A LIST of the MONUMENTAL BRASSES of ENGLAND and WALES, considered as "National Monuments: by the Society of Antiquaries, compiled by J. Jeremiah, jun., from the " Report of the Sepulchral Monument Committee," 1872. Little Easton South Weald Winchester Cathedral. Hereford dral. Cathe Canterbury Cathe dral. Hever Maidstone, ... Bourchier Chapel ... ... ... ... Under an arch, Samuel Hornsett, Abp. York 1631 1485 Brass effigy, incised with arms and inscription Altar tomb, with inlaid brass effigies of himself and wife. ... 1567 Altar tomb, with effigy in brass of his wife, inlaid. Set up in 1867 to replace a lost brass plate ... ... Marble sarcophagus, with recumbent effigy in bronze screen, with busts. Brass plate ... ... brass. Sir Thomas Boleyne, K.G., Earl of Wilts and Ormond. William Courtenay, Abp. of Canterbury. 1135 Altar tomb, with inlaid effigy in brass ... Father of Queen Anne Boleyn. 1396 ... Ralph Assheton ... ... 1650 Brass plate ... Flat stone on pavement, with matrix of The fine brass is now brass effigy. Engraved brass plate, with effigies of him self and two wives. ... John Runell, Bp. of Lincoln... Jane (Guildford) Duchess of Northumberland. 1494 1555 Marble altar tomb, brass effigy lost... Canopied tomb, with small brass plates in the wall. The plate of Duchess and five daughters remains; the other plate gone. Chaplain to H. VIII. Ditto Ditto ... ... Ditto ... King Henry III. ... : 1272 Marble and mosaic altar tomb, with recumbent effigy, brass gilt. Marble altar tomb, with effigies of copper gilt. 1397 Marble, inlaid with elaborate brasses ... Ditto S. ambulatory. St. Edmund's Chapel. Ditto ... ... Within altar rails John of Waltham, Bp. Salisbury 1395 ... 1397 Purbeck marble, with inlaid brass.. 1399 Marble altar tomb, with inlaid effigy in brass ... ... 1485 ... Nave, S. wall... Thomas Nele, D.D.. ... ... 1590 Mural brass, with epitaph ... Chancel, S. wall Thomas Teesdale ... ... 1610 Black marble monument and brass effigy New Coll. Chapel, Ante Chapel ... William Laud, Abp. Canter- 1645 Plain stone, with inscription in brass 1417 Large engraved brass plate, with effigy ... ... Chapel, S. side Richard Quatremayne 146 Altar tomb of Purbeck marble, with brass Epitaph gives ob. effigies of himself and wife. Altar tomb of Purbeck marble, inlaid with Removed from Grey brasses. Friars, Caermarthen, after dissolution. ... 1584 Brass plate ... 1555 Brass plate ... ... 1632 Bust in niche, brass plate on pavement ... 1737 Brass coffin plate in pavement ... M.D.CCCLX., but names K. Ed. IV. Founders of Wad ham Coll., Oxon. Protestant Martyr. Taken off the coffin, termlie twentie for ss (24) Item furth of ye land of Andro Gibsoun lyand nixt adjacent to ye said Johne Hanys Land to ye choristaris fyve ss iiijd (25) Item furth of ye land of ye land of Robert Drone and Marioun Patersoune his spouse lyand nixt adjacent to ye said andro gibsouns land to ye choristaris zeirlie fyve ss iiiid (26) Item furth of ye land of ye said James Reid Lyand as said is haffand on ye west the land of vmqle Thomas Duncane mariner To zeirlie aucht ss (4) Item furth of ye land of ye airis of vmqle James Sym- foure ss vid on ye west threttene ss iiiid and on ye land of John feirne on ye west pairtis to the Choristaris zeirlie and furth of ye samyne land to ye hospitall zeirlie ten ss and to ye gray freiris fyvetene ss (42) Item furth of ye land of William Williamsoun Lyand on ye south syid of Ergyllis gaitt Betuix ye Land of on ye east and ye land of Ipairtis to the choristaris zeirlie fiftie thre ss iiiid (43 Item furth of ye land of Patrik Durhame lyand on ye (27) Item furth of ye land of David Robertsoun Minister north syid of Ergyllis gaitt Betuix ye land of Johne mersLyand on ye north syid of the fluker gaitt Betwix ye land of chell and James bower on ye south The land of James Goldye said Thomas Duncane on ye east and ye land of ye airis man on ye east and the land of Johne Striuiling of Brakie on Tuentie syve ss of vmqle Thomas Symesoun on ye west pairts zeirlie to ye ye west pairtis to the gray freiris zeirlie Hospitall Suma huius pag: ix lib xiiii ss vid (28) Item furth of ye said Thomas Sympsonis airis Land (44) Item furth of James Boweris land foirsaid lyand at ye Lyand as Said is and havand on ye west ye vast land of front of ye said Patrik Durham's land to the choristaris David Cokburne or James Rollok callit ye Ketch peill to ye Choristeris zeirlie sex ss and (45) Item furth of findlo Duncanis land and zeardis lyand furth of ye samy land to Sanct Thomas Chaiplanrie in Ketins on ye south syid of Argyllis gaitt Betuix ye land of James Goldman on ye east and ye land of ye airis of vmqle Johne Hoppringe on ye west pairtis to the Choristaris zeirlie' Sex ss viiid (46) Item furth of Waltar lowellis land lyand on ye north syid of Ergyllis gaitt Betuix ye land of Robert smith on ye east and ye land of James Dickis airis on ye west pairtis to ye Choristaris zeirlie (47) Item furth of ye Said Robert Smithis land foirsaid havand on ye east the land of David Carma now To the Chaiplanrie of Sanct Johne of ye Sklethewchis zeirlie zeirlie foure lib (29) Item furth of ye land of Petir Cockburne Lyand nixt zeirlie Tuentie ss (33) Item furth of ye land of Robert Spink Lyand adjacent ten ss zeirlie Choristoris zeirlie Tuentie ss Threttie thrie ss twentie twa ss ellewine ss viiid fyvetene ss (48) Item furth of ye said Dauid Darma nowis land foirsaid haiffand on ye east William Duncansonis land to the (49) Item furth of ye said william duncansonis land foirsaid havand on ye east the land of ye airis of vmqle Alex Richardsoun to ye Choristaris zeirlie (50) Item furth of ye laird of fairdillis Land Callit the Chanteris land lyand on ye South syid of Ergyllis gaitt Betuix ye land of Robert Kyd on ye east and ye land of William allerdyiss on ye west pairtis To the Choristaris zeirlie fyve lib sex ss viiid (51) Item furth of ye land of ye said Robert Kyd foirsaid on ye east James Carmichaellis land To ye Chaiplanrie of Sanct Andro zeirlie fyve fs (52) Item furth of ye said James Carmichaellis land foirsaid havand on ye East Jemes Johnstounis land to ye Chaplanrie of Sanct Androw zeirlie (53) Item furth of Cristian Burnis land lyand on ye north syid of Argyllis gaitt Betuix ye land of George bellis airis on ye east and ye land of Robert Myln on ye west pairtis to (36) Item furth of ye Said Mr Eduard Henrysonis land (54) Item furth of ye land of James Johnestoun Lyand on Lyand as said is and haiffand On ye east George Andersonis ye south syid of Argyllis gaitt Betuix ye land of ye airis of land to the Gray freiris zeirlie Sewine ss vid vmqle Alex Alansoune on ye east and ye land of James (37) Item furth of ye Said George Andersonis Land Lyand Carmichaell on ye west pairtis To the Chaiplanrie of Sanct as Said is and havand On ye east Alexr fyffis Land to ye (55) Item furth of ye land foirsaid of ye airis of vmqle (38) Item furth of ye said Alex' fyffis land Lyand as Said Alex Alansoun havand on ye east the Kirkstyill and ye is haffand on ye east Johne feirnis land to ye Hospitall land of Petir Wedderburu To the Gray freires yeirlie Thrie lib sex fs viijd Suma huius pagine xvii lib x f viiid (56) Item furth of ye land of ye saidis airis of vmqle Alex Alanesoun Lyand on the north syid of Argyllis gaitt Betuix ye land of Dauid Spanky on ye east and the land of James Duncan on ye west pairtis to the Hospitall zeirlie Thrie lbs sex fs viiid (To be continued.) Notes. THE FALLING STARS OF NOVEMBER, 1872. I WAS SO fortunate as to witness at Boston this marvellous display of meteors, now proved beyond all doubt, both by previous calculation and subsequent observation of astronomers, to have been due to Biela's comet passing very near the earth's orbit, and almost her place in the orbit at the above date; the comet's substance being, as Professor Herschel said, "distributed into the form of a meteoric stream" (Times, November 29). Within a few minutes I counted hundreds of falling stars," and they appeared to "fall" from and to every point of the compass. They were seen all over Europe at the same time, and their distance from the earth, according to the best observers, not being very great at the moment of their visibility, suggests the question whether the opinion once most prevalent as to their nature, cause of luminosity, or the extent of the earth's atmosphere be not erroneous. Are these cometary fragments in any sense solid bodies, which, although they have their origin far beyond the earth's atmosphere, are only visible through incandescence by friction with it? And if so, may not aerolites, or falling stones-of which the ancients have recorded examples --and, fire-balls also have a cometary origin? The periodicity of all has been found remarkably identical. May not some of the shooting stars of November 27 have mingled with our atmosphere, and had something to do with the abnormal atmospheric phenomena of the last three months? The astronomers who recorded the appearances of the meteoric shower also noted variations of the barometer before, during, and after that event; and during the recent gale, bright meteors were observed at Dover. May not comets, in fact, have some influence on our atmospheric changes? I trust this question will not be considered unsuitable for discussion in the Antiquary. F. J. L., M.A. POPULAR RHYMES.-The following bit of local weatherwisdom has been a household word in Upper Clydesdale for time out of mind. Those who care for such metrical snatches will find a few more of a like kind, varied to suit the peculiar place-names of different districts, in the late Dr. Chambers's entertaining book, " Popular Rhymes of Scotland." Tintock, from its height-2306 feet-and singularly isolated position, is the weather beacon for not fewer than twenty parishes perhaps, some of which must scan the ominous misty clouds from distances of thirty miles and upwards. The kirktown of Wiston lies close by the base of the hill : When Tintock tap puts on its cap, Ca' oot it will be foul. The following rhythms were jotted down a few years ago, while they were being crooned (not sung) for the amusement of a little child, by an elderly woman who had been born in Dumbartonshire. I was told by her that many a "fishious wean" had they lulled into sleep in Straith-Endrick. New to myself, so will they be, I dare say, to a good many readers of the Antiquary : QUEER BLUNDER.-The smart but (in my opinion) wellearned flogging of Dickens by the Bookseller, as given in the Antiquary (vol. iii. 3, 4), calls to my mind an odd literary mistake made by him, of which, so far as I know, no public notice has ever been taken. Admirers of Dombey and Son will doubtless remember the scene at Blimber's school, when the unlucky Johnson, making an effort to keep his face straight during a pompous harangue by the learned principal, got choked nearly. What was the punishment for so heinous an offence ?" Johnson will repeat to me tomorrow morning, before breakfast, without book, and from the Greek Testament, the first epistle of Saint Paul to the Ephesians." A sharp-witted friend, to whom I pointed out the passage, some twenty years ago, suggested that possibly the author meant to show up a lack of biblical knowledge on the part of the pedantic old goose of a dominie. This was subtle, certainly, but not quite consistent with the fact that the blunder will be looked for in vain, save in the first edition of the novel. Christian ethics, Dickens could hardly have been so little acquainted [If we may judge from his disposition to patronize certain bits of with the list of the contents of his New Testament as not to know that Paul wrote but one epistle to the Ephesians. Probably in the hurry of composition he omitted to insert the word "chapter."-ED.] CURIOUS MEANS OF LOVE CORRESPONDENCE.-A lady friend told me the other day that, when she was many years younger, she used to carry on her correspondence with the gentleman to whom she was engaged by means of ivy leaves. Her lover, residing in France, would send her a newspaper, and inside a fold was placed an ivy leaf, with the message written on the back of it. This effectually preserved secrecy, from the fact that no one suspected the. correspondence by this means. The leaf used was a fresh one, and its stalk was inserted in the newspaper. My informant could not say what was the origin of this custom, but she had known several friends in her younger days who corresponded in the same way. I should be glad to know whether the custom of using leaves in correspondence is to be found abroad, and whether it is of older date than the present century. J. JEREMIAH, Jun. RIVER TUMMEL."-Allow me to point at what appears to me a misconception in regard to the origin of the Scotch river named Tummel. A writer in the New Statistical Account derives this from the Gaelic Teth-thuel, which he explains, "The hot or boiling flood or river." I hardly know that the waters of the Tummel contain any specific difference of temperature. Might not the explanation be found in the ordinary Scotch word tummle, to tumble; Danish, Tummel, a din, Tumlen, a tumbling or violent many years ago by Mr. Muir, to whom it is addressed. It motion, cognate with the Dutch Tuymelen, to tumble; has occurred to me that it might by possibility interest German, Taumel = tumult? The Northmen, it is well your readers. known, imposed names on rivers from the sound of their waters, and other accidental peculiarities. E. D. ARMS OF PRESTON OF CRAIGMILLAR.-I send you a drawing of the armorial bearings of the Prestons of Craiginillar, taken from one of the doorways of the old castle of that name, near Edinburgh. Should you deem this of sufficient interest for reproduction, I have much pleasure in placing it at your disposal. I made this sketch with considerable care some ten years ago. It is not the sculpture referred to by Nisbet, who mentions only that "on the Inner-Gate," "within a Shield Couchee, three Unicorns' Heads couped supported by two Lions; and for Crest, An Unicorn's Head, issuing out of a Coronet, in Place of a Wreath; Motto, Præsto, ut Præstem." "Below" this, "on the Stone," Nisbet says, "is the Year of God, 1427." The sculpture represented in the sketch, as will be seen, is without exterior ornaments. Underneath the shield is a Rebus consisting of the figures of a press and a tun, in allusion to the bearer's name Rebuses, it may be remarked, were anciently assumed by persons who were not privileged to bear arms, as well as by many who were. On the upper portion of the sculpture is a date which I take to be 1570, although the third figure seems doubtful. The figures 15-0 are raised. What I suppose to be the figure 7 appeared to have scaled off and to have been subsequently incised. J. C. ROGER. LETTER OF JAMES HOGG.-The annexed is copy of an inedited letter of James Hogg, which was given to me "Dear Peter "Altrieve Lake Septr 2nd 1833. You are a bummeling thrummeling fumbling rascal and have fairly lost your character as a first rate tradesman with me. The bow that you made for Dr Gray in lieu of my prize bow broke through the middle at the second or third trial as how could she miss being loosely dovetailed and leeshed in the middle. I must however have another instantly for I am destitute and the prize bow is to shoot for this month. I am told you have a bow in Mr Boyd's hand at Inverleithen pray may I have her? or at least the loan of her till you can make me another. Please drop me a single line with Ebenezer Hogg our carrier who leaves Watson's every Saturday about one so if you write by post direct by Selkirk Yours ever "JAMES HOGG." TIDE-WELLS AT MARGATE.-Margate used to stand almost at the head of English watering-places for salubrity, but now is almost the lowest in the list, according to the Registrar-General's return for 1871; and her neighbour, Ramsgate, once far below her, is now vastly superior: the mortality of the former being just double that of the latter, viz., 22 per thousand as against II. What are the causes of this change? May it not be attributed to the fact of Ramsgate having secured a thorough system of drainage, and good supply of water, while Margate has still no regular drainage, at least in the old town, and at many houses the water being from wells, and those wells in close proximity to cesspools, is necessarily impure? Some at least of those wells are, as J. Lewis mentioned in his "History of Tenet " (1736), tide-wells, the water rising and falling in them with the tide. Lewis attributes this circumstance to the soft and porous nature of the chalk, especially on the west, or London side of Margate, from the Nayland rock to Cliffend; and it shows itself at a considerable distance from shore, as in wells at Garlinge, and in consequence of this, and the enormous increase of late years in the number of visitors, and greater amount of sewage, wells once held in repute for good water have had to be closed altogether, as, e.g., one in Trinity-square, near the church. But tide-wells |