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vice those hymns are intended to be sung in our 

 Church, and on what authority ? M. W. 



Sir Thomas Gresham^s Joxirnal MS — Is it 

 known in what collection this interesting MS. is 

 preserved? Ward, in his Lives of the Professors 

 of Gresham College (p. 27.), incidentally notices 

 it ; but does not appear to have availed himself of 

 its contents, except in a few trifling particulars. 

 The Rev. J. W. Burgon, in his admirable Life of 

 Sir Thomas Gresham (2 vols. 8vo.), published in 

 1839, does not allude to it in his Preface, from 

 which I am led to conclude that it has not been 

 used in the body of the work. 



Edward F. Rimbault. 



Marks of Cadency. — 1. Does a son succeed to 

 the mark of cadency of his elder brother who died 

 a minor ? 



2. Should marks of cadency be retained in or- 

 dinary cases after the death of the head of the 

 family ? 



3. Is it usual to bear the marks for two genera- 

 tions : for instance, a mullet on a martlet for the 

 third son of the fourth house ? 



4. Would the next generation drop the first 

 difference, and place its own on the second ? 



There appears to be some difficulty as to the 

 mode in which the distinction is to be kept up 

 after the first two generations, and also some 

 doubt as to whether a difference can be perma- 

 nently retained, unless it has been authoritatively 

 added to the original coat. Any information on 

 the subject will oblige Vebna. 



Churches dedicated to St. Clement. — Fully ex- 

 pecting to find in the counties of Kent, Surrey, 

 and Sussex, many old churches dedicated to St. 

 Clement, the patron saint of workers in iron, I 

 looked over the list as given in the Liber Ec- 

 clesiasticus, and to my surprise I found only one 

 church in Sussex, at Hastings, and not one in 

 Surrey, so dedicated. There are four in Kent. 



Of thirty-one churches in England and Wales 

 bearing the name of St. Clement, there are 

 seven in the county of Lincoln, by much the 

 largest number that are to be found in any 

 county, Kent being the next in order. 



If any of your correspondents can explain the 

 reason of this fact they will much oblige. 



R. W. B. 



Clerical Labours : Whitefield. — The following 

 are extracts from the Gloucester Journal of April 

 24th, 1739 : — 



"Gloucester, April 21st. On the 9th instant the Rev. 

 Mr. Whitfield came to this cit3'(the place of his nativity) 

 from Wales ; having preached in Usk Street, in Ponty- 

 pool Church and field ; in Abergavenny, from a place 

 built on purpose against a gentleman's wall ; in Caerleon 

 Field, from a pulpit built for the famous Mr. Howell 

 Harris, who came with him hither, and goes with him to 

 London. He was attended from Usk to Pont-y-Pool, and 



from thence to Abergavenny and to Carlion, by 60 or 70 

 horse, so great was their love to his person and the doc- 

 trine of the New Birth. On Friday the 6th instant he 

 preached at Trelegg; on Sunday the 8th twice, in Chep- 

 stow Church ; on monday in the market house at Col- 

 ford ; and the same night visited the Religious Societ3' in 

 this city. On tuesdaj' and Wednesday he preached at the 

 parish church of St. Michael's; but that, as well as one 

 other pulpit being afterwards denied, and having no pros- 

 pect of better success with the rest of his brethren, on 

 Thursday, Friday, Sunday and Monday he preached to 

 some thousand in a field belonginge to the Bell Inn. 

 On Wednesday and Saturday at Painswick ; on Fri- 

 day at Chalford ; on Saturday morning in the Bowl- 

 ing-green at Stroud ; and on Saturdav, sunday, and 

 monday nights in the Booth-hall, to about 3 or 4000 

 each time : and on Sunday afternoon (although wet) to a 

 very crowded audience in Stonehouse churchyard ; and 

 on monday afternoon in Oxenall Churchyard, near Rew- 

 ent. Great power has attended his preaching ; and many 

 have been pricked in their hearts; great numbers have 

 been strengthened in their christian faith, and were ex- 

 ceeding sorrowful at his departure from them. Last 

 Tuesday (having first baptized an aged Quaker) he set 

 out by appointment for Cheltenham and Evesham; 

 and proposes (God willing) to spend a week in Worces- 

 tershire; from thence proceed to Oxford, Northampton, 

 and Bedford, and to be in London in about 3 weeks." 



" Mr. Whitfield is desired, when he is at leisure, to give 

 a distinct answer to the 2 queries lately sent him, which will 

 not only oblige the author, but several other gentlemen who 

 have a sincere regard for true Religion." 



Is anything now known as to this " Religious 

 Society," or these " Queries" sent to Mr. White- 

 field P Perhaps Dr. Buchanan Washbourn might 

 be able to obtain permission to search about this 

 time in vol. xviii. of the journal, and reply ? 



P. H. F. 



Abp. Bramhall and Bp. Hall. — Some years 

 ago I remember to have read, in both these di- 

 vines, that Episcopacy was not essential to the 

 being, though it was so to the well-being, of a 

 Church. Can any reader of " N. & Q." quote the 

 passages for me, mentioning where they are to be 

 found ? P. 



Torquay. 



Thomas Edwards's Correspondence. — In a copy 

 of Edwards's Canons of Criticism I have found 

 what appears to be a cutting from T. Rodd's 

 Catalogue, dated (in manuscript) 1837. It de- 

 scribes with the price (sixteen guineas) a lot as 

 follows : — 



"The Literary and Miscellaneous Correspondence of 

 Thomas Edwards, Esq., of Turrick, Bucks, 1720—1765, 

 fairly transcribed in his own hand, in 6 vols. 4to. 



" The letters are principally addressed to Dan. Wray, 

 Onslow, J. Dyer, &c." 



I should be glad to know who purchased this 

 correspondence, or where it is now. 



W. Mot Thomas. 



Ancient Entries. — In the Kalendar of a small 

 Breviary of 1621 are a number of entries touch- 

 ing the deaths, &c., of various English persons. 

 They seem to me to relate to some society or 



