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 NOTES AND QUERIES. to the English throne " told Lord Halifax that he cursed the very hour in which he brought King William into England." The author of the work referred to fails to print any authority for this important statement. Can any reader of 'N. & Q.' very kindly supply it 1 INTERESTED. STEPHENSON FAMILY. — Wanted a MS. pedigree of the Stephenson family descended from Robert Fitz Stephenson. MS. pedigrees of this family are believed to exist in Ireland, but have been lost by the family. Any par- ticulars will be most gratefully received by (Mrs.) P. A. F. STEPHENSON. Warley Barracks, Brentwood. PORTRAIT OP EDWARD VI.—Among the portraits of Edward VI. is there one corre- sponding to the following description ? Three- quarter-length, ago about twelve, wearing white stockings, trunk hose, a red doublet, and red overcoat lined with ermine, black cap and jewelled band, and holding his gloves and a sceptre. I can find no descrip- tion or engraving of a portrait of the king holding a sceptre, and should be grateful for any information. M. FORTESCUE. Mackworth House, Derby. ' BOOK-WORLD.'—In All the Year Jtound, No. 29, 12 Nov., 1859, was a poem with the above title, of nine stanzas of six lines each. I wish, if possible, to get to know the author. I send the first and ninth stanzas :— When the dim presence of the awful night Clasps in its jcwell'd arms the slumb'ring earth, Alone I sit beside the lowly light, That like a dream-tire dickers on my hearth, With some joy-teeming volume in my hand— A peopled planet, opulent and grand. What then, to me, is all your sparkling dance, Wine-purpled banquet, or vain Fashion's blaze, Thus roaming thro' the realms of rich Romance, Old Book-World and its wealth of royal days, For ever with these brave and brilliant ones That fill Time's channel like a stream of Suns? RICHARD HEMMING. 11, East Grove, C.-on-M., Manchester. CARDINAL OF NAPLES. — In Le Neve's ' Fasti' one of the prebendaries of Corring- ham in Lincoln Cathedral is styled simply "Cardinal of Agrifolio." Browne Willis styles him " the Lord Cardinalis of Agrifolio," saying that he is so called in Fox's 'Book of Martyrs," i. 502. He is said to have held the stall 13 June, 1379. and in 1384. I cannot quite distinguish this person. Was he Wil- liam Aigrefeuille, jun.. who became cardinal with title of S. Stephano in Monte Celio ? Or was he the same as " Perin, Cardinal of Naples"?. Le Neve says that Cardinal Agrifolio was Archdeacon of Taunton in 1374, Archdeacon of Berks in 1378, and that the Cardinal of Naples was Archdeacon of Dorset in 1379. The Patent Rolls have some references, which, however, do not quite clear up the difficulty. Thus :— 1380, 12 June. Licence for the king's lieges to be proctors for the Cardinal of Naples, and receive his profits of the arch- deaconry of Dorchester, and of the prebend of Coryngham, Lincoln. 1383, 26 Feb. Licence for Perin, Cardinal Deacon of St. George's in Velabro, styled " of Naples," to receive the profits of the prebend of Suttou, Lincoln, ana the archdeaconry of Taunton, to which he has been provided by the Pope. 1383, 10 March. Revocation of licence to Perin, <tc., so far as it relates to prebend of Sutton, Lincoln. 1383, Dec. 12. Commission as to prebend of Sutton held by Perin, Cardinal of Naples. The king granted the disposal of fruits of benefices held by rebel cardinals, whether pure Frenchmen or adherents of the French the said prebend held by the rebel Cardinal of Albano 1384, May 14. Licence for the Cardinal of Naples, who lately demised to use of king's secretary the prebend of Buckingham, i.e., Sutton, Lincoln, to hold in lieu thereof the prebend of Coryngham. C. MOOR. Vicarage, Gainsborough. SCARLET IN THE HUNTING FIELD.—Fifty years ago it was a prevalent notion that the reason why men in the hunting field wore scarlet was for the sake of making them dis- tinctly visible at a distance, and that the desire of being distinguishable from afar arose from the catastrophe which befell William Rufus because he was not seen. A country squire who had been "a mighty hunter" in his youth assured me that such had been the practice ever since William's death. I find the notion not confined to one part of the country, but known in widely separated districts. How did the fancy originate? Fox-hunting did not attain to the dignity of a national sport until about a century and a half ago. The Belvoir Hunt was established in 1750, and the Badminton some twelve years later (Kebbel,'The Old and the New in English Country Life,' p. 81). Of course, stag-hunting in something like its present form is earlier ; but in the Middle Ages and the Tudor times, I think, the quarry was always, when possible,