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 12 S. V. JULY, 1919.]

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DEVONIAN PRIESTS EXECUTED IN 1548-9. (See ante, p. 131.) Can any of your corre- spondents give ome information con- cerning a Devon and Somerset priest, who after a most adventurous life, including such events as an escape from the Tower and torture on the rack, is believed to have been executed ? a point I should be glad to olear up. I should be still more glad if I could learn with certainty his parentage. I refer to a George Stocker, who for many years lived in exile with the Earl of West- morland, took active part in the Babbington conspiracy, and was imprisoned in the Tower and Newgate. There is strong evidence that he was a member of the Somerset family (itself an offshoot from the Bedfordshire one), and was probably related to Dom Augustine Stocker of Downside and Glastonbury.

CHARLES J. STOCKER. The White Horse, Brundall, Norfolk.

SOCIETY FOR PRESERVING THE MEMORIALS OF THE DEAD. A society with this name was founded at Norwich in or about 1883. Is it still in existence, and what are its objects ? Has it published any works, and, if so, what are they ? J. W. F.

FUND FOR PRESERVING MEMORIALS OF rHE DEAD IN IRELAND. I have a report of this Fund for 1888 or 1889 (date wanting). Can any one say when the Fund was started, and if it is still in existence ? What reports, &c., has it issued ? J. W. F.

ETCHINGS BY T. PARKER, 1838. Mr. Parker's print-shop in Panton Street will be a, pleasant memory to many readers. He survived to a patriarchal age, but I cannot team anything of the history of the business }ther than it had migrated from Wardour Street (then Princes Street). It was possibly
 * iis father who etched in 1838 some small

elates (3| in. by 2 in.) of views near London. Fhe specimen before me shows two horsemen ind a toll-keeper at the entrance to a rising,
 * ree-arched road. A milestone inscribed

' X miles to London " possibly helps the attribution of the scene being the toll-gate iear the Bull and Bush, Hampstead Heath. \ further pencil note identifies the print as ' Etched by T. Parker, printseller, Princes Street, 1838." The late Mr. Fawcett years igo advised me of these etchings, saying here were six in the set and very few im- >re&sions, but this is the only example I have net with. I should be glad of any informa- tion about these etchings.

ALECK ABRAHAMS. 51 Rutland Park Mansions, N.W.2.

AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED. Can any reader supply the whole (with authors and sources) of the following poems?

1. Grandmother's garden was edged with box,

And quaint were the flowers that grew : Foxglove and fennel and ladylocks,

Marjoram, mint and rue. Fragrant it was with mullen pink,

And lilies of white and gold ; Never was sweeter a spot I think

Grandmother's garden old.

2. In a small New England garden,

Midst the larkspur and the box, Where the gold-glow is blooming With the brilliant hollyhocks, Stands a little sad-eyed mother.

W. M. DODSON. 63 North wick Road, Evesham.

3. Could any one kindly tell me who wrote a ballad which begins as follows ? Now praise to the Lord Almighty : there is no

God but One. Mahomet is his prophet and his will shall ever be

done. I rather think it was written in India.

PHILIP WITTAM.

W T hitmoor House, Sutton Park, near Guildford.

4. Can any reader inform me who wrote the following lines, and give any references? He was better than all my doubts and fears ; He made a bridge of my broken hopes And a rainbow of my tears.

GIFFORD H. JOHNSON. Feltham, 97 Park Lane, Croydon.

KENT FAMILY OF WINCHESTER AND READING.

(12 S. iv. 187, 274; v. 52, 106.)

MAY I be allowed to add a few supplementary notes to the article which appeared at the penultimate reference ?

WINCHESTER.

Robert Kent, Proctor for Winchester College in the Court of Arches, 14501. It was suggested that he was probably dentical with Robert the brother of Master Thomas Kent. I am informed that Robert bhe brother was a Bachelor of Laws. His will, in which he is described as of Hede- corn, Kent, occurs in the Calendar of Lambeth Wills for 1486 (109 Warham). The two brothers founded a chantry at Headcorn temp. Edward IV., the objects o the foundation being (a) for the souls of