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William Mulgrave wrote the following 
Memorandum in a copy of the Poems. 
© Prior’s. Chloe went to live at Welford, 
near Nottingham, where fhe married a jour- 
neyman fhoe-maker, a ftranger, and died 
at Welford, in a houfe of Mrs. Bates, of 
whom fhe rented it. She juft lived ro fee 
her fortune fpent fo near as not quite to 
want : many curiofities were fold after her 
death ; of which what fhe died worth 
chiefly confifted. She had fomething 
Sprightly even when near dying.” 
CATHERINE PARRE’S FUNERAL.» 
Queen Catherine Parre died at Sudley 
Caftle, in Gloucefterfhire, now a ruin, and 
was buried in the chapel with great {plen- 
dour. The following account of her in- 
terment was extracted from a MS. in the 
College of Arms, in London, intituled, 
«© A boke of Buryalls of ‘trew noble 
Prfons.”” No. 1,15. p- 98) 99+ 
A Brevyate of thentirement of the Ladye 
Katheryn Parre, Quene Dowager, late 
qiefe to Kinge Henrye theight, and afire 
aviefe to Sr. Thomas Lord Seymer of Sud- 
ley & highe Admyrall of Englond. 
Itm. on Wenyfdaye the vth of Septem- 
bre, betwene ij & iij of the Clocke in the 
Morninge died the aforfeid Ladye, late 
Quene Dowager, at the Caftle of Sudley 
in Gloceftre Shyre 1548, and Jyethe buri- 
ed in the Chappell of the faid Caftle. 
Itm. She was cearid & cheftid in leade 
accordinglie, and fo remaynid in her pry- 
vie Chambre, untill things were in 
Aredynes. | 
Hereofire followethe the P’wvifion in the 
Chappell. 
Itm. Hit was hangid w blacke clothe 
-garnifhid wtt Schoocheons of maryagys, 
vidz. Kinge Henrye theight & her in pale 
undre the Crowne, her owne in lozenge un- 
dre the Crowne. Alifo, tharmesaf the 
Jorde Admyrall & hers in pale wour 
Crowne. 
— Itm. Rayles coved wt blacke clothe 
ffor the mourners to fytt in w,n Stooles 
and Cufsheons accordinglie wttout eyther 
herfle mate & valjlence or tapres, faving 
ij tapres whercn were ij Scoocheons w<® 
ftode uppon the Corps during the fervyce. 
Therdre in proceadinge to the Chappell, 
Ffyrit ij Conduétors. in blacke wth 
blacke fiaves. 
Then Gentlemen and Efquiers. 
Then Knights, 
Thea Offycers of howfholde w'" theyre 
whyte flaves. 
Then the Gentlemen huifhers. 
Then Somtlett heraulde in the Ks. ccte. 
Then the Corps borne by vj Gentle- 
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men in blacke gownes with their hodes on 
theyre heades. . 
Then xl ftaffe Torchis borne on eche 
fide by Yeomen rounde abowte the Corps 
and at eche corner a Knight for Affyftunce * 
itij w'® theyre hodes on theyre heades. 
Then the ladye Jane (Doughter to the 
orde M'ques Dorffett) chefe mourner, 
ledde by -aeftate, her trayne borne uppe 
by a younge ladye. 
Then vj other ladie mourners ij & ij. 
Ther all Ladies & Gentlewomen ij & ij. 
Then Yeomen 1} & iij in a ranke. 
Then ali other ffollowinge. 
The Mannt of the Seruice in the Churche. 
Itm. When the Corps was fett win 
the Rayles and the mourners placid, the 
hole Quere began & fange certen Salmes 
in Englifhe & reade iij leffons; and aftre 
the iij‘* leflon, the mourners accordinge to 
theyre degrees & as yt ys accuftomyd of- 
ferid into the almes box, and when they 
~ hadde don, all other as Gentlemen or Gen- 
tlewomen that wolde. 
The Offeringe don, Dottor Cov*dall 
- the Quenes Almner began his Sermonde 
wch was verie good and godlie, and in 
one place therof he toke a occafion to 
declare unto the people howe that thei 
fhulle none there thinke feye nor fpread 
abrode that the offeringe w" was there 
don, was don anye thinge to p'ffytt the 
deade but ffor the poore only, andailfo the 
lights w°" were caried, & ftode, abowte 
the Corps were for the honnour of the Par- 
ffon and ffor none other entente nor pur- 
pofe, and fo went thorowghe w‘® hys Ser- 
monde, & made a Godlye prayer, and’ 
thole Churche aunfwerid and praied the 
fame w'® hym in thende. 
The Sermonde don, the Corps was bu- 
ried, during w° tyme the Quere foage 
Te Deum in Englifhe. dikephs 
And this don aftre Dinn™ the mourners 
and the reft that wolde returnid homiwarde 
agayne all w°? aforfeid was don in a morn- — 
inge. Ee 
ORIGINAL LETTER from Thomfon, the 
Bard of the Seafons, tom———Patterfon*. 
[ Written in 1748. } : 
This Letter lately appeared) in an American 
Newfpaper, and it does not appear to have. 
ever been publifhed in Great Britain. 
DEAR PATERSON, ¥ 
In the firft place, and previous to my let=- ~ 
ter, I muft recommend to your fayour and 
protection Mr. James Smith, fearcher in St, 
* Pate:fon was Thomfon’s deputy-as fur- — 
veyor of the Leeward Iflands, and this letter 
was probably written in 1748. . if 
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