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of either of them, we may conclude from the foregoing facts that King John was not buried either in a monk's cowl or a monk's habit, and hope that the mistake may not be reproduced in any future publication. R. C. BOSTOCK.

STATUES AND MEMORIALS IN THE BRITISH ISLES.

(See 10 S. xi. 441 ; xii. 51, 114, 181, 401 ; 11 S. i. 282 ; ii. 42. 381 : iii. 22, 222, 421 ; iv. 181, 361 ; v. 62, 143, 481 ; vi. 4, 284, 343 ; vii. 64, 144, 175, 263, 343, 442 ; viii. 4, 82, 183, 285, 382, 444.)

RELIGIOUS LEADERS : PREACHERS, THEOLOGIANS, &c. (continued].

HOOKER.

Exeter. On 25 Oct., 1907, Dr. Robertson, Bishop of Exeter, unveiled a statue of Richard Hooker. It is placed on the Cathedral Green, and was the gift of Mr. Richard Hooker of Weston- super-Mare, a native of Exeter, and a descendant of Hooker's uncle, first Chamberlain of Exeter. The statue is of white marble, the work of Mr. Alfred Drury, R. A. It is 7 ft. high, and represents " the Judicious " Hooker in a sitting position. The pedestal is of grey granite, and on the front is inscribed :

Richard Hooker. 1553-1600.

Bishopsbourne, Kent. According to the parish register " Mr. Richard Hooker, late parson of Bishopsbourne," was buried there on 4 Nov., 1600. He died at the Rectory House, but the exact site of his grave is not now known. In the church is a mural monument erected thirty years after his death. It is richly ornamented, and con- tains in the centre a coloured bust of Hooker, clad in college cap and gown. Below is the following inscription :

Richardus Hooker, Exoniensis, Scholaris Sociusq. Collegij Corp. Christ. Oxon' deinde Londi. Templi interioris in sacris magister Rectorq. huius Ecclesiae. Scripsit octo libros Politise Ecclesiastic Anglicanae, quorum tres desi- derantur. Obijt Ao'. Do*. M DC in.* ^tat. suse L.

Posuit hoc pijssimo viro monumentum, An Do'. M DC xxxv., Guli. Cowper Armiger, in Christo Jesu quern genuit per Evangelium. 1 Corinth. 4. 15.

seventh year on 2 November, 1600.
 * This is incorrect. Hooker died in his forty"

At a cost of about 1257. a lych-gate was recently erected at Bishopsbourne in memory of Hooker. It was dedicated by the Bishop- of Croydon in June, 1911.

London. On the west wall of the south aisle of the Temple Church is placed a bust of Hooker, sculptured by A. Gat ley in 1851. It stands on a bracket, and is supported by three volumes, the central one labelled " Hooker's Ecclesiastical Polity." On the- bracket is the following inscription :

Richard Hooker Author of the Ecclesiastical Polity,

Sometime Master of the Temple. Born about the year 1553, died A.D. 1600.

THOMAS FULLER.

Broadwindsor, Dorset. On 23 Sept., 1910^ Mrs. Hutchings, wife of the Vicar of Broad- windsor, unveiled a cross which had been erected in the churchyard in memory of Thomas Fuller, who for over a quarter of a century was vicar of that parish. Sub- sequently a memorial brass w r as unveiled' in the church. It has been placed on the- south wall, near the fine old Jacobean pulpit trom which Fuller used to preach. It con- fains the following inscription :

In memory of Thomas Fuller, B.D. Born 1608 ; died 1661. Author of ' Worthies of England.' Prebendary of Sarum 1631-1661 ; Vicar of Broadwindsor 1634-1660, whose learning, wisdom and wit are deservedly held in high' esteem on both sides of the Atlantic.

Erected by a few British and American ad- mirers, September 23, 1910 the 250th anniversary of the sojourn of King Charles II. at Broad- windsor during his flight from Worcester.

Cranford, Middlesex. Fuller died in Lon- don on 15 Aug., 1661, and was buried in the- chancel of Cranford Church, of which h& had been appointed Vicar in 1658. On the north wall of the chancel a tablet is placed to his memory, consisting of an inscribed* slate slab framed in an oval emblematic border of white marble. The inscription i as follows:

Hie jacet Thomas Fuller 6 Collegio Sydneiano in Acad. Cantab.

S.S.T.D.

Hujus EcclesiaB Rector Ingenij acumine, Memoriae felicitate, Morum probitate, Omnigena doctrina,

(Historic^, pra3sertim)

Vti varia eius summa a3quanimitate composita testantur monument a

Celeberrimus

Qui dum viros Anglise illustres Opere Posthumo-

Immortalitati consecrate meditatus est

Ipse immortalitate est Consequutus

August 15, 1661.