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BISHOP KEN. Can. MB. A. R. BAYLEY, or any one else, kindly inform me what was the coat of arms of the Bishop ? In the old English graveyard at Larnaca, Cyprus, are two tombs : one of a Mr. John Ken, with two coats of arms in elaborate scroll shields, one above the other. In the lower shield are three crescents intertwined, evidently a mere device, or perhaps a crest out of its usual position ; in the upper shield are the armorial bearings, Ermine, a chevron be- tween three crescents. The epitaph is as follows :

HERE LIETH THE BODY OF ION KEN ELDEST SON OP MR. ION KEN OP LONDON

MERCHANT WHO WAS

BORN THE 3RD FEBRVARY 1672

AND DIED THE 12 JVLY 1693

Another tomb on which the coat of arms has been effaced is inscribed :

HERE LIETH THE BODY OF MR. WILLIAM KEN MERCHANT

OF CYPRVS WHO DEPARTED

THIS LIFE THE 24 DAY OF JVLY

1707 AGED 29 YEARES.

The tombs lie close together, and pre- sumably refer to two brothers or near relatives. It would be interesting to know if they are related to the Nonjuring Bishop. Many Nonjurors acted as chaplains to the Levant Company. G. J., F.S.A.

JAMES BROOKE. (See mite, p. 132.) I have some autograph letters of Mrs. F. Brooke addressed to Cadell. In one she alludes to the publication of a piece called ' Rosina,' and in another she says, " Our little piece is in a train for coming out." This letter is dated 1788. MR. COURTNEY says Mrs. Brooke, the wife of James Brooke, died in 1782. Is Mrs. F. Brooke another person, or is MR. COURTNEY mistaken as to the date of her death ? R. M.

LEIGH, KENT. I am endeavouring to collect data for a history of this parish. If any correspondent can supply me with any references or information, 1 shall be grateful. Kindly reply direct.

R. VAUGHAN GOWER.

Ferndale Lodge, Tuubridge Wells.

" MARSHALSEAS." Two old accounts of about the year 1686, referring to the overseers' and churchwardens' payments for the parish of Broadwater, have the follow- ing item: "Item, payde un^o ye Marshal- seas. ' ' Can any reader give me an explanat ion of the probable meaning ? The entry seems unlikely to refer to the former court of that name. HUBT. E. SNEWIN.

BREWERS' COMPANY. I shall be glad of any references from the ancient and inter- esting (but, alas ! unpublished) archives of the Brewers' Company to the following members of the craft :

Thomas Addesonne, 1537.

William Anthony, 1527.

Thomas Bayley, 1482.

Richard Hagar, 1560.

Adam Hamond, 1365.

John Healde, 1594.

John Hutchins, 1568.

John Ingeam, 1467.

Roger James, 1581.

Henry Leake, 1560.

John Morris, 1560.

John Olyf, 1483.

Richard Pelter, 1579.

John Phalle, 1477.

William Ponipp, 1454.

Sly, 1566.

John Smart, 1348.

John Stevens, 1593.

John Stock, 1602.

John Thomas, 1479.

The dates at which the persons named served the office of Master of the Company, and the names and situations of their respective signs, will be especially welcome. Although each person is understood to have had some connexion with this locality, only a few of the signs under which they carried on business are known to me,

WlLXIAM McMuWRAY. SS. Anne and Agnes with St. John Zachaiy, Gresham Street, B.C.

ST. LEONARD'S, SHOREDITCH. On 30 June, 1837, there were 403 baptisms entered in the parish register of St. Leonard's, Shore - ditch. One immediately connects this with the beginning of civil registration, which started 1 July, 1837. But why this effort to get baptized before the commencement of civil registration ? I have heard the explanation offered that it was through a mis- taken idea that the State registration of births was to take the place of church baptisms, in the sense that there would afterwards be no more baptisms. Is there anything in print about this period bearing out this explanation? Do other registers show an increased number of baptisms at this period ?

The following entries seemed worth noting :

1730. Esther, dau. of John and Esther Bread and Wine, bapt.

1750, Sept. 30. John, son of John Baptist and Martha Christ, of Hoxton, Crown Street, bapt.

1750/51, Mar. 10. Mary, dau. of John and James Smith, of George Yard, bapt.

LEO C.