Lady Jane Partrige for life, of the manor of Kenne in Devon, of the
yearly value of 57l. 12s. 0-3/4d., but this not before April, 1553." Can
any of your readers tell me how to obtain access to a private act 1st
Mary, Sessio secunda. cap. 9., anno 1553, intituled, "An Act for the
Restitution in Blood of the Heirs of Sir Miles Partrige, Knight"? Strype
calls it an act for the restitution of the daughters of Sir Miles
Partrige, and I think he must be right, as I have primâ facie proof that
Sir Miles left no son. Were the debates on the acts of parliament
recorded in those days, and if so, how can they be seen?

J. PARTRIGE.

Birmingham.


_Commoner marrying a Peeress._--Formerly, when a commoner married a
peeress in her own right, he assumed her title and dignity. The right
was, I believe, disputed during the reign of Henry VIII., in the case of
the claimant of the barony of Talbois, when it was decided that no man
could take his wife's titles unless he had issue male by her, but, if
there were such issue, he became, as in cases of landed property,
"tenant by curtesy" of her dignities. Can any of your correspondents
inform me whether any subsequent decision has deprived of this right a
commoner marrying a peeress and having issue male by her?

L.R.N.


_The Character "&."_--What is the correct name of the character "&?" I
have heard it called _ample-se-and_, _ampuzzánd_, _empuzád_, _ampássy_,