those unable to pay were exempted, for to many entries is added the word "poor." There is a note under date 5 July, 1783, "Here the tax on burials commences," and shortly after an entry of burial:-" Oct. 1, George, the son of William and Ann Osborn, who paid the first tax for death." A few years later, 1794, occurs the entry-Ann, daughter of Charles and Joanna Philimore, bapt. 30 Jan. "This child was baptized at Standley, and the duty paid there." Why should this baptism be entered in the register of a parish where it did not occur? If it had anything to do with the duty, we might expect to find such instances frequently recorded, but such does not appear to be the case. In the present instance there was nothing in the social rank of the parents, who indeed seem to have been of humble position, to justify the baptism being there recorded.

W. P. W. P.

John Bull and Gloucestershire.-Can any correspondent give me the origin of the following lines?

John Bull was a bumpkin born,

In a clod-hopping village in Gloucestershire.

I heard them repeated many years ago by a Gloucestershire man, but have never been able to ascertain their source.

W. L. M.

The Highest Point in Gloucestershire.-I have by me a map of Gloucestershire by Gall & Inglis, which gives the height of the south end of Cleeve Hill as 1134 feet. May Hill is only marked as 793 feet. I cannot, of course, vouch the accuracy of these measurements, but I give the information for what it is worth. I have a 6 inch to the mile map of a small piece of the north Cotwolds, by Stanton; and on it several places (which I know well are not the highest points of the range between Broadway and Winchcombe) are marked at over 900 feet.

JOHN B. HARRIS-BURLAND.

Cam Long Down.-This hill which, with the adjoining Peak down, forms so conspicuous a feature in the scenery of the Berkeley valley, must have been utilized as a military outpost, if we may judge from some slight remains of earthworks upon the summit. Being in advance of Uley Bury, it would naturally be utilized for observing and signalling to the great camp any hostile advances from the Severn district. On the north west, or Cam side, is a deep passage, which is clearly artificial in its

character, and would permit men going to the summit quite secure from observation; and on the summit, at the eastern end of the hill, are numerous depressions and excavations on the surface, which are evidently the work of man. Some of them may be the remains of pit dwellings, but the whole of the surface has been too much disturbed to admit of any great accuracy in determining their character. There is a small quarry on the southern side, and a road leading up to it on the same side. The deep passage already referred to joins it on the top of the hill. Between the Long down and the Peak down is a deep passage or road, which may or may not be artificial in its origin, though clearly it is now deepening by natural causes. Upon the apex of the Peak down is a cup-like depression, which may well have served for some early post of observation. Have these hills been properly surveyed by any one conversant with early military antiquities, and if so, with what result?

CAM.

Ceymour, of Frampton Cotterel.-This family is said to have been founded by John Seymour, an illegitimate brother of Queen Jane Seymour. The last of the line, Sir John Seymour, knight, of Frampton Cotterel and Bitton, M.P. for Gloucestershire in 1646, died 17 Nov., 1663, leaving two daughters, his co-heirs. Can some correspondent of Gloucestershire Notes and Queries kindly supply the intermediate generations, and give some few particulars of the family? The arms borne, according to the monumental inscriptions of Sir John Seymour at Bitton, were:Gules, two wings conjoined in fesse, or. W. D. PINK.

Glass Making in Gloucestershire.—Little is known of the early history of glass making in England. Mr. H. Sydney Grazebrook, F.R.H.S., published in 1877, "Collections for a genealogy of the noble families of Henzey, Tyttery, and Tyzack (De Hennezel, De Thietry, and Du Thisac), "Gentilshommes Verriers" from Lorraine.* This work is now scarce. As its title shows, it chiefly deals with the history of three families of glass makers, but incidentally it gives a good deal of information concerning the use and progress of an important handicraft. These "noble glass makers" commenced operations in Sussex in the 16th century; we next find them at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and at Stourbridge; at the former place they are still to be found, though not as glass makers; but they have disappeared from Stourbridge. Mr. Grazebrook writes: (page 199) 66 Rudder

claims for Gloucestershire the honour of having possessed 'the first Glass-house in England which was worked with stone coal.' It was erected (he says) at Newnham by Sir Edward Mansell in the reign of Charles I., and its foundations yet remain."

When I was in Gloucestershire this summer I made a very interesting discovery, viz.: that a Glass house existed at Newent as early as 1599, and that the Tysacks were connected with it. While searching the early Bishop's transcripts of the Church Register, I came across the following entries :—

1599. May 6. Baptized, Thomas, son of Anthony-(Sic), of the glasse house.

1599. Oct. 29, Baptized, Tyzack Abraham, sonne of a frenchman, of the glasse house.

1601. Feb. 24 Margaret

(Sic). daughter of Anthony Voydyn, glasse founder. [But whether baptized or buried is uncertain.]

In the register of St. Nicholas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne is entered

1619. Nov. 22, Baptized, "John Teswicke, sonne of Timothie Teswicke, glassemaker, a Frenchman." One of the godfathers is "Abraham Teswick."

Perhaps some local antiquary with leisure, skill, and inclination to examine old deeds, &c., may tell us something more about the Newent glass house. The subject interests me, for my great great grandmother was a Tyzack of Stourbridge. Parsonage, Alloa, N.B. A. W. CORNELIUS HALLEN.

* An interesting account of French "gentlemen glassmakers" is given in 66 des verreries de la Normandie les Gentlilshommes & Artistes verriers Normands par o le Vaillant de la Fieffe." Rouen, 1873.

Book Notices.

A Cabinet of Gems, cut and polished by Sir Philip Sidney; now, for the more radiance, presented, without their setting, by George Mac Donald. London: Elliot Stock. 1891. cl. 12mo.

X. 204.

This dainty little volume is the first of a new series, entitled "The Elizabethan Library," which will supply the modern reader in a handy form, with some of the choicer specimens of the writers of the sixteenth century. They are still too little known to most of us, and this attempt of the publisher to render them accessible ought to meet with good support. The

editor of the series is Dr. Grosart, whose name is a guarantee that the choice of authors, whose works will be laid under contribution, is likely to be a judicious one. The literary fame of Sir Philip Sidney is known to most people, and the editor has done well to commence the series with his writings. The extracts, which include poetry as well as prose, are classified under various headings, as men, women, love and marriage, religion, philosophy, moral sayings, and the like. It is a book that can be put into one's pocket, and read with profit in spare

moments.

The typographical and binding get-up of the little volume is attractive, and induces a study of the contents. The only criticism we are inclined to make, is to question the advisability of using the long s in a booklet intended for modern use, more especially as the irregular Elizabethan spelling has very properly been dispensed with. No doubt this archaism is attractive to some, but we fear it may repel more. The portrait, too, of Sir Philip Sidney, is hardly worthy of the volume. These are minor points, and we look forward to the next issue, which, we gather, will be "Passages from Sir Walter Raleigh." Genealogical Gleanings in England. - Extracts from marriage licenses granted by the Bishop of London, 1598 to 1639, by Henry F. Waters, A.M., Salem, Mass. The Salem Press Publishing and Printing Co. 1892. 8vo, pp. vi., 108. The services of Mr. Waters to Anglo-American genealogy are too well-known to require any commendation. His "gleanings" speak for themselves, and are invaluable aids to the student of New England family history. Much of Mr. Waters' work has been amongst wills, but in the present pamphlet he has entered upon a fresh field. Four hundred and ninety-nine extracts, from the London marriage licences are given, and it is worthy of note that 293 of them are omitted in Colonel Chester's collection, while of the remainder, 159 have additional information beyond that noted by Chester. The "moral," of course, is that such records as these should be printed in full, or at most, merely omitting verbiage. These gleanings, which originally appeared in the proceedings of the Essex Institute, are well printed, and it is almost needless to say, have a good index.

The Rural Deanery of Cartmel in the Diocese of Carlisle : its Churches and Monuments. Edited by R. H. Kirby, M.A., Rural Dean, G. Rubie, M.A., Vicar of Cartmel, A. A. Williams, M.A., Vicar of Colton, Pennington Burns, Springfield, Colton, aided by the incumbents and others. London: Elliot Stock: Ulverston: James Atkinson. 1892. Cl. 8vo., pp. iv., 126. This little book is of a semi-official character, and deals shortly with the history of the various parishes in the rural

deanery of Cartmel. It is designed to show the sources of the endowments of the church, and the kindred institutions of each parish, and will be useful in showing what private munificence has done in modern times. This deanery consists of the two ancient parishes of Cartmel and Colton, of both of which churches we are given excellent engravings. These two parishes have been subdivided into eleven ecclesiastical parishes, of each of which a careful account is given, the modern part being especially full. The sources of the income of each benefice is given, and it is remarkable to observe that in not one of the thirteen is it derived from tithes, which those who seek the church's good by disinterested schemes of disendowment assure us, are wrongfully appropriated by the church, and form but a cause of weakness to her. The editors of this work need not delude themselves with the idea that for this reason the enemy will cease to attack them. Just as the lamb in the fable found it quite futile to agree with the wolf who sought its destruction, so church disestablishment politicians, like the wolf, will be prepared with fresh "reasons" as often as may be needful to replace those which have been demolished by appeal to historic facts. For disestablishment, or more truthfully disendowment, is but a modern example of the old-world struggle of the "have nots" and the 'haves." The Priory church of Cartmel is famed as one of the finest parish churches in the north of England, its interior being especially fine, and there will be many who will appreciate this useful little volume. The only criticism we feel inclined to make is that the purely historical portion might have been dealt with in a fuller manner. It cannot be correct to say that "no more accurate information can be obtained of the incumbents of Cartmel, than in the list on page 27, which between 1295 and 1385 records no name, and only one between 1732 and 1835; in the latter period we believe that a Mr. Pettie will be found to occur as minister of "Cartmel Churchtown." Other similar deficiencies will be found, but it would be ungracious to dwell upon them, when we remember that the main object of the book is that of a modern work of reference. We should be glad to see similar works for other districts, and this might well form a model.

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Index Armorial to an Emblazoned manuscript of the surname of French, Franc, Francois, Frene, and others, both English and Foreign. By A. D. Weld French. Boston [Mass.]. Privately printed, 1892. Cl. 8vo., pp. 116.

This little book attempts to record early examples of French and other presumably allied surnames, and the author supplies a dissertaion on this subject, which is somewhat misnamed a preface, seeing that the greater part of the work is taken up with it. He has been successful in collecting many examples which are judiciously arranged in counties, and clearly show that the