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 i2s. VH. OCT 23., i92o.] NOTES AND QUERIES.

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AN ENGLISH ARMY LIST OF 1740.

(See 12 S. ii. passim ; iii. 46, 103, 267, 354, 408, 438 ; vi. 184, 233, 242, 290, 329 ; vii. 83, 125, 146, 146, 165, 187, 204, 265, 308).

The next regiment (p. 67) was raised in the Midland counties of England, in July, 1715, by Brigadier- General Richard Munden, as a regiment of Dragoons, becoming the " 13th " in 1751. In 1783 it was converted into "Light " Dragoons, and from 1861 up to the present (1920) has been styled the " 13th Hussars."

]!a;jor- General Hawley's Regiment of Dragoons.

Colonel Xieutenant- Colonel Major

Captains

'Captain Lieutenant

Lieutenants.

Henry Hawley (1) Shrugbro Whitney George Hungerford fLodwick Peterson (2) { Richard Downes 1 John West John Toovey. . Martin O'Brien Andrew Ross. . \ William Crofton Chai-les West. . I Francis Turner ( William Sempill

Edward Vesey (3) Hornets. . . . John Wills

James Johnston (4) Philip Delisle (5) .Thomas Crow (6) The following additional names are enterec

Colonel Cornets

. . Humphry Bland (7) ( John Alcock (8)

. . { John Bland I. John French (9)

Dates of their

Dates of their

present commissions 7 July 1730

first Commissions. Ensign, 10 Jan. 1693-4,

20 June 1739

ditto 1 Oct. 1704.

20 June 1739

Captain, 28 Jan. 1716.

1 Julv 1734

Ensign, 23 Dec. 1708.

20 June 1739

Cornet, 23 July 1722.

1 Sept. 1739

ditto 2 April 1724.

20 June 1739

Ensign, 19 July 1719.

8 Mar. 1727-8

ditto 16 Feb. 1708.

20 May 1732

ditto 28 Feb. 1709.

2 April 1733

Cornet, 4 July 1723.

20 June 1739

ditto 1 July 1734.

1 Sept. 1739

ditto 2 April 1733.

1 Feb. 1729

Ensign 12 July 1722.

4 April 1734

ditto 1 Feb. 1732.

1 July 1734

6 Oct. 1736

20 June 1739

_J

1 Sept. 1739

n ink on the interleaf :

6 Nov. 1740

j

16 Feb. 1740-1

18 ditto

1 Aug. 1741

Five of the officers in this list (Johnston, Delisle, Crow, Alcock and French) were fitill serving in the Regiment in 1755.

(1) Major- General, July 2, 1739. Transferred to the Colonelcy of the Royal Dragoons, in May 1740, being succeeded by Colonel Robert Dalway, who died in November.

(2) Spelled Patterson in MS. entry. Major, Feb. 18, 1741 ; Lieut.-Colonel, Feb. 26, 1746.

Lieut.-Colonel, Dec. 2, 1754.

Lieutenant, Feb. 18, 1741.

Lieutenant, Feb. 16, 1741

Captain, Sept. 4, 1754.

Captain, Sept. 19, 1747.

To the Colonelcy of the 3rd Dragoons in 1743.

1727, &c. See 'D N.B.'

(8) Captain-Lieutenant, Sept. 4, 1754.

(9) Lieutenant, Feb. 20, 1750.

Author of A treatise of military discipline,'

J. H. LESLIE, Lieut. -Colonel (Retired List).

( To be continued )

EXTRACTS FROM THE ALDEBURGH RECORDS. I.

'{See ante, pp. 141, 184, 225, 287.) CHAMBERLAIN'S ACCOUNT-BOOKS.

seems to have b^en great excitement in Aldeburgh in 1578-1579 when the "press men " were here, and the charges of the "pursuivant " and others are mentioned several times. The entry of the payment to Turbutte per Soles is amusing. The following names appear in the Church

Register about this date, viz., Butt, Carpe, Crabbe, Pike, Sammon, Shrhnpe, Spratt, Turbutte, Wale, and Whitinge.

1578

(Received of Richarde Harte for his offence for deniall of the Alefounders to take vewe of his beere ii 8 vi d

(Received of John bedall for sellinge of his beere by the barrell and di barrell con- trarye to y e order for that purpose . . . . x s )

(Cattle driven 4 th May).

p d to the dryvers of y e Cattell and to them th* watched the marshe gates all nighte ii" viii d