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with each other, though holding the common tradition. I have also isolated notes of other Maffeys in South Wilts and South Hants from the year 1668 (at Whiteparish, Wilts). In 1736 Francis Scipio Maffei, Marquis of Verona, already F.R.S., was created D.C.L. at Oxford. He died in 1755, aged 80. I should be very grateful if any reader could enlighten me in any way about this family.

F. N. DAVIS. Rowner Rectory, Gosport.

THE COOKES OF IRELAND. Can any reader acquainted with Irish genealogy .kindly inform me :

1. Who were the parents and grandparents of John Cooke ol Dublin, Esq. (1699-1749), who married the Hon. Letitia Caulfield, daughter of William, 2nd Viscount Charle-, mont ?

2. Where his son William resided, whom he married, and the names of his issue ?

3. Whether this branch of tho Cookes is directly related to the Carlow family who, for distinguished military service during the Jacobite wars, received " the style and title forever " of the Cookes of the Cavaliers ?

HISTORIAN.

DE CELLE. In 1792 a Count De Celle lived at 11 Great Cumberland Street, London. Can any reader give me information regarding the family of this gentleman ?

FRANCES E. BAKER.

91 Brown Street, Salisbury.

WALTHAMSTOW : MANORS OF Low HALL AND SALISBURY HALL. I am writing a monograph on these two manors for "the Vfalthamstow Antiqimrian Society, and should be glad if anyone who has informa- tion about them would communicate with me or give the information in the columns of 'N. &. Q.' GEORGE F. BOSWORTH.

24 Church Hill Road, Walthamstow, E.17.

DARNELL AND THORP. Can any reader supply me with references to the family connexions of the two Durham and North- umberland families of Darnell and Thorp, giving special references to the two rectors of Byton bearing the latter name ?

HAYDN T. GILES.

11 Ravensbourne Terrace, South Shields,

CLERGYMEN : CHURCH OF ENGLAND : HOMAN CATHOLIC. Is there any published "work that gives a list of the clergymen of the Church of England, who have left that Church for the Church of Rome, or vice versa, or of Nonconformists who have jomed either of the above, or vice versa ? I. F.

THE CAVEAC TAVERN. Anent his highly interesting records, can MR. PAUL DE CASTRO kindly tell me anything about the old Caveac Tavern which stood in Spread- Eagle Court, Finch Lane, E.G. ? It is supposed to have been erected about 1700, and razed about 1800 ? (See ante, 10 S. hi. 29; viii. 116.) Is it possible to locate its exact position ?

CECIL CLARKE.

Junior Athenaeum Club.

THE REV. JOHN GUTCH, ANTIQUARY AND DIVINE. I should be glad to learn anything about his mother. The ' D.N.B.,' vol. xxiii., p. 370, does not even give her Christian name.

G. F. R. B.

LACAUX. I should be glad to obtain any information about Michael Lacaux and Peter Lacaux, who were admitted to Westminster School in 1728, aged 16 and 10 respectively.

G. F. R. B.

MARSH. I should be glad to obtain information about the following Marshs who were educated at Westminster School :

1. Henry Marsh, admitted in 1722, aged 8.

2. John Marshe, who graduated M.A. at Camb. Univ. from Trin. Coll. in 1627.

3. Richard Marsh, who graduated B.A. at Oxford Univ. from Ch. Ch., Feb. 14, 1653/4, and

4. William Marsh, admitted in 1737,

!. G. F. R. B.

MAYNARD. I should be glad to obtain information about the following Maynards, who were educated at Westminster School :

1. Charles, admitted in 1730, aged 9.

2. John, admitted in 1730. aged 8.

3. Robert, who is said io have been at the school in 1736. G. F. R. B.

JOHN JONES'S 'BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS OF LORD VISCOUNT *NELSON." Any details concerning this biographer will oblige. The biography in question was printed in Dublin 1805, an 8vo volume.

ANEURIN WILLIAMS.

Menai View, North Road, Carnarvon.

AUTHOR OP QUOTATION WANTED. In Bk. I of the ' Advancement of Learning ' Bacon writes that it is the part of a lover rather than a wise man to say " Satis magnum alter alteri theatrum sumus," but he gives no reference of any sort. Where does this quotation come from ? It is a pretty exact prose equivalent of Tibullus's " In solis tu mihi turba locis " the ideal lovers sentiment. JAMES EDWARD HOGG.