9 th S. I. APRIL 16, '98.]
NOTES AND QUERIES.
307
] ut there is clear proof in the existence of
& large body of transcripts in the custody
cE the Archdeacon of St. Albans, described
i i the Herts Genealogist, i. pp. 30-32, and
\ rinted (in part) in later numbers. These
cime from all the parishes of the ancient
archdeaconry, twenty-six in all, and belong
t3 the years 1569, 1570, 1571, 1572, 1581, and
\arious years down to 1799, in many cases
from Michaelmas to Michaelmas. I think it
could be shown that the earliest transcripts
were presented at the archdeacon's visitations
and remained under the archdeacon's care ;
and also that the seventieth Canon was not
creating a new practice in requiring copies,
but was merely regulating an existing custom.
My immediate purpose in calling attention
to this matter is to ask three questions. Can
any one give me
1. A reference to any charge or injunction by a bishop or archdeacon dealing with transcripts before 1598?
2. A reference to any case of "minister or churchwardens" being "con vented "according to the seventieth Canon for being negligent either in writing the register or in trans- mitting a true copy? (I am aware of the Exeter diocese Ashburton case given by Reynolds, p. 209, without date, probably to be referred to some date near after 1606.)
3. A reference to any injunction or charge from bishop or archdeacon, after the Restora- tion, requiring the clergy to see to the recovery of the register books taken from them by the Act of 1653, or to the getting possession of the civil "Parish Register's" book pre- scribed by the same Act?
O. W. TANCOCK. Little Waltham.
"DARGASON." "Dargason, a country dance, older than the Reformation, found its way into Wales, where it was set to Welsh words" (Baring-Gould, 'Old Country Life,' [890, ch. vii.). I am anxious to obtain further information about this word. Is t still in use in any part of Wales ? From what country did the dance find its way into the principality? In what books is it mentioned? A. L. MAYHEW.
MENDOZA FAMILY. Would any of your readers tell me where to obtain the genea- logy and armorial bearings of the ancient and illustrious family of lilgio Lopez de Mendoza, Count of Tendilla and first Marquis of Santillana ? HENRI DE MENDOZA.
33, Benson Street, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool.
A GEORGIAN INSCRIPTION IN DUBLIN. Who composed the Latinish inscription on
the pedestal of the equestrian statue of King
George II. in St. Stephen's Square, Dublin ?
Is it not the most canine of those exposed to
the public gaze in the British Isles? Will
the good people of Dublin tolerate it any
longer ? PALAMEDES.
PRAYER FOR "ALL SORTS AND CONDITIONS OF MEN." Procter ('Hist, of Book of Common Prayer,' sixteenth ed., 1881, 266) says that this prayer was most probably composed by Dr. Peter Gunning. Is anything known positively as to author and exact date ? Q. V.
ODNELL HAYBORNE is said to have been appointed second master or usher of West- minster School in 1540. I should be grateful for any particulars concerning him.
G. F. R. B.
ORMONDE : BUTLER : BIRCH. Can any genealogical reader of ' N. & Q.' kindly in- form me how a branch of the Birch family became connected with a Butler family, and if the latter are identical with the Ormonde family, Butler being the original surname of the Marquess of Ormonde's family ?
J. BASIL BIRCH.
15, Eckington Road, Stamford Hill, N.
VALUE OF DEED. Can any reader give me an approximate idea of the value of a parch- ment deed relating to some Flanders busi- ness, and dated Westminster, 15 February, 14 Edward L? It has the Great Seal of Ed- ward I. attached, in fair condition. The writing is beautiful and clear.
WALTER E. LEDGER.
JOHN LILBURNE. Where is the best account of John Lilburne ("Freeborn Jack") to be found ; and where is the original of the portrait engraved in Knight's 'Old English Worthies ' ? DELTA.
[See ' Diet. Nat. Biog.']
" DEAN SNIFT." I have a small book, the title of which is as follows : " A Pinch of Snuff : composed of curious particulars and original anecdotes of Snuff-taking ; as well as a Review of Snuff, Snuff-boxes, Snuff- shops, Snuff-takers, and Snuff-papers with the Moral and Physical Effects of Snuff. By Dean Snif t, of Brazen-Nose. London : Robert Tyas, 50 Cheapsidc. MDCCCXL." Who was " Dean Snift " ? H. ANDREWS.
[It is by Benson Earle Hill. See Halkett and Laing's ' Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseu- donymous Literature.']
THE SHIP OXFORD. I wish to meet with an account of an engagement with the Dutch in Bengal River in 1759, an ancestor of mine
