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Isabella. It appears that he died betwee 1226 and 1232 (11 and 17 Henry III.), am that his wife was living at the latter date Hugh seems to have been a person of sora importance in his day, having been Justic Errant in Hampshire in 20 Henry II. (1 173), ir Warwick, Leicester, Stafford, and Yorkshir in 23 Henry II. (1176), and in Lincolnshir 26 Henry II. (1179). He was also Sheriff of Hampshire 22 Henry II. (1175), and o Northamptonshire in 21, 22, and 23 Henry II (1174-6). E. A. FRY.

Birmingham.

ROBERT HUNCKS. Can any one give in formation concerning Robert Huncks, who died in 1585, and whose monument is ir Broadwell Church, near Stow-on-the-Wold Who was he, and is the name known ir Gloucestershire or elsewhere 1

(Mrs.) E. EGERTON LEIGH.

Broadwell Manor, Stow-on-the-Wold.

RALEIGH IN AMERICA. (9 th S. xii. 105.)

I BELIEVE it was Mr. Edmund Gosse who, on a recent occasion, had the " audacity " to affirm that Sir W. Ralegh had never visited North America ; but I think the " audacity " should be confined to your correspondent in making the startling assertions that " he made no fewer than five voyages to Virginia," and "did not visit Guiana till James I.'s time." While no great difficulty is experienced in demonstrating the incorrectness of each of these statements, it may be noted that the former was discussed at some length in 1 N. & Q.,' l-t S. iv. 190,241,448.

For more than a century after his death the tradition of Ralegh having personally discovered Virginia was recorded by his biographers. The earliest reference to it yet found is contained in J. Shirley's 'Memoir ' published in 1077, wherein the following passage will be seen at p. 24 : "The Queen

being willing to encourage Raleigh sent

him on a Voyage to Sea. Nor did he make a vain and fruitless one ; for at his Return he brought news of a new Country, discover'd by him in the Year 1584, called in honour of the Queen Virginia" This appears to have oeen accepted as trustworthy authority bv other biographers, and Prince (' Worthies of H eV <- n '' 01 5 3 ?>. a ? ( j J - Theobald ('Memoirs of Sir W. Raleigh,' 1719, 6) transcribed bhirley s statement -verb, et lit., and without acknowledgment. Wood (' Ath. Ox 5 1815 ji. 236) remarks: "In 1584 he discovered