Near the above, and directly over the pulpit, is a white tablet with scrollwork and draperied canopy in the form of an Indian tent, based with a skull and supported by cherubs, commemorating that— Near this place lyes Salmon mentions this as on the south side; but it is probably a mistake on the part of that author. A white tablet, next to that erected in memory of Dame Mary Glascock, records the death of Heron Hart, Esq., son of Samuel Hart, M.D., born at Fort St. George, in the East Indies, on the 11th September, 1693, died 17th June, 1743. The same memorial also commemorates Mary, wife of Charles Boddam, Esq., and sister of the late Heron Hart, obt. 14th April, 1749, æ. 51; Charles Boddam, Esq., obt. 31st Dec., 1752, æ. 72; Hannah, wife of Peter Roberts, Esq., and daughter of the late Charles Boddam, obt. 3rd July, 1784, æ. 63; and Charles Boddam, son of the abovementioned, obt. 5th Nov., 1784, æ. 65. On the same side, a short distance from the above, but toward the east, a white marble tablet records that Underneath lies the Body of WILLIAM CHADWICK, of the Antient Family of Chadwick in the County Palatine of Lancaster, late Rector of this parish Church, upwards of 50 years and Constantly Resident who Married first with Ann daughter of HENRY HALL of the County of Middlesex, Esq and Grandaughter of HENRY CHAUNCEY of Yardley Bury in the County Hertford Esqr and afterwards with Eliz: the widow of WILLIAM NORTHEY Esqr and Daughter of MICHAEL THOMPSON Merchant and citizen of London he died the 17th of June. 1746 A white tablet on the south wall,† erected in memory of Richard Gough, the eminent antiquary, and author of the work on Sepulchral Monuments, &c., contains the following inscription, which is well worthy of attention : Hunc propè parietem RICARDUS Gough, Ex heroibus qui in bellis Gallicis et : Ex mércatoribus Stapulæ Calesiæ Indiæque orientalis Divitias deduxit, Patriæ amorem, erga Reges fidem, Hasce investigandi cupiditates innate Topographiam Britannicam, *On the chancel floor, next to the memorial of Mary Sheere, is a large white slab, on which is inscribed in large characters the following: This stone and vault beneath was built at the charge of Heron Hart, Esq., and the ground purchased by a faculty from ye commons for the use of himself and family for ever in the year of our Lord, mdccxliii." † See also notice of tomb in churchyard, infra. A white slab on the chancel floor records the decease of Susannah Fillingham, of Whitechapel Road, London, whose ancestors were inhabitants of this parish, obt. 8th Nov., 1817, x. 83; also of Charles Hornby Fillingham (son), 20th Jan., 1823, æ. 52; Margaret Broady (daughter of the above Susannah), 3rd July, 1828, æ. 63; and Elizabeth Fillingham (wife of the above C. H. Fillingham), 25th July, 1848, æ. 73. The other memorials in the chancel consist of tablets, commemorating respectively, the decease of Jasper Leigh Goodwin, obt. 4th Dec., 1817, æ. 60, and of his wife Susanna, obt. 15th June, 1820, æ. 52 (this is over the door); Hannah, relict of James Hare, Esq., M.P., and daughter of the late and sister to the present Sir A. Hume, Bart., obt. 6th May, 1827, æ. 75 (near the pulpit); and opposite this, one to Susanna Hare, only daughter of the above, born 11th Dec., 1774, died 16th Jan., 1842; and on the south wall, a fancifullydesigned memorial (a white scroll on a black ground, and surmounting the scroll, a butterfly represented just after its emergence from the chrysalis form), to Harriet, younger daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Orton Cotterell, of 50 1829, died 1st July, 1848; and on the same, the above Eaton Square, Pimlico, and late of Highgate, born 6th July, Thomas Cotterell, obt. 16th Jan., 1873, æ. 8o. On the abutment between the chancel and nave (south) a tablet is erected to Thomas Dobson Baker, the firstborn of Samuel and Mary Ann Baker, obt. 31st Oct., 1832, æ. 12 y. and 9 m.; and (on the same) Mary Ann Baker, wife of Samuel Baker, and second daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Dobson, of Forty Hill, Enfield, obt. 4th April, 1846, æ. 50. Opposite this (on the north side) a similar memorial records that Thomas Dobson, of Forty Hill, Enfield, died 18th April, 1850, aged 79; Elizabeth, his wife, 24th Feb., 1851, æ. 78; and that Maria, third daughter of the above, and wife of Arthur Capon Watling, Esq., H.E.I.C.S., died 19th Dec., 1869, aged 70, and was interred in Kensal Green Cemetery. Over the organ is a tablet to William Tongue, born Sept. 8, 1787, died May 22, 1856. There are but two monuments in the nave, and these are on the north wall, and are both ornamental tablets. The first tablet here noticed is surmounted by a female figure kneeling on a pillow, her right hand being on an open book, which rests on a small projection by her side. Beneath this are the words I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVETH, and above the inscription are the profiles of the undermentioned. The inscription, which forms a complete biographical notice (as also does the next enumerated), runs as follows: "This monument, the destined tribute to the memory of Amelia Lady Farnborough, by her afflicted husband Charles Lord Farnborough, was still unfinished when his own mortal course was closed. After one surviving year of suffering and of sorrow, it now becomes the record of the endearing virtues, the devoted attachment and sacred affection, which, guided by the influence of religious hope during an union of forty-four years, animated mutually the hearts of both without intermission or decline. They were married on the 28th May, 1793, and their remains rest beneath the same tomb in the churchyard of this parish. Lady Farnborough was the eldest daughter of Sir Abraham Hume, Bart., of Wormley Bury, by his wife Lady Amelia, only sister to John William and Francis Henry, Earls of Bridgewater, and died on the 15th of January, 1837, aged 65, leaving no issue." Charles Lord Baron Farnborough was the third son of Beeston Long, Esqr, of Carshalton, Surrey. He was born in 1760, and entered public life in 1791, under the auspices of the Rt Honble William Pitt, whose friendship he enjoyed in an eminent degree, and to whose political principles he remained consistently attached during a long course of public service. He was nominated Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in 1820, and on retiring from office in 1826, was raised to the peerage as a mark of his sovereign's approbation. He died at Bromley Hill on the 18th January, 1838, in the 78th year of his age.' The second, which is near the above, contains a bust, the bust surmounting a coat of arms,* &c. The whole of this is the work of Westmacott, R.A. It is thus inscribed:— "Sacred to the memory of Sir Abraham Hume, of Wormley Bury, the second and last baronet of his branch of an ancient and honorable Scottish family, who died on the 24th day of March, 1838, in the 90th year of his age. He succeeded to his paternal title and estate in 1771, and married in the same year, Amelia, daughter of John Egerton, Lord Bishop of Durham, and sister of John William and Francis Henry successively Earls of Bridgewater; by her, who died in 1809, he had issue two daughters, Amelia and Sophia, the former of whom was married to Charles Lord Farnborough, and died without issue in 1837, the latter became the first wife of John Lord Brownlow (afterwards created Earl Brownlow), and died in 1814, leaving three children, namely, Sophia Frances, married in 1836 to Christopher Tower, Esqr of Weald Hall, Essex, John Hume Cust (by courtesy Viscount Alford), and Charles Henry Cust. During the long period of sixty-six years, in the course of which he chiefly resided at his mansion in this parish, he was distinguished by an honest patriotism, evinced in many generous actions of public service, and was beloved by all who came within the circle of his acquaintance, for his hospitality, kindness, and beneficence, which qualifications, always enhanced by the cultivation of science and patronage of art, were rendered still more estimable by the sense of religious truth which influenced the general conduct of his life." In the south aisle are three tablets, one to Charles Mason' Esq., of Lombard Street, London, obt. 2nd April, 1787, æ. 81; also on the same:-John Cook, Esq., of Broad Street, London, merchant, obt. 9th June, 1757, æ. 61; Thomas Mason, Esq., of Lombard Street, died at Bath, 18th July, 1772, æ. 68; Dorothy Cook, of this parish, relict of the above John, and sister to the above Masons, obt. Sept. 23rd, 1783, æ. 84. And we are further informed that "Richard Woodyer, of London, executor of Charles Mason, caused this monument to be erected in grateful remembrance of so good a friend and generous benefactor" (this is on the east wall). The second, on the south wall, is to Anne, wife of George Anne Martin, of Freezy Water, Enfield, and niece of John Barnes Hankins, obt. 9th Jan., 1827, x. 52; and her husband, George Anne Martin, who died at Belgrave House, Ventnor (Isle of Wight), 23rd Nov., 1842, . 71. The third, near this, is to John Barnes Hankins, late of Woodford Bridge, Essex, died 27th Nov., 1829, x. 76, and Susanna, his widow, 21st Sept., 1830, æ. 75. This tablet records (as also does the preceding one) that it was erected as a token of gratitude by the children of George Anne Martin." *The motto beneath the coat of arms reads, "True to the end." Among the ornaments on this monument may be noticed three books; one marked on the back, "Titian." The whole of the monuments inside the church are included in the above account, and it may be necessary here to state that in the next paper will be noticed the most notable memorials and epitaphs to be seen within the churchyard. J. PERRY. (To be continued.) THE CORRINGHAM BRASSES. CORRINGHAM is about four miles distant from Gainsborough, in the county of Lincoln. On the north wall of the chancel of the church is a gilded copper plate set in a wooden frame, and upon this plate, which is now black with age, are five figures, represented in the accompanying illustration. On one corner of the plate is a shield charged with the arms of Clifford, viz., Or, three eagles displayed gules, membered azure. Above the inscription, on the plate, is a death's head or skull upon a book, which is placed on an altar between a robed priest and an elegantly dressed female. The former figure represents the Prebendary Clifford and the latter his wife. From the mouth of the priest are issuing the words "Morte quæsivi regnum," that is, "By death I have sought the kingdom;" and from the lady's mouth are proceeding, "Quæsiti spero habere dotem," ie., "I hope to have my dowry or portion in that which is sought," referring to her husband's sentence. He sought to obtain the kingdom of Heaven by death, and she hoped to have a portion in it. Upon the front of the book upon which the skull rests are the following words, "Sequentur qui non præcessere.' that is, "They shall follow who have not gone before." This book is evidently intended to represent the Bible, the Word of God, the charter of the Christian's hopes, in which he learns that the way to the kingdom of Heaven is through the gate of death. As it is written, "It is appointed unto men once to die." And again, "Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God," or of heaven, which is a state of glory beyond the grave. The skull placed upon the Bible with the motto, "Sequentur qui non præcessere" forms a very suitable emblem of mortality. Upon the altar, over the heads of three kneeling figures, which personate the three sons of Henry and Eleanor Clifford, are the following, "Det Deus ut sit hereditarium," i.e., “May God grant that it may be inherited by us," which alludes to the "regnum" above. The whole is surmounted with this very appropriate motto: "Mortuorum monumenta virorum documenta," Translation of the above. "To the memory of Henry Clifford, Bachelor of Divinity, prebendary of this church with Stow and vicar of the same, renowned for the sincerity of his religion and the irreproachableness of his life, a very faithful dispenser of the word of God, and a very frequent distributor of the sacred mysteries of the oracles of God. He married Eleanor, the daughter of Richard Jackson, Gentleman, by whom he had Henry, George, and Thomas. He died Feb. 16, 1628, aged 52. "A very sorrowful wife, separated from her very dear husband has dedicated this brazen tablet." "Phoenix, are you reduced to ashes, are you empty dust, does no Phoenix arise from it? "Either you will bring forth or perish everlastingly. Reader, consult both the clergy and the people; they say that this age has not produced a man like him.' separation" à viro charissimo" appeals both to the clergy In order to enter into the spirit of this elegant tetrastichon we must take into consideration that the Greek and Latin Fathers considered the fable of the Phoenix as a symbol of the resurrection. St. Clement, of Rome, who is supposed to have been a companion and fellow-labourer of St. Paul, is the first who mentions it in his Epistle to the Corinthians, chap. xxv., in which he is endeavouring to prove a future resurrection. Henry Clifford, S.T.B., was installed in Lincoln Cathedral, Prebendary of Corringham, Sept. 28, 1609. He was of the baronial house of Clifford, a son of Henry Clifford, Rector of Sandbach, in the county of Cambridge, and was presented to the vicarage of Gainsborough on the In this beautiful tetrastichon the sorrowing wife apostrophises her much-loved husband. In her eyes there never was his equal "Hoc aevum huic similem non peperisse virum." She compares him to the Phoenix, the wonder of the age, and with such affection as only a wife can manifest. My Phoenix-like husband, are you reduced to ashes? from them does no body arise? do you still continue to be empty dust, a vile body, the body of humiliation? In an ecstacy of delight she exclaims, "Thou shalt produce, thou shalt not perish; thou shalt produce a new body Phoenix-like, but no more an earthly tabernacle. Our ever-to-be-adored Redeemer will change thy mortal body, it shall no longer remain an inanis pulvis'-it shall be changed-it shall be raised in glory; not merely in a state of honour and immortality, but in a beautiful, majestic, and resplendent appearance, fashioned like unto Christ's own glorious body; for the glorified body of our dear Redeemer is the exemplar or pattern of the body of all those who sincerely believe in him, in their resurrection state." The very sorrowful wife, "Conjux moestissima," when she thinks of the CLIFFORD death of John Jackson in 1608. He appears to have held the vicarage of Gainsborough only two years. When he died he was seized of the rectory of Grayingham, the vicarage o Corringham, and the prebend of Corringham, cum Stow, in the county of Lincoln. As above stated, he married Eleanor, daughter of Richard Jackson, gentleman, and had issue: 1. Henry, born 1603, and died s.p., 1689. He was prebendary of Lincoln, and rector of Wroot, in the Isle of Axholme. 2. George, baptized 27th of August. He left England for America between the years 1634 and 1640, and married there 24th Oct., 1648, Abigail, daughter of William Bower and Jane his wife, and died 21st Oct., 1680. I. Esther, born 29th of March, 1651, married 19th of Nov., 1670, to Robert Pease, Esq., of Hesslewood House, county of York. At the time of his marriage he was living at Amsterdam. 2. Eleanor. 3. Elizabeth.-Vide Supplement to Burke's "Dict. of Landed Gentry," p. 269, note sub nom. Pease of Hesslewood. GEORGE DODDS, D.D. Queries. MONUMENT AT ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, CLAPHAM.-Among the monuments on the exterior of the walls of that very Clapham, is a very large one, representing a sort of flowing plain, not to say shabby, structure, St. Paul's Church, sheet, depending from a large anchor. Below the anchor are two large cherubs supporting a medallion on which is sculptured the head and shoulders (front face) of an individual with regular, handsome features, close-shaven face, long flowing wig, and laced cravat. The inscription is totally obliterated, but in the lower corners of the sheet are two shields. The dexter one bears two talbot's heads erased, palewise, between two flaunches ermine. The sinister shield is absurdly charged with a crest, apparently a demicertain which, as a tree growing in front of the monument obscures the view, and the railings prevent a nearer approach. Who is the individual thus conspicuously commemorated? I should infer, from the anchor, that he was some naval commander. W. HOBLEY. CROMWELL'S GRAVE.-Have any steps ever been taken to solve the mystery that hangs over the question of the last resting-place of Oliver Cromwell? An able article on the subject appeared in Chambers' Journal, of February 23, 1856, entitled "A Historical Mystery." The writer of that article gives, I think, good reason for believing that the body of Cromwell was not buried in Westminster Abbey, but secretly conveyed by a few faithful friends to a more distant sepulchre. Colonel Barkstead, afterwards executed as a regicide, was the Protector's intimate friend and steward of his household. His son, who is said to have been "a gentle-griffin segreant, either ducally or murally gorged, I am not man of good fame, and a well-known frequenter of the London literary coffee-houses, towards the end of the seventeenth and the beginning of the eighteenth centuries," is stated to have given the following account-"That his father and others, who enjoyed the entire confidence of Cromwell, asked him, when all hopes of a favourable termination to his illness had vanished, where he would wish to be buried, and the Protector replied: Where he had obtained his greatest victory and glory, and as nigh the spot as could be guessed where the heat of the battle was-namely, in the fie. of Naseby, in Northamptonshire.' Accordingly, soon afte his death, the body, being placed in a leaden coffin, was emoved from Whitehall at midnight and taken to the battle-field of Naseby, young Mr. Barkstead, by order of his father, attending close to the hearse all the way. On arriving at the field they found a grave about 9 feet deep already prepared, the green sods from the surface carefully laid on one side, and the mould on the other. The coffin being lowered into the grave, it was immediately filled up, the sods laid flat over, with their grassy sides upwards, and the surplus mould carefully removed." It appears, too, that there is a local tradition to the effect that Cromwell was buried at Naseby, near the foot of an eminence locally known as Lean-lease Hill. Has this spot ever been examined? Surely it would be a noble object of antiquarian research to endeavour to discover the last resting-place of England's mighty uncrowned ruler. C. HUGHES. SUBTERRANEAN PASSAGE AT CHELSEA.-Is there any foundation for the local tradition, current some twenty years ago, that a subterranean passage exists, leading from the Magpie and Stump," near the old church, Chelsea, to Westminster Abbey? Before I ever heard of this passage, a man who had been employed at the abbey in the time of Dean Vincent and Dean Ireland assured me that he had seen a subterranean passage beneath the abbey, leading he knew not whither. He said that he had been in the said passage, but had been deterred from exploring much of it by a tradition amongst the abbey attendants, that a concealed pitfall or trap existed not far along it. I should be glad of any information on this matter, as I cannot find mention of it in Dean Stanley's "Memorials of Westminster Abbey." E. DOWSETT. SIR WALTER MANNY.-In Sir Nicholas Harris Nicholas's "History of the Royal Navy," it is stated that the celebrated Hainaulter, Sir Walter Manny, so renowned in the wars of Edward III., was buried in the Carthusian monastery, founded by him, on the site of the present Charterhouse, Clerkenwell. Is his tomb still in existence, or is there any memorial of the gallant knight now visible? His arms, if I remember rightly, were-Or, three chevrons sable. T. GREENHILL. THE FAMILY OF MILTON.-Are any particulars known of the ancestors of John Milton the poet? His arms appear to have been: Argent, an eagle displayed, with two heads, gules, beaked and legged sable. Burke, in his "Armoury of England, Scotland, and Ireland," also gives, "Milton (London 1634): Argent, a cross fleury between four caltraps azure. Crest, a dexter arm in armour ppr. scarfed azure, grasping a broken spear gules, headed argent." What family was this, and were they related to the poet ? J. BANKS. RELICS OF OLD LONDON.-Can any of your readers inform me whether the Talbot Inn, now advertised for sale, is really the old Tabard Inn, of Chaucer? I am under the impression that it is a myth, but am not sure. Also whether the public house in Wapping, where Peter the Great was in the habit of supping when working at Deptford, is still in existence; and if so, where? Was it not pulled down to make way for the Thames Tunnel Railway? If so, were there any relics of the Czar, and what became of them? C. G. C. R. CROMWELL'S IRONSIDES.-Is the following statement, I forget where taken from, authentic ?-"The two last survivors of Cromwell's regiment of cavalry, 'The Ironsides,' were: Alexander Mac Cullock, who died near Aberdeen, 1757, aged 132, and Colonel Thomas Winslow, who died at Tipperary in 1766, aged 146. The latter was captain in Cromwell's expedition to Ireland, in 1649." L. FONTAINE. ROTTEN ROW.-What is the true derivation of the appellation of "Rotten Row?" Larwood in his " "History of the Parks," supposes it to be derived from "Route du Roi." Is there no better or more feasible derivation than this? F. GOODLIFfe. DRURY.-I have seen it stated, that some noted person of the name of Drury was born at Loughborough, Leicestershire. What Drury would this be? Not, I think, the captive in Madagascar, for in his autobiography he mentions London as his birth-place; although in some biographical dictionaries he is said to have been born in Leicestershire. F. BLACK AGNES.-I should feel obliged for some informa- SCALPING. Did the ancient Franks and Saxons scalp tion respecting the early history and subsequent career of their enemies? I have seen it stated that they did, and the Agnes of Dunbar, one of the Scottish heroines, known also" Annals of Flude" cited as the authority. Is there such a as Black Agnes. work extant? M. JANE RONNIGER. R. RENDER, Replies. GEOLOGICAL TIME (Vol. iii. 307).-The controversy between Sir W. Thomson and Professor Huxley dropped without any agreement having been arrived at. This is what one would expect, as in general all that a controversy leads to is to bring out clearly the exact points of disagree ment between the parties concerned. For geological purposes an enormous number of years were demanded, while Sir W. Thomson showed that physical considerations limited this number to a period of comparatively moderate duration. In a matter of this kind, where the considerations on the two sides were derived from facts and arguments quite distinct in their nature, it is scarcely to be anticipated that anything like uniformity can result till the data on both sides are much improved. On the whole, I think, with your correspondent, that Sir W. Thomson's views stand on a more secure basis, as the physical sciences are in a more advanced state than geology, and the facts exhibited by them admit of being submitted to more exact calculations. There does not seem room for any such work as is suggested, for the discussion of a question on which much uncertainty prevails among those best qualified to judge of the merits of the case, and involving considerations drawn from many separate sciences, cannot fail to be of a party character, as certainly there are but few to whom all the evidence and reasoning are intelligible. In a matter of this kind, for a long time to come, great uncertainty must prevail, and it is natural that every one should think that the conclusions to which the state of the branch of science to which he has chiefly applied himself points are the most deserving of consideration. J. GLAISHER. RELICS OF CHARLES I. (Vol. iv. 7.)-The relics of the "Martyr King" mentioned by your correspondent are carefully preserved at Ashburnham House, near Battle, Sussex, to which place they have been removed from the church where they long reposed. Ashburnham Place, the seat of the earls of that name, was rebuilt by John Ashburnham, who was 66 page of the bed-chamber" to both Charles I. and Charles II., and who died in 1671. He attended his sovereign to the last, till he fell on the scaffold, and thus obtained possession of the articles worn by King Charles on that mournful occasion. These were the shirt (still marked on the wrists with stains of blood), the white silk drawers, the king's watch, and the sheet thrown over the body after the execution. I believe these were all exhibited at Manchester, but are at the present time rigidly and persistently withdrawn from public inspection, for what reason remains an inscrutable mystery, except to the owner himself, though by what right he or his representatives monopolize the privilege of gazing upon what every one (whatever be his political sympathies) would regard with lively interest yet remains to be proved. The exclusion of the public from the sight of these relics, and from the unrivalled collection of MSS. (said to be the finest in England), the rare black letter and printed books, the splendid pictures, by Teniers, Cuyp, and Rembrandt, the ancient armour (an Elizabethan embossed suit), &c., and the magnificent old family plate, is a source of the greatest annoyance and regret to all the lovers of antiquity and other visitors who frequent the wateringplaces of Hastings, Eastbourne, &c., and who, on visting the neighbouring ruins of Battle Abbey, Hurstmonceux, Bodiham, &c., are tantalized by knowing that even the never-failing "open sesame" of the silver-key may be tried without producing the smallest effect. In the mournful strains of "Murray on this subject ("Sussex," Route 22A., "Ashburnham," page 371), we read-" Ashburnham Place, which ought to be one of the most interesting in Sussex, but which is, in reality, one of the most disappointing. The most adventurous wanderer will sound his horn before its portals in vain. The relics of Charles I., given to his attendant, John Ashburnham, and by one of his successors 'be queathed to the parish for ever, to be exhibited as great curiosities,' have been removed from the church, where they were long preserved, to Ashburnham House, where, together with other collections of great interest, they are entirely inaccessible to the public." Quoted by the same anthority (Murray), we find the superstitions of the last, and even of the present age, have occasionally resorted to these relics for the cure of the king's evil."-Horsfield. Let us hope that at some future day one of the Lords of Ashburnham may see, or be compelled to see, the wisdom and justice of giving us our rights, as Englishmen, to inspect so interesting a national relic, and still more of respecting the wishes of an ancestral bequest, to which most assuredly "noblesse oblige." A. D. THE FIFTH MONARCHY MEN (Vol. iv. 7).-Many curious and interesting facts relative to this once distinguished class of religionists, will be found in Calamy's "Ejected Ministers (Ed. 1713), p. 53. Echard's "Hist. Eng. ;" Bp. Burnet's "Hist. of his own Time," Vol. i. 160; Kennett's "Hist. Eng.," Vol. iii. 225; Anthony A'Wood's "Athena; " Rev. A. M. Toplady's Works, Vol. i. p. xxxviii. ; Adam's Dict.," p. 113; Wilson's Hist. of Dissent. Churches," Vol. ii. p. 27; Neal's "Hist. of the Puritans," Vol. iv. 170; Brook's "Lives of Puritans," Vol. i. 96; iii. 257, &c. 66 The chief tenet held by this sect, as is well known, was a belief in the speedy advent of a fifth monarchy, which should succeed the four recorded by the Prophet Daniel, i.e. the Assyrian, Persian, Grecian, and Roman, and of which our Saviour was to be the head. Little appears to be known of the existence of this new Monarchy after the death of Venner, the wine-cooper and preacher of Coleman Street. W. WINTERS. GUY FAWKES (Vol. iv. 7).—The Fawkes family is one I am deeply interested in, and should much like to see the book or pamphlet Mr. Austin refers to. I can give your correspondent all that is generally known of the birth, parentage, and family of this arch-conspirator of gunpowder notoriety. His father was Edward Fawkes, a notary at York, who held the office of registrar and advocate of the Consistory Court of the cathedral church. He died in 1578, leaving a son, Guy, and two daughters. Young Fawkes received his early education in a free school, near the city of York, founded by a charter of Philip and Mary, and placed under the patronage of the dean and chapter. There is no doubt that his parents were Protestants; but, on his mother's second marriage with a Roman Catholic, he was brought up in his step-father's religion.-See Lathbury's "Guy Fawkes." J. W. Parker, 1840. "A Narrative of the Gunpowder Plot," by David Jardine, Esq., Murray, 1857. Indicator's Letters to the Times Newspaper, London, November, 1850. NUMMUS. of: The Fawkeses, of York, in the Sixteenth Century, inThe following is probably the book Mr. Austin is in search cluding Notices of the Early History of Guy Fawkes, the GunPowder Plot Conspirator." By Robert Davies, Esq., F.S.A., 1850. Small 8vo, including Appendix, 67 pp., 250 copies York. Westminster: J. B. Nichols and J. G. Nichols. printed. H. WRIGHT. BAPTISM (Vol. iii. 307; iv. 22).-The first Council of Arles was opened on the first of August, 314, under Pope St. Sylvester, who presided by his legates. Bishops from every quarter attended. The 8th Canon is, "De Afris quod propria lege sua utuntur ut rebaptisant, placuit ut si ad Ecclesiam aliquis de hæresi venerit, interrogent eum symbolum ; et si perviderint eum in Patre et Filio et Spiritu Sancto esse baptisatum, manus ei tantum imponantur." |