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 12 8. I. JUNE 3, 1916.] NOTES AND QUERIES.

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WILLIAM BROMLEY CHESTER, M.P. (12 S. i. 408), of Cleve Hill, co. Gloucester, was only ,son of the Rev. Francis Bromley, D.D., Hector of Wickham, Hants. His father matriculated at Christ Cnurch, Oxford, June 19, 1721, as " son of William Bromley of Bagginton, co. Warwick." He himself was baptized at Wickham, July 20, 1738, -and matriculated at Christ Church, Jan. 27, 1757. He married, April 20, 1765, Elizabeth Lucy, only child of Richard Howe Chester, -and heir of her uncle Tbomas Chester of Almondsbury and Knole Park (M.P. for Gloucestershire, 1734 till his death in 1763). Upon his marriage he took the additional name and arms of Chester. He was M.P. ior Gloucestershire from May 6, 1776, till his death, Dec. 12, 1780, aged 42. His widow, who died Jan. 9, 1799, bequeathed the manors of Almondsbury, Barton Regis, ,j&c., to her cousin Thomas Master of the Abbey, Cirencester, who afterwards repre- sented Gloucestershire from 1784 to 1796.

W. D. PINK.

FAMILY OF JOHN WALKER (US. xii. 101). A search among the Chancery Proceedings at the Record Office reveals that, in addition io the names already mentioned, the Very Rev. John Walker, B.D., Archdeacon of Hereford, left two other sons, viz. : John ^and William. The first named appears to have been the eldest of his family, while Mrs. Walker speaks of the latter as her youngest surviving child, who, she indicates, was born in 1737. I shall be glad to know af the eldest son John left any issue.

A. H. MACLEAN.

14 Dean Road, Willesden Green.

EDWIN EDWARDS, ETCHER (12 S. i. 389). ^Edwin Edwards, landscape painter in water- colours and etcher, born 1823 at Farningham (Kent), died 1879 in London. After 1861 he took up etching, on which his reputation 'Chiefly rests. His works appeared at the Royal Academy and at the Dudley Gallery. Amongst his best productions are a series of etchings -of English inns. The following water-colour paintings of Edwards are ^especially commended with regard to their light - and - shade effect : ' Beneath the Ohestnut-Trees,' ' The Harbour of Lyn- mouth,' ' Sunrise before the Rain,' ' The "Cathedral Church of Lincoln,' and other views of England (cf. Bryan's * Dictionary of Painters and Engravers,' illustrated -edition in 5 vols., 1903, and H. W- Singer's Frankfurt, 1895-1906) H, KREBS.
 * Allgemeines Kiinstler-Lexicon,' in 6 vols.,

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SPANISH LITERATURE (12 S. i. 287, 378, 397). It should, perhaps, be pointed out that while the ' History of Spanish Literature ' (1898), by Prof. Fitz- maurice- Kelly, in the Heinemann series, is almost certainly the best for the general reader, the same scholar published in 1913 a ' Litterature Espagnole ' (Paris, Armand Colin), which, unlike the earlier French edition (1904), is an entirely fresh work, and which, together with the bibliography issued separately, incorporates the additions made to our knowledge of Spanish letters during a particularly active period of fifteen years. H. O.

CLEOPATRA AND THE PEARL (12 S. i. 128, 198, 238, 354). ST. SWITHIN thinks Cleo- patra's pearl might differ from those used in medicine. Possibly, but it would still consist mainly of calcium carbonate, the residuum being organic, and therefore presumably insoluble, matter. The best pearls, I gather from Chambers, are the freest from organic matter, and therefore are the most soluble. The same authority says that three varieties of pearls, British, Australian, and Cinghalese, were found on examination to have an identical composition. The pearls used in medicine, says Quincy, were preferably the Oriental ones, especially those from Persia, " reckon'd the best." I believe the size and shape of the pearl are the most important considerations in determining the value.

C. C. B.

SIR JOHN SCHORNE (12 S. i. 3, 56, 258, 396). The body of St. Matthew, brought from the East in 930, is venerated in the crypt of the Cathedral of Salerno. This magnificent church, erected by Robert Guiscard in 1070 and restored in 1768, is dedicated to the Evangelist. The shrine has been for many centuries, and still is, a famous place for pilgrimage. It is worth noting that at the end of the south aisle is the chapel with tomb of Pope St. Gregory VII.

With regard to Catwade I find I have a note as follows : " Catwade Bridge is in Samford Hundred, in the county of Suffolk, where there may have been a famous chapel and rood (Gifford)." This is too vague to be entirely satisfactory. Unfortunately, I have omitted to mark the reference. It will be interesting to learn if there exist any further allusions to Catwade and its rood.

St. Saviour's is mentioned by Weever :

" In September, the same yeare, viz., an. 30 Hen. 8, by the speciall motion of great Crom- well, all the notable images, vnto the which were