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CONTENTS.-No. 242. NOTES:-Fulham Parish Registers, 121-Holcroft Bibliography, 122- Emendations in All's Well that Ends Well' and 'Cymbeline,' 125-Chattels of Roger Mortimer of Wigmore, 126 Poems on Several Occasions' "Ruby"-Early Instances of Words for the N. E.D.,' 127-John Heywood the Dramatist a Freeman of London -"Chatterbox," 128.

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NOTES ON BOOKS:-'Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society'-'Dwelly's Parish Records'-'The English Borough in the Twelfth Century'-'Transactions of the Birmingham Archæological Society'-Report of the Birmingham Free Libraries-' Francis David''The Religious Philosophy of Plotinus.' Notices to Correspondents.

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FULHAM PARISH REGISTERS. THE following extracts from the parish registers of Fulham, co. Middlesex, recently made, are perhaps worthy of preservation. The registers consist of two parts-i.e., "Fulham side" and "Hammersmith side."

FULHAM SIDE. Baptisms.

Nicholas, son of Sir Nicholas Crispe, Baronet, and Judith, his lady, baptized 8 Oct., 1676. Mary, daughter of Sir John Williams, Knight, and Mary, his lady, baptized 17 May, 1679.

Judith, daughter of Sir Nicholas Crispe, Baronet, and Judith, his lady, baptized 4 June, 1679.

Anne, daughter of the Right Reverend Edmund, Lord Bishop of London, and Margaret Gibson, his wife, baptized 9 Dec., 1727. Marriages.

More Mollineux and Cassandra Cornwallis, by licence, 6 March, 1721.

Mr Charles Tryon and the honble Mary Shirley, by licence, in the Bishop's Chapel, 3 July, 1722. Bowater Vernon and Jane Cornwallis, by licence, in the Bishop's Chapel, 11 Dec., 1722.

Sir Wilfred Lawson, Baronet, and Mrs Elizabeth Mordaunt, by licence, 14 March, 1723.

Robert Tyrwhit and Elizabeth Gibson, in the Chapel at the Palace, by licence, 15 Aug., 1728.

Burials.

Humphrey Henchman, Lord Bishop of London, departed this life at his house in Aldersgate street, London, the seventh day of October, and lyes buried in the South Aisle of Fulham Church, under a black marble stone, buried 13 Oct., 1675. Edward Sheaffield, armiger, buried 13 March, 1675/6.

The Lady Elizabeth Herbert, buried 27 Feb., 1677/8.

Elizabeth, Viscountess Mordaunt, buried 1 May, 1679.

Sir Francis Compton, Kt, buried 28 Dec., 1716. Lady Elizabeth Childe, buried 27 Feb., 1719/20. Sir William Withers, K', buried 7 Jan., 1720/1. Sir Robert Childe, buried 11 Oct., 1721. Dr. John Robinson, Lord Bishop of London, buried 19 April, 1723.

Henry Mordaunt, Esq., buried 6 May, 1724. The Lady Mohun, buried 21 May, 1725. Dorothy, daughter of Col. John Mohun, buried 21 Feb., 1726/7.

HAMMERSMITH SIDE. Baptisms.

lady, baptized 3 March, 1684/5. William, son of Sir John Cope and Ann, his

Christopher, son of Sir Robert Legard and Mirabella, his lady, baptized 28 May, 1685. John, son of John and Jane Leccy, valued 50li. per annum, baptized 27 June, 1698.

Florah, daughter of Edward Hyde, Lord Cornbury, and Catherine, baptized 31 Jan., 1700/1. Elizabeth, the daughter of John and Jane Leacy, 50li. per Annum, baptized 20 Jan., 1703/4.

Thomas, son of Thomas and Mary Talmaish, baptized 12 Jan., 1706/7.

Marriages.

Sir George Worburton, K, and Diana Allington, married 18 June, 1699.

Francis Berkeley of the Inner Temple, gentleman, and Elizabeth Jenkins, married by licence, 28 Sept., 1704.

Bulkeley, by licence, 12 Dec., 1729.
John Hook, Esq., and Elizabeth, Viscountess

Burials.

Humphrey Henchman, Lord Bishop of London buried 13 Oct., 1675.

Alban, son of Sir John Cope, buried 11 Aug., 1684.

Meadows, daughter of Sir Phills lady (sic), buried 31 March, 1687.

The Lady Elizabeth Box, wife of Sir Ralph, buried 2 Feb., 1693/4.

Sir Samuel Morland, Kt and Baronet, buried 6 Jan., 1695/6.

Yard, in the Parish of St. Martin in the Fields, Benjamin Driden,* Gentleman, from Durham

his widow executrix, buried 30 Jan., 1698/9.

*Benjamin "Driden" was probably the son of Sir John Dryden, second Bart., and first cousin to the poet. Sir John had a son Benjamin, born in 1649, who is said to have married "an old woman" and died s.p. Margaret" Driden," buried at Fulham in 1711, is probably the widow.

Florah, daughter of Edward Hyde, Lord Viscount Cornbury, buried 6 Feb., 1700/1. Adam Wright, gardiner to the Princess Ann,

buried 18 April, 1701.

James Cadona, servant of the Venetian Ambassador, buried 10 July, 1702.

Mary King, widow, 600 value, from Mincen lane, London, buried 25 Nov., 1703.

Lewes Hencort, a French Marquis, buried 8 Dec., 1703.

Philip Nevell, gentleman, buried 30 June, 1705. Sir Edward Nevell, buried 11 Aug., 1705. Elizabeth, the daughter of Thomas and Mary Tolmaish, Gent., buried 25 Sept., 1705. Thomas, the son of Henry Box, Esq., buried 12 Feb., 1705/6.

Anne, the wife of the Right Reverend William Loyd, buried 19 June, 1708.

Margaret Driden, buried 10 Sept., 1711.

The Lady Frances Nevill, buried 18 Oct., 1714. Sir Timothy Lennoy, Kt., buried 30 Sept., 1718. The wife of John Downs, carried away,* buried 5 April, 1719.

Dame Elizabeth, wife of Sir Edward Chisenhall, buried 25 April, 1720.

Mary, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Tichbourn, buried 5 July, 1726.

PERCY D. MUNDY.

A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS

HOLCROFT.

(See ante, pp. 1, 43, 83.)

1784. "The Wit's Magazine; or Library of Momus. Being a Compleat Repository of Mirth, Humour, and Entertainment. Mirth! With thee I mean to live. Milton. Vol. I. London: Printed for Harrison and Co. No. 18, Paternoster-Row. MDCCLXXXIV." Octavo.

The first four numbers were edited by Thomas Holcroft, January-April (cf. Pref. to Tales in Verse,' 1806).

Several verses with the title of Epitaph' (Feb., March, and April, 1: 76, 116, 156), Epigram IV. (April, 1: 156), 'The Abode of the Graces' (January, 1: 35), 'The Decline of Wit' (February, 1: 71), and 'The Beggar's Hats (April, 1: 151) were written by Thomas Holcroft. In the March number of

the magazine for the same year (1: 116) we find verses "To Mr. Holcroft, on reading The Decline of Wit.' By Mrs. S. E. Spencer," as follows :—

You picture the Decline of Wit

In flowing numbers, easy lays;

And while you sing so wondrous sweet,
Its consequence again you raise.
Wit was neglected, (happy bard !)
Because a rarity it grew;
But now once more it claims regard,
Since it appears so bright in you.

'Politeness' (March, 1784, 1: 111-12); written by Mr. John Martin, a butcher at *This form frequently occurs. It probably refers to a parishioner buried outside the parish.

It was, of course, natural that as editor, particularly in those times, Holcroft should have written much and rewritten more himself. But, beyond what I have above, there is little direct evidence for identification.

I find in the February number (1: 52) the following note :—

"The Editor advises this Correspondent to learn by rote the following Epigram, which was suggested by the vision he himself mentions to have had.

He who to get too much aspires,
May get much more than he desires :
May get in prison; and, no doubt,
May get, when sheriffs take him out,
A cart, a parson, and a psalter,

An exhortation and a halter.

E."

The fact that this is signed "E.," signifying "Editor," and that the initial was used elsewhere (1: 61) with that meaning, and that Holcroft was the editor of the magazine JanuaryApril, leads me to place the above in this Bibliography. But then the question arises if "E." all through the four numbers of The Wit's Magazine refers to Holcroft. I should say that it does, because Holcroft signs it to The Father Outwitted' (1: 17-21, see above), and because I find no references initial; though I see no reason why, save to correspondents or contributors by that to give a semblance of many contributors, Holcroft should sign some of his work with E., some with his name, and leave some