1764. SIR THOMAS PHILLIPPS'S PRINTED PIECES. (See No. 104.) The late Sir Thomas Phillipps, as is well known, printed at his private press, and for private circulation only, a great number of small works, chiefly of an archæological, genealogical, or topographical character. A few copies only of each, as a rule, were printed, and the distribution of these appears to have been so capricious that none of the large public libraries of the country seem to possess a complete set. At Thirlestaine House, Cheltenham, I suppose the series could be consulted in its entirety, but Thirlestaine House is not accessible to every one. Even a list of the series is to me a desideratum. Is it going beyond the scope of your publication to ask whether such a list might appear in its pages? D. J. In Lowndes's Bibliographer's Manual (Bohn's edition), vol iv., pp. 1856-1858, and vol. vi., pp. 225-237, there is a very long list of Sir Thomas Phillipps's productions; and to it this note is appended:"The preceding is as complete a list as we have found it possible to make." To insert it in our pages is what we cannot undertake to do; but not so with regard to the Gloucestershire items, which we here give in the order in which they appear in the list: : 1. Agreement between Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart., and the Cottage Allotment Tenants in Buckland and Childswickham, commencing from 29th Sept., 1837. 2. Buckland and Laverton Tenants, 1834; Childswickham Tenants, 1834. Folio, single sheet. 3. Child's Wickham Farm-Tenants, March, 1835: Broadway Farm-Tenants, 1835. Folio, single sheet. 4. Pedigree of Freeman of Eberton, Blockley, Campedon, Batsford, Evenlode, Oventon, and Bushley (from MSS. Harl.). Large folio, double page. 5. Winchcomb Cartulary abridged. Folio, lithograph. 6. Visitation of Gloucestershire, 1569, ex MSS. Ph. Folio. 7. Bigland's Gloucestershire Collections continued, N. to P. Folio. 8. Pedes Finium: Index pro Com. Glouc., temp. Geo. I. Folio, zincograph. 9. Extracts from Gloucestershire Parochial Registers. Folio, lithograph. 10. Index to Gloucestershire Wills. 12mo. In the Press [1864]. 11. Views of Seats and Churches in Gloucestershire, &c. Folio, lithograph. With reference to No. 7 it should be stated that the unpublished MSS. having become the property of Sir Thomas Phillipps, he printed, in 1839, a small impression of the particulars of eighteen parishes, from Newington Bagpath to Pauntley, inclusive, and ending at p. 316; of which portion sixty-five copies have not long since been "privately reprinted for Mr. T. Fitz Roy Fenwick," of Thirlestaine House. After a considerable interval, the publication was resumed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, in 1870, and, in accordance with directions in his will, the second volume is almost completed. The first of the later portions, comprising nine parishes, appeared in 1870, and the second, comprising fourteen, in 1871; both prior to his death in February, 1872. See ante, vol. i., pp. 73, 111. A summary of the contents of No. 9 has been given ante, p. 263, and to it the reader is referred. EDITOR. 1765.-FAMILY OF MACE, OF NEWENT.-Can anyone give me particulars of the family of Mace, of Newent, in addition to what appears in Hutchins's History of Dorset (3rd edition),. vol. i., p. 122, in the pedigree of Gigger? I am acquainted with the pedigrees of Mace in Berry's Kent Genealogies, and Tuckett's edition of Devonshire Pedigrees; but there is no mention of a Gilbert Mace, son of Mark Mace, the former having been born in 1642. Mark Mace was a Northamptonshire man, but perhaps connected with the Newent Maces, if one may judge by christian E. A. FRY. names. King's Norton, Birmingham. 1766.-JOHN STRADLYNGE, OF STANLEY ST. LEONARDS, 1558. -Among the wills registered in the District Court of Gloucester are those of John Stradlynge, of Stanley St. Leonards, and Anne, his wife; his being dated and proved in the year 1558, and her's proved in 1563. I think this John Stradlynge must have been one of the numerous base issue of Sir Edward Stradling, Knt., of St. Donats, Glamorganshire, and of Combe Hawey, Somerset, whose names appear in the pedigrees, and some of whom became heads of recognized branches of the family. Of the John of this generation nothing is recorded in the pedigree but the christian name. Is anything to be found respecting him in the local records? If his parentage should prove to be that surmized, then a sister of his, Grisognon, married Anthony Porter, of Ashton-under-Edge, co. Gloucester, and had issue male. John Stradlynge, the subject of this query, had issue, a son and daughter. William, the son, had issue (as appears by his mother's will), three daughters: Elizabeth (married to Gylford), Christian, and Jane. The daughter who is designated simply as "my daughter Walkley," had issue two daughters, Julyan and Katherine. I give these details on the chance of their proving useful to some local investigator. D. J. 1787.-RUDHALL FAMILY, OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE :— -William Rudhall was a justice of the peace for the county of Gloucester. temp. Hen. VIII. Where can I see a pedigree of the Rudhall family? Were the Rudhalls of Herefordshire connected with those of Gloucestershire? The Herefordshire line became extinct, I think, in the last century: is the Gloucestershire line still in being? D. J. 1768.-CARNE, OF DURSLEY. (See No. 1719.) In the query respecting Elizabeth Dowdeswell, née Venables, mention is made of the Rev. E. Carne, who married Sarah Buckle, of Chaceley. This Edward Carne was of the family of Carne, of Nash, co. Glamorgan, his father being Richard, third son of Edward Carne, of Nash, who died in 1713. This is all plain enough; but on his mother's side there is some obscurity, which I should be pleased to see cleared up. She appears in a recently published Carne pedigree as "Mary, d. of Carne, of Dursley.' Carne, of Dursley." I assume that this unnamed Carne, of Dursley, was descended from a younger son of Carne, of Nash, but there is nothing in the pedigree to shew it; and if any local genealogist can supply the deficiency, I shall feel greatly obliged. My query comes to this: Who was Carne, of Dursley. D. J. 1769.-A BRITISH TUMULUS IN HORFIELD.-Do you know whether in any of the maps of Gloucestershire, of the last century or earlier, there is marked a British tumulus in Horfield? I can, I think, trace the remains of one; but it was destroyed before any one now living here was born. Horfield, Bristol. F. B. 1770.-SUPPLY OF BOWS AND ARROWS IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY. In the Encyclopædia of Arts and Sciences, edited by Hall, and published in 1788-91, I find the following under the head of "Archery":-"An order was issued by Edward III. in the 15th year of his reign, to the sheriffs of most of the English counties, for providing 500 white bows and 500 bundles of arrows for the then intended war against France. Similar orders are repeated in the following years; with this difference, that the sheriff of Gloucestershire is directed to furnish 500 painted bows, as well as the same number of white." The battle of Cressy was fought four years later, A.D. 1346, on which memorable occasion, as chroniclers relate, we had 2,000 archers, and to them the English chiefly ascribed their victory. The battle of Poitiers was fought A.D. 1356, and was gained by the same means. Can anyone tell me why Gloucestershire was called upon to supply 500 painted bows beyond the number required from other counties? G. ARMSTRONG HOWITT. Prince St., Gloucester. 1771.-CHEPSTOW BRIDGE: HAIRBREADTH ESCAPE, 1806.-The construction of the bridge across the Wye at Chepstow is extremely curious, as the planks which form the floor rise with the tide, which at certain seasons is said to attain the height of seventy feet. This floor of the bridge about twenty-four years since it was found necessary to remove, which was accordingly done, and only one or two of the planks remained for the convenience of foot-passengers. This way was well lighted, and a man placed at the end to warn those that approached of their danger. But it so happened that one dreadful stormy night the lamps blew out, and the monitor, supposing that no one would in such a hurricane attempt to pass, wisely retired to shelter. After midnight a traveller knocked at the door of an inn in Chepstow. "Who is there?" said the landlord, who had long retired to rest, and was now called out of bed. The traveller mentioned his name, which was well-known. "How did you come?" said the landlord. "How did I come? Why, over the bridge, to be sure!" "What! on horseback?"—"Yes."—"No!" said the landlord, "that is impossible; however, as you are here, I'll let you in." The host, when the traveller repeated his assertion, was staggered. He was certain that he must have come over the bridge, because there was no other way; but also knowing the state in which the passage was, he could only attribute the escape of the traveller to witchcraft. He, however, said nothing to him that night: but the next morning took him to the bridge, and shewed him the plank that the horse must have crossed over, at the same time that he pointed to the raging torrent beneath. Struck with this circumstance, the traveller, it is said, was seized with an illness, from which he did not speedily recover. · Sporting Magazine, Oct., 1806. In 1812 my mother, when travelling from Gloucestershire to Glamorganshire by coach, passed over this curious and very insecure bridge. She often used, in speaking of the incidents of the journey, to mention the sensation of extreme danger which the passengers felt as the coach slowly drove over the moving timbers of the roadway of the bridge, with space enough between the loose planks to see the great depth at which the water ran beneath them. D. J. 1772.-MOTTOES UPON GLOUCESTERSHIRE SUNDIALS. - In the second edition of the late Mrs. Gatty's Book of Sundials, edited by H. K. F. Gatty and E. Lloyd, and recently published, we have noted the following mottoes as occurring on dials in Gloucestershire. Probably the list is not exhaustive, and some correspondent may be able to add to the number. B. E. S. Brockhampton Park-"Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis." Charlton Kings Church-" Our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding." 1 Chron. xxix. 15. Chipping Sodbury Church-" So passeth away the glory of the world." Coberley Church-"Fugit hora, sic est vita." Coldthorpe, at a farm house-"Sol me, vos umbra." Dymock Church-" Vmbra Dei." Gloucester, Southgate-street-"Fugit hora, ora, labora." Hatherley-"Nos exiguum tempus habemus, sed multum perdimus." Micheldean-On a pillar in the Rectory garden are these four mottoes: σε Γνώθι καιρον.” "In hora nulla mora." Mispend no time." "Pereunt et imputantur." On the plinth are the words-" Rector Rectoris." Mickleton Manor House-" Noli confidere nocti." This is a particularly interesting motto, as it was placed by Bishop Frampton, who was deprived of the see of Gloucester as a non-juror, but was permitted to hold the vicarage of Standish, where he died in 1708.* There is of course an allusion to the persecution, as he esteemed it, which the Church was suffering, in the sentence he placed upon the dial. The motto "Pereunt et imputantur" was formerly on the south porch of Gloucester Cathedral, but during the recent restoration the dial was removed. One more motto may be quoted though it is not inscribed anywhere within our county. It was composed by a Gloucestershire clergyman, who placed it on a dial from which an older plate had been removed, in the churchyard of his former parish in Lancashire : "Nulli optabilis Dabitur mora ; Irrevocabilis Labitur hora: Ne sit inutilis, Semper labora, Neve sis futilis, Of this motto the following free English rendering is given constructed in the same metre as the Latin :- "None from Time's hurrying wain Winneth delay; Ne'er to come back again Speedeth each day: While its few hours remain Labour alway; Lest thou should'st live in vain, Watch thou and pray." Sec ante, vol. i., pp. 69, 394.-ED. |