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LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1873.

CONTENTS.-No. 74.

should subsist with safety, and which has been so long the honourable and distinguishing characteristic of our Church, is now, it seems, quite exploded and ridiculed out of countenance as an unfashionable, superannuated way (which is more wonderful), as a dangerous tenet, utterly inconsistent with the right, liberty, and property of the people, who, as our new preachers and new politicians teach us (I suppose

LONDON RIOTS:-The High Church Riots of Queen Anne's Time by a new and unheard-of gospel, as well as laws), have, in (Trial of Dr. Sacheverell), 49.

ANTIQUITIES AT THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION :-Costumes, 51.
WORMLEY CHURCH AND MEMORIALS, HERTFORDSHIRE, 52.
QUERIES:-King James IV., 54-Annie Laurie-Monument at Ash-
iugton-The Eglinton Tournament-Napoleon I.-Colonel Fair-
fax-Saxon and Norman Architecture The Bishopric of
Westminster-Slippers and Rice-Family of Bird-Dies Iræ.
REPLIES:-Colonel Lilburne, 55-First Duke of Leeds-Cremation
of Human Dead-Viscount Dundee-The Rock Circles of North-
umberland-Relics of Old London-Prynne and Thurloe-Sir
Hugh Smithson-Fond Fellow-Robert Tider-Penance in the
Church of England.

MISCELLANEA:-The Anglesey Peerage Romance, 57-Autograph of
John Bunyan-Cheapside Cross.

contradiction to both, the power invested in them to cancel their allegiance at pleasure, and call their sovereign to account for high treason against his supreme subjects, forsooth-nay, to dethrone and murder him as a criminal, as they did the royal martyr, by a justiciary sentence; and, what is most incredible, some presume to make their court to their prince by maintaining such anti-monarchical principles. But, God be thanked, neither the constitution of our Church or State is so far altered, but that by the laws of both (still in force, and which I hope for ever will be) these damnable positions, let them come either from Rome or Geneva, from the pulpit or the press, are condemned for rebellion and high treason. Our adversaries think they effectually shut our mouths, and have us sure and unanswerable on this point, when they urge the revolution of this day in their defence. But certainly they are the great

PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES:-Royal Archæological Institute,, 58 est enemies of that and his late majesty, and the most London and Middlesex Archæological Society

Archæological Association.

NOTICES OF Books, 59.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS, 60.

LONDON RIOTS.

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THE HIGH CHURCH RIOTS OF QUEEN ANNE'S TIME (TRIAL OF DR. SACHEVERELI.).

BY WALTER THORNBURY.

THE causes of these riots require to be investigated at some length, in order to render the subsequent disturbances in the least intelligible.

On the 5th of November, 1709 (eighth year of Queen Anne), Dr. Henry Sacheverell, a noisy and vain High Churchman, chaplain of St. Saviour's, Southwark, preached a fanatical and mischievous sermon at St. Paul's Cathedral, before the Lord Mayor, Sir Samuel Gerrard, and the Aldermen of the City. Sacheverell took his text from 2 Corinthians xi. 26-" Ín perils among false brethren," and entitled the sermon, afterwards printed, and of which 40,000 copies were almost instantaneously sold, "The perils of false brethren both in Church and State." In this foolish and outrageous party sermon, the demagogue doctor denounced the Whig ministers, especially the Premier, Godolphin, and preached up the doctrine of non-resistance, indirectly implying that Queen Anne was a usurper, the "glorious Revolution a rebellion, and the Chevalier St. George the only true heir to the throne of Great Britain.

The logic of the sermon, and its treasonable character, can only be thoroughly gathered from the following passages, which we have carefully creamed from the poor syllabub itself :

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ungrateful for their deliverance, who endeavour to cast such black and odious colours upon us both. How often must they be told that the king himself solemnly disclaimed the least imputation of resistance in his declaration, and that the Parliament ordained that they set the crown upon his head upon no other title but that of the vacancy of the throne. And did they not unanimously condemn to the flames, as it justly deserved, that infamous libel that would have pleaded the right of conquest by which resistance was suppressed? So tender were they of the legal right, and so averse to infringe the least tittle of our constitution. We see how ready these incendiaries are to take the least umbrage, to charge their own cursed tenets on the Church of England, to divert their guilt upon it, and quit scores with it for their iniquity. Thus do they endeavour to draw comparisons to justify the horrid actions and principles of forty-one, which have been of late years, to the scandal of our Church and nation, publicly defended.”

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"But this crime is as pernicious to human society as religion, for it destroys all common honesty, faith and credit in the world, and in the place of it sets up an universal trade of cozenage, sharping, dissimulation, and downright knavery. For what dependence can there be upon a man of no principles? What trust in equivocations, evasions, and lies? Nor, indeed, could any one be supposed to be so sottish as to place the least confidence in these men, did they not bait their hook and cover their treachery with the sacred and plausible pretences of friendship, whereby they are capable of doing much more mischief than a bare-faced and professed enemy. In what moving and lively colours does the holy Psalmist point out the crafty insidiousness of such wiley Volpones?

This Sacheverell, a vain, empty creature as ever beat dust out of a pulpit cushion, was the son of a poor Wiltshire clergyman, and had been sent to Oxford by his uncle, an apothecary in Marlborough. In Magdalen College, when quite a boy, Sacheverell had been a chamber-fellow of Addison. After a short career as fellow and tutor at Oxford, "The grand security of our government, and the very the pushing man became rector of Cannock, in Staffordshire, pillar upon which it stands, is founded upon the steady and in 1705 plunged into the London world, on being ap belief of the subjects' obligation to an absolute and uncon-pointed chaplain at St. Saviour's, Southwark. ditional obedience to the supreme power in all things lawful, and the utter illegality of resistance upon any pretence whatever. And this fundamental doctrine, notwithstanding its divine sanction in the express command of God in Scripture, and without which it is impossible any government of any kind, or denomination of any kind, in the world,

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Godolphin, stung by the nickname of Volpone (the rascally hypocrite, in Ben Jonson's celebrated play) very impru dently urged forward the impeachment of Sacheverell, who had, before this, made himself notorious by a treasonable and High Church assize sermon at Derby. The Tories saw at once their opportunity, and prepared for what Swift called

"a general muster." Bolingbroke wrote to Sir William Wyndham, and declared the trial would bring in the Tories. In vain Kennett, Dean of Peterborough, wrote down the sermon, in vain Hoadley stood up for the Restoration. The Tories cried aloud in every coffee-house, from the Devil to Jonathan's, that the Whigs were going to pull down the Church, and that the trial of Sacheverell was intended to show their strength.

To gain time for hiring partisans and inflaming the mob, whose only religion consisted in hatred of dissent, it was proposed to hold the trial in Westminster Hall. At last, on February 27, 1710, the trial began with great solemnity. The articles of impeachment specified that :

"The said Henry Sacheverell preached a sermon at the Catholic Church of St. Paul's, before the Lord Mayor, aldermen, and citizens of London, on the 5th day of November last, being the anniversary thanksgiving to Almighty God for deliverance from the gunpowder-treason, and for beginning the late happy revolution, by giving His ate Majesty a safe arrival here, and for completing the lame, by making all opposition fall before him, till he became our King and Governor; which said sermon he, the aid Henry Sacheverell, likewise published in print, with a dedication thereof to Sir Samuel Gerrard, baronet, Lord Mayor of the city of London; and with a wicked, malicious, and seditious intention to undermine and subvert Her

royal grandfather to the block; the guilt of which horrid fact still lies heavy upon the nation, and will be felt by distant posterity."

The Oxford clergy wrote

"And we beg leave to assure your majesty that we shall, able affection to your sacred person and government; that on all occasions, give the highest instances of our unalterwe conscientiously observe those oaths we have willingly taken; that our prayers for your long and happy reign over us proceed from our hearts as well as lips; that we preach up an absolute submission to the supreme authority, without fanatical distinctions or Jesuitical reservations; which, not being warranted by the Word of God, we verily believe that those who teach men so, how great soever they may be in this world, shall be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven. That your majesty may long live and reign over us to see the Church enjoy the advantages of your royal bounty and piety; that your princely wisdom may be no less successful in suppressing schism and faction, blasphemy and atheism, at home, than your arms have been in subduing atheism abroad; and that you may late resign the undoubted prerogatives of the crown, the pure doctrines of the Church, and the just liberties of the subject, secure to the illustrious House of Hanover, are the daily prayers of your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects."

Majesty's Government, and the Protestant succession as by law established; to defame Her Majesty's administration; to asperse the memory of His late Majesty; to traduce and condemn the late happy revolution; to contradict and arraign the resolution of both Houses of Parliament; to create jealousies and divisions amongst Her Majesty's sub-among the mob, and excited a riot. The crowd then guarded jects; and to incite them to sedition and rebellion."

Sacheverell came to the Bar attended by Dr. Smalridge and Dr. Atterbury, who wrote his speeches, and stood by him, nearly the whole three weeks of the trial. The counsel for the arrogant martyr were, Sir Simon Harcourt, Mr. Constantine Phipps, Mr. Dodd, Dr. Hinchman. The managers for the Commons were the Lord William Paulet and Lord Coningsby, Sir Thomas Parker, Sir Joseph Jekyll, Sir John Hollis, Sir John Holland, Sir James Montague, and Sir Peter King; Mr. Henry Boyle, Mr. Robert Eyre, Mr. James Stanhope, and Mr. Robert Walpole; Mr. Spencer Cowper, Mr. John Smith, Mr. John Dolben, and Mr. William Thomson; Sir David Dalrymple, who was appointed to be one of them, was, by some sickness or indisposition, prevented from attending the trial.

Robert Walpole, with his usual good common sense, denounced "the seditious, discontented, hot-headed, ungifted, unedifying preacher," who had no hope of distinguishing himself in the world but by a matchless indiscretion. The Queen was present every day of the trial, and on one occasion the High Church mob, pressing round her chair, shouted, "God bless your Majesty and the Church. We hope your Majesty is for Dr. Sacheverell." Subsequently the doctor, brought to the Bar on his knees, was suspended from preaching for three years, and his two sermons were ordered to be burnt by the hands of the common hangman before the Royal Exchange, in the presence of the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs.

This mild sentence was considered a triumph by the High Church party, and addresses to the Queen poured in from all parts of England, expressive of approval. From a mass of these high flown documents preserved at the British Museum, we select one or two passages from the most violent. The magistrates of Salop say—

"Since we have thus presumed to approach your sacred person, we shall take this opportunity of expressing our utmost detestation of that vile and Jesuitical doctrine of resistance, which has of late been so insolently asserted in the most public manner; a doctrine destructive to monarchy and all civil government; a doctrine which brought your

The doctor, whose arrogant manner and studied conduct of his handkerchief the terrible Duchess of Marlborough has described, was escorted home daily during his trial by a bodyguard of butchers, who watched his sedan chair lest their idol should be torn to pieces by the Whigs. On the second night of his trial, Sacheverell's partisans scattered money the doctor to his luxurious chambers in the Temple, swearing loudly that the next night they would pull down the meeting house of the celebrated Dr. Burgess, situated in a court out of Carey-street. The High-flyers and Tantivies were for rising at once, and, if possible, burning the dissenting doctor in his own pulpit. The majority, however, were for delay, and so things ripened.

In the meantime, the town was all in a buzz with lampoons, parodies, and songs, for and against Doctor Sacheverell:-The fire-brand, the martyr; the saint, the impostor; the angel-guarded divine, the empty hot-headed fool. Four volumes, probably unique, of these productions, which abound with curious touches, are preserved in the British Museum, and from these we have filtered and culled the oddest and the cleverest. Here are several specimens

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day.

Let us join hand in hand, and we'll heartily
That the Church may stand safe for e'er anprad
Then fill up a bowl, fill it up to the brim;
Here's a health to all those who the Church do esteem.
Old England is true to the queen and the crown,
Whilst the Whigs would the mitre and surplice pull down.
Then fill up a bowl, &c.,
Here's a health, &c.

While the Phoenix stands up, and the Bow bells do ring,
Here's a health to Sacheverell, and God bless the queen.

Then fill up a bowl, &c., Here's a health, &c.

BRITISH LOYALTY DISPLAYED; OR, THE CHURCH IN is a christening quilt of the time of Charles II., exhibited

GLORY.

What the deuce makes the Whigs thus to trouble our peace,
For the crew from rebellion here never would cease.
'Tis true, whilst great Anne in glory does reign,
The rights of our Church she will ever maintain.
The free Christian Church she will always defend,
And to the religious will prove a true friend.
But yet our base foes can't let us alone,

For they longed for the faction of damn'd Forty-one.
How now, my Lord Wharton! How came it about,
That you of Sacheverell's doctrine should doubt?
O! The Pinnacles high where Bow bells do ring.
Here's a health to Sacheverell and God bless the Queen, &c.
A RECEIPT TO DRESS A PARSON AFTER THE NEWEST FASHION; SAID

TO BE LAID UNDER SIR P— K's PLATE AT A PUBLICK ENTER-
TAINMENT, INSTEAD OF A BILL OF FAKE-

When you have a fat parson that's fleshy and new,
For plain, common stomachs bare roasting will do.
But then for the palate of some squeamish members,
You must griddle or broil him on juniper embers.
If any one still is more curiously fed,

The height of the mode is to boil him in lead;
And if you'll have ev'rything answer desire,
With the Bible and homilies make up the fire.
When this you have done, and are ready to sup,
With sippets of Whigs you must straight dish him up;
But still, after all your care in the dressing,

Be sure to get a pair of lawn sleeves to crave blessing:
And when you have done, without finding fault,
Eat him up piping hot with pepper or salt;
If he doth not set easy, without any question
A dram of Geneva* may help the digestion, &c.
(To be continued.)

ANTIQUITIES AT THE INTERNATIONAL
EXHIBITION.-COSTUMES.

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by Mrs. Dunn (United Kingdom), and that stated to be a "Piece of embroidered silk," but which is in reality linen, and the property of H. L. Murdock. The pattern is well distributed over the ground, and has considerable character, though not comparable to the designs met with in Oriental or Algerian work. The christening quilt, belonging to Mrs. Dunn, is very delicate and superior in style. Of course, its harmonious effect is greatly owing to its being worked in one colour only. The whole of the surface is stitched over in an intricate design with yellow silk. Various fine pieces of work of a similar kind are now on view in the exhibition of ancient needlework, at the South Kensington Museum. In the same case as the last example, we observe a Norwegian quilted petticoat of bright yellow silk, ornamented with large flowers and leaves, in some instances worked into the ground, and in others consisting of pieces of silk laid upon it, and embroidered round the edges with green silk. It is dated eighteenth century, and we learn that these garments, as in the case of the well-known Norwegian jewellery, are retained in families as heirlooms for many generations. It is from the Laffoden Islands, and is lent by Mrs. Wingfield, of Onslow, Salop. Miss Fenwick de Porquet's black satin dress, painted in bouquets of flowers, is worthy of inspection. The splendid amber damask silk exhibited by Mr. Morris, cf Nunburnholm Rectory (3528), is a fine example of the manufacturer's Iskill, and though stated to be a hundred years old, is still perfectly fresh and bright. The stomacher of a silk dress, also lent by the same exhibitor, is wonderfully quaint and curious, and looks quite its century of age. A word must be given to the white silk and white satin aprons, embroidered in flowers of gold and silk (dates 1700 and 1725), exhibited by Messrs. Simmons, who also display a case of old court waistcoats most elaborately and minutely worked in coloured silks. Mr. Herbert Chisman has lent a piece of fine pink damask silk, date 1752. The bill of purchase is attached to this, and from it we learn that the dress was sold at thirteen shillings and sixpence a yard, "at the Blackamoor's Head, on Ludgate Hill: 15 April, 1752,"-the engraved portrait of the said blackamoor heading the document. Mrs. Hyde Clarke contributes a piece of beautiful embroidery, worked by Turkish ladies of the Harem, and also a characteristic specimen executed by Jews at Smyrna.

Lady Wyatt exhibits a piece of an old court dress in blue satin damask and silver, specially interesting as having been worn by the Marquise de Conty, on her presentation to Louis XIV. A once gorgeous yellow silk brocade coat (French, eighteenth century), the property of Mrs. Derbys comes in for depreciatory comment from a group of ladiet who pause to examine it, and volunteer the opinion that “i, is dreadfully ugly!"

(Continued from Vol. iii.. p. 303.) PROMINENT among the antique costumes at the International Exhibition, we observe a gold embroidered lent by Sir William Drake. The ground of this is crimson satin, richly ornamented over its entire surface with geometrical figures in silk of similar colour, stitched upon the satin, and edged with gold cord. The front and cape are of, crimson velvet relieved by an elaborate design, also in gold. Two shields bearing arms are seen upon the hem in front, but no special particulars concerning these are to be found in the catalogue. The only information given is that the vestment is Italian. One of the most elegant and striking examples of ancient embroidery may be observed in the Fragment of an Ancient Portière, or Door Curtain, from Algeria," exhibited by Her Majesty's Commissioners. The ground is of thin, loose canvas, with a beautiful design worked upon it in coloured silks. At intervals, strips of yellow silk interwoven with gold are stretched upon the curtain. These, however, to judge from the naturalistic character of the design, strangely inferior to that of the curtain itself, must be a European interpolation, and offend grievously by their vulgarity and tastelessness, the incongruity in style being most apparent. Two pieces of white silk, embroidered It is surprising how much interest these dresses of olden with bunches of flowers, are worth attention for the bold-days seem to evoke; gentlemen as well as ladies con over ness and firmness with which the latter are executed; they their details with attentive consideration. Though, as a are also very fair representations of natural objects. The same exhibitor contributes a white silk apron, worked with silk in purple flowers and green leaves, silver being employed in various portions. Close at hand (3523), is an ancient stomacher of white linen worked in sewing-silk. It is more than a century and a half old, and is singularly quaint. The value of materials, in point of effect, may be fittingly observed in this and similar examples of old English embroidery on linen. Time has given them a dingy, unpleasing appearance, which the more costly specimens of the same date in satin or silk luckily escape. Among the best and most remarkable examples of the kind,

A spirit which the soldiers in Flanders drink instead of brandy.

We will conclude our remarks upon the antique costumes at the International Exhibition, with a passing glance at the Hon. Mrs. Robertson's fine brocade in white silk and gold. The design is full of freedom and elegance, and the general effect striking, yet refined.

nation, we may lack the finish of our continental neigh-
bours in these respects, it is quite plain that the subject
comes in for a considerable amount of notice. We seem
gradually progressing to the adoption of a more sensible
and tasteful standard than formerly, and the marked im-
provement in the costume of the middle and lower classes is
strikingly apparent; while there is, happily, less display of
violent colour and tawdry finery, there is a decided evidence
of increased refinement and judgment. To these results, the
more general communication with the continent, the various
exhibitions in which form and colour constitute leading
features, and the excellent art schools scattered over the
country, have undoubtedly in no small degree contributed,
(To be continued.)

WORMLEY CHURCH AND MEMORIALS, Right Honble, Lady Amelia Hume, wife of Sir Abraham

HERTFORDSHIRE.

(Continued from p. 30.)

THE churchyard is plentifully dotted with tombs and grassy mounds, upon some of which may occasionally be seen bouquets of flowers; and as we saunter along the paths, a host of thoughts come crowding the mind, while

seems to

"Some frail memorial still erected nigh"

"Implore the passing tribute of a sigh ;"

and the person's heart must indeed be hard, who can wander among the sacred mementos of those sleeping the sleep of death, with unruffled feelings.

The oldest tomb in the churchyard is situated east of and near to the chancel, bearing to the north side. It is an ordinary square tomb, nearly level with the turf, and covered with a black slab; the slab now being split down the centre. A deal of patience and trouble is required in making out the inscription, which runs thus :

HERE LYETH INTERR'D (IN EXPECTANCE OF
THE RESVRRECON) THE BODY OF FRANCIS
FORSTER OF SVTTON MARDOCKE IN YE COVNTY OF
SALOPP ESQ WHO MARRIED MARIE ONE OF THE
DAVGHTERS OF ARTHVR SHEERE ESQ AND
MERCHANT OF LONDON & DECEACED WTHOVT

ISSVE YE 14TH OF DECEMBER IN YE 54TH YEARE OF HIS AGE
IN YE YEARE OF OVR LORD GOD 1652.*

On the south side, near the chancel door, is an ancientlooking monument, obelisk-shaped, the inscription on which is entirely effaced.+ An ordinary shaped tomb on the north side (also near the chancel) is inscribed to Jacominia Maria Deane, wife of John Deane, Esq., late of Wormley Bury, in Hartfordshire," who died 14th Aug., 1739, aged 43 years. But the most conspicuous monument in the churchyard stands near to the north wall of the nave, and is erected to the Hume family. It is in the form of a large pillar, but hollowed out above where the tablets are placed, and has a leaden roof covering the top. There are four marble tablets on this monument recording respectively (acccording to their specified situations) the deaths of the following:

Hume, Bart., and sister to John William, the present Earl of Bridgewater. She was the daughter of the Right Revd. John Egerton, Lord Bishop of Durham, by the Lady Anne Born 25th Nov. 1751. Died 8th Aug., 1809," &c. At a short Sophia Egerton, daughter of Henry de Grey, Duke of Kent. distance from this, and on the same side, is another monument to a member of the Hume family. This monument is surmounted by an urn, and below this is figured an anchor, and a ship in full sail. It is thus inscribed :-"To the memory of Alexander Hume, Esq., nephew of the late, and cousin-german to the present Sir Abraham Hume, Bart.; he was many years commander of a ship in the service of the Honourable East India Company, and departed this life on the 18th day of November, 1800, aged 71 years. This monument is erected, in pursuance of the directions in his will, by his executors, who among his numerous friends most sincerely lament his loss." A vault, covered with a large white slab, fenced in with iron railings on the south side of the chancel, contains the remains of Richard Gough, Esq., of Forty Hill, Enfield, &c. (see tablet). The other tombs noticed in this burying-ground are of the ordinary description, and commemorate the following persons and families :

George Nail, "a worthy citizen of London," obt. 29th July, 176-, . 67; Richard Payne, "citizen and clockmaker, of London," 9th March, 1763, æ. 29; Mary, wife of John Miller, of Turnford, 13th January, 1771, æ. 59 (and on the same), the above John Miller, 26th Jan., 1779, æ. 61. Near this is a tomb to Mary Poole, wife of Henry Poole, of Little Stanmore, Middlesex, and daughter of John Miller, 24th Jan., 1786, æ. 42. Rev. Sherlock Willis, M.A., "36 years Rector of this parish, and constant resident," 21st April, 1783, æ. 62, and his wife Sarah, 28th March, 1784, e. 53; John Glen King, D.D., "Rector of this parish," obt. 2nd Nov., 1787, æ. 56; Elizabeth Goodwin, wife of tomb erected to this person also records the demise of the James Goodwin, of Nazeing Bury, 5th April, 1795. The tablet in the chancel), James Collis, Ist Aug., 1797, æ. 74; above James, and of Jasper Leigh Goodwin and wife (see the Rev. Bernard Fowler, B.L.L., "Rector of this parish,' the late George Welstead, of the Custom House, London," 9th June, 1798, æ. 59; Elizabeth Welstead, "widow of obt. 2nd July, 1799, æ. 55; Thomas Ker, Esq., "of a respectable family near Dundee, in Scotland; he was the early preceptor and ever-attached friend of Sir Abraham Hume, Bart., during a term of 43 years," obt. 5th May, 1800, æ. 67-" Multis ille quidem flebiles occidit," the Akers family, embracing from 1802 to 1843; Bartram and Cotterell family 1814 to 1863; (and adjoining this tomb) the families of Newby and Cotterell, 1823 to 1873; Margaret Major, "nurse to Sir A. Hume's children,' "obt. 1814, æ. 80; Major Hare, Aug. 1831 (the greater part of this inscription is obliterated); Rev. Thomas McCullock, "fourteen years resident rector," obt. 11th May, 1832, æ. 68; (tomb and vault to) Dobson and Dobson-Baker family (see tablet); William Tongue, 5th Feb., 1845, æ. 54, and William, commemorated in the chancel; John Key, of Water Fulford, York, "for*See memorials in the chancel to Mary Sheere and Mary merly of this parish," 9th Jan., 1850, æ. 62; Peter Edwards, Esq., son of the late Thomas Edwards, Esq., of Hoddesdon, † Salmon mentions four tombs as existing in the churchyard at the time of his visit commemorating the demise of the following 31st May, 1850, æ. 29. and his twin brother John, 3rd Dec., persons: (1) Francis Forster, of Sutton Mardocke, co. Salop-see 1850, æ. 29, &c.; Edwin White, 6th April, 1860, æ. 39; above; (2) Eliza Sheere; (3) Mary Sheere; (4) "Arthur Shiers," Henry John Grant, of The Gnoll, Glamorganshire, and [? Sheere] Esq., obt. August 24th, 1636, æ. 66. Maria Louisa Grant, 9th May, 1866, æ. 77, sister to the above; Wormleybury, 17th April, 1861, æ. 82, (and on the same) Mary Evans, 7th Oct., 1862, æ. 57; Edward Henry Jones, "of the Cedars, Turnford, born 6th Nov., 1790, died 12th Oct., 1865; Waltham Cross, 24th Dec., 1865, æ. 73; James Hatton, Elizabeth, wife of Leitchfield Gillett, of 7th Oct., 1867, æ. 62; William Finch, born 21st July, 1787, died 15th Nov., 1867, &c., and members of the Sheppey family (two tombs).

(Tablet facing the west) Mary Hume, daughter of Sir Thomas Frederick, Knt.; " Alexander Hume, of Wormleybury, Esq., her disconsolate husband, erects this monument in testimony of her merit and his affection." She died 22nd June, 1758, æ. 47; (north) Miss Mary Hume, daughter of Alexander Hume, Esq., 5th May, 1763, æ. 28 (also on the same), the above-mentioned A. Hume, Esq., obt. 15th Sept., 1765, æ. 72; (east) Hannah Lady Hume, sister to the aforesaid Mary Hume, and wife of Sir Abraham Hume, Bart., who died 23rd Jan., 1771, æ. 47, and the above-mentioned Sir A. Hume, Bart., obt. 10th Oct., 1772, æ. 69; (south) "The

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erected to the three latter persons were circ. 1728 almost defaced; The memorials and, excepting the supposition that the monument above mentioned may be one of the three noticed (and which is perhaps questionable) not a single relic remains; nor can the original position of the tombs be indicated.

This monument is enclosed with iron railings, and a capacious vault, running close to the monument, but extending some little distance in a westward direction beyond the rails, contains the remains (in addition to those commemorated on the four tablets) of Sir A. Hume, Bart., and of Lord and Lady Farnborough, the memorials of whom on the north wall of the nave have been already described,

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The other memorials in the churchyard consist of head

stones and slabs. The inscription on the most ancient is here given in extenso :—

Here Lyeth Interred ye Body of Robert Motte Who Deported This life in the Yeare 1689 Aged 56 yeares

"As I am soe must yov be

Therefore prepare to Follow me."

The couplet now forms part of a well-worn epitaph, common to most burying-grounds. The earliest example brought before my notice is dated some 114 years prior to the above. This memorial (headstone) standing south of the church (near to the porch) is in company with four other similar mementos, which represent-excepting that just noticed the oldest memorials of this kind in the churchyard. They commemorate the demise of the following, and the first submitted is thus inscribed :

Here Lyes the Body of HANNAH WOODYATES Late Wife of THOMAS WOODYATES Who Departed this life Aprill the 22, 1709, aged 84 Years.

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The three next, taken briefly, were erected respectively to "Iames Clapham, late of this parish," obt. 19th Feb., "Anno Domini, 1714," æ. 61; "Henry Powney who died October y 4th, 1718, aged 51 years;" and "Hannah Clapham, wife of Iames," obt. 22nd Jan., 1732, æ. 61. From among the other very numerous, and similar memorials, may be mentioned those erected in memory of the persons whose names, &c., are here appended :

Richard Brittaine, obt. 22nd April, 1746, æ. 84, and his wife, Jane, 29th March, 1751, . 84; Mrs. Elizabeth Bywater,† 12th Dec., 1750, æ. 66; Ann, wife of John Clark, 19th April, 1758, æ. 61; William Clark, 13th Dec., 1763, æ. 25; Thomas, son of John Clark, 31st Oct., 1767, æ. 30; Joseph Fowden, 20th July, 1757, æ. 65; Mary Fowden, 24th Dec., 1759, æ. 58; Joseph Chambers, 25th April, 1767, æ. 28; John Deeton, 24th Feb., 1777, æ. 45, &c.; Mrs. Anne Payne, late wife of Mr. Southern Payne, 22nd March, 1779, æ. 48; (and on the same) Mr. Southern Payne, 12th April, 1786, æ. 56; Mrs. Stewart Cundell, 7th Nov., 1798, æ. 65; "Mrs. Jane Shipley, daughter of Robert Rudyerd, Esq., and granddaughter of Sir Benjamin Madox, Bart., of this parish," obt. 3rd Nov., 1810, æ. 86; Elizabeth Hill, 29th Sept., 1810, æ. 70, &c.; " Captain Thomas Ranicar, of Waltham Cross, late of the 72nd regiment of foot," 20th July, 1815, æ. 75; "Henrietta de St. Croix, died 9th May, 1846;" Letitia de la Motte, born 22nd June, 1791, died 26th July, 1860; and Elizabeth Onion, 18th March, 1863. Most of the epitaphs in this churchyard are of a very mediocre character, as may be observed from a few of the specimens which follow, and the whole of the memorials on which they are inscribed are headstones.

On Frederick Wiseman, obt. 25th Aug., 1805, æ. 15.
"READER if chance this artless Stone you view,
Mark well the Moral and the Thought pursue
That Youth, no more than Age is counted free,
From God's eternal absolute decree;
Let Virtue guide and Truth your Life employ;
Then slow, or sudden Death will end in joy.'

The stone erected to this person is headed with skull and crossbones. The footstone belonging to this, and also that commemorating Hannah, the wife, appear to have been shifted from their original position, as they are now in a line with the headstones.

†The stone is headed with skull and crossbones. The latter are supported by cherubs.

On two infant children of Henry and Mary Woodward, "of this parish," Harriet and Robert, died 1820-(To Harriet)

"Lost-tho' lost to Earth below

Still upwards she is borne,

Amidst the stars and near the Throne,
Where Saints like her surround."

(To Robert)—

"Look upwards and your Children see,
Placed in their bless'd abode;
What parent would not childless be,
To give them to their God?"

This latter epitaph is evidently addressed to those parents labouring under a similar affliction, and shows an humble resignation to the Divine will.

A "William Jones, groom to Sir Abraham Hume, Bart., for twenty-five years," (obt. 12th Aug. 1820, x 70) has the following terse and telling lines to his memory:—

"I live to die never

But die to live for ever."*

Parental fondness is strongly evinced in the tributary offering of affection inscribed to the memory of "George Simmons," obt. 19th Aug., 1821, æ. 13:

"Thy Parents, George, who watched thy sufferings here, To whom thy tenderness and truth were dear, Griev'd yet resign'd thy liberation see,

And pay the tear they should receive from thee." The following crude and unvarnished epitaph is inscribed to "William Rudd," who died 3rd Aug., 1841, æ. 55:— "Wife and children do not lament, I was not yours, only lent,

My debt is paid, my grave you see,
Therefore prepare to follow me."

The last line is, of course, taken from that universal epitaph mentioned above, of which there are endless versions and varieties now in existence;† and if the first three lines be

I have seen an example of this still more terse :—
"Live well, die never-
Die well, live ever.'

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As I was, so are ye;
As I am, you shall be;
That I had, that I gave;
That I gave, that I have;
Thus I end all my cost;
That I left, that I lost."

"Reader prepare from hence to pass,
Time flies-and lo! eternity!
Tho' now thou art as once he was,
Such as he is thou soon shall be."

This latter epitaph (in company with another) is inscribed on a

Sir Benjamin Madox, Bart., was a benefactor to the parish of stone to "Domett Finlaison, Esq.," and may be seen in the old churchWormley. He was born in 1637, and died in 1716,

yard of Loughton, Essex,

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