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When his great-grandson, Sir John Cotton, suc- 
ceeded to the property, he preferred to live at the 
—family-seat at Stratton, in Bedfordshire; and 
finding that Conington Castle was in a ruinous 
condition, he took down the greater part of it, 
leaving the stone arcade that had been brought 
from the banquet-hall of Fotheringay*, and con- 
verted the remainder into a farm-house. It was 
in this state when the property was purchased by 
Sir Gilbert Heathcote, who left the farm-house as 
he found it. He died in 1759, leaving two sons, 
Gilbert and John. The latter married Lydia 
Moyer, and inherited the manors of Steeple Gid- 
ding and Conington, but did not live at the latter 
place. His son John (born 1767, married to 
Mary Ann Thornhill, 1799) restored Conington 
Castle in 1800, from the designs of Cockerell, the 
grounds being laid out by Lappidge. Cockerell’s 
designs were completed in 1813; and in 1833 
further additions were made (under the direction 
of Blore) by the present possessor, John Moyer 
Heathcote, Esq., in whose dining-room hangs the 
portrait of his ancestor, the Sir Gilbert Heathcote 
of this notice. CuruBert Bene. 
Replies ta Minor Quertes, 
Pope Pius and the Book of Common Prayer 
(2° S. i. 202.) —I was quite aware of the passage 
in Dr. Carrier’s Letter to James I., alluded to by 
J.O., as it is contained in the pages of Courayer, 
to which I have so frequently referred (Defence 
of the Dissertation, &c., vol. ii. p. 867.), and, though 
strongly corroborative of my position, I did not 
quote it entire, for the sake of brevity. In the 
Reprint of the Correspondence, which I have just 
published, I have added numerous notes and re- 
Serences, tending to elucidate the question which 
I have recently discussed with T. L., but I omitted 
two passages which ought to have been adduced, 
inasmuch as the authors deservedly carry great 
weight: I will therefore take this opportunity of 
directing your reader's attention to them: Bram- 
hall’s “ Replication to the Bishop of Chalcedon,” 
Works, vol. ii. p. 85., edit. 1842.; and Bishop 
Babington’s “Commentary on the 7th chap. of 
Numbers,” in his Notes upon the Pentateuch. 
E. C. Harineron. 
The Close, Exeter. 
Sir Anthony Pearson (1* §. xii. 450, 520.) — 
Since the appearance of my Queries respecting 
the above personage, I have stumbled upon a little 
family mem., which throws somewhat more light 
upon him and his connections. It appears by 
that, he was the first quaker who preached in 
_* For farther particulars on this point, and for a sketch 
of the chair from which Mary Stuart is believed to have 
risen for execution, see my Medley, pp. 29, 33. 
London. His daughter, Grace Chambers,—my au- 
thority states, — was the first female of the same 
persuasion who preached in public. In the ca- 
pacity of a preacher she travelled very extensively 
for a succession of years through England, Ire- 
land, Wales, and {America, and finally died at a 
very advanced age. Her niece, Grace Locke, 
was the daughter of Mary Topcliffe, who mar- 
ried a Captain Topcliffe,. of an ancient family 
of that name in Westmoreland. Grace Locke 
was married to Joseph Locke, a collateral de- 
scendant of the family of John Locke the philo- 
sophical writer, and whose ancestors came in 
with the Conqueror. So far my authority, but 
I am still in the dark as to the exact aflinity of 
Joseph Locke to the philosopher. I should also 
like to know something more about Sir An- 
thony Pearson and his family, including Grace 
Chambers and Mary Topcliffe. With reference 
to the Topcliffe family, I believe Sir John Major, 
an eminent merchant of the city of London, who 
resided in Savage Gardens, married a sister of the 
Captain Topcliffe above-mentioned, and by her 
had two daughters, his co-heiresses, married re- 
spectively to Bridges, Duke of Chandos, ancestor 
of the present Duke of Buckingham, and Sir John 
Henniker, ancestor of the present Lord Henniker. 
I would also in conclusion ask, if there is any 
biographical work extant, either of recent or late 
date, of eminent quakers, where possibly some 
further information might be obtained respecting 
Sir Anthony Pearson and Grace Chambers. ates 
Bodies of the Excommunicated incapable of Cor- 
ruption (2°? §. i. 194.) — Your correspondent 
Y. B. N. J. will find his investigations directed 
in the right path by looking to “N. & Q.,” 1° S. 
xi. 8. 9. 41. 42., under the heading “ Asinorum 
Sepultura.” W. B. M. 
Rochester Registers (24 S. i. 152.) — Does not 
C. H. Davis, M.A. (Clergyman), mean by the 
term “ Rochester Registers,” the Registrum Rof- 
fense? If so, he may find the volume in every 
public library, and also in many private collections 
of books. F. B. 
Mrs. Fitzherbert (2°28. i. 153. 220.) — Your 
correspondent G. H. will perhaps find, besides the 
works named on p. 220., the following memoran- 
dums of use for his purpose; they are from works 
in my own possession : 
1. “ A Review of the Conduct of the Prince of Wales in 
his various Transactions with Mr. Jeffreys, during a 
Period of more than Twenty Years, containing a Detail of 
many Circumstances relative to the Prince and Princess 
of Wales, Mrs. Fitzherbert, &c. &c. &c. To which is 
added a Letter to Mrs. Fitzherbert upon the Influence of 
her Example, &c. By Nathaniel Jeffreys, late M.P. for 
the City of Coventry.” 
(Dedicated to Lord Erskine; dedication dated 
