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 56 Devon Notes and Qneries, had six more, one being Nicholas Wadham, the Founder of Wadham College, Oxford ; a " virtuous and antient gentle- woman," who was buried at Branscombe, 1581. A John Kaleway, with out local description, but apparently the same made his will 13 Feb., 1530; in it he names his wife Jane, and gives to *^the lights in the church of Cullumpton twenty pence f** and Dr. Oliver notes his gravestone as being in the church inscribed, ob, 24 Feb., 1530. The arms of this branch, Argent f within a hordure engrailed sahUy two glazier* s irons in saltier of the second, between four pears pendant or. and vert. He appears to have survived Lane two years only, when the priest who officiated in his Chapel succeeded to the emoluments accruing from the '' tenements, leases, and estates,*' bequeathed to him in the Founder's will. The date of the death of Thomasine, the Founder^s widow, does not appear, but according to the inscription, she was buried with him in the Chapel. Although John Lane left no recorded issue, nor public benefaction to keep him in memory, the voice of the inter- cessory priest no longer heard in his sanctuary, and the prayerful semblances of himself and helpmate riven from their tomb — still the wayfarer who beholds the beautiful structure he erected **/n honor of God" feels it to be a sufficient memento, and as he scans the earnest request inscribed on it, imploring his prayers to Him for the welfare of the souls of the Founder and his wife, who **lyeth in Cepulture*^ within, and ^^fynally bryng them to the Eternal Glory" cannot of his ** atme Cheryty" disregard the appeal, and with no uncertain thought respond with the benediction, rest from their labours, and their works do follow them.** In reviewing the lives of these old merchants, it is felt they were very real men — real as to their careful, intelligent energy, and consequent successful business career in this life — real also as to their constant fear of God here, and unceasing anxiety for the eternal welfare of their souls in the life which is to come. Their history is writ large in stone on the walls of the Chapels they erected, with that careful detail the mediaeval craftsman so well knew how to display, over which the ages have now cast their solemn charm, and which the imperceptible but consecrating hand of Time can alone confer. W. H. H. Rogers.
 * ' Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, that they may