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NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 B. iv. JULY, IM&

John Waters in his will left 4Z. per ann to the poor of Brecon, charged on premise where Lloyd's Bank now stands in Higl Street, and the money is still given everj year to eight poor tradesmen of the town This building, which is opposite the spo where the High Cross stood until the eighteenth century, may have been th place of business where John Waters made his fortune ; in any case it must have been his property. His will was proved in 1699.

The Waters family after they came to Brecon were buried in the south transept of the Priory Church, a remarkably fine church, worthy of being the cathedral it i hoped that it may yet become. This transept has also from early times borne the name of Capel-y-Cochiad, i.e. the Chapel of the Red-haired Men ; and when Hugh Thomas visited it on Aug. 24, 1700, he noted in his MS. book the following inscriptions :

" Catherine, wife of John Walters, Mercer, they had issue Margaret and Anne. She died 1669." And on another slab :

" Mary, wife of John Walters, Esq., daughter of Thomas Penry, Mercer. Died 6 Dec., 1682. Only one son surviveth her." On the same stone below :

" Hie sepultus jacet Johannes Walters, Armi- ger, Duabus uxoribus mystus hunc locum pro' tumulo Juxta ultimum conjugae viyens elegit Atrophia diu laboratus. Obiit deicimo [sic] Septimo die mensis August! Anno Christi 1 698, ^Etatis suse 60."

It is curious that Hugh Thomas, though a herald, does not, as was his wont, mention the coat of arms on the stone. Perhaps it was added later, for it was described by the county historian, Theo. Jones, when he wrote in 1805, as having a shield with eight quarterings, which he gave. The inscription and the arms can still be deciphered, though they are much defaced by time.

GWEXUJAN E. F. MORGAN. Brecon.

(To be concluded.)

INSCRIPTIONS IN ST. DEPTFORD.

PAUL'S,

THESE abstracts of inscriptions in St. Paul's Church, Deptford, were taken in September, 1913. One tablet was too high up for me to decipher.

NORTH WALL.

1. Mr. Allin Price, d. Jan. 8, 1831, a. 71. Ann Maria, his w., d. July 21, 1849, a. 88. Allin Foord Price, M.D., their son, erected this tablet.

2. Henry Brace Peart, Esq., of Brighton, formerly of this p., by his will, dated Mar. 21, 1892, and proved Dec. 10, 1896, gave l.OOOZ. for the poor of this parish.

IN THE CHANCEL.

3. Robert G. S. Bowring, Esq., d. in Blackheatb Eoad, Ap. 21, 1860, a. 71.

4. Charles Augustus Ferguson, Esq., d. Mar. 21,,

1830, a. 71. Elizabeth, his relict, d. Nov. 15,

1831, a. 75. Arms, A buckle between 3 boars'" heads couped, impaling, On a bend 3 leopards'" heads cabossed.

5. Mary, dau. of Benjamin and Sarah Finch, w. of Richard Hanwell of Oxford, gent., d. Nov. lo r 1764, a. 26. Mary, her infant dau., died a few days before [in Liatin]. Arms, Arg., a chevron between 3 griffins passant sable.

6. James Sayer, Esq., Vice-Admiral of the White, s. of John Sayer, Esq., and Katherine, dau. and coh. of Rear-Admiral Robert Hughes and Lydia his w., who all lie buried in the old church of this town, with many of their issue. In the war of 1739 he had the thanks of the- Assembly of Barbados, and he first planted the British standard in the island of Tobago. In the war of 1756 he led the attacks at the taking both of Senegal and Goree, and was Commander-in-

'hief off the French coast at Belle Isle at the time of making the peace hi 1763. He d. Oct. 29, 1776,.

a. 56. Arms, Quarterly, 1 and 4, Gules, a chevron between 3 peewits or ; 2 and 3, Az., a lion rampant or.

7. Henry, s. of John and Katherine Sayer, coh. of the late Admiral Hughes, b. Dec. 5, 1726, d- Jan. 28, 1789. Sarah his w., coh. of John Collier, Esq., of Hastings, Suss., b. Jan. 13, 1739/40 r d. Aug. 30, 1822. Three of their issue : Sarah,.

b. Feb. 11, 1770, d. Ap. 18, 1780 ; Mary, b. Nov. 30, 1773, d. Aug. 10, 1807 ; Henry Jenkinson Sayer, b. Dec. 7, 1777, d. Mar. 2, 1820. His dau.

lizabeth, b. Aug. 13, 1799, d. Ap. 16, 1806. He eft a widow and five children. Cordelia, eldest

dau., b. Ap. 18, 1766, d. Jan. 31, 1820, and was. mried in the chancel of the church at Pett,

"Sussex. Erected by their only surviving dau. and ister.

8. Mary Tebbut Mortimer, w. of Wm. Mortimer f Lewisham Hill, Blackheath, dau. of Matthew nd Mary Hannah ffinch, d. Ap. 17, 1837, a. 24. lary, their dau., d. Dec. 19, 1843, a. 9 years.

9. Susanna, w. of Peter Giles Pickernell, ommander R.N., d. Oct. 30, 1840, a. 64.

10. Arthur Putt, Esq., d. Sept. 4, 1836, a. 85^ lary his w., d. Ap. 9, 1832, a. 66. Arthur Henry /hamberlin, their gr.son, d. Ap. 10, 1837, a. 6 months.

11. Mary, w. of Capt. Henry Garrett, R.N.,, . Aug. 26, 1812, a. 39.

12. Elizabeth, w. of Adam Bell, Esq., many ears a resident in this parish, d. Dec. 15, 1809, . 53. Miss Elizabeth Bell, d. Oct. 3, 1814, a. 20. .dam Bell, Esq., d. Jan. 4, 1825, a. 73. Dorothy, r. of Mr. J. H. Shears, dau. of above Adam Bell, . Sept. 6, 1835, a. 47. Mary Ann, w. of Wm. toscawen Bell, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn, barrister,. . Ap. 10, 1833, a. 36.

13. A monument too high up to decipher.

14. Matthew ffinch, d. Mar. 20, 1745, a. 70. Senjamin his bro., d. Nov. 8, 1749, a. 62. Ben- amin, s. of the above, d. Nov. 18, 1767, a. 40.

arah, mother of the above Benjamin, d. Ap. 14, 774, a. 80. Mary Hannah, w. of Matthew ffinch, . Jan. 26, 1837, a. 66. Matthew ffinch, her husb.'" . Mar. 20, 1845, a. 78.

16. Sophia, w. of John David Bolt, Esq., of Jroomfield, Deptford, d. Feb. 11, 1833, a. 66~