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, 2S .x.AP M i, ] 5,i922.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 297 (12 S. x. 229).—E. may perhaps find a sufficient reply to his inquiry if he will turn to 'N. & Q.,' 4 S. iii. 490.

(12 S. x. 249).—The following doggerel lines may be those referred to. I am not aware of their source, which I should be glad to know of, and also the correct version, as there are obvious errors.

William the Conqueror long did reign, Bill Rufus his son by an arrow was slain. Henry the First was a scholar bright, Stephen was forced for his crown to fight. Second Henry, Plantagenet's name did bear, Richard, Cœur de Lion, was his son and heir. Famed Magna Charta was gained from John, Which Henry the Third put his seal upon. Edward the First was a tiger bold; Second Edward by rebels was bought and sold. Edward the Third was his subjects' pride, His grandson Richard was set on one side. Henry the Fourth was a bold wight; Henry the Fifth right bravely did fight. Henry the Sixth like a chick did pout When his cousin Fourth Edward had turned him out. Edward the Fifth was smothered in bed By crooked-back Richard, who was knocked on the head By Henry the Seventh, who in fame grew big, While Henry the Eighth was as fat as a pig. Edward the Sixth was too easily led, His sister Mary for her faith would have bled. The reign of Queen Bess for great men was famed; James the sixth of Scotland the first of England was named. Charles the First, his son, was a martyr made, Charles the Second, his son, was a comical blade. James the Second when hotly spurred Ran away, I assure you, from William the Third. Queen Anne was victorious by land and sea. George the First from Hanover we see. George the Second and Third long the worms have fed, And William the Fourth is also now dead, And Queen Victoria reigns in their stead. G. L.

If your correspondent will communicate with me, I shall be glad to lend him a small pamphlet published anonymously in Bolton in 1897, entitled 'Dates of the Sovereigns of England since the Conquest in Rhyme.' It consists of eighteen verses and averages about two lines to each reign. The accented syllables are in italics, and each verse goes with a swing, e.g.:

William the Conqueror's date we fix, In the year one thousand and sixty-six ; And in one thousand and eighty-seven, To his son William Rufus the Throne was given.

I have an impression that this pamphlet is printed and circulated very generally all over England, and has been for many years past (confirmation of this will be appreciated), in spite of the fact that the Bolton printer gives me the name and address of the supposed author. I think he is making a mistake in believing that the person who orders the pamphlet in considerable numbers is necessarily the author of it. ARCHIBALD SPARKE.

HENRY ELLIS BOATES (12 S. x. 251). He appears in 1790 as a merchant, the firm being William Boates and Co., of 25, Drury Lane, Liverpool. Probably he was a son of the William Boates, merchant, who then lived at that address, and who appears in the Directory of 1766 at Lancelots Hey. In 1796 the firm of Boates and Seaman, merchants, occurs, their counting-house being at 3, Drury Lane. The Directory does not show who was Henry Ellis Boates's partner. Two Thomas Seamans occur that year, one evidently being the same as Capt. Thos. Seaman of Clayton Square in 1781 ; the other is Thomas Seaman, blockmaker, 18, New Hall Street. I can find no further trace of the name in Liverpool. According to Burke' s ' Landed Gentry,' Chas. Morrall of New Hall, Salop, and Chester, J.P., D.L., a brother of Cyrus Morrall, a Liverpool merchant, married Elizabeth, dau. of William Boates of Liverpool, and I also see Capt. W. Boates married Emma, dau. of the Rev. Chas. Shtittleworth-Holden of Aston, Co. Derby. The latter died in 1820. R. S. B. Two sons of Mrs. Boates of Rose Hill, Wrexham, and the late Henry Ellis Boates, entered Rugby School in August, 1808: 1. Henry Ellis, aged 13, who became a Lieutenant -Colonel of the Blues, was en- gaged at Toulouse and Waterloo, and was killed when hunting, 1858. 2. William, aged 12, who became a Captain in the Army, and died in 1845. A. T. M. HENRY FURNESSE (FURNESE) (12 S. x. 251). Something about him may be gathered from Horace Walpole's ' Letters,' where we are told he was a friend of Lord Bath and a personal enemy to Sir Robert Walpole. He sat in 1742 on the Secret Committee to inquire into Lord Orford's political acts. Furnese was then Secretary to the Treasury, becoming a Lord of the Treasury in 1755. A ballad of the