gnd §, No5., Fes. 2. °56.) 
NOTES AND QUERIES. 93 
tham impales a mullet on a chevron; as usual to 
that age, no tincture indicated. Probably some 
reader may be able to, inform me the name of the 
family. The figure of D'Ewes is well executed, 
23 inches. One of Lady Latham, 153, and others 
of the family, dwindle into caricatures of 6 inches. 
The brass of Ralph Latham is pale impressed, 
with a portion of the habiliments of an ecclesiastic 
of the Church of Rome; and must have been 
much larger, though it required two annexations 
to suit the new figure. What is the history of 
pale impressed brasses? Had despite of Rome 
anything to do with the conversion of brasses ? 
Our church is highly interesting in many re- 
spects. The construction of the floor of the tower 
is singular, ‘and a good specimen of the carpentry 
of the age of John. The centre principal only 
rises from the ground, the upright supports of 
which measure 18 inches by 12, are stop cham- 
fered, and have moulded plinths wrought out of 
solid wood. These timbers stand upon fine blocks 
of oak, 6 feet long, 1 foot 6 inches wide, and 1 foot 
thick; which serve as templates, and are bedded 
on foundations of rubble work. The other two 
principals are carried upon stone corbels into the 
walls. The framing of the bells in parallel lines 
against the wall is, I believe, very ancient ; though 
the bells'do not bear date earlier than 1583, except 
the smallest, 2 feet 9 inches in diameter, which 
bears the inscription, “Sancte Gabrile, ora pro 
nobis.” If any readers can favour me with an- 
swers to either of the above Queries, or if there 
exists a monument or tablet to the memory of 
Dr. Derham, and where, it will oblige. 
UPMINSTER. 
“THE ENGLISH MYSTICS:” JANE LEAD. 
In order to complete a little work on The En- 
glish Mystics, I wish to obtain some biographical 
details of Jane Lead —one of the least known, 
but in every respect most singular, of the little 
knot of Behmen's disciples in England, who ap- 
pear to have dated their origin from the publi- 
cation of Dr. Pordage’s work. According to 
Tenneman, she was “a woman of elevated and 
enthusiastic piety ; who has scattered several 
luminous thoughts and memorable relations in 
the midst of the obscurity that generally. cha- 
racterises her style.” * 
She must have been a person of good faith, or 
she would not have secured the friendship of a 
man like Francis Lee, who edited, at least, two of 
* The above is quoted from Bohn’s translation. I find 
no such passage in my edition of the Geschichte der Phi- 
losophie, Leip., 1829. 1 presume, therefore, it has been 
added by the editor. If so, in common justice to the 
author, the parts so added should be distinguished by 
_ initials, 
her works. Nearly half a century after her death, 
we find Trapp accusing William Law of stealing 
his mysticism from: her; and I fear the “un- 
spiritualised” critic would hardly absolve Swe- 
denborg from a similar charge. The following, 
though imperfect, is a more complete list of 
her works than will be found in Lowndes and 
Watt: - 
1. “The Heavenly Cloud now Breaking, 1681.” 
2. “The Revelation of Revelations, 1683.” 
3. “ Laws of Paradise, 1695.” 
4, “ Wonders of God’s Creation manifested in the 
Variety of Eight Worlds, 1695.” 
5. “Fountains of Gardens, watered by the Rivers of 
Divine Pleasure, 1697.” 
6. “The Wars of King David, and the Peaceful Reign 
of King Solomon.” 
7. “The Enochian Walks.” (? ) 
8. “Three Messages to the Philadelphian Society.” 
I have only been able to meet with Nos. 3. and 
4., and should be obliged to any of your readers 
who can procure me a sight of the rest, or of 
Jager’s Latin translation, Acta Leadianu, Tiibin- 
gen, 1712. Any mite of information respecting 
her, or any of her co-religionists of the period, 
will be thankfully received if addressed to the 
Editor or to the address below. 
C, Crirron Barry. 
6. Beaufort Buildings, Strand. 
{Any information respecting the Mystics and Theo- 
sophists, whether of this country or abroad, or of the 
ancient philosophic and Christian schools, which is not 
attainable in the ordinary channels of literature, or not 
easily accessible, will, we are assured, be most readily af- 
forded by Mr. CurisropHer WALTON, of Ludgate Street, 
on application to him by letter, stating the nature of the 
inquiry, and enclosing a directed P. O. envelope for his 
answer. In which application may also be included the 
resolution of any seemingly inconsistent or difficult pas- 
sages in the recondite writings of Jacob Bohme, surnamed 
the Teutonic Theosopher. Some references to Jane Lead, 
as to her position in the scale of Mystical Divinity, may 
be found in the Appendix to the Introduction to Theo- 
sophy, a copy of which work, we understand, has been 
deposited for public reference in all the principal colleges 
throughout Great Britain and Ireland, as well as for- 
warded to forty of the leading colleges and libraries of 
the United States. But the fullest particulars of the 
Mystic school referred to in the above Query of our cor~ 
respondent, and indeed nowhere else attainable, will, we 
believe, be found in the work referred to, “ N.&Q,,” 1S. 
viii, 247., which we find (in the Introduction to Theosophy) 
thus entitled: — ‘Notes and Materials for a Just and 
Adequate Biography of the celebrated Divine and Theo- 
sopher William Law. Comprising an Elucidation of the 
Scope and Contents of the Writings of Kohemius, and of 
his great Commentator, Dionysius Andreas Freher ; with 
a Notice of the Mystical Divinity and most Curious and 
Solid Learning of all the Ages and Parts of the World. 
Also, an Indication of the true Means for the Induction of 
the Intellectual ‘ Heathen,’ Jewish, and Mahomedan Na- 
tions into the Christian Faith. Imp. 8vo., Nonp., pp. 688., 
Ap. 1854. Printed for Private Circulation.” ] 
