1. Jane Artemissa Blacker, daughter of the late William Blacker, Esq', and Susannah,* his wife, of Woodbrook, Co Wexford, Ireland. Died at Cheltenham January 19th, 1848. Also of Hannah Arthuria Blacker, sister of the above, who died Feb 24th, 1854. 2. To the memory of Mary Doorman Goodlake, of Swindon Hall, youngest daughter of John Hughes & Elizabeth Goodlake, who departed this life the 3rd day of February, 1860, aged 42 years. 3. To the most dear memory of Thomas William Goodlake, M.A., 14 years Rector of this Parish. Died Oct 14th, 1875, aged 64. 4. Here lieth the body of Helena, relict of John Crosbie Graves, Esq', late of the City of Dublin, Barrister-at-law. She was the eldest child and a coheiress of the Revd Charles Perceval, A.M., of Burton House, in the County of Cork. She was born on the 3rd April, 1785; intermarried on the 18th January, 1806, with the above-named John Crosbie Graves, by whom she had issue four sons and two daughters; became a widow on the 13th January, 1835; and departed this life at Cheltenham on the 3rd February, 1850, humbly trusting to find acceptance with God through the merits of Christ her Saviour. Also here lieth the body of John Thomas Graves, M.A., F.R.S., Barrister-at-law, and Poor Law Inspector of this district, eldest son of the above-named John Crosbie and Helena Graves. He was born in Dublin Decr 4th, 1806. He died deeply lamented at Thirlestaine Lodge, Cheltenham, March 29th, 1870, aged 63.† 5. Beneath this stone are deposited the remains of Jane, relict of the late Edward Johnstone, Esq', of Woodpark, in the County of *Only child and heiress of Arthur Jacob, D.D., Archdeacon of Armagh (1777-1786), and Rector of Killanne, Co. Wexford. She was married in 1784, and died at Hereford 18th March, 1807. For an obituary notice of Mr. Graves see the Proceedings of the Royal Society, No. 129 1871. In the parish church of Donnybrook, near Dublin, there is a mural tablet with this inscription :-"In affectionate remembrance of John Crosbie Graves, Esq., Barrister-at-law, second son of the Very Rev. Thomas Graves, Dean of Connor, this tablet was erected by afflichis ted widow. The upright nd efficient discharge of his public duties as a Magistrate of Police, and Commissioner of Bankrupts, won for him the esteem of his fellow-citizens; and the union of refined tastes with warm and delicate feelings peculiarly endeared him to his private friends. His family, upon whose hearts is engraven the memory of his unwearied kindness and humble piety, can never cease to deplore his loss. He died in Dublin, Jan. 13, 1835, aged 58 years, and is buried in the old churchyard of this parish, in the family-vault of his uncle, the Very Rev. Richard Graves, D.D., Dean of Ardagh' (Blacker's Brief Sketches of Booterstown and Donnybrook, p. 40.) His surviving son Charles was born in 1812; was a Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, 1836-1866, having been "coopted" in 1862; Professor of Mathematics, 18431862; Dean of the Chapel Royal, Dublin, 1860, and Dean of Clonfert, 1864; and since June 29, 1866, when he was consecrated, has been the very learned and highly esteemed Lord Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert, and Aghadoe. He is the author of a translation of Chasles' work on Cones and Spherical Conics (Dublin, 1841), and of able papers in the Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy on mathematical subjects and Irish antiquities. Armagh, Ireland. She departed this life on the 31st day of August, 1852, in the 94th year of her age. 6. Sacred to the memory of Thomas Harrison Morony, Esquire, late of Miltown House, Co Clare, Ireland, who died January 13th, 1854, aged 70 years. Also to Louisa, daughter of the above, who died July 4th, 1856, aged 23 years. Also to Anna, relict of the above Thomas Harrison Morony, who died December 12th, 1871, aged 84 years. 7. In memory of Maria Sharpe, the beloved wife of the Revd S. C. Sharpe, M.A., of Wellington Lawn, Cheltenham. Died Oct 2nd, 1855, aged 41. 8. Captain Edward Stopford, R.N. Died at Cheltenham March 17th, 1837, aged 52 years.* 9. To the memory of Cat[h]erine Isabella, third daughter of the late Revd William Thompson, Archdeacon of Cork, and Mary Frances, his wife. She died January 10th, 1843. Also to the beloved memory of Anna Maria, aunt of the above, and last surviving daughter of the late Revd John Chetwood, Rector of Glanmire, Co Cork. She died at Cheltenham Decr 18th, 1870, in her 95th year. 10. To the dear memory of Charles Whately Willis, Cap" H.M. 33 Regt. Died Nov 7, 1866, aged 29. 11. To the most dear memory of Sherlock Willis, Esquire, who died 23rd May, 1873, aged 78.+ ABHBA. 1602.-LIST OF THE CHARLTON KINGS PARISH REGISTERS, 1875. -A list of these registers, which were eighteen in number, was carefully made in August, 1875, and should, I think, be placed on record: I. Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, from Nov. 14, 1538, to Dec. 13, 1634. (Parchment.) This volume is defective, the twelfth leaf, containing entries apparently from March, 1557, to Dec., 1558, having been torn out. II. Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, from Jan. 5, 1635, to Sept. 22, 1699. (Parchment.) III. Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, from Sept. 16, 1683, to July 21, 1754. (Parchment.) Entitled "A Register of all the • See ante, p. 157, for monumental inscription. + Sec ante, p. 43, for mention of other members of the family. Marriages, Christnings, and Burialls in the parishe of Charlton Kings, in the county of Glout', from the 16th of September, 1683." Under the year 1691 this entry appears :-" Note yt all yt is before written in this Booke is contained in ye old Register, & forward to yeare 1700." IV. Marriages (277), from Nov. 3, 1754, to Nov. 2, 1812. V. Baptisms, from May 1, 1760, to Sept. 3, 1783; and Burials, from May 4, 1760, to Aug. 1, 1783. (Parchment.) VI. Baptisms, from Nov. 16, 1783, to Sept. 11, 1808; Marriages, from July 10, 1785, to April 29, 1799; and Burials, from Oct. 3, 1783, to Sept. 7, 1808. (Parchment.) VII. Baptisms, from Oct. 2, 1808, to Dec. 13, 1812; and Burials, from Sept. 20, 1808, to Dec. 22, 1812. (Parchment.) VIII. Baptisms (800), from Jan. 3, 1813, to April 20, 1828. IX. Marriages (300), from Jan. 4, 1813, to July 16, 1833. X. Burials (800), from Jan. 1, 1813, to May 11, 1836. XI. Baptisms (2,398), from April 22, 1828, to July 15, 1860. (Parchment.) XII. Marriages (103), from July 29, 1833, to June 19, 1837. ABHBA. 1603.-AN OLD EPIGRAM.-The following deserves to be noted in your pages :— Jacobo Sylvio. Sylvius hic situs est, gratis qui nil dedit unquam ; (Thus in English.) Beneath this stone lies Jimmy Wood, Who never deem'd an action good That brought no gain; And now, though dead, if e'er he thought ACADEMICUS. 1604.-ON THE BISHOPRIC OF BRISTOL.-Such persons, whether clergy or laity, as are desirous that the Act sanctioning the division of the united diocese of Gloucester and Bristol shall be carried out, may read with interest, whatever be their persuasion after they have done so, the remarks of Bishop Baring upon the subject more than thirty years ago :- The episcopal duties of the diocese as at present constituted will never be such as to overtax the physical or mental powers of anyone of ordinary strength and energy. The cry recently raised for a large augmentation of the number of bishops in England is not warranted by the facts of the case, whilst it is calculated to divert the thoughts and efforts of earnest churchmen from that which is the most pressing want of the present day, the better maintenance of the parochial clergy. In one or two instances, a division or re-arrangement of the dioceses would be beneficial; but I entertain very serious doubts whether a general diminution of the sphere of a bishop's labours, such as might enable him to attend more in detail to the management of each parish within his diocese, would be productive of good to the Church, or tend to the greater efficiency of her ministers. . . There will be, I think, great danger lest the activity and energy of the bishop degenerate into injudicious and mischievous meddling. . . . Whilst many of less vigorous mind would become mere echoes of their bishop's opinions, those of more independent thought and action would resent with indignation any attempt to control them. . . . More than half the dioceses of England have a more urgent claim for sub-division than ourselves.-Charge to the Clergy of the Diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, 1857. BRISTOLIENSIS. 1605.-ROBERT OF GLOUCESTER, THE ENGLISH CHRONICLER. *Ought Robert of Gloucester to continue as the only English historian without a biography? His famous metrical chronicle of English events, from the mythical time of Brute to the reign of Edward I., is quoted by John Stow, praised for the accuracy of its contents by John Selden, and printed with loving care in 1724 by Thomas Hearne, who regarded the Chronicle as a history of considerable importance," and regretted his own inability to discover particulars of the author's early career. The second edition of this work in 1810 is a reprint by Bagster of Hearne's edition without additional information. 66 When, therefore, the literary world was informed that "a new edition of this work was to be one of the Rolls Series of the most scarce and valuable Chronicles of Great Britain during the Middle Ages, and to be published by authority of the Lords of Her Majesty's Treasury, under the direction of the Master of the Rolls, by a competent editor [Wm. Aldis Wright, M.A.], with a preface containing a biographical account of the author, so far as authentic particulars existed for that purpose," there was a reasonable expectation that justice, though tardy, was to be rendered to the memory of a meritorious historian, and that the long coveted particulars of his life were to be communicated to the public. The preface to this authorized edition is silent as to particulars of This note by Judge Cooke, Q.C., has appeared in the Atheneum, May 12, 1888, and. Mr. Wright's reply in the following number.-ED. the author's career, the reader being informed that "beyond the fact that his name was Robert, and that from the dialect in which he wrote he was a Gloucestershire monk, nothing whatever is known about him!" This extraordinary statement must not pass unchallenged. The Chronicle is written in the language spoken by the inhabitants of the kingdom in the author's lifetime, and is not in a dialect peculiar to Gloucestershire. The Rev. William H. Hutton, the Modern History Lecturer of St. John's College, Oxford, in a recent work on Simon de Montfort and his Cause, observes that "Robert of Gloucester wrote for 'simple Englishmen,' and his verse has all the interest of unadorned style, while the language in which he writes is a valuable illustration of the change through which our tongue was then passing. As a historian he is of considerable importance" (p. 180). Hearne, in 1724, remarks: "I am very sensible that the obsoleteness of the language will deter many from reading this very useful historian; but to such as shall be pleased to make themselves acquainted with him, he will appear very pleasant, entertaining, and diverting, and they will value him the more as he comes out in his primitive dress. It is a reproach to us that the Saxon language should be so soon forgot as to have but few that are able to read it" (preface, lxxxv). That the historian bore the Christian name of Robert, and that he was of Gloucestershire birth, seems superfluous information, but the statement that he was a monk of that county, requires corroboration. Master Robert of Gloucester, a clerk in orders, was, during a period of nearly half a century, a canon residentiary of Hereford, occupying a residence granted him by Bishop Cantilupe on the death of Canon Henry Havekel in 1280. In 1282 he vacated his stall of Withington, and was collated by the same bishop to the better endowed stall of Hunderton (Fasti Herefordenses). He was commissary to Bishop Swinfield;* and the editor of the curious household roll of that prelate alludes to the ability and discretion displayed by the commissary in the discharge of his duties (p. xcviii). In 1299 Master Robert of Gloucester was installed chancellor of the choir of Hereford Cathedral, a position he retained till his death in 1321 (Fasti Heref., Havergal). Canon Robert co-operated with Canon John de Rosse, archdeacon of Salop, and subsequently bishop of Carlisle, and the other members of the church, in procuring the canonization of his patron Bishop Cantilupe (Rymer). In 1309 the executors of Canon Talbot gave Master Robert of Gloucester, chancellor of the church, Canon William de Croft, and See No. 342, headed "Bishop Swinfield's Visits to Prestbury, 1289," vol. i., pp. 336-340 The full title of the work referred to is A Roll of the Household Expenses of Richard de Swinfield, Bishop of Hereford, during part of the years 1289 and 1290, edited by the Rev. John Webb, M.A., F.S.A., for the Camden Society, with abstract and illustrations, London, 1854-55.-ED. |