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 132 NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s. vin. FEB. 12, 1921. ^(PITMAN OF QUARLEY, HANTS : ARMS SOUGHT. No arms are given in the * Visita- tion ' pedigree of 1686. A note states that Mr. Pitman promised to produce a sketch of his arms, but omitted to do so. Edmund Pitman, Recorder of Salisbury, a descendant of the Quarley family, who died Dec. 18, 1743, bore " two cutlasses in saltire argent between four bay leaves vert, bladed argent, hilted or, with an annulet for difference." These arms are not given in Burke, nor is there anything similar given in Pap- worth. I shall be glad to know if the above arms are to be found on any bookplate, seal or monument, or are given in any work on heraldry. Authority is also wanted for the following crest : Pitman of Wilts *' A dove rising volant issuing out of a mural crown." H. A. PITMAN. 65 Cambridge Terrace, W.2. ALLIANCES OF ALLEN FAMILY. Frances, dau. of Gaynor Barry, of Dormstown, co. Meath, married Joshua, fifth Viscount Allen. I should be glad to know who were the parents of this Gaynor Barry, and what arms the family bore. The mother of Frances, Viscountess Allen, is stated to have been Anne, daughter of the Rev. Richard Richards, Rector of Killany, co. Monaghan. Can any Irish genealogist inform me of the name of the rector's wife ? P. D. M TAVERN SIGN : THE NEW FOUND OUT. Forty years ago, when a frequent visitor to Hitchin, I noted in its outskirts an inn with this sign. What is its origin ? A. R. CURTIS : LATHROP : WILLOUGHBY. Ed- ward Curtis lived at Mardyke House, Hot Wells, Bristol, about a hundred years ago. What family did he belong to ? What relation was he to Thomas Curtis (or Curteis) Lord Mayor of London in the sixteenth century ? His arms (which I remember seeing as a child) were of a seafaring nature and I think included dolphins and anchors. His wife was a Lathrop. Is anything known of this family ? Her sister Margaret married a clergyman called Allen. Her mother was a Willoughby of Gunnersbury House, Middlesex (afterwards sold to George III. for his daughter Princess Amelia). Can any reader give me any in- formation about the Willoughbys ? W. HAYTHORNE. 83 Abbey Road Mansions, N.W.8. CAPTAIN COOK : MEMORIALS. I shallfbe- glad to learn how best I can obtain informa- tion and particulars of any memorials erected to the great circumnavigator| both in Great Britain and in other parts of the world. T. H. W. COVILL. I should be glad of information about the above surname its derivation and the history of any families that have borne it. . C. B. C. AUTHOR WANTED. Who was the author of a very able pamphlet called Seasonable Hints from an Honest Man on the Present Crisis of a New Reign and a new Parliament,' published in London in 1761, by "A. Millar in the Strand"? W. D. DODWELL. 167 Iffley Road, Oxford. AUTHOR OF QUOTATION WANTED. Who wrote the lines : And if there be no meeting beyond the grave,. If all be darkness, silence ; yet 'tis rest. Be not afraid ye waiting hearts that weep ; For God still giveth His beloved sleep, And if an endless sleep He wills so best. And are they correctly quoted ? G. B. M. [By Henrietta Anne Huxley, wife of Thomas ; Henry Huxley. By Huxley's special direction the last three lines, which run : Be not afraid, ye waiting hearts that weep ; For still He giveth His beloved sleep, And if an endless sleep He wills, so best, were inscribed upon his tombstone.] THE WESTERN MISCELLANY. (12 S. viii. 11, 56.) YOUR correspondent M remarks as a side-- issue that either Robert Goadby (1721-1778) of Sherborne or his wife was the compiler of 'The Life and Adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew.' I venture to think that neither could have been more than editor,. p.s the editio princeps of 1745, in which the main facts and incidents already appeared, was printed " by the Faiieys for Joseph Brew, Bookseller opposite Castle Lane " in Exeter. I have sometimes wondered whether your correspondent X who at 12 S. vii. 166 evinces a* considerable knowledge of the Farley family could throw any light on the point, but his anonymity prevented communication with him. The title of th Exeter-printed book is 'The Life and Adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew the noted Devonshire Stroller and Dog-stealer,