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married, 1309, Hawys Gadarn ap Owen Princess of Powys ; died 1353, leaving son John, second baron, who married Joan daughter of Ralph, Earl of Stafford, diec 1374, leaving two sons viz., John, thin: baron (whose first wife was Maud, daughte of Roger Mortimer, Earl of March, and whos< second wife was Alice, daughter of Richarc Fitzalan, tenth Earl of Arundel, K.G.), d.s.p 1400; and Edward, fourth baron, who mar ried Eleanor, daughter of Thomas Holland Earl of Kent, and widow of Roger Mortimer Earl of March, and d.s.m.p. 3. Sir Alan de Cherleton, of Apley Castle, married Ellen widow of Nicolas St. Maur, and daughter and coheiress of William, Baron Zouche o: Harringworth ; died 1362, leaving a son Sir Alan, of Apley Castle, married Margery daughter and heiress of Hugh FitzAer, died 1350, leaving a son Thomas, of Apley Castle ; died 1388, leaving a son Thomas (d.s.p. 1398), and a daughter Anne, heiress oJ her brother, married William Knightley, ol Fawsley, and had a son Thomas Knightley Charleton, of Apley Castle, married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Adam Francis; died 1460, leaving a son Robert, of Apley Castle, married Maria or Alice, daughter of Robert Corbet, of Moreton Corbet ; died 1472, leaving amongst others a daughter Margaret, married William Steventon, of Dothill, and had a daughter Anna, married John Guttyns, of Aston Rogers, and had several sons and one daughter Eleanor, who married first Edward Corbet, of Moreton Corbet (s.p.), and secondly Roger Hard wy eke, of Pattingham, and left a son Roger. RALPH POLE.

"QUITE A FEW" (9 th S. x. 208). I am not familiar with this expression, but "quite a nice few" is very common. Its origin and meaning are not, 1 think, difficult to explain. " Few " and " many " are, after all, only com- parative terms, and "a good many" may be regarded as " a good few ); if the point of view be changed. We used, as children, to have a rime :

One 's none,

Two 's some,

Three 's a many,

Four 's a penny,

Five's a little hundred.

I do not know that I have ever seen it in P rmt - C. C. B.

GREEK AND RUSSIAN ECCLESIASTICAL VEST- JSHSNTS (9 th S. x. 28).-To me the subject of vestiSJents is one full of mystery, and I approach it with fear and trembling, but the 8tat>^t*^hat th ? Greek Church only two coloite and red, for the

vestments at mass throughout the year sounds improbable. I have attended many services in the Greek Church, and should be surprised to hear that there is any such restriction as to the colours employed. I have myself noted the following, if I am not much mistaken : At a baptism red and gold were used ; at a mass for the dead, black and white ; at a wedding the priest wore white with a purple bonnet ; at the administration of the Holy Communion in Lent, purple and gold ; at the blessing of a private donation of bread and grapes, gold and crimson ; at the rite of the Blessing of the Waters on the Feast of the Epiphany many, if not all, of the ecclesiastics in the procession wore vestments that were covered with gold embroidery. At vespers on the eve of the Assumption at the Lavra of Petchersk some of the monks wore black and gold, and on the feast day itself at mass, which was celebrated with the utmost magnificence, the monks and acolytes wore white vestments adorned with gold brocade. The Lavra of Petchersk is the richest, as it is the oldest, of Russian monasteries, and in the sacristy there is a display that ladies cannot praise enough. The following is a short description of three of the most precious vestments :

1. A chasuble of silver brocade with gold flowers, the shoulders of which are covered with pearls on red velvet.

2. A chasuble of cherry-coloured silk with silver flowers, the shoulders adorned with pearls, diamonds, and precious stones.

3. A chasuble of rich gold brocade, of which the shoulders are of black velvet, ornamented with pearls, crosses of rubies and diamonds, diamond stars and roses, ruby and diamond sprays.

On Sundays at the Lavra the vestments lave gold flowers on a light red ground. On the feasts of angels or the B.V.M. they are of white with gold flowers, or else entirely white. On days consecrated to an Apostle hey are yellow, to a bishop blue, to a martyr ed, and to one of the holy fathers green. But the Lavra, no doubt, has its own peculiar customs, and therefore it is by no neans allowable to argue from the particular nstitution to the entire Church.

T. P. ARMSTRONG.

LADY WHITMORE (9 th S. x. 268). Frances, ister of the whole blood to Lady Denham ind Lady Boothby, youngest daughter of the Ion. Sir William Brooke, otherwise Cobham, LB., was celebrated as a great beauty, and narried firstly Sir Thomas Whitmore, of iridgnorth, second son of the first baronet.