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refers to (pp. ix, x) l Reges, Reginse et Nobiles in Ecclesia Beati Petri Westmonasteriensis Sepulti,' by William Camden (1600, 1603, and 1606), and to 'Monumenta Westmonasteri- nsia,' by Henry Keepe (usually signed H. K.), 1683.

There have been, no doubt, many editions of ' An Historical Description of Westminster Abbey : its Monuments and Curiosities ' (i.e. the Abbey guide-book) e.g., 1836 and 1862.

Concerning the ' Theater of Mortality,' by R. Monteith, 1704 (ante, p. 194), I find that Allibone speaks of a supplement published in 1713. ROBERT PIERPOINT.

St. Austin's, Warrington.

The following description of the monu- ments in the Old Greyfriars Churchyard at Edinburgh (from * Guy Mannering,' chap, xxxvii.) may prove interesting as to their condition about 1775. It was the place of interment of the spinster there called Mrs. Margaret Bertram I am inclined to think that the Christian name of a spinster was usually inserted when she is styled " Mrs." :

" They finally arrived at the burial-place of the Singleside family. This was a square enclosure in the Greyfriars Churchyard, guarded on one side by a veteran angel, without a nose, and having only one wing, who had the merit of having maintained his post for a century, while his comrade cherub, who had stood sentinel on the corresponding pedestal, lay a broken trunk among the hemlock, burdock, and nettles, which grew in gigantic luxuriance around the walls of the mausoleum. A moss-grown and broken inscription informed the reader that in the year 1650 Capt. Andrew Bertram, first of Singles'ide, descended of the very ancient and honourable house of Ellangowan, had caused this monument to be erected for himself and his descendants. A reasonable number of scythes, and hour-glasses, and death's heads, and cross- bones, garnished the following sprig of sepulchral poetry, to the memory of the founder of the mausoleum :

Nathaniel's heart, Bezaleel's hand,

If ever any had, These boldly do I say had he, Who lieth in this bed."

JOHN PICKFORD, M.A. .Newbourne Rectory, Woodbridge.

For the benefit of readers interested in this absorbing subject, I may state that the Aberdeen Daily Journal of this city has issued in instalments every alternate Wednesday, from the pen of our well-known Deeside historian, Mr. John A. Henderson, articles on the ' Aberdeenshire Epitaphs and Inscriptions : with Historical and Genea- logical Notes.' They are in continuation of what the late Mr. Andrew Jervaise, F.S.A. bcot., did for other parts of the country. The importance of epitaphs and monumental in-

scriptions, particularly in relation to family pedigrees and parochial history, is now fully recognized. It may be mentioned that these interesting articles, which started on 6 January this year, will ultimately be issued in book form. Aberdeenshire affords a field for investigation which has not been adequately or exhaustively worked.

In Yorkshire Notes and Queries, edited by Chas. F. Forshaw, LL.D., space is devoted to the compilation of curious epitaphs, with the following headpiece :

Hush, ye fond flutterer, hush ! while here alone I search the records of each mouldering stone. Praises on tombs are words but vainly spent, A man's own life is his best monument.

ROBERT MURDOCH LAWRANCE. 71, Bon-Accord Street, Aberdeen.

BISHOP OF MAN IMPRISONED, 1722 (10 th S. ii. 487). The bishop referred to in these letters is Bishop Thomas Wilson, of Sodor and Man. In 1722 Mr. Alexander Home was Governor of the Isle, the Earl of Derby being then " Lord of Man." The Governor's wife had spoken some scandal about a widow, on account of which the Government chap- lain, Archdeacon Horrobin, refused to admit the widow to the Holy Communion. The widow appealed to the bishop, who investi- gated the case, and was convinced that she had been wronged. The Governor's wife was thereupon required to make an apology and to ask forgiveness before being admitted to the Holy Communion. She came, however, and was permitted to do so by the arch- deacon, who was therefore suspended at Convocation. He appealed to the Governor, who, in a very arbitrary manner, fined the bishop 50., and each of his two vicars- general 20. They refused to pay, so were imprisoned 29 June, 1722. An appeal was made to the king in Council, and their release was ordered, which came about 21 August. The fine was not paid. The Privy Council also ordered the arrest of the Governor him- self for his illegal conduct, but it was not carried out. (See Keble's 'Life of Bishop Wilson,' pp. 499-533, and 'History of the Diocese of Sodor and Man,' by A. W. Moore, S.P.C.K., pp. 196-9.) ERNEST B. SAVAGE.

St. Thomas, Douglas.

There is a brief reference to the imprison- ment in the life of Wilson in the 'D.N.B.,' and a full account of it in the life prefixed to Wilson's works in seven volumes in the " Library of Anglo-Catholic Theology."

J. A. J. HOUSDEN.

The reference is undoubtedly to "good" Bishop Wilson, the prototype of the Bishop