Daniel Thaire, of Stinchcombe, and Joan James, of this parish, mar. 1 April, 1689. John Beachgood, of Thornbury, and Mary Trotman of Coaley, bapt. 6 June, 1698. Thomas Whitherd, of Yuly, and Mary Savidge, of Couley, common pay, married 18 Aug., 1698. John, son of John 1691. and his wife, bapt. 15 Jan., Ann, dau. of John Browning and Elizabeth his wife, bapt. 6 April, 1700. Mary, wife of John Kingscoat, bur. 10 June, 1700-1 John, son of Richard Longstreth, bapt. 1 June, 1701. John Minord, of Wotton-under-edge, and Esther Middelmoore, of this parish, married 1701. John, son of John Browning, gent., born 2 bapt. 23 October, 1701. Richard, son of John Browning, gent., born 20 Oct., bapt. 5 Nov., 1702. Anne, dau. of Richard Longstreth, bapt. 15 April, 1703. Elizabeth and Jane, daughters of John Browning, gent., bapt. 24 Oct., 1703. Elizabeth, wife of John Browning, gent., bur. 27 Oct., 1703. John, son of John Browning, gent., 5 Feb., 1707. Richard, son of Jonadab Longstreth, bapt. 27 Feb., 1708. Elizabeth Longstreth, bur. 24 June, 1710. Sarah, dau. of Giles Harding, and Martha his wife, bur. 12 March, 1666. Sarah Harding, widow, bur. 23 June, 1668 Abigayle, dau. of Richard Longstreth, bur. 14 Aug., 1668. John, son of Walter Longden, and Anne his wife, bur. 31 July, 1672. Joannah, wife of John Browinge, [sic.] Esq., bur. 19 Feb., 1672-3. Thomas, son of Walter and Anne Longden, bur. 4 March, 1673Richard Longstrith, minister of this place, bur. 8 April, 1674. John Browning, Esq., died 1, bur. 4 Dec., 1674. Joanna, dau. of John Browning and Mary his wife, bur. 2 Oct., 1680. Sarah, wife of Fardinando Dorney, bur. 21 Sept., 1685. Sarah, wife of John Kingscot, bur. 11 Aug., 1686. Stephen Browning, gent., bur. 30 Nov., 1687. William Tyndall, of Cam, and Elizabeth Minan, of this parish, mar. 25 June, 1689. John Webb and Sarah Kingscote, mar. 30 March, 1691. Samuel Went and Ann Wheeler, both of Uley, mar. 30 April, 1694. John Kingscote, bur. 3 Feb., 1711. Maurice Harding, bur. [31 ?] Dec., 1714. William Frankum, of Turley, and Sarah Browing, [sic] of this parish, mar. 14 Feb., 1715. John, son of Jonadab Longstreet, bapt. 20 March, 1715-6. Jane Browning, bur. 1 Jan., 1720-1. John Harding, bur. 3 June, 1721. Robert Browning, bur. 14 June, 1726. John Harding, bur. 21 May, 1726. Edmund Smith, of Harsfield, and Susanna Clutterbook, of this parish. mar. 7 Oct., 1728. Richard Browning, Esq., bur. 16 July, 1730. This volume contains a note that the register was new bound in 1708, when John Harding and John Mabbott were churchwardens. Book B begins in 1738, and continues to 1801. John, son of Samuel and Mary Browning, bapt. 25 March, 1798. John Browning, Esq., bur. 2 Oct., 1759. Betty Trotman, bur. 3 July, 1763. Ludby Sheerwood, bur. 28 June, 1766. Joan Shearwood. bur. 10 May, 1767. Thomas Sherwood, "poor," bur. 27 May, 1792. Ludby Sherwood, bur. 9 Jan., 1797. Thomas Gabb, Clerk of this parish, bur. 16 Mar., 1801. Ludby Sherwood, of Coaley, laborer, and Mary Haswell, spinster, mar. 18 May, 1761. James Lord, of Uley, bachelor, and Betty Crowse, of Coaley, mar. 17 July, 1770. William Clutterbuck, of Wheatenhurst, bachelor, and Sarah Dean, of this parish, spinster, mar. 8 July, 1793. George Trotman, of this parish, bachelor, and Sophia Dee, mar. 6 October, 1794. Thomas Browning, of Dursley, widower, and Sarah Archer, of this parish, spinster, mar. 2 Feb., 1795. Brett Fords, of this parish, bachelor, and Sophia Trotman, of this parish, widow, mar. 23 April, 1798. Samuel Harding, of Dursley, bachelor, and Hannah Underwood, of this parish, spinster, mar. by licence, 29 May, 1809. The third volume dates 1801-1810. Harriot, dau. of Samuel and Mary Browning, bapt. 19 May, 1805, Patience, dau. of Samuel and Mary Browning, bapt. 9 Nov., 1806. Discovery of a Roman Camp.-According to the Bristol Times, 27th May, 1893, a discovery, of considerable importance to archeologists, has been made on the Gloucestershire side of the Wye, at Tutshill, near Chepstow. Mr. W. H. Greene noticed some broken down walls in the meadow which contains the ruined tower, locally known as "The Folly" and as "The Old Windmill." He at once saw that there were double walls, four yards wide, and by carefully following them, has been enabled to trace the exact configuration of a very large camp. It commences at the site of the "Eddis" bridge, ascends the precipitous rocks overhanging the Wye, and immediately above Mr. Guerit's garden forms a large square. Above that, still following the edge of the rocks, it forms a second and much larger square. Thence it continues, in a triple "lunette" of complicated arrangement, to the wall of the Rev. Fielding Palmer's garden. Thence it sweeps away on the opposite side of the field, past and enclosing the ancient watch tower (erroneously supposed by some to have once been a windmill), in a line to the south-west, to near the upper end of Deadman's-lane. The upper enclosure alone contains about eight acres, and the squares below and the continuations to the Roman bridge, at the Eddis, probably cover six acres more. Eastward, the outworks are very fine, and extend a great distance. The orchard at Wirewood Greenhouse, the residence of Mr. Godfrey Seys, J.P., is full of foundations of ancient buildings, perhaps the site of Roman villas. Mr. Greene believes that the discovery identifies the location of the "Sabrina" Roman station, meutioned by Richard of Cirencester, "Iter XI." The Strange Disappearance of Benjamin Bathurst. A WRITER in the Cornhill Magazine, March, 1887, vol. viii. N.S., pp. 278-91, relates a remarkable story which has a special interest to Gloucestershire readers. The mystery of the disappearance of Benjamin Bathurst on November 25, 1809, is one which can never with certainty be cleared up. Not in England only, but in Germany, was the impression so strong that Napoleon had ordered the murder, if murder had been committed, that the Emperor saw fit solemnly to assure the wife of the vanished man, on his word of honour, that he knew nothing about the disappearance of her husband. Benjamin Bathurst was the third son of Dr. Henry Bathurst, Bishop of Norwich. He was born March 14, 1784, and had been secretary of the Legation, at Leghorn. Benjamin is a Christian name that occurs repeatedly in the Bathurst family after the founder of it, Sir Benjamin, Governor of the East India Company and of the Royal African Company. The grandfather of the subject of our memoir was a Benjamin, brother of Allen, who was created Baron in 1711, and Earl in 1772. In 1809, early in the year, Benjamin was sent to Vienna by his kinsman, Earl Bathurst, who was in the Ministry of Lord Castlereagh, to assure the Cabinet there of the intention of England to send a powerful contingent into Spain, and to do all in his power to urge Austria to declare war against France. Encouraged by England, the Cabinet of Vienna took the initiative, and on April 8 the Austrian troops crossed the frontier on the Inn, in Bohemia, in Tyrol, and in Italy. The exasperation of Napoleon was great; and Bathurst, who remained with the court, laboured under the impression that the Emperor of the French bore him especial enmity, on account of his exertions to provoke the Austrian Ministry to declaration of war. On July 6 came the battle of Wagram, then the humiliating armistice of Znaim, which was agreed to by the Emperor Francis in spite of the urgency of Metternich and Lord Walpole. This armistice was the preliminary to a peace which was concluded at Schönbrun in October. With this peace Bathurst's office at Vienna came to an end, and he set out on his way home. Now it was that he repeatedly spoke of the danger that menaced him, and of his fear lest Napoleon should arrest him on his journey to England. He resolved to make his way by Berlin and the North of Germany. He took with him his private secretary and a valet; and to evade observation, assumed the name of Koch, and pretended that he was a travelling merchant. His secretary was instructed to act as courier, and passed under the name of Fisher. Bathurst carried pistols about his person, and there were firearms in the back of the carriage. On November 25th, 1809, about midday, he arrived at Perleberg,, on the route from Berlin to Hamburg, halted at the post-house for refreshments, and ordered fresh horses to be harnessed to the carriage for the journey to Lenzen, the next station. Bathurst had now before him a road that led along the Elbe close to the frontier of Saxony. The Elbe was about four miles distant. At Madgeburg were French troops. If he were in danger anywhere it would be during the next few hours -that is till he reached Dömitz. About a hundred paces from the post-house was an inn, the White Swan, the host of which was named Leger. Benjamin Bathurst went to the Swan and ordered an early dinner; the horses were not to be put in till he had dined. He wore a pair of grey trousers, a grey frogged short coat, and over it a handsome sable greatcoat lined with violet velvet. On his head was a fur cap to match. In his scarf was a diamond pin of some value. Bathurst inquired who was in command of the soldiers quartered in the town, and was told that a squadron of the Brandenburg cuirassiers was there under Captain Klitzing. Mr. Bathurst called on the officer, and said he was a traveller on his way to Hamburg, that he had strong and well-grounded suspicions that his person was endangered and he requested that he might be given a guard in the inn, where he was staying. A lady who was present noticed that he seemed profoundly agitated, and was unable to raise a cup of tea that was offered him to his lips without spilling it. The captain laughed at his fears, but consented to let him have a couple of soldiers. Then Mr. Bathurst resumed his sable overcoat. Not long after the arrival of Mr. Bathurst at the Swan, two Jewish merchants arrived from Lenzen with post-horses, and left before nightfall. On Mr. Bathurst's return to the inn he said he would not start till night. He considered that it would be safer for him to spin along the dangerous portion of the route by night when Napoleon's spies would be less likely to be on the alert. He remained in the inn writing and burning papers. At seven o'clock he dismissed the soldiers on guard, and ordered the horses to be ready by nine. He stood outside the inn watching his portmanteau, which had been taken within, being replaced on |