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Notes and Queries, Number 39, July 27, 1850 by Various
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He will come when you call him, go when you bid him, and shut
the door after him.

J.E.B. MAYOR.


_"George" worn by Charles I._--I should be glad if any of your
correspondents could give me information as to who is the present
possessor of the "George" worn by Charles I. It was, I believe, in the
possession of the late Marquis Wellesley, but since his death it has
been lost sight of. Such a relic must be interesting to either
antiquaries or royalists.

SPERANS.


_Family of Manning of Norfolk._--Can any of your readers supply me with
an extract from, or the name of a work on heraldry or genealogy,
containing an account of the family of _Manning_ of _Norfolk_. Such a
work was seen by a relative of mine about fifty years since. It related
that a Count Manning, of Manning in Saxony, having been banished from
thence, became king in Friesland, and that his descendants came over to
England, and settled in Kent and _Norfolk_. Pedigrees of the Kentish
branch exist: but that of Norfolk was distinct. Guillim refers to some
of the name in Friesland.

T.S. LAWRENCE.


_Salingen a Sword Cutler._--A sword in my possession, with inlaid basket
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