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X.X.
Dec. 31. 1850.
_Genealogy of the Talbots._--In some of the printed genealogies of the
Talbots, to whose ancestry you have lately made several references, descent
is claimed for that noble family from the emperors of the East, through
Anne, wife of Henry I., King of France, and daughter of Iaroslaf, or
Georges, King of Russia, whose father, the great Vladimir, married Anne,
sister of Basilius, Emperor of Byzantium.
Now that excellent authority, _L'Art de V�rifier les Dates_, gives the date
of 988 for the conquest of the Chersonese by Vladimir and his marriage with
the emperor's sister, and that of 978 for the birth of Iaroslaf, who must,
therefore, be a son of one of the many concubines mentioned in that work as
preceding his wife Anne.
Can the rare honour of descent from the Eastern emperors be substantiated
by the correspondents who appear to take interest in the pedigree of this
house?
I may add, that _L'Art de V�rifier les Dates_, though seldom incorrect,
seems to err when it asserts Enguerherde, wife of the above-named Iaroslaf,
to be {40} the daughter of Olaus, or Olaf, "King of _Norway_, and not of
_Sweden_," as the _Heims Kringla_ of Snorro Sturleson gives a long account
of the betrothal of Ingigerd or Enguerherde, daughter of Olaf Ericson, King
of _Sweden_, to St. Olaf, King of _Norway_, and of her subsequent marriage
to Iaroslaf, or Jarislief, King of Russia.
Can you say where the best pedigree of the early kings of Sweden is to be
found?
E.H.Y.
_Robertson of Muirtown_ (Vol. ii., p. 253.).--In thanking A.R.X. for his
reference to a pedigree of Robertson of Muirtown, I should be glad if he
can explain to me the connection with that branch of _George_ Robertson, of
St. Anne's, Soho, who lived in the middle of the last century, and married
Elizabeth Love, of Ormsby, co. Norfolk. He was uncle, I believe, to Mr.
Robertson Barclay (who assumed the last name), of Keavil, co. Fife, and
nearly related, though I cannot say in what degree, to William Robertson,
of Richmond, whose daughter Isabella married David Dundas, created a
baronet by George III., and one of whose granddaughters was married to Sir
James Moncreiff, and another to Dr. Sumner, the present Archbishop of
Canterbury. This William Robertson, I believe sold the Muirtown property.
Is he one of those mentioned in the work to which A.R.X. has referred me?
and was he the _first_ cousin to Robertson the historian? Perhaps A.R.X.
can also say whether the arms properly borne by the Muirtown branch are
those given to them in Burke's _Armory_, viz. Gu. three crescents
interlaced or, between as many wolves' heads erased arg. armed and langued
az., all within a bordure of the third, charged with eight mullets of the
first. The late Rev. Love Robertson, Prebendary of Hereford (son of the
above George Robertson), was accustomed to use: Gu. three wolves' heads
erased arg., armed and langued az., which are the arms of the original
stock of Strowan. As I am entitled to quarter his coat, I should be glad to
know the correct blazonry.
C.R.M.
_Booty's Case._--Where can an authentic report be found of "Booty's case,"
and before what judge was it tried? The writer would also be obliged with
an account of the result of the case, and a note of the summing up, as far
as it is to be ascertained. The case is said to be well known in the navy.
DEMONOLOGIST.
[We have seen it stated that this case was tried in the Court of King's
Bench about the year 1687 or 1688.]
_Did St. Paul's Clock ever strike Thirteen._--There is a very popular
tradition that a soldier, who was taxed with having fallen asleep at
midnight, whilst on guard, managed to escape the severe punishment annexed
to so flagrant a dereliction of duty, by positively averring, as evidence
of his having been "wide awake," that he had heard the clock of St. Paul's
Cathedral strike _thirteen_ at the very time at which he was charged with
having indulged in forbidden slumbers. The tradition of course adds, indeed
this is its point, that, upon inquiry, it was found that the famous horary
monitor of London city had, "for that night only," actually treated those
whose ears were open, with the, till then, unheard of phenomenon of
"thirteen to the dozen." Can any of your readers state how this story
originated, or whether it really has any foundation in fact?
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