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NOTES' AND QUERIES. [9 th s. vm. JULY 20, 1901.

tion. There may be other marks on the portion covered up by the chair. By the courtesy of the Dean, I hope to have an opportunity of examining the whole surface, and I should be grateful for references to such marks. J. H. RIVETT-CARNAC.

40, Green Street, Park Lane.

CRAWFORD FAMILY. On p. 278 of the 'Landed Gentry,' 1846, I find it stated that " the extreme ancestor of the family of Craw- ford in Scotland was Reginald, apparently fourth and youngest son of Alan, fourth Earl of Richmond, who died in 1146." The argu- ments in support of this opinion are set forth in the 'Commoners of Great Britain and I,' 16

tions.' The facts chiefly relied on are (1) that

Ireland,' 1834, vide vol. ii. pp. xiv, xv, and vol. iii. pp. xiv-xvi, 'Alterations and Addi-

the arms of the old Earls of Richmond and of the Crawfords are practically identical, and (2) that the names Reginald and Galfrid recur constantly in both pedigrees ; but as the notes I refer to were published sixty- seven years ago, I shall be glad to learn if any consideration is given to them nowadays, or whether, as the result of more recent- inquiries, a different origin is assigned to the Crawfords. ERMINE.

ARMS OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. What inexpensive books give a description of the arms, itc., borne by different countries of Europe, showing whence they are derived? 1 have cards, with the arms in colours, bought in London and on the Continent for \d. each. R. B. B.

"TALL LEICESTERSHIRE WOMEN." Gray, writing to West from Florence, under date 21 April, 1741, says : "First to Bologna for a few days, to hear the Viscontina sing ; next to Reggio, where is a Fair. Now, you must know, a Fair here is not a place where one eats ginger-bread or rides upon hobby-horses here are no musical clocks, nor tall Leicester shire women ; one has nothing but masquing, gaming^and singing." Why " Leicestershire women ' ? Are they supposed to be " more than common tall "1 I am almost a native o the county but I do not remember to have heard this before. C. c. B.

HESKETH FAMILY. Much gratitude will be shown if any reader of ' N. & Q.' can kindly give needed information respecting the family of Robert Hesketh, a descendant of the Hes- keths of Lancashire, connected also with the families of the Sykes and Swaines of Bradford. The said Robert Hesketh, gentleman, was a resident of Manningham, Bradford, in 1763

and probably until 1773 or later He married Jane; daughter of Richard and Isobel Foun- Linton-in-Craven, 21 August, 1764 He was some time Constable of Manningham, and ived in later years in Birmingham and Warwickshire. He died 1 December, 1811, and was interred in St. Mary's Churchyard. Issue : Anne (married Thomas Cpoke, of Birmingham and Oakfields, Edgbaston, St. Martin's, 24 September, 1788), Robert, Richard, Edward (married Harriett, daughter of Edward and Sarah Kenwrick, of West Bromwich, Staffs), and Samuel. The certifi- cate of the birth or baptism of Anne, only daughter of the above Robert and Jane Hesketh, is urgently sought, in order to fill up the only missing link in the family pedigree. Notes in hand state that the baptism took place at Fair weather Green, Manningham, in 1765 or 1767, by the Rev. John Dawson, of Boyd's Hall, predecessor of the Rev. John Deane, minister of the Presbyterian Church, Bradford, who, in 1772, baptized Edward Hesketh ; but efforts to verify from registers in Bradford and vicinity and at Somerset House, have as yet been unsuccessful. The will of the said Robert Hesketh does not appear to have been proved at Somerset House. (Miss) ELIZABETH COOKE.
 * aine (nee Weare), at the parish church ot

Herringswell, Mildenhall, Suffolk.

LORD DONORE. In the list of names of the Lords spiritual and temporal of the Irish Parliament which sat in Dublin 14 July, 1634 (Lynch's 'Feudal Dignities/ p. 355), there appears (placed between Lord Caulfield and Lord Aungier, Baron of Longford) Lord Donore. As no such title appears in the omniscient G. E. C.'s * Complete Peerage,' or elsewhere, so far as I can discover, I should be glad if some of your correspondents could throw some light on it. . SIGMA TAU.

LEIGH HUNT. Is it the case that "Jenny,"

of Leigh Hunt's little rondeau beginning

" Jenny kissed me when we met," is Jane

Welsh Carlyle, the wife of the great author ?

JONATHAN BOUCHIER.

JOHN MARTIN. I have a large octavo por- trait bearing the following :

"John Martin [facsimile autograph] (taken from the Life). Derby pinxt. Thomson sculp. London, Published for the European Magazine by Lupton Relefe, 13, Cornhill, Ocf 1 st, 1822."

! What John Martin is this 1 CLIO.

Bolton.

RURAL DEANERIES. I desire information

as to the history or first formation of rural


 * deaneries in England, or reference to any