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NOTES AND QUERIES.

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posited for examination, it is said, in the Registry of his diocese.*

It is certain that on Aug. 30, 1879, T. W. Mossman ordained John Elphinston-Robert- son to the priesthood, and that thereafter Mr. Elphinston-Robertson ministered in the Church of England, duly depositing evidence of his priesthood with the proper authori- ties, f With the knowledge of Archbishop Temple he acted as Chaplain to the Convent of the Sisters of the Faith at Stamford Hill, of which institution his Lordship, as Bishop of London, was Visitor. At previous and later dates Mr. Elphinston-Robertson offici- ated freely in several dioceses. J

Of some of these facts I have personal knowledge ; in addition I give other authorities in foot-notes.

I have not the slightest wish either to impugn or to defend the propriety of the acts to which reference is made. What I desire is to collect additional instances of bishops or clergy of the Church of England occupying ecclesiastical positions in other religious organizations. I am acquainted with many, of course, but the desirability of preserving a record of each and every one will make me grateful for the communication of all detail of like occurrences.

To write the history of some of the eighteenth - century attempts at Catholic Revival is well-nigh impossible, because of the deliberate obscurity achieved by the originators of the movements. Whilst those concerned in the particular class of activity to which I have referred yet survive from the nineteenth century, may I ask of them, in the interests of research, to communicate what is now communicable, and to leave a sufficient register of the remainder.

J. C. WHITEBROOK. 24 Old Square, Lincoln's Inn, W.C.

DUBLIN TOPOGRAPHY c. 1700. Does any one know of a map or plan of the city of Dublin during the last yeprs of the seven- teenth century and the fiist years of the eighteenth, viz., from 1695 to 1715 ?

I have been anxious for some time to procure a list of the parishes and churches in Dublin at that time, and to know the situation of the military barracks then existing. Can any one help me ?

F. DE H. L.

passim. Order of Corporate Reunion Magazine' passim.
 * Catholic Herald, July 5, 1912. The Torch

t Attestation at Doctors' Commons before G H Brooks, Notary' Jan. 13, 1882.

Leaflet of the Church Association : 'Sacrilegious Ordinations.'

' A LOST LOVE,' BY ASHFORD OWEN (ANNIE OGLE). For many years I had been trying to secure a copy of the above work,, but was so repeatedly told that it was out of print that at last I gave up the quest. Hope revived when less than a year ago I happened to see, in an article by Sir Robertson* Nicoll on Mark Rutherford, a quotation from the latter stating that he had searched all London through for a copy and had at last found one, which he never regretted buying. The quotation (undated) goes on : " This very week I see in The Athenceum, to my great surprise and delight, that it is to be . reprinted."

With this clue I recommenced my search,, but, so far, have been unsuccessful. Could any reader of ' N. & Q.' furnish me with particulars as to where the book could be obtained ?

Mark Rutherford, in writing of the book,, states that one of the greatest of living poets counselled him to read it, and this reminded me that I was once told that Browning, with, whom Miss Ogle was intimately acquainted ,. had suggested that she should put her own life- story into the form of a novel. (Mrs.) ELEANOR LE STJEUR MACNATJGHTON. 1167 Henleaze Avenue, Moose Jaw, Sask.

THOMAS MAY, RECORDER OF CHICHESTER^ 1683. The pedigree of the family of May of Rawmere, Mid Lavant, Sussex, is given on p. 21 of Berry's ' Sussex Genealogies," and repeated^ in the first volume of Dallaway'si ' History of the Western Division of Sussex.' The Middle Temple records

ii. 649) show that Thomas May, son and heir apparent of John Maye of "Ramer,"" was admitted on May 8, 1620, arid that Richard, tiie fourth son, was admitted on Jan. 28, 1631. Richard, according to- Foss's ' Judges of England,' became Recorder of Chichester at the Restoration, was M.P. 'or the city in 1685, and appointed Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer on March 17^ 1683. He was succeeded in the Recorder- ship by his nephew (grand - nephew ?) y another Thomas May. The statement in

he pedigrees that this Thomas May became a Baron of the Exchequer seems to b&

rroneous. The pedigree also adds that this Thomas May died in 1718.

Thomas May of Rawmere was returned M.P. for Chichester on Jan. 9, 1688/9, and again on Feb. 24, 1689/90. He was knighted on March 9, 1697, and again returned for Chichester on Jan. 7, 1700/1. He seems to have been the son of the second John May of Rawmere, who died in 1677, and he left