quaint verse, that the said John Eldred, who died in the year 1632, at the age of 80, had his "first being" at "New Buckingham, in Norfolk;" that, "in Babilon he spent some part of his time;" and that "the rest of his earthly pilgrimage hee spent in London, and was alderman of that famous cittie." Beneath the bust, is a raised monument, covered with black marble; on the top of which, very neatly inlaid, in brass, is the figure of a man, about two feet long, with a ruff and furred gown, well engraven; with the arms of Eldred, Revett, and the city of London, and those of the East India, Turkey, and Russia companies. At his feet, on three brass. plates, are other inscriptions, relating to the travels of the deceased. Revett, the son of this John Eldred, was created a baronet in 1641, and was a considerable benefactor to the parish.

SAXHAM. Saxham Parva, 3 miles and a quarter W. from Bury, was long the seat of the Crofts, one of whom, having suffered much in the Stuart cause, and rendered great service to Charles II. was, by that monarch, raised to the peerage, by the title of Lord Crofts, of Saxham. This nobleman, who died without male issue, was interred in the church, where an elegant altar monument supports his effigies, in the dress of his day. The windows of this edifice are adorned with stained glass, principally coats of arms of the Crofts

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family. The tower, supposed to be Danish, is 56 feet high, and 59 in circumference. It is round, embattled, and finely ornamented with frame-work.

STOWLANGTOFT. At Stowlangtoft, 8 miles E. N. E. from Bury, is a mansion, once the property and residence of Sir Simonds d'Ewes, one of the most profound antiquaries of the seventeenth century. It is now the seat of Sir Geo. Wombwell. The church, which is a handsome building, stands in an area of a double trenched camp; and, in a field near it was found, in 1764, a pot filled with Roman coins of the lower empire. Some years ago, in the adjoining parish of Pakenham, in a farm called Red Castle, a fine tesselated pavement was discovered.

STOW. West Stow Hall, in the parish of that name, 4 miles and a quarter N. N. W. from Bury, was formerly the baronial residence of the Brandons, Dukes of Suffolk, whose arms, with those of the Princess Mary, wife of Charles Brandon, are yet seen on the porch. The building, now much reduced in size, is occupied as a farm house.

TROSTON. Troston Hall, 6 miles and threequarters N. N. E. from Bury, is the seat of Capel Lofft, Esq. a gentleman of the Law, well known to the literary world, as the patron of Bloomfield, the

poet. In his peculiar taste, he has inscribed the trees about his venerable, yet cheerful residence, with names of classic celebrity; and with others, endeared by private friendship, or revered for superior virtue. Edward Capel, the uncle of the proprietor of Troston Hall, and author of "Notes and various Readings of Shakespeare," was born at this seat, in 1713. He spent twenty years in editing a copy of the works of our great dramatist, which he published in ten volumes.

WELNETHAM. At Welnetham, 3 miles and three-quarters S. W. from Bury, were formerly found many potsherds, and other remains of a pottery, supposed, from a sacrificing knife, some arms, and the head of a spear, discovered at the same time, to be Roman. Sir Richard Gipps, a respectable antiquary, resided here, and was interred in the church.

WHEPSTEAD.

Whepstead, 4 miles and a quarter S. S. W. from Bury, belonged to the abbey, and was granted by Henry VIII. to Sir William Drury. It is now the property of Major General Hammond, whose residence is at Plumpton Hall. The spire of Whepstead church was blown down, by the high wind at the death of Cromwell.

WOOLPIT. This is a considerable village, 8 miles E. by S. from Bury, on the road to Ipswich.

A white kind of brick made here, almost equal in beauty to stone, has supplied materials for some of the finest, recently erected mansions in the county. The church is Gothic, and has a remarkably beautiful south porch, but the spire is mean. It formerly contained a shrine of the Virgin Mary, to which, and to a spring, still called our Lady's spring, many pilgrims resorted. From the number of Roman coins discovered at this place, and other circumstances, Dr. Gale is disposed to place the Sitomagus of that people here, rather than at Thetford.

An enlarged Edition of this work is in contemplation, wherein the Environs of Bury, for a circuit of 15 miles, will be more particularly described.

CELEBRATED PERSONS,

Natives of Bury.

Amongst the many distinguished persons, to whom the town of Bury St. Edmund's has had the honour of giving birth, the following appear to be entitled to particular notice.

JOCELIN of the Brackland, from a street so called in this town, where he was born, was a monk here in 1214. He wrote a Chronicle of the Abbey, and the Life of St. Robert, the boy whom the Jews crucified in 1179.

JOHN DE NORWOLD, if not born at Bury, was educated there, and at last appointed abbot. He was engaged in the great controversy between Robert Grostest and Pope Innocent IV. Although a voluminous writer, the only work of his, now extant, is his “Annals of England." He died in the year 1301, and was buried in his conventual Church.

RICHARD DE AUNGERVYLE, or Richard de Bury, was born in the year 1281, and educated at Oxford. -Having completed his studies, he entered into the order of Benedictines, and was appointed tutor to