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 432 NOTES AND QUERIES. t, 2 s.vm. MAT as, 1021. DEFOE'S RELATIONS.- In ' The Christian Philosopher triumphing over Death' (1849), Newman Hall stated (p. 21) that ' ; the cele- brated Daniel de Foe was remotely con- nected with the family " of William Gordon, M.D., Kingston-upon-Hull (1801-49), who
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is dealt connexion ? 37, Bedford Square, W.C. DICKENS J. M. BTJLLOCH. AND HENRY VIII. Froude quotes Charles Dickens as describing Henry VIII. as " a spot of blood and grease upon the page of English history." What is the full quotation and its reference ? G. B. M. [This was inquired for at the end of 1916, and at 12 S. iii. 53, Mr. J. MAKEHAM supplied the reference : Child's History of England,' end of chap, xxviii.] VERNON OF LIVERPOOL. Can any reader tell me where I can find an account or pedi- gree of the Vernons of Vernon's Hall, Liver- pool ? M. DE LA HAIE. SIR THOMAS CROOK, BART. Can anyone supply me with the parentage of Sir Thomas Crook, Bart., who settled in Ireland during the seventeenth century, and after whom (according to Burke's ' Extinct Baronetcies ') Crookhaven in the County of Cork was called ? He was created a Baronet in 1624 and apparently died without issue shortly after. For a number of years I have been collect- ing information for a history of the Crook families of Lancashire, and I am desirous of knowing whether the above came of Lancashire stock or not. I shall be grateful for any information sent direct to this address. F. CROOKS. Eccleston Park, Prescot, Lancashire. " TETHER BOOK." I should not trouble readers of ' N. & Q. ' if this word was to be found in the ' Oxford Dictionary.' I have searched several ordinary dictionaries, both old and modern, without result, and I can find nothing in the ' Dialect Dictionary.' I found it in a bookseller's catalogue, where one of the items offered for sale was : A Tether book of the different Copy and Free- hold Lands situated in the fields and meadows in the parish of Ryall in Co. Rutland, belonging to Mrs. W g, with the names of the former landlords of each piece of ground, made out May 5, 1779. Is it likely to be a ghost -word or a mis- print in the catalogue ? W. S. B. H. CIGARETTE SMOKING. Is this, in fact,, more pernicious than pipe or cigar smoking, say weight for weight, and excluding " inha.lintr " 9 ALFRED S. E. ACKERMANN. inhaling ' THE NEW JERUSALEM : A HYMN OF THE OLDEN TIME.' I am anxious to obtain information as to the authorship of this little book, which was published in Edin- burgh in 1852, by Johnstone and Hunter. The preface is dated " Kelso, Feb., 1852," I but no indication of the writer is given. The hymn in question is ' Jerusalem, my happy home.' JAMES BRITTEN. LATIN PROVERB. Amongst the Adagio, of Erasmus (ed. 1530) the following occurs in those headed ' Discriminis ' : "In eadem es navi " and is attributed to Cicero. Where is it to be found in that author ? I presume that our cognate proverb, " We're in th& same boat," owes its origin to that source with the addition, said to come from a facetious wag, " Yes, but not with the same jpair of sculls." J. B. McGovERN. St. Stephen's Rectory, C.-on-M., Manchester. GRACE AMERICA GLEDHILL She was I daughter of Samuel Gledhill, Colonel in 'the Army and Governor of Placentia (b. 1677, d. 17 ), by his wife Isabel Richmond i(b. 1679, d. 1727), was born in America I (hence Christian name); married c. 1749 i Francis William Drake, and was mother of Francis Henry Drake (b. 1756), 6th Bart. ! Is the female name America frequent ? I. F. SIR FRANCIS BREWSTER.- Knighted July 8, 1670 ; Lord Mayor of Dublin, 1674. Can any reader of 'N. & Q.' give particulars as to his parentage ? He is presumed to be of the Wrentham Hall branch for no j better reason than because his Christian name frequently occurs in it. See Burke's 'Landed Gentry' (supplement), 1849. As against this supposition, I find by his will, proved in 1740, that he possessed lands called " Sathney near the city of Chester, conveyed to me and my heirs by Francis Gell, Esqr." In 1699 he was appointed one of the commissioners to take account of the forfeited estates in Ireland, and succeeded in securing to himself extensive lands in Co. Kerry. He was author of pamphlets on trade and navigation in 1695 and 1702. I shall be extremely obliged for any genealogical information about him. J. F. F.