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 12 s. vni. FEB, 5,1921.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 115 ST. LEONARD'S PRIORY (12 S. vi. 90, 160, 178 ; viii, 34). In reply to MR. O. G. S. CRAW- FORD'S query at the last reference the remains of this building are not these of a priory, mit of a barn (spicarium) which the Cistercians of Beaulieu erected to store their harvest on this part of their estate. Quite close to the ruins of this great barn are the ruins of St. Leonard's Chapel, which was built for the iise of the lay brothers or conversi, who worked this part of the monastic property. ^The ruins of this chapel have doubtless given rise to the idea that it was a priory. The Oistercians were great agriculturists and -employed lay brothers to till their estates. Eventually the lay brothers were done away with and hired labourers took their place. These monastic estates were known as "granges," hence this property is cor- rectly described as St. Leonard's Grange. J. HAUTENVILLE COPE, Editor, Proceedings, Hampshire Field Club. ARMORIAL BEARINGS UPON TOMBS (12 S. vii. 450, 495). George Canning would appear also to have missed the true meaning of the verb "to blazon." The last two lines of the * Fragment of an Oration,' on p. 149 of "* Lyra Elegantiarum, ' read thus : My name shall shine bright as my ancestors' shines, Mine recorded in journals, his blazoned on signs ! J. R. H. HAMILTONS AT HOLYROOD (12 S. vii. 110, 172). In The Edinburgh Advertiser, dated Feb. 20, 1789, appears the following notice under deaths : "At Stockholm, Count Gustavus David Hamil- ton, Field Marshal of Sweden, aged 90. He entered the Army in 1716, and has been in several <chief battles, under different powers, since that time." Was the Countess Margaret Hamilton (the subject of the above references) the daughter of the Field Marshal ? And who were his parents ? Burke does not en- lighten me. JAS. SETON- ANDERSON. 39 Carlisle Road, Hove, Sussex. FRANKINCENSE (12 S. viii. 29, 72). The following facts on the use of incense in Ely "Cathedral are to be found on p. 87, ' Cathe- drals of England and Wales,' by Bumpus. Incense was burnt at the High Altar on the great festivals UD to the end of the eighteenth century. Dean Warburton dis- continued the use of the cope at Durham about 1780, because it discomposed his wig. Minor Canon Metcalfe and Prebendary Green at Ely persuaded the Dean and Chapter to discontinue the use of incense, the former because he was troubled with asthmatic tendencies and the latter, a "finical man," because it spoiled the odour of his snuff, to which titillating compound he had, in common with many of his clerical brethren of that day, an excessive partiality. Again, the following extracted from Aubrey's 'Natural History and Antiquities of Surrey,' 1718 (vol. ii. pp. 179-180) is of interest. Aubrey is writing on the monu- ments in Carshalt on Church and says : " On the S. wall on a black marble enchas'd in white are arms an urn or, and in capitals is this inscription : M. S. Under the middle stone, that guards the Ashes of a certaine Fryer, sometime Vicar of this Place, is raked up the Dust of William Quelche, B.D., who ministered in the same since the Beforma- cion. His Lott was, through God's mercy to burn Incense here about 30 Years, and ended his course, Aprill the 10. An. Dni. 1654, being aged 64 Years. 1. Beg. 13. 31. Quos bifrons templo divisit cultus in uno Pacificus tumulus jam facit esse pares. Felix ilia dies, qua tellus semina solvit, Quae placidae fidei regia condit humo. Hie 'sumus ambo pares, donee cineremque fidemque Discutiat reddens Christus utrique suum. Those whome a twofac'd service here made twaine* At length, a friendly Grave makes one agayne. Happy that day that hides our Sinfull Jarrs, That shuts up all our shame in Earthen Barrs. Here let us sleepe as one, till Christe the Juste Shall sever, both our service, Faith and Duste. Perhaps some of your correspondents could say whether this tomb and inscription still exist in Carshalton Church. CHR. WATSON. 294 Worple Boad, Wimbledon. AMONG THE SHAKESPEARE ARCHIVES (12 S. viii. 66). It may be of interest to mention that I have an inventory dated 1556 of the goods and chattels of Hugh Raynolds, deceased, late of Strat ford-on- Avon, ap- praised by Awdryan Quyney, William Mynse(?), Francis Barse (? Barfe), John Burbage, and Richard Symonds. The inventory, which is of interest as enumerating the furniture and belongings of a prosperous citizen of the period and the values set upon them, I propose to publish in the Antiquarian column of The Evesham Journal : and afterwards to present it to the Trustees of the Shakespeare house at Str&tford-on-Avon. CHARLES S. TOMES. Welbeck House, Wigmore Street, W.