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Murder in the Seventeenth Century. 



Died a maid. This excellent Lady for the Pious and unparalelled affections she 

 retained to the memory of her deceased Lord caused this stately monument to be 

 erecled in her life time in September Anno Dom 1664." * 



Whether Mr. Harrison's return suggested this design to Lady- 

 Juliana or the sculptor I know not, but the association is remarkable. 



We would linger at the quiet town of Campden, desiring the 

 return of some Jason like William Grauville or Sir Baptist Hickes, 

 with a golden fleece, to rebuild the hospitable mansion ; but rejoicing 

 to see the Church under careful restoration, the occupants of the 

 almshouses half dreaming at their doors in aged composure, and 

 the spirit of Dover still about, for the foxhound plays on the green 

 with her puppies. 



Note. — Nicholas Albeniaco, mentioned at page 41 as one of the 

 owners of Campden, was probably Nicholas Brakespeare, who was 

 born near St. Albans, and afterwards became Bishop of Alba, and 

 finally Pope Adrian IV., 1154. If so, it is more likely the estate 

 came by grant rather than by descent to this famous man. 



APPENDIX. 

 The Fairfokd Frogs. 

 'Twas an age of fatalism and o£ wonders from highest to lowest ! 

 We remember the Lord Protector's day, September 3rd, on which 

 he won the Battle of Worcester, called his first Parliament, and died. 

 Here is a story 1 from Fairford illustrating human credulity, which, 

 with two other stories, was published in London soon after, and forms 

 a tract in furtherance of the particular power of the flock of Christian 

 zealots (Anabaptists) from whom it emanates. It tells seriously "how 



* There is also close by a sculptured marble bust of the Lady Penelope Noel, the drapery of which 

 is beautifully finished. 



1 King's Pamphlets, Sm. Qto. 849. Aug. 2nd 1660, London. " Strange newes 

 from Gloucester, a perfect relation of the wonderful and miraculous power of God 

 shewed for injustice, at Fairford, betwixt Farrington and Scicister, where an in- 

 numerable company of f roggs and toads (on a sudden) overspread the Ground, 

 orchards, and Houses, of the Lord of the town, and a justice near adjacent, and 

 how they divided themselves into distinct bodies, and orderly, made up to the 

 house of the s d Justice some climing up the walls, and into the windows and 

 chambers ; and afterwards how strangely and unexpectedly they vanished away. 



" 2nd Eaining fire in France. 



" 3rd Death of a clerk's daughter at a meeting of Zealots." 



