Feb. 19. 1853.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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graph, embraced by brackets, as if he wished to 

 convey forcibly his appreciation of the value of the 

 relic : 



[" And I also bequeath to Noblett Rogers the mi- 

 niature portrait-ring of the martyr Charles I., given by 

 that monarch to my ancestor previous to his execution ; 

 and I particularly desire that it may be preserved in 

 the name and family."] 



The miniature, which is beautifully painted in 

 enamel, and said to be by Vandyke, has been re- 

 set in a tasteful and appropriate style ; and it is 

 in this state that I have seen it. But Mr. Rogers 

 informs me that its original setting and inscriptions 

 exactly corresponded with those of the ring in 

 the possession of the Misses Pigott, described In 

 Hulbert's History of Salop; and the same tra- 

 dition exists in the family as to its having been 

 one of four presented by Charles to certain of his 

 friends or followers. There can be little question, 

 therefore, as to the genuineness of both these 

 rings. With regard to the portrait being the 

 work of Vandyke, Mr. R. writes to me — 



" I know not on what authority it is stated, but I 

 believe there is not a family of old standing in the 

 county Cork in which tradition has not assigned its 

 execution to that master ; and certainly in Rome, 

 where it was much admired, the artists, when ques- 

 tioned ' Whose style ? ' frequently answered, ' Van- 

 dyke.'" 



Portraits by Vandyke in enamel, it is said, are 

 known to be in existence. Whether so renowned 

 a master would have submitted to the wearisome 

 and laborious operation of repeating a number of 

 works so minute, even for a crowned head, seems 

 to admit of a doubt ; yet there is no difficulty in 

 imagining him to have superintended the progress 

 of the artist employed to copy his own portrait of 

 Charles, and even to have bestowed some finishing 

 touches upon it. 



I have lately seen a ring with a portrait of 

 Charles on ivory, in a coarse and very inferior 

 style, and in a plain gold setting. It is in the 

 possession of a gentleman in whose family it has 

 continued for several generations. Doubtless 

 many such memorials of their murdered king were 

 worn at the time by his devoted partizans, and 

 may yet be in existence. C. Ley. 



Bere Regis. 



CHANTRY CHAPELS. 



(Vol.vi., p. 223.) 



At the Derby Congress of the British Archaeo- 

 logical Association, the Duke of Rutland exhibited 

 a document of which the following notice by Mr. 

 H. N. Black is made in the Journal of their Trans- 

 actions (vol. for 1851, p. 297.) : 



" A bull of Pope Alexander IV., dated at Viterbo, 

 52 id. Mar., anno 4, viz., 14 March, 1253. It is ad- 



dressed to the Bishop of Coventry, setting forth that 

 Richard de HerthuU lived in a place remote from the 

 mother church, which at some seasons was inaccessible ; 

 that he already had a chapel on his own land, and de- 

 sired to have a chaplain to serve therein, for whom he 

 was prepared to provide fit support. The matter was 

 therefore referred to his diocesan, to grant license ac- 

 cordingly if he should deem it expedient. The leaden 

 seal is yet attached to this beautiful little document." 



Then follow the words of the document in Latin. 



HerthuU has been corrupted into Hartle : and 

 on the moor of this name a chapel still remains, 

 although of much later date than that mentioned 

 in the above-named document ; traces of an earlier 

 erection are however still visible in a portion of 

 the present foundations. It Is now used as a barn. 

 Distant from this about two miles, at Meadow 

 Place, near Yolgrave, is another chapel, now used 

 for a similar purpose as the foregoing. In this, 

 the jambs of all the windows still remain ; the 

 east window Is a very large one. 



The above Is not Intended to answer W. H. K.'a 

 Query, but rather as a note in connexion with it. 



T. N. B. 



Chester. 



In the North Riding of Yorkshire, celebrated 

 for its monasteries, &c., were many chantry chapels, 

 both in the hamlets, and In the rural situations 

 apart from them. Gill's Vallis Eboracensis con- 

 tains an account of several ; among the rest may 

 be noticed one at Newton Grange. This chapel, 

 which is now used for agricultural purposes, is 

 preserved, by request of Its noble owner Lord 

 Feversham, In its primitive form. It stands in a 

 meadow field, at some distance from the ruins of 

 the ancient seat of the Cholmeleys, and was used 

 as a burial chantry, but not exclusively so. Itt 

 1820 a vault was discovered beneath the floor; 

 and five coffins were removed to Oswald Kirk 

 churchyard, and re-interred there. In order to 

 preserve the chapel from ruin, Lady Cholmeley 

 bequeathed one pound per annum to the Rector 

 of Ampleforth for preaching a sermon annually 

 therein ; but the ruinous state of the building at 

 that time caused the removal of the pulpit, and 

 the sermon is preached in the church at Oswald • 

 Kirk. 



The Valor Ecclesiasticus contains the records of 

 dissolved chantries. J. E. G. 



PHOTOGRAPHIC NOTES AND QUERIES. 



The Collodion Process. — I have been much 

 pleased with the directions given by Dr. Dia- 

 mond in your columns for the production of collo- 

 dion positives ; but they have been hitherto un- 

 accompanied by any reference to the causes of 

 those numerous failures that occur in this delicate 

 process, and which are so disheartening to begin- 



