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of your readers throw light on the origin of
the saying? W. I. K. V.
DE LA POLE OR POLE FAMILY. Edmund of this surname fought at Agincourt (Walsing- ham, 'Hist. Angl., 5 ii. 169; Nicolas, 'Agin- court,' pp. 128, 354 ; Archce-ologia, iii. 18). He is supposed to have been the grandson of Sir William de la Pole (died 1366), the father of Michael, first Earl of Suffolk. Is anything known of the father of this Edmund and of his marriage and descendants (if any) 1
Sir William de la Pole (died 1366) had four sons and two daughters Michael (first Earl of Suffolk), Sir Walter, Sir Thomas, Sir Ed- mund (Captain of Calais), Blanche (who married Richard, first Lord Scrope of Bolton), and Margaret (who married Richard Neville, of Hornby, Lancashire). Is anything known of the marriages and descendants of Sir Walter, Sir Thomas, Sir Edmund, and the descendants of the two daughters? Sir Thomas, I believe, had an only daughter and heiress, named Catherine, who died in 1362. Who was Richard Neville, of Hornby 1
Michael de la Pole, first Earl of Suffolk (died 1389), had three sons and one daughter Michael (second earl), Thomas, Richard (Foss, ii. 76), and Anne, who married Gerald de lisle. Is anything known of the de- scendants of Thomas, Richard, and Anne 1
Michael de la Pole (died 1415), second Earl of buffolk, had eight children Michael (third earl), William (fourth earl and first duke), bir John (died in captivity), Alex- ander (slain at Jargeau, 1429). Thomas (died 1433 in captivity), and three daughters. Is anything known of the marriages and descendants of Sir John, Alexander, Thomas, and the three daughters ?
/A?A?A& \ p ^ second ^uke of Suffolk (died 1491), who married Elizabeth, sister of Edward IV. and Richard III., had 'ten chil-
?I?r m ' E 5 rl Lmcoln (killed afc Stoke, 487 , Edmund, Earl of Suffolk (executed 1513 Humphrey, Edward, Richard (killed at lavia, 1525), Sir William, and four daughters Is anything known of the mar-
- iages and descendants of Humphrey, Ed
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The 'Diet. Nat. Biog.,' under the heading
very much obliged if he will let me have a
copy of the article in question.
RONALD DIXON.
46, Maryborough Avenue, Hull.
ISLE OF ROSENEATH. The error of Sir Walter Scott in describing the peninsula of Roseneath as an island in his * Heart of Mid- lothian ' has often been commented on. But I see that the Marquess of Argyll speaks of "his isle and county" of Roseneath (State Trials, 13 Charles II., 1661). Probably Scott had this designation in his mind. But how came it that Roseneath was called an island ?
J. WILLCOCK.
Lerwick.
" IN EARTHLY RACES." Who wrote the fol- lowing 1 It was a favourite quotation with the late Sir William Gull :
In earthly races
To victors only do the heralds call ; But oh ! in yonder high and heavenly places Success is nothing and the work is all.
J. F. P.
LADY NOTTINGHAM. In the life of ' Caro- line the Illustrious ' is a reference to Lady Nottingham, who is said to have had thirty children. Is this a substantial fact ? One would like to know how many came at a time and at what intervals. If true, is not this a record in maternity ? E. F. D. C.
ALEXANDER KEITH was admitted to West- minster School on 27 January, 1812. Can any reader of ' N. & Q.' give me any particulars of his parentage and career ? G. F. R. B.
KEATING. James and Alfred Keating were admitted to Westminster School in 1825 and 1828. I should be glad to obtain any informa- tion concerning them. G. F. R. B.
GREGORY LEWIS WAY. Is anything known of the writer of this name who in the eighteenth century translated a selection from the twelfth and thirteenth century ' Fabliaux ' of Legrand d'Aussy 1 I find no mention of him in the ' D.N.B.,' although the names suggest a connexion with the Way family which counted Albert the antiquary and Sir Gregory the soldier among its mem- bers. Both of these men were sons of Lewis Way, of Stanstead Park, Sussex. It seems just possible that Gregory Lewis Way may be the full names of Lewis Way, but scarcely probable, as the latter was born in 1772, and in 1796 George Ellis edited G. L. Way's trans- lations. In an old bookstall find (Homer's ' Battle of the Frogs and Mice,' 1717) I have a steel book-plate, showing a knight in full armour seated on the shore of a moonlit sea ;
