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 9* s. VL SEW. s, i9oo.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 189 refers to the Serjeant's father 1 The following points may be mentioned in connexion with this question :— 1. According to 'The Hawkins' Voyages' (loc. cit.) the Serjeant's father was John Hawkins, who settled at Great Milton, Oxfordshire, in 1682 (see also Ellis's 'Great Milton,' p. 14), and this John Hawkins is identified with John, born 1643, son of John Hawkins, of Slapton. Devon, and grandson of Sir Richard Hawkins, the voyager, who died in 1622. 2. A "Richard Hawkins, scrivener in ye Old Baily," was knighted 15 Aug., 1687 (see Le Neve's 'Pedigrees of Knights, Charles II. to Anne,' Harl. Soc., vol. viii. p. 412). 3. A John Hawkins of the Inner Temple (who may or may not have been the Serjeant's father) was called to the Bar on 29 Jan., 1679. 4. A William Hawkins of the Inner Temple was called to the Bar on 29 June, 1707, and he must have been the Serjeant (if of that inn). H. C. " BRIDEWAIN."—Can any one tell me the etymology of "the northern word Bridewain," as Sir Frederick M. Eden calls it in 'The Vision' (see 'N. & Q.,' 7th S. ix. 462) 1 In a MS. journal of an excursion to the Lakes, made by a party of Carlisle people in 1814, which I have lately seen, the writer says :— "1 must not omit to mention that on our first passing thro' the village of Lorton, on our road to Si'ulf liil], we observed several people of both sexes assembled to celebrate what the country people call a Bridewaying [sic]. Mr. F. immediately seized the opportunity of entering into their sports, and at the races he galloped his horse for the saddle, and afterwards trotted Mr. D.'s mare for the bridle, both of which prizes he had the good luck to bring off. The country people gazed with astonishment; and Mr. F., giving some small presents to the coun- try people, rode away in triumph to Cockermouth, where he arrived a little before the rest of the party." It is no use for any one to refer me to the 'E.D.D.' or the 'H.E.D.'; I do not possess them, and I have no means of consulting them without troubling other people. JONATHAN BOUCHIER. [" Brideioain.—The wain or waggon on which a bride's providing (surmounted by the spinning- wheel, adorned with blue ribbons) used to be sent to her new home ; also a carved chest, in which the providing was put, the wedding presents, &c." (' H. E.D.'). " It has obtained the name of wain from a very ancient custom, now obsolete, of presenting a bride, who had no great stock of her own, with a waggon-load of furniture and provisions" (' E. D.I).'). One bridewain had no fewer than sixteen oxen yoked to it. It is sad to find that there are places in Britain in which neither of these important and indispensable works is accessible.] JOHN MONTAGUE CROSBY was admitted to Westminster School on 23 June, 1783. Any particulars of his parentage and career are desired. Q. F. R B. COVENTRY. — According to Lillywhite's ' Cricket Scores' (vol. i. p. 291) a boy named Coventry played for Westminster against Eton at Lord's on 31 July, 1801. I should be glad to know the Christian name of this cricketer. G. F. R. B. DESCENDANTS OF BISHOP SANDERSON.—I am compiling a pedigree of the descendants of Robert Sanderson, or Saunderson, Bishop of Lincoln, and should be greatly obliged for any information readers of 'N. & Q.' may possess, in order to have the pedigree as complete as possible. The Rev. John Sanderson, Rector of Addington, Northants, was said to be fourth in descent from the bishop. His daughter, who afterwards became Mrs. Pare, ob. 1815, oet. eighty- four, at Bourne in Lincolnshire. I am anxious for particulars showing her exact descent. The loan of notes, pedigrees, monu- mental inscriptions, or any information will be very gratefully received, and I shall be happy to reciprocate whenever possible. I may add I have seen the usual books of refer- ence, including Raine's ' History of Blyth,' the Northamptonshire Notes and Queries, and last, but by no means least, the volumes of'N. & Q.' CHAS. H. CROUCH. Nightingale Lane, Wanstead. NOVELS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.—It was stated in your pages by the late MR. H. S. ASHBEE, in 1884, that M. Paul Lacroix died possessed of a very fine collection of novels of the time of the Revolution, of which the distinguished Frenchman was, at the time of his death, contemplating a catalogue raisonne'. Was the catalogue ever published ? Did the books pass into national hands, or were they distributed ? T. CANN HUGHES, M.A. Lancaster. THE TAAFE FAMILY.—Edward, eleventh Viscount Taafe, Chamberlain and Privy Councillor to the Emperor of Austria, com- piled 'The Memoirs of the Taafe Family,' Vienna, 1856. As a descendant of Peter Taafe (third son of John Taafe, of Bally- bragan), of Smarmore, co. Louth, Ireland, [ shall be much obliged if any reader of N. & Q.' will kindly favour me with nformation on the subject of Viscount Taafe's compilation. I particularly want to mow if any copies were printed in English. HENRY GERALD HOPE. 129, Elms Road, Clapham, S.W.