By the Rev. F. H. Manley. 311 
_ “Here, underneath, lyeth ye body of John Palmer, of Hardywyk in ye prsh 
of Sandon, in ye county ofStafford, gent. He married Elizabeth, ye daughter 
of Sir Robert Hanson, Knight, who was Lord Mayor of London Anno Domini 
1672 and 1673, by whom he had Robert, Elizabeth, John, Hanson and 
Rachel. Elizabeth was married to Mr. Richard Browne, Rector of this place, 
by whom she had Richard, Elizabeth, Robert, and Hanson. She was after- 
wards married to Mr. Edmund Wayte, Rector of this place, by whom she had 
Edmund, Ayliffe, John, Henry, and Elizabeth. He died ye 5th of October, 
Anno Domini 1719, aged 90 years, 2 months, and 5 days. In spe 
resurrectionis.” 
I accidentally came across a narrow strip of parchment, written 
on both sides, but almost illegible, when looking through family 
papers some little time ago. This turned out to be extracts from 
registers, and notes jotted down by Mr. John Palmer about his 
relatives and friends. He gives curiously minute details of the 
time and circumstances of the birth of his children, and mentions 
the names of several of the principal Somerford people. It seems 
that Mr. Robert Palmer was born in Marsden, near Stafford, and 
had property in Sandon, close by. This is the district from which 
the Selborne family sprung. On his marriage with Elizabeth 
Hanson he is described as “merchant of Alhallows, Brede Street,” 
and the marriage took place in St. Mary Aldermary Church. He 
“was evidently proud of his connection with the Hansons, but Mr. 
Hawkins (after Sir R. Hawkins) was a friend of his, for he tells us, 
“ About y* time Mr. Hawkins was married to Mrs. Katherine Harbet, 
for ye 15th December, we had flowers for him. I found this in an 
almanac of my dear brother-in-law’s, Berkeley Hanson, Esq.” Mr. 
Samuel Foote, apparently brother of Mr. Thomas Foote, also Lord 
Mayor of London, was another friend. Mr. Palmer does not seem 
0 have lived continuously in London, for several of his children 
were born at Stafford and others at Sandon. His wife is buried at 
St. Mary, Stafford, and his daughter Elizabeth, he tells us, was born 
9th January, 1660, in the same parish “at ii of ye clock in ye night, 
and christened 21st day. She was married to Mr. Richard Browne, 
now Rector of Broad Somerford, in horth Wilts, ye 14th May 
Ascension Day, Anno Domini 1676, being 15 years, 4 months, and 
5 days old.” This Mr. Richard Browne was the son of Richard 
Browne, Vicar of Minety, from 1662 to 1681, mentioned several 
