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A large portion of the seal appended remains, bearing the royal arms the small counterseal bears, on a shield, a wyvern. This Grant was a puzzle until I noticed that 'the date of it was after Archbishop Laud had been impeached and shortly prior to his execution.

I presume that upon his impeachment he was suspended from his functions, and the officials had to find some formula under which their duties could be performed. I have not found, however, by what au- thority the change was made.

Is there any place where the ancient -forms of Grants in the Prerogative Court are preserved and can be studied. The officials in the Registry at Somerset House "have no copies of the Grants made.

I shall be glad to know whether this is a novel subject. I wonder whether a similar procedure was adopted for London during the suspension of Bishop Comnton.

HENRY H. BOTHAMLEY.

Middleton, Hassocks, Sussex.

(Qutvits.

We must request correspondents desiring in- formation on family matters of only private interest to affix their nimes and addresses to their queries, in order that answers may be sent to them direct.

_ LEONARDO DA VINCI. I seek informa- ion about the group in Leonardo da Vinci's cartoon of the Battle of Anghiari of the struggle for the standard in which the 'horses are biting each other's throats. This, I suppose, was that part of Leonardo's design, which he painted at Florence on plaster, but which was effaced. Edelinck made an engraving of the group, and I am anxious to know from what he made it, as I conclude that the original had then disappeared. If so, was the engraving made 'from any preliminary designs or paintings 'left by Leonardo or his pupils, or from a copy made from the original work on the plaster ? If from a copy, would it be from .one of the seven copies mentioned by Mr. H. P. Home in his 'Life of Leonardo da Vinci ' ("Artists' Library," No. 9) as being .known to exist (one being in his own possession) ? Are these seven copies draw- ings or paintings in colour..? .Where are 4hey ? ~t. : ' <

I have an oil painting which was bought by a member of our family on the Continent over a hundred years ago/but I do not know

how old it is. It represents the above group and is in every particular the same as Edelinck's engraving. Could this be the original of Edelinck's engraving ? Could it be a copy of the original on the plaster ? Or a copy of any copy in colour if such exists ? The shadows are very dark, one horse in high relief. Unless Edelinck him- self supplied the strength and depth of tone, it seems scarcely likely to be a copy of a sketch ; and unless the painter supplied the colouring, it seems equally little likely to be a copy of an engraving. B. N. M.

LEWIN : ORIGIN OF THE NAME IN IRELAND. The pedigrees in Burke's ' Landed Gentry ' are reliable as far as they go :

1. Lewin of Cloghans, co. Mayo. Tradition makes them descendants of a Captain James Lewia who accompanied Bingham in 1586. The most probable ancestor would appear to be Lieut. John Lewin. who reti ed from Cantain Denny's Company at Tralee, co. Kerry, in 1589. The Kerry surname "Carrique" figures as a Christian name in the Lewin family. TheCromwellian transplantee from Groom, c> Limerick, 1653, Thos. Lewin, is the first ascertained an ^estor.

2. Ross-Lewin of Ross-Hill, co. Clare. They are said to be a later settlement from the same Northumbrian stock as that of Clogharis, and the two have frequently intermarried. The first settler in Ireland was Robert Lewin, Lieut, in Lord Donegal's Regiment (1693-1697). He is mentioned in the will of Geo. Rosse of Fort Fergus, 1699, as recently deceased. Hi* son John then under 15 was to take the name Ross.

Any information as to the earlier descent and English connection of these families will be welcomed. Also any indication of Regi- mental Rolls or other records of Lord Donegal's (first) Regiment, which was dis- banded 1697. Where was "Norther," co. Durham ? The pedigrees of Lewin pub- lished in Houghton's 'History of Northum- berland ' and by the Surtees Society afford no clue as to Irish branches.

JOHN WARDELL.

The Abbey, Shanagolden, co. Limerick.

MUSONIHS. Mr. W. Gurney Benham in 'Cassell's Book of Quotations' at p. 154 quotes Nicholas Grimoald's 'Musonius, the Philosopher's Saying ' : In working well, if travail you sustain. Into the wind shall lightly pass the pain ; But of the deed the glory shall remain. And cause your name with worthy wights to reign. In working wrong, if pleasure you attain, The pleasure soon shall fade, and void as vain ; But of the deed throughout the life the shame Endures, defacing you with foul defame. But at p. 076 he regards as anonymous the saying, " Si quid feceris honestum cum