9.

Near this stone lieth interr'd. Mr Thomas Holmes, late of the Parish of St Nicholas, in this City, Merchant, who, full of days & ripe for his expected summons, departed this life in the faith & fear of Christ, & in sure & certain hope of a resurrection unto glory, on the 24th day of July, in the year 1761, & in the 73d year of his age. Also beneath this trophy of the victories of death lieth interr'd | Elizabeth, the daughter of Thomas Holmes & Mary, his wife [here follows a long eulogium], alike prepar'd to live or die, on the 19th day of Jan, in the year 1772, | having just accomplish'd the thirtieth year of her age. [More respecting her is omitted.] And of Mrs Mary Holmes, relict of the said Thomas Holmes, who died Sep 27th, 1789, aged 85 years.

10.

In memory of Hannah, the beloved wife of | Stephen Hosier, | formerly of this Parish, Silk Mercer, who, having sustained a long and painful iluess with the most exemplary submission to the divine will, departed this life Sept 12, 1830, deeply lamented by her afflicted husband, as also by a numerous circle of friends, to whom her many amiable qualities had justly endeared her. In the same vault are also deposited the remains of their son, Joseph Hughes Hosier, who died at the early age of 5 years and 10 months on the 15th day of June, 1807. And likewise are deposited the remains of the abovenamed Stephen Hosier, | who departed this life on the 25th day of February, 1836, | in the 90th year of his age.

11.

In the vault underneath this monument lye deposited the remains of Mrs Martha Lewis, late of this Parish, who departed this life the thirtieth day of November, 1750. | Also of her son and daughter, George & Martha: the latter dyed the thirtyfirst day of January, 1737, and the former the third day of February, 1769. | Remov'd from St Ewins 1791.

12.

Sacred to the memory of Susanna, late wife of Mr Isaac Niblett, of this Parish, who departed this life | February 7th, 1838, aged 61 years, whose remains are deposited in the cemetery of this Church. | Also of the aforesaid | Isaac Niblett, who died December 11th, 1860, aged 68 years. He was interred in the Arno's Vale Cemetery.

13.

In memory of Christopher Raymond, formerly of this Parish, who died 28th Feb3, 1754, | aged 52. | And Dorothy, his wife, daughter of Athalstane Tyndal, of Bristol, who died 7th March, 1782, | aged 83. | Likewise four of their children who died infants, and were buried in this Church. | Also Lucy Raymond, one of their daughters, who died 7th Oct", 1809,

aged 76. And Ann Raymond, another daughter, who died 16th Dec, 1810, aged 87. | Beneath are also interred the remains of Ambrose Gilbert King, of this City, Merchant, who died 11th Jan, 1825, aged 61. And of Anna Maria, his widow, | eldest daughter of Richard Bigland, Esq, of Frocester, in the County of Gloucester. She died 25th July, 1845, aged 76, and was the grand-daughter of William Raymond, Esq,* of Sibland, near Thornbury, in the same County.

14.

Sacred to the memory of Christopher Shapland, Silk Mercer, | of this Parish, who departed this life January the 28th, 1819, | aged 57 years. Also of Hannah, wife of the above, who departed this life August the 2nd, 1828, aged 60 years.

15.

Sacred to the memory of | Thomas Shellard, M.D., ❘ of Redland, near this City, who died the 12th of January, 1824, aged 72 | years. Also of Mary, his beloved wife, who died the 26th of September, 1800, | aged 64 years. | Mors janua vitæ. Vale.

16.

Near this place lieth the mortal remains of Mr John Townsend (many years an eminent Surgeon in this City), who departed this life November the 12, 1800, | aged 70 years. Also of Mr Samuel Townsend, Dry-Salter, who departed this life March the 22nd, 1801, aged 64 years.

17.

In the cemetery of this Church are deposited the remains of Thomas Tyndall, Esq, late of this City, who died April 17th, 1794, aged 72 years. Also those of Alicia, his wife, who died February 2nd, 1764, aged 31 years. Likewise of Alicia, their grand-daughter, and daughter of Thomas Tyndall, Esq, of this City, who died December 24th, 1793, aged 5 years.

18.

Sacred to the memory of Thomas Tyndall, Esq, ❘ late of this City, who died July 23rd, 1804, aged 40 years. Also the memory of Marianne, his wife, daughter of Lambert Schimmelpenning, Esq, late of this City, who died November 15th, 1805, aged 42 years.

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Sacred to the memory of Thomas Tyndall, Esq, City of Bristol, who died March 21st, 1841, aged Also to the memory of Mary Sybella, his wife, Jeremiah Hill, Esq, late of the City of Bristol, August 13th, 1822, | aged 31 years.

late of the 53 years. | daughter of who died

For the inscription on his monument in Thornbury Church see Rudder's Gloucestershire, p. 759.

20.

In pious memory of the Revd Robert Watson, | sometime Vicar of Temple, in this City, and for the last 26 years of his life Rector of this Parish, with St Ewens. His spirit | returned unto God who gave it, on the 11th day of August, 1842, | in the 85th year of his age. Also of Ann, his wife, who died July 19th, 1825. "In the day of judgement, good Lord, deliver us." | Also of Sarah Lansdown, niece of the above, who died 13th December, 1844, | aged 77 years.

21.

Sacred to the memory of Jeronoma, late wife of Mr John Weeks, of this City, who departed this life the 3d day of November, 1801, | aged 52 years. [Here are eight lines of poetry.] Also Mary Ann, daughter of John and Jeronoma Weeks, who died March 26th, 1823, aged 45.

22.

This monument is erected as a tribute to the memory of | Elizabeth, wife of James Whittaker, of this Parish, whose remains are deposited in a vault underneath. | She departed this life the 13th October, 1800, | aged 33 years.

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1951.-MEMORIAL OF THE AUTHORESS OF "JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN."-Soon after the death of Dinah Maria Mulock (Mrs. Craik) in 1887, a scheme for the erection of a suitable memorial of her work was started by some of those who prized that work, the committee including the names of Lord Tennyson, Robert Browning, Matthew Arnold, Sir Frederic Leighton, Sir John Millais, Mr. John Morley, Professor Huxley, Mr. J. Russell Lowell, Mrs. Oliphant, Mme. Guizot de Witt, and Miss Yonge. It was decided that the memorial should take the form of a marble medallion in Tewkesbury Abbey. Tewkesbury was the place selected by Mrs. Craik as the home of "John Halifax", and it was the last place visited by her before her death; and this association of Tewkesbury with Mrs. Craik's best known work led the committee, with the consent of the Rev. Canon Robeson, the vicar of Tewkesbury, to decide upon the abbey as the most fitting site for the contemplated memorial. The memorial has now been placed there. It is the work of Mr. H. H. Armstead, R.A., and is designed to indicate the "noble aim of her work." Above the cornice is placed a group illustrative of Charity; while in the architectural members is a winged laurel wreath, surmounted by an alto-relief, containing the figures of Truth and Purity. central shield bears the quotation from John Halifax, Gentleman, "Each in his place is fulfilling his day, and passing away, just as that Sun is passing. Only we know not whither he passes; while whither we go we know, and the way we know-the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever." A medallion portrait is contained

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in a circular moulding, supported by Corinthian pilasters, on which are borne the maiden and married names of the authoress, "Dinah Maria Mulock-Mrs. Craik." The inscription on the frieze runs, "A tribute to work of noble aim and to a gracious life."-Times, July 21, 1890.

1952. THE GLOUCESTER BELL FOUNDRY. - The following interesting advertisement appeared in the London Postman of February 20, 1705 :—

ABRAHAM RUDHALL, of the city of Gloucester, Bell founder, having been many times and by several persons desired to give an account how many peals of bells have been cast by him since the first year of King James the Second to this time, they may be pleased to know that he hath cast one ring of 10 bells, ten rings of 8, and 32 rings of 6, and 25 rings of 5, with several bells into peals, to the number of 547; besides others which he hath not been so careful as to remember, as being not aware so exact an account might be required of him. The bells before mentioned have been cast for the use of 7 cities, 36 market towns, 4 colleges, 162 parishes in 13 several counties, whereof a more distinct account may be speedily given for the more general satisfaction, and the places they belong, and how many. It will be needless to mention single bells for chapples, gentleman's seats, and shops, &c. J. L.

It may be satisfactory to add to the foregoing, that a catalogue of bells cast by the Rudhalls, of Gloucester, from 1648 to 1751, for 16 cities in 44 counties (the whole number being 2,972), is in the Bodleian Library, Browne Willis' MSS., fol. xliii., p. 76. EDITOR

1953. THE REV. THOMAS DUDLEY FOSBROKE, M.A., F.S.A.— (See No. 1929.) Mr. Fosbroke's account of himself and his family, which Judge Powell has copied from a work of that learned man published in 1825, is substantially contained in Ariconensia, published by him in 1821. This earlier account is thus characteristically prefaced :-" Any man who chuses it has as Latch right to mention himself in a book upon paper as in a church upon marble. I shall not trouble my children with the latter expence, but after the example of other County Historians, correct and enlarge the account published in the History of Gloucestershire, vol. i., p. 407."

The year 1779 given by Judge Powell as the probable date of Fosbroke's birth can scarcely stand. It would make him to have been in holy orders while still a minor, and the author of the Economy of Monastic Life in his 17th year. Ariconensia gives the date of his father's baptism as Oct. 23, 1726. The names of his own seven living children are given: (1) John, a medical student at Edinburgh; (2) Yate, student of Clare Hall, Cambridge; (3) Sophia; (4) Hesther Elizabeth; (5) Thomas Dudley; (6) William Mich. Malbon; and (7) Mary Ann; with three

other daughters dead, and buried at Horsley. The first four of these children were baptised at Horsley, the three others at Walford. The earlier account differs from the later only in wanting the greater part of the references to Mr. F's straitened circumstances in his declining years. LEONARD WILKINSON.

Westbury-on-Severn Vicarage.

1954. THE DEVOLUTION OF THE MANOR OF ROCKHAMPTON. By letters patent dated at Westminster 2 March, 1 Henry VII., the king granted to his "most dear uncle" Jasper, duke of Bedford, the manors and lordships of "Rokhampton" and "Shepardyn " (with others), "which were lately Sir William Berkeley's," and "which by the forfeiture of the same William came to our hands," to hold them from the 21st of August then next to the duke and the heirs male of his body.

The reversion in default of issue male of the duke remained vested in the king.

Sir William Berkeley regained the royal favour soon after, for by letters patent dated 21 February, 4 Henry VII., the king granted to Sir William Berkeley and his heirs the reversion of the same manors, "and all that which thereof is in us, or after the death of the said duke by defect of male heirs of the body of the said duke, can, or ought, or will revert or accrue to us or our heirs. The duke died without issue male, and Sir William Berkeley regained his manors under the above grant.

They continued in the Berkeley family to the beginning of the reign of Queen Elizabeth. They were owned by Richard Berkeley, Esq., who, in the 6th and 7th years of Elizabeth, dismembered the manors by selling off the farms separately, as appears by several recoveries then suffered. The documents of title held with the manors do not show how; but the manors were in the possession of the family of Hill, of Alveston, at the beginning of the last century.

Edward Hill, of Inst, in the parish of Olveston, Esq., by will dated 26 May, 1730, devised his manors of Alveston and Rockhampton, and his royalty of the hundred of Langley and Swineshead, to trustees (his son-in-law Edward Hoskins, his kinsman Edward Field, his kinsman Thomas Phelps, of Cote, in Westbury-upon-Trym, Esq., and William Cotterell) for a term of 100 years, to secure an annuity of £60 for life to his mother. And subject thereto, to his son John Hill for life, with remainder to his first and other sons successively in tail male; to his daughters as tenants in common; and to his own two daughters, Elizabeth and Martha, as tenants in common in fee simple. John Hill died intestate, and without issue, and the manors descended to Elizabeth, wife of the said Edward Hoskins, and to Martha, wife of John Pinfold, of Peers Court, Stinchcombe, Esq.

By indenture dated 28 February, 1748, and a fine levied pursuant thereto, Elizabeth Hoskins (then of Patite, in the parish of Newchurch,