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NOTES AND QUERIES.

In short, I despise them ; and as for my soul, It may rise the last day with my bones "from this

hole.

But about the next world I ne'er trouble my pate : If no better than this, I beseech thee, O fate 1 When millions of bodies rise up in a riot, Good God ! let the bones of old Margaret lie quiet.

So far my notes taken at the time. I have recently ascertained that there was no Chancellor of Carlisle of the name of Ram- shaw, but that the Vicar of Brampton, the Rev. Thomas Ramshay, sent a copy of the verses to the then Chancellor, who hastened to Brampton, and stood over the mason while he erased the lines.

The following notes have been sent to me by Mr. C. Cheesbrough of Brampton, a son of my original informant, from whom I understood that the first line ran " My vocation now ends " :

" The Margaret referred to in the above epitaph was Mrs. Margaret Richardson of Great Easby in this parish, and grandmother of the eccentric Mr. Richard Richardson, saddler, of Brampton, better known as ' Sir Andrew Dick.' And it is said that she left him the estate of Great Easby on the condition that he inscribed the epitaph on her headstone, otherwise it would pass into other hands.

" It is stated that Margaret came to Brampton with the Young Pretender in 1745, and was present at the house in High Cross Street (late occupied by Mr. George Lawson Swallow as the Freemasons' Arms) when the Mayor and burgesses of Carlisle presented the keys of the city to the Pretender after it surrendered to the rebels.

" It is generally believed she was a scion of the noble house of Douglas, but, if so, she kept the secret well, as she was in no way communicative to those about her, not even to her husband, who always stood in great awe of her. Her husband was Mr. Thomas Richardson of Great Easby, grandfather of ' Sir Andrew,' whom she long survived, but had no issue.

" Any visitor to the old churchyard (on entering the porch) may see the headstone, blank and defaced, to the left of the doorway, clamped to the wall."

In reply to my inquiries, Mr. Cheesbrough wrote to me saying he had no doubt that Margaret received Christian burial, though the vicar could find no record of it in the register. And as the headstone is now " blank and defaced," the date of her death cannot, so far as I know, be ascertained.

Winterton, Lines. J> T> F "

ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL : STEWARDS OF THE SCHOOL FEASTS. (See ante, p. 38.)

IN the introduction to the first portion of my list of Stewards concerning whom I seek further information I gave a short account

of the St. Paul's School Feasts. I shall be glad to receive any particulars relating to the Stewards whose names follow :

Edward Gibbon, 1701. Was he related to Thomas Gibbon, the son of M. Gibbon, draper,, who went up from St. Paul's to St. John's College, Cambridge, in February, 1685 ? John Holloway, 1701.

j George Huxley, 1701. Was he related to Thomas Huxley, who was Steward of the Feast in 1707 ?" Can he be identified with George Huxley, who was the son of F. Huxley of Broxley, Salop, who was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1666 ? Edward Haulsey, 1702.

Samuel Jackson, 1700. Can he be identified with Sir Samuel Jackson of Cornhill, who died in 1733 (vide Gent. Mag., p. 46) ? John Killingworth, 1698.

Samuel Lloyd, 1698. Can he be identified with Samuel Lloyd, the son of John Lloyd of St. Andrew's, Holborn, armiger, clerk* of the Petty Bag Office in Chancery, who was ad- mitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1694 ? Henry Lovibond. 1701.

Edward Nelthorpe, 1699. Is this a, brother of Charles Nelthorpe, who proceeded from St. Paul's to Jesus College, Cambridge, in 1708 ? Anthony Nicoll, 1702. Edward Parr, Proctor, 1702. Richard Robinson, 1699. George Smith. 1698.

Anthony Smith, 1699. Can he be identified with Anthony, the son of Robert Smith, citizen and grocer of London, who was admitted to Gray's Inn in 1668 ? Dr. Thomas Sutton, 1699. Samuel Smithin, 1701. Samuel Stebbing, 1702. John Tully. 1699. Benjamin "Tinn^, 1700.

Christopher Tilson, 1700. Is this Christopher Tilson, who died in 1702 after being for 58 years one of the four chief clerks of the Treasury,, and can he be identified as a brother of George Tilson, the son of Nathaniel Tilson, who went up from St. Paul's to Trinity, Cambridge, in 1689 ? He became a fellow of his College, an F.R.S., and was for more than thirty years an Tinder-Secretary of State. John Tayler. 1701. Timothy Alleyn, 1710. Maurice Atkins, 1711.

Gabriel Ayres, 1714. Was this a relation of Thomas Ayres, mentioned above as Steward of the Feast in 1702, or of Col. John Ayres, the writing master to the School ? James Anderton, 1717. One Joseph Anderton is described as a benefactor in the Catalogue of the School library dated 1743. James Brace, 1707. Can he be identified with James Brace, for forty years secretary to the Irish Society, who died in 1749 (Gent. Mag,, p. 336) ? Thomas Barrow, 1708.

Henry Bull, surgeon, 1708. Was this Henry Bull, surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, who died in 1728 ? Thomas Batson, 1709. John Benson, 1711. Nathaniel Stanford, 1712.