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Cole in the Michelmersh registers, but for that period they are so badly written, and in such faded ink, that they are not easy to read; moreover, the baptisms, marriages, and burials are all jumbled up together. Is anything known of Richard Cole, and of his subsequent career? Could he have been a Cambridge graduate? His name follows that of William Tasker, appointed Rector in 1600. Whether Tasker remained until 1621 or not is not stated.
Romsey, Hampshire.
"Monies."—Can any one inform me if there is any authority of note for what I consider the misspelling of the plural of money—"monies" instead of moneys? A book written by a lawyer was shown to me recently in which the spelling I object to was used, but it is a recent work, and peradventure this was an oversight.
123, Holland Park Avenue, W.
[The 'N.E.D' says: "Money, sb. Pl. moneys
For the plural the irregular spelling monies is still not uncommonly met with, esp. in sense 4," which is defined as "pi. Properly' sums of money,' but often indistinguishable from the sing, (sense 3). Now chiefly in legal and quasi-legal parlance, or as an archaism."]
SIR WILLIAM BROWNE, KT., GOVERNOR
OF FLUSHING TEMP. ELIZABETH AND
JAMES I. Is his parentage known ? A
note in ' Lodge's Illustrations,' quoted in
Nichols's ' Progresses of James I.' (p. 43),
states that he was the Sir William Browne
who was knighted at the Tower, 14 March,
1603/4, and was only son of Nicholas Browne
of Snelston, Derbyshire, by Eleanor, dau.
and heir of Ralph Shirley of Stanton Harold.
This identity has been generally accepted,
but I do not feel quite satisfied with its
accuracy. The will of Sir William Browne
of Snelston was proved in 1612, at which
date, I believe, the Governor of Flushing
was still living. Moreover, the latter was
certainly a knight some years earlier than
1604. He long served as a captain in
the Low Countries, and was a particular
friend alike of Sir Philip Sidney and the
brothers Sir Francis and Sir Horace Vere.
According to a note in Markham's ' Fight-
ing Veres ' (p. 249), he received knighthood
from the Earl of Essex at the Azores, 7 Oct.,
1597, and this date is confirmed by numerous
allusions to him in the State Papers which
prove him to have received the honour
between February and November of that year.
He was Lieutenant-Governor of Flushing
under Vere in 1597, and under Sidney in
1602, an office he certainly continued to hold
after 1610, in which year letters were
received from him. On 1 June, 1604, his
children William, Anne, and Barbara were
naturalized. He appears to have died about
1622, in which year letters of denization
were granted to Percy and Mary Browne,
" children of the late Sir William Browne,
Lieut, of Flushing, and born there," prob-
ably after 1604. I strongly suspect that -he
was M.P. for Haslemere in 1614 and 1621-
1622, he being then, so far as I can ascertain,
the only Sir William Browne, Kt., then
living. W. D. PINK.
INVERNESS BURGESS ACT : W. CURTIS. I have a stipple engraving, printed in colour, of a portly elderly man, not unlike Sir Walter Scott in face, dressed in tartan, with trousers trimmed at the side and end with fur, and a plaid across his shoulders, gold medal of George III. on the left breast, and bonnet with two eagle's feathers secured with a clasp of blue, with St. Andrew for a device, holding in his right hand a scroll, on which is engraved " Inverness Burgess Act | in favour of | W. Curtis of London | 1774." At the foot of the engraving is printed " A true character | drawn and engraved by T L Busby." I should feel grateful if some of your Scottish readers could tell me anything about the print : (a) as to whom it represents ; (b) as to the circumstances in which this personage came to be portrayed.
Dublin.
REV. JOHN THORNLEY. Can any reader give me information about the antecedents of the Rev. JohnThornley? He was perpetual curate or incumbent of Bosley Church (near Macclesfield), Cheshire, from 1728 until his death in 1765. He is prominently referred to in the ' History of Cheshire ' by Earwaker, who states that at his death he left legacies to several adjacent Cheshire parishes, thus indicating a Cheshire origin.
Can any reader help me to find out the following items ? (1) What was the name of his father ? (2) What was the date of his birth ? (3) Where and on what date was he ordained ? J. B. THORNLEY.
39, Mapperley Plains, Nottingham.
NED WARD. I shall be glad of any par- ticulars (literature or otherwise) of Ned Ward, author of ' The London Spy,' &c.
J. ARDAGH.
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