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LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1856, 
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Notes. 
FRAGMENTS OF MEMORIALS OF FORMER GREATNESS. 
“ Sword, I will hallow thee for this thy deed, 
And hang thee o’er my tomb when I am dead; 
Ne’er shall this blood be wiped from thy point, 
But thou shalt wear it as a herald’s coat, 
To emblaze the honor that thy master got.” 
King Hen. VI, Act LY. Sc. 10. 
It is likely that in the old churches of England 
there are many fragments of memorials of past 
* greatness and remarkable occurrences similar to 
the one alluded to by the poet, but now fast de- 
eaying, and of which there is scarcely any record. 
It seems desirable that something should be done 
to preserve an account of such as are remaining. 
And as “N. & Q,,” “rich with the spoils of time,” 
possessing a great circulation, easy of access, and 
haying numerous goodly contributors, appears to 
be the best depository, I offer a few remarks on 
some which have come under my notice, hoping 
that I may be followed by more competent per- 
sons. 
On the north side of the chancel of Eling 
Church, in the New Forest, is suspended a small 
but ancient iron helmet, which was once accom- 
panied by a banner ; but the latter, being of more 
perishable materials, has long disappeared. Not 
a vestige of record is preserved to denote who 
the warrior was. Beneath them was the burial 
place of the Paulets, an old Hampshire family, 
remarkable for their “ loyaultie.” : 
In the chureh of St. Michael, Southampton, 
there was an ancient helmet; and one in the 
chancel of South Stoneham Church, near that 
town; but whatever honour their masters got 
has long since fled; all is swallowed up in death 
and oblivion. 
In Basing Chureh are several banners, upon 
which are emblazoned the arms of the Paulet 
family and their alliances, hanging in the aisle, 
with fragments of others decayed through age. 
Under the window of the chancel of North 
Baddesley Church, in Hampshire, is a small tomb 
of freestone rudely carved, with a covering of 
polished marble, having a large Maltese cross 
thereon. On the sides are crosses of the same 
deseription, with arms and roses intermixed. Of 
the arms little more can be distinguished than 
that the shield is charged with a bend, which, as 
no name, date, or inscription of any sort remains, 
cannot afford a sufficient clue to the discovery of 
the individual whose ashes are lying beneath it. 
On the floor of the chancel, in Bishops-Sutton 
Church, also in Hampshire, is a monumental 
stone with two figures in brass upon it of a knight 
and lady, both standing, but with their hands 
clasped as in prayer. i e knight is in armour ; 
the lady in a peaked hood, ornamented down the 
sides witht jewels or embroidery. The inscription 
is entirely obliterated, the softness of the stone 
having caused it to be worn down below the level 
of the brass plate. 
On an ancient brass on the ground, in the 
| church of St Bartholomew, Winchester, is an in- 
scription illustrative of what has been said in 
reference to the last above mentioned monuments: 
“JT am the remains of a once beautiful body become 
dust; then learn from me, friend, who passeth by here 
the vicissitudes of human nature. I was called by name 
* * * *, but death has even destroyed that, leaving my 
soul only to exist for ever.” 
Henry Epwanrps. 
ILLUSTRATIONS OF MACAULAY, 
“The Journal of the Parliament in Ireland, &c., 
March 25, 1689.” —I forward for insertion in 
“N. & Q.” a copy of the rare tract, entitled: 
“The Journal of the Proceedings of the Parliament in 
Ireland. With the Establishment of their Forces there. 
Licensed July 6, 1689. London: Printed for Robert 
Clavell, at the Peacock in St. Paul’s Church-Yard. 
M DCLXXXIXx.” 
It is a document of which Mr. Macaulay seems to 
have made considerable use in his third volume, 
although he observes in a note to p. 206, “ The 
reader must not imagine that this journal has an 
official character. It is merely a compilation made 
by a Protestant pamphleteer, and printed in Lon- 
don.” I think, however, it is a contemporary pro- 
duction of some value and well worth reprinting 
in your valuable Illustrations. Aye Ee 
«“ A Proclamation issued out for a Pafliament to be held 
in Dubiin, May 7, no Popish Bishops summoned. 
“ May 7. Parliament met in the Inns: Some Lords in- 
troduced; Bishop of Meath and Cork amongst the rest; 
the King enters with Robes and Crown; makes a Speech: 
Chancellor bids the Commons chuse a Speaker; they go 
to their House, and having chosen Sir Richard Nagle, 
present him within half an hour; he is accepted; House 
adjourns till Ten in the Morning: two Lords called by 
Writ Chancellor, Lord Nugent, Lord Riyerstown. 
“ May 8. Bishop of Story introduced. Address of 
Thanks to the King, and Abhorrence voted. A Commit- 
tee appointed to draw it up. A Message to the Commons 
for their concurrence. 
“The King comes into the House, appoints Four in the 
Afternoon for both Houses to attend him with it: A Bill 
brought into the House by C. J. Nugent, and read twice, 
Rege present. Containing a Recognition of the King’s 
Title, and an Abhorrence of the P. of O.’s Usurpation, and 
of the defection of the English; ordered after to be in- 
grossed: Committees of Grievances and Petitions ap- 
pointed: House adjourned till Friday morning. 
“ May 10. King comes into the House, and stays there . 
all the Session: Bill of Recognition, &e. read the third 
time; sent down to the Commons by two Judges, who 
report the delivery of it: A Bill brought in by C. J. Nu- 
gent for incouraging Trade, by inviting Strangers into 
the Kingdom, taking only the Oath of Fidelity, read 
once. ‘The King directs the House in the Methods of 
