J. B.
Replies to Minor Queries.
The two Gilberts de Clare (Vol. v., p. 439.).—In reference to No. 2. of "Irish Queries", as to the relationship which existed between the two Gilberts de Clare, Earls of Gloucester, I beg to send you the information required by your correspondent Mac an Bhaird.
| Gilbertus Co. Gloucest. & Hertf.: obiit 14 Henr. 3. | = | Isabella, tertia natu filiarium & cohær. Will. Mareschalli Co. Pembr. | ||
| Ricardus, Co. Gloucest. & Hertf.: obiit 46 Henr. 3. | = | Matilda, filia Joh. de Laci Comit. Lincoln ux. 2. | ||
| Gilbertus, Comes Glouc. & Hertf. cogn. Rufus, ob. 24 Ed. 1. | = | Joanna de Acres, filia Regis Ed. 1. | ||
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See also Miller's Catalogue of Honor, pp. 369-373.; Vincent's Errours of Brooke, pp. 122, 123.; Yorke's Union of Honour, pp. 109, 110.
Farnham.
Farnham, Cavan.
Baxter's Shove, &c. (Vol. v., p. 416.).—I fear it may savour somewhat of presumption in me to offer the following remarks to one who confesses himself to be a collector of Baxter's works; but if they afford no information to your correspondent Mr. Clark, they may probably prove acceptable to other less sedulous inquirers after the writings of this truly pious man.
Baxter, in his enthusiastic zeal in the cause of religion, did not hesitate to append to some of his popular tracts, titles more calculated to excite the curiosity of the vulgar than engage the attention of the refined reader; as the age became more enlightened, this breach of propriety was discontinued, and these records of genius and piety have been since reprinted under more appropriate appellations. If I am not misinformed, the title of Baxter's Shove has undergone this transformation, and now appears under that of The Call to the Unconverted.