C. P. L.
Ralph Ashton the Commander.—Your answer to my inquiry relative to "Isabella, the wife of Ralph the Commander" (Ashton, Vol. ix., p. 272.), induced me to refer to the work you quoted, Baines's Lancashire; but in the list of her sons I did not find named one who is mentioned in the ancient document I have spoken of, namely, "James, the son of Isabel, the wife of Ralph the Commander." Did she survive her husband and marry a second time; and, if so, what was his name? I ask this because, probably, that would be the name of the son here alluded to. A reply to this Query would oblige[[3]]
Jaytee.
Footnote 3:[(return)]
We cannot discover that Elizabeth Kaye, the wife of Ralph the Commander, married the second time. See Burke's Extinct Baronetcies, pp. 21. 285., ed. 1838.—Ed.
Minor Queries with Answers.
Roman Roads in England.—Whose is the best treatise on the Roman roads in England?
Prestoniensis.
[Although the credit and fidelity of Richard of Cirencester have frequently been attacked, still, as