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tuis and the Magna Charta nearly cut to pieces by a tailor ; iii. 11, the deputation of eighteen tailors to Queen Elizabeth.

As my book is to oe out in March, a speedy reply would be much appreciated.

TH. A. FISCHER.

Romano Bridge, West Linton, Peeblesshire.

For Magna Charta and Sir R. Cotton see 7 th S. ii. 194.]

IRETON FAMILY. Sir John Ire ton was Lord Mayor of London in 1659. Was he a brother or a cousin of General Ireton ; and where can I find out what family he had 1

M. E. MALDEN.

St. Catherine's, Guildford.

' FRIENDLY CAUTIONS.' I possess a copy of ' Friendly Cautions and Advices,' by an Old Officer, London, 1760. There is no copy in the British Museum, nor is the book men- tioned in Halkett's ' Dictionary of Anonymous Literature.' What was the author's name; and did he belong to the 15th Foot 1 That regiment is the only one named in the book, and anecdotes relating to its services at Blenheim in 1704, Lisle in 1708, and Bocca- Chica and iSan Lazaro in 1741 are told with much minuteness. The author had been a regimental major (p. 72). W. S.

WILLIAM PETTY, S.T.B., was presented to the rectory of Wem by Charles I. (the right of presentation having fallen to the Crown "through lapse or simony") on 7 August, 1639. Nicholas Page, D.D., was appointed to the same living by the same patron for the same reason on 9 October in the same year. Was this William Petty the one whose career from his matriculation at St. Alban's Hall, Oxford, on 14 May, 1602, to his being vicar of Thorley, Isle of Wight, in 1614, is given in ' Alumni Oxonienses '1 That William Petty was " late of the Isle of Wight " in 1634, and a certain " good Mr. Petty " was chaplain and agent in Rome to Thomas Howard, second Earl of Arundel, "the father of Virtu in England," about the same time. Howard was Baron of Wem, and the patronage may have lapsed through his being appointed in 1639 to command the forces which were to operate against the Scots, or through his long periods of residence on the Continent. Was this "good Mr. Petty" the man who was rector of Wem for only two months, and was he at one time vicar of Thorley 1

GILBERT H. F. VANE.

The Rectory, Wem, Salop.

NORTON FAMILY. Col. William Norton, described as of Wellow and sometimes as of Sputhwick, Hants, married a daughter of Sir Thomas Norton, of Coventry (who was

created baronet in 1661). Was he really a Norton of Southwick, as I have been unable to find the clue? (Miss) MARY DRYDEN. 275, Upper Richmond Road, Putney, S-W.

ST. BOTOLPH, CITY OF LONDON. It is singular that there were four churches in the City of London dedicated to St. Botolph. They were situated in the wards of Aldersgate, Aldgate, Bishopsgate, and Billingsgate. The last was destroyed in the Great Fire, and was not rebuilt. Can any reason be given for the dedications to this saint?

EVERARD HOME GOLEM AN.

HOLT FAMILY. In 1689 Dorothy, daughter and coheiress of Edward Holt, of Wigan, married John Stanley, of Dalegarth and Ponsonby Hall, Cumberland. Can any of your readers give me information about Edward Holt's pedigree ?

PATRICIA CURWEN.

275, Upper Richmond Road, Putney, S.W.

MRS. ANNIE TALLANT. I am in quest of, and should be grateful for, any information concerning Miss Annie Tallant, the writer of ' Octavia Elphinstone : a Manx Story,' and 1 Lois : a Drama founded on a Legend of the

Noble Family of .' The above named

were published, in two volumes, by J. Hatchard & Son in the year 1834. The "noble family," I am inclined to think, will be a Lincolnshire family, as the preface was written at Lincoln. A. R. C.

THOMAS MILLER. Can any correspondent kindly tell me where Thomas Miller, the poet and novelist, was buried 1 If a gravestone is placed to his memory, a copy of the in- scription will oblige. WILLIAM ANDREWS.

Royal Institution, Hull.

OSBORNE. Can any reader of 'N. & Q.' give me the immediate ancestry of Mr. Thomas Osborne, of Greenwich, who lived about 1790, and who was described in contemporary print as "a descendant of Richard and Jane Osborne, of Greenwich, temp. Henry VIII., members of the ancient family of Osborne of Ashford and Canterbury " ? HIBERNIA.

PAVENHAM CHURCH WOODWORK. I have been asked to find out the origin of the wood- work in Pavenham Church, as to which local inquiries have proved fruitless, and have been investigating the matter. ' The History and Antiquities of the Hundred of Willey in the County of Bedford,' by Will. Marsh Harvey, 4to, London, 1872-8, gives an account of Paveuham Church ; but the only informa- tion about the woodwork is the following (p. 309) : " This church was fitted up with