Theobald le Botiller.—What Theobald le Botiller did Rose de Vernon marry? See Vernon, in Burke's Extinct Peerage; Butler, in Lynch's Feudal Dignities; and the 2nd Butler (Ormond), in Lodge's Peerage.
Y. S. M.
William, fifth Lord Harrington.—Did William, fifth Lord Harrington, marry Margaret Neville (see Burke's Extinct Peerage) or Lady Catherine Courtenay? The latter is given in Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, in Sir John Harrington's pedigree.
Y. S. M.
Singular Discovery of a Cannon-ball.—A heavy cannon-shot, I should presume a thirty-two pound ball, was found embedded in a large tree, cut down some years since on the estate of J. W. Martin, Esq., at Showborough, in the parish of Twyning, Gloucestershire. There was never till quite lately any house of importance on the spot, nor is there any trace of intrenchments to be discovered. The tree stood at some distance from the banks of the Avon, and on the other side of that river runs the road from Tewkesbury through Bredon to Pershore. The ball in question is marked with the broad arrow. From whence and at what period was the shot fired?
Francis John Scott.
Tewkesbury.
Scottish Castles.—It is a popular belief, and quoted frequently in the Statistical Account of Scotland, and other works referring to Scottish affairs, that the fortresses of Edinburgh Castle, Stirling Castle, Dumbarton Castle, Blackness Castle, were appointed by the Articles of Union between England and Scotland to be kept in repair and garrisoned. Can any of your readers refer to the foundation for this statement? for no reference in to be found to the subject in the Articles of Union.
Scrymzeour.
Edinburgh.