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2. "William and Bennet Hoskyne" were tue Seijeaul'a son and nephew. 



Sir Henry Wotton writes to Bennet Hoskyns, in allusion to the circumstanoe 



which caused his father's imprisonment : 



" Sweet Benedict, since thou art young, 

 And hast not yet the use of tongue, 

 Make it thy slave, while thou art free. 

 Imprison it, lest it do thee." 



And the same circumstance gave rise to the family motto : 



" Vineula da lAnguce, vel tibi Lingua dabit." 



Bennet Hoskyns represented the city of Hereford in the two first Parlia- 

 ments of the Protectorate, and he was returned for the county in the two last 

 Parliaments. 



3. "Mrs. Bourne" was probably sister-in-law to the Serjeant, as "my 

 suiter Kempe " is known to have been. 



4. "My Lady Come wall" was probably Katherine, daughter of John 

 Harley, of Brampton Bryan Castle, widow of Mr. Cresset, of Upton Cresset, 

 who married Thomas Cornewall, Barou of Burford. He also died in 1615, so 

 that at this time she would have been again a widow. 



5. " Sir Samuel Aubrey," of The Aubreys, of Grendon and Clehonger. 

 Sir Samuel Aubrey was High Sheriff of the county in 1622. He lived at Grendon, 

 sear Ross, and married a daughter and coheiress of Sir 'William Rudhall of Rud- 

 halL A black marble tablet in the Cathedral records their many virtues after the 

 manner of the period. Lady Jocosa Aubrey died first, July 12th, 1638, and Sir 

 Samuel lovingly wrote : — 



" Could dull words speak what buried here doth lie, 

 'Twould raise both envy and idolatry. 

 'Twas an exchequer throng'd with so much good, 

 The age that lost it never understood : 

 Just Heaven, finding 'twas but envied here. 

 Left us the casket, fix'd the jewel there." 



Sir Samuel Aubrey died May 19th, 1645, and of him it is said :— 



" He who did never lodge within his breast 

 Dishonour, baseness, or self-interest ; 

 The just man's friend, the poor man's treasury, 

 The oppress'd man's patron in extremity. 

 Lies here. — Reader ! if now thou grudge a tear. 

 Find some more worthy object — spend it there." 



6. "Sir GUes Brydges" was High Sheriff for the county in 1625. He 

 was created a Baronet May 17th, 1627. He lived at Wilton Castle, Ross, and 

 would thus be well situated to afford help on the route. 



7. "My Lady Bodenham " was probably the relict of Sir Roger Bodenham, 

 who is said to have been cured of some grave disorder by a pilgrimage to Saint 

 Winifred's Well, in Flintshire, now called Holywell ; and in consequence of his 

 miraculous restoration, he and his family returned to the fold of the Roman 

 faith, which they had previously left. 



8. "Mr. Howarth" was a neighbour residing at the Whitehouse, near 

 Tumastone. The last of the family was a daughter, who married a Mr. Wood, 

 of Leominster, and his grandson, Mr. Herbert Howarth Wood, now lives at the 

 Whitehouse. 



