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 12 s. viz. OCT. so, 1920.] NOTES AND QUERIES.

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THURLOW FAMILY (12 S vii. 310). The Rev. Edward South Thurlow, who was born in 1764, was the only son of John Thurlow, merchant and alderman of Norwich (d. Mar. 11, 1782), by Josepha, dau. of -John Morse of Norwich.

He was a nephew of Lord Chancellor 'Thurlow, and of Thos. Thurlow, Bishop of Lincoln and afterwards of Durham.

At the age of 17 he matriculated at Magdalen Coll., Oxon, Sept. 9, 1781 ; B.A. 1785 ; M.A.I 7 88. He was appointed a Preb. of Norwich in 1788, and became in 1789 sinecure rector of Eastyn and Llandrillo ; Vicar of Stamfordham, Northumberland, 1792, until, his death, Feb. 17, 1847. He married, first, fluly 17, 1786, Elizabeth Mary, dau. of James Thompson, by whom he hai four sons. He married secondly, Apr. 10,1810, Susanna, dau. of the Rev. John Love, of Somerleyton, Suffolk, by whom he had four sons and two daus. Three of his sons -appear to have been at Bury St. Edmunds' Grammar School (see Register of that 'School, 'Suffolk Green Books,' vol. xiii.).

For references to further genealogical particulars relating to this family, see the authorities cited in the 'D.N.B.' under the accounts of Lord Chancellor Thurlow and Bishop Thurlow. H. G. HARBISON.

H. T. GILES will find an answer to his query in ' The Histories of the County of Durham,' by Hutchinson, Surtees, Mac kenzie and Ross, and Fordyce, under Hough ton-le-spring. See also Burke 's and Fawcett Manuscripts relating to Durham History or Biography.
 * any other up-to-date Peerage and also the

BESSIE GREENWELL. Newcastle -on-Tyne.

A pedigree of the Lords Thurlow is to be found in Burke's 'Peerage.' According to this, Rev. Edward South Thurlow, Preben- dary of Norwich, who died Feb. 17, 1847, "was a nephew of the first baron. Your correspondent might also consult additional MSS. 19151/2 (British Museum), and East Anglian Notes and Queries (New Series ii. 272, 322). Some references to bearers ol the name, under the kindred orthography ol Thurloe and Thurley will be found in Col Chester's 'London Marriage Licences, edited by Joseph Foster (Quaritch, 1887) Abraham Thurlowe was baptized at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Jan. 9, 1591, and Moyses Thurlowe (died of the plague) w?v Juried there Oct. 15, 1593. It ^may b<

innecessary to remind your correspondent does not form evidence in itself of descent rom a common ancestor.
 * hat the bearing of a particular surname

F. GORDON ROE. Arts Club, 40 Dover Street, W.I.

H z N. OR H.Z.N., DUTCH ABBREVIATION 12 S. vii. 290, 336). I send you a letter
 * rom a Hollander explaining H z n.:

Tuesday, October 12, 1920. " DEAR lytR. TYS^EN,

Of the mysterious letters H 7 n, z n stands for zoon = son, and H would be the initial of the 'ather.

Please look at the name of Meyer on the attached jae, torn from the Amsterdam telefone directory.

There are 6 people whose names are A. Meyer, so two of them have added to their names their lathers' initials and the letters z n.

Anybody can do this at any time and discontinue bhe addition when no longer required, as, for "mtance, on moving to another town where there is no one of the same name and surname as his own. With best regards,

Yours sincerely, H. A. KRAMERS, VV J z n.

A. D. TYSSEN. 59 Priory Road, N. W. 6.

FLOOR COVERINGS OF THE TUDOR EPOCH (12 S. vii. 311). Carpets for floors appear to have been fairly common in England in Tudor times, and Turkey carpets are men- tioned as being specially prized. In the inventory of the household goods of Sir Henry. Parkers (1551-60) given by Mr. Hubert Hall in his ' Society in the Eliza- bethan Age, ' one item is ' ' A long carpett for the Baie wyndowe of Turkye worke," xl 8 ; two other carpets in the same inventory are priced respectively x s and xx s . In Harri- son's 'Description of England (1577-8) ' we are told of such household luxuries, including tapestry, carpets, Turkey work, &c., that whereas formerly they had been known among knights, gentlemen, merchants, and other wealthy citizens only, they had now descended "yet lower," even to "the inferior artificers and many farmers."

As for the routes by which Turkey goods reached England, the old one was by Venice and Flanders ; afterwards another was found, that by Russia from the Caspian sea by way of St. Nicholas (see Hakluyt). Carpets are specially mentioned among commodities coming by both routes ; by the former in ' The Libel of English Policie ' (temp. Henry VI.), by the latter in several of the "Voyages" into Persia. Derbend on the Caspian figures largely in the latter. It