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when that type was more uncommon : and hence the conclusion that 

 Paul Bash was a brother of the Bonhommes at Edington before he 

 was twenty-eight years old. 



There used to be, a few years ago, in the palace of the Bishop of 

 Gloucester and Bristol — then at Stapleton, near Bristol — a portrait 

 of Paul Bush, which had been given to Bishop Monk by the 

 Ven. Thomas Thorp, then Archdeacon of Bristol. The dress was a 

 coloured silk gown with some badge dependent from the neck : but 

 whether this was the official costume of the Rector of Bonhommes 

 or not, is uncertain. 1 



In " Dingley's History of Marble/' vol. I., p. lxv., there is a 

 sketch of Bush's tomb in Bristol Cathedral : of which Britton, in 

 his history of that Church, says, " At the east end of the north 

 aisle is a low altar-tomb, which supports an emaciated figure of 

 Bishop Bush, who died in 1558. The head rests on a mitre and by 

 his right side is a crozier. Over each of the pillars'''' [there are three, 

 in front, supporting the flat canopy] "is a shield bearing arms. 

 Round the base and cornice of the monument is an inscription." 

 This is given by Dingley: "hic jacet dns paulus bushe primus 



HUJUS ECCLESL5] EPISCOPUS QUI OBIIT XI mo DIE OCTOBRIS ANNO DOMINI 

 M.D.L.VIII. ^ITATTS SU^ LXVIII. CUJUS ANIM2E PB.OP1TIETUR DEUS 

 CHRISTUS. AMEN/'' 



" On a grave-stone below the altar-steps, is inscribed, ' Of your 

 charity pray for the soul of Eclithe Bushe, otherwise called Ashley, 

 who deceased the 8th day of Oct., A.D. 1553/ His marriage with 

 this lady caused Bush to be deprived of his bishoprick." 2 



1539. 30 Hen. VIII. On the 31st March the monastery was 

 formally surrendered by Paul Bush. To the original deed in the 

 Augmentation Office an impression of their common seal is appen- 

 ded. It is on red wax, and represents the Apostles, Peter, in dexter, 

 and Paul, in sinister. Over them the Virgin Mary and Child; and 



1 Archdeacon Thorp told the present writer that the portrait strongly resembled 

 some of the same name then living at Bristol. 



2 Britton's Bristol Cathedral, p. 61. The reader will notice both in the Latin 

 and English epitaphs a late instance of the request to "pray for the soul." 



