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OU will do me a great favour in laying the underwritten before the Society of Antiquaries; it is the result of what I saw remarkable in the register books of the parish of St. Benedict, usually called St. Bennet's, St. Paul's Wharf, London. The registers do not commence until after the beginning of the seventeenth century.

"The lord Dormer, viscount Askot, eldest son to the right honourable the earl of Carnarvon, was born on Fryday Oct. 35, and christened on Tuesday November 26, 1633."

Robert Dormer, baron Dormer of Winge, and baronet, was created by king Charles I. viscount Ascot, and earl of Caernarvon, August 2, 1638. This nobleman, alike distinguished for his virtue, wisdom, and valour, fell after the battle of Newberry, Sept. 20, 1643, in his return from pursuing a party of the parliamentary forces, being killed by a trooper, who, knowing his lordship, ran