This so-called Vicinal Way tends to confirm my impression that the Iter XIII. of Antoninus was not through Cirencester, but through North Cerney (Cern-ey). The distance of 14 miles from Gloucester agrees better with North Cerney than with Cirencester; and as we have from Ptolemy the name of Corinium for Cirencester, we do not require to appropriate Durocornovium to the same place. Camden says there was Caer Cori (i.e., Corinium) and Caer Ceri (i.e., Durocornovium or Cerney). There appear to be no less than four Ampneys, a circumstance which would imply that the district must have been of importance at some time. H. F. NAPPER. Loxwood, Sussex. As the 1732.-A NEWSPAPER JUBILEE. On Saturday, March 2nd, 1839-just fifty years ago to day and date--the first number of the Bristol Times was published by Joseph Leech. That paper, taken by itself, has therefore to-day attained its jubilee. reader has each morning "ocular proof," the Bristol Times has since then united itself with two older local papers; "Felix Farley's Journal (established in 1714) being incorporated with it in April, 1853, and the Bristol Times and Journal with the Bristol Mirror in January, 1865." Fifty years ago there were five newspapers in Bristol, namely, Felix Farley's Journal, the Mirror, and the newly-started Bristol Times, all Conservative, and published on Saturday; and the Bristol Mercury, also published on the same day, which was and is Liberal, like the Gazette, a midweek Whig organ, which has since ceased to be. Not one of those five prints was then half the size of any of the three papers now published each morning in Bristol at a penny each; though the price charged for the former was fivepence a copy stamped, and fourpence unstamped. It must be remembered, however, there was then, besides the paper duty, a penny tax upon each news sheet, and eighteen pence duty on every advertisement, however small, that appeared in their columns. The total weekly circulation of the five old papers half a century since did not much exceed six thousand, whereas now each morning paper largely exceeds that number every day. So that the present reader can see what strides the local press has made in a halfcentury. But as the "taxes on knowledge" have since been removed, and the population of Bristol has nearly quadrupled in the meantime, it is not difficult to understand the great change which has come over the state, size, and spirit of local journalism in the fifty years which have passed since the 2nd of March, 1839.-Bristol Times and Mirror, March 2, 1889. 1733. GLOUCESTERSHIRE WITHOUT ARMORIAL BEARINGS.. (Reply to No. 1490.) Gloucestershire is not alone in being without armorial ensigns, as the following fact will shew. Some years ago a County Hall was built in Devizes, and on the pediment in front was placed a coat of arms, which was supposed to represent the county of Wilts, but was soon discovered, by the jealousy of Salisburians, to be the arms of their city. A record of the matter runs as follows: "Ah! well is me, and lack-a-day! These people of Devizes, And want our Spring Assizes!" To prevent a similar error, when the County Asylum was being erected in 1850, the late Mr. John Swayne, clerk of the peace, visited the Heralds' College, to obtain correct arms. He was informed that no county in England had any arms, and was advised to use the ensign of the West Saxons. Accordingly the "Dragon" was sculptured on the shield over the entrance gateway of the Asylum. Cornwall uses the arms of Condurus, who was Earl of Cornwall (temp. William I.), as county arms: Sa., fifteen vezants, 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. in pale, or. Among the various arms which the city of Gloucester has borne, are those of the De Clares, Earls of Gloucester: Or, three chevrons, gu.; and they are now borne on the city arms, with the ten torteaux of the see of Worcester (from which this diocese was formed), and standing in this way: Or, three chevrons, gu, between ten torteaux, 3. 3. 3. and 1 of the last. Gloucester. G. ARMSTRONG HOWITT. 1734. THE TRIAL AND PUNISHMENT OF KYD Wake, 1796. -The following extract is from the Universal Magazine for May, 1796; and I shall be glad to learn what more is recorded of Kyd Wake, why Gloucester was selected for his place of punishment, and why such a sentence was passed upon him : Kyd Wake, who was convicted at the sittings after last Hilary term, of having, on the first day of the present sessions of Parliament, iusulted his Majesty in his passage to and from Parliament, by hissing, and using several indecent expressions, such as "No George-No war," &c., was brought up to receive the judgment of the court. The sentence was, that he be imprisoned, and kept to hard labour, in Gloucester Gaol, during the term of five years. That during the first three months of his imprisonment he do stand for one hour, between the hours of eleven and two, in the pillory, in one of the public streets of Gloucester, on a market-day and that, at the expiration of his imprisonment, he do find security for one thousand pounds for his good behaviour for ten years. JOHN MILLS. : Gloucester. In the Gentleman's Magazine (1796), vol. lxvi., pt. 1, pp. 163, 433, some particulars of Kyd Wake's trial and punishment are recorded. He was tried in the Court of King's Bench and found guilty on the 20th of February, 1796, and received sentence there on the 7th of May following. The same particulars may be found, word for word, in the Annual Register for 1796, chron. pp. 6, 17. The removal of prisoners after conviction to gaols elsewhere was by no means uncommon. Henry Hunt, for example, if we remember rightly, was tried in London, and then sent to Dorchester. EDITOR. 1735.-COLSTON'S ROOM, BRISTOL. Can anyone inform me why the large room at No. 1, Colston's Parade, Redcliffe Hill, Bristol (now the residence of the verger, and parish room of St. Mary Redcliffe), is called Colston's Room? A portrait of Edward Colston hangs on the wall, and his arms are on the ceiling; but I know of only one house in Bristol recognized as his residence, viz., that in Small Street, the remains of which now form part of the Guildhall. J. E. P. 1736.-ST. MARY REDCLIFFE CHURCH.-In Notes and Queries, 7th S. vii 146, I have found St. Michael's, Coventry, given as containing more square feet (internal area) than any other parish church in England. Does any reader know what is the exact size of St. Mary Redcliffe Church? J. E. P. 1737.-SIR JOHN DARCY, KNT., M.P. FOR GLOUCESTERSHIRE, 1584-85. The returns for Gloucestershire to this parliament are lost. Browne Willis (Notitia Parl.) names as the knights for the shire, "Sir John Darcy, Knight," and "William Bruges, Esq." Inasmuch as the last-named gentleman was elected to the parliament next succeeding in 1586, it is highly probable that he was also returned in 1584. He was afterwards the 4th Baron Chandos. But who was Sir John Darcy? I am unable to trace any knight of this name at the date under notice. Does he appear in any other way to have been connected with Gloucestershire? W. D. PINK. Leigh, Lancashire. Atkyns, Rudder, and Fosbrooke state that the manor of Almondsbury, near Bristol, was conveyed by Miles Partrige, 7 Edw. VI., to Arthur Darcy; that in the first year of Queen Elizabeth Henry Darcy had livery of it; and that he afterwards sold it to Thomas Chester. This may perhaps serve as a clue to trace Sir John Darcy. EDITOR. 1738.-BRISTOL MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, 1685-87.-These were, Sir Richard Crumpe, a Bristol merchant, and Sir John Churchill, master of the rolls, cousin of the first Duke of Marlborough, and who had been recorder of Bristol since April, 1683. Sir John Churchill died sometime in the summer vacation following his election, when a new writ was ordered by the House to fill his seat. Who succeeded him as M.P. for Bristol during the remainder of James II.'s parliament? I am inclined to think that it was either Sir John Knight or Sir Richard Hart, both of whom had represented the city in previous parliaments, and were returned to the convention of 1689. Can any correspondent give the precise date of Sir John Churchill's death? I do not find it recorded in any of the pedigrees of the family. What is known of Sir Richard Crumpe, or Crompe? W. D. PINK. 1739.-SAPPERTON CHURCH: MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS.-In 1880 accurate copies were taken of the seventeen inscriptions* in the parish church of St. Kenelm, Sapperton : 1. (Chancel.) Anno Dom. 1584. Here leieth bvried | Nicholes Moring, Gentelman, whoe departed the . . . . . daye of Avgovst, in the 26 yer of the Rayne of ye | Sovigne Lady Elizabeth.† 2. Here lieth the body of | Elizabeth, eldest daughter | of Iosiah Greenwood, Rector of Sapperton, | and Elizabeth, his wife, who was born the 9th day of August, and buried the 21st day of the same month, Año Do. | 1685. 3. In memory of Iosiah | Greenwood, Rector of | Sapperton 12 years, who dyed the 5th day of Jan, | 1695, ætatis suæ 46. In memory of of this Parish, marble was erected 4. the Hon. and Rev. | Allen Bathurst, | Rector who died 21st Aug., 1767, ætat. 38. This by his afft sister & brother, | Leonora & John. 5. Sacred to the memory of the Honorable | John Bathurst,||| an honest, benevolent, virtuous man. | He died the 8th of May, 1777, aged 55. 6. Sacred to the memory of John Yarnton, Esq, of Coleman Street, London. He was a true and pious Christian, a kind and affectionate husband, a ready and sincere friend. His • An index to them has been given in vol. i., p. 316. + This inscription, which is on the north wall of the chancel, has been described as "very fairly legible in 1871;" but it can scarcely be said to be so at present. Fourth son of Allen, 1st Earl Bathurst, and brother of the Lord Chancellor. He held likewise the rectory of Beverston. Of Sapperton, third son of the same earl. general conduct through life sufficiently evinced the genuine purity of his heart, the honest independence of his principles, and his firm and steady attachment | to his King & Country. | He died July 34, 1803, aged 73. 7. Sacred to the memory of | Sarah Yarnton, | wife of the above John Yarnton, Esq. | Through a long and painful illness her | patience and resignation never forsook her. She beheld the approach of death with perfect calmness, affording to her surviving friends a bright example of Christian | piety, true faith, and a meek submission to the Divine will. She departed this life at Sutgrove, in this County, | universally respected, November 13th, 1809, aged 75 years. 8. (North chapel.) being bvt of tender age, was for his knighted in Fravnce by Henry the 4, his owne order, and there ended his 1590. Sir Devervx Poole, worthynes and valovre the French King after dayse, and was here bvried. 9. Here Resteth the Bodies of Sir Henry Poole, | Knight, & of Anne, his wife, Daughter to Sir William Wroughton, of Broadehinto, in the The Cōty of Wilts, Knight, By Whome hee had Issu 3 Sonns & 4 Daughters, That is to say, Deuerux, Gyles, & Henry, Elinor, Francis [sic], Dorothey, & Anne. | Elinor married Sir Richard Fettiplace, of Beyels | leigh, in the County of Barck, Knight. Francis Married Sir Neuell Poole, of Oaksey, in the County of Wilts, Knight. Dorothey Married Sir John Sauedg, of Elmley, in the County of Worcester, Knight; & Ann Married Sir Theobald Gorges, of Ashley, in the | County of Wilts, Knight. Theise Both loued & liued Together Many Yeeres, Much Giueuen to Hospitallity, He Was Alwayes Faithfull to his Prince, & louinge to his Cuntry, True to his Frinde, & Bountifull to his Seruants. Being 75 yeeres of age, Decessd Anno Dōni 1616. 10. (South chapel.) In memory of Sr Robert Atkyns, of Pinbury Park, in Glocester Shire, Knight, son of Sr | Robert Atkyns, one of ye Justices of y Court of Common Pleas in ye Reign of K.C. 11d, afterwards Lord Chief Baron of ye Exchequer, and Speaker of ye house of Lords, and Grand-Son to Sr Edward Atkyns, who was one of yo Barons of ye said Court. While He lived He was beloved and honoured, and when He died ye loss of him was lamented by all who knew his private and his publick Vertues. He was alwayes Loyal to his Prince, Loving to his Wife, Faithful to his Friends, Charitable to ye Poor, Kind & |