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NOTES AND QUERIES. [ 12 s.n. SEPT. 30,1916.
ARMS CUT ON GLASS PUNCH - BOWL.
Identification is solicited of a coat of arms
cut on a handsome Waterford cut-glass
punch-bawl that has been for five generations
in the Studdy family, its present possessor
being the Rev. Hubert Studdy, recently
Bector of Chagford, and now Rector of
Cockington, Torquay.
The tinctures are not indicated by tooling, but the charges are as follows : Quarterly : First grand quarter (repeated in fourth), 1 and 4, a fesse between 3 rustres (i.e., lozenges round -pierced) ; 2 and 3, a chevron between 3 beasts' heads ( ? griffins' or wolves') erased ; Second grand quarter (repeated in third), 10 roundels, 4, 3, 2, and 1, in chief a lion passant.
Escutcheon of pretence, a cross of (? 9 or ? 10) lozenges conjoined.
In Papworth and Burke the only name I find as bearing (arg.) a fesse between 3 rustres (sa.) is Parry (Ireland).
A fesse between 3 lozenges is borne by Parry (Exeter, co. Hereford, co. Warwick), and between 3 mascles (i.e., lozenges lozenge- pierced) variously tinctured, by Winde (co. Norfolk), Champ, Hoker, Melville, Bethune, Beaton, Hyde, Cleseby, Eschabor, Constable, Hokeley, Michell, Whitaker, &c.
A chevron between. 3 wolves' heads is borne by Meredith, Caston, Lovell, White, How (co. Suffolk), De Routhe, Jacob, &c.
A chevron between 3 griffins' heads by Winde (co. Northumberland), Tilney, Drake- low, Ellison, Payne, Howes (co. Norfolk), Adeane, Cop lest one, Cordall, Cotton, Hayes, Skynner, Snaith, Jennings, Gassy, Pitys, Laxton, Aldred, Bridges, Gedding, Ashpitel (quartering Hurst), Aspinall, Campe, &c. ?!
Ten roundels (ogresses, plates, &c., accord- ing to tincture), in chief a lion passant, is the coat of Bridgman (Beswick has the lion pass, guard.).
A cross of 9 or 10 lozenges is attributed only to Stawell or Stowell, though crosses of fewer lozenges and crosses lozengy are borne by divers other families.
The fact that Windes are found bearing (approximately) both the coats that appear in the first grand quarter of the shield on the bowl suggests that a Winde of co. Northumber- land may have married a Parry and impaled her arms, and that a Winde of co. Norfolk, descended from them, may have assumed the femme's instead of the baron's half ; but evidence is better than surmise, and it would be satisfactory to learn of alliances between families possibly represented by any of the quarterings under discussion.
ETHEL LEGA-WEEKES.
RESTORATION OF OLD DEEDS AND MANU-
SCRIPTS. I have a collection of old deeds
and manuscripts, many of which have been
injured by decay caused by dampness and
general neglect. I should be grateful if any
of your readers could refer me to any book or
treatise which will help me in restoring them
for future preservation. I have consulted a
number of works on bookbinding, but none
of them is of any value. Many of the deeds
in question are so firmly stuck together where
they have been folded that it is impossible
to open them without tearing them. Would
it be advisable to soak them in water or
steam them ? Others are so decayed and
fragile that they fall to pieces when touched.
Is there any transparent substance to which
they could be attached ? and after being re-
paired what is the best way to store them for
future reference ? Would it be advisable to
bind them into book- form ? Or should they
be kept folded and stored in specially made
boxes with ventilation holes ? Binding
leems feasible and safe except in the case of
those which have seals attached. I shall be
glad of any hints which your readers may be
good enough to give. It seems to me to be a>
subject of interest to many collectors.
CURIOSUS II.
CERTAIN GENTLEMEN OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury, was buried in the Parish Church, Sheffield, on Oct. 21, 1560. Amongst those who took part in the funeral ceremonies were the Lord Talbot, the Lord Darcy of the North, Sir William Vavasour, Sir Gervase Clifton, Sir John Neville, Sir Thomas Eton, Nicholas Longford, Francis Rolleston, Peter Frechvill, Arthur Copley, Alexander Nevill, Francis Bailey, John Dod, Francis Aston, George Massey, George Scaldfield, Thomas Gascoigne, and Robert Shakerley, about any of whom information is asked for. j. H. LESLIE, Major.
CAPEL-LE-FERNE, KENT. The church of this remote village is dedicated in honour of St. Mary and St. Mary Magdalene, but is known by the name of St. Mary Merge or Marge. About A.D. 1258 the "church is called " Capella de Mauregge " in a deed by which Hamo de Crevequer grants the advowson to the Abbot of St. Radegund's. About 1310, in a lawsuit between the family of Avrenches and the convent, the church is called " Capella of the Blessed Mary the Virgin of Mauregge." In a will dated 1493 the testator wishes to be buried in the " church of St. Mary Marige." In the beginning of the sixteenth century the
