1614

March 5, Elizabeth, d. of Rob' Oldisworth, gen. 1616 May 7, Sarah, d. of Rob Oldisworth. 1640. Jan. 6, Marie, d. of Mr Nicholas Oldisworth. 1642. June 11, Frances, d. of Nicholas Oldisworth. 1643. Feb. 8, Margaret, d. of Mr Nic. Oldisworth. 1650. March 18, Giles, s. of Giles Oldisworth. 1652. Nov. 7, Muriel, d. of Mr Giles Oldisworth. 1653. Feb. 27, Muriel, d. of Mr Giles Oldisworth. 1655. April 6, Mary, d. of Mr Giles Oldisworth.

1659. April 10, Thomas, s. of Giles Oldisworth, rector of this par., & Mrs Margaret (Warren), his wife.

Marriage.

1604. Sept. 2, Robert Oldisworth, gen., & Mirial, d. of Nicholas Overburie, Esq.

Burials.

1643. Nov. 28, Frances, d. of N. Oldisworth.

1645. March 25, Nicholas Oldisworth, A.M., rector of Bourton, died, and was bur. in the chancel at Barcheston [Warwickshire], 26th.

1652. Nov. 28, Murial, d. of Mr Giles Oldisworth.

1653. Feb. 27, Murial, d. of Mr Giles Oldisworth.

1678. Nov. 27, Giles Oldesworth, rector.

In the same register is this record :—1643, May 31, Sir Nicholas Overbury, that ancient and honourable knight, was buried; "hee being then about an hundred yeares old."

Nicholas Oldisworth became rector of Bourton-on-the-Hill in 1634, and was succeeded in 1645 by Giles Oldisworth.

The register of Barton-on-the-Heath, Warwickshire, records the baptism of Elizabeth, d. of Giles Oldisworth, clerk, 15 March, 1649. THOMAS P. WADLEY, M.A.

Naunton Rectory.

1888. THE PRESERVATION OF THE FAIRFORD WINDOWS.-(See No. 1730.) The Rev. F. R. Carbonell, M.A., vicar of Fairford, writes thus:

A year ago you were kind enough to publish a letter from me, appealing to the public for help in the effort we are making to preserve the Fairford windows. That effort has been so far successful that out of the £3,000 required £2,500 has been already collected or promised. Her Majesty the Queen graciously consented to head the subscription list, and by doing so stamped the work at once as a distinctly national undertaking. Further subscriptions then very speedily came in, chiefly from this county and neighbourhood, and now we only want some £500 to complete the work. But alas! as all collectors know, that £500 is like the last 500 feet of a stiff Alpine ascent. We seem to get on slowly,

See ante, vol. i., p. 256.-ED.

and though the goal is almost in sight, the difficulty of reaching it seems almost as insurmountable as ever. For my part, I cannot, and will not, rest until these matchless specimens of medieval glass painting are placed beyond the risk of further dilapidation. It is impossible to sit still and watch them crumbling to pieces without making every effort to save them. Do archæologists really know that the windows are perishing of sheer neglect? I can hardly believe it; for I have written more than 1,000 letters begging for help, to which I have received no reply whatsoever. If one-half the number of those whose assistance has been thus asked could send me only £1 each, the deficit would be made up. Please allow me to appeal to them once more through your pages, and at the same time to beg for the kind co-operation of all antiquaries. My committee is sometimes accused of mixing up the two restorations-the windows and the fabric. But how can we possibly do otherwise? What would a window be without a wall to set it in or a roof to shelter it? The fabric is as much to the window as the setting to the jewel. It would be madness to re-lead our windows and put them back in a defective building. We are bound to carry on the restoration of the church, if for no higher motive, at least for this-that otherwise we cannot possibly preserve the windows. Neverthless, the two parts of the work are in the hands of two different contractors, and the restoration fund is divided into two portions, so that those who wish to devote their subscriptions entirely to the windows can do so. I beg that you will help us by inserting this letter, for I am convinced that, even now, people do not know the extremity of the danger. The series of windows is absolutely unique. I most earnestly appeal to you and to the public to same them from ruin.

1889.-ST. WERBURGH'S CHURCH, BRISTOL: MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS. The following inscriptions I copied some years ago, before the church of St. Werburgh was removed in 1878 from Corn Street to Mina Road, Baptist Mills, an outlying district of the city. Doubtless others escaped my notice, or were under pews, and could not be seen. The original church is said to have been founded in 1190; being old and much decayed, it was rebuilt (the tower excepted) in 1760, with a curtailment of the chancel and the destruction of several of the monuments. For the first two hundred years there was no tower; this striking feature was added in 1385; and although it has from time to time undergone repairs, and has been transferred to its present location, it is substantially the same as when first erected. Most of the inscriptions, if not all, which were in the church before its recent re-erection (with the exception of the old Thorne brass, which is now in the Bristol Grammar School), were removed soon after to the present structure. A few slight changes (such as "died" for "departed this life"> have been made in the transcripts. EDWARD FRY WADE.

Axbridge, Somerset.

1.

Here lyeth the body of Mathias Aldington, of this City, Merchant, who died. . . October, A.D. 1681, ætatis suæ 54. Also William Aldington, his son, who died the 22nd day of July, 1690, aged 14 years.

To the pious memory of John Barker, Esq, late Mayor and Alderman of the City.

If virtue, learning, piety, & wit

Could free from death, thou had'st not died yet;
If zeal or wisdom could a man reprieve,

Thou had'st been spar'd & mad'st been yet alive :
Thou pious, prudent, upright wast, & just,
Thy virtues live, tho' thou art turn'd to dust;
Thy soul's immortaliz'd, & tow'rs above
The reach of envy, nothing's there but love,
Where with ye saints & angells thou dost sing
Sweet hallelujahs to the glorious king.

[As may be perceived, no date is given. Barrett, in his History of Bristol, p. 482, says that Barker "was mayor in 1607, and died in his mayoralty;" but he adds in the same paragraph, "He died 1636." Evans, in his Chronological Outline, p. 165, states under date of Sept. 13, 1607, "The mayor died. He was buried in St. Werburgh's Church, where his monument bears a carved figure." One of the same name served as mayor of Bristol in 1625.-ED.]

3.

This monument is erected in memory of Mrs Mary Bartlett, an excellent pattern of conjugal affection and sincere piety, who resigned this life Sept 27th, 1724, and lies buried in a vault near this, with Mary and John, 2 of her children who died infants.

4.

Sacred to the memory of Susanna, the wife of Benjamin Baugh, who was removed from this world to a better Feby 11th, 1786, in the 28th year of her age.

5.

This tablet, the tribute of conjugal affection, is inscribed by Benjamin Baugh to the beloved memory of Mary, his 2nd wife. Died May 16th 1795, aged 25 years.

6.

Sacred to the memory of Benjamin Baugh, Esqre, of this City, Banker, who died Decr 1st, 1819, aged 61 years. His intellectual endowments, judgment, and strict integrity were acknowledged while he lived, and his death is deeply lamented as a husband, father, and friend.

7.

Near this spot are deposited the mortal remains of Celia, [third wife and] widow of Benjamin Baugh, Esqre, of this City, Banker,

who died on the 25th day of Sept", 1831, in the 69th year of her age. This tablet is erected by Elizabeth Thorold.

8.

Here lyeth the body of Avis, ye wife of John Blackwell, of this Parish, Merchant, who died Feb ye 15, 1710. Also in memory of John, son of John Jones, Esqre, late of Redland, who died 27th April, 1783, aged 20 years. [See No. 16.]

9.

This monument is erected in memory of Mr Richard Blake, many years an inhabitant of this Parish, who died the 3rd day of January, 1771, aged 70. In the same grave where his remains are deposited, also are interred Mary Blake, his mother, Samuel and Mary Greenway, whose only daughter he married, and 5 of his children, who died in their infancy. Likewise the remains of Mary, his wife, who died the 21st October, 1781, aged 82.

10.

In memory of Edmund Croden, who died Oct 7th, 18 Also Elizabeth Croden, widow of the said Edmund Croden, who died April 23rd, 1810.

11.

Sacred to the memory of Mary Frances, the beloved daughter of Henry Davis and Mary, his wife, who died Nov 18th, 1830, aged .. yrs. Henry Davis, Esqre..... 1807. Mary, relict of Henry Davis, Esqre, died October.., 1815, aged 78.

12.

[On an ornate monument at the right hand of the altar there was a long Latin inscription to the memory of John Day, EsqTM, of an ancient Cornish family, who died 20th June, 1718, aged 44. The following one was on a flatstone at the foot of the monument.]

13.

In memory of Mary Day, wife of the above John Day, who died 11th June, 1748, aged 73.

14.

Charlotte Draper, Jan 6th, 1834.

15.

The Burying Ground of Thomas Dyer. 1795.

16.

Here lyeth the body of John Dymer, of this Cittie, Grocer, who died the 8th day of July, A.D. 1674, aged 54 years. Here also lyeth the body of his daughter Elizabeth, wife of John Blackwell, of this Cittie, Merchant, who died the 5th day of March, . . . ., aged 34 years. Here lyeth the body of John Blackwell, Esqre, Mayor [1698] and Alderman of this Cittie, who died the 2nd day of Dec, 1702, aged 63 years. Here also lyeth the body of Elizabeth Dymer, relict of the above John Dymer, Grocer, who died the 15th Oct', 1697, aged 62 yrs.

17.

Near this place lyeth the body of Robert Earle, Esqre, sometime Mayor [1725] and Alderman of this City, who died on the 25th day of Jan, 1736, aged 68. A man of strict honour and justice, and remarkably punctual in all his dealing, in 1716 he was elected Sheriff, in 1725 Mayor, and soon after Alderman, which offices he discharged with credit to himself, and to the general satisfaction of the citizens. [See No. 23.]

18.

In memory of Captain Thomas Efford, native of Dartmouth, Devon, who died July 22, 1835, aged 67 years. Also Susanna, his wife, who died April 11th, 1842, aged 84 years.

19.

To the beloved and revered memory of Robert Forsayeth, B.A. [1830], Curate of this Parish, and Chaplain to the Mayor of this City. Died 18th Jan, 1840. Erected by his widow.

20.

William Fripp, Esq, Alderman of this City, obiit 10th June, 1829, ætat. 68. Also Martha, relict of the above, obiit 22nd August, 1836, ætat. 83.

21.

In memory of Sarah, only daughter of the late John Grundon, of Cambridge, Surgeon, and the beloved wife of Richard Boucher Callender, of this City, Solicitor, who died Dec 5th, 1848, in the 54th year of her age. Also to the memory of the said Richard Boucher Callender, Esqre, who died June 4th, 1855, aged 53 years.

22.

Beneath this stone lies the body of Wm Hunt, of this City, Broker, who died the 23rd March, 1785, aged 57 years. Also of Mary Hunt, relict of the above, who died 4th October, 1806, aged 75.

23.

Here lyeth the body of Joseph Jackson, Esqre, sometime Mayor [1651] and Alderman of this Citty, who died the 5th day of Jan', 1661, aged 57 years. Here lyeth the body of Giles Earle, Gent, who died 6th Jan, 1676, aged 85 years. Here lyeth also the body of Elinor, daughter of Sir Thomas Earle, who died 21st Jan, 1679, aged 15 years. Here lyeth also the body of Sir Thomas Earle, K, sometime Mayor [1681] and Alderman of this Citty, who died the 24th day of June, 1696, aged 67. Dame Elizabeth Elianor Earle, widow of Sir Thomas Earle, died 7th June, 1709, aged 74.

24.

In memory of Catherine, daughter of William and Sarah King, of Grantham, in the County of Lincoln. Born 22nd July, 1798; died at Bristol Hotwells Jany 20th, 1822.

25.

Sacred to the memory of John Lewis, Esqre, who for fifty years filled one of the chief law offices in the Corporation. His public