514
NOTES AND QUERIES. [9 th s. x. DEC. 27, 1902.
Elihu Yale's granddaughter, Elizabeth
Cavendish, married Richard Chandler who
took the name Cavendish son of the Bishop
of Durham. A court roll of the manor of
Latimer (or, rather, Iselharnpsted Latirner),
dated 1769, carries the name " Hon. Richard
Cavendish"; and "Hon. Elizabeth Caven-
dish " appears as lady of the manor in 1776.
They having had no issue, the estate reverted
to the Duke of Devonshire, and has de-
scended in the junior branch of Cavendish
now represented by the third Lord Chesham.
W. L. RUTTON.
HARP (9 th S. x. 448). Probably
Messrs. Metzler, the musical instrument
dealers in Great Maryborough Street, W.,
could place INQ. in the way of meeting with
a good example of this musical curiosity,
for in the sixties they were to be purchased
there, the price varying from 12s. Qd. or
14s. 6d. upwards, according to the wood of
which they were composed. Athanasius
Kircher, the learned German Jesuit, lays
claim, in his 'Musurgia,' to the invention of
the^Eolian harp, the music of which is said to
be remarkably sweet and soothing, but it
depends in a great measure upon the strength
of the wind. If there is any wind at all (a
breeze is sufficient) the tones are low, moan-
ing, and rich, but if the wind is high the
tones are f omewhat shrill, but still very
sweet. The music is entirely regulated by
the gusts of wind. The harp can be placed
in any window, provided it be long enough ;
the usual length is about three feet, but the
instrument must not be left in the window
or fixed there, only put there when required.
It must also be kept in tune. Directions
for tuning, which could be done with an ordi-
nary pianoforte key, were marked underneath
the strings. J. HOLDEN MACMICHAEL.
PORTRAIT BY ZURBARAN (9 th S. x. 207, 352). The Lady Weld who was a benefactress to the Haberdashers' Company belonged to an earlier generation than the Lady Weld about whose portrait Z. has inquired. She was Mary, eldest daughter of Sir Stephen Slany, Lord Mayor of London 1595-6, and the wife successively of Richard Bradgate, who died without issue in 1589, and of Sir Humphrey Weld, Lord Mayor 1608-9, who died in 1610.
annuities. Other legatees are numerous. The pro-
perty at Louth and Keddington may be sold to
meet bequests ; that at Cross Keys and Stacys,
left to Mary Hall for life, is to be sold for augmen-
tation of the income of the chaplain of Latimers ;
300Z. are provided for repair of the chapel and
minister's house, 501. for communion service, and
51, annually for sacramental wine.
Lady Weld was the second wife of Sir
Humphrey, and survived him several years,
dying childless on 26 April, 1623. She was
buried with her husband in the church of
St. Olave, Old Jewry. Sir Humphrey Weld's
son and heir by his first wife, Sir John
Weld, of Arnold's, Edmonton, married Frances,
the sister of Sir George Whitmore, of Balmes,
co. Midd., Lord Mayor 1631-2, by whom he
became the ancestor of the Welds of Lul-
worth.
Elizabeth, Lady Weld, was the daughter of Sir George Whitmore, and consequently was the niece of Frances, Lady Weld, of Arnold's. She married Sir John Weld, of Willey and Chelmersh, co. Salop, who was the eldest son of John Weld, Town Clerk of London, a younger brother of Sir Humphrey. Her aunt, Dorothy Weld, was the second wife of Sir William Whitmore, of Apley, co. Salop, and eldest brother of Sir George, of Balmes. It will thus be seen that the two great civic families of Weld and Whitmore were very closely connected. I regret that I am unable to throw any light upon the interesting question that has been raised by Z. W. F. PRIDEAUX.
P.S. Since writing the above I have noticed that Z. inclines to the opinion that the portrait may be that of a Lady Whit- more. This Lady Whitmore may have been either Dorothy Weld or Elizabeth Acton, but I can find no evidence that either of them visited Spain.
If O. S. T. will look at Harleian Society's Publications, vol. xxix.(1889), ' The Visitation of Shropshire, 1623,' p. 500, he will find that Sir George Whitmore, of Balmes, Lord Mayor of London 1631, second son of William Whitmore, Alderman of London, to whom the arms of Whitmore were granted by Dethick, Garter, 1593, had a second daughter, Elizabeth, who married John Weld, of Willye, High Sheriff of Shropshire 1642, and who is described as Lady Weld in the Hackney Registry of Christenings, 1650. John Weld's cousin, Sir John Weld, Knt., married Frances, daughter of William Whit- more, of London, aforesaid. I cannot identify Mary, Lady Weld, the benefactress of the Haberdashers' Company, in the Weld pedi- gree in the Shropshire Visitation. The portrait is of a lady about thirty years of age, and I should think dated from about 1630-5. Sir George Whitmore had a daughter Mary, but she did not marry into the Weld family. Z.
VILLON (9 th S. x. 303, 432). Surely Frangois Villon was not the man to adopt a name
