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HENRY III. PAWNS AN IMAGE OF THE VIRGIN. -The Gascon Close Roll of 27 Henry III. (ed. Francisque Michel, 1885, p. 169, No. 1250) contains the authority following, dated 29 Oct., 1243 :

" Mandatum est Johanni Maunsel quod, quia Rex significavit quod non habet in capella Regis yadia usque ad sunimam cc. marcarum, quod irnaginem sancte Marie preciosoreni impignoret, ita quod in loco honesto deponatur."

One would hardly expect this from so pious a person as Henry III. Q. V.

ANTHONY FORTESCUE. There seems to be room to doubt whether the 'Diet. Nat. Biog.,' vol. xx. p. 37, was right in following Lord Clerraont's 'Hist. Fam. Fortescue' (1869), p. 307, and identifying (1) Anthony Fortescue, third son of Sir Adrian (beheaded 1539), with (2) Anthony Fortescue, who married Katharine, daughter of Sir Geoffrey Pole, of Lordington, Sussex, and became steward to his wife's uncle, Cardinal Pole, and who in October, 1562 (not 1561, as stated in the ' Dic- tionary'), was arrested with his brothers-in-law on a charge of conspiracy, of which they were subsequently convicted. References to the latter Anthony Fortescue will be found in ' Acts of Privy Council,' N.S., vol. vii. pp. 5, 7 ; Cal. State Papers : Spanish, 1558-67, pp. 262, 292, 331 ; Foreign, 1562, p. 424 ; Foreign, 1563, pp. 27, 338. The ' Dictionary ' ignores the sug- gestion that he was living at Lordington in 1585 (see 'Sussex Archseol. Coll.,' vol. xxi. pp. 86-7 ; and cf . Cal. State Papers, Domestic, 1581-90, pp. 247, 277, 351 ; Foley, 'Records of English Jesuits,' vol. vi. pp. 721, 724. 730). Until better evidence be furnished, the identity of Sir Adrian's son and the con- spirator cannot be regarded as established because :

1. According to Harl. Soc. pub., vol. xxiv. p. 2, a marriage licence for "Anthony Fortescue and Katherine Poole, gent., dioc. Chichester," was granted on 20 May, 1544. Prima facie, this licence relates to the mar- riage of the cardinal's niece. Lord Clermont cited no authority for his statement that the marriage took place "about the year 1558."

2. According to Lord Clermont, Sir Adrian's son Anthony born, he says, between 1535 and 1539 was the Anthony Fortescue, Win- chester scholar, who helped to welcome Ed- ward VI. when he visited the college. The visit occurred in 1552 (Leach, 'Hist. Win. Coll.,' p. 281).

3. According to Kirby's ' Winchester Scho- lars, 5 this scholar (admitted 1549, aged fourteen, of Brightwell) became Fellow of New Coll., Oxford, 1554-64 ; B.C.L. ; rector of Simonds-

bury; "deprived by Cardinal Pole." Cf. Hutchins's 'Dorset,' vol. ii. p. 244, which shows that an Anthony Fortescue was rector of Simondsbury in 1562, and that the patron who presented his successor in 1583 was a Thomas Fortescue, Esq. These details of the scholar's career were apparently unknown to Lord Clermont.

In the light of what has been said, it is difficult to believe that the scholar and the conspirator were one person. Perhaps some reader who has made a study of the Fortescue family will deal with the subject effectually.

WE must request correspondents desiring infor- mation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that the answers may be addressed to them direct. _

VISITATION NUNS AT CHELSEA, 1799. Is anything known about "the ladies of the Order of St. Francis de Sales at Salesian House, South Row, Queen's Elms, near Ful- ham Road, Little Chelsea"? The above description is found in the ' Catholic Direc- tory ' for 1799, p. 20. In that for 1808 a Miss Berthe announces that, " having succeeded the ladies of St. Francis de Sales," &c., she " con- tinues to educate young ladies," &c. In the early history of the Con vent of the Visitation Nuns founded at Acton in 1804 (moved to Shepton Mallet 1810, to Westbury-on-Trym in 1831, and to Harrow-on-the-Hill in 1896) there is no mention or hint of any con- nexion with or knowledge of these "ladies of St. Francis de Sales." H. W. M.

Downside.

EXCAVATIONS NEAR CIRENCESTER. The late John Yonge Akerman, F.S.A., reported to the Society of Antiquaries on 21 December, 1865, with respect to a Roman Vicinal Way in Wiltshire and East Gloucestershire, and to a discovery of a Roman sarcophagus and other remains near Eastington. He ex- pressed a hope that other excavations might be made there, and predicted very satis- factory results. Has any such excavation ever taken place? If so, where can any account of it be seen ?

T. CANN HUGHES, M.A.

Lancaster.

COUNTY ABBEYS. Where can I find par- ticulars of, and where were located, the following abbeys? Aureoll, Bensale, Boypled, Bradstowe, Saint Bees or (? of) Cupland, Combirland, Cleue, Cleborne, Christlonde