Tor-Mohun.
The De Rous Family.—Hugh Rufus, or De Rous, was Bishop of Ossory, A.D. 1202. He had been previously an Augustinian Canon of Bodmin, in Cornwall. Query, Was he a cadet of the ancient family of De Rous; and if so, what was his descent?
James Graves.
Where was the Fee of S. Sanxon?—At the end of "Ordericus Vitalis," in the Gesta Normannorum, is a list called the "Feoda Normanniæ," wherein, under the title "Feoda Ebroic.," occurs the entry:
"S. Sanxon dim. f. in friche."
Francis Drake, in his Antiquities of York, London, 1736, p. 70., speaks of "Sampson, or Sanxo," the archbishop of that see; and elsewhere mentions the parish church of S. Sampson, "called by some Sanxo."
What I wish to ask is, Where was this half fee of S. Sanxon? Whether it had any connexion with Sanson sur Rille? And whether it was the place from which "Ralph de S. Sanson" or "Sanson Clericus" of the Domesday Book, who was afterwards Bishop of Worcester, derived his name?
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Russian Emperors.—Is there any truth in a rumour that was current two or three years since respecting the limited period that was placed upon the reign of any Russian monarch? Twenty-five years was the time stated, at the termination of which the Emperor had to abdicate. As this period has elapsed, and no abdication has taken place by the present Autocrat, some one may perhaps be able to state how such a statement originated, and upon what grounds?
Thos. Crosfield.