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 &*> S. IV. July 8, '99.] 35 NOTES AND QUERIES. Roman station. As the churches of Hexham and Ripon were built by the Romanizing St. Wilfred, and are both called " basilicas " by his friend and biographer Eddi, a resemblance in plan might be expected. It is not im- probable that Wilfred may also have been concerned with the plan of Repton during his sojourns in the Mercian Court. Since Roman inscriptions are used as materials for the construction of the Hexham crypt, it is clear that it cannot be a Roman edifice, and it is, indeed, recorded as the work of Wilfred.* It is interesting to compare the matured conclusions of the scholar best qualified to speak upon Roman Britain with Mr. Addy's contention that Hexham was a Roman muni- cipium. Mr. Haverfield, the editor of the Roman inscriptions of Britain for the Berlin 'Corpus,' writing from intimate knowledge of the district, thus treats of the alleged Roman occupation of Hexham:— " Castra Koniana ad Hexham titulis et lapidibus Romania ibi eruderatis nequaquam demonstratur; possuntemmonmesexCorstopitoperfluyiumadveeti esse, velut ara hodie evanida facta in ipso iliuiiinc reperta. Neque prodiisse ibi videntur reliquiae nunores."—' Ephemeris Epigraphica,' vii. 315. W. H. Stevenson. Petworth and the Percies (9th S. iii. 460). — Elwes's 'Castles and Mansions of Western Sussex' is responsible for the follow- ing account of how Petworth came to the Percies:— " In the reign of Henry I. the manor of Petworth became forfeit to the Crown by the rebellion of Robert de Belesme, the then owner. The king bestowed it upon his second wife, Adeliza or Alice la Belle, and she, upon her marriage with William de Albini, conveyed it to her brother Joceline de Louvaine, who became its lord in 1140. Joceline married Agnes, sole heir of William de Perci and Adelidis de Tunbridge, and assumed the name of Perci while retaining the arms of Brabant. From this marriage descended the groat family of Percy, which, although more closely identified with the northern counties, derived its title from the barony of Petworth for more than two centuries. Henry de Perci, Lord of Petworth, the father of Hotspur and Lord Marshal, was created Earl of North- umberland by Richard II. in 1377." Alf. T. Eveeitt. Portsmouth. In 'A Guide-Book to Midhur.st and Neigh- bourhood,' by G. 1). Wolferstan, 1884, it is " Domuni Domino fabrefactain fundavit, cuius J>rofunditatem in terra cum domibus mire politis apidibus fundatam, et super terrain multiplicem domum columnis variis et portieibus multis suf- fultam," &c. Similarly in chap. xvi. he seems to record the building of the Ripon crypt: " Basilicatn nolito lapide a fundamentis usque ad summum aedi- ticatam in altum erexit et consuromavit." stated that Petworth passed into the posses- sion of Henry de Percie, fourth baron, upon his marriage with Alianor Fitzallan, daugh- ter of John, Earl of Arundel, which appears to have taken place some time in the latter part of the thirteenth century. Wm. Douglas. 125, Helix Road, Brixton Hill. Jocelaine de Louvaine became possessed of the honour and manor of Petworth by gift from Queen Adeliza in 1140. He married Agnes, daughter of William de Perci, and " the lady would consent to marry Joceline only upon condition that he should adopt" her surname (' Petworth,' by Rev. F. H. Arnold, p. 15). Edward H. Marshall, M.A. Hastings. Friar Nicholas of Lynn (9th S. iii. 489). —Frere Nicholas Lenne, as Chaucer styles him, was a learned Carmelite of Lynn, and a writer on the astrolabe. A story from Hakluyt that Friar Nicholas voyaged in 1360, and at other times, "ad insulas septen- trionales antehac Europseis incognitas, has been often repeated, by Warton and others. Tyrwhitt says the story is a mere fable, and Prof. Skeat, alluding to charts of this friar's voyages said to have been presented to Edward III., remarks that "it seems pro- bable that the ' charts' which Warton says are ' lost' were never in existence at all." Nicholas died in 1369, and was buried at Lynn. Curiously enough, there is an oft- repeated, but foolish legend in local works that a certain Robert Bacon, of Cromer, dis- covered Iceland about the year 1405. James Hooper. Norwich. Why not consult 'D.N.B.' before seeking to occupy space in ' N. & Q.' with needless questions 1 All that is known ahout Nicholas of Lynn will be found in ' D.N.B.,' vol. xl. p. 418. A. F. P. Bunhill Fields Burial-ground (9th S. iii. 449).—So far as I know, no complete list of the inscriptions on the tombs in the " Great Dissenters' Burying-ground" or " Tindal's Burying-ground" has ever been published, but a copy of every legible inscription exist- ing in 1868, prepared by Mr. George Rogers, will be found in the office of the Architect to the City of London. This statement I make on the authority of the official hand- book to Bunhill Fields Burying-ground. The five works named below will, I believe, be found to include all that have been printed on this subject. I omit any reference to
 * ' Vita Wilfridi, auctoro Eddio,' chap. xxii.: