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 12 S. V. Nov., 1919.]

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On the waist, which I have never pre- viously noticed until a few months ago, is incised : " . Wardens . Chvroh . R D . T G . IB." The first two pairs of initials would probably be those of the churchwardens and the latter the bellfounders'. The lettering on all the bells, except the second, is 1| in. size and the cross which is placed before and after the date is a cross paty. The fifth, which had become cracked, was recast in 1903 by Hears & Stainbank.

In 1905 two new bells were added to increase the ring to eight, and placed in an iron frame.

Inscription on new treble between the rims :

Mears & Stainbank, founders, London, 1906. On waist :

A.D. Dei gloriam

et in rnem :

Harriet Sarah Southby et Ann Herman -Fisher.

MDCCCCV.

Second, between the rims :

Mears & Stainbank, founders, London, 1906.

On waist :

A.D. Dei gloriam et in mem : Gul : Knowlton, Hampshire.

Hujus Eeclesiae. Vjcarii MDCOCXCV | MDCCCCV.

The old treble, now the present third, was also recast in 1906 to make the ring more harmonious. It is now inscribed, on the waist :

Cast A.D. 1629. recast A.D. 1906.

If the initials I. B. on the tenor bell are those of the bellfounder and he had any connexion with R. B., he might possiby have been his successor as R. B.'s bells are said not to occur after 1622.

The founder of the Bampton tenor bell used a diamond-shaped stop between each word. William Eldridge made use of a somewhat similar stop on the fourth, seventh, and tenor bells at Newport, Isle of Wight. When the fifth bell was taken away to be recast it weighed nearly 1 cwt. more than the founders anticipated. The tenor is a very fine toned bell and said to weigh nearly 30 cwt.

I hope to visit Bampton again soon and will inquire if there are any churchwardens' accounts which can bring to light any more information of the 1629 ring and the name of the founder. L. H. CHAMBERS.

Bedford.

OLD WATCH- AND CLOCK-MAKERS (12 S v. 237). John Price was apprenticed in 1678 to R. Nemes, Clockmakers' Company.

M.A.

R. S. SURTEES (12 S. v. 122, 245). The following was in The Times of July 27,. 1916:-

" Miss Elizabeth Ann Surtees, of Hamsterley Hall, Durham, eldest daughter of the late Kobert Smith Surtees, author of ' Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour,' and sister of the Dowager Lady Gort, left estate valued at 102,1121. gross, with 52,681Z. net personalty."

There is a good account of R. S. Surtees prefixed to an un-illustrated edition of ' Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities,' pub- lished, I think, about 1878. W. B. H.

Two POPES (12 S. v. 266). As regards the triple crown of the popes, Dr. Wood- ward notes ('Ecclesiastical Heraldry/ p. 151):-

" There is much uncertainty as to the time when the coronets were added to the original infula, the simple mitre of the Bishops of Rome. The usual accoiint is that the first was sent to Rome by Clovis. King of the Franks ; the second added by Pope Boniface VIII. (1294-1303); and the third' either by Benedict XIII. or Urban V. I recently remarked that on the tomb of Pope Boniface in the basilica of S. John Lateran the tiara has but one coronet. This is, so far as I am aware, the first appearance of it in connection with the Papal arms."

ST. SWITHIN.

TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTION (12 S. v. 267). Does not the line,

Hvic Lux Prima mori dedit Octobns, Seniori, mean that he died on the first of October [1125], at an advanced age ? The* comma after Octobris is misleading, and dedit mori would, I think, in classical times have implied that death was a boon which perhaps it was. In any case, it is good enough for " lapidary " Latin.

C. B. WHEELER.

The fifth line apparently means, literally, " The first dawn of October bestowed death on this old man " = "This old man died on the morning of October 1st."

N. POWLETT, Col.

[E. VV. B. and MR. JOHN B. WAINE WRIGHT also thanked for replies.]

MARRIAGES (12 S. v. 262). It would certainly be useful if readers interested in genealogy compiled lists of marriages from unpublished notes in their possession, but I am afraid their value would be slight if no place of marriage could be given. Failing that, the place of residence of either or both parties should be stated. It is the absence of places in statements of genealogical fact that renders them so difficult to verify. We all know this difficulty and are well