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reference cites Charlotte Bronte as em- ploying this form of speech. The quotation is from 'Jane Eyre,' chap, xxxii : "Their amazement at me, my language, my rules and ways, once subsided, I found, &c." But in this passage the words "once sub- sided " seem to form part of an abridged absolute case "their amazement [having] once subsided." The omitted word is not a conjunction, but an auxiliary participle.

This usage, however, of "once " is of far earlier date. In 'Roderick Random,' pub- lished in 1748, Smollett writes (chap, xlv.)

" His ideas are confused, and hi.s

harangues as unintelligible as infinite ; for once he begins, there is no chance of his leaving off speaking. ..."

Any such use of the word " once " __ ignored in 'The Imperial Dictionary,' 1882, but seems to find recognition in the ' N.E.D.

K. S.

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

IRISH CLAIM TO WELSH BARONETCY OF MORGAN. There were two baronetcies of Morgan (1) Llangattwg ; (2) Llantarnam. A note in G. E. C.'s ' Complete Baronetage ' shows that a claim was preferred by the Morgans of Monastnerevan. This claim, put forward by that industrious genealogist, G. Blacker Morgan, apparently rests on two eighteenth-century letters, which do not appear to me to be genuine, and on tradition of no very ancient date.

A traditional descent from one of the baronetical lines of Tredegar was long main- tained by the family of Morgan of Don- moylan, co. Limerick. The Chancery Bills and Answers P.R.O. I, show that the claim was first heard of in 1679, when the Rev. Precentor John Morgan, M.A., obtained leave of absence five days subsequent to the death of Sir Thomas Morgan, then Governor of Jersey.

This John Morgan continued to style himself "Baronet" in various legal docu- ments up to the year 1697, in which year he disappears from the records, having been deprived of his livings on account of absence. He was son of the Rev. Gryffyth or Geoffrey Morgan, Rector of Bangor in Cardigan; was born 1637/8 at Bangor; entered Trinity

College in 1657, and was Vicar of Tulley- brackey, co. Limerick, 1666. He is said to- have married Sarah Crosbie of the Ardfert family, and to have been ancestor of the family of Morgan of Dunmoylan and Old Abbey, co. Limerick.

Edward Morgan, Archdeacon (1669-70) and formerly (1664) Treasurer of Ardfert was probably a brother to John Morgan, the Precentor. His son the Rev. Robert Mor- gan, educated the Rev. William Morgan, grandson of the Precentor. Edward Morgan, was Rector of Castleisland, the presentation to which was in the hands of the Herberts, a family which had intermarried at least three times with the Morgans of Tredegar, Llangattwg, and Rhiwbina. Edward Morgan died about 1674-5 and in 1674 John Morgan is given all the Stoughton livings in co. Kerry, and becomes Trustee with the Earl of Inchiquin to the Stoughton estates. His grandson, Lievit. Edward Morgan is ancestor of the Old Abbey family.

Any information as to the ancestry and connections of these clergymen will be much appreciated. The Herberts overhauled their seignory of Castleisland in 1656 and it is probable that Edward Morgan was then settled there and brought over his brother in 1657. JOHN WARDELL.

The Abbey, Shana golden, co. Limerick.

RIDOLFI was a Florentine banker, estab- ished in this country in the second half of rusiness, and also took a very active part in Dolitics, his name being often mentioned in State Papers.
 * he sixteenth century. He did a large

Where could a comprehensive biography of Ridolfi be obtained ? CARLO Lovioz.

1 Old Broad Street. E.C.2. [The 'Ency. Brit.' has a short account of him.]

DOUGLAS OF ANTIGUA AND ST. KITT'S. I shall be grateful for information of the parentage, career, and will of Walter Douglas, " Capt. -General and Chief Governor of all the Leeward Carribee Islands, and Vice- Admiral of the same in 1711." He suc- ceeded Governor Parke, was himself super- seded in 1714-15, and in 1716 was sentenced to five years' imprisonment, and a fine of 500?. GEORGE C. PEACHEY.

"Ox" IN PLACE-NAMES. What is the meaning of the " ox " in the following names of localities at Frome ? Innox ; Truddox ; Whittox ; Craddox ; Badcox V ORIENTAL CLUB.