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NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 8. m. JULY, 1917.

Tomatin, Kinchyle, and Faille were among the seats of the family. Let me refer A CELTIC SUBSCRIBER to Froser Mackintosh's excellent ' Minor Septs of Clan Chafctan ' (Glasgow, Mackay, 1898), where he will find a full account of the family and its different branches, with illustrations of their tartans, dwelling-places, &c.

D. O. HUNTER-BLAIR, O.S.B. Fort Augustus.

An old friend in Ross-shire, who is a Mac- Bean, says that the MacBeans were a sept of the Clan Chattan -Macpherson chief, and Macintosh oldest cadet and they are mentioned as such at p. 278 of 'The High- lands and Gaelic Scotland,' by Dugald Mitchell, M.D. (Paisley, Alex. Gardner, 1900). The following quotation is from p. 284 of ' The Highlanders of Scotland,' by W. E. Skene (Stirling, Eneas Mackav, 1902) :

" The "Clan Chattan were in possession of the whole of Badenoch, the greater part of Lochabber ; and the districts of Strathnairn and Strathdearn were inhabited by the various septs of this clan, and previous to the grant made to Comyn these districts were held of the Crown by the chief of the clan."

ALEX. THOMS.

St. Andrews, Fife.

COVENTRY CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS (12 S. iii. 289). The 17th of November (p. 290, col. 2) was not the birthday of Queen Elizabeth. It was her Accession Day, was known as Queen's Day, and the boys of the Grammar School had an annual holiday on that date. Elizabeth was born on the 7th of September. V.H.I.L.I.C.I.V.

' CONQUEST OF CANTERBURY COURT,' BY ROGER QUARTERMAIN (11 S. x. 390). The history of the Quartermain family I sent direct to MR. H. W. QUARTERMAIN at Christchurch, IST.Z., on June 19, 1916. In his reply to me he requested that sketches of effigies of Sir Richard Quartermain should be forwarded. These were done, and duly sent on Dec. 13, 1916. Up to the present no news a? to their arrival has reached me. I should be glad to hear.

(Miss) EDITH VALPY LAURENCE.

2 Benedict Road, Stockwell, S.W.9.

' FLATLAND : A ROMANCE OF MANY DI- MENSIONS,' BY A SQUARE (12 S. iii. 299), is by Dr. E. A. Abbott, formerly head master of the City of London School. It is in the list of his works in ' Who's Who.'

A. E. S.

[Other correspondents thanked for replies.]

MEMBERS OF THE LONG PARLIAMENT (12 S. iii. 299). (3) John Moore. Frequent mention is made in the ' Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, 1648-1649,' of the official work of Col. John Moore, M.P., Chairman of the Committee for Examina- tions. He sat as one of the judges of Charles I. and signed the death warrant. See Gardiner, ' History of the Great Civil War,' vol. iv. chap. Ixx., and Masson's 'Life of Milton,' vol. vi. book i. chap. i. Masson, on the authority of Noble's ' Lives of the Regicides,' states that Moore was dead when the Convention Parliament in the summer of 1660 discussed the fate of these judges. EDWARD BENSLY.

(4) Luke Robinson lived at Thornton Riseboro', near Pickering, Yorks. He was a J.P. for the N.R. of Yorks ; M.P. for Scarborough, 1645-60; Bailiff of Scar- boroiigh, 1652 ; member of Cromwell's Coun- cil of State, 1649, 1650, 1659. He was one of the Regicides. See Burton's ' Diary,' 1828 ; Hinder-well's ' Hist, of Scarb.,' 1798 ; Pepys, ' Diary ' ; Carlvle's ' Cromwell Let- ters',' 1869 ; ' Cal. S. P. Dom.,' 1649-50, 1660-61, 1663-4. See also ' The Journal of George Fox,' Camb. ed., 1911, especially i. 401. NORMAN PENNEY.

Devonshire House, E.C.2.

BIRD : VILLIERS (12 S. iii. 299). Fre- derick Villiers (M.P. Saltash, 1831 to 1832, described as a barrister-at-law of Lincoln's Inn, and elected for Canterbury, Jan., 1835, but unseated on petition March following, and defeated there 1837) was born 1806 ; educated at Trin. Coll., Cambridge ; ad- mitted to Lincoln's Inn, Nov. 19, 1825, aged 24 (Register), as second son of Charles Villiers of Harting, Norfolk ; wa? called to the bar Jan. 28, 1831, and was " of 11 Paper Buildings, Temple, until 1837, after which date his name does not appear in Boyle's ' Court Guide ' " (private information from the late Mr. F. Boase). The ' Parliamentary Key,' 1832, says he was " a relative of the Earl of Clarendon."

Formerly, I doubted if he was the same man as the Frederick Villiers of Bury Street, St. James's Square, M.P. Sudbury, 1841, till unseated the next year, as to whom I had a note that he was " born, 1805, of a Derbyshire family " ; but now, on looking up the name in the ' Law List ' for 1868, I find that of F. Villiers Meynell, called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn Jan. 26, 1831, which seems to settle his identity. As Frederick Villiers Meynell he was appointed, in or about 1856, one of the four Registrars