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Hull-“An unconscionable time in dying of a Non-conformist Minister-"Man of Wax" -Folk-lore: Changelings, 16 Trick-numbers Egg Folk-lore-Proverbs Wanted, 17-“ Hunger " in Place-names-Mrs. Beeton-Rookwood-Man- Dalton is admitted tenant. There is, there- fore, an interval of ten years between the death of Richard Dalton (the first) and the admission of his son, but it is paralleled by the gap of eleven years between the death of the latter in 1681 and the admission of his son Richard Dalton (the third) in 1692. It is stated in The History and Antiquities of Surrey,' by the Rev. Owen Manning (1804), that Richard Dalton (the second) and his son resided at the Manor House of Thorncroft, but no record of a lease to the Daltons is to be found in the Court Rolls at REPLIES:-Hereditary Use of Surnames and Arms, 14 The Suckling Family, 15-Execution 1616 or 1617, but the actual date and place have not been found. The first mention of his name in the account books of the Comp- troller of the Household occurs in (16 Charles I), when he is mentioned with Henry Hall and two others as a Turnbroach Reichstadt-Sir Alan le Buxhull-Paper Marks Giraldus Cambrensis-Poem wanted, 19. Sir Henry Firebrace married as his third wife Mary, eldest daughter of Richard Dalton, Serjeant of the Wine Cellar to 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, April 1660. Richard Dalton, now Yeoman of the Wine Cellar; he paid upon His Majesty's bestowed on Mr. Hethwait his place of Ser- From this it would appear that he had risen to the post of Yeoman of the Wine Mr. Hethwait appears to have resigned the post of Serjeant, as Richard Dalton was sworn Gentleman and Yeoman of the Mouth on Aug. 17, 1660, and Sergeant of the Wine + Thorncroft leases recorded at Merton Apr. 30, 14th of Charles I. (1639). Το 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 |