also of Elizabeth his wife, who departed this life ye third day of May, 1701 :— (Sable), three mallets argent-Browne; impaling (Argent), three greyhounds passant (sable), collared (or)—Wigmore. Near to the above is another to Francis Browne, Esq., who departed this life August 18, 1751. On it are the arms of Browne as above, quartering, 1. Per bend argent and sable, three mascles bendways counterchanged; 2. Or, on a fesse gules three crosses patée argent; 3. Argent, on a bend sable, a bezant in chief. (The crest of the family was-On a wreath argent and sable, a stork's head couped, and the neck nowed gules, between two wings displayed argent.) When I visited this church in May of the present year I found the last-named memorial, but partly hid by the pews, which no doubt is the case with the former. On the latter is a small square piece of white marble inserted, which bears the initials "M. P. 1839," in allusion to the death of Mary, the only daughter and heiress of his nephew, Thomas Trollope, esq. (son of his sister Anne by Thomas Trollope, Esq., who was descended from Matthew Trollope, Gent., of the parish of All Saints in Stamford, youngest son of Sir Thomas Trollope, the first baronet, by his second marriage with Mary, daughter of Sir Christ. Clitherow, Knt., Alderman of London; Lord Mayor of the same in 1636, and who died in August, 1691), who, upon succeeding to the estates of his uncle, assumed the surname of Browne, and died in 1770. Mary, his only surviving daughter and heiress, married Aug. 29, 1793, the Right Hon. George Fermor, third Earl of Pomfret and fourth Baron Lempster. Her ladyship died s. p. Sept. 17, 1839. She was the last of the descendants of this ancient and wealthy family, to whom the town of Stamford stands indebted for the erection of All Saints (then All Hallows) Church, and a callis (a local name for an hospital), which bears their name. BARHOLM. (Lincolnshire.) This church is well worthy of a visit by the architectural antiquary. The south doorway is enriched Norman, so are also the north arches of the nave. On the north side of the tower are the initials "I. H. 1648," and below is this inscription: "Was ever such a thing Sinc (sic) the creation, On the east wall of the north aisle is a monument to Richard Walburghe, Gent., of Stamford, lord of the mannor of Barholme-cum-Stowe, which he purchased in 1705, and fell asleep in ye Lord on ye 21st day of May, Anno Dom 1751. It was erected to his memory by his widow, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Edw. Curtis, Gent., late of Stamford. At the top is a coat of arms, and by the assistance of a ladder I was enabled, although it was almost obliterated, to distinguish the following:- Bendy of four, impaling Chequy argent and azure, or else, or and azure. The families of Walburghe and Curtis are old Stamford ones. In the list of the tradesmen's tokens struck at Stamford in common with almost every town in England, there is one in the cabinet of Mr. H. Boor, of Stamford, issued by one of the same surname about 1660, in conjunction with A. Manton, which reads thus: Obverse.-S. Wallburgh, A. Manton; in the centre a shield of arms charged with a chevron between nine garbs. The issuer of this token may have been of the same family as the personage who is commemorated on the monument in the above church, who at his death left I think three daughters and a son. The manor afterwards became the property of the Ullet family, by whom it was recently sold to the present Right Hon. Sir John Trollope, Bart., M.P. West Deeping. (Lincolnshire.) At the west end of the south aisle is a monument to John Figg, Gent., who died Sept. 27, 1792; also to four sons and one grandson. On the top are-Quarterly: 1 and 4, Per bend crenellé argent and gules; 2 and 3, Gules, a wolf salient, argent. Crest, An ostrich proper. On the east wall of the same aisle is a tablet to Mary, widow of John Figg, Gent., who died Nov. 20, 1827. Crest, as the last. And on the south wall of this aisle are monuments to 1. Richard Figg, Gent., who died Dec. 6, 1729; Anne his wife, who died March 22, 1714; William their second son, his wife Mary, and also to six of his brothers. Same arms and crest. 2. Mary Figg, who died May 31, 1819. Same arms, no crest. 3. Frances, wife of Richard Figg, Gent., who died June 29, 1762; also of Richard Figg, Gent., who died Sept. 6, 1785; Mary their daughter, and Richard their grandson. Same arms and crest. At the west end of this aisle is the font, a very good specimen of the Early English style, but unfortunately its beauty is hid by the many coats of drab paint it has been covered with. Round it are these arms: 1. Two bars, in chief three torteauxes. 2. A fesse indented, five fleurs-de-lis, (3, 2). 3. Three chevrons. 4. A fesse, in chief two bars dancette (?), in base three torteauxes. 5. On a fesse five cross crosslets. 6. A fesse between three chevrons (?). 7. Four bars embattled. 8. Billety. HOLYWELL. (Lincolnshire.) In the east window are three coats of arms: 1. Or, two chevronels engrailed gules, on a canton of the last, a mascle or. Crest, A buck's head couped or. 2. Same as the last; impaling Argent, on a chevron sable, five horse-shoes or. Crest, A greyhound (?) statant or. 3. Same as No. 1, impaling Vert, three storks in fesse or. Crests-1. as No. 1, 2. An eagle displayed or. The glass below is composed entirely of stained glass, but put together in a very disjointed manner. Among it I distinguished the following heraldic fragments :Sable, a lion rampant argent; Sable, an eagle displayed or; and Sable, a fleurde-lis or. At the bottom is this crest: - A stag proper lodged, holding in its mouth a branch vert. This estate is now the property of the Reynardson family; Charles, who lives at the hall, is the High Sheriff of this county. It formerly belonged to a family named Goodhall, the earliest member of which, William, was living temp. James I.; and the last, William Goodhall, Esq., died in great poverty, at Tinwell, Rutland, in August 1766, and was there buried. The arms of this family were,-Or, a pile sable, on a canton azure a saltire engrailed argent. In this church also was buried, in October, 1766, Henry Dove, Esq., Sheriff of the county in 1761. He was the lineal descendant and heir of Thomas Dove, Bishop of Peterborough, Chaplain to Queen Elizabeth. The arms granted to the bishop by Dethicke, Garter and Camden Clarencieux, on the 5th of May, 1601, were Azure, a cross patée between four doves argent. BOURN. (Lincolnshire.) On the south wall of the chancel is a small brass plate on a marble tablet, to James Digby, Esq., Obt. August 20th, Anno Dom. 1751. Above are these arms,— Azure, a fleur-de-lis argent, impaling Gules, three lions rampant argent. Next to the foregoing are the following tablets: 1. James Digby, esq., of Red-hall, in this parish, a Deputy-Lieutenant of the county, who died August 7, 1811; also his father James, and his mother Elizabeth. Arms, Digby, impaling Azure (should be gules), a saltire or between four bezants, a chief ermine-Hyde. Crest, An ostrich proper-Digby. Mr. Digby was the last heir male of the ancient family of that name, of South Luffenham, Rutland, descended from Sir John Digby, of Eye Kettleby, Leicestershire, third son of Everard Digby, Esq., who was slain in the cause of Henry VI., at the battle of Towton (the English Pharsalia), Yorkshire, May 29, 1461. 2. Catherine, relict of James Digby, and sole daughter and heiress of the Rev. Humphrey Hyde, late Vicar of this parish, and Rector of Dowsby, and last male descendant of the family of Hyde, of Langtoft, in this county. She died 29th of February, 1836. Digby impaling Hyde. This lady was descended from John Hyde, Gent., of Thurgarton, Notts., whose grandson Bernard, of London, merchant and renter of the customs under James I., died in 1630. The arms granted to the family by Sir William Segar, Knt., Garter, &c., 16th Sept. 1609, were-Gules, a saltire or between four bezants, a chief ermine. Crest, A unicorn's head coupé argent, armed and maned or, collared vairé or and gules. Above a tablet to George Pochin, Esq., Colonel of the Leicestershire Militia, Deputy-Lieutenant of the counties of Leicester and Lincoln, who died May the 13th, 1798, also of Eleanor Frances his wife, daughter of Sir Wolstan Dixie, Bart., of Bosworth-park, Leicestershire, who died on the 15th day of July, 1823, are two hatchments, one bearing-Or, a chevron gules between three horseshoes sable, a crescent argent for difference-Pochin; impaling Azure, a lion rampant or, a chief of the last-Dixie. Crest, A harpy, with wings, proper, full-faced. Pochin motto, In cœlo quies. 2. The same, excepting there is no crest or motto, and the impalement is on a shield of pretence. On the roof are figures sustaining shields of arms. Those on the north side are:— 1. Barry wavy of ten, gules and or. 2. Azure, a cross or. 3. Party per cross gules and or, in the first quarter a fleur-de-lis or. 4. A cross moline argent. Those on the south side are the same, the only difference being in placing them. On the south side of the churchyard is a monument to Mr. John Haughton, who departed this life Jan. ye 18th, 1727; also to Thos. Barney, Gent., son of the Rev. William Barney, of Worstead, Norfolk, and Dorothy his wife, who departed this life Nov. 18th, 1759. Arms, Three bars. Crest, A bear's head (?) erased, gorged with a collar. This church forms part of the abbey founded by Baldwin Fitz Gilbert, youngest son of Richard Fitz Gilbert, lord of Tunbridge and Clare, in the year 1138, for an abbot and eleven canons of the Augustine Order. It of course shared the fate of its brethren, being suppressed in 1540. Its revenues, according to Leland, were valued at £200; by Dugdale, at £157 14s. 6d. ; and its site was granted to Sir Richard Cotton, Dec. 21, 30th Hen. VIII., John Small, the last abbot, receiving a small retiring pension. THURLBY. On the south wall of the chancel is a small monument to James Trollope, Merchant (second son of James Trollope, esq., of this parish), who departed this This gentleman was the second son of James Trollope, Esq., who died June, 1649, by Alice his wife, daughter of Anthony Oldfield, Esq., of Spalding, in this life August 16th, 1709. Also to Jane and Margaret Minshull, daughters of Thomas Minshull, Esq., of Erdswicke in Cheshire, by Alice his wife, sister to James Trollope, Merchant. Jane dyed March 21st, 1735, Margaret dyed June 5th, 1740. Arms and crest as Trollope, Bart., and below is a crescent having within the horns a mullet for difference. THE TURNERS OF THERTFIELD. MR. URBAN, - In reply to your correspondent of July last, respecting the Turners of Thertfield, it may not be uninteresting to him or others of your readers to know that the mother of Bishop Turner was buried in the parish church of St. Giles, Oxford, to which parish (quoting from the Table of Benefactions in the vestry) "Mrs. Turner, relict of Wm. Turner, D.D., gave 20 lb. (sic) interest yearly to four poor widows." A mistake is here made in the Christian name of Dr. Turner, as will be seen from the following copy of an inscription upon a slab in the floor of the church, which records this lady's near connection with two persons of some historical note, viz., Secretary Windebank and Bishop Turner :— Sanctissima Matrona Margareta Turner, Dni Francisci Windebank Thomæ Turner, S.T.P. Eccles: Cathed: et Metropolit: Cant: Dec: Above the inscription is a coat of arms :-Argent, a lion rampant between three crosses moline, gules; impaling Azure, a chevron between three doves (?), or. As these date nearly a century before Sir Barnard the thrifty, they may furnish "A Reader" with some information respecting the armorial bearings of this family. I am, &c., THOMAS GILES. Oxford, Oct. 14, 1862. county. James Trollope, Esq., who died in 1619 as above stated, was the youngest son of William Trollope, Esq., of Thurlby (who died June 8, 1637), by his wife Alice, daughter of William Sharpe, of Bourne, and was the father of Thomas Trollope, Esq., of Casewicke, Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 16th Charles I., created a baronet Feb. 5, 1641-2, and died May, 1654. GENT, MAG, VOL. CCXIII. 4 U THE HOPER FAMILY. MR. URBAN,-Being in possession of some old family papers, which appear to me to possess an historical interest, I propose to furnish you with some extracts from them, if you think them deserving of insertion in the GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE; and I am induced to do this with a double view, viz., of communicating them to those of your readers who take an interest in such subjects, and also for the purpose of procuring information from some of your correspondents. "WORTHIE LADIE,-Excuse my slouth I pray you and ympute not to me my long negligence, how I have worthelie deserved yo' censure. "I thanke God my health and willingness to write is not wanting, but the waie is so far distant from my house to the inne where the carier lodgeth, as that it up (sic) 2 houres in these short daies, before he can retourne by whome I sende my l'res-yet notwithstanding I will not faile to present my service to yo' Lap at some one tyme or other, as a fitt occasion shall be offred. When it shall please yo1 La to write, if so you be health it will much ioye me that after long affliction it hath pleased God to send you peace and rest. I acknowledge myselfe much beholden to yo good daughter the La. Boteler from whome my wife hath received of late no small curtesies. If it shall lye in me to deserve them she shall not fynde me ungratefull, but readie to requite them. "His Matie so much desireth the good and welfare of his poore subiects in the country as that by his p'clamac'ons and a late censure of £1000 in ye Starchamber upon one Mr Palmer of Parham in Sussex he sheweth his displeasure against such gentlemen as having mansion houses in the country, to enriche themselves doo hyre chambers in this citie, to the great hinderance of the poore that ought to be relieved and holpen wth foode and sustenance at their gates: If this course shall be well observed for a fewe yeares, that gentlemen (except in the Terme tymes, and then also must leave their famelies behinde them) shall keepe at their houses in the countrie, poore people wilbe much better governed and kept in order then for many yeares it hath bene. "Or wonted Corantoes whereby wee have bene advertized of th'affaires in Germany and oth foreigne pts have bene forbidden to be printed for these 5 or 6 weeks, for what cause wee knowe not: yet at some tymes by l'res sent to o merchants from their factors wee gett some knowledge in what estate matters stande there. The Kynge of Sweden (notwithstanding the Emp'ours great army und the leading of the D. of Walsteyn) loaseth nothing of what he hath formerly gayned in Germany, but keepeth with strong guarresons the same without losse to them or revolt of the townes in the weh they reside. If it shall God (sic) to p'serve the K. in health there is good hope that he will force the Emp'our in short tyme to receive and take any condic'ons of peace that shal be offred. And so not having wherewth furder to trouble yo Lap at this p'nte wth my service to you humbly recommended, not forgetting the like from my wife, I com'end yo' LaP to God his most blessed p'tection and alwaies remayning "From London the 23th of Nov. 1632. "Yo Laps to serve you "RIC: HOPER." "To my honoured good Ladie the Lady Apsley at Worminghurst in Sussex." By a portrait of Richard Hoper, on oak panel, in 1589, his age is given, "ætat. suæ 27," so that he was 69 when he wrote the above letter. |