3. Sacred to the memory of Frances, the beloved wife of William Rolph, Esq, of Thornbury. Also of the abovenamed William Rolph, who died Oct 15th, 1858, aged 67. 4. Sacred to the memory of Jane, the beloved wife of Capt Henry Simmons, who departed this life Oct 21st, 1853, aged 50. 5. Henry Gray, sometime Vicar of this Parish, fell asleep Sunday, June 5, 1864.* 6. In memory of Mary Ann, relict of the Revd Thomas Lewis, Rector of Merthyr, Carmarthenshire. She died on the 28th Feb, 1867, aged 86 years. 7. Thomas Murray Browne, M.A., Vicar of Almondsbury, and Hon. Canon of Gloucester, died Sep 24th, 1879, aged 77. his widow, died February 22nd, 1882, aged 80 years. 8. Catherine, Sacred to the memory of Mary Elizabeth, widow of RearAdmiral Charles Hope, born 23 June, 1821, died 22 April, 1882. Also to her brother, Daniel Sykes, of Oaklands, in this Parish, youngest son of the late Joseph Sykes, Esq, died 14 May, 1887, aged 47 years. 9. Sacred to the memory of William Hedley, Clerk in holy orders, Fellow and Tutor of University College, Oxford, late Rector of Beckley, Sussex, who died at Clifton the 28th of March, 1884, aged 65 years. Rudder, whose History was published in 1779, gives the following as on a headstone : Here lies, alas! long to be lamented, Benjamin Dobins, Gent., who left his friends sorrowing, Feb. 2, 1760, aged 42. The costly marble may perhaps express, In lying lines, the unworthy's worthiness: Full short, but full of honour, was thy span, Thou tender husband, and thou honest man. ABHBA. 1517.-LINES ON SIR BAPTIST HICKES, FIRST VISCOUNT CAMPDEN. (See vol. iii., p. 57; no. 1046.) I have a note of the following lines commemorative of the first Viscount Campden, but I do not remember the source from which they come. Perhaps they may be of sufficient interest for your pages. Lord Campden was a * See ante, p. 4. munificent benefactor to the little Cotteswold borough from which he took his title. He died in 1629, and "lyes bury'd," says Camden, "in the South Ile of the Church, with such noble monuments of marble as equal, if not exceed, most in England." St. Mark's Vicarage, Gloucester. Reader, know, Whoe'er thou be, And Charitie. Faith true, Hope firm, Baptist, Lord Campden, Was these three. Faith in God, Charitie to brother, Hope for himself; What ought he other? Faith is no more, Charitie is crown'd; 'Tis only Hope Is under ground. S. E. BARTLEET. 1518.-A JOURNALIST IN TROUBLE, 1728.-A few extracts from the Monthly Chronicle, 1728, relative to Robert Raikes, Sen., of Gloucester, may not be without some interest to your readers, and therefore I send them. Mere. T. H. B. March 14.-A complaint being made to the House of Commons of a printed pamphlet intituled The Gloucester Journal, &c., Tuesday, March 12th, 1728, printed by R. Raikes, &c., in which the resolutions and proceedings of the Commons were printed, in contempt of the order, and in breach of the privilege of the House, the said pamphlet was delivered in at the table; and divers paragraphs having been read, it was ordered, that the said R. Raikes should attend the House that day fortnight. 28th.-Robert Raikes, printer at Gloucester, and J. Wilson, bookseller at Bristol, attending according to order, the former was called to the bar of the Commons, where he confessed the printing the pamphlet abovementioned, and said he had his intelligence relating to the proceedings of the House from Edward Cave, of the Post Office, London, and that J. Wilson was not concern'd in the printing thereof. Then he withdrew, and the Commons resolv'd, That Robert Raikes was guilty of a breach of the privilege of the House, and ordered, 1. That the said Robert Raikes be, for his said breach of privilege, taken into the custody of the Serjeant at Arms attending the House. 2. That the said J. Wilson be discharged from his further attendance upon the House. 3. That Edward Cave, of the Post Office, London, do attend the House upon Saturday morning next. 30th.-Edward Cave attending according to order, he was called in and examined at the bar of the House of Commons touching his sending to Robert Raikes the intelligences beforementioned. He own'd, that he had sent him several written news-letters, which contain'd intelligences relating to the proceedings of the House, and deliver'd in other written news-letters which he said he received from William Wye, John Stanley, John Willys, and Elias Delpeuch, containing likewise intelligences relating to the proceedings of the House. Being withdrawn, the Journal of the 23rd of Jan., 1728, was read; upon which it was resolv'd, That Edward Cave, having presum'd to disperse written news-letters containing accounts of the proceedings of the House, is guilty of a breach of the privilege of the House; and he was ordered to be taken into custody of the Serjeant at Arms. And William Wye, John Stanley, John Willys, and Elias Delpeuch were ordered to attend the House on the 2nd of April. April 3.-William Wye, John Stanley, John Willies, and Elias Delpeuch attending at the door were severally called in and examined. Whereupon it was resolved, That they were guilty of a breach of the privilege of the House, and they were order'd to be taken into the custody of the Serjeant at Arms. 8th. Robert Raikes, printer at Gloucester, was brought to the bar of the House; where, upon his knees, having received a reprimand from Mr. Speaker, he was order'd to be discharg'd, paying his fees. Upon the humble petitions of John Stanley, William Wye, Edward Cave, and Elias Delpeuch, the Commons order'd that they be brought to the bar on Wednesday following in order to be discharged. 10th.-John Stanley, William Wye, Edw. Cave, and Elias Delpeuch were brought to the bar of the Commons; where having, upon their knees, receiv'd a reprimand from Mr. Speaker, they were order'd to be discharg'd out of custody, paying their fees. 1519.-SOME BRIEFS AND COLLECTIONS IN EAST BUDLEIGH CHURCH, DIO. EXETER, 1669-1816.-From Nov. 5, 1669, until their abolition by statute in 1828, the churchwardens' accounts of the parish of East Budleigh, Devonshire, contain lists of collections made upon briefs; but although several hundreds are enumerated, the following six are all that relate to places in Gloucestershire :1721. "Collected a breife ffor Tewkesbury Church in the County of Glocester the sume of two pence. 1722. Collected A breife for Addington Randwick And Alderton in the County of Surry & gloucester the sum to pens. 1731. July 28. Collected A breefe for Calcott In ye County Collected A breefe for vnder Edge In ye County 1733. July 1. Collected A breefe for Mitchel Dean Church In Glouchester 7a. 1816. Slimbridge Church in Com. Gloucester [amount required] 1691.0.0 nothing collected." Salterton, Devon. T. N. BRUSHFIELD, M.D. 1520.-TWEMLOW'S FUNERAL SERMON ON JOHN PHILLIMORE, 1738. Recently a funeral sermon has come into my possession, which seems to be of more interest than such discourses generally are. The one in question is a 12mo pamphlet of 32 pages, closely and neatly written, and until lately was in the possession of a lady intimately acquainted with Mrs. Eleanor Phillimore, who died in 1837, the last surviving granddaughter of the gentleman whose death is commemorated. It is entitled "A Funeral Sermon on Isaiah 57. 1, Occasioned by the Death of John Phillimore, of Cam, Senior, preached by Mr J. Twemlow." There is no date given ; but internal evidence shows that the abovenamed was John Phillimore, a well-to-do clothier, who lived at Lower Cam, in an old house still standing, and known as The Vennings. He died 21 July, 1738, aged 72 years, and was buried in Cam churchyard, where his tomb may still be seen, thus inscribed:- "Reader, here lye the Remains of John Phillimore, Sent, of this Parish, Clothier, who died the 21st day of July, 1738, in the 73rd year of his age." By his will, dated 2 Feb., 1737, but which does not appear to have been proved, he left twenty shillings yearly for seven years to the Protestant Dissenting Meeting-house at Cam, and £5 to the poor of the parish. He appears to have been one of the leading members of that congregation, for his name comes next to Joseph Twemlow's in the resolutions agreed upon by them in 1704, and he appears to have kept the sacrament money there until 1732. This John Phillimore was the eldest son of another John, who died in 1711, whose father, also John, died in 1680, aged 91. His younger brother, Joseph Phillimore, who died in 1704, was ancestor of the well-known legal family now represented by Sir Walter G. F. Phillimore, Bart. Mr. Joseph Twemlow, who preached the sermon, belonged to the old Cheshire family of that name, seated at Twemlow and Arclyd, of which a detailed pedigree may be found in Ormerod's Cheshire. He settled at Cam in 1704, and dying in 1740, was buried in Cam churchyard. The tablet to his memory describes him as Dursley, Minister of the Gospel." "of The extract below, from the sermon preached on the death of John Phillimore, speaks for itself. It may be interesting to note especially the reference to the "truck" system, the discussion on the rivalry of land and trade, and the reference to "the late pinching years of scarcity." The allusion to the "scandalous excesses on the occasion of the funeral is curious. Probably the hospitality shown to the villagers had been ill requited by them. W. P. W. PHILLIMORE, M. A., B.C.L. Extract from Sermon. And this leads me from the subject of my discourse to that of the deceased, who set us an example worthy our imitation in several respects. He was a very servicible person in his station, having employed hands of a multitude of poor people for many years, & supported many families by constantly keeping them at work, & punctually paying them their wages in money, & not in goods, as soon as they had earned it. He carried on his trade in an even way, & not by starts, when trading was dull as well as when it was brisk, & continued some business to the last, so that, tho' he was spar'd to a good old age, to be an old man & full of years, he had the satisfaction to be usefull as long as he liv'd: & according to what notions I have concerning trade, I reckon such persons great benefactors to the publick, men that are the main support of ye poor, & the chief easers of parishes; so groundless & absurd is that conceit of some that trade will beggar us by bringing in such crowds of poor among us, for if it be allow'd that the poor come with trade, it must be acknowledged that riches also come with it; what but trade has raised the rate of land, advanced the price of commodities, brought in foreign goods & treasures, & enriched the kingdom? Were it not for trade what would hinder but that we must fare as hard, go as bare, live as poor, & wear as wooden shoes, as some other tradeless countries? senseless & ridiculous is ye project of setting up the landed against the trading interest, & of promoting the former to ye prejudice of ye latter. But to wave this point, the death of a person who kept ye poor at work, is to be lamented, & the meaner sort, one would think, wou'd lay to heart his being taken away; but what pretences can such have to be mourners, who show'd such shameful evidence to the contrary, by scandalous excesses & disorders on so sorrowful an occasion; disparaging to the dead, & detestable to the living, the blame whereof lies wholely at their own door; & I pray God to lay it so to their hearts, that it may never be lald to their charge. He was a merciful man, being very charitable to yo poor, kind to his work people, & compassionate to all that were in distress & misery; he had the hardships of the poor in the late pinching years of scarcity much at heart, & he expressed his concern not only in words, but in deeds, giving liberally to them, & enlarging his charity in some proportion to the growing necessity. He fed many, sometimes more than a score together on the Lord's Day, besides all the comers & cravers in ye work who were sure to speed at his door; for he gave as the Preacher advises So |