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Edward III., from whom he claimed descent, " in the nave of the church of St. Austin's monastry " at Pa via. I have been unable to ascertain what is the church at Pavia to which allusion is made.

Gough goes on to state that " Charles Parker was titular bishop of Man, and retired hither from England in Queen Elizabeth's reign," but as Bishop of Sodor and Man he is not recognized either by Gams or by Eubel, and he was not an " electus episcopus " to this or any other English see when Queen Mary died.

He became rector of Great Parndon, Essex, and Swanton Morley, Norfolk, in 1558, and absented himself from the visita- tion of 1559, but was not succeeded in his livings till 1571. He was studying in Paris in February, 1561 ( Cal. S.P., Span. 1 Eliz., vol. i. p. 184), and it is possible that he took the degree of S.T.D. there. In 1572 he was living at Lou vain and in 1581 at Milan. It is not known when Charles Parker retired to " St. Austin's monastry " at Pavia, where, as Gough says, " he erected other monuments in the adjoining cloister for Francis, Prince of Lorraine, and for Richard de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, who was killed on the French side at the battle of Pavia " in 1525.

Are these monuments still extant ? When and where did Charles Parker die ? JOHN B. WAINEWBIGHT.

VENABLES. Peter Venables, b. circa 1649, m. [licence July 30, 1709] at the age of 60 Sarah Roberts [b. 1690, d. Feb. 25, 1713]. He d. Aug. 7, 1720, and both were buried at Tewkesbury Abbey. Was Peter a son of Peter Venables of Kinderton who had issue (unnamed in the ' Visitation of Cheshire,' 1613) by his first two wives, Mary, dau. of Sir Richard Wilbraham of Woodhey, Bt., and Frances, natural dau. of Robert Chol- mondeley, Earl of Leinster ? If so, by which wife ? Is it possible to establish the parent- age of Sarah Roberts ?

H. PlRIE- GORDON.

CISTERCIAN BUILDINGS. In The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, vol. xv. p. 245, there are three chapters on the Cistercian Order contributed by Mr. J. T. Micklethwaite. In a note at the end he says that he hopes before long to write two more chapters, viz., on the Decay of the Rule and on the Cistercian Buildings. Will someone tell me if these chapters were ever written, and if so, be kind enough to let me have the reference ? H. P. HART.

The Vicarage, Ixworth, Bury St. Edmunds.

ROGER O'SHATJGNESSY : LETTERS WANTED In his ' Historical Portraits of the Tudor Period,' vol. iv. page 39, the author (S. Hubert Burke) quotes from the ' Letters of the Rev. Roger O'Shaughnessy on the Dominican fathers and the English Re- formers, printed at Brussells, 1601."

May I ask whether any reader can say where a copy of these letters exists ?

ALPHA.

" COCKAGEE " : " CYPRESS " : WINES OB LIQUEURS. In clearing out the wine cellar here the other day, a number of labels were found at the back of a bin. They are of earthenware with a white glaze and the names, in fine bold characters, are printed over the glaze. They are mostly " Port," " Burgundy," &c., but amongst the names are two with which I am entirely unfamiliar. These are " Cockagee " and " Cypress." Were they wines, liqueurs, or cordials ?

The ' N.E.D.' does not help me, nor the ' Century Dictionary,' nor Barry's ' History of Wines,' 1775, nor other books on the subject which I have consulted.

The house is an old one, probably built one hundred and twenty years ago, or even more. E. T. BALDWIN.

1 Gloucester Place, W.

WILLIAM ELLIS, ENGRAVER. Seven illus- trative plates after drawings by P. H. Wilson were executed for a book ' View of Ruins ; Principal Houses destroyed during Riots at Birmingham in 1791,' by the zforesaid Ellis. The rare work was an oblong folio volume.

Can any knowledge be imparted about the engraver in question ? H ANEUBIN WILLIAMS.

SAMUEL ROWLANDS. Particulars elicit- able concerning Samuel Rowlands, author of ' Martin Mark,' 1610, would be esteemed. ANEUBIN WILLIAMS.

JAMES I. : COBMOBANTS, &c., FOR FISH- ING. That the osprey (Pandion halicetus) was certainly kept by James I. with cor- morants and tame otters on the Thames at Westminster in 1618 for fishing purposes has been shown by MR. HABTING. It would be interesting to discover any further details of this attempt on the part of King James to make use of such a bird as the osprey, or indeed, any corroboration of reclaimed ospreys being successfully trained in England or elsewhere for sport.

J. H. GURNEY. Keswick Hall, Norwich.