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NOTES AND QUERIES. [io s. vn. MARCH 16, 1907.

.,nd 5 should be described as those of " elephants " ; and in the Latin inscription on No. 8 read dvodium, 1. 5, for " dvodecim"; .accurate, 1. 11, for " accurata " ; Elizabetha, 1. 13, for " Elizabettse " ; and religiosis- simeq, 1. 17, for " religiosissimiq."

I have recently succeeded in tracing a most interesting and valuable old MS. book of twenty-two foolscap pages with paper cover. This commences :

"Chertsey Church, 21st April, 1806 | Memo- randum | of the places where the mural and other tombs have been taken | up which are to he re- placed after the church is built as near to tin- relative situations as possible."

It contains copies of (apparently) all the in- scriptions then in the church and the church- yard, with rough drawings of the inside of -the old church before it was pulled down and of the tablets, with plans of the church- yard showing by numbers the exact position of each of the monuments. Needless to say, numbers of these have now entirely dis- .appeared or are. illegible. There is no record of the writer, but my own impression is that it must have been the Dr. Smith to whom Manning and Bray were indebted for the inscriptions printed by them. On the cover
 * is written :

"This plan of the tablets, graves, &c., in the interior of the Chertsey Church was purchased by a Mr. Boyce, a chemist in the town of Chertsey, with a quantity of waste paper, and by him pre- sented to the Rev. C. Cotton, Vicar of Chertsey, bv whom it is deposited in the parish chest, March 25, 1852. C.C."

'This is followed by two lines of Hebrew. The book, however, disappeared from the parish chest, and was only recently found among some other papers by a resident, who took it to Mr. H. J. Bidwell, thinking he might be interested. The latter gentle- man has kindly lent it to me to examine, and informs me that at some future time he proposes to restore it to the church.

The arms of No. 8 are a stag's head on a chief party per fess, or and arg., a crescent gules.

9. Robert Hinde, Ks<j rc | of Chertsey Abbey, .departed this life | 10th February, 1693. | Robert Hinde, his eldest son [Died 3rd March, 1734. | Kli/abeth Hinde, his Widow and Relict | Died -5th August, 1736. | Venables Hinde | Their Grand- son by Obryana Venables | Daughter of John Venables, of Agden, Esq r | In the County of "Chester | and Obryana Leycester, Daughter of | Sir Peter Leycester, Bart., of Nether Tabley | Died 9th August, 1733. | Erected by Charles Hinde, of Langham Hall in the County of Essex, Esq* | and Robert Venables, of High Leigh in the County of Stafford, Ksq r.

10. To the Memory of | the Honourable Sir Henry Hotham | of Silverlancis in this Parish, youngest son of Beaumont, Lord Hotham | Vice-Admiral of the Red | Knight Commander of the Most Honour- able Military Order of the Bath | Knight Grand Cross of | the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George | and Commander in Chief of | His Majesty's Naval Forces in the Mediterranean | who died at Malta, April 19th, 1833, aged 56 years. | His Remains are deposited at the place of his decease | Where in testimony of his high Professional Character | Meritorious Public Services, and P^minent Private Virtues A monument has been erected by the officers of his Fleet. | Also | T9 the Memory of | The Lady Frances Anne Juliana Hotham | widow of the above, and eldest daughter of | John, first Earl of Stradbroke | who died at Silver-lands January 31 st , 1859 | aged 68 years.

11. Pareritibvs Decessis | Matthseo et Elizabeth.ee Cotton | ingenti cvm svorvm desiderio | havd ita pride m elatis | hoc in memoriam pietatis marmor | Hvivsce Pastor Ecclesiae | cvm Fratre ivnctisqve sororibvs | flentes posvervnt | A.D. MDCCCLVI. | Mortvi vocem filii Die avdierit | Eamqve Avdi- entes Vitam Recipient | Joh. 5. 25.

12. "For I know that my Redeemer liveth." [ To the Memory of | John Wightwick, Esq. | of Sandgates in this Parish, who died Deer. 27th, 1816, aged 75. | Elizabeth his wife | daughter of Thomas Browne, Esq., of Camneld Place, and Martha, daughter of George Needham, Esq. | of Wymondley Priory, both in the County of HertsJ who died May 29th, 1823, Aged 80. | Francis Wightwick, Esq r | also of Sandgates in this Parish, died March 3rd, 1843, aged 69. | Juliana Wightwick, died Sept. 20th, 1807, aged 32. | John Wightwick | of the Inner Temple, Esq re, died Jan. 27, 1814, aged 34. | Anna Maria Wightwick, died Dec r 22d, 1840, aged 63. | Winifred Wightwick, died May 17th, 1851, Aged 68. | Their Remains are interred in a Vault in this Churchyard. | Also to the Memory of Harriot, third Daughter of the above John and Eliz th Wightwick | who died Sep r 27th, 1803, and is buried in the Churchyard of Hertingfordbury in the County of Herts.

13. Sacred | to the Memory of | Soloman Hudson, Esq. | of this Town | who departed this life I Feb r > 23rd, 1829 | ^tat. 88. | Also Sacred to the Memory of | Charlotte Priscilla,* Relict of the above | she was the youngest daughter of j the late Rev d Egerton Leigh | Rector of Murston in Kent | by Sarah his wife | and she departed this life | April 10th, 1837 | ^tat. 65, | The Mortal Remains of the above are deposited | in a Vault in the adjoining churchyard. | "The Lord gaA^e and the Lord hath taken away : | Blessed be the name of the Lord."

Arms : Party per chevron embattled, argent and gules, three escallops, 2 and 1, counter-changed ; impaling Or, a lion rampant gules. Cre?t : Out of a ducal coronet a griffin's head erased.

14. To the Memory of | Nathaniel Rowe, of Chertsey, Esq r | who was the One and Thirtieth

Henry VII.
 * She was eleventh in direct descent from Kiiv