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 9 th S. II. AUG. 6, '98.]

NOTES AND QUERIES.

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may add that the present value of these is email.

1. Round. Obverse, inscription, between two circles of small dots : small fleur-de-lis, CAROL vs ' D : G : MAO. BRIT ' in centre, crown and two sceptres in saltire. Reverse, a crown, FRAN ET HIB REX, a fleur-de-lis, within an outer circle of dots, and also an inner circle, except where the crown is ; a harp in centre.

2. Round. Obverse, the same. Reverse, the same except points in the inscription FRAN : ET. HIB : REX

3. Round. Obverse, inscription, small fleur-de-lis, CARO : D : G : MAG : BRI within outer circle of dots, in centre crown and two sceptres. Reverse, a crown, FRA : ET HIB : REX within an outer circle of dots, a harp in centre.

4. Oval. Obverse, inscription, CARO : D. G. MAG : BRI (and query a T or fleur-de-lis 1) within an outer oval of dots, in centre crown and two sceptres in saltire. Reverse, a crown. FRA : ET ' HIB : REX ' within an outer oval of dots, a harp in centre.

5. This coin differs entirely, being oval, while both the inscriptions begin, not at the top, but from the base on the left, running round to the right. Obverse, inscription, CARO : D ' G ' MAG : BRI within an outer oval of dots, in the centre crown and two sceptres in saltire, the handles of which come down and divide the inscription, while between them is the figure 5, which is necessarily upside down as running with the inscription. Reverse, FRA : ET HIB : REX * within an outer oval of dots, in centre crown and harp, the latter coming down and separating the inscription.

Since writing the above I have found another of these farthings among my collec- tion, in better condition. It is similar to No. 3, but bears a rose (mint-mark) instead of a fleur-de-lis, and has oeen struck from a different die, the crown on the obverse being larger, while the harp on the reverse is of different design. WALTER CROUCH.

Wanstead, Essex.

PORT ARTHUR (9 th S. i. 367, 398, 437 ; ii. 78). Capt. Arthur was a real person. His por- trait has lately been inserted in one of the magazines in this country in connexion with an account of the survey of the Gulf of Pechili. Arthur, of course, was his surname, not his Christian name ; and there is no con- nexion between the Duke of Wellington and the new Russian port. D.

SIR THOMAS LYNCH (9 th S. i. 7). In Blome's 'History of Jamaica,' 1671, is a shield with the arms of " S r Thomas Lynch, Knight, pre- sent Governour of y e Isle" : Quarterly, 1 and 4,

three lynxes rampant : 2 and 3, on a bend three covered cups. As the last-mentioned coat is manifestly that of Rixton of Rixton Hall, in Great Sankey, Lancashire,- one may reasonably suggest that his mother was an heiress of that ancient family, whose pedi- gree was duly recorded at' the Heralds' Visitations.

The following entry probably relates to him :

"1654, Dec. 12. Thomas Lynch, eldest son of Theophilus L. of Great Sankey, cp. Lancaster, gent. Foster's ' Gray's Inn Admission Register, p. 269.

MR. HUSSEY having misquoted from the ' D.N.B.,' and, if he will pardon my saying so, created errors and confusion where none existed, I will briefly allude to Sir Thomas Lynch's two marriages, which are correctly given in that valuable publication.

" 1670, Dec. 8. Sir Thomas Lynch, Knight, of Great Sankey, co. Lancaster, Bacn r, about 36, and Veere Herbert, Sp r , about 23, dau. of Dame [blank] Herbert, of Weybridge, co. Surrey, Widow, who consents ; at S' Botolph, Aldersgate, or S' Foster's, London." 'Mar. Lie. Faculty Office,' Harl. Soc. pub., p. 116.

This lady, after whom was named, I believe, Vere parish in Jamaica, was a daughter of Sir Edward (George in 'D.N.B.') Herbert. Attorney - General temp. Car. L, who died 1657, by Margaret his wife (her will proved 1678, 44 Reeve), and sister of Arthur Herbert, created in 1689 Earl of Torrington. Her son Charles, born at Jamaica in October, 1671 ('Colonial Calendar, America and West Indies,' p. 277), died young, and Philadelphia was apparently her only other child.

Lady Lynch was buried at Esher, 30 Sept., 1682, together with her son Charles (Manning and Bray's 'Surrey,' ii. 754). Sir Thomas shortly afterwards married Mary, daughter and coheiress of Thomas Temple, of Frank- ton, co. Warwick, Esquire (Le Neve's 'Knights,' Harl. Soc. pub., p. 243). Her sister Anne had married Sir Charles Lyttel- ton, Knt., later third Baronet, who had served in 1662-4 as President of the Council of Jamaica.

" 1666, May 23. Sir Charles Lyttelton, K, of S' Martin's in Fields, Wid r, about 36, and M Anne Temple, of same, Sp r , about 17 ; consent of father, [blank] Temple, Esq. ; at S' Margaret's, Westmin- ster." ' Mar. Lie. Vic. -Gen. of Abp. of Cant.,' Harl. Soc. pub., p. 117.

Dame Mary Lynch, after her husband's death at Jamaica, c. 1684-5, remarried, 12 Feb., 1689, at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, Col. Hender Molesworth, later a barOnet, who had been Lieutenant-Governor of Jamaica in 1684, and her will was proved 1721, 134 Bucking-