12 S. XII. JAN. 6, 1923.] NOTES AND QUERIES. AG 3 305 CONTENTS.-No. 247. NOTES:- Dalton of Leatherhead, 3 - Samuel Richardson and his Family Circle, 6-The Milton- Century Raid, 10-Edmund Harrison of Broderers' Company-Curious Snuffbox, 11. QUERIES:-Congreves, 11 Poem attributed to · Prince of Wales'-Boccaccio's 'Decamerone Dalton is admitted tenant. There is, there- -Lusignan and Melusine, 13-Reference wanted Merton Colleget. They may, however, have Arms, 14-The Suckling Family, 15-Execution 1616 or 1617, but the actual date and place 1641 of a Non-conformist Minister-"Man of Wax" Reichstadt-Sir Alan le Buxhull-Paper Marks Giraldus Cambrensis-Poem wanted, 19. From this it would appear that he had risen to the post of Yeoman of the Wine King Charles II*. The first member of the family of whom we hear is the father of the latter, Richard Dalton of Leatherhead, yeoman, whose will (Archdeaconry of Sur- rey, 206) is dated June 8, 1642. He men- tions in it one son Richard Dalton, then of age, and five daughters, Elizabeth, Frances, Sara, Mary and Dorothy, all minors; must have married, as his son-in-law Robert Boughton is named as an executor, with Edward Hudson and Thomas Lampard. Proved Aug. 9, 1642. The family held land in the manor of Thorncroft, held by Merton College, Oxford. The Court Rolls show that at a Court Baron held Sept. 13, 1639, Nath. Edward Skeete sold to Richard Dalton, 15 acres of land freehold at a quit rent of 6d., and at a Court held Sept. 23, 1652, the death of Richard Dalton, free- + Thorncroft leases recorded at. Apr. 30, 14th of Charles I. (1639). To Oct. 20, 1649. To Walter Rogers. 1659, to Thomas Bludworth for lives of John Bludworth, Walter Bludworth and Anne Blud- worth and the longest liver of them, the said |