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 152 NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s. vm. FEB. 10, 1921. its foundation in 1786 until 1794 under the charge of its founded, Francis Light. He was succeeded as Superintendent by Philip Manington, he by Major Forbes Ross MacDonald, and Sir George Leith was appointed the first Lieut. -Governor in, 1800. Can any one give information about this M. Bonte, who was in fact my great-great- grandfather ? PHILIP NORMAN. 45 Evelyn Gardens, S.W.7. EMBROIDERED BIBLE, 1660 : STEWART : BEALES. Embroidered Bible printed 1660. On one cover is portrayed Charles II. in needlework, and on the other Catherine of Braganza. On the fly leaf is written : "Mary Stewart born Sept 23rd, 1743, died May 15th, 1807." " William Beales born 25th Deer. 1744, died April 28th. 1828." " Mary Beales born 16th March, 1770, died 5th Novr., 1807." " William Beales born 13th Febry, 1777." There is a velvet bag for carrying the Bible in, which is made of the Royal tartan. Can any reader give me any information regarding Mary Stewart, Mary Beales and /or William Beales ? PERCIVAL D. GRIFFITH?, F.S.A. Sandridgebury, St. Albans. DR. ROBERT JAMES CULVERWELL. This personage, who kept baths at 10 Argyll Place and 5 Xew Broad Street, and wrote several curious books was born in 1802. Boase says he died in 1852. But he was still writing in 1855 and I have reason to believe was living in the early sixties. When did he die ? Is Culverwell a Devonshire name ? J. M. BULLOCH. 37 Bedford Square, W.C. JOHN BARNE. To whom was John Barne, second son of Sir George Barne, Lord Mayor of London, in 1586, married ? He had a daughter, Mary, his co-heir, married to Francis Roberts of Willesdon, ancestor of the Roberts, extinct baronets of Willesdon. WM. JACKSON PIGOTT. Manor House, Dundrum, Co. Down. HERALDIC ARMS WANTED. Paly argent and azure a bend or charged with three cinquefoils. E. E. COPE. Finchampstead. ROUTE THROUGH WORCESTERSHIRE. On Nov. 7> 1605, the Gunpowder Plot con- spirators left Huddington, in Worcester- shire, at 7 o'clock, with a cart of ammunition, to rise in rebellion. They arrived at Hewell Grange at 1 o'clock P.M., and broke into Lord Windsor's house, where they stole- armour and horses. They then proceeded to Holbeche House, about 4 miles from Wolverhampton, where they arrived at 10 o'clock P.M. At some part of their journey they had to cross the river Stour, and in doing so, the powder in their cart which was "low built " got "wetted." Could any of your Worcestershire readers indicate where they would cross that river and generally the route they would be- likely to take in that journey ? G. B. M. The Lodge, Laleham Road, Clifton ville, Kent. ARCHBISHOP JOHN WILLIAMS' " MANUAL." A Biographical Dictionary consulted, besides Ambrose Phillips' Life of the Archbishop, makes no mention of the Prelate's 'Manual,' pointed in London 1672-22, years after his death. Title-page contents describe it thus : Manual : or Three Small and plain Treatises, viz 1. Of Prayer, or Active "j 2 -- Principles, or Positive Divinity. 3 Resolutions or OppositiveJ Translated and Collected out of the Ancient Writers for the Private Use of a most Noble Lady to preserve her from the Danger of Popery. The final 8 pages of this 16mo book seem, to confute the general premises of the rest of the work as though a pieced addition. Can anything be said on that head ? Who* was the Noble Lady referred to for whom, the Manual was directly intended ? ANEUBIN WILLIAMS. Menai View, North Road, Carnarvon. ST. THOMAS'S DAY CUSTOM. (12 S. viii. 50, 112.) THE custom of distributing alms on Thomas's Day appears to have been for- merly pretty general thoughout the country. Brand in his ' Popular Antiquities ' (ed. Ellis) says : " I find some faint trace of a custom of going a gooding (as it is called) on St. Thomas's Day, which seems to have been done by women only who in return for the alms they received, appear to have presented their benefactors with sprwa of evergreens, probably to deck their houses wi at the ensuing festival."