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churches, there is (or was some years since) a 

 fine strong copy of this work still chained to a 

 desk in the church of Stratford-on-Avon : as my 

 menaory serves me, it lay in the south transept. 



Perhaps the following description of an imper- 

 fect copy of Foxe in my possession may be of use. 

 It is of the date 1570, as appears by the last page, 

 but unfortunately wants the first 926 pages, com- 

 mencing with fol. A A a iij. ; so that it can only 

 be identified as being a copy of the second edition 

 throughout by the references in the index, on the 

 back of the last leaf of which is the date as fol- 

 lows : — 



"At London, 



Printed by John Daye, dwelling over Aldersgate beneath 



Saint Martins, 



^f Anno 1570. 



Cum gratia & Priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis." 



A few leaves at the beginning and end of the 

 volume have been mounted. The work ends at 

 p. 2302., after which come eleven leaves of index, 

 not paged. But between the body of the work 

 and the index is inserted " A continuation," &c., 

 dated 1632, containing some leaves in Roman 

 type of " A treatise preparing men to suffer mar- 

 tyrdome." After which follow in blackletter 104 

 pages of text in blackletter. 



Above 1000 pages of the book are in good con- 

 dition, but have been cut down so close as in 

 some instances to have lost parts of the head lines. 

 Pages 1269. and 1270. are numbered 1267. and 

 1280. respectively, and there are several other 

 errors of paging. Page 1482. is blank, and the 

 ninth book, on the reign of Edw. VI., commences 

 p. 1483. Nicholas Pocock. 



5. Worcester Terrace, Clifton. 



I beg to refer Mr. Nichols to the Fhotogra- 

 pliic News for Sept. 28th, where at p. 34. he will 

 find mention made of a copy of Foxe's Martyro- 

 logy, in three volumes, of an old date, as being 

 placed in the church of Arreton, Isle of Wight. 



N. S. Heineken. 



I have a good copy in 3 vols, of Foxe's Booh 

 of Martyi-s, of the 8th edit. 1641, in the old bind- 

 ing, the outside of the cover impressed with the 

 name of a former owner, George Norwood, and 

 the date 1652. Geo. H. Dashwood. 



Stow Bardolph. 



There is in the library at Tabley House, Che- 

 shire, a copy of Foxe's Book of Martyrs^ newly 

 enlarged and recognised by the author, 1576, 

 London, by John Daye, folio, 2 vols. 



This third edition has many additional cuts, and 

 likewise some additions at the end. 



The title-page of the first volume and part of 



the index is wanting, but it is otherwise in a good 

 state of preservation. 



The books are in the original binding, and 

 formed part of the library of Sir Peter Leycester 

 of Tabley, the celebrated Cheshire antiquary, who 

 died 1678. M. L. Fodder. 



In Chelsea old church there is a copy of Foxe's 

 Book of Martyrs chained to the west wall, with 

 three other religious books. Chelsega. 



In the library of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, there 

 is a copy (imperfect) of the edition of 1563. In 

 the library of Hereford cathedral (press mark 

 D 4. 13 14.), is a copy of the 1610 edition in two 

 volumes. Aul. Trin. 



Sir Rohert le Gris (2"« S. viii. 268.) — For In 

 formation respecting this gentleman I refer your 

 correspondent to the following documents in the 

 State Paper Office. 



1608. Dom. Papers, vol. xxxvii. Art 7. Cer- 

 tificate of Edm. Pigeon to the E. of Salisbury, 

 respecting leases granted by the late queen, of 

 the herbage &c. of Watlington, indorsed " Gris 

 his suit." 



1618. Domestic papers, vol. xcviii. Nos. 26, 

 36, 40, and vol. ciii. No. 6, relative to a dispute 

 between him and Winifred Lady Markham, he 

 accusing her, seemingly without ground, of an 

 attempt to'pervcrt Sir Drew Drury to Romanism 

 in his dying days, and of defending the Gun- 

 powder Plot. 



1627. Vol. Ixxxi. No. 4. xx., his name occurs 

 as captain of a company to be sent to the Isle of 

 Rhe. 



1628. Feb. 8. A patent is granted at his re- 

 quest for the sole use of a medicine invented by 

 him, to preserve sheep from the rot. 



1628. Feb. 26., occurs a letter from Capt. Rob. 

 le Gris to Lord Cbamberlain, the Earl of Mont- 

 gomery, relative to the needful licence for printing 

 the translation of Argenis, propounding several 

 points relative to the construction of the work ; 

 and on Feb. 28 following is a letter from Lord 

 Conway to the Stationers' Company, licensing the 

 printing of the said book. M. A. E. G. 



Alderman Hart (2"'^ S. viii. 308.) — Ybur cor- 

 respondent W. N. S. will find some little infor- 

 mation concerning Sir John Hart in the Visitation 

 of Yorkshire (Harl. MS. Brit. Mus., 1487, fol. 

 369.). He is there described as Lord Mayor of 

 London in 1590. His father is Raphe Harte of 

 Sproston Court, co. York. Arms : Sable, a chev- 

 ron argent between three fleurs-de-lis, or. The 

 same arms are given in Harl. MS. 1483. (Visi- 

 tation of Berks), with the addition of a crest, a 



