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This is a Greek proverb. Ον Φιλει Θεος αποθνηςκει νεος.

Cannal in mourning. Cannal, is Canwell, the seat of Sir William Persall. The family of Persall, or Pershall, was ancient in Staffordshire; for it appears, that Adam de Pershall, who married Agnes, daughter and heir of John de Gaverswall, was sheriff of that county, 15. Edward III.

The estate, and house of Canwell, formerly a priory, and a beautiful spot, about five miles from Lichfield, is now the property of Sir Robert Lawley, Bart.

So Waller, 'On the Death of my Lady Rich:'

Ibid. Lady Southcote was Elizabeth Aston, eldest daughter of Walter, second Lord Aston, and wife of Sir John Southcote, of Albery, in the parish of Merstham, in Surrey.

"At Albery, was formerly a capital mansion house, the residence of the Southcotes. The family were Roman Catholics, and are said to have quitted in disgust, on being refused burial for one of them in the chancel. The house was called Albery Place, and was taken down in 1750. The chapel is said to have been very splendid. The loss of this family was long felt in the parish, and a grateful remembrance of their extensive charities, has been handed down to the