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Russell, Lord of Yaverland, Wath, Roborough, and Carisbroke, I.W., who died 1438, temp. Hen. VI. A maternal ancestor, Sir Robt. Hoo, Knt., died 1310. The historical sketch in Lipscomb begins with the Chequers f amity, who resided on the estate named after them as far back as the days of the Plantagenets A "Sir Chequers of Chequers" is mentioned as living in the reign of King John. The estate passed by marriage to various families (whose pedigrees are given in Lipscomb) ; amongst others to that of Serj. John Thur- bane, of Sandwich, Kent Again by marriage the estate came from the Thurbanes into the possession of the Russell family. The history (and letters) of the Russell family will be found in the ' Chequers Court Papers,' recently issued by Eyre & Spottiswoode.

HERBERT B. CLAYTON. 39, Renfrew Road, Lower Kennington Lane.

AUTHOR AND TYPESETTER (9 th S. viii. 205)* W. B. H. will find in the 'Autobiography of an Artisan,' by Christopher Thomson, in addition to an account of the meeting he names as taking place at Edwinstowe, in "honour of the Sherwood Forest worthies," in 1841, a report of another gathering which was held on 5 July, 1842, in a tent erected in the shade of a group of lofty firs on the margin of the forest, the interior of this tent being decorated with boughs of oak, birch, and all the leafy produce of the forest. The speakers on this occasion were Dr. Spencer T. Hall, the laureate of the forest; Dr. G. C. Holland, of Sheffield, and other literary men. Thomson, writing in 1847, says :

" It has been a subject of regret with many that the Sherwood gatherings have been discontinued, but the promoters, being working men, could not afford the loss of time needful for their preparation.'*

J. R.

Instances have been collected already in ' N. & Q.,' 3 rd S. viii 359 ; ix. 95 ; x 90, *140, 235. W. C. B.

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (9 th S. vii. 510 ; viii. 72, 173). Julian Hawthorne writes, in his biography of ' Nathaniel Hawthorne and his Wife' (Boston, U.S., J. R. Osgood & Co., 1885) :

" The family seat of the Hawthornes, at the time of the first emigration, is supposed to have been in Wiltshire. The father of the first emigrant was born about 1570, and was married near the begin- ning of the seventeenth century. The issue of this marriage was four children : Robert, the eldest, who remained in England ; William, the second son, born in 1607, who was the emigrant; Elizabeth; and John, the youngest, who followed William to New England. William Hawthorne was a passenger on

the Arabella, and disembarked in Boston in 1630, when he was twenty-three years of age."

As to the origin of the family he writes, " the coat of arms, and Nathaniel Hawthorne's impression that the name was a translation of 'de 1'Aubepine,' indicate a French de- scent." He also quotes a letter from a relative, Mrs. Forrester, which suggests a Welsh origin : "Our coat is the one attributed in the ' White Old Maid ' to some great family : Azure, a lion's head erased between three fleurs-de-lis." N. W. J. HAYDON.

Brookline, Mass., U.S.

' N. & Q.' : A MOTTO (9 th S. viii. 162). No one can question the appropriateness of Capt. Cuttle's favourite exhortation as a motto for 'N. & Q.,' but it is apparent that the quota- tion is not sufficiently comprehensive, the first part only of the title being referred to, while the queries section is left unrepresented. This objection may be met by including the observation of a correspondent of the British Apollo, who seemed so delighted with the idea of propounding questions to be answered in that periodical, that he wrote :

" I have got a conundrum in my head, and cannot get it out ; I shall certainly crack my brains in searching out questions for you." British Apollo, ii. 505.

I do not suppose there is any desire to amend the present motto of * N. & Q.,' but the above appropriate quotation may amuse your readers. G. W. N.

HAYDON FAMILY (9 th S. vii. 469 ; viii. 52). I feel greatly obliged to MR. CLAYTON and MR. COLEMAN, and also to several other writers, for the courteous answers which 1 have received to my query; but unfortunately none of the books quoted is of any service to me in this search, as they contain only hypotheses as to William and John Haydon's parents and home. There was also a history of the various branches of this family published in 1877 by the Rev. William B. Hay den, of Portland, Maine ('The Heydons in England and America,' London, J. Spiers, 36, Bloomsbury Street). He gives a theory to account for their appear- ance, and the ingenuous frankness with which he dovetails his facts and fiction is really amusing. Col. W. E. G. Lytton - Bulwer, elder brother of the novelist, has written a history of the Norfolk line ; but though I have not seen it, I know that it does not shed any more light on our quest.

William and John Haydon were fellow-pas- sengers with the members of a Congregational Church, who sailed from Plymouth on the Mary and John in March, 1630, and they were minors at that time. The Rev. John