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I can state of my own positive knowledge that it was found upon the site 
now occupied by Bishop HooPER’s monument in the Churchyard of St. Mary 
de Lode in this City, on the occasion of an extension of its boundaries by 
the enclosure of a piece of waste ground previously known as St. Mary’s 
Knapp [mound] in the year 1826. 
Prior to the enclosure referred to this site appeared to resemble precisely other 
localities in the neighbourhood to which the same term was applied, as for 
example St. Catherine’s Knapp in the next parish. On the last named spot 
I remember that a Maypole was erected, and the usual Whitsuntide games 
were celebrated ; but nothing of the kind existed or ever took place upon 
St. Mary’s Knapp within the memory of the oldest inhabitant, so far as _ 
I can learn ; and I have made special enquiries upon the subject. 
In the older editionsyof Foxr’s Book of Martyrs the engraving of the execution 
of the Bishop was evidently made from a drawing taken on the spot as 
will be evident upon a comparison of the buildings there represented with 
those of that period still existing there unaltered. 
The site of the monument corresponds with that represented as the position 
of the pile accurately enough; and common tradition has always pointed 
out the spot, as well as written records. The portion of the charred stake 
was found from two to three feet below the surface. 
The piece now shown to me by Mr. STEWART in its case is the same which 
was shown to me very shortly after its discovery by the late GEORGE 
WoORRALL COUNSEL, EsQ., and the same which has been since repeatedly 
exhibited as the remains of the veritable stake at which Bishop HooPER 
was burnt. 
JOHN JONES. 
GLOUCESTER, June 11th, 1845. 
Miss GOODYEAR. Bot. of J. B. Kirk. 
Part of the Stake to which Bishop HooPER was chained, 
when burnt in St. Mary’s Square at Gloucester... aoe £5 0 0 
Settled same time JosH. B. KieK. 
Future favors most respectfully solicited. 
GREENWICH, 26th Oct. 1868. 
With reference to the stake which I sold to Miss GOODYEAR in the year 1845 
and which is, as I am informed, at present in the possession of ARTHUR 
STEWART, Esq., I can state the following facts of my own personal know- 
ledge. 
Some workmen employed in enlarging the churchyard of St. Mary de Lode 
in the city of Gloucester by adding to it a piece of ground called St. Mary’s 
Knapp, discovered the stake above mentioned. When discovered it was 
firmly fixed in the ground and surrounded by a quantity of broken stone 
tightly rammed down for the purpose of screwing it in its place. 
It was immediately bought of the said workmen by Mr. Wm. HickMAN, Boot- 
maker, of Westgate St., Gloucester, and by him shewn to several persons 
