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the Earl of Strafford promises to have his portrait done for her by Mr. Hawkeris. I am unable to find this name in Redgrave. Do any readers know anything about him 1

J. J. FOSTER. [See I 8t S. i. 276, 339 ; 4 th S. iv. 409.]

HERALDIC. We have heard much lately of spurious arms. What is the position of B in the following case? A, an armigerous foreigner, came to England as a political exile at the end of the last century. B, his great-grandson, is an English citizen. B possesses the armorial bearings of A. If he uses them without confirmation from the College of Arms he may be offending some law of heraldry, but can he be said to be using spurious arms 1 H. H.

MAJOR-GENERAL GEORGE MORGAN. Can any correspondent give me information re- specting a Major-General George Morgan, who married in 1776 Lady Frances, only surviving daughter of the third Earl of Har- borough ? He predeceased her. She died in 1841, and was buried in the nave of Oyster- mouth Church. ALFRED HALL.

COSBY AND JEFFREYS FAMILIES. Eliza- beth, daughter of General William Cosby, Governor of New York, married (1) Lord Augustus Fitzroy, (2) James Jeffreys. By her second husband she had at least two daughters. I should be glad to know whether these daughters were married, and, if so, to whom, and whether she had any other children. H. T. B.

PROCESS FOR REMOVING PAINT FROM OAK. I understand there is a new process for removing paint from old oakwork. It is not caustic soda nor burning and scraping, but a preparation of some kind. Could I ascer- tain its nature through your journal ?

W. H. SETH-SMITH.

EUCHARIS. In Lecky's 'History of Ra- tionalism,' vol. ii. p. 300, note, is a reference to an actress named Eucharis, " the first who appeared on the Greek stage which Nero had instituted," and whose "charms are recorded in perhaps the most touching of all the epitaphs that have descended to us from antiquity." Where can I find any account of this Eucharis ; and what is the epitaph referred to 1 Lucis.

ARMORIAL. In looking through some papers I came across a coat of arms, Quarterly of two, viz., Gules, in the first and fourth a hawk argent, and in the second and third a fish naiant argent. Crest, a

hand holding an anchor. Motto, "Hostis honori invidia." Can any one tell me to whom this crest belongs 1 ? GEO. D. HARBRON.

FULHAM FAMILY. I shall be pleased if any of your numerous correspondents can give me' any information of the Fulham family, of Ireland and England.

H. M. THOMPSON.

12, Forsyth Road, West Jesmond, Newcastle.

ASTROLOGY. Who was the first astro- nomical writer to ignore astrology 1

E. L. G.

JOHN BYSSE. Can any one supply genea- logical particulars of John Bysse, who was Recorder of Dublin in the time of the Com- monwealth, and Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer from 1660 until his death 1 His will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Dublin in 1679. W. D. PINK.

Leigh, Lancashire.

WILLIAM GULSTON, wine merchant, near the New Market House in Oxford Road, 17 Sept., 1726. His new house "Ste. Marie la Bonne ffields " is mentioned February, 1726. I shall be obliged for any information respect- ing him, particularly as to what became of any books and pictures in his possession at his death. R.

THOMAS THEOBALD = ROSA (?). Wanted the marriage of Thomas Theobald and Rosa (?) between 1741 and 1755, in the south of Eng- land, probably in or near London.

MRS. STEPHENSON.

Warley Barracks, Brentwood.

SIR RICHARD COLLET, COLET, COLLETT, OR COLETT. Can any one give me infor- mation respecting this person ? He married

of Tintern Abbey (which Tintern Abbey

I do not know). I do not even know in what century he lived, but I think probably at the end of the eighteenth. I should be glad to know when and where he lived, what arms he bore, his pedigree, wife's name, &c.

R. LENNARD.

Lower Heyford Rectory, Banbury.

COUNTY HISTORIES. On 23 March last in the House of Commons Mr. Balfour, in reply to Mr. Jasper More, said he had no official knowledge of the histories of counties about to be compiled, but he understood that such works were being prepared, and that they would embody the information contained in the series of county histories, compiled one liundred years ago, which were issued by the then Board of Agriculture. What were these county histories issued one hundred years