Brethren of the Stick was last Week catched by these Sons of Darkness in going his Rounds to the Cyder-Mills, and was instantaneously hurried down 2 or 300 Feet under Ground, where he now takes up his Abode. The Colliers, it is said, use him very well, and he lives as they do; but they swear the Day of his Resurrection shall not come to pass 'till the Cyder - Act is repealed, or, at least, 'till Cyder-making is over." In the Journal of August 27 the case is again referred to:"The Cyder Exciseman, who was some Time since seized by the Colliers in Gloucestershire and carried into their subterranean Regions, is still in the Pit with them; and they positively declare he shall not have his Liberty till the Act is repealed." Journalists in those days were less inquisitive than are their successors. The ultimate fate of the exciseman is unreported. The duty was finally repealed in 1830. J. L. 1912.-FURTHER NOTES ON ROCKHAMPTON PARISH. (See No. 1428.) The following are given in continuation of the notes which have already appeared :— FLATSTONE INSCRIPTIONS. Nine of the twenty in the chancel having been given, seven are here added: 1. Here lyeth the body of Margaret, the wife of Samvell Mallett, of this Parish, Yeoman, who was bvryed the 7th day of Avgvst, Anno Dmi 1674. 2. Here lyeth the body of Samvel Mallett, of Newton, in this Parish, Yeoman, who de parted this life the | 3 day of May, Anno Domini 1683, | ætatis suæ 66. 3. Here lyeth three children, the sones and daughter of John Mallett and Mary, his wife, of Newton. Nathaniel was buryed Octob. ye 30th, Ano Domini 1683. | Thomas was buryed Aprill ye 11th, Ano Domini 1685. | Margaret was buryed April ye last, | Ano Domini 1697. 4. Here lyeth the body of John, | the sone of Samuel Mallett, | of Newton, in this Parish, Yeoman, who dyed in the 41st year of his age, and was buried November the last, | Ano Domini 1698. 5. Here lyeth the body of Thomas, sone of John Mallett, of Newton, Yeoman, who was buryed Septemb. | the 27th, Anō Domini 1709, | in the 20th year of his age. 6. Here lyeth the body of Mary Mallet, Widow, sometime wife | of John Mallett, of Newton, Yeoman, who departed this life the first day of June, 1711, in the 56th year of her age. 7. Here lieth the body of ye Revd Mr Thomas Brush,* | of Newton, in this Parish, who departed this life ye 20th day of March, 1764, aged 71 years. Also Rebecca [? née Mallett], ye wife of Thomas Brush, who | departed this life May | ye 5th, 1745, aged 45. In the aisle there are six large inscribed stones : 1. Here lieth ye body of John Cox, of Nupdown, in this Parish, Yeoman, who departed this | life the 2d of Febry, 1764, ! aged 44 years. | Also near this place lieth ye | body of Hester, yo daught of the aforesd John Cox, who died Jan the 28th, 1767, in the 6th year of her age. | Also in memory of Sarah, ye wife of the above sd John Cox, of Nupdown, who died Decr the 12th, 1767, aged 17 [? 47] years. | Ann, daughter of John & Sarah Cox, of Nupdown, in this Parish, | died Jan1y 12th, 1762, | in ye 4th year of her age. 2. William Cox, of Underneath this stone lie the remains of the World's end Farm, in the Parish of Berkeley, Yeoman, who departed this life July 2nd, 1820, aged 57 years. Also of Sarah, widow of the above, who died December, 1850, aged 86 years. | Underneath lie the remains of Henry, the son of William and 1 Sarah Cox, of Bevington, in the Parish of Berkeley, who departed this life | 20th January,....., aged 20 years. Also of Katharine, [daughter of William and Sarah Cox, who departed this life July..., 1812, aged 14 days. Likewise of Sarah, daughter of William and Mary Cox, of Clapton, in the Parish of Berkeley, who departed this life October 11th, 1816, aged 15 weeks. 3. Underneath this stone lieth the remains of John Cox, | of Pedington, in the | Parish of Berkeley, who died 29th May, 1845, | aged 61 years. Also of Sarah, his wife, who died 3rd April, 1829, aged 42 years. | Also William, their son, | who died 14th November, 1816, aged 4 years. | Also of Hester, their daur., | who died 19th November, 1819, aged 3 years. | Sarah, daughter of John and Hester Cox, of Nupdown, died 16th March, 1788, aged 2 years. 4. In memory of Elizabeth and Sarah, daughters of John and Mary Leonard, of Nupdown. Elizabeth | died the 23rd of April, 1796, in her infancy. Sarah died | Novbr the 22nd, 1797, aged 16 years. Also in memory of | Thomas, their son: | he died May the 6th, 1802, aged 18 years. In the register of burials, under the year 1764, the entry respecting him is merely,. “March 24th, Thomas Brush." Not "Bush," as given twice by mistake, ante, vol. iii., p. 542. 5. Sacred to the memory of Mary, | the wife of | John Leonard, | of Nupdown, in the Parish of Hill, who died Jan 13th, 1836, aged 84 yrs. Also the above | John Leonard, who died June 24th, 1838, aged 86 years. | [The remainder illegible.] 6. In memory of Robert Tanner, who died Oct 10th, 1817, 1 aged 84 years. Jane Tanner, wife of Robert Tanner, of this Parish, departed this life the | 21st of Sep, 1804, | in the 81 year of her age. RECTORS OF ROCKHAMPTON. (Continuation of list from vol. iii., p. 539.) 1889. William Richmond, Trinity College, Dublin, B.A. 1856, M.A. 1859; instituted September 23, Mr. Huntley having resigned on July 17. Rector of Baronstown, co. Louth, and diocese of Armagh, 1875-85; and of Lewcombe (or East Chilborough), Dorset, and diocese of Salisbury, 1886-87. The present rector. COMMUNION PLATE One cup-"Stephen Jenner, Rector. Arthur Screen, Church Warden. 1761." Two plates "In usum Ecclesiæ Rockhampton. Gulielmus Davies, S.T.P., S.S.A., Rector. Johannes Ford, Ecclesiæ One paten-"Presented by William Unett Coates, Rector + PARISH REGISTERS. i. Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1563-1739. ii. Marriages, June 16, 1740-March 28, 1751; Baptisms, May 17, 1740-December 7, 1812; Burials, July 14, 1740-December 24, 1812. In use. In use. iii. Baptisms (494), March 21 1813-July 21, 1889. In use. iv. Marriages (44), August 19, 1756-January 27, 1801. v. Marriages (9), March 27, 1804-November 27, 1810. vi. Marriages (30), January 21, 1813-March 30, 1837. vii. Marriages (58), June 23, 1838-August 21, 1888. viii. Burials (295), April 12, 1813-August 21, 1889. There is another volume, in which the contents of Nos. iv., V., and vi. have been transcribed. It contains also a transcript of marriages (268) in the neighbouring parish of Stone (which benefice Dr. Davies held with Rockhampton), December 29, 1755August 4, 1812. SHEPERDINE CHANTRY CHAPEL. In an article headed "Chantry* Certificates, Gloucestershire," by Sir John Maclean, F.S.A., in the Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archæological Society, vol. viii., pp. 229-308, what follows forms No. 42, p. 270:— THE P'ISHE OF ROCHAMPTON within the seid Deanery [of Durseley] where are houseling people....C Shepdyne Chapell of ease in the seid p'ishe. Buylded by thenhabituntes of the Country nyghe theraboutes of their owne Charges for their ease for that it is distunte from the seid p'ishe churche ij myles and more, for the mayntennce wherof certeyn landes & Tentes haue byn given. And a prieste at dyuerce tymes hathe byn founde there praienge for the founders solles & all christen solles. Richarde Winche Incumbent ys of the age of xl yeres, hauinge noe other livinge then in the seid service where he hathe yerelie clere ...... The landes & tents therunto belonging are of the yerelie value of.............. In Reprisez yerelie.... Ornamentes & goodes therunto valued at Plate & Juelles valued att Twoe smalle belles valued at .lv ijd wherof EXTRACTS FROM CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS. 1662. An Inventory of the goods belonging to the Church and delivered over by Samuell Mallett and Thomas Prout to the next Churchwardens, being Thomas Wickes and Ralph CoxOne Silver Cupp and Challis, One pewter flaggon, a Booke of Homilies, a Booke of Articles, A Booke of Comōn Prayer, A great Bible, a bottle to carry wine, A Greene Carpett, a Linen Table cloth, a Cushon for the Pulpitt. Paid for mending the Bell † ... 00. 08.00 • What was a chantry? Upon this simple question much misapprehension prevails. It is not an unusual thing to hear educated people call the chapel in which the offices were said the chantry, but there were a far greater number of chantries than there were chantry chapels. There were frequently eight or ten chantries founded in an ordinary parish church. You will see in the list that there were no fewer than eight in the church of St. Nicholas, Bristol, and in large and important churches, such as old St. Paul's, York Minster, and others, there were as many as thirty, forty, or fifty. Generally, however, they were founded in common parochial churches. All that was necessarily required was an altar and a small space before it for the officiating priest. Every church, however small, had two altars at least besides the high altar, and any of these altars might have been used by the chantry priest, or by more than one.-Sir John Maclean. + See Ellacombe's Church Bells of Gloucestershire, p. 61. 1663. Payd to Richard Jordan, painter, for the kinges ... ... ... ... Payd for 3 briefs that were published and nothing ... ... ... Layd out for Bread and wine in the whole ... 00 03.06 Payd to the Painter for inlarging the borders of the kings Armes ... 1664. Layd out at the Visitation when wee were in our office 01 03.05 00 07 00 Payd to 7 briefes that were published and not gathered ... 1668. Paid to Robert Huwsthon (?) for making our return concerning the burning of London Given in yo Parish of Rockhampton to ye Brief for ye Building |