The Old Dolls,' by Mrs. F. Nevill Jackson. WE E have received notice that a catalogue of Gloucestershire books, pamphlets, and documents in the Gloucestershire Public Library, which has been in preparation for hands. some years, is now in the printer's The compiler is the Librarian, our correspondent, Mr. Roland Austin. Copies will be ready early in 1928 and orders are therefore invited. The collection is the result of assid uous effort during the past twenty-five years. With the exception of a few very scarce works it includes practically everything relating to Gloucestershire which has been printed up to the present time, as well as much manuscript matter. There are in it over 3,700 volumes, and nearly 30,000 pamphlets, documents, and papers on the general history and topography of the county; its ecclesiastical, parliamentary, military and natural history; administration, industries, transport, and every phase of social life. There is also a biographical section and one of works by writers who were born, or have lived, in Gloucestershire. The entries are classified by subject under geographical divisions; they include size and collation, with names of local printers and booksellers (of which there will be a list), and to many are added notes giving information not shown in the titles. Papers on local subjects in the Proceedings of Societies, and works which contain substantial references to the county, are also entered. The importance of the catalogue has been recognized by the Carnegie United King dom Trustees, who have made a generous grant towards the cost of printing. The book is a crown quarto of about 1,300 pages; the price 10s. for copies ordered before Jan. 31, 1928. THE sale of the Holford books at Sotheby's this week, proved, as was expected, an event of great interest. On Tuesday the day's total amounted to £16,015, nearly one half of which was paid for two books. One was the Divina Commedia,' printed at Florence in 1481, with a complete set of the engravings ascribed to Baccio Baldini after the designs of Bottocelli, which was bought by Messrs. Quaritch for £3,950. The other was the Aldine Hypnerotomachia Poliphili,' printed on vellum, with fine impressions of the wood-cuts (1499), which fetched £3,000. Other interesting books were Mme. de Pompadour's copy of Commines (£230); an Aldine Euripides (£180), and a Guicciardini-Histoire des Guerres,' 1568, Paris-£330. Two Hundred Years Ago. THE Weekly Journal OR, THE Britifh Gazetteer. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1727. We hear that the Duke of Grafton is made his Majefty's Game Keeper at Newmarket, in the Room of the Earl of Orford, deceased. at for China, On Monday Morning, before Day-break, affifted by fome Officers of the_Customs, fome Soldiers from Tilbury Fort, went on Board the Cæfar, the Harrifon, the Macclesfield, and the Sunderland, who lay Gravefend, being all bound Information having been given of a large Quantity of Foreign Silver being on board them, which had not been entered out at the Cuftom Houfe, as the Law directs: And we hear that in three of them they feiz'd to the Value of feveral Thoufand Pounds, but that in the Sunderland they found none. Literary and Historical and the marriage* of Notes. SIR GEORGE ETHEREGE : COLLECTIONS. William Canninge, gent., and Martha Etheridge, Feb. 21, 1627/8. This marriage is entered in Foster's 'London Marriage Licenses ' (col. 239), as fol lows: OLDYS* suggested that the dramatist, Sir George Etheridge, of same, vintner, who con George Etherege, was probably descended from Dr. George Etheridge, Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford, 1547-50, 1554-59, who was deprived of his professorship because of his Catholicism at Elizabeth's coming to the throne, and who was still living, an ancient man, " in 1588.+ This relationship I have not been able to establish. Another George Etherege, possibly the great-grandfather of Sir George, figures in the two following entries cited in Foster's 'London Marriage Licences.'‡ Etheridge, George, gent., of St. Sepulchre, and Mary Stodderde, widow, of St. Botolph, Billingsgate, relict of Símon Stodderde, citizen and fishmonger, of London, gen. lic., 8 Feb., 1582/3. Etheridge, George [Etheredge], gent., of St. Sepulchre, and Anne Staples, widow, of St. Leonard, Foster Lane, relict of Thomas Staples, of same, vintner-at St. Leonard or St. Sepulchre aforesaid, 12 Jan., 1584/5. B. The first assured ancestor of Sir George Etherege is his grandfather, George Etherege (Etheridge, Etheredge), who lived in the parish of St. Clement Danes at least from 1607-28. The St. Clement Danes Parish Register§ records the baptisms of George Etherydge, the son of George, Aug. 11, 1607. Martha Etherydg, the daughter of Georg, Feb. 24, 1608/9. John Etherydg, the son of Georg, Apr. 15, 1610. Mary Etherydg, the daughter of George, Sept. 19, 1613. The Register records the burials of Mary Etheridge, daughter of George, Sept. 28, 1614. Charles Etherege, ¶ 28, 1617. son of George, July Biographia Britannica,' vol. iii, London, p. 1841. † 'D.N.B.' Joseph Foster, London Marriage Licenses,' 1521-1869, London, 1887, col. 457. § Permission to consult the Register wa? granted me by the rector. I could not find a record of his birth. Canning, William, gent., of Elsenham, Essex, bachelor, 22, and Martha Etheredge, of St. Clement Danes, spinster, 18, daughter of sents-in same parish church, 19 Feb., 1627/8.B. The grandfather, here described as a vintner, is set down as vintner also in the record of the transference of Bermuda property adjoining his on May 3, 1643.+ During these years of residence in the parish of St. Clement Danes and after, he was persistently supporting the ventures of the Virginia and Bermuda Companies.‡ ably by 1633/34, the family moved from LonAt some time between 1628 and 1638, probdon to Maidenhead, Berks. The Churchwarden's Book of Bray Parish Church§ lists George Etheridge, gent., as one of the churchwardens chosen Mar. 26, 1638, along with Richard Powney, whose daughter had in 1634 married Etherege's oldest son, George. In the same book Etherege's name was entered, Apr. 3, 1643, as one of the "Overseers for ye highways," but crossed out. The fullest information about the Ether eges during their Maidenhead residence is gained from the 1656 lawsuit between John Etherege, clerk, of Tangmer, Sussex, of the one part, and on the other part, his father, George Etherege the elder, of Maidenhead, head, John Powney, gent., of Old Windsor, Berks, John Whitfeild, Esq., of Maidendramatist). I have already given the gist of and George Etherege the younger (the future this lawsuit¶ as it is set forth in Chancery The St. Clement Danes Parish Register also records the marriage of William Etheridge and Anne Dauies, Dec. 5, 1637, but I do not think this Etheridge is of the same family. + Described as lying "between the Shares of land of George Etheridge, Vintner, and Sir Wm, Wade and his Assigns." Colonial Records, Office of the Colonial Secretary, Hamilton, Bermuda, vol. v., A.D. 1622-76, p. 2. See my article, Concerning the Grandfather and Father of Sir George Etheredge.' 12 S. x. 341, 362, 41. Proceedings: Hamilton C 7 428/43 and Collins C 6 133/83, but must again summarize before bringing forward additional information afforded by further search in the Public Record Office. The lawsuit started with John Etherege's bill of complaint of May 10, 1656, protesting against an indenture recently made by his father, George Etherege the elder,. conveying the farm of Hollendon and the property called Oldwood in Sutton Valence, Chart, Hedcorne, Staplehurst and Frittenden, Kent, to George Etherege the younger (John's nephew), or to those acting in trust for the young George, i.e., John Powney, his maternal uncle and John Whitfeild* his uncle by marriage. According to John Etherege, George Etherege the elder had agreed, in return for undisturbed possession during his life, to secure this property after his decease to his son John by the necessary deeds and writings which would then be handed over to John. And George Etherege's servant, Grace Luckins, affirmed that she had overheard such an agreement. John, hearing of the indenture otherwise disposing of the lands, had entered upon the property, forcing the tenant, Nicholas Reader, to pay his rent to him. His claim was further based on the fact that the farms had been purchased in the names of George Etherege the elder's two sons, George Etherege (subsequently father of George the younger),-in 1628, the time of the purchase, "then a young man unmarried about the age of 21 years, and was resident beyond the seas as the Island of Bermudas," but by 1656 deceased, and John Etherege. George Etherege the elder maintained his sons' names were used in trust only, which was denied by John. John asserted that the lands had been purchased in part with £50 due to him from the John Rixman estate. By the will of John Rixman, † dated Aug. 12, 1620, the remainder of the lease of the manor of Ives after the death of his wife, Mary Rixman,t was to go *So spelled in the law suit. A memorial slab recording his death is now to be seen in the floor of Bray Church. She is still remembered. Mr. Walker, Maidenhead's historian and antiquarian, says, Mary Rixman, "late wife of John Lane, sometime wife and widow of John Rixman, left by will £4 10s. Od. yearly to put forth' and clothe a certain number of children dwelling in Maidenhead and Bray parish, and to provide a dinner every third year when the corporation and churchwardens met to transact to William Middleton, draper, of London, and George Etherege the elder, chargeable with the payment of £50 apiece to each of the children of George Etherege alive three years Mary Rixman's decease. Rixman died soon after making his will, and his wife in October, 1625, consequently the payment fell due in 1628. By an indenture of July 24, 1628, the Kent property had been conveyed to George Etherege the elder, or rather to his sons, to hold in trust for him, as he insisted. Previously by arrangement with William Middleton, the remainder of the lease of the Manor of Ives had passed entirely into George Etherege's hands. John maintained, and his father denied, that John's £50 had been used in the purchase of the Kent estates. John's father declared that he had spent far more than £50 on John's education, and gave an unfavourable picture of this son's unsettled courses. He stated that he had supported John and his wife after their marriage, despite his disapproval of this union with a woman of no estate. This John acknowledged, saying that he had received £40 yearly for six years, although for the past fifteen years he had had no maintenance from his father save £10 and a subsequent £30 of a promised £60 towards the placing forth of one of his sons. * George the business of the charity." This foundation, he continues, now brings in £85 18s. 6d. and is applied to apprenticeships while the dinner is no longer given. J. W. Walker: A History of Maidenhead,' London, 1909, p. 188. * A few additional facts not to be found in The my former summary are given here. rotographers of the lawsuit neglected to send of Chancery Proceedings: Collins me a rotograph of the third parchment sheet C6/133/83. The omission I discovered on my return to the Public Record Office. This sheet gives "The Severall Answer of John Etheredge." It is of course a reiteration of his claim to the Kent property. He declared that his father had done little or nothing for him whereas his brother George in his life-time had consumed the most part of his father's estate. He said he was threatened by the complainants that, if he continued to sue for the lands in Kent, "hee should bee defamed in his name and Credditt the which is tender unto him in regard of his profession," i.e. that of a divine. With respect to the expense his father had been under to put him out apprentice, he said, though he left Mr. Lane and Mr. Porter without completing his apprenticeship with either, the most part of the £40 fee paid by his father was in each case returned. Moreover he was so placed without his liking but his father was so severe that he dared not withstand him, so veiled obedience, Then Mr. Porter gave up John Etherege asserted his legal right to the Kent property and excused his seizure on the plea of necessity of providing for his seven children. George Etherege the elder insisted on his right to do as he pleased with his Kent estates. He explained his intended transference of them to the use of his grandson George and the latter's brothers and sisters on the ground that he had contracted to settle on his oldest son George, now deceased, property worth 100 marks a year upon this George's marriage with Mary Powney, daughter of Richard Powney, who contracted to give with her a marriage portion of £500. The needy and fatherless children of this couple, George Etherege the elder asserted, had no other means of support than what he their grandfather, would provide for them in fulfilment of his contract. teen years; Thomas Cherry, of Maidenhead, Berks., mercer, aged about sixty years; Christopher Newsted, of Maidenhead, Berks., clerk, aged about fiftynine years; Mary Newsted, wife of Christopher Newsted, aged about forty years. They were called upon to depose first in behalf of George Etherege and those joined with him, and then in behalf of John Etherege. Thomas Cherry, however, does not appear a second time. Interrogatories had previously been drawn up and were put to them. DOROTHY FOSTER. (To be continued.) THE KING'S SHIPS. 4. BUILT AT CHATHAM. (Cont.. from p. 399). In the following lists the date given with The tonnage each ship is that of launch. He was further when given in brackets denotes Tons Burthen, N.N.L. otherwise Displacement Tonnage denotes New Navy Lists, 1841-52, and N.L., Official Navy Lists. urged to make this provision by John Whitfeild and John Powney, urged by their threats and menaces,' "John said. John Etherege had made his first formal complaint May 10, 1656. This had been answered by the defendants, June 20, 1656, who at the same time brought a bill of complaint against John. John replied, Jan. 21, 1656/7, and George Etherege and his associates made rejoinder on Feb. 4, 1656/7. A commission was appointed by the High Court of Chancery to collect further information. The commissioners were charged to summon witnesses and take down their depositions impartially. Accordingly the witnesses assembled at the Bull,* an inn in Maidenhead, on Apr, 3 and 4, 1657. were: Richard Powney, Berks, gent., aged about three score and six They 1747. CHATHAM, lighter, } 1750. CHATHAM, long boat, of Old Windsor, in Lord Anson's List as at Chatham; other details). He his trade" tendering his Shopp & howse for this Defnt unto this Defnts father for the Defnt to followe his Trade, his ffather unwilling to disburse money for the Defnts advantage the Defnt was forced to declyne the same And thereupon this Defnt did betake himselfe to the imployment of Study as a Scholler.' denied that he married without his father's consent and that his wife had no portion. He would have had £500 with her, had his father settled any estate on him. He denied further that his father had discharged any judgment against him or freed him from any execution. * J. W. Walker in A History of Maidenhead,' says, "The Bull' stood in the High Street, on the south side, at the entrance to Ives Place, and is now known as No. 11 High Street (p. 105). no 1748. SOMERSETT, 70, 3rd rate (1436)T. John Ward Wrecked near Cape Cod, October, 1778. 1750. Re-built. PRINCE, 90, 2nd rate. John Ward. No measurement in Rebuilt or Rebuilding 1750.' See TRYUMPH under 1698. 1756. UNION, 90, 2nd rate (1781)T. 1765. VICTORY, 104, 1st rate. Sir Thomas Slade. Length 186ft. Keel 151ft. 12in. Beam 52ft. 4in. Depth hold 21ft. 6in. = (2142 21/94)T. Deadweight carrying capacity, 1839 tons. Commissioned 1778; rebuilt 1800-3, and again in 1814-16. Employed variously as a flagship at Portsmouth, 1824 to 1869, then as tender to the Flagship, 1869-1891, thence as Flagship to C. in C. Portsmouth to present date. Mean draught 1830-46, was 15ft. 5in. Her tonnage In Naval Chronicle, 1799, on 1 Jan., given the two following vessels, thus: EUROPE, 98, 2nd rate. Building in the There was King's Yard at Chatham." is EUROPA, afterwards EUROPE, built at Lepe, Hants, in 1765. Also EUROPA, built at Woolwich, 1783. Sold 1814. given in N.L. 1924 as (2264) T. old meas urement. 1766. LONDON, 98, 2nd rate (1894)T. 1768. RAISONABLE, 64 (1386)T. 1768. BARFLEUR, 98, 2nd rate (1947)T. 1770. KINGFISHER, 16, laid down 1769. Destroyed at Rhode Island, 7 Aug., 1778. 1772. PRINCE GEORGE, 98, 2nd rate (1955) T. Sir Thos. Slade. Taken to pieces, January, 1839. 1774. ROEBUCK, 50, 5th rate (886)T. Appears to have been reduced later to 24 guns, 6th rate. 1776. ARIADNE, 20, 6th rate (432)T. 1776. CAMILLA, 20, 6th rate (433)T. Sir J. Williams. 1777. FORMIDABLE, 98, 2nd rate (1945)T. 1778. ALFRED, 74, 3rd rate (1638)T. 1779. MONTAGU, 74, 3rd rate (1631)T. 25 Dec., 1780. AMPHION, 32, 5th rate (679)T. Blew up in Hamoaze, Plymouth, 22 Sept., 1796. 1781. DOLPHIN, 44, 5th rate (880)T. 1782. ATLAS, 98, 2nd rate (1950)T. 1782. DIADEM, 64, 4th rate (1376)T. J. Williams. 15 Sept., 1788. ROYAL GEORGE, 100, rate (2286)T. Sir 1st 1790. LEVIATHAN, 74, 3rd rate (1707)T. 15 Apr., 1790. QUEEN CHARLOTTE, 100, 1st rate (2286)T. 1791. RATTLESNAKE, 16 (326) T. 1793. CHATHAM, yacht re-built (93)T. Mr. J. Ward. 1794. PETTERELL, 16, sloop, was built at Wilson's Yard, Chatham. 1794. ALCMENE, 32, 5th rate. 1794. STAG, 32, 5th rate (776)T. 15 July, 1794. UNICORN, 32, 5th rate (776)T. "PRINCESS AMELIA, 74. Building at Chatham. There was a PRINCESS AMELIA built at Woolwich, 1751-57, Fought at Dogger Bank, 5 Aug., 1781. former vessel may have been rebuilt at Chatham in 1799. The latter is not included in Steel's N.L., 1800. 1799. LEDA, 38, 5th rate. Wrecked on West Nangle Rocks, within Milford Haven, 31 Jan., 1808. 1805. THAMES Built of fir. (661)T. Launched 24 Oct., 1805. 1805. REVENGE, 78, 3rd rate (1954)T. Sir J. Henslow. 1806. MELEAGER, 36, 5th rate. Laid down 1801. Wrecked 30 July, 1808. 1807. WARSPITE, 74, 3rd rate (1890)T. Sir J. Henslow. Cut down to 4th rate at Portsmouth (1885) T. in 1840. 1808. IPHIGENIA,_42, 5th rate (876)T. Laid down 1802. Lent to Marine Society, 1833-47. 1810. IMPREGNABLE, 104, 2nd rate (2406)T. Sir W. Rule. 1812. BRITON, 46, 5th rate (1080)T. 1812. TENEDOS, 46, 5th rate (1083)T. 1813. CHATHAM (1691) T. Sir R. Sepping. Afterwards a hulk at Chatham (sheer hulk). 1813. LIVELY, 46, 5th rate (1080)T. 1813. SCAMANDER, 50, 5th rate. 1813. TIGRIS, 36, laid down 1813. Fitting out same year. 1815. HERCULES, 74, 3rd rate (1750)T. 1815. HOWE, 120, 1st rate (2619)T. 1815. DEFENCE, 74, 3rd rate (1754)T. 1816. MINOTAUR, 74, 3rd rate (1726)T. 1819. BRISK, brig sloop (237) T. Sir H. Peake. Sold, 1843, for £500. |