Barrington, in his edition of _Orosius_, p. xxiii., gives "M. H. The Patton MS." among the transcripts. I cannot find any Hatton MS. of _Orosius_. Can he refer to the transcript of Junius?
_Commemoration of Benefactors._--I shall be glad to learn by what authority an office for the Commemoration of Founders and Benefactors is used in our college chapels, since this office in not found in our Book of Common Prayer. And, farther, whether the office is the same in all places, _mutatis mutandis_. In my own college (Queen's, Cambridge), the order of service was as follows:--The Lesson, Ecclus. xliv. (read by a scholar): the sermon: the list of foundresses and benefactors: Te Deum laudamus: proper Psalms, viz. cxlviii., cxlix., cl.: the following versicles and responses:
"_V._ The memory of the righteous shall remain for evermore. _R._ And shall not be afraid of any evil report. _V._ The Lord be with you. _R._ And with thy spirit."
Then followed an appropriate collect, introduced by the words "Let us pray;" and the office was concluded by the Benediction.
_Pedigree of Richard, Earl of Chepstow._--At a recent meeting of the Kilkenny Archæological Society, there was exhibited, by permission of the Marquis of Ormonde, an original charter, under seal, of Richard, Earl of Chepstow, surnamed Strongbow, whereby he granted certain lands in his newly acquired territory of Leinster, to Adam de Hereford. The charter, which is beautifully and clearly written on a small piece of vellum, commences thus:
"Comes Ric' fil' com' Ric' Gisleb'ti omnibus amicis suis," &c.
As the usually given pedigrees (see Sir R. Colt Hoare's _Tour in Ireland_, Introd. p. lxxv.) make Richard Strongbow the son of Gilbert, the second son, and not Richard, the eldest son, of Gilbert de Tonbrige; query, Are we to supply "fil'" before "Gisleberti" in the charter, or are we to suppose that the second "Ric'" is a slip of the pen,--a thing, however, not likely to occur in a legal deed of so important a nature.
_Twenty-seven Children._--In Colonel James Turner's defence (_English Causes Célèbres_, vol. i. p. 111.) he says, speaking of his wife, who was then also on trial for her life:
"She sat down, being somewhat fat and weary, poor heart! I have had twenty-seven children by her; fifteen sons and twelve daughters."