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The lecture has not been published, but it was printed in the 

 Cambrian newspaper. I am indebted to our friend Mr. E. J. 

 Grayson for drawing my attention to the matter, and sending me 

 the extract which I have given. 



It has often been a subject of speculation what became of the 

 German miners when the works were destroyed by Cromwell's 

 army. Nicholson and Burn say that "most of the miners were 

 slain in the civil wars : and the works have never since been 

 managed to any account." (Vol. ii. p. 69.) Some lingered in the 

 neighbourhood. Zinogle, Senogle, or Sinogle constantly appear 

 in our church books as carpenters down till 1705, when Sebastin 

 Zinogle gets for work done at the church, 2S.\ and in 1706, Giles 

 Sinogle for work is paid 9J.; and later still the name comes back 

 to us from Coniston changed to Snoggles, although the better- 

 informed of the family protested against the innovation in spelling 

 it. This circumstance seemed to point to ConistorT mines as a 

 place to which some might have gone from Keswick; but on 

 referring to West's Antiquities of Furness, I find that he says : — 

 •' During the rage of the civil wars, the copper mines in Conistone 

 fells were shut up." Still, the name of Yearle, now spelled Earle, 

 remains amongst us. The Becks got to Dalston and the neigh- 

 bourhood of Carlisle ; and there is a Norfolk family, who say they 

 are descendants of German ancestors. Senogle is a most respect- 

 able name amongst the mechanics of Kendal — following the same 

 occupation as their ancestors; and Moser amongst professional 

 gentlemen. Caryus amongst the higher classes in North Lancashire, 

 and also the Calverts and Raisleys both in East Cumberland and 

 elsewhere. 



There are are thirty-six baptisms of the children of the 

 Hechstetters recorded in the parish register. The Hechstetters 

 married into the most respectable families. Daniel married Alice 

 Anderson of Keswick. Mr. Percival Radcliffe, of Keswick, 

 married Elizabeth Hechstetter in 1653. In the following year, 

 November and, 1654, he was appointed vicar of Crosthwaite, in 

 succession to the Rev. William Meoles, who died May, 1653. 

 His name is recorded in the register as having been appointed by 



