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 .V.JUNE 23, 1906.] NOTES AND QUERIES.

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Cranes, Freemen of Chester.

Ralph (stringer), 8 Eliz.

Richard (currier), 1646.

William (barber-surgeon), 1672.

Samuel (silk weaver), 1700.

John, 1707.

Thomas (slater), 1720.

Thomas (cordwainer), 1731.

William (cordwainer), 1731.

William (cork cutter), 1747.

John (slater), 1747.

Thomas (grocer), 1770.

Thomas (grocer), 1771.

Samuel (bookseller), 1771.

Thomas (clerk), 1771.

Joseph (grocer), 1771.

John (gentleman), 1781.

William Francis (shoemaker), 1812.

Thomas (bookseller), 1812.

John Jackson (painter), 1839.

William Francis (painter), 1847. It seems just possible that MR. WALTER CRANE is himself a freeman by descent; and even though he may never have taken up his freedom, it would be a fitting thing for the city to mark his great services to decorative art by making him an honorary freeman, as he has undoubtedly much freeman blood in him.

I believe I have somewhere a pedigree of all the Chester Cranes ; and if I can find it, I will gladly show it to MR. CRANE.

T. CANN HUGHES, M.A. F.S.A. Lancaster.

HoLYOAKE BIBLIOGRAPHY (10 th S. v. 441). Immediately after Mr. George Jacob Holy- oake's death, his daughter Mrs. Holyoake Marsh placed the wholeof her father's library in my charge for disposal. Thanks to her gene- rosity, the Bishopsgate Institute not only possesses some of the books Mr. Holyoake most prized, but the Governors have acquired perhaps the most complete set of his works to be found anywhere.

Some five weeks ago I prepared for Mrs. Marsh, and with a view to early pub- lication, a bibliography of Mr. Holyoake's works, comprising 210 different publications ; or if one were to take into account the various editions of the works written or edited by, or in criticism of, Mr. Holyoake, the items would then number no fewer than 263, being 150 more than are enumerated in the British Museum Catalogue.

I should be grateful if MR. RALPH THOMAS would favour me with the loan of his biblio- graphy for a few days, so as to enable me to compile as complete a bibliography as possible. If, before parting witn his> MR.

THOMAS prefers to see my list of 263 items, I will gladly forward it to him.

I should also be grateful to receive on loan from any of your numerous and naturally in- terested readers such bibliographical informa- tion as they may possess, whether in the form of newspaper cuttings or magazine articles, written by, relative to, or in criticism of George Jacob Holyoake, who adopted the pseudonyms of Ion, Landor Praed, and London Zulu.

CHAS. WM. F. Goss.

Bishopsgate Institute, E.G.

May I be allowed to point out to MR. RALPH THOMAS that the biography of G. J. Holyoake was reinstated by me in the fifteenth edition of * Men and Women of the Time,' 1899? VICTOR G. PLARR.

WESTMINSTER CHANGES IN 1905 : JOHN CARTER (10 th S. v. 221, 262, 356). The kindly observations of MR. JAS. ARROW at the last reference I much appreciate ; and with re- gard to John Carter, F.S.A., whose diligent labours in the cause of the past resulted in so much lasting good, I should like to draw attention to the remarks made to him by Mr. T. Francis Bumpus in the introductory sketch to be found in the first series of his charming work on * The Cathedrals of Eng- land and Wales.' These remarks are so just and so much to the point that I feel sure all who love the old antiquary will be glad to see them enshrined in the pages of ' N & Q.' Mr Bumpus says :

"The first effective labourer in the revival of English architecture was undoubtedly John Carter, an enthusiastic antiquary of George III.'s reign, who went about the country sketching, measuring, and describing every ancient building that he saw. The Society of Antiquaries, recognizing his delinea- tive skill and knowledge of architecture, employed him to etch many of the views of ancient buildings published under their direction ; whilst his own effective, though not minutely accurate,drawings and etchings did much towards educating public taste in the same direction. But John Carter wielded the pen with equal facility, for between 1798 and 1817 there appeared in The Gentleman's Magazine, under the title 4 Pursuits of Architectural Innovation,' a series of letters calling the attention of Deans and Chapters, in a most trenchant fashion, to the de- graded state into which the noble buildings confided to their care had been permitted to lapse. Upon James Wyatt, who at that time was sweeping with his besom of destruction over Durham, Hereford, Lichfield, and Salisbury levelling bell towers and chantries, denuding windows of stained glass, obliterating roof decorations, and removing altars from their legitimate positions, the anger of John Carter fell with especial severity, and there can be no doubt that many a beautiful fragment of mediaeval art owes its preservation to the enthu- siasm and knowledge, far in advance of his age, of this truly remarkable personage,"