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NOTES AND QUERIES. [ii s. ix. JUNE 20, 191*.

MOORE OF WINSTER. In ' The Genealo- gists' Guide ' (Marshall) there is a reference to the " Pedigree of Moore of Winster, co. Derby (includes Smedley, Bright, Wood, &c.), four pages folio, compiled by T. N. Ince, 1867." May I ask where I could see this ? RALPH SEROCOLD.

" IONA." What is the derivation of " lona," the Scotch island ? D.

[Does not the word come from a double erroir - that of Adamman, who wrote " loua " for I, or Hii, and that of transcribers who turned loua into lona.]

DRYDEN : ST. MARGARET'S, WESTMIN- STER. I should be glad to know if there are any entries relating to persons of the name of Dryden in the recently pub- lished ' Registers of St. Margaret, West- minster,' edited by A. M. Burke. A near relative of John Dryden the poet is said to have resided in the parish.

LlTERATUS.

[There are no entries of the name of Dryden in this most valuable record.]

STRAHAN : MACK. I want to get bio-

fraphical information about Alexander trahan, publisher, of Ludgate, London, who succeeded Moxon, and published Tennyson's poems before H. S. King.

Also I want to know if Robert S. Mack is living ; or, if dead, where I can get bio- graphical information concerning him. Can any reader help me ? L. WELSH.

FRAINE FAMILY. I should be glad of any references to this family, said to have been of Irish origin, members of which were resident in Bath in the eighteenth century, and married into the Wrighte or Wright families, also of Bath. The latest record I have relates to Capt. Fraine of Bath in 1800. LEONARD C. PRICE.

Essex Lodge, Ewell.

COTTAM FAMILY. Information respecting the whereabouts of any member of this family connected with John Cottam of " Horse and Jockey Inn," Bedford, who died in 1 855, will be welcome. The name was seen over a shop in Southwell, near Nottingham on Easter Monday, 1913 ; but, of course, the place was then closed. H. T. JOHNSON.

Puckeridge, Herts.

PENMON PRIORY. Can any reader refer me to works dealing with the above ? Said to have been built in the sixth century on the north end of the island of Anglesey, the old priory, with the Abbot's House (where I_have stayed) is still standing, and the fish-

pond, brew-house, and dovecot are all in good preservation, surrounded with some fine walnut and chestnut trees. I cannot get to know any more about it.

JNO. HILKLRK.

PRIVY COUNCILLORS.

(11 S. ix. 449.)

ACCORDING to the oath which a Privy Councillor takes on his admission to office his duties are to :

1. Advise the King according to the best of his cunning and discretion.

2. To advise for the King's honour and the good of the public, without partiality through affection, love, meed, doubt, or dread.

3. To keep the King's counsel secret.

4. To avoid corruption.

5. To help and strengthen what shall be resolved in the council.

6. To withstand all persons who would attempt the contrary ; and

7. To observe, keep, and do all that a good and true Counsellor ought to do to his Sovereign Lord.

The political importance of the Privy Council has almost entirely disappeared since the duties of the Government have been assumed by the Cabinet.

The privileges of Privy Councillors are to be styled " Right Honourable," and to have precedence of all knights and baronets, and of the younger sons of barons and viscounts. A Privy Councillor must be a natural born subject of Great Britain.

No members attend the deliberations of the Privy Council unless they are specially summoned. In ordinary cases, only the ministers, the great officers of the household, and the Archbishop of Canterbury are summoned ; but on extraordinary occa- sions summonses are sent to the whole of the Council. On 23 Nov., 1839, the whole of the Privy Council were summoned to Buckingham Palace to receive the Queen's announcement of her intended marriage to Prince Albert.

Greville relates the incident as follows :

" All the Privy Councillors seated themselves [about eighty were within call for the occasion] when the folding doors were thrown open, and the Queen came in, attired in a plain morning gown, but wearing a bracelet containing Prince Albert's picture. She read the declaration in a clear, sonorous, sweet-toned voice, but her hands trembled so excessively that I wonder she was able to read the paper which she held. Lord Lansdowne made a little speech, asking her permission to have the declaration made public.