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 1 2 s. ix. DEC. io, 1921.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 463 10. The Van Courtlandts were descended from the Dukes of Courland in Russia. Stephen Van Courtlandt was Mayor of New York in 1677. 11. Lewis Morris, Governor of New Jersey in 1638, was a descendant of William Morris, gentleman, of Tintern, Monmouth- shire, and bore, 1st and 4th, gules, a lion j wards"as cTerroTtnTfranks hef unshed debates rampant, regardant or; 2nd and 3rd, argent, j to country papers. In 1728 he was in custody of torteux in fesse. Crest, a castle in j the Serjeant at Arms for supplying the minutes of to The 1. EDWARD CAVE AS CLERK OF THE FRANKS. Edward Cave, nat. Feb. 29, 1692, at Rugby, ap- prenticed to a printer and before he had served his time married a young widow and lived at Bow. By her interest he had his appointment to G.P.O. Qu. abt. 1713, Sir Thos. Frankland and Jo. Evelyn, P.M.G. ; in 1715, Lord Cornwallis and Jas. Cra_ggs, P.M.G. He got country newspapers three flames. His son Lewis, born 1638, was a Judge in Admiralty, as was his son Richard. 12. Col. Caleb Heathcote, son of Gilbert of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, and brother of Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Lord Mayor of the House of Commons Gloucester Journal ; again, in 1729, Raikes of Gloucester was censured but Cave escaped. A frank of Walter Plummer given to the Duchess of Maryborough was stopped by Cave as a breach of privilege. He was accused of opening letters London, had property Scarsdale Manor. ! to detect frauds in franks so sent and was dis- He married a daughter of Col. Smith of j missed. Long Island, and his daughter married! . In 17 T 31 ?aye established .The Gentleman' sMaga- 1 4? a 4? 4> In I7XS riA 1H7a. T.nTC*lT,0-norl frr* v*nvh4-*w.M James de Lancey. 13. Thomas Pell had Pelham Manor, 9,166 acres, in 1666. He was grandson j name was counterfeited to a frank, and of John Pell (m. Margaret Overand), who Monson committed to Newgate. In 1747 Cave was in custody of Black Rod for printing the trial of Lord Lovat and was censured for printing the debates. In 1752 he gave brief zine. In 1738 he was threatened for printing debates in the House of Commons and then called it Empire of Liliput. In 1738 Lord Monson's P. S. was son of the Rev. John Pell, rector of Southwick, Sussex, in 1590. 14. Robert Livingston possessed Living- reports regularly with initials, but from ston Manor in 1686. He was a descendant I debates have been printed without disguise, of the Rev. Alexander Livingston of Stirling, Cave died in 1754 at 63 , T^, ITfSO 4-V.^ TJ;~'U,-.v ^.4 Scotland. 15. Frederic Philippse, who 1782 E. Philipsburg Manor, 1,500 square miles, was born in 1626 at Bolsward, in Friesland. His arms were, Azure a demi-lion rampant, issuing from a ducal coronet argent, crowned or. Crest, the same. His son Frederic married Joanna, daughter of Gov. Anthony Rockholer of New York, whose children were (1) Col. Frederic, leaving 10 children; (2) Philip ; (3) Susan, married Col. Beverley Robinson ; (4) Mary, married Col. Morris. I trust that the foregoing brief notes may enable descendants of early settlers in America to establish connexion with families in this country. JAMES SETON-ANDERSON. 39, Carlisle Road, Hove, Sussex. JOTTINGS FROM THE following items are collection of notes, which A NOTEBOOK. from among contains many others equally quaint, made by Mr. Edward Walford, for a Book of Eccentric Characters which, I fancy, for publication. was never put together Possibly it was the last literary work begun, being cut short by the writer's illness. The papers were given to Miss Caulfield, the authoress, and by her given to me. For the purposes of this book Mr. Walford collected some curious pamphlets as well as MS. notes. In 1762 the Bishop of Ely's name counterfeited to a frank. In 1788 the whole superscription required by the member. Lord Dacre's name having been used for 42 covers. The Franking Act commenced in 1765. A limitation of number by Act, 1784. In 1795 Sir Benj. Hammet was reprimanded by the House of Commons, April 10, for deputing his son to frank for him. In Queen Anne's time the office was in Lombard Street. The Inland Department consisted of William Frankland, comptroller, six clerks of the road, a window-man, and sixteen sorters. 2. MISOGYNISTS. Colonel Thomas Talbot, son of the first Baroness Talbot de Malahide, who served with some distinction in the Guards, in early life had been crossed in love. This wounded his pride, and he took into his head a dislike of the whole female sex. After retiring from.the Army, he obtained an ex- tensive grant of land in Canada, near Lakes Erie and Ontario, where he employed his time in re- claiming the forest by felling timber, cutting roads, and drainage, at the same time offering every encouragement to workmen and their families to settle on his property, which was miles in extent, and thus gave a home to several thousand souls. He also founded a nourishing town which he called Port Talbot, which increased the value of his lands. But for all this, he never would allow a female to enter his park gates. He kept only male servants about him ; and when he died, he forgot all his nieces, and left his lands to a faithful friend who had been his " orderly " servant when in the Guards. CLARIORES E TENEBRIS.