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 12 s. ix. DEC. 24, 1921.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 517 it will be found in her ; Literary Remains,' published by B. M. Pickering in 1876. G. T. S. The author was the poetess Catherine Maria Fanshawe, born 1765, died 1834. Several of her poems are in Joanna Baillie's ' Collection.' Sir Walter Scott praised her work and she was a friend of the poet Oowper. The famous riddle was at one time uni- versally attributed to Byron. CONSTANCE RUSSELL. Swallowfield Park, Reading. This was written by Catherine Maria Fanshawe (1765-1834), the second daughter of John. Fanshawej a Surrey squire. That there may be no doubt as to this I quote from a letter written by her to a friend, Mrs. Serena Holroyd : Apropos of Venice and my Lord Byron and of the letter " H," I do give it under my hand and seal this 12th day of February, 1819, that, to the best of my belief, the enigma of the letter " H " was composed not by the Right Honourable Oeorge Lord Byron, but by me. OATH. MARIA FANSHAWE. W. A. HUTCHISON. 32, Hotham Road, Putney, S.W. PRINCIPAL LONDON COFFEE-HOUSES AND TAVERNS IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY (12 S. ix. 435). I have not seen MR. DE CASTRO'S earlier lists, so I am not sure whether he has included another tavern mentioned by Casanova in his ' Memoires,' viz., the Cannon Coffee-house, which stood on the north-east of Cockspur Street. In 1763 it was kept by one Patrick Cannon, and the present Union Club marks its site {vide ' The Story of Charing Cross,' by j. Holden Macmichael, and the West- minster Rate Books for 1763; cf. 'Memoires' of Casanova (Gamier edition), vi. 541 ; vii. 60). HORACE BLEACKLEY. LANCASHIRE SETTLERS IN AMERICA (12 S. viii. 227, 375, 418, 436). If MR. SANBORN knows of any New England families of Crook who are interested in this matter I shall be happy to give direct any informa- tion I have in regard to the Lancashire family of this name. There are a number of Crook families in America, some of which are possibly of Lancashire descent, and therefore it may be of interest to note that most of the Lancashire Crooks are descen- dants of the early Crooks of Crook (Whittle- le-Woods), where the senior branch of the family held the manor of Crook from about the twelfth century until the latter half 'of the sixteenth century, when it was sold by the two daughters and co-heirs of Anthony Crook to the Clayton family. In the seventeenth century the estate was pur- chased by another branch of the Crook family, by whom it was held until the nineteenth century. The present house, known as Old Crook, is now a farm and nothing remains of the original Hall. Three members of the senior branch of the family (Richard de Crook and two of his sons) fought under Henry IV. at Shrews- bury in 1403. FREDERIC CROOKS. COL. CHESTER'S EXTRACTS FROM PARISH REGISTERS (US. vi. 90 ; 12 S. ix. 389, 473). I have to thank C. OF A. for his reply to my query in respect of the above. Perhaps he will kindly add to the information given by informing me as to where G. E. C.'s copies of the transcripts for London and Middlesex, particularly the City of London, are now to be found ? WM. McMuRRAY. SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY MILITARY SER- VICE : DRAX FAMILY ( 12 S. ix. 408, 436, 453). I have to thank MR. V. L. OLIVER for his reply to my query under the last refer- ence. I see that I made no mention of Barbados in my inquiry, but I am well aware 'of the family connexion with the island and have all the information obtain- able from the authorities quoted by Mr. Oliver (including his own ' Monumental Inscriptions,' which he does not mention). It seems quite clear that the Drax military service was rendered wholly in Barbados. WM. McMuRRAY. BRITISH SETTLERS IN AMERICA (12 S. ix. 462). In the very interesting information supplied by MR. SETON-ANDERSON respect- ing British Settlers in America, the name of the Governor of New York, whose daughter Joanna married Frederic Philipse of Philipsburg, on the Hudson River, is erroneously stated to have been Rockholer. This English Governor's name was Brock- holls or BrocJcholes. MAUD M. MORRIS. THE BREWERS' COMPANY (12 S. ix. 431, 478). An old reference book of 1823 says that the Brewers' Company was incorporated in 1424. Their arms consisted of three saltires of garbs, or sheaves of corn, in gold on a red shield, and three black tuns displayed on a silver chevron. ARTHUR BOWES.