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With regard to the date of Prior's birth, it is as well to note that he is described as " setatis suse 17 " at the date of his admis- sion, 2 April, 1683. His father is described as " generosus," a term which surely would not have been applied to a joiner.

G. F. R. B.

ALIEN PRIORIES : THEIR CHARTULARIES <11 S. iii. 167). In ' N. & Q.' for 16 Jan., 1909 (10 S. xi. 57), an account appeared of the dispersal of the collection of deeds belonging to the Abbey of Fecamp in Nor- mandy. The abbey was all but destroyed in the Revolution, but the title-deeds, and MSS. containing the receipt for the famous sumably in the muniment room of the dis- tillery at Fecamp, along with numerous charters, giving or confirming properties possessed in England by the monks. The manors of Brede and Steyning in Sussex were given by Edward the Confessor to the Abbey of Fecamp. In * A Calendar of Documents, preserved in France, illustrative of the History of Great Britain and Ireland,' by Round, much information relating to the English estates of the French religious houses may be found. A. L. F.
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MR. ROWE will find, I think, full informa- tion in ' Bibliographic Generale des Cartu- laires Fran$ais ou relatifs a 1'Histoire de France,' by Henri Stein, published by A. Picard & Fils, Paris, in 1907. T. C.

Has MR. ROWE consulted the large revised edition of Dugdale's ' Moiiasticon Angli- canum,' which prints chartularies in many cases ? He might also consult the Abbe Gasquet's book on ' English Monastic Life ' in Methuen's series (with bibliography) ; and the Patent Roll Calendars for Inspexi- mus of the charters, which often embody a charter not otherwise obtainable.

D. M.

In 1779 John Nichols printed and pub- lished ' Some Account of the Alien Priories, and of such Lands as they are known to have possessed in England and Wales [col- lected from the MS. of John Warburton and Dr. Ducarel by J. N., i.e., John Nichols].' Copies of the same book were reissued in 1786 with a now title-page, on which the authorship was more definitely stated. To John Warburton (1682-1759) credit must be given for this work, though the volumes were revised and seen through the press by A. C.

Ducarel and Richard Gou'gh, both of whom added valuable notes, and Gough contri- buted a Glossary (see Nichols's ' Literary Anecdotes,' vol. vi. p. 631).

In the Public Record Office ' Lists and Indexes No. 5,' pp. 403-21, there is given a very extensive list of documents relating to alien priories which are preserved in the P.R.O., and the names of the places to which they relate. See also Scargill-Bird's * Hand book to the Records,' 3rd ed. (1908), p. 95 : and compare with the note on p. 80 of Walter Rye's * Records and Record Searching,' 2nd ed., 1897, in which he refers to the Reports of the Deputy Keeper in which lists of alien priories are given. In Dugdale (Bandinel's edition), vol. vii. p. 935, there is a list of a hundred and twenty or more alien priories. A. L. HUMPHREYS.

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An article on ' Alien Priories of the Isle of Wight,' published in The Archaeological Journal, 1872, vol. xxix., may perhaps afford some of the information required. An article entitled ' Dominican's Priory, Bristol,' which appeared in the Proceedings of the Archaeological Institute, 1851, may also be named. S. S.

"SEEKERS," RELIGIOUS SECT (11 S. iii. 207). Perhaps the information required will be found in one of the Thomasson Tracts E. 620 (6) with the title, "A Sober Word to a Serious People ; or, a moderate discourse respecting as well the Seekers (so called) as the present Churches, wherein the difference between them touching the administration is discovered and dis- cussed. . . .by a Lover of Truth and Peace," 1651. In the British Museum Catalogue, under ' Anabaptist ' at the press-mark 669. f. 8/27 is a broadside explaining their position. A. RHODES.

If MR. WILLCOCK refers to the ' Dictionary of Sects, Heresies,' &c., edited by the Rev. J. H. Blunt (Rivmgtons, 1874), p. 550, he will find a short account of this " sect of Puritans, which were afterwards merged in that of the Quakers, who professed to be seeking for the true Church, Scripture, Ministry, and Sacraments," where a passage is quoted from Baxter's * Life and Times,' p. 76.

F. W. BAXTER.

There are brief accounts of the sect in the Rev. James Gardner's * Faiths of the World ' and Dr. Brewer's ' Historic Note- Book.' J. HOLDEN MACMlCHAEL.