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Easter. The Collect of this feast runs as follows :

"Donrine Jesu Christe, qui pro nobis mortem subire, et Sepulchre depositus tertia die resurgere voluisti : concede nobis famulis tuisut qui Sepulchri tui memoriam recoliruus, resurrectionis quoque gloria; participes esse mereamur. Qui vivis et regnas," &c. Breviarium Mouasticum : iSupple- mentuni pro diversitate Locorum, &c.

It may be of interest to those outside Catholic circles to know that, even in this twentieth centurj 7, canonesses of the Holy Sepulchre still exist in England, at Xew Hall, Chelmsford. Xew Hall itself is not without interesting historical associations. In 1517 it came into the possession of Henry YIIL, who purchased it either from the then Bishop of London, or, according to Camden, from Anne Boleyn's father. Henry gave it the name of Beaulieu, and not a few of his State Papers were " given from our Palace of Beaulieu." The name Beaulieu leads up to a curious coincidence, for Fulk of Xerra ; Count of Anjou, founded a Bene- dictine monastery "in honore Sancti Sepul- chri " near Loches in Touraine, to which the name of Bellus Locus was given, which in the French is Beaulieu (9 th S. viii. 397).

Finally, we have a corruption of St. Sepulchre in "Selskar" Abbey, Wexford. The church attached to this ancient Danish abbey was dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul, but in the time of the Crusades a chapel was added to it, in which were deposited some relics of the Holy Sepulchre, and the devotion thus stirred up caused the original dedication to be almost forgotten, and the place came to be known as " St. Sepulchre " Abbey, which was later on corrupted into "Selskar." Vide ' Danish Wexford,' by John Cullen, Irish, Ecclesiastical Record, 1882.

All this seems to show clearly that the ' ; saint "in St. Sepulchre is by no means a mere redundancy, and that, on the other hand, it is simply the equivalent to "holy," which in its turn is the natural term applied to the tomb of our Lord the Sanctum Sepulchrum par excellence. Possibly this may suggest a truer piece of etymology.

ME. MAcMlCHAEL may not be aware that the vulgar pronunciation of St. Sepulchre at Xorthampton is " St. Pulker's," and that the church of the name is known indifferently either as " St. Pulker's " or as " Pulker's Church " the latter for preference. Does this throw light upon the mysterious "St. Pulchre " ?

To conclude, may I ask whether any reader of ' X. <fc Q.' has ever come across a church in any part of Western Christendom dedicated to St. Pulcheria, or any church, in

any part of the world, named after "St. Pulchre " 2 Or does any one know of an actual instance of the " Saint-Pulchre " being con- verted into "Sepulchre" or "Sepulchre"? Should this information not be forthcoming, I fear that in all probability " St. Pulchre'' will transmigrate into her own sepulchre ^ and, if so, may she rest there in pace.

B. W. Fort Augustus.

[See also 9 th S. x. 445.]

WILLIAM AND JOHN TALMAX.

To the interesting article on the Talmans-, father and son, in the ' Diet. Xat. Biog.' I can add a few particulars from Clutterbuck's and Cussans's histories of Hertfordshire and other sources.

William Talman, architect and Comptroller of the Works to William III., was the second son of William Talman, of Westminster, gent.,, by his wife Sibilla, daughter of James Morgan, of Westminster, "cordwinder." By will dated 5 January, 1662'3, and proved 26^ February following (P.C.C. 25, Juxon),. William Talman, senior, left his freehold estate "in East Coate, Wilts, which I lately purchased of \Ym. Shergall," to his elder son Christopher ; while his son William was to inherit "all my Collidge Lease and the three tenements thereby demised being in King streete, Westminster." The Eastcott pro- perty is now in Easterton, which was formed in 1875 from the parish of Market Lavington, and the name Shergall still survives (as " Shergold ") in the village.

William Talman, the son, purchased the manor of Felmingham, in Xorfolk, where he died. His will, dated 18 October, 1719, with a codicil dated 22 Xovember following, was proved by his widow Hannah on 10 February. 1719/20 (P.C.C. 44, Shaller). Therein he bequeathed to his eldest son John his estate in the Xew Itiver, his chambers in Gray's Inn (for life), and all his collections of draw- ings, prints, and books. He had also paid off the mortgage on the Hinxworth estate upon his son's marriage (between 3 July, 1716,. and 18 October, 1719) with Frances, second daughter of John Cockayne, of that place. He directed " all and every my Potts and Statues "to be sold towards the payment of debts and legacies.

His eldest son, John Talman, F.S.A., made his will on 7 March, 1719/20, as of Hinxworth,. Herts, and he desired to be buried in the chancel of the church, on the south side of the altar. His collections of "drawings, bookes, and prints bound or in portefoglio's relateiug to Ecclesiasticall buildings and