H. TEW.

Upham Rectory, Hants.

' THE COMPLETE COURSE OF GEOGRAPHY.' Had this work by the Abbe Gaultier any considerable vogue ? It was first published in 1792, and is dedicated to Lady Emilia Spencer, youngest daughter of the Duke of Marlborough. The Abbe esteems it "an amiable and engaging " plan of " education." But it would not be particularly adapted for present needs. THOS. RATCLIFFE.

Southfield, Worksop.

JOHN BACON (1738-1816), RECEIVER OF THE FIRST FRUITS OFFICE. Any informa- tion concerning him not occurring in the ordinary printed books would be gratefully received, especially information as to his ancestors. Two brothers, according to Hutchinson's ' Cumberland ' (ii. 565), settled at Briscoe, near Carlisle, circa 1539. What was the authority for Hutchinson's state- ment ? W. L. KING.

Paddock Wood, Kent.

ROBERT STEPHENSON. Can any one give me information about the Robert Stephen- son who presented a votive offering of a picture to Bratoft Church, Lincolnshire ? This picture represents a dragon swallowing the Spanish Armada. A Robert Stephenson married a Miss Massingberd of Gunby, in the neighbourhood of Bratoft, in 1603. Robert (or Roland) Stephenson is reported to have led eighty men into the field against the Armada, but I can find no authentic record of this, though there must be lists. S.

BURFORD PRIORY. (1) Can any of your readers give an explanation of the following words, painted on a door in the ruined wing of Burford Priory, Oxon., " The Romney, March 4, 1826"?

(2) Is there any book containing an illus- tration of Burford Priory prior to Skel ton's ' Antiquities of Oxfordshire,' 1823, or refer- ence to the Priory ? E. J. HORNIMAN.

Burford Priory, Oxon.

ELFOU. Could I obtain, through your columns, any information as to where Elfou is (or was) ? The " Interieur du Temple d'Apollinopolis a Elfou " is the subscription of a curious and elaborate small engraving in my possession.

J. HOLDEN MACMlCHAEL.