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 320 NOTES AND QUERIES. w* 8. iv. OCT. M, -99. also because Miss Deane, although she has done the work with great care, has failed in most cases to give references to the authorities quoted. This is a defect which Mr. Deane would probably have sup- plied had he himself seen the work through the press. The family of Deaue, in its various spellings, is old and widely spread — if, indeed, the various persons so named have all sprung from the same stock. This Miss Deane is far too wise to assume as iu any sort proven ; in fact, we think she feels, as we do, considerable doubt on the subject. We are, of course, aware that members of the same line frequently varied their arms, but think the divergences among the different families of Deane may well suggest differences of origin. There have been two noteworthy men of the name of Deane. Henry was chosen Archbishop of Canterbury in April, 1501, and his election received Papal confirmation about a month after- wards. His primacy was short, as he died in February, 1503. The name of Richard Deane, General-at-Sea for the Commonwealth, is more widely known than that of his ecclesiastical pre- decessor. A soldier as well as a sailor, he was, like some others of his time, distinguished in both services. He governed for a time the Highlands of Scotland, arbitrarily enough, no doubt, accord- ing to modern notions ; but, says the author, he "did not attempt to coerce them brutally, as Monk had done, but made roads, opened markets, and forbade the torture and burning of witches. While he was spending a peaceful interval at Dal- keith in the company of his wife, war broke out with the Dutch Republic, and he was ordered to sea under the command of Blake. He was killed by a chain-shot at the fight off the Nore, 2 June, 1653, and a state funeral was awarded him in West- minster Abbey, but his grave was violated by the ogres of the Restoration. It may interest our North-Country readers to know that he married, in the Temple Church, London, on 21 May, 1647, a lady of Yorkshire race and picturesque name, Mary Grymsditeh. Cols. Raiuborowe and Lilburne were present on the occasion. Rainborowe was, without doubt, the Parliamentarian officer who was mur- dered at Doncaster in 1648. (See Peacock's ' Life of Rainborowe,' Archtrologia, xlvi. 48.) Lilburne was, in all probability, Robert, afterwards one of the regicides, not John, the agitator. Miss Deane has, we are sorry to say, more than once to chronicle the wanton destruction of the memorials of the dead. In Lewknor Church there was a sumptuous monument, in classic taste, of which a plate is given, to a certain William Deane. It has been much mutilated ; but in this instance the spoliation has not been complete, notwithstand- ing " the bishop having consented to its being broken up," a fate which would doubtless have overtaken it had not a member of the Deane family, who held an important position, intervened to save it by threatening legal proceedings. The Deanes of Torrinure and Berkeley Forest, or some of them, bore Argent, on a chevron gules between three ravens as many crosses patee or. Was there any blood tie between the Lords of Berkeley and the Deanes ? If there were not, it would seem that we have here a case of what the old heralds called arms of patronage, the three crosses being added out of honour or respect for the great house under whose protecting snadow the Deanes lived. Canada. By J. N. McIIwraith. (Fisher Unwin.) A SHORT, but very instructive account of Canada has been added to the series called " The Children's Study," one of the best volumes in which it is. Others besides children will be glad of this concise and perspicuous account of a country concerning which Englishmen in general are reprehensibly ignorant. MESSRS. BACSTKR & SONS have sent us, in their series of " Gem Oratorios," Haydn's Creation. Further masterpieces in the same style are pro- mised. THE Journal of the Ex-Libria Society for October has for frontispiece the book-plate of Lady Stanley, the wife of the great African explorer. It is both pretty and artistic, and is designed by Mrs. Jane E. Cook. Mr. W. Bolton continues his papers on ' The Homes and the Humes,' and gives the plates of David Hume and Sir Abraham Hume. It would be pleasant to have some plates of the Humes of Polgarth, whose historian Miss Warrender con- stituted herself. THERE is nothing of especial interest in the An/i- ifuary for September. The most noteworthy article is one upon 'James Cox's Museum,' by Mr. G. L. Appersqn, and it contains a good deal of informa- tion which, if not new to students, is unknown to the ordinary reader of magazine articles. WE are glad to hear that the honorary degree of LL.D. has been conferred by Wilberforce University, Ohio, upon our valued contributor Mr. W. E. A. Axon. ?lotirc:; to (Corrn.panbnU:, tfe musl call special attention to the following notices:— ON all communications must be written the name and address of the sender, not necessarily for pub- lication, but as a guarantee of good faith. WE cannot undertake to answer queries privately. To secure insertion of communications corre- spondents must observe the following rule. Let each note, query, or reply be written on a separate slip of paper, with the signature of the writer and such address as he wishes to appear. Correspond- ents who repeat queries are requested to head the second communication " Duplicate." CKCIL CLARKE (" Mementos or Mementoen").—T}e subject has been discussed under ' Quarto.' 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