Dublin.
_Lord Goring_ (Vol. ii., pp. 22. 65.; Vol. vii., p. 143.).--In the
order-books of the council of state, I find that William Killegrew was, on
the 1st Oct., 1642, appointed lieutenant-colonel of the regiment of Colonel
Goringh, _vice_ Thomas Hollis, deceased; and that, on the 26th March, 1647,
he was named colonel of the same regiment, vice Colonel Goringh, resigned.
That the last-mentioned colonel is _George_ Goringh we learn from the
war-budget (Staat van Oorlog) of 1644, where the salaries of
Colonel George Goringh iij^c£
William Killegre, Lieutenant-Colonel lxxx£
are charged on the province of Holland. It nowhere appears from official
reports that Lord Goring held a higher military rank than that of colonel
in the Netherlands army. That he left England previous to 1645 is proved
not only by the above, but also by his presence, as colonel in the service
of Spain, at the siege of Breda in 1637. If he afterwards served in the
Spanish army as lieutenant-general, what could have induced him at a later
period to accept the rank of colonel in the army of the States?
--t.
In the _Irish Compendium, or Rudiments of Honour_, vol. iii. pp. 64, 65.,
2nd ed.: London, 1727, we read that Lord Richard Boyle, born in 1566,
married as second wife "Catharine, only daughter to Sir Jeffry Fenton; by
her had five sons and seven daughters, of which the Lady Lettice was
married to _George Lord Goring_."--V. D. N. _From the Navorscher._
_Chaplains to Noblemen_ (Vol. vii., p. 163.).--There is, in the Faculty
Office in Doctors' Commons, an entry kept of the appointments of chaplains
when brought to be registered. Under what authority the entry is made does
not seem very clear. The register does not extend beyond the year 1730,
though there may be amongst the records of the office in St. Paul's some
earlier notices of similar appointments.