10 NOTES AND QUERIES. ri2s.ix.juLY 2 ,i92i. ut uxorem duceret quam sibi habuerunt paratam, propter Christum reliquit et patriam et parentes, haereditatem et omnia, et venit in has partes ut theologiae studeret et crearetur sacerdos, sicque ad suos revertatur. Adjuva illius tam bonum animum in tam juvenali aetate, quaeso, mi pater. Ego rogo non quod necesse sit, sed ut T. E-. in- telligat praecipua quadam ratione hunc mihi commendatum atque charum esse. (Knox, Douay Diaries,' 196, 197, 331.) Dudley was ordained in 1588, and left- Rome for England in 1589. On July 11, 1597, John May, Bishop of Carlisle, writing to Sir Robert Cecil, after alluding to the execution of the Catholic priest Christopher Robinson (' Gal. Cecil MSS. 'vii. 298), says: Among the said seminaries or Jesuits there is one Richard Dudley, termed by the aforesaid Robinson and other his associates the angel of that profession. He is the only heir of Edmund Dudley, esquire, whose grandfather old Richard Dudley, being a good Protestant, did in his life- time so detest his grandchild's obstinacy that he disinherited him of all his lands and conveyed them to his second brother. It is known to many of our gentlemen that the said angelical Jesuit or seminary is harboured in those parts, yet none of them will, though they see him, lay hands on him. Cardinal Gasquet, ' Hist, Eng. Coll., Rome,' p. 154, says : He is mentioned in the Jesuit Records as being among the number of priests betrayed and ar- rested by the apostate Atkinson. Having many solicitors in his behalf he was soon and secretly released. The Atkinson referred to was apparently William Atkinson, of the diocese of Chester, who arrived at the English College at Rheims April 17, 1589, and received the first tonsure j and minor orders either on Aug. 18, 1590, at the hands of the Bishop of Noyon in Rheims Cathedral, or on Feb. 24, 1592, at the hands of Cardinal Filippo Sega, Bishop of Piacenza, in the private chapel of the Archbishop's Palace at Rheims, and was sent to the English College at Valladolid, June 30, 1592 (Knox, ' Douay Diaries,' 223, 232, 244, 246). The year in which Richard Dudley was ar- rested seems to hav e been 1 602. What else is known of him ? JOHN B. WAINE WRIGHT. FEEDING PHEASANTS ON MILK AND CHEESE. The following extracts are from the Reports of the Historical MSS. Com- mission on the MSS, of the Duke of Port- land, vol. iv : Paid the same daye (i.e., October 24, 1607) to Widdowe Welborne for milke and chesse for jonge fessantes, bet wen the 26 of Julii and the 16 of September 1607, beeng vij weekes, and iij dayes vijs ixd ; and for a peere of sysers to clippe their winges vjd viijs iijd. Again at a later date : Payd, the same day (i.e., July 8, 1611) by Mr. Brewer t. Thomas Paynter for chardges aboute the fesauntes settinge and for cheese and mylk for the young feasantes, xijs ijd. R. HEDGER WALLACE. EPITAPH AT GLENCORSE. The following is on a stone in Glencorse churchyard, Mid- lothian : Death is not Care it is not pain but it is rest and Peace. Death Makes all our Terrors vain, And bids our Torments cease. this Stone is For to Mark the grave Where Mary Simson lies Lawful Wife to John McKean Till death did close her eyes Departed life at Marfield Lodge the Sixteenth of July Eghteen (sic) hundred and forty Two Where she did calmly Die Aged 65 years And David McKean 18 years. w. w. WE must request correspondents desiring in- formation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries in order that answers mav be sent to them direct. FONTENELLE'S ' NOUVELLES DE LA R&PUBLIQUE DBS LETTRES.' Perrens, in his book ' Les Libertins en France au XVII 6 Siecle,' refers at p. 386 to Fon- tenelle's allegorical history of a civil war in Borneo, written to Bayle, and published by him in the ' Nouvelles de la Republique des Lettres,' Jan. 1686. It concerns the contest between the two sisters, Mreo (Rome) and Eenegu (Geneve) for the succession to their mother, whose name Perrens gives as Glisee (Eglise). In the edition of the ' Nouvelles,' in vol. i. of the folio edition of the works of Bayle (La Haye, 1727), the name is given as Mlisco. Will some one who has access to the original edition of the ' Nouvelles ' say what is the name there. J. F. R. PEERS' MANTLES. When were the er- mine bars on Peers' mantles for the dis- tinguishing of rank first introduced ? I have seen a painting, said to be of Elizabeth's
