of golde. And this the blessyd Lorde of Hevyn longe preserve yo lyf and helth to his pleasure. Amen. Att Heiles, the xxiij. daye of Septembre.

Your most boundyn bedsman,

STEPHYN, Abbat there.

To my most especyall good Lorde, my Lorde Pryvye Seale.

[In the same volume, p. 249, Ellis has inserted a letter (No. cccliii.) from Bishop Latimer to Lord Cromwell, relative to the surrender of Evesham Abbey, and to the examination and exposure of the miracle of the Blood of Hales (MS. Cotton. 2 Ser. xlix. 487. Orig.). The latter portion only shall be quoted.]

SYR, we have byn bultynge and syfftynge the blud of Haylls all thys fornowne. Hytt was wunderslye clossly and craftelye inclosyd and stoppyd upe for takyn of care. Ande hytt clevesse faste to [the] bothom of the lytull glasse that yt [ys] in. Ande verelye hytt semyth to be an unctuousse goom and [a] compownd of many thyngs. Hytt hath certen vnctuousse moastenesse, and thowgh ytt seme sumwhatt lyke blude whyell ytt ys in the glasse, yett whan ony parcell of the same ys taken ought ytt turnyth to a youlownesse, and ys cleevynge lycke glew. Butt we have natt yett examenyd all the Moonks. And therfore thys my brother Abbott shall tell your Lordshype whatt he hath sene and herde in thatt matter. And in the end your Lordshyp shall know all to gether. Butt we perceve natt by yor commyssion whether we shall send ytt vp, or leve ytt here, or certefie ther of as we know.

29 Oct.

Att Haylls.

To the right honorable and hys singuler

good Lord, the Lord Privye Seale.

H. L. WIGORN.

1897.-BISHOP CHENEY'S DESIRE TO RESIGN, 1563.-In Ellis's Original Letters, 3rd series, vol. iii., p. 353, there is one (No. cccxcii.) from Richard Cheney to Sir William Cecil, expressing his desire to resign his bishoprics of Gloucester and Bristol, A.D. 1563 (MS. Lansd. art. 72. Orig.).

[This was in the year after his appointment to Gloucester, with Bristol in commendam; but the desire was not carried into effect, as he continued to hold both sees until his death in 1579, when he was succeeded by John Bullingham.]

I CANNOT but renue my former sute to your Honour touchyng the resignyng of myne office, for consideryng that the jurisdiction of Bristow is taken from me, and in some poynctes suche prechyng of the rashe and ignoraunt is continued in Gloucester diocese, as my consciens and poore learnyng can thynk not to be good, contrarie to the promyse that my Lords Grace of Canterbury made me at my beyng at London: I had moche rayther lyve a private lyfe, like a poore

man, as I dyd before I was drawen to office, then thus to continue with suche burden and torment of conscience, beside care for great paymentes, and charges of housholde, exceadyng great now in this deere worlde, beyng compelled to lyve now in the tyme of my first fruites (for lacke of an house otherwise then hiered) in a great citie as Gloucester, there bying all in a maner of the penye, where, yf I had not t' help of Bristowes revenues by your Honoures meanes, I shoulde have lyved hitherto moste miserablie. I doubt not but there are ynowe that wolde take Bristowe alone, and Gloucestre alone, as they were in Kyng Edwardes and Quene Maries tyme; or the Quenes Majestie, yf her Graces pleasure were so, might, after her exceadyng great charges latelie susteyned, be somewhat eased for a season with the revenues of Bristowe, whiche I wolde gladlie leave, so that I might be rydde also of Gloucester, and resigne at suche tyme, that I might departe from my lyvyng out of debt, as I suppose I might doo, yf I resigne betwene Michelmas and Allhaloutide next comyng. I have alredye ynoughe of Lordyng, wherin I fynde nothyng but splendidam miseriam. My trust is, that as I have ever hytherto fownde your Honour my verie greate and almoste onelie frende, so I shall bothe now and hereafter fynde you in other sutes, as yet unknowen, my greatest frende; assuryng your Honour that there hath not wanted in me good wyll, somewhat to considre your goodnes towardes me, but there hath wanted poure and habilitie. Yf yt shall so fall out hereafter, that I be hable, you shall perceyve that you have doone for a man not alltogither unkynde or unthankfull. This booke whiche I have sent is by reason of some leasure perfectlie drawen, and the like is in a redynes at Bristowe; but Doctor Cotrell, who is there under my Lords Grace of Canterbury, sent me worde that he dothe not send yt up to the honourable Lordes of the Counsell, because he receyved no letter concernyng that matier, but onelie from me, and not from my Lords Grace of Canterbury. Your Honour maye sauflie call my man unto you, yf your pleasure be so, for there is no plage, thankes be to God, in our countrey, by whome, yf I may receive twoo wordes in your letter to my comforte in the premisses, I shall thynk myself excedynglie bounde unto you, as I doo neverthelesse. Thus wysshyng you encrease of grace, vertue, and honour, I take my leave. From Lekyngton, this 17 of Septembre, your Honoures at commaundment.

To the right honourable syr Wyllyam Sicile, knyght, Princypall Secretarie to the Quenes moste excellent Majestie.

RIO. GLOUC.

1898.-BROCKWORTH CHURCH: MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS.In 1880 accurate copies were taken of the fourteen inscriptions*

An index has been given in vol. i., p. 387.-ED.

(including three under windows and one on flatstone) in the church of St. George, Brockworth, near Gloucester :

Sacred to the memory

1.

of

:

Susannah Colchester, | relict of Richard Colchester, Esq, of Chosen House, in the adjoining Parish, and daughter of William Jones, Esq, of Nass, in this County. She departed this life January 13th, 1814, | aged 72. | This memorial is erected by her affectionate nephew, Edward Jones, Clerk, A.M., | Vicar of this Parish, as a tribute due to her attachments as a relative, to her benignity of heart, sincerity of friendship, and uprightness of principle, but above all to her measure of faith and practice | as a true Christian.

2.

Hic situs est ille Honorabilis | Christopherus Guise, in hoc Agro Gloucest. Miles ac Baronett', necnon ab utroq | prælustriu proavoru sanguine longissima serie perinsignis; vir erat non vulgariter eruditus, indolis peracuta, memoriæ tenacis, ingenii vividi, judicii perqua subacti; hinc | propter eximias dotes, fidē, fortitudinemq provinciæ suæ propræfectus alter a Regio | diplomate constitutus est, unde postqua fidelis ille patriota regi, patriæ, sibi, suisq satisfecisset, & interiores provinciæ suæ comitatus urbem Glocestriæ circumjacentes | ab urbis servitudine perantiquâ iniquisq civiù privilegiis emancipasset, immunesq | posteris reliquisset, sal. æra MDCLXX, æt. 53. Heu! nimis properant fata! | Pretiosæ cujus memoriæ unicus filius ac hæres Johannes Guise, Miles ac Baronetus, hoc monumentu parentavit.

In memory of

3.

John Jones, Gent, who

departed this life March 30, 1747, aged 36. Also of Sarah, his wife, who died

Feb. 5, 1776, aged 71.

Mortall, for thy last end prepare,

Love God, live well, all sin beware;
Daily expect that end of thine;
It may be sudden, such as mine.

4.

John Jones, of Cooper's Hill, in this Parish. | 1793, aged 64 years. | Also of Esther, his Henry and Elizabeth Yates, of Abbott's

In memory of
He died July 30th,
wife, daughter of
Wood, in this Parish.

She died July 16th, 1801, | aged 58 years.

5.

Sacred to the memory of John Jones, Gent, | of Cooper's Hill, in this Parish, | who departed this life | February 13th, 1828, in the sixty-fourth year of his age.

6.

In a vault beneath | rest the mortal remains of Elizabeth, the exemplary and lamented wife of Henry Yates Jones, of

Droys Court, in this Parish, who died the 11th day of Aug., 1840, aged 76 years. She was the daughter, and youngest of the family, of Henry and Mary Bubb, late of Bentham, in the adjoining Parish. Also of their eldest son John, who died the 4th of Dec., 1812, aged 21 years. Also of the above named | Henry Yates Jones, who died Jan. 1st, 1849, aged 80 years.

Susanna, the wife

7.

of Mr John Lawrence, died May 1, 1724, aged 33. Susanna, his daughter, died Jan. 25, 1715, aged 4. Edmund, his son, died Oct 10th, 1720, aged 1 day. his daughter, died | Oct. 18, 1723, aged 9 weeks.

8.

Dianisia,

Sacred to the memory of William Roberts, M.B., | of the City of Gloucester, one of the Physicians of the General Infirmary of this County, | eldest son of the late Revd Willm Roberts, of Drybridge, near Monmouth. He died on the 28th of Sept, 1808, | in the 42nd year of his age. | Also of Mary Ann Roberts, daughter of Henry Roberts and Henzey, his wife, | who was buried on the 20th Feb, 1809, | in the 14th year of her age.

9.

In memory of Margaret Roberts, relict of William Roberts, M.B., of Gloucester, | daughter of the late | Roynon Jones, Esq, of Hay Hill, in this County. She died the 7th day of July, 1843, aged 73 years.

10.

William Young,

In memory of of Wootton, who departed | this life the 29 day of August, 1762, aged 50 years. | Also in memory of Mary, his wife, who departed this life the 21 day of March, 1777, aged 64 years.

11.

(This and the following two under windows.)

In memory of William John Davis, died 26 of April, 1861, aged 1 year & 7 months.

12.

In memory of John Davis, who died 15 August, 1864, aged 64. Also of Eliza Jesser Davis, died 23rd June, 1864, aged 55.

13.

In memory of Violet Jane Davis, died 17th Jan., 1865, aged 1 year.

14.
(Flatstone.)

William Long, ob. 2d of June, 1595. | John Long, | ob. Nov. 24, 1783, | æt. 77.

C. T. D.

1899.- CRANHAM CHURCH: MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS.In 1880 accurate copies were taken of the five inscriptions in the church of St. James, Cranham ::

1.

Halliday Davies, Gent, died Aug. 3, 1783, aged 76 years. Martha, his wife, daughter of Stephen Cull, Gent, died May 27, 1787, aged 81. Their son John, in respect to the memory of his dear parents, caused this stone to be erected 1788.

2.

Here lieth the body of Obadiah Done, Rector of this Parish 51 years, who lived a pattern to his people, and to all who shall succeed them, and died much lamented May 10, 1738, in the 75th year of his age. Also of Elizabeth, his wife, who departed this life July 24, 1748, aged 77. Also in memory of Elizabeth, the daughter of Obadiah and Elizabeth Done, who was translated from this life to a better Jan. 18, in the year of Christ 1732, and of her age 37.

3.

To the memory of the Rev. Richard Done, M.A., late Vicar of Brookthrop, and Minor Canon of the Cathedral Church of Gloucester, who, having distinguished himself by an exemplary diligence in performing the offices of his own station, and by an unwearied readiness in lending assistance to others, died much lamented on the 8th day of June, A.D. 1740, aged 42. Also Elizabeth Arnold, daughter of Richard Done, and wife of the Rev. John Arnold, who died Jan. 19, 1758, in the 24th year of her age.

4.

To the memory of James Sadler, Gent, who died in a good old age, being 75 years old, and was gathered to his people, Nov. 26, Anno Dom. 1669.

5.

In memory of Elizabeth, the wife of John Sadler, of this Parish, who died the 30th day of August, 1744, aged 59 years. Also in memory of John Sadler, of this Parish, who was buried the 4th day of October, 1760, aged 81.

C. T. D.

1900.-A STRANGE SUPERSTITION.-In the Gentleman's Magazine (1794), vol. lxiv., pt. ii., p. 597, there is a communication from a correspondent living in Gloucestershire, signed "Bourtoniensis," and to the following effect:-I was applied to for silver to make a ring for a young girl of the place where I live. The girl's mother came to me; and, after a prelude of, ""Sir, I hope you will excuse my boldness!" "I do not wish to offend you!" "I beg your pardon for troubling you!" &c., &c., with a great many more introductory phrases, which almost put me out of countenance, not being able to guess what dreadful tale she would unfold—at length she said that her daughter, a young girl in her teens, was very much troubled with convulsion fits. "Well," cried I, a little recovered from the surprize she had occasioned, "do you mistake me for a doctor?" "No, Sir, but I came to beg that you collect five sixpences of five different batchelors, which you

will