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think the only life of Cromwell in which it mentioned is Mr. Harrison's monograph u Macmillan's "Twelve English Statesmen'" s Ties, p. 25. JOHN T. PAGE.

West Haddon, Northamptonshire.

LEWKNOR (9 th S. i. 128). Francis, son of idward Seville, the fifth of that name, Lord Abergavenny, married Mary, daughter of Thomas Lukenor or Lewkenor, of Selsey, co. Sussex. He was probably Thomas Lewkenor 1614), son of Sir Lewis Lewkenor, of Selsea, 608, master of the ceremonies to James L, on of Robert Lewkenor lease of the bishop's state in Selsea, 1578. For the rest of the >edigree see Berry's 'Sussex Pedigrees,' 1830, >. 130. I send this for HARFLETE'S considera-


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JOHN RADCLIFFE.

VISITATION LISTS OR CATALOGUES OF COUNTY FAMILIES (8 th S. xii. 509). MR. OLSEN'S query s rather a large order ; but I will do my best to answer it as briefly as I can from the ' materials in my library.

Salop. There are two within MR. OLSEN'S 1 period :

1. That of 1623, by Robert Tresswell, Somerset Herald, and Augustine Vincent, Rouge Croix. This has been published by

i the Harleian Society in two volumes, 1889.

2. That of 1664.

Essex. Again two in the period named :

1. That of 1612, by John Raven, Richmond Herald.

2. That of 1634, by George Owen, York Herald, and Henry Lilly, Rouge Rose.

Both these were printed by the Harleian ! Society in 1878.

Middlesex. I have before me the Visita- Itions of London, 1633, 1634, and 1635, by jHenry St. George, published by the Harleian Society in 1883.

Devon. There was a Visitation of Devon in 1620 by Henry St. George and Sampson Lennard. This was published by the Har- leian Society in 1872. It was edited, with additions, by John Tuckett. Lieut. - Col. Vivian also published a Visitation, some "Dortions of which I possess.

MR. OLSEN might also usefully consult Sir Harris Nicolas's ' Catalogue of Heralds' Visita- ions at the British Museum' and Mr. R. ttms's 'Index to the Pedigrees' in the same nace. The copy of the latter which formerly vas the property of Robert Chambers is Before me. T. CANN HUGHES, M.A.

Lancaster.

Your correspondent MR. OLSEN may see ^an Alphabetical Account of the Nobility and gentry of the several Counties of England

and Wales, as to their Names, Titles, and Seats," in Blome's ' Britannia,' folio, London, 1673. C. LEESON PRINCE.

The Heralds' Visitation of the County of Devon in the year 1620 was published by the Harleian Society in 1872. H. D.

BATTLE OF TOWTON (9 th S. i. 203). With reference to your correspondent's interesting comments on this great event, and as regards the remark that the " butcher's bill of Tow- ton was considerably heavier (taking into consideration the number of troops employed) than that of Waterloo or even Gravelotte " (where the French lost some 19,000 and the Germans 25,000), it goes ^ without saying that neither emperor nor king gave instruc- tions for indiscriminate slaughter, whereas at Towton, although the triumph of the Yorkists was complete, it was not signalized by the greater triumph of mercy. King Edward IV. issued orders for no quarter to be given, and therefore the most merciless carnage ensued. It may be mentioned in connexion with the matter that Philip de Commines, in his ' Memoirs ' (vide Bohn's edition, vol. i. p. 197, 1855), states : " King Edward told me in all the battles which he had gained, his way was to mount on horse- back and cry out, ' Save the common soldiers, and put the gentlemen to the sword !'" hence, probably, the number of slain at Towton, fought from 4 o'clock on the eve of Palm Sunday, through all the night, amidst a fall of snow, till the afternoon of the next day, 29 March, 1461.

Of Edward it may be said, in the words of Dryden,

Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain, Fought all his battles o'er again ; And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain.

HENRY GERALD HOPE. Clapham, S.W.

MINISTER OF THE WORD OF GOD (9 th S. i. 228). The Latin abbreviation V.D.M. seems at one time to have been usual. It is under- neath the engraved portrait of Matthew Henry (1662-1714) prefixed to his * Commen- tary,' in 6 vols. 4to., edited by Burder and Hughes, revised edition, 1811. He is repre- sented in a gown closed in front and wearing a flowing wig. JOHN PICKFORD, M.A.

Newbourne Rectory, Woodbridge.

The expression is older than 1635, for "dis- creet and learned minister of God's word" occurs in the Prayer Book of 1552. I do not shink the phrase was equivalent to " the Bible" in those days, (See Dean Farrar's