leaving a fond mother and sisters to lament their loss. Aged 87, William Gillson, esq., of Ullesthorpe, Leicestershire. Aged 80, John Faulkner, esq., one of the oldest inhabitants of the Strand. In London, aged 14, Lucy Anne, second dau. of the late Francis Stanier, esq., of Madeleymanor, Staffordshire. At his house, at Brixton-rise, aged 53, George Hepburn, esq., late of Carey-st. and Chancerylane. March 18. At the residence of her grandfather, E. Mason, esq., Finchley-road, St. John's-wood, aged 20. Lucy Emma, second surviving dau. of H. David C. Satow, of Upper Clapton, and Idollane, Great Tower-st. At Candlesby-house, aged 26, Harriotte Stapylton Holgate Gedney, wife of Patterson Arthur Holgate Gedney, esq. At Lyons, aged 55, Caroline Doyle, of Cothamlawn, Bristol, a member of the Society of Friends, widow of Thomas Doyle, youngest dau. of the late Joseph Storrs Fry. She was taken ill while on a tour with a party of her relations. At his residence in the Harley ford-road, Vauxhall, aged 79, Samuel Bilby Hatton, esq. At the residence of his father, aged 45, George Russell, eldest son of the Rev. Henry John Parker, of St. George's-place, Canterbury. At Wimpole-st., Vice-Admiral Sir Joshua R. Rowley, Bart., of Tendring-hall, Suffolk. March 19. At Bloomfield-pl., Pimlico, aged 86, George Miller, esq., formerly of Farnham, Surrey. At an advanced age, having survived her husband nearly 21 years, Ann, widow of John Carr, esq., of West Ditchburn, Northumberland. Aged 61, Capt. John Swardill Terry, of the "Bellona." March 20. At Upper Harley-st., aged 83, Janet Douglas, widow of the late M. Dick, esq., of Pitkerro, N.B., and Richmond, Surrey. At Brunswick-ter., aged 64, Martha, youngest dau. of the late Thos. Harrington, esq., of the Old Steine, Brighton. At Stoke Newington, aged 82, Frances, relict of the Rev. Samuel Hillyard, of Bedford. At Low-house, Bradford, Yorkshire, aged 61, Sarah, relict of Thomas Hirst, esq. TABLE OF MORTALITY IN THE DISTRICTS OF LONDON. PRICE OF HAY AND STRAW AT SMITHFIELD. Hay, 31. to 31. 15s.—Straw, 17. 7s. to 17. 10s.—Clover, 37. 10s. to 47. 15s. HOPS.-Weald of Kent, 31. 38. to 37. 18s.-Mid., and East Kent, 37. 15s. to 51. 58. NEW METROPOLITAN CATTLE-MARKET. To sink the Offal-per stone of 8lbs. Wallsend, &c., per ton. 14s. 9d. to 17s. 6d. Other sorts, 13s. to 15s. TALLOW, per cwt.-Town Tallow, 54s. WOOL, Down Tegs, per lb., 19d. to 20d. Leicester Fleeces, 16d. to 17d. Females. Total. 504 METEOROLOGICAL DIARY, BY H. GOULD, late W. CARY, 181, STRAND. From Feb. 22 to March 23, inclusive. THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE AND HISTORICAL REVIEW. MAY, 1857. CONTENTS. PAGE MINOR CORRESPONDENCE.-The Genealogy or Descent of MSS.-Rickling Church-Was 506 CORRESPONDENCE OF SYLVANUS URBAN.-The Journal of Nehemiah Wallington, 580; Alleged Witchcraft at Rossington, near Doncaster, in 1605, 593; Templar Churches in the Pyrenees, 595; Croyland Charters and Cambridge Bulls 596 HISTORICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS REVIEWS. - Moncaut Voyages Archéologique, &c., 596; Brook's Battle Fields of England, 598; Bacon on the Philosophy of Shakspeare's Plays, 599; Pedler's Anglo-Saxon Episcopate of Cornwall, 600; Breen's Modern English Literature...... 601 ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCHES.-Society of Antiquaries, 602; Archæological Institute, 608 610 614 OBITUARY; with Memoirs of The Viscountess Keith, 615; Lord Douglas, 616; Sir Charles 622 623 DEATHS, arranged in Chronological Order.............. 624 Registrar-General's Return of Mortality in the Metropolis-Markets, 631; Meteorological 632 BY SYLVANUS URBAN, GENT. MINOR CORRESPONDENCE. THE GENEALOGY OR DESCENT OF MSS. MR. URBAN,-In your review of Lemon's "Calendar o State Papers," (GENT. MAG., April, p. 449,) you say "There is little, if any, occasion to enlarge upon the im portance of know ng all that can be told about the descent, so to speak, of MS. authorities."-I have often been led in my researches to institute such inquiries, and had, at one time, some idea of making notes on some of those in the British Museum, to this end Those of the Harl. Collection present some facilites for such an investigation, as the Pocket-books of Humphrey Wanley, the librarian to the Earl of Oxford, are still in existence; and other documents among his MSS. might prove useful. The curious and valuable volumes of Letters and Papers, about 6.000, were all bought of one person; and Wanley gives a most minute detail of the negociation, in a series of Letters to the Earl. A collection of such notes, as far as the Museum is concerned, might be made, which would be an available contribution, though trifling, compared with the amount of labour, time, and space required for a Genealogy of the State Papers. I should, however, th nk that if all readers at the Museum and other public repositories were to contribute their notes to your pages, as I am willing to contribute any I may possess or obtain, some useful hints, if not a genealogy, might be thus obtained; and, like a roken pedigree, if noted correctly, with authorities, be made subservient to some valuable purpose.-Yours, &c., E. G. B. RICKLING CHURCH, ESSEX. MR. URBAN,-Against the south wall of the chancel is a canopied altar-tomb: the inscription in brass has long since perished; it has been preserved, however, in some M. notes, taken in 1639, now in the possession of Richard Birch Wolfe, Esq., of Wood-hall, Achesden, viz. : "Hic jacet Thomas Langley, arm. qui obiit xx die Feb. MCCCC LXX. cujus aie ppicietur Deus. Amen " 4. Langley, paly of 6, arg., vert, inpaling quarterly, 1, 4. Walden, sab., 2 bars, and in chief 3 cinquefoils arg. 2, 3. Breton, az., 2 chevronels or, in chief as many mullets arg. On the front of the tomb six coats remained carved in stone:— 1. Quarterly. 1, 4. Walden. 2, 3. Breton. 2. Langley impaling Walden and Breton quarterly. 3. A fret, border besanty. 4. As No. 2. 5. Langley imp. Fox, per pale sab. vert, a cross-crosslet arg. 6. Langley only. These shields are now in the last stages of decay. JOHN H. SPERLING. Wicken Rectory. WAS ST. DUNSTAN A BELL- MR. URBAN,-In reference to the query of "Jasper," Saint Dunstan, it is generally understood, was skilled in the mechanical arts, that of working metals in particular. I do not, however, remember any authority for stating that he, in propria persona, was a bell-founder. The story may very possibly be based on the statement made by William of Malmesbury and John of Glastonbury, in their Glastonbury Chronicles, that Dunstan had a bell fused or cast for the refectory of that place, and a water-pot cast for the service of the altar. On the former was this inscription : "Hanc sibi campanam Dunstan perfundere jussit, &c." The founder's name may, perhaps, have been given in the "&c."; if not, it is to be hoped that the saint's bell was of better metal than his Latin. Errata. In GENT. MAG., March, page 327, line 31, for "Roman era," read "Romanesque era." In GENT. MAG., April, in art. "Lemon's On the top of the slab were four coats of Calendar of State Papers," page 449, line arms in brass :— 1, 2. Stolen before 1639. 3. A fret, border besanty. 18, for "Henry VII.," read "Henry VI.," and page 450, line 40, for "cannot fail to arise," read "cannot very soon arise." THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE AND HISTORICAL REVIEW. DR. LAPPENBERG'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND UNDER THE NORMAN KINGS". As, after a careful perusal of every page of this work, we feel bound to speak of it in terms of high commendation, as being eminently characterized, on part of both author and translator, by thought, learning, and research, it may be as well, perhaps, to take the earliest opportunity of expressing our disapproval of the form in which it is here presented to us; a modified censure, be it understood, but in our opinion all the more deserved, from the importance and utility of the book as a contribution to our national history. If a work is worth publishing at all, it is surely worth publishing in the form in which its utility may be made most available. A cart without a horse is all very well, but still its usefulness, in that state, is by no means fully developed; even such is an historical book without an Index, and in these days of indexing and calendaring more particularly. Another impression of the work, we doubt not, will soon be demanded; an opportunity of which the publisher, we trust, will not fail to avail himself, by way of making some amends for this rather serious omission. We have a strong partiality- a prejudice, perhaps-in favour of a book in its entirety, and we certainly should have preferred a translation strictly of Dr. Lappenberg's work, with Mr. Thorpe's additions to and corrections of the text in a separate form; just, in fact, as his excellent Notes are here presented to us. Granted, however, that any portion of the work was to be rewritten, and the results of another's labours to be interwoven with those of Dr. Lappenberg, he being guaranteed against all loss or deterioration by the co-partnership, there is not a person in this country, perhaps, better qualified for the task than Mr. Thorpe. Having said thus much, not a word more in the way of fault-finding shall we utter. In writing upon a subject of so diversified a nature, and so replete with obscurities and difficulties as the present, some "errors and defects" it is, perhaps, beyond the power of man to avoid. Beyond a fair sprinkling of typographical errors, however, which, towards the beginning of the volume more particularly b, have slipped into the text, and with one "A History of England under the Norman Kings; to which is prefixed an Epitoine of the Early History of Normandy. Translated from the German of Dr. J. M. Lappen、 berg, For. F.S.A. By Benjamin Thorpe. With considerable Additions and Corrections by the Translator." (London: John Russell Smith.) See pp. xx., xxiii., xxv., for example. "Embarked at Witsand," in p. 314, is an error, we presume, for "disembarked." |