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Rh none like this, and a Nicholas Cove was disclaimed; impaling 1 and 4 Coode (see above.) 2 and 3, Shilston; I can find no Coode-Shilston marriage, but it is curious that the coat that ought to be in the quarterings appears here; its place might possibly be taken by Coryton, argent a saltire sable, as Elizabeth Coode's mother was of this family, though I cannot make out that she was an heiress.

F.W.

75. (Ancient Stone Crosses of Dartmoor, etc., D. N, & Q., p. 134.)—With reference to the circumstances connected with the removal of this cross from St. Olave's to the churchyard of Down St. Mary, where Bishop Kestell-Cornish is the Rector, the Bishop writes us:—

"I see in the July number of Devon Notes and Queries an account of the removal of an old cross from St. Olave's, Murchington, to the churchyard of Down St. Mary. This account is not quite accurate, and implies that on a quasi authority from Mr. Radford I removed the cross from St. Olave's and placed it in Down St. Mary Churchyard without any reference to Mr. Barker. But this is precisely what I did not do. I had been informed by a mutual friend that Mr. Radford would allow me to have the cross, but that I must remove it before a certain date, because on that day the property would pass out of his hands, and I felt that it would not be fitting or courteous to take any steps without consulting the prospective owner. This led to my sending a letter to Mr. Barker, who answered me most kindly, and at his invitation I drove over to St. Olave's for luncheon, and it was then and there agreed that I should send for the cross, which I should receive from Mr. Barker. This was done, and after some delay, owing to the remissness of the man employed to make the base, it was placed where it now stands. You will see, therefore, that I was most careful not to act upon Mr. Radford's kind offer of the cross without the full concurrence of the Rev. A. G. Barker, and this for two reasons— (1) because I had no written authority from Mr. Radford on the subject; and (2) because I felt that, even if I had possessed such authority, it would have been hardly possible, to say the least, to have taken any action in the matter without the full concurrence of Mr. Barker."