it 4 or 5 acres, or any other number you think more correct. may "The following account of a chimneypiece, at Gosfield Hall in Essex a seat of the Marquis of Buckingham, is copied from the Fifth Volume of 'The Beauties of England and Wales, 1803,' p. 352. In the Library is an antient sculptured chimney-piece in stone, deserving notice 'from its subject and execution. It repre6 sents, in bold relief, the memorable Battle ' of Bosworth Field, between Richard III. ' and the Earl of Richmond; and contains twenty-four figures on horseback, with the King lying prostrate under his own charger. Most of the personages intro, 'duced are known by the armorial bear ings on their shields. Amongst others are, the Duke of Norfolk, the Earls of Surrey ⚫ and Northumberland, Sir Simon Digby, • Sir 'Sir Walter Blount, Sir William Herbert, ' of Oxford. At the extremity of the chim- ney-piece are small statues of Henry VII. and his Queen, exactly resembling those In the Gentleman's Magazine for 1796, vol. LXVI. p. 913, is an engraving of a carving some- what similar (except that it is in wood) on a chim- ney-piece in the great parlour of the Tankard ale- house in St. Stephen's parish at Ipswich, formerly the mansion of Sir Anthony Wingfield, K. G. privy counsellor, and one of the executors to King Henry VIII. Part of the building has served as a play- house; and the family chapel opposite thereto is Uninterrupted tradition has referred the Ipswich 'tain; but it is known to be of considerable antiquity, it having been removed in the "I venture to break the thread of that tradition, and 66 say, that it is nothing more nor less than the Judg"ment of Paris, and its consequence? Paris is seated, "habited in his Phrygian robe and bonnet, amusing "himself with his lute, when the three goddesses pre"sent themselves to him. The next scene is his ad"judgment of the prize; when Juno, as Queen of "Heaven, leads the way, followed by Venus, dis"closing all her charms; and she by Pallas, with the "Gorgon's head and ægis. Paris, won over by the "attractions of Venus and her assistant son, who is "hovering in the air above, adjudges to her the "apple, which he holds in his left hand. We next "view him, armed cap-à-pie, reclining, perhaps at "the foot of the statue of his Patroness, meditating ❝his conquest, his lance lying by him, and his horse "saddled and bridled. The reclining warrior and "the horse are the only figures in the piece that "could possibly suggest the idea of the Battle of "Bosworth; but the latter might with equal pro"priety have been taken for the Trojan horse as for "that of Richard III. or Paris for that King. Below, year 1687 from Bois Hall, a small house belonging to the Earls of Oxford, one of 'whom was a partizan of the Earl of Rich'mond." "The whole of this curious chimneypiece, as appears by a newspaper of the year 1808, has been removed, to decorate the magnificent Gothic Library lately built at Stowe, for the reception of the MSS. of that collection. "You mention, in your History of Leicestershire, (Vol. III. p. 469,) a hill called " in the left corner, we see Paris and one of his friends 66 prepare with horses to carry off Helen; and in the "distance they are seen offering up their vows in the Temple of Venus, or, perhaps, solemnizing their "nuptials, the horse or horses waiting without. "I should be sorry to deprive Lady Lucan or Mr. "Hardinge of such a subject for their illuminated "Shakspear; but I cannot help thinking the present "the more probable illustration. R. G." Robin-o'-tiptoe, in the parish of Tilton. Upon the summit is a Fortification, of an oblong square, which I take to be Danish, containing about one acre. There is one Tree within the Camp, in a state of great decay; probably not less than a thousand years old: from this, I apprehend, the Hill took its name of Robin o' tiptoe. I have lately purchased the Hill. W. HUTTON." Thus far the original Historian of Bosworth Field; whose apprehensions, however, that the famous Well where Richard quenched his thirst will sink into oblivion, I am happy to observe, are totally done away, by the recent exertions of my profoundly-learned Friend, the Rev. Dr. PARR; by whose indefatigability, intelligence, and erudition, the site of this memorable spot will be handed down to the latest posterity. In a Letter dated "Hatton, Sept. 13, "1813," which I here use by his express |