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the Parliament ; knighted at Greenwich, by James I., 1603 ; 1608, Master of the Court of Requests. In 1606 he purchased Parson's Green of Sir William Billesbie, and died at Brightwells 28 November, 1609. His Inq. p.m., the inscription on his tomb in Fulham Church, and extracts from his will are given in Feret's ' Fulham Old and New.' He left, by the Hon. Frances Brydges, a son Robert, who was educated at Christ Church, and d. s.p., in his mother's lifetime, 1626 (Harl. MS. 1551). His daughter Margaret married first Hon. Thomas Carey, and secondly Sir Edward Herbert.

H. S. V.-W.

Frances, eldest daughter of William Brydges, fourth Baron Chandos of Sudeley, was married first to Sir Thomas Smith, of Parson's Green, co. Middlesex (died 1609), Master of Requests and Latin Secretary to King James I. ; secondly to Thomas Cecil, Earl of Exeter, -who died 1623. She was thirty-eight years younger than her husband, and survived him more than forty years, dying in 1663, aged eighty-three years. She was buried under a flat stone in the cathedral of Winchester. A painting of her by Vandyke was at Strawberry Hill, and a print from it was engraved by Faithorne. The above Sir Thomas is not identical with the Secretary of State temp. Elizabeth.

JOHN RADCLIFFE.

GORDON, A PLACE-NAME (9 th S. ix. 29). The following, taken from the * Minute Book kept by the War Committee of the Cove- nanters in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright (1640-1),' may be of interest. Speaking of the Gordons of Kenmure and Lochinvar, the writer says (p. 183) :

" Whence^ the origin of the Gordons, who were one of the most ancient and powerful families in Scotland, there are now no means of accurately ascertaining. Some historians, reasoning from the similarity or names, have alleged that the first of the name came from Gordonia, a city in Macedon, whilst others trace them to Normandy, where there was once a manor called Gordon, ana conclude them to be sprung from the same family as Bertrand de Gordoun, the archer who shot Richard I. at the siege of Chalos in Aquitaine. The traditionary account of the origin of the name is that in the reign of Malcolm III. there was in the south of Scotland a wild boar of tremendous strength and ferocity, which had killed many knights and gentle- men who had attempted to destroy it, and nad at length become such a terror to the whole country that none dared to encounter it, whereupon the king offered a great reward' to whoever should kill it and bring its head to the Court. This being done by a brave yeoman called Adam, the king inquired of him how he slew the monster. He replied that having wrapped his plaid about his arm, he thrust

it into the mouth of the boar and yored him doivn with his dagger. Malcolm, pleased with the in- trepidity of the action, conferred upon him the honour of knighthood, and commanded him to assume the surname of Goredoun in commemora- tion of the circumstance. By some the boar is said to have been killed in the forest of the Glenkens (Kirkcudbrightshire), whilst others lay the scene of the exploit in the parish of Gordon, in Berwick- shire."

L. CAMPBELL-JOHNSTON.

ARCHITECT'S NAME WANTED (9 th S. viii. 384, 487). Apropos of churches at Colombo, may I recall my impression of an old native Catholic church I saw there in 1876 ? It was built by the labour of Singhalese or Tamils, and the interior adornments were most curious and interesting. The "sanctuary" was carved in the Indian manner, resplendent with gold and colours, but somewhat tarnished with age. I should much like to have some information as to this church, which stands, or stood, near the large Portuguese church, between the lake and the sea. JOHN HOBSON MATTHEWS.

Town Hall, Cardiff.

BARRAS (9 th S. viii. 202, 228, 267, 473 ; ix. 15). I note that in vol. vii. of the Transac- tions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society there is a paper by the late Chancellor Ferguson, F.S.A., on * Barras Gate, Dalston.' There is a locality in Chester, now known as "The Bars," some distance along Foregate Street, in front of the east gate of the city, and along the Roman road, where the Bars gate formerly was believed to have stood. This may quite easily have been "Barras Gate" on the derivation given by MR. NEILSON. T. CANN HUGHES, M.A., F.S.A.

Lancaster.

IRISH BADGES (9 th S. viii. 484). I think D. B. is under a false impression, for neither Cicely Nevil nor her husband, the Duke of York, used the greyhound for a badge. Thomas de Lancaster, Duke of Clarence, son of King Henry IV., who was lieutenant in Ireland 1401-13, had a greyhound gorged with a plain collar for that purpose. Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford, did not take the three crowns to Ireland ; just the reverse. King Richard II. created him Duke of Ireland 13 October, 1386, and granted him the ancient arms of that country, Azure, three crowns or, with a bordure argent, as an augmentation to his arms. The tower triple-towered or, from the portal a hart springing argent, attired and unguled,also or, has been the crest since 1801 ; and, as Wille- nient says, " it is rather curious that the badge