altogether out of place in the city of his birth. Possibly it may occur to some minds, especially at this time of the year, that EDWARD COLSTON has scarcely been well treated in this respect. An Amercian visitor observed the other day to a well-known citizen, "Mr. MORLEY may have been a great man, but the Bristolians we know best are CABOT and COLSTON. We have heard of them. Colston boys are to be met with in every part of the States, and yet, when I came here, I could not find a single likeness to his memory except on an old tomb [in All Saints' Church, Bristol]." The "foreigner" has certainly pointed out a blot on the escutcheon of our city. It does seem to be somewhat of a reproach to us that, when once a year Bristol goes almost mad in her endeavour to do honour to the great philanthropist, no memento, worthy of the name, has been erected in his honour on one of the many suitable sites that might easily be chosen. To commemorate modern worth is all very well in its way, but those who did so much in the distant past are certainly as well entitled to a bit of "dull cold marble" as those who may have done as much to benefit mankind a year or two ago.-Bristol Times and Mirror, Nov. 11, 1887.

1546.-PRESTBURY CHURCH : MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS.In the parish church of St. Mary, Prestbury, near Cheltenham, there are the following twenty-seven inscriptions*, of which accurate copies were taken in 1877 :—

1.

(Chancel.)

Sacred to the memory of Thomas Baghott De la Bere, Esq, | of Southam [in Bishop's Cleeve Parish], who died on the fifth of December, 1821, in the 93rd year of his age, having gained by a strict integrity, a peculiar benevolence of disposition, and urbanity of manners, the esteem and affection of all who knew him.

2.

Sacred to the memory of James Agg Gardner, | Lord of the Manor of Cheltenham, who died [at Hadley House, Cheltenham] the 12th of March, 1858, | aged 53. | This tablet is erected by his widow, Eulalie Emily Agg Gardner.†

In memory of

3.

Elizabeth Harriet Susan Agg, | who died November 26th, 1863, aged 16 years.

4.

(Nave.)

Near this place lyeth the body of Christopher Capel, Gent. He died the 15th of May, 1740, aged 71. | Where also lyeth

An index to them has been given in vol. i., pp. 37, 38.

For inscriptions in memory of several members of this family, in Cheltenham parish churchyard, see vol. ii., p. 608. In the chancel of the church a window has been erected as a memorial of the abovenamed James Agg Gardner.

Sarah, his wife. | She died the 6th of Augst, 1733, aged 68. | Also near this place are interred William and Sarah Capel, son & daughter of the above. He died 12th June, 1732, aged 34. | She [died] 28th Nov, 1717, [aged] 21.

5.

Sacred to the memory of the Revd Christopher Capel, | eldest son of the late | William Capel, Esquire, of Prestbury House. I He died at Cheltenham 8th October, 1846, aged 66.

6.

In memory of Edwd Hatheway & Amy, his wife. He died ye 21st of July, 1754, aged 63. She [died] the 24th of June, 1747, aged 51. Also of Margt Carpenter, their daughter, who died Augst, 1738, aged 23. | And of Elizabeth Meekings, another daughter, who died | Dec, 1801, æt. 85. Also of | E. Ansell & Jane Holloway, | two of her daughters.

7.

(North aisle.)

In memory of William Baghott, Esq., and Ann, his wife, | daughter of John De la Bere, of Southam, Esq. He died Nov. 8, 1725, aged 70 years. | She [died] Oct. 31, 1739, [aged] 77 [years]. | They had issue, seven sons and eight daughters, the survivors of whom in gratitude and respect to their parents | erected this monument.

8.

Sacred to the memory of James Agg, Esq, of Hewletts, in this Parish, many years an active magistrate for this County, | and formerly Captain of Engineers in the Honble East India Company's Service, | who departed this life January 14th, 1827, | aged 80 years. Also of | Edith, relict of the above, | who departed this life September 19th, 1851, aged 83 years.

9.

Underneath a slab in the churchyard | lie the mortal remains of the Revd Edward Southouse, Rector of Woolstone, in this County. Benevolent to all, he died sincerely regretted on the [ 20th June, 1829, aged 61 years. | Also of Elizabeth, relict of the above, who died at Dibden, Hants, March 12th, 1846, aged 81.

10.

Sacred to the memory of Elizabeth [née Perring], wife of Lieut Gen1 Thomas Molyneux, | who departed this life on the | 24th day of December, 1831, | in the 63rd year of her age, and whose remains lie interred in a vault on the north side of this church

11.

Sacred to the memory of | Emilia, | daughter of Lieut General | Thomas Molyneux | and Elizabeth, his wife, who departed this life on the 25th of June, 1832, | in the 28th year of her age,

and whose remains lie interr'd | in the catacombs of St. Martin's | in the Fields, London.

12.

Sacred to the memory of Thomas Edwards, Esq, who died August 30th, 1838, aged 74 years. | Also of Jane, his beloved wife [daughter of Thomas Wathen, Esqr], who died Decr 26th, 1802, aged 35 years. She was the elder co-heiress of the ancient families of the De la Beres of Southam | and the Baghotts of this place.

13.
(South aisle.)

In memory of Harriet, relict of the late Meredith Price, Esqre, who died 15th March, 1820, aged 56. | Also of Louisa Charlotte, their daughter who died 20th February, 1833, aged 40. Also of Francis, their third son, who died at Cheltenham | May 10th, 1859, | aged 63.

14.

Sacred to the memory of Mary Isabella, wife of Thomas Christie, M.D. Born on the 22nd Oct, 1787. | Died at Cheltenham on the 16th April, 1827. | Her loss will ever be most deeply deplored, as the best of wives, the most tender of parents, | & the most affectionate of friends. | Also to Thomas Christie, M.D., of Cheltenham, late Medical Superintendent General of the Island of Ceylon. Born on the 2d of April, 1774. Died on the 11th Oct, 1829. His remains are interred, with those of his beloved wife, | in a vault near the south-east corner of this churchyard. | Throughout a most useful and varied life | he was ever regarded with the truest esteem | and affection by all who knew him. | Their sorrowing children, who have raised this monument to their memory, are consoled by the blessed conviction, | that for such as they have lost, death hath no sting, | and over such the grave hath no victory.

15.

Sacred to the memory of Louisa Maria, the beloved wife of the Rev. John Law Willis. She died March 7th, 1831, | in the sixty-fourth year of her age. Also to the memory of the Rev. John Law Willis. He died Sept. 26th, 1841, in the seventy-seventh year of his age. Sacred to the memory of | Mary Heaton, I relict of the late William Pope, Esq., of Hillingdon, Middlesex, and daughter of the late Sherlock Willis, Rector of Wormley, Herts. She died June 6th, 1823, | aged 59 years. Their mortal remains are deposited | in a vault near the south-east corner of this churchyard. | Also in the same vault lie the remains of Mary Sarah, daughter of the above Revd John Law & Louisa Maria | Willis, who departed this life July 21st, 1833, aged 42 years.

16.

Sacred to the memory of | Ann, | the beloved wife of | George Smith, Esq, who departed this life March 8th, 1850, | aged

73 years. Also of George Smith, Esq, many years resident of The Retreat, in this Parish, but formerly of | Margaret Street, Cavendish Square, London. | Died 28th October, 1854, | aged 69 years.

17.
(Tower.)

Near this place | lieth the body of James Akerman, who departed this life July ye 31st, 1770, aged 70. | Also of Ann, his wife, who departed this life March the 14th, 1775, aged 67 years.

18.

Sacred to the memory of Christopher Capel, Esq', who died February 26th, A.D. MDCCLXXX, | aged 50. Also of William Capel, Esq, who died October 21st, MDCCCXVIII, aged 69 years. I Also of Susanna, relict of the above | William Capel, Esq, who died March 6th, MDCCCLIII, | aged 92 years.

19.

Sacred to the memory of Capel, son of Major General | Thomas Molyneux and Elizabeth, his wife, of Castle Dillon, in the County of Armagh, in the Kingdom of Ireland, who departed this life at Cheltenham | the 23rd of June, 1822, | in the eighteenth year of his age, and whose remains lie interred in a vault on the north side of this church. To the many virtues and departed worth of the most dutiful, affectionate, and inestimable of sons, this inadequate tribute has been erected by his afflicted and disconsolate parents.

20.

(On brasses under memorial windows.)

Ad majorem Dei_gloriam, et in piam memoriam Helenæ [née Bamford-Hesketh], D'mnæ Bruce de Downhill, in Hibernia, ecclesiæ hujusce fenestram orientalem | d.d.d. J. et L. E. M. E.

MDCCCLXV.

21.

To the glory of God, and in memory of Anthony Temple Smith, by his affectionate wife, | Sarah Smith. MDCCCLXV.

22.

A.M.D.G.et. in. piam. memoriam. | Edvardi. Bickersteth. Wawn. A. M. in. Collegio. | Cheltoniensi. per. annos. XI. S. S. Theologiæ. | Prælectoris. qui. die. Sept. XXVIII. natus. A. S. MDCCCXxv. in. Christo. vixit. in. Christo. | obdormivit . die. Sept. XIX. A. S. MDCCCLXVI. | R. I. P.

23.

To the glory of God, and in affectionate remembrance of Catherine Elizabeth Griffiths, | by her children. A.D. MDCCCLXVI.

24.

To the glory of God, and in loved memory of Gordon Stewart Forbes, who died at | Torquay January 13th, 1867. Offered by his brother and sister, George and Mary M. Cumine.

25.

To the glory of God. | Dedicated by two Communicants | on the Feast of the Transfiguration, and of the Re-opening of this Church after the Restoration. A.D. 1868.

26.

To the glory of God, and in loving memory of Frederick Francis Bindon, of Clara, his wife, and of Frederick William Francis, their son. Also of Mary Demainbray.

27.

(On base of altar cross.)

Ad gloriam sanctæ et æternæ Trinitatis, et in piam memoriam Adelaidæ Mariæ, Gulielmi Pontifex, Cheltoniensis, uxoris, quæ hac vita excessit, et ad | Dominum migravit, A.D. xvII. Kal. Aprilis MDCCCLXIX. R. I. P.

ABHBA.

1547.-AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONDYTES AT GLOUCESTER, 33 HEN. VIII.-The following has been carefully extracted from an old volume of Acts passed in the 33rd year of Henry VIII. (A.D. 1541-2), and printed in black letter, sm. folio, by T. Berthelet. Cirencester.

(Title-page.)

E. C. S.

Anno Tricesimo | Tertio Henrici | Octavi, Henry the VIII, | by the Grace of God Kyng of Englande, Fraunce, and Ireland, defender of the faith, and of the Churche of Englande, and also of Irelande, in earth the Supreme heade, to the honour of | almighty God, and for the concord, quiet, and welth of this his realme, and subjectes of the same, helde | his most high court of parliament, begun at Westm. | the xvi daie of Jany- uer, and there conty-nued tyll the fyrst day of Apryll, the | XXXIII yere of his moste | noble and | vyctori- | ouse | reygne, wherein were esta-blyshed these actes | followyng.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONDITES AT GLOUCESTER, CAP. XXXV. Where before this tyme the Towne of Gloucester, now lately called the citie of Gloucester, and the inhabytaunts and resiants within the same, have been reasonably furnished, cõforted, and refreshed with good pure and cleane runnynge water, yssuyng out of the heades of freshe springes, situate and beinge within one myle and halfe distaunt from the saide citie, in one hyll there called Matstonis hyll, otherwyse called Robin Hoodes hyll: And for the preservation and continuance of the saide heades and springes, there is and long time heretofore hath been erected and buylded by the inhabitaunts of the same newe citie sundry conduite houses of lyme and stone, and from thence the saide water hath been conveyed under erthe in pypes of leade into divers places of the saide citie, and also to the cloyster and houses of the late dissolved monastery of Saint Peter in the same citie, now lately translated