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^celebrated their diamond wedding, were natives of i;he county, and were married at Durham in 1852. They have four children, 18 grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren."

(7) Phillimore's ' Parish R3gisters,' Hunts, vol. i., 1912. Ramsey Marriage*: Richard Cawthorn to Rebeceah Brooks, 7 May, 1722 (p. 41) ; Freeman 'Cawthorn, p. Chatteris, to Mary Groomes, lie. 24 Oct., 1769 (p. 62) ; William Cawthorn to Ann \Stacey, 11 Oct.. 1810 (p. 82) ; John Cawthorne.p R., to Mary Woodcock, p. Hemingford Grey, 15 Oct., 1812 (p. 83) ; Frederick Cawthorne to Mary Malpress, 10 Nov., 1835 (p. 101). Bart/ Marriages /Thos.Cau- ^thorn to Alice Lavender, lie. II Sept., 1737 (p. 118).

I have consulted 10 S. ix. 218, as directed "by MR. EUGENE F. McPiKE at 11 S. vi. 328, ^without finding the note.

HERBERT E. NORRIS.

Cirencester.

GRILLION\S CLUB (11 S. vii. 349, 390, 474). I think that theije is an error in the list of portraits of members of the club given by MR. T. SHEPHERD at 11 S. vii. 393: Patten, T. W., should, I think, be Patten, .J. W.

It does not appear to be probable that Thomas Wilson Patten was a member of the club. He sat only in the 1812 Parlia- ment, i.e. 1812-18. It is, however, very likely that his son, John Wilson Patten (Lord Winmarleigh), was a member of the 'dub. He was a member of the House of 'Commons for many years. Excepting the 1831-2 Parliament (not quite eighteen months), he was a member of the House of 'Commons 183074, when he was raised to the peerage, having been Chairman of Committee, ^1852-3; Chancellor of the Duchy, 1867-8; Chief Secretary for Ire- land," 1868-9 ; as well as Colonel of the 3rd Royal Lancashire Militia from 1842. He was appointed Militia Aide-de-Camp to the Queen. 18GO ; Privy Councillor, 1867. 'See G. E. C.'s ' Complete Peerage.'

Stafford Borough was the constituency for which the father sat in the one Parlia- ment as above, when he bore the name of 'Thomas Wilson. It was not until 1823 or 1824 that, resuming Patten as a final sur- name, he took the name of Wilson Patten. 'See my note on John Wilson Patten, 11 S. i. 23. He died 5 December, 1827.

ROBERT PIERP,OINT.

THE PARLIAMENTARY SOLDIERS AND CHARLES I. (11 S. vii. 429, 497). Sir Wil- liam Sanderson, Gentleman of the Chamber to the King, is responsible for the story of this outrage. In 1658 he published ' A Compleat History of the Life and Raigne of King Charles from his Cradle to his

Grave'; and on p. 1132, after describing the King's trial, he writes : " After Sentence, the King being hurried away,

was mocked of the Souldiers they laying aside

all reverence to Soveraignty, acted Triumph on the Prisoner, crying out justice, justice. That one defiled his venerable face with spittle, I abhor to say it was wittingly done, but we are assured he wiped it off with his Handkerchief : they puft Tobacco fume (no smell to him more offensive) and cast their Tobacco pipes at his feet."

The volume has an excellent stipple portrait of Sanderson, who died in July, 1676, in his ninety-first year, and was buried in the north transept of Westminster Abbey, with a " curious monument of Alabaster adorned with a Busto or Head " (Jodocus Crull's ' Antiquities of St. Peter's, West- minster,' 1711).

In 1694 was published by Wm. Howell, LL.D., a fourth edition of 'The Lives and Reigns of the Monarchs of England,' and on p. 332 occurs the following :

"The Souldiers reviled him with many irreverent Taunts, blew their stinking Tabacco into his Face, which they knew to be very distastful to him, and one or two, more barbarous than the rest, spit in his Face, the good King wiping it off again."

The incident happened on 27 January, 1648/9, immediately after the conclusion of his " trial," when sentence of death had been passed upon him.

WM. NORMAN.

HISTORY OF CHURCHES IN SITU (11 S. vi. 428, 517; vii. 55, 155, 231, 298, 377; viii. 12). I understand that the old church of St. Laurence, Caterham, has recently been pulled down and the materials sold to a local builder or con- tractor, but have not been able to verify the statement by a visit to the spot. I saw, however, in a garden at Purley some months ago the moulded base of a pillar which was said to have come from the church. PENRY LEWIS.

" RAISING FEAST " (US. vii. 488 : viii. 32). This custom prevails all over Germany. When the framework of the roof (Dachstuhl) is finished. a wreath or crown, made of flowers intertwined with gay ribbons (der Richt(e)- kranz), is put on top of it, or on some of the beams ; the foreman of the carpenters (der Polier older form. Parlierer) makes a little speech, more or less stereotyped, which he addresses to the owner of the new building (der Bauherr), and the latter has traditionally to acknowledge this honour by a treat given to the mechanics and workmen employed during the construction. This feast is called "das Richt(e)fest " or