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 se S. VI. JULY 7, 19(I).] NOTES AND QUERIES. 1 A LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1900. CONTENTS. -No. 132. NO'1‘BS:- Mural Monuments at St. Mar,gkaret’s, West- minster, 1-Walpole and his Editors, 2-Sh ’ espeariana, :t -Waterloo Names-“ Samhain ": “ Tamban ' : “ Kampau -Johnson’s Father and E zabeth Blaney, 6. QUBRI ES :-Pediment - Looking-glass Folk-lore-Cock1e- bread -Wife of Dean Robinson, 7-Kingdom of Kazar- Isaac of Norwich-"Rule, Britannia "-Latin Maxim- Hon. H. P et-Bri ham Town and Family-P*ucking a Proctor’s Sleeve-&asanova- ‘ Pélléas et Mel sande - Three Great Mediaeval Jokes- Pedigree Research-Gold Glgliato, 8- Psalm Tunes - Date of Bible - Authors Wanted, 9. REPLIES :-Installation of Midwife, 9-Women Barbers- Boundary Stones in Fields-Unicorns, 10 - Pocklington Pedigree-Moated Mounds - Napoleon’s Intended Inva- sion-Walton and Layer Families-London Will-Elverton Manor, 11 - Petition against Hops - “ Lata ' -Camplln Family - Pigeon Cure - Gorey or Gourey- ‘ Sale of Authors, 12 Pastophoria Oldest Trad ng Corpora non. 13-“l.O.U."-“ s<>u»"- “Devil walking thwvsh Athlone"-Banbury Epitaph-J. F. Smith, 14-Faggots for bumin Heretics- Sir A. Pitches-Baudelaire ,in English-"gleither fish nor flesh," &c.-‘ Tom Bowling - Portrait of Admiral Byng-Volant as Christian Name, 15 - Blenkard - Delagoa and Algoa - Infectious Disease among Cattle, 16 - The National Flag - Monastery at Biarritz-Pluto as God of Wealth, 17-“ Prooshan B ue in ‘ Pickwick] 18-“ Viridlcal,” 19. _ NOTES ON BOOKS :-Rhys and Jones's ‘ The Welsh People’-Ker's ‘ Essays of John Dryden’- Welrnan’s ‘The Parish and Church of Godalm na-‘Exhibitiori Paris ’-Murray's ‘ Evolution of English xlcography. Notices to Correspondents. guns. MURA1. MONUMENTS AT sr. MARGARET’S, VESTMINS'1‘ER, HIDDEN BY THE NEW ORGAN. RECENTLY (9°“lS. v. 284) I drew attention to some old inscriptions on the floor- stones under the new organ, and I now redeem the promise then and there made to deal with the wall tablets. Theywarethirty- seven in number, but it cannot said that the workmanship counts for much with most of them, as they are, in many cases, the memorials of local worthies, and the art_ of the statuary mason and sculptor was not 1n- voked to advertise their fame; still there are a few where this was done, and the effect was fairly good. Of these, of course, no reproduction could be made in these columns. Another thin must be said. When the re- storation of tge church took place in 1878, all the monuments were taken down from the walls, and when replaced, by very far the largest number of them were assiglned positions a. long way removed from t ose they originally occupied, there being only about twenty-five to be found _near where they were at first placed. It will be there- fore seen that the inscriptions must not be taken literally, but only as indicating that the bodies are at rest somewhere within the four walls of the church. The pity of it is great, but so many changes have taken place, not alwa s made by reverent hands, that this state of’ things would appear to be unpreventable ' at any rate the monu- ments are little likely to be moved a ain, which must be our chief consolation. 'lquere are twenty-two upon the north wall and fifteen ,upon the east wall of the north aisle now hidden from view, and it is these in- scriptions I intend givin, as a period longer than one cares to look forward to must elapse before they meet the wondering eye of man again. I arran e them alpha- betically as the readiest mode of reference, taking those on the north wall first, following on to those at the east end :- ' “ Under this Few lies the body of M" Elizabeth Alford I Wife o M' John Alford. She died the 8"‘ of November 1728 aged 69 I Here also lies the Body of M' John Alford I who was almost fift years a Parishioner of the Parish A one who was Jyust in all his Dealings 8; whose wor was y” same as his bond I and who never Broke a Promise he made for no interest whatever I He was a sincere Friend a good Husband and the most indul ent Father I to an Only Daughter that ever was Born and Endeared himselfe to her I by making her a Companion and Friend even in her Infancy I without ever putting on y° Severity of some Parents & which she alwa s acknowledgli IHe died the first of August 17%. Aged 72 I ere also lies Somersett Kerry Son in law to the above M' John Alford I He died 5‘*‘ of October 1725 aged 28 I And three Grand Children of M' Alford John Somersett I and Elizabeth Kerryrs who all Died young I This was put up by Eliza eth Moncriefe in a grateful I Remembrance of her Dear Parents 1758. ” “This monument is erected I to the memory of I M" Mary Baber I wife of James Baber Esq" of Kniglhtsbridge I and on? daughter of the late Nat an Smith Esq" I 0 Briglhton I obiit January 10"‘18°27 aged 77 I Also of t e said James Baber Esq" I obiit January 18"‘ 1830, aged, by their affectionate son John Baber Esq". “ Near this place I is Interr’d the Body of I Sarah Bettridge wife of I Charles Bettridge of His Majesty’s Excheq' I and ‘youngest Daughter of Tho' Brooke I of Maire and _alton in _Cheshire Esq" I Eldest Son of S' Peter Brooke Baner° I who was oun est Brother to S' Rich* Brooke I o Norton Halyiey, Bar* in the same County. I She was a good Wife, a Sin- cere Friend, and in every I Station of life, a valu- able Woman I She dyed April 3" 1743. Aged 53. I '1`he Abovementione M' Charles Bettridge I Dyed March l7“' 1755, I Aged 63 years.” “In the Chance Vault I of this Church are deposited I the Remains of I Elizabeth Dinwiddie Iwho died October 11"° 1773; ed 35 years. I She was Daughter of the late Rlbiliert Dinwiddie Esq’ I Lieutenant Governor of Virginia by Rebecca his wife. I As a Dutiful Daughter I A most affec- tionate Sister I ASincere and generous Friend I She was esteemed through Life and decpl lamented I Eg all who knew her. I The Virtues oly a Christian orned her Character I and shone most conspicuous at the Hour I of Death I which she met with a