equally. To his said daughter, Rebecca, the further sum of £300. He also mentions his grand-children, Mary Tyte and Rebecca Tyte, and his "late son-in-law, Thomas Rishton." If his said son, Thomas, should marry,* power is given him to make a jointure of the estate at Yatton, subject to legacies, &c., and his said son to have liberty to grant to Edward Creed what further lives he may want to put into Oldfields in Yatton Marsh. (From a copy penes late E. M. Oliver). Mr. V. L. Oliver is no doubt better acquainted with the earlier history of this family than I am, but I have always supposed that the Thomas Oliver, owner of the snuff-box, 1695, was the father of Edward, of Bristol. Grove Park, Chiswick. H. SYDNEY GRAZEBROOK. Tewkesbury Abbey. The following entry which lately appeared in a London bookseller's catalogue seems worthy of a permanent note in our pages, and will doubtless be of interest to the reader. Such a manuscript should find a resting place in the county. 66 Chronica de Fundatoribus et de Fundatione Ecclesiæ Theokusburie, quæ fundata fuit primo anno gratiæ Domini DCCXV. per Duces Merciorum." Manuscript upon vellum, executed in the middle of the XVth century by an English scribe upon 46 leaves (9 x 7 inches), illustrated with portraits and coats-of-arms. 4to, bound in brown morocco by Hayday, 84/. A most interesting and valuable manuscript, being a History of the Founders and Benefactors of Tewkesbury Abbey, co. Gloucester, illustrated with their portraits drawn and coloured, and their coats-of-arms. The list of founders, &c., is as follows: I. William, Earl of Gloucester, fol. 6. 2. Oddo and Doddo, Dukes of Mercia, fol. 8b. 3. Hugh, Duke of the Mercians, fol. 10. 4. Haywardus Meaw, and Algiva his wife, fol. 10b. 5. Robert, son of Haimo, who married his own sister Sibilla, fol. 13. Who then was the father of testator's grandchild, Ann Hungerford? Perhaps, however, Thomas was a widower. 6. Robert Candos, fol. 14. 7. Robert Consul and Mabilia his wife, fol. 15. 8. William, Earl of Gloucester, and Hawysa his wife, fol. 15. 9. John, son of Henry II., fol. 166. 10. II. 12. Richard de Clare I., Earl of Hertford and Gloucester, fol. 176. His son Gilbert I., Earl of Hertford and Gloucester, fol. 18. Richard de Clare II., Earl of Hereford and Gloucester, fol. 186. 13. Gilbert II., Earl of Hereford and Gloucester, fol. 186. 14. Gilbert III., Earl of Hertford and Gloucester, fol. 20. 15. Hugh II. le Despensere, Earl of Gloucester, fol. 21. 16. Hugh III. le Dispensere, fol. 226. 17. Edward le Despensere, fol. 24. 18. Thomas le Despenser, fol. 256. 19. Isabella le Despenser, fol. 27. 20. 21. 22. Richardus de Bello Campo, fol. 276. Richard de Becham, Earl of Warwick, fol. 286. 23. Henricus I., Dux Warwicie, fol. 32. 24. Richard Nevel, Earl of Warwick, fol. 366. 25. George, Duke of Clarence, and Isabel his wife, fol. 38. 26. Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and Anne his wife, fol. 38. 27. Dominus Edward, Prince, son of Henry VI., fol. 386. 28. George, Duke of Clarence, and Edward his son, fol. 41. Of the above Founders there are full-length portraits to the first twenty-four, with their coats-of-arms, all executed in colours; the portraits of "Oddo and Doddo," and " Robert, son of Haimo," upon folios 86 and 13, are the full size of the page; the others vary from three to five inches in height. The history of the Founders is followed on folio 426 by an account of the removal of the monks of Cranborne to the monastery of Tewkesbury under the direction of Giraldus, Abbot, in 1102. This last piece is written by another hand, although of the same period as the rest of the manuscript. Memoranda on the fly-leaves of the MS. state that former owners were Robert, Lord Spencer of Wormleighton, co. Warwick, Mary, Baroness Le Despencer, daughter and heiress of Henry, Baron Abergavenny (in the 16th century), and Edward Grevell. During the present century it has been in the possession of the Earls of Westmoreland. Some portion of this Chronicle is printed by Dugdale in his "Monasticon Anglicanum;" it is, however, not taken from this MS., of the existence of which he was doubtless unaware, but from a 16th century transcript upon paper, without the drawing or coats-of-arms, which is now in the British Museum (Cotton MSS., Cleopatra, C. III.), and forms a portion of a thick 4to volume." Epitaphs. In my father's common-place book I find the following note of two very remarkable epitaphs which are probably still to be seen in Berkeley Churchyard. They were on two altar tombs on the right-hand of the pathway leading from the north gate of the churchyard to the west end of the church. F. L. M. R. "Beneath this tomb lie the remains of Thomas Waight, late of Pinnell's End Farm in the parish of Coaley, who died 23 January, 1834, aged 59 years. The opinion of the deceased was— That God shows the greatest kindness To all mortals with few frowns; It must be determined blindness, That this sacred truth disowns." "I remember the farmer well; a prodigy of stoutness, fond of garlic and of gruff demeanor, who formerly lived at Old Hurst Farm, Slimbridge. The following still more curious epitaph to his daughter, whom I also remember, is in the same churchyard." "Farewell affliction, grief, and pain; Welcome, eternal bliss; Thank God! I ne'er shall live again Sacrilege in Gloucester Cathedral, 1798.- Herewith I send an extract from an old note book in my possession :— "1798. Whereas a quantity of Painted Glass has been lately stolen from the East Window of the Cathedral, Ordered that a reward of 50 guineas be offered for the discovery and conviction of the offenders. Advertised three times in the Gloucester Journal." In accordance with the above, we find in the Gloucester Journal the following in the issue of July 2, 1798 "Whereas some evil-minded and wicked persons have of late years stolen the painted glass from the windows of the Cathedral Church of Gloucester, and particularly within the two months last past, several painted heads have been taken from the East Window. It is ordered by the Dean and Chapter that the sum of Fifty Guineas shall be paid to any person who will give information against the offender or offenders, so that he or they may be convicted of the same." SAMUEL WHITCOMBE, Chapter Clerk. "An accomplice giving information will be entitled to the same reward, and interest made to obtain his pardon.” Was the perpetrator or perpetrators of this grave crime ever discovered? G. ARMSTRONG HOWITT. Gloucester. American Searches in England. The "Genealogical Gleanings in England" by H. F. Waters, A.M., printed in the New England Register, January, 1892, which is published at Boston, Mass., contains the following notes: Abstract of the will of John Best, son of Rowland Best, of Twining, Glos., dated 18 June, 1666, and proved in P.C.C., 4 May, 1677, Can 58. Extract from deed dated 11 Feb., 1713-14, and recorded in Registry of Deeds of Bristol County, Mass., which relates to the family of Lugg, who lived near the city of Gloucester. The grantor was Easter Marshall, aged 80, née Hester Lugg, who gives all her rights in the estate of her honoured father and mother, John Lugg and Jane Lugg, to her son-in-law, John Hall. The Editor of the New England Register suggests that Jane Lugg was a daughter of John Deighton, and sister of Frances Williams and Katherine Hagburne. He also refers to the articles on William, of Wotton-under-Edge, page 92, ante, and to Mr. Deighton's paper on the Deightons on p. 135 ante. Also the wills of John Guyse, Elmore, gent., pr. 24 Oct., 1614. P.C.C. Lawe 98. William Guise, of Gloucester, Esq., proved 31 May, 1641. P.C.C. Evelyn 60. William Gyse, Elmore, Esq., pr. 14 Sep., 1653. P.C.C. Brent 14. John Woodward, of Quinton, Gloucester, gent., proved 13 May, 1612. P.C.C. Fenner 42. Will of Robert Clutterbuck, 1563. Robert Cloterbooke, whose will is given below, was the son of Thomas Cloterbooke, of Leonard Stanley, who died 1551, and Agnes, his wife, who died 1572. His brothers, who are named in this testament, each founded families of which the descents are traced — Richard, at King Stanley, William, at Eastington, John, at Leonard Stanley; but the testator, Robert Cloterbooke, whose will was proved by his relict, left no issue. This document is interesting not only for the valuable corroboration of genealogical facts it contains, but also on account of the bequests of arms and clothing. It would be too hazardous to risk a conjecture as to the identity of the mill, although there is one which might seem very likely; but even if this testator did not live there, the descendants of his brother John certainly inhabited a house in Leonard Stanley called Downton. R. H. C. In the name of God, Amen, the xxyth daie of October in the year of our Lord God, 1562; I, Robert Cloterbooke, of Stanley Leonard, in the countie and diocese of Glouc', being in good and perfecte memorie and justement in spirite and conscience, But sycke and deceased in my bodie doe devise, ordayne, and make, and cause to be written, this my last will and testament as followeth First, I yealde upp, give, and bequeath to Almightie God, my soule, besechinge hym to take and receave it to his mercie, and my bodie I bequeathe to the buriall as the Christianes, in hope of a joyfull resurrection to lyfe everlastynge. Item I gyve to the boxe and use of the poore people of the parish of the saide Leonarde Stanley, xx. Item I bequeathe, gyve, and assigne overe unto Jane Cloterbooke, my wife, all my interest, tytle, clayme, rights, and termes of yeares that I have, shall, maye, or oughte to have in the one halfe pte and moyetie of une Tucke myll with my tytle and halfe p'fitts in a gryste myll, thereto belonging, lying, and beinge in Kyng Stanley, and holden by lease of John Harmer, with all the comodities and VOL. V. Y |