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NOTES AND QUEllIES. 



[2"'i S. No 54., Jan. 10. '57 



illustrious in the county of Pembroke. Their 

 possessions would be deemed fabulous in the pre- 

 sent day, and the ramifications of their family 

 tree seems to have ovei'shadowed the whole island. 

 ' Their estates, like most of the great properties in 

 Pembrokeshire, became at length vested in co- 

 heiresses, and the name passed away at the close 

 of the last century. The greatness, and the sub- 

 sequent decadence and total extinction of this 

 family, form a forcible illustration of the evanes- 

 cent nature of human grandeur. Thomas Wogan, 

 who was one of King Charles's judges, was at- 

 tainted at the Restoration, but was never given 

 up to justice, and is said to have become a prey to 

 the most poignant remorse. A tradition exists, 

 that shortly after the* return of Charles II., an 

 unknown person appeared in the neighbourhood 

 of Walwyn's Castle, in the county of Pembroke. 

 He seemed always melancholy and dejected, and 

 carefully avoided persons whom he met. He re- 

 mained by night and day in the church porch, 

 where the country people relieved his wants, and 

 where he was at length found dead. This un- 

 known stranger was generally supposed to be the 

 regicide, Thomas Wogan. Being lately in Bouls- 

 ton church, one of the burial places of the Wo- 

 gans, I copied some inscriptions from the tombs, 

 which I thought might prove interesting to your 

 readers, on account of the genealogical informa- 

 tion which they convey. The inscriptions are 

 rudely cut in Roman capitals, and run as follows. 

 On an altar tomb in the chancel : — 



" Here lieth interred the body of Sir John Wogan of 

 Boulston, Knight, the son of Sir John Wogan of Boulston, 

 Knight, the son of Richard Wogan of Boulston, Esq., the 

 son of Sir Henry Wogan of Boulston, Knight, the son of 

 Sir John Wogan of Wiston, Knight, and so forward — 

 who departed this mortal life the 14"i day of Feb. 16 . . . 

 Here also Ij'eth interred the body of the Lady Frances 

 Wogan, wife of the aforesaid Sir John Wogan, of Boulston, 

 Knight, who was daughter of Lewis Pollard, of Kings- 

 nimpton, in the county of Devon, Esq'S son of Sir Hugh 

 Pollard, of Kingsnimpton, Knight, sonn of Sir Lewis 

 Pollard, Knight, who was sonn of Sir Hugh Pollard, of 

 Kingsnimpton, Knight, and so forward, who departed this 

 mortal life the 7th Jay of Nov. Anno Domini 1623 .... 

 was made and set up by the foresaid Sir John Wogan, in 

 Lis lifetime, in anno Domini 1617." 



On another — 



"Here lie the bodys of Morris Wogan, Esq. and Fran- 

 ces Owen, of Orielton, his wife, which Morris was son of 

 Sir John Wogan, the younger, as also Abraham Wogan, 

 and Jane Mansell of Margam, his wife, and also Lewis 

 Wogan, Esq., and Katheriue* Phillips, of Cardigan Priory, 

 his wife, and also fourteen of their children — one daughter 

 was buried at St. Bride's. The said Lewis Wogan died 

 March 25. 1692, leaving behind him Anne, his only child 

 and sole heiress, married the 26"»-of December, 1698, to 

 John Langharne of St. Bride's, in this county, Esq., who 

 caused this monument to be erected." 



On a mural tablet above this last : — 



" The four great grandfathers and the four great grand- 



• Her mother was the " matchless Orinda." 



mothers of Lewis Wogan, of Boulston, Esq. were as fol- 

 loweth, Sir John Wogan of Boulston, Knight, Pemb. 

 Frances Pollard, of Kingsnimpton, Devon. Sir Hugh 

 Owen, of Bodeon, Anglesea. Eliz. Wirriot, of Orielton, 

 Pemb. Sir Thomas Slansell, of Margam, Glam. Mary 

 Mordaunt, of Turvej', Bedford. Sir Edward Lewis, of the 

 Van, Glam. Blanch Morgan, of Tredegar, Monmouth. 

 This stone was dug out of Hampton Quarry, 9"' y^ 10. 

 1701. The above said Lewis Wogan ob'." 



There is a curious legend relating to the 

 slaughter of a "cockatrice," which desolated the 

 county of Pembroke, by one of the Wogan family, 

 which is too lengthy for quotation. 



John Payin Phiio-ips. 



Haverfordwest. 



SOUTHEY AND HONE. 



The reference by H. B. C. (2"'i S. il. 4G5.) to 

 Hone's Political Tracts, and to the parody on 

 Southey's Vision of Judgtnent contained in one of 

 them, reminds me that I possess the poet lau- 

 reate's own copy of these pamphlets, on the fly- 

 leaf of which he has written, in his own beautiful 

 autograph, the following quotation from Holy 

 Scripture : 



" ' When the wicked man turneth away from his 

 wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which 

 is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.' — Ro- 

 bert SouTHEY, Cambridge, Dec. 1830." 



In explanation he has affixed to the opposite page 

 printed copies of two most interesting letters, 

 which he evidently wished to be preserved with 

 the book. They appeared in The Times news- 

 paper in the year 1830, but are not included in 

 the poet's Life and Correspondence by his son-in- 

 law, nor in the more recently published Selections 

 from his letters. They were occasioned by the 

 generous notice of Hone which Mr. Southey ap- 

 pended to his Life of Bunyan, and are so honour- 

 able to the memory of both the parties concerned, 

 that I cannot but think them far better worth 

 preservation than many of the letters contained in 

 the recent Selections from bis correspondence. 



I may add, for the information of H. B. C, that 

 there is, I believe, no "story" connected with the 

 boots of the king^ to which George Cruikshank 

 has given so much prominence in his grotesque 

 illustrations of the pamphlets, their frequent in- 

 troduction being a mere caprice of the artist. 



The following are the letters referred to : 



" To Robert Southey, Esq., LL.D., Keswick. 



" 13. Gracechurch Street, London, April 23. 



" Sir, 



" Late last night I got a copy of the new edition of the 



Pilgrim's Progress at Mr. Major's, and this morning my 



first employment is to obtrude upon you my most sincere 



and respectful thanks for your unexpected and generous 



mention of my name and.recent writings, in the conclusion 



of j'our Life of Bunyan. 



"For obvious reasons such a notice from you is espe- 



