i2s.vu.AuG.i4,i92o.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 129 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 may be sent to them direct. GOVERNOR HERBERT OF NEVIS. Will some reader kindly state what was the connexion of John Richardson Herbert, Governor of Nevis at the time of Lord Nelson's naval visit to the island, with the Herberts, Earls of Pembroke and Mont- gomery, or the Earls of Carnarvon ? He was the uncle of Mrs. Frances Herbert Nisbet (nee Woolward), widow of Dr. Josiah Nisbet, of Carfine, Scotland, who subse- quently married Lord Nelson. AJAX. SHAW OF MOSSHEAD. Many years ago (I have not got the reference) a query appeared in *N. & Q.' regarding this Ayr- shire family. Their pedigree has been recorded in the College of Arms from 1672 to 1917. Can any reader supply an account of them previous to that period, or any information not contained in the usual works of reference ? Burke states that they had been seated at Mosshead for over three centuries, but it is more probable that they came originally from the vicinity of Kells, in Kirkcudbrightshire. They received a baronetcy in 1809. C. CLARKSON SHAW, Capt. The Citadel, Quebec. [The query referred to will be found at 5 S. vii. 27.] ARTHURIAN LEGENDS. Arthur is said (1) to have ruled Europe from Scandinavia to Spain (Guest, ' Mabinogion,' notes to
- The Lady of the Fountain ') ; and (2) to
have been changed into a raven (Rhys,
- Celtic Folklore '). I should be glad to
know the original source of these statements. J. H MOORE. 99 Edith Eoad, W. 14 SlR POLLYCARPUS WHARTON : " CASHE (COUCHEE) PEICES OF BRASS." In the Public Record Office (W.O. 55, vol. cccxxxix. p. 164) there is a Royal Warrant, dated Apr. 7, 1692, authorizing the manufacture of " twelve Cashe peices of Brass of 7 foot in length and tenn inches in diametr and likewise a quantity of strong powder accord- ing to the late invencon of Sir Pollycarpus Wharton," &c. In the margin is written " 7 Couchee peices to be cast." The warrant is addressed to "Sir Henry Goodricke, Bart.," who, in 1692, was Lieut. -General of the Ordnance. The " Cashe," or " Couchee," appears to have some kind of cannon. I can find no trace of the word in any dictionary, nor have I come across it in any military book. What was it ? And who was Sir Polly- carpus Wharton ? His name does not finoear in Shaw's ' Knights of England.' J. H. LESLIE GENERAL SIR THOMAS WILLIAM BROTHER- TON, G.C.B. Can any correspondent of N. & Q. frive mo particulars of his parentage and the date and place of birth in 1785. The
- D.N.B.' vi. 446 is silent on these points.
G. F. R, B. MAJOR - GENERAL JULIUS CJESAR is said to have died in Germany from the effects of a fall from his horse Aug. 7, 1762. Where in Germany did this happen ? I should also be glad to learn the date of his birth, par- ticulars of his parentage and whether he ever married. G. F. R. B. STAINSBY HOUSE, HORSLEY WOODHOUSE, DERBY. In the possession of Robert Sacheverel Wilmot Sitwell, Esq., 1881; pre- viously the seat of John Balguy. I shall be grateful for any further information re this house and also for particulars of the Stainsby family after whom it is named. A. W. WALLIS-TAYLER. Beulah Cottage, Tatsfield, Nr. Westerham. BISHOPS BURNET AND BEDELL. The former, I believe, wrote the life of the latter in 1685. Is it accessible anywhere ? Also where is Dean Bernard's description of Bedell's character to be found ? Reference is made to it in H. J. Monck Mason's ' Life of William Bedell ' (1843). J. B. McGovERN. St. Stephen's Rectory, C.-on-M., Manchester. LIVERIES OF THE LONDON LIVERY GUILDS. Is anything known of the liveries of the London Livery Guilds, other than informa- tion provided in those of their ancient sealed books which escaped the Fire of London. What was their pattern and cut and when did they fall into disuse ? In the old books of one of these gilds (the Armorers), the gown is described as the color of blue -brown or pewke (query puce) and the hood scarlet. Are blue -brown and puce intended as synonymous terms, and has
