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derived from his estate ; and Gunner's suggestion that this was the case (see Archaeological Journal, xvi. 166 et seq.) is fully borne out by the records. In fro- mond's elaborate will, which he sealed shortly before his death, there is no reference to the Chantry : on the contrary, his desire is to be buried " in medio cimiterii collegii beate marie prope Wynton," which would hive been a strange phrase to use had the Chantry already stood there ; and when, upon the completion of the building, the College, by deed dated 20 June, 1446, accepted the trusts attached to Fromond's benefactions, the Chantry was carefully described in the deed as " de bonis eiusdem Johannis sumptuose constructa." By August, 1437, the building had reached a stage which allowed of the consecration of the altar ; but, as Account-rolls show, various works which would naturally be left to the last still remained to be done : doors were supplied in 1438-9, including a door to the upper room, which was intended for a library ; and in 14434 the glazing of the windows was in the hands of Richard and John, servants of John Prudde of West- minster. The interval between Fromond's death and the deed of 1446 was occupied not merely with the building, but also with litigation and other legal troubles connected with his estate ; but Kirby, having taken the view that the Chantry was built by Fromond himself, sought to explain the delay over the acceptance of the trusts by suggesting that nothing could be done so long as Matilda Fromond was alive and enjoying dower out of her husband's pro- perties. " She was of the party," he says, in speaking of the consecration in 1437. She was, indeed, then in the Chantry, in body if not in spirit : she had been lying for quite fifteen years within the tomb there beside her husband. That is evident from an item in the Accounts of 1421-2 (under ' custus domorum cum necessariis ' ), which Kirby refers to, but apparently misread :

" In solutis pro cariagio iiij molarum cum all is pertinentiis ad moleridinum equinum dat' collegio per executores Relicte Johannis Fromond a Sparsholte usque collegium, iiijs."

With apologies for the digression I go back to the Hall-book of 1406-7, to note some gleanings from the field of guests :

1st quarter, 5th week, " Thomas Glasier ad prandium in alta mensa," presumably Thomas, the glazier who created the Jesse window in our Chapel, replaced in 1822 by Betton and Evans's copy of it ; 7th week, " f rater Ricardus medicus " ; 8th week,

" ij vitriarii," who dined sometimes " cum famulis " and sometimes " cum sociis " p llth week, "famulus Bory carians salem ab Hampton." 2nd quarter, 2nd week,. " Mr. Informator de alta scola " ; 3rd week,. " J. Bedman de villa," where, I suppose, " villa " means Winchester ; 4th week, " j heremita " ; 7th week, " soror custodis." 3rd quarter, 1st week, " Reginaldus Warnar et T. Warnar f rater eius," who had been Scholars in 1394, and were Founder's kin j 6th week, " uxor ballivi de soka et filia eius " ; 12th week, " j bresbiter," showing the scribe's pronunciation. 4th quarter,. 2nd week, " firmarius custodis de West- mene," probably indicating that Warden Morys had property there ; 4th week, " viij clerici de capella domini Episcopi Wynton " ; " duo moniales." This list will, I hope, con- vey an idea of the company which came and: went. H. C.

Winchester College.

(To be continued.)

JOHN ANGELL, THE LITERARY FELTMAKER.

SEVERAL inquirers in ' N. & Q.' of 1870- (4 S. v.) assumed that the author of ' Stenography ; or Short-Hand Improved,' was the professor of shorthand who lived for many years in Dublin, and this assump- tion was rather encouraged by writers on shorthand and the Catalogue of the British Museum Library 7. The fact would appear to be that there were two of these John Angells father and son.

John Angell senior, who hailed from Chichester, was by business a feltmaker in St. Clement Danes, London. By his will, made on 20 March, 1764, he disposed, among other things, of (1) the plates, copies, and copyright of ' Stenography ; or Short- Hand Improved ' ; (2) the copies and copy- right of ' An Essay on Prayer ' ; and (3) the copyright, when publication was completed, of ' The History of Religion,' which was then "publishing in weekly numbers " under an agreement with Chr. Henderson, Wm. Nicoll, and Joseph Johnson.. The will was proved on 17 April, 1764 (P.C.C. Simpson, 128), and the beneficiaries were his children : John, Mary (who was a A pointed sole executrix), and Ann.

According to the will the testator had twp Z's in his name ; it is so engraved in the title- page of ' Stenography,' and at the end of the preface of the signed and numbered copies