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28 pieces. When the underside had been cleaned, it was found that several brasses had been utilized to make up the size required. The two upper pieces contain a transverse section of an ecclesiastic taken across the breast, the uplifted hands being hold together as in prayer. The figure must have been of gigantic size. This section is not large enough to show clearly the character of the attire; it is traversed by several narrow fillets enclosing a pellet between a quatrefoil and a rosette alternately. The third piece contains a perpendicular section of tabernacle work enclosing a pair of small figures, either Apostles or prophets. On the outer margin are the words in letters exactly resembling those on the brass of Abbot Thos. Delamere of St. Albans (v. illustration in H. Druitt's 'Costume in Brasses,' p. 46).

The small section engraved with the lady's toes bears on the reverse: Gilbertus Thornbern nuper rectorqui obiit undecimo Maii

1. What is the meaning of the first inscription? 2. Of what parish was Gilbert Thornbern rector?

.—At 6 S. ii. 168 (28 Aug., 1880) the following query appeared:

This query was apparently never answered, and I should like to repeat it, in the hope that some information may now be forthcoming, as since 1880 much has been written upon the subject of brasses, and there is hardly a county in England where brasses have not received more or less attention. In what county is Faceby?

[Faceby is in the North Riding of Yorkshire.]

.—I shall be glad if you will be good enough to explain to me the meaning of Wordsworth's lines:—

I have had an argument as to what was meant by the lines, and shall be grateful if you will give their meaning.

—In 1882 Mrs. Bloomfield Moore, of Philadelphia, privately printed a 12mo volume of 105 pages, which contains, with other things, 'A Chapter from the Modern Pilgrim's Progress.' This chapter is thus prefaced:—

Can any reader give me the name of this young man? The intimate relation between Mrs. Moore and Browning will be recalled. The dedicatory poem of this volume is "To my Friend Robert Browning."

.—I shall be pleased if any of your readers can supply me with information respecting the ancestors, descendants, and birthplace of Michael Godfery, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England in 1695.

.—Is it known whether Henry Vining, the father of Mrs. John Wood, was related to Frederick Vining and to James Vining? What relation was William Vining (if any), the actor, to these Vinings? The 'D.N.B.' notes that Frederick's daughter Fanny was Mrs. Gill; but Davenport