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London in 1511, and Mayor 1521, are sculptured 

 on the almshouses founded by him for decayed 

 drapers in 1535, and are thus blazoned : (Sable) 

 on a oend between two leopards' heads (or) three 

 crosses pattee (sable) on a chief (argent) ns many 

 escallops (of the field). Near this, on a lozenge- 

 shaped shield, are (I presume) the arms of Sir 

 John's wife .... a chevron between three birds 

 .... The carving is much defaced, and I cannot 

 therefore say what birds are intended to be repre- 

 sented ; certainly not martlets, as traces of claws 

 are visible. I should be glad to know the name 

 of the family into which Sir John married, and 

 ■whether he had issue by the marriage. Sir John 

 Milbourne is stated to be the son of John Mil- 

 bourne of Long Melford, co. Suffolk, but I have 

 been unable to obtain any corroborative informa- 

 tion. J. J, H. 

 Lee, Kent. 



[Sir John Milbourne was twice married; the Christian 

 name of his first wife was Margaret, that of the second 

 Joan. See Strype's Stow, ii. 74. From the following 

 extract quoted by Herbert (Hist, of Twelve Great Com- 

 panies, i. 444.), it appears his second wife was the widow 

 of John Chester: "July 21, 1518. Aid. John Milborn 

 and his lady, ' late the wife and ex'trix of John Chester, 

 ■whilst he lived, draper of London, gave a Beryall-cloth, 

 of the value of 1<= marks, for the wele of the soul of the 

 said John Chester in especiall, and all other his good 

 friends in generall." Dame Joan his wife, and Nicholas 

 and William Chester, her brothers, are also noticed in a 

 ■will quoted in the Report of the Charity Commissioners, 

 xxvi, 396.] 



St. Johns Monument at Bletsoe. — An epitaph 

 is inscribed on a monument on the south wall of 

 the north transept of the church at Bletsoe in 

 Bedfordshire. I should be glad to know to whom 

 it refers. On the monument are the kneelinw 

 figures of a knight in plate armour, and a lady in 

 the usual dress of the sixteenth century ; behind 

 him are the kneeling figures of five sons ; behind 

 her those of four daughters. There are three 

 shields of arms containing numerous quarterings. 

 It is of course the monument of one of the ancient 

 family of St. John, to which Bletsoe has belonged 

 for several centuries ; the present Lord St. John 

 is Baron St. John of Bletsoe. The transept in 

 which this monument is placed has for hundreds 

 of years been their burial-place. Oxoniensis. 



[This monument is intended for Sir John St. John, 

 father of Oliver, the first Lord St. John, whom he lived to 

 see created a peer. From the inscription (printed in 

 Lysons' Bedfordshire, p. 59., and Gent. Mag., Ixix. 745.) 

 it appears that the Countess of Richmond brought him 

 up with her grandson King Henry VIII., who made him 

 guardian of his daughters, the princesses Mary and Eli- 

 zabeth, and that he died in the office of chamberlain to 

 the latter, when queen.] 



Consecration of English Bishops, 1855, 1856.— 

 Who were the consecrators of Bishops Weeks of 

 Sierra Leone (May 17, 1855) and Villiers of Car- 



lisle (April 13, 1856) ? I require the information 

 to complete my MS. continuation of Perceval's 

 Lists. The place of the above consecrations 

 might also be mentioned at the same time. 



A. S. A. 



[Dr. J. W. Weeks was consecrated Bishop of Sierra 

 Leone on the Feast of the Ascension, May 17, 1855, at St. 

 Mary's, Lambeth. The consecrators were the Archbishop 

 of Canterbury, the Bishops of London, Oxford, and Win- 

 chester. The Hon. and Rev. Dr. Henry Montagu Villiers 

 was consecrated Bishop of Carlisle on Sunday, April 13, 

 1856, in the Chapel Royal, Whitehall. The consecrators 

 were the Archbishop of York and the Bishops of Man- 

 chester, Ripon, and Chester.] 



Orator Henley. — Where can I find any parti- 

 culars with reference to that curious preacher of 

 the last century Orator Henley ? He " held 

 forth," I believe, in the Oratory in Clare Mar- 

 ket ; and I have some recollection of a paper on 

 him in one of the Messrs. Chambers's numerous 

 publications. The publishers, however, have had 

 the goodness to search for it and have been unable 

 to discover such an article. Maybe some corre- 

 spondent of " N. & Q." may have a more distinct 

 remembrance of it than I have, T. H. P. 



[For particulars of Orator Henley consult D'Israeli's 

 Calamities of Authors, vol. 1. pp. 151 — 184 , 12mo. 1812 ; 

 Retrospective Review, vol. xiv. p. 206. ; Wright's England 

 under the House of Hanover, vol. i. pp. 103 — 106. 114.; 

 Nichoh's Anecdotes of Hogarth ; Nichols's Leicestershire, 

 vol. ii. 259*— 261. 423.; and most of our Biographical 

 Dictionaries. For notices of his unpublished Works, see 

 « N. & Q." l"t S. xii. 44. 88. 155.] 



Heraldic Visitations. — I shall be greatly obliged 

 by a correct list of all the heraldic visitations. In 

 the first volume of The Patrician (p. 112.) is a 

 list which has probably misled others as well as 

 myself. Its want of accuracy may be judged of 

 from this one fact, namely, that purporting to give 

 a complete list, the total number mentioned for 

 all England is 161 ; of which 64 are marked as 

 not being in the British Museum. I find, how- 

 ever, on reference to the fly-leaf in Sims's Index 

 in the Museum, that no less than 137 visitations 

 for distinct years have been indexed by Mr. Sims. 

 Seventeen of those indexed by him are by Mr. 

 Burke stated not to be in the Museum ; and 

 Sims's list contains very many which are omitted 

 by Burke. The years are given on the fly-leaf of 

 the copy of Sims in the Museum, in manuscript, 

 and I took a copy of that list. Y. S. M. 



[The most correct list of Heralds' Visitations yet printed 

 will be found at pp. 161 — 177. of Sims's Ilanual for the 

 Genealogist, lately published. Mr. Sims there mentions 

 312 distinct visitations as being in the British Museum 

 alone ; very few of these are, however, originals, but con- 

 temporary copies, and consequently of nearly equal au- 

 thority.] 



