W. Barnes.
Dorchester.
Robert Wauchope, Archbishop of Armagh, 1543 (Vol. vii., p. 66.).—I know of no detailed account of this prelate, and am unable to furnish any particulars in addition to those stated by A. S. A., except that "he died in a convent of Jesuits at Paris, on the 10th of November, 1551," as stated by Ware, vol. i. p. 94. of his Works, Dublin, 1739. I may also add the following remark, which I find in a note, by M. Le Courayer, to his French translation of Fra-Paolo Sarpi's History of the Council of Trent (London, 1736), tome i. p. 221.:
"La raillerie que fait de lui Fra-Paolo, en le louant de bien courir la poste, et qu'il a tirée de Sleidan, vient apparemment du nombre de voyages qu'il fit en Allemagne, en France, et ailleurs, pour exécuter différentes commissions, dont il fut chargé par les Papes."
Tyro.
Dublin.
Flemish and Dutch Schools of Painting (Vol. vii., p. 65.).—Karelvan Glander, Leven der beroemdste Schilders, Hollandsche en Vlaamsche (Lives of the most celebrated Dutch and Flemish Painters). This work is of the beginning of the seventeenth century. A better work is the Levens der beroemdste Hollandsche en Vlaamsche Schilders, by Immerzeel, published in 1836.
H. v. L.
Furmety or Frumenty (Vol. vi., p. 604.).—Erica asks if furmety can claim descent from the once popular dish plum-porridge, mentioned in the Tatler and Spectator.
Though not a direct answer, the following quotation from Washington Irving's Sketch Book will show that it was in request at the season when plum-pudding abounds, notwithstanding the orthodoxy of its use on Mid-Lent Sunday. In his account of the Christmas festivities at Bracebridge Hall, speaking of the supper on Christmas Eve, he says: