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William, Lord Braose, and died 1235 (Burke, u.s., p. 30) or 14 April, 1236 (' Diet. Nat. Biog.').

(5) Walcheline de Beauchamp (his son), who married Joane, daughter of Roger, Lord Mortimer, and died in the same year as his father (Burke, p. 30). Mr. J. H. Round, in his account of Walter de Beau- champ in the ' Dictionary of National Biography,' however, omits Walcheline (who, Burke says, is omitted in Sir H. Nicolas's account of the family), and states that Walter (No. 4 above) married a daughter of his guardian Roger de Mortimer, and left a son and heir William (No. 6 below), who married the eventual heiress of the Earls of Warwick, and was grandfather of Guy, Earl of Warwick. This shortening of the family tree by one generation he repeats in his biography of Guy de Beau- champ, Earl of Warwick, whose father William, he states, was grandson of Walter (No. 4 above).

(6) William de Beauchamp (son of Walcheline, or perhaps of Walter), Lord of Elmley, " the Blind Baron," who married Isabel, daughter of William Maudit, of Hanslape, Bucks, and sister and heiress of Sir William Maudit, 8th Earl of Warwick, and died in 1268 (Burke, u.s., p. 30). The Countess of Warwick in her ' Warwick Castle and its Earls,' 1903, makes this William de Beauchamp son of Walter, without, however, giving authority. Whilst " the Blind Baron's " eldest son, William de Beauchamp, became the 9th Earl of Warwick, Holt Castle evidently passed to his second son,

(7) John, who is described as "of Holt, co. Worcester," in Burke's ' Dormant Peer- ages,' p. 30. John evidently had a son,

(8) Richard Beauchamp, who is referred to at 4 S. xii. 377 as nephew of the 1st Earl of Warwick, and whose Inquisition p.m. is dated 1 Edw. III., 1327-8 (5 S. xi. 347). His son,

(9) Sir John Beauchamp, of Holt, born 1319, Steward of the Household to Richard II., Constable of Devizes Castle 1384, was created Baron of Kidderminster,

Oct., 1387, attainted for high treason in the same year, and beheaded 12 May, 1388 ('Diet. Nat. Biog.'; 'Imperial Dic- tionary of Universal Biography ' ; Camden, ' Britannia,' 1806, ii. 477 ; and 4 S. xii. 377). He married Joan, daughter and heir of Robert le Fitzwith ; and his son,

(10) John, 2nd Baron, died 8 Henry V. (1420-21), when the Barony of Beauchamp

of Kidderminster became extinct (Burke, u.s., 33-4 ; Camden, ' Britannia,' 1806, ii. 477), leaving an only daughter and heiress,

(11) Margaret, who married (first) Sir John Pauncefort, Kt., Sheriff for Gloucester- shire 1 Henry VI., and for Hereford 16 Henry VI. ; and (secondly) John Wysham. Burke, ' History of the Commoners,' 1836, ii. 75, says Sir John Pauncefort afterwards married Alicia, daughter of Sir Andrew Herle, Kt., so his marriage with Margaret Beauchamp would appear to have been dissolved.

With Margaret the connexion of Holt Castle with the Beauchamps ceased, after being in the hands of the family for eleven generations of direct descent a period of something like 350 years. Their estate here was purchased by Sir Thomas Bromley, Kt., Lord Chancellor in the reign of Elizabeth (Camden, 'Britannia,' 1806, ii. 477), so it could not long have belonged to the Wysham family (as mentioned ante, p. 395).

Probably ' The Victoria History of Wor- cestershire ' will give further particulars of Holt Castle, but I have not had an oppor- tunity of consulting this work.

FREDK. A. EDWARDS.

WITCHCEAFT BIBLIOGRAPHY (10 S. xi. 386). Francis Hutchinson's 'Historical Essay con- cerning Witchcraft,' London, 1720, contains (chap. ii. pp. 15-64) ' A Chronological Table of Facts,' wherein are given in the order in which they occurred a large number of details, each connected with some particular case or cases of witchcraft, and names and dates are appended. This is probably the best basis to start a list of the various trials, and much supplementary matter will be found in the life of Matthew Hopkins in ' D.N.B.'; and reference should also be made to Hopkins's own book, " The Discovery of Witches, in answer to several queries lately delivered to the Judges of Assize for the county of Norfolk, and now published by Matthew Hopkins, Witchfinder, for the benefit of the whole kingdom, 1647." MR. GERISH should refer to the Index to the new B.M. printed catalogue of the Thomason pamphlets ; Gray's ' Index to Hazlitt's Bibliographical Notes ' ; " The Gentleman's Magazine Library " (volume dealing with ' Superstitions and Folk-lore ') ; Mr. L. O. Pike's ' History of Crime in England ' ; and the catalogue of the Library of Frederick Hockley, dispersed about twenty years ago. The various county bibliographies, such as Mayo's ' Dorset Bibliography ' and Green's