Supposal of their Goods in the Form aforesaid with his reasonable Damages and Expenses; and whatsoever Issue triable by Inquest in the said Forest and Hundreds shall happen to be taken in such Actions, it shall be tried by Inquest of the body of the said County, out of the same Forest and Hundreds, &c., &c." Again, in 9 Hen. VI., c. 5, 1430-1, provision is made for free passage in the River Severn with goods, etc. : "Item, Because the River of Severn is common to all the King's liege People, to carry and re-carry within the Stream of the said River, to Bristol, Gloucester, and Worcester, and other Places joining to the said River, all manner of Merchandises and other Goods and Chattels, as well in Trowes and Boats as in Flotes, commonly called Drags, in every Part joining to the said river, within which River many Welshmen and other Persons dwelling in divers joining to the said River, have now late assembled in great number, arrayed in manner of War, and taken such Flotes, otherwise called Drags, and them have hewed in Pieces, and with Force and Arms beaten the People which were in such Drags, to the Intent that they should hire of the said Welshmen and other Persons, for great Sums of Money, Boats, and other Vessels for Carriage of such Merchandises and other Goods and Chattels, to an evil Example and great Impoverishment of the said liege People, if Remedy be not hastily provided. It is ordained by Authority of this Parliament, that the said liege People of the King may have and enjoy their free Passage in the said River, with Flotes and Drags, and all manner of Merchandise, and other Goods and Chattels at their Will, without Disturbance of any; and if any be disturbed of his free Passage in the said River, the Party grieved shall have his Action according to the Course of the Common Law." This Statute was amended by 19 Hen. vii. c. 18 (1509-4), "De Fluvio Sabrini," in which, after recital of its provisions for preventing such interruption, it is stated: "And the premysses notwithstanding dyvers persons late and now beyng your Officers, of and in your Cite of Worcestre or Towne of Gloucestre and oder places adjoyning to your seid Ryver and Water, will not suffer eny Bote, Trowe, or oder Vessel to passe thorough and uppon your seid Ryver and Water without dyvers imposicions by them thereupon set, and by theym levyed, gadered, and reyred uppon the Marchauntis and Owners of the said goodis and merchandises by the seid Ryver and Water passyng, in manifest contempt of your seid Lawes and breche of your land bill custome afore time remembred." Penalty on all Persons taking any Impositions for Trowes, Bouts, or Vessels, passing on the Severn, or letting, vexing, or interrupting the same, 20 recoverable by action of Debt. Trials for offences in Worcester or Gloucester shall be by Juries of the Counties at large. Proviso for Damages to owners of lands by Towing Paths, "reasonable recompense and satisfaction of every person or persons goying upon the seid Londes or Medes, and halyng or drawyng such Trowes, &c." It is also provided that titles to any dues or impositions for any manner of boats or merchandise on the said river, shall be proved before the Lords of the King's honourable Council in the Star Chamber at Westminster, before the Feast of Ascension in the year 1505. J. MELLAND HALL. Queries and Replies. Hodges, of Shipton Moyne. This Pedigree in the Visitation of Gloucester, 168a-3, commences with "Thomas Hodges, of Shipton Moyne, ob. circa ann., 1670." The same uncertain date, "circa, 1670," is also given as the time of the decease of his eldest son, Thomas, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Young, of Culleton, Devon. The actual dates of decease of these two gentlemen-more especially of the younger Thomas-will greatly oblige. From the matriculation entry of William Hodges in 1632, a younger son of Thomas, senior, I gather that the father was a clergyman; circumstance that does not appear in the Visitation. (Vide Foster's Alumni Oxonienses). W. D. PINK. Churchman, of Aust.-A family of this name resided at Aust in this county. Sir Robert Cann, the last baronet of that name, married Anne, the daughter of Henry Churchman. Bigland mentions an achievement erected in Aust church at her death, bearing the arms of Cann, impaling two bars, and on a chief, two palets, for Churchman. These arms were also on a tomb in the churchyard. I shall be glad if any of the readers of Gloucestershire Notes and Queries would supply the tinctures. Mr. Churchman was summoned by the Heralds at the Visitation of 1682-3, but no pedigree is recorded, nor does the name appear amongst the disclaimers. A family of the same name was settled at Brachly in the parish of Tidenham on the opposite side of the Severn, as early as 1603, and a Francis Churchman, gent., was buried there 23 July, 1751. I shall be glad of any notes about this family, but more especially about the arms. Cinderford, Gloucestershire. W. C. HEANE. KING STANLEY STOCKS. PART OF OWLPEN STOCKS. The Stocks. In almost every village, the stocks, as is well known, once were a familiar mode of punishment for minor rural delinquencies, but for half of a century, their use has been obsolete. We give above an engraving from a sketch taken in June, 1868, of the stocks at King Stanley, which are fixed on the green, in the centre of the village, near to where four roads meet, and conveniently near the inns. Since 1868, the upper or movable board of the stocks has been removed, and they now present an exceedingly dilapidated appearance. It may be noted that the holes for the feet were, in the King Stanley example, of different sizes. On either side of the upright post were iron clasps for confining the hands of prisoners. A similar arrangement appeared in the upright post of the Owlpen stocks, and of this we also give a sketch. The Owlpen stocks which stood near the pinfold, in the road leading from the manor house to Owlpen farm, were removed some few years ago. The stocks at Uley stood upon the green, but were taken down very many years ago. We shall be obliged if our readers will send particulars of stocks still existing in the Gloucestershire villages. F. L. M. R. Yeamans of Bristol. - Alderman Robert Yeamans, who served as Sheriff in 1642, and was hanged in Vine Street, 30 May, 1643, for corresponding with the King, is stated to have had two sons, John and Robert, who were both created baronets on 12 Jan., 1664, and 31 Dec., 1666, respectively. Can any proof be offered of this accepted statement of parentage? Sir Robert Yeamans, Kt. and Bart., was buried in St. Mary's, Redcliffe, which fact is thus quaintly entered in the parish register:-"1686, Feb. 7, Sir Robert Yemanes, night and Barron night. Bured In the Curch." The inscription, on a flat-stone, which presumably covers his vault, is worn away and cannot be deciphered, but the name Yeamans can be traced. An inscription, however, on a wooden frame hanging on the adjoining wall, informs us that he served as Mayor in 1669, and was "borne in this Parish, 1617." In his will dated 1686, he names Robert, son of his brother, Sir John Yeaman, deceased, also John, Robert, and George, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd sons of his brother, Joseph Yeamans, deceased. John Yeamans, of St. Mary, Redcliffe, brewer, in his will of 1645, mentions, among other issue, his three sons: John, baptized 28 Feb., 1611 Robert, 19 April, 1617 at St. Mary, Redcliffe. It appears likely that John and Robert were afterwards Baronets. Joseph, the youngest of the three brothers, married and left issue, 3 sons: John, Robert, and George, whom I believe to be identical with the three nephews of Sir Robert Yeamans, mentioned above. Sir John Yeamans, the elder baronet, removed to Barbados, where his male descendants died out last century. A junior branch of the family removed to London, and then emigrated to Antigua, of which island John Yeamans was Deputy Governor temp. Jac. II. Others of the name settled in New England. Perhaps one of your Bristol correspondents can clear up the question by contributing the dates of baptism of the children of Alderman and Sheriff, Robert Yeamans. V. L. OLIVER. Sunninghill. Gloucester Return, 1278. Samuel Simpson, in his "Agreeable Historian" (1746), states that Walter de Stukeley, Sheriff of Gloucester, circ. 1278, made a return of all the Cities, Villages, and Towns of this Shire. Is this return now extant? If so, where may it be consulted? LEONARD WILKINSON. Cirencester M.P.'s, 1640-53.-May I ask the aid of the correspondents of Gloucestershire Notes and Queries in solving one or two points arising out of the elections for Cirencester to the Long Parliament ? The members returned at the general election in Oct., 1640, were Theobald Gorges, Esq., of Ashley, and John George, Esq., of Bawnton. From the following reference in the Commons Journals, it would seem that this election was contested by a certain Thomas Rich :-Nov. 27, 1640. Ordered that Mr. George, a member of this House, have time granted him till to-morrow morning to make answer to the particulars of the petition against him by Thomas Rich, Esq." Nothing further is found respecting this petition, which most likely was allowed to drop. Who was this Thomas Rich? Theobald Gorges was one of the Members who took the Protestation on May 3, 1641, upon which occasion he is described as a knight, so that it is obvious that he received knighthood between Oct., 1640, and that date. Is the exact date known? I do not find him included in Metcalf's Book of Knights. Both members for Cirencester were Royalists, and sat in the King's Anti-Parliament at Oxford, being, in consequence, disabled at Westminister. This is evidenced by the writ issued Nov. 3, 1646, to supply the places of "Sir Theobald Gorges and John George, Esq., disabled." Gorges was one of the batch disabled in Jan., 1644, "for deserting the service of the House, and being in the King's |