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Elizabeth after her mother's sister, Elizabeth was evidently still a child, for his father in Scarlet, and Mary after Mary Shakespeare. his will says:— Two more children were born at Snitterfield, "The residue of all my goods....I give & Edward and Sarah. Edward was baptized bequeath to Joan my wife & Richard my son. And at the Church on July 30, 1562, Sarah on I will that Joan my wife shall have all the goods April 23, 1565. Edward (or Edmund: the belonging to Richard my son in her own hand for names are interchangeable) probably had his the relief and helping of him.” uncle Edmund Lambert for It would seem that the son was an invalid godfather. These children were all first cousins of William as further provision is made "if the said Shakespeare, and of special interest to him Richard my son shall depart this life" for as living in his father's and grandfather's old masses for the repose of the souls of both Chamber was doing work home. There is evidence of friendship be- father and son. tween the John Shakespeares and the Webbes. for the Dean and Chapter between the He made his will Unfortunately we have not Richard years 1421 and 1433. Shakespeare's will. We might have learned on Monday next before the feast of the from it something of the relationship, if Ascension, 1437. Proved May 15 of the between himself and a family of Shakespeares same year [Reg. Test. D. and C. Ebor., connected with Snitterfield and Clifford i. 243d.]. To Matthew Petty he bequeathed Chambers, and a younger and more in- 38. 4d. ; to John Newsom, 28., and to Robert teresting family of Shakespeares at Warwick. Hudson, 20d. The latter was evidently It might have shed light on the kinship between the testator and the family of Greene alias Shakespeare of Warwick and Stratford, and on the personality of the Joan Shakespeare who died and was buried at Snitterfield on Jan. 5, 1596.

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identical with the Robert Hudson, glasyer, working for John Chamber the younger in 1450, into whose service he evidently went on the death of John Chamber the elder in 1437, at which time he was probably an apprentice. Hudson was free in 1453-so that there must have been some delay in his taking up his freedom-and a master glasspainter in 1463-4 when new ordinances were granted to the craft. Chamber bequeathed

To the fabric of the Cathedral Church of Blessed Peter of York 6s. 8d.," and to his brother John a similar amount, Executrix, his wife Joan; and Sir Robert Flete, Rector of Lastingham, and his brother John coadjutors with her. Witnesses, his brother John; John Newsom (free 1418. His son John was free in 1442 and his grandson Thomas, in 1470. All three were glasspainters), and Matthew Petty (d. 1478). Chamber was buried in St. Helen's Church in Stonegate.

GLASS PAINTERS OF YORK. L-THE CHAMBER FAMILY. JOH. DE LA CHAUMBRE, glasyer (Freemen of York' Surtees Soc.). John Chamber the elder" mentioned in Thomas Benefeld or Byngfeld's will (Reg. Test D. and C. Ebor., i. 212). One of two brothers both named John who each had a son called Richard. Free 1400, Wife, Joan. In his will he twice refers to the other Chamber as "John Chamber my brother.' His workmen evidently were Robert Wakefield (free, 1400; Joh. Chambre, junior, glasier (Freemen d. 1414), Matthew Petty (died 1478), and of York' Surtees Soc.)-Brother of John John Newsom the elder (free, 1418), and Chamber the elder. Free 1414. Wife probably Robert Hudson. He was closely | Matilda. Workmen, William Inglish, (free connected in some way, whether as a partner, 1450, died 1480), Robert Hudson (free 1453), friendly rival, or what, does not appear, and Thomas Coverham (free 1448). with Thomas Byngfeld (free, 1400; died 1422) was evidently brother-in-law of, and possibly as Robert Wakefield directs that his will in partnership with, Matthew Petty to whom made Jan. 20, 1414, proved Feb. 16 (Reg. he bequeathed 3s. 4d., for in his will he Test. D. and C. Ebor., i. 172) shall be mentions "Gillot Pety my sister," to whom carried out "by the sight, counsel, and he left a similar sum. Sons, Richard and advice of John Chambre my master and Fr. William Wencelay, a monk. He made Thomas Byngfeld. Byngfeld who died in his will Mar. 16, 1450. There is no date of 1422 also made John Chambre the elder, probate, but Chamber died before the end glasyer "his executor (Reg. Test. D. and C. cf the month of March, 1451, as appears from Ebor., i. 212). Chamber's son, Richard, the date of the probate of the will of John

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as one of his (Witton's) executors and pro- father, whom Witton in his will calls my bate of whose will was granted Mar. 31, 1451,"master," though John Chamber in his will to "Matilda wife of John Chamber lately does not mention Witton along with deceased." To "Fr. William Wencelay, servants William Inglish, Robert Hudson, monk, my son," he bequeathed six silver and Thomas Coverham, thereby showing spoons, 20s. in money and a small mazer that Witton was an apprentice at the time) set with silver," with the proviso that the had gone abroad together on the completion testator's wife was to have the use of it of their indentures in order to complete during her life. He left various sums to the their artistic training by foreign travel.* vicars and chaplains of St. Helen's Church Richard Chamber and John Witton made in Stonegate, where he desired to be buried their respective wills one on the 10th and "before the crucifix." To his son Richard the other on the 11th of June, 1450, and he left his business, but the latter died the each desired that his body should "be same month as his father. John Chamber buried with church burial where God shall was thus left without any male heir to dispose for me without specifying a succeed to the business, his other son being particular church as was the usual custom. in religion. Who carried on the business Probate of the two wills was granted within after his death we do not know, but his four days of one another, one on Mar. 31, successor would no doubt be found amongst and the other on Apr. 3, 1451. These facts his three workmen, William Inglish, Robert taken together point to their having met Hudson, and Thomas Coverham; whom, with a violent death in company and they in his will he calls " my servants and to were probably either drowned at sea or died whom he bequeathed 5s. by equal portions. together in battle, possibly in one of the All three appear before the Lord Mayor in last fights of the Hundred Years War. 1463-4 as representatives of the "hole Richard Chamber in his will (Reg. Test. craft of glasyers ", and presumably therefore D. and C. Ebor., i. 267) bequeathed to his they were masters, when new ordinances parish church of St. Helen in Stonegate were granted. Chamber evidently enjoyed 16d. for tithes and oblations forgotten and a wide reputation as a glass painter. In made his father and another his executors, 1449 he executed windows for the parish the former however pre-deceased him by a church of St. Mary Magdalene in Durham | few days. (Durham Account Rolls, ed. by Rev. Canon Fowler, Surtees Soc., vol. ii. p. 408). In John Chamber the younger we most probably have the outstanding genius who executed the masterpieces of glass-painting such as the west window of St. Martin-leGrand, Coney Street (dated 1437), and others done between the date at which we must presume the death of John Thornton (c. 1435) and the middle of the fifteenth century. (Will, Reg. Test. D. and C. Ebor., i. 266.)

Ricardus Chambre, glasier, fil. Johannis Chaumbre, glasier.-Son of John Chamber the younger (free 1414, died 1451), and Matilda his wife. Richard Chamber's wife was called Margaret, to whom John Chamber the younger bequeathed "his blood red girdle adorned with silver," and to" Richard Chamber, my son, my green girdle adorned with silver and all the instruments and utensils belonging to my shop if he shall be living and he shall happen to return. As likely as not Richard Chamber (whose name appears in the Freemen's Roll of 1447 so that he was presumably 24 years of age in 1450) and John Witton (who was evidently an apprentice with Richard's

JOHN A. KNOWLES.

ST. VALENTINE'S DAY.-At Armscot, co.

Worcester, a small hamlet near Ilmington,
the children went round to the farms singing
for apples, which were kept for Shrove
The lines ran :—
Tuesday fritters.

Good morrow, Valentine,
First its yours, then its mine,]
Please give us a valentine.

J. HARVEY LOOM.

* This was evidently the custom in the case of the son of the house who would eventually have to take over his father's business and who had therefore to keep up to date and in touch with the latest art movements on the continent. There is reason to believe that Witton like Chamber was in the the above position. He cannot have been a poor boy for he leaves a fair amount of property and an annuity to his father for life. Valentin Bouch; glasspainter of Metz (died 1451) had evidently travelled in Italy as he bequeathed to Herman Foliq, whom he calls his "old work man ""twelve pieces of portraiture of Italy or of Albert" (Le Vieil. 'L'Art de la Peinture sur Verre.' p. 95). The remarkable similarities in design and details of glass on the continent to glass of very slightly later date in England can only be accounted for by such an hypothesis. There would be little difficulty in getting a passage across, as ships were continually crossing.

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ANECDOTE OF LAURENCE STERNE.-The following anecdote which may now be a chestnut, was reprinted by The Yorkshire Herald of Oct. 21, 1919, from its forerunner of 1765:

"Anecdote relating to the Rev. Mr. Sterne when he was in Paris: A French gentleman asked him, If he had found in France no Original Characters that he could make Use of in his Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, No.' replied he, the French resemble old Pieces of Coin whose Impression is worn out by rubbing.""

I hope it may be a new anecdote to scmebody. ST. SWITHIN.

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EXETER COLLEGE, OXFORD.-With the election of Dr. E. G. Hendy to be Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, on Jan. 13, 1921, it ought to be noted that Exeter has provided four Heads of Colleges, all in office at the present time. These are as follows :1. Dr. Lewis Richard Parnell, Rector of Exeter, m. 1874; Fellow of Exeter; Rector, 1913; Vice-Chancellor, 1920.

2. Dr. Henry Boyd, m. 1849; Principal of Hertford, 1877.

3. Mr. John Arthur Ruskin Munro, m. 1882; Rector of Lincoln, 1920.

4. Dr. Ernest George Hendy, m. 1871; Fellow of Jesus, 1874; Principal of Jesus, 1921.

This should be recorded in 'N. & Q.' I need not set out their distinctions, or their services to the University and their several Houses. W. H. QUARRELL.

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CURIOUS JACOBITE TOAST.-In July, 1713, a certain Mr. John Birch was indicted at Cork, found guilty, and sentenced to pay a hundred pounds for, besides other things, having publicly drunk to a seditious toast, namely "May you never want three pounds, fourteen shillings, and five pence! According to the Kalendar of MSS. of the Marquess of Ormonde this alarming toast had triple signification, viz., the health of James the THIRD, Louis the FOURTEENTH, and Philip the FIFTH, the three Catholic monarchs in league against England. R. B. Upton.

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WE must request correspondents desiring inMARY ROBERTS.-The 'D.N.B.' under formation on family matters of only private interest "Samuel Roberts (1763-1848) mentions to affix their names and addresses to their queries his daughter Mary, author of 'Royal Exile,' in order that answers may be sent to them direct. and has in square brackets, see under Roberts, Mary, 1788-1864." On turning to Mary Roberts," it will be seen that the last paragraph of the article reads:"Some confusion has arisen between Miss Roberts and a cousin of the same name, Mary 1. Motto to chap. iii.: "For pleas of right Roberts, daughter of Samuel Roberts (1763-let statesmen vex their heads," &c.1848) [g.v.] of Sheffield, authoress of Royal attributed to Donne, but apparently not by Exile,' 1822."

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There was no necessity for this paragraph which is somewhat misleading. The two Marys may have caused confusion, but they were not cousins, nor have I been able to trace any connection whatever between the two families. CHARLES DRURY.

SCOTT'S LEGEND OF MONTROSE.'-Can any reader of 'N. & Q.' give the origin of the following:

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2. Motto to chap. ix. : "Dark on their from journey lowr'd the gloomy day," &c.; The Travellers, a Romance (perhaps by Scott ?).

3. Motto to chap. xi. : "Is this thy castle,

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as one of his (Witton's) executors and pro- | father, whom Witton in his will calls my bate of whose will was granted Mar. 31, 1451,"master," though John Chamber in his will to Matilda wife of John Chamber lately does not mention Witton along with "his deceased.' To "Fr. William Wencelay, servants William Inglish, Robert Hudson, monk, my son," he bequeathed six silver and Thomas Coverham, thereby showing spoons, 20s. in money and "a small mazer that Witton was an apprentice at the time) set with silver," with the proviso that the had gone abroad together on the completion testator's wife was to have the use of it of their indentures in order to complete during her life. He left various sums to the their artistic training by foreign travel.* vicars and chaplains of St. Helen's Church Richard Chamber and John Witton made in Stonegate, where he desired to be buried their respective wills one on the 10th and "before the crucifix." To his son Richard the other on the 11th of June, 1450, and he left his business, but the latter died the each desired that his body should “be same month as his father. John Chamber buried with church burial where God shall was thus left without any male heir to dispose for me without specifying a succeed to the business, his other son being particular church as was the usual custom. in religion. Who carried on the business Probate of the two wills was granted within after his death we do not know, but his four days of one another, one on Mar. 31, successor would no doubt be found amongst and the other on Apr. 3, 1451. These facts his three workmen, William Inglish, Robert taken together point to their having met Hudson, and Thomas Coverham; whom, with a violent death in company and they in his will he calls 66 my servants" and to were probably either drowned at sea or died whom he bequeathed 5s. by equal portions. together in battle, possibly in one of the All three appear before the Lord Mayor in last fights of the Hundred Years War. 1463-4 as representatives of the "hole Richard Chamber in his will (Reg. Test. craft of glasyers ", and presumably therefore D. and C. Ebor., i. 267) bequeathed to his they were masters, when new ordinances parish church of St. Helen in Stonegate were granted. Chamber evidently enjoyed 16d. for tithes and oblations forgotten and a wide reputation as a glass painter. In made his father and another his executors, 1449 he executed windows for the parish the former however pre-deceased him by a church of St. Mary Magdalene in Durham | few days. (Durham Account Rolls, ed. by Rev. Canon Fowler, Surtees Soc., vol. ii. p. 408). In John Chamber the younger we most probably have the outstanding genius who executed the masterpieces of glass-painting such as the west window of St. Martin-leGrand, Coney Street (dated 1437), and others done between the date at which we must presume the death of John Thornton (c. 1435) and the middle of the fifteenth century. (Will, Reg. Test. D. and C. Ebor., i. 266.)

Ricardus Chambre, glasier, fil. Johannis Chaumbre, glasier. Son of John Chamber the younger (free 1414, died 1451), and Matilda his wife. Richard Chamber's wife was called Margaret, to whom John Chamber the younger bequeathed "his blood red girdle adorned with silver," and to" Richard Chamber, my son, my green girdle adorned with silver and all the instruments and utensils belonging to my shop if he shall be living and he shall happen to return." As likely as not Richard Chamber (whose name appears in the Freemen's Roll of 1447 so that he was presumably 24 years of age in 1450) and John Witton (who was evidently an apprentice with Richard's

JOHN A. KNOWLES.

ST. VALENTINE'S DAY.-At Armscot, co.

Worcester, a small hamlet near Ilmington,
the children went round to the farms singing
for apples, which were kept for Shrove
Tuesday fritters. The lines ran :—

Good morrow, Valentine,
First its yours, then its mine,]
Please give us a valentine.

J. HARVEY BLOOM.

*This was evidently the custom in the case of the son of the house who would eventually have to take over his father's business and who had therefore to keep up to date and in touch with the latest art movements on the continent. There is reason to believe that Witton like Chamber was in the the above position. He cannot have been a poor boy for he leaves a fair amount of property and an annuity to his father for life. Valentin Bouch; glasspainter of Metz (died 1451) had evidently travelled in Italy as he bequeathed to Herman Foliq, whom he calls his" old workman" twelve pieces of portraiture of Italy or of Albert" (Le Vieil. 'L'Art de la Peinture sur Verre.' p. 95). The remarkable similarities in design and details of glass on the continent to glass of very slightly later date in England can only be accounted for by such an hypothesis. There would be little difficulty in getting a passage across, as ships were continually crossing.

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ANECDOTE OF LAURENCE STERNE.-The following anecdote which may now be a chestnut, was reprinted by The Yorkshire Herald of Oct. 21, 1919, from its forerunner of 1765:

"Anecdote relating to the Rev. Mr. Sterne when he was in Paris: A French gentleman asked him, If he had found in France no Original Characters that he could make Use of in his Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, 'No,' replied he, the French resemble old Pieces of Coin whose Impression is worn out by rubbing."

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I hope it may be a new anecdote to scmebody. ST. SWITHIN.

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EXETER COLLEGE, OXFORD.-With the election of Dr. E. G. Hendy to be Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, on Jan. 13, 1921, it ought to be noted that Exeter has provided four Heads of Colleges, all in office at the present time. These are as follows:

1. Dr. Lewis Richard Parnell, Rector of Exeter, m. 1874; Fellow of Exeter; Rector, 1913; Vice-Chancellor, 1920.

2. Dr. Henry Boyd, m. 1849; Principal of Hertford, 1877.

3. Mr. John Arthur Ruskin Munro, m. 1882; Rector of Lincoln, 1920.

4. Dr. Ernest George Hendy, m. 1871; Fellow of Jesus, 1874; Principal of Jesus, 1921.

This should be recorded in N. & Q.' I need not set out their distinctions, or their services to the University and their several Houses. W. H. QUARRELL.

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CURIOUS JACOBITE TOAST.-In July, 1713, a certain Mr. John Birch was indicted at Cork, found guilty, and sentenced to pay a hundred pounds for, besides other things, having publicly drunk to a seditious toast, namely "May you never want three pounds, Accordfourteen shillings, and five pence! ing to the Kalendar of MSS. of the Marquess of Ormonde this alarming toast had triple signification, viz., the health of James the THIRD, Louis the FOURTEENTH, and Philip the FIFTH, the three Catholic monarchs in league against England. R. B. Upton.

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WE must request correspondents desiring inMARY ROBERTS.-The 'D.N.B.' under formation on family matters of only private interest "Samuel Roberts (1763-1848) mentions to affix their names and addresses to their queries his daughter Mary, author of 'Royal Exile,' in order that answers may be sent to them direct. and has in square brackets, see under Roberts, Mary, 1788-1864. On turning to Mary Roberts," it will be seen that the

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SCOTT'S LEGEND OF MONTROSE.'-Can any reader of 'N. & Q.' give the origin of the

"Some confusion has arisen between Miss following:Roberts and a cousin of the same name, Mary 1. Motto to chap. iii.: "For pleas of right Roberts, daughter of Samuel Roberts (1763-let statesmen vex their heads,' &c.1848) [q.v.] of Sheffield, authoress of Royal Exile,' 1822." attributed to Donne, but apparently not by

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2. Motto to chap. ix. : "Dark on their journey lowr'd the gloomy day," &c.; from The Travellers, a Romance (perhaps by Scott ?).

There was him. no necessity for this paragraph which is somewhat misleading. The two Marys may have caused confusion, but they were not cousins, nor have I been able to trace any connection whatever between the two families. CHARLES DRURY.

3. Motto to chap. xi. : Is this thy castle, Baldwin?

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