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attainder, the title was forfeited to the crown in 

 1747 ; and on the death of his third and last sur- 

 viving son, Hon. Archibald Fraser, s. p. m. sup., 

 in Dec. 1815, at Beaufort Castle (the estates 

 having been restored by the crown), all the de- 

 scendants of this branch of the family of Lovat 

 became extinct in the male line ; and the repre- 

 sentation of the family, and right to the title, de- 

 volving to the present Lord Lovat (then Mr. 

 Fraser), who presented a petition to the House of 

 Lords in July, 1825, claiming the title. A. S. A. 



THE HOOD-LOFT. 

 (2°"> S. vi. 141.) 



Often have I admired the glorious rood-screen 

 in Ranworth church, and the ancient lectern has 

 not escaped my notice. Mr. D'Avenet tells us 

 that the words painted at the back of it were re- 

 peated at the end of the epistle and gospel by 

 the choristers ; but this has no foundation in 

 truth. He gives the verse itself inaccurately. It 

 runs thus : — 



" Gloria tibi Dotnine, 

 Qui natus es de Virgine, 

 Cum Patre et Sancto Spiritn, 

 In sempiterna saecula." 



The verse would indeed be imperfect if the words 

 in italics were omitted, as in Mr. D'Avenet's 

 copy, as no glory would then be expressed to the 

 first person of the blessed Trinity. But this verse 

 was the common termination of the hymns in 

 Advent, at Christmas, and on all fe«sts of the 

 Blessed Virgin Mary; the same are still in use 

 everywhere in the Catholic church, except that 

 for the first line we have, " Jesu, tibi sit Gloria," 

 and " almo," instead of " sancto " in the third line. 

 This verse was not repeated at the end of the 

 epistle, and much less at the end of the gospel. 

 Nor was it ever used in the mass at all, but it 

 belonged exclusively to certain hymns in the 

 divine office. It was painted at the back of the 

 lectern, not for actual use, but chiefly for a signifi- 

 cant motto to keep alive the impression that the 

 great object of all the services of the church was 

 to give glory and honour to the Blessed Trinity. 



1 may here remark that Mr. D'Avenet seems 

 not aware that the form of asking the blessing of 

 the superior before reading a lesson is "Jube 

 domne' benedicere," not domine, the word being 

 purposely varied when addressed to any earthly 

 superior. 



The rood-screen at Eanworth contains most 

 curious and elaborate paintings in excellent pre- 

 servation. It consists of a centre and two par- 

 closes, separated by beautiful projecting wings. 

 The figures painted in the centre are the apostles, 

 in the following order, commencing from the 

 north end : Saints Simon, Thomas, Bartholomew, 



James the Greater, Andrew, and Peter. Then 

 come the holy gates, and Saints Paul, John, Philip, 

 James the Less, Jude, and Matthew. On the north 

 parclose are depicted Saints Withberge, John 

 Baptist, — a prophet, probably Isaias, and Saint 

 Barbara. On the south parclose are paintings of 

 extreme rarity and interest, Saints Salome, with 

 her sons John and James, the Blessed Virgin 

 I\Lary with the' holy infant Jesus, St. ]\Iary of 

 James, with her four sons, Jude, Simeon, James, 

 and Joseph Barsabas, and St. Ethelreda. 



On the inside of the north wing are large and 

 richly painted figures of St. Augustin of England, 

 St. George, and St. Stephen ; and on the inside of 

 the south wing, St. Thomas of Canterbury, St. 

 Michael, and St. Laurence; the figures on each 

 matching and corresponding in character most 

 strikingly. The carving, gilding, and painting of 

 this screen are extremely beautiful, and it is cer- 

 tainly one of the most curious and best preserved 

 in all England, if not'actually the best of all. 



F. C. H, 



BERESFOED GHOST. 



(2-^ S. vi. 73.) 



The evidence in this case is so very vague and 

 unsatisfactory, that one would think the most 

 determined believer in apparitions cannot but 

 feel certain hesitations in accepting it as truth ; 

 the less superstitious will probably set it down as 

 a pure fiction — a nursery tale. 



I have examined the Waterford pedigree in 

 Burke's Peerage, and do not find any Earl of 

 Tyrone, or Lady Beresford, to whom the con- 

 ditions of the narrative, as given by J. Speed D., 

 in any way apply. I may be wrong, and sliall be 

 open to conviction, if any one will show that I am 

 so. Sir Marcus married Lady Catherine Poer, 

 Baroness Le Poer, only daughter and heiress of 

 James, third Earl of Tyrone, through which alli- 

 ance Sir Marcus became Viscount Tyrone, 1720, 

 and Earl in 1746. 



With respect to the withered wrist, as seen by 

 Lady Betty Cobbe, it remains for professional 

 correspondents to decide whether such destruc- 

 tion of the part could possibly exist without 

 entailing a loss of the hand, that is, the use of 

 ifc^ — whether the destruction of the carpal liga- 

 ment would not be followed by at least a partial 

 dislocation of the ulna, — and, finally, whether 

 Lady Betty must not have possessed mesmeric 

 powers of vision to have seen, as stated, the wi" 

 thered nerves. 



It is worthy of remark that in this, <as in all 

 other ghost stories, the resurrection of the dead 

 and last judgment are completely ignored and 

 anticipated. The deceased has no sooner thrown 

 off his or her mortal coil than judgment has takeq 



