incrusted with marble, a rare occurrence in Pompeii. A border of square tesseræ of variegated marble, and above it an ornamental band of flowers cut out of pieces of porphyry serpentine and giallo-antico, may still be seen adhering to the wall. Amongst the small objects found during the most recent excavations are eleven vessels of bronze, rectangular at the base, but with the mouth wider, and provided with two handles, which are believed to be crucibles. Some fragments of inscriptions recently disinterred, which appear to refer to a priestess of Venus, are now being studied by Professor Sogliano of Naples. A plan and descriptions of the five-storied house, containing the public bath, will shortly be published by Dr. Mau, of the German Institute in Rome, to whom Pompeii already owes so much illustration. The three floors beneath the therma seem to have been used as stores for merchandise or shops, and were evidently entered from the lower level on the seashore. Paid him in June 1611 24th December 1612 1613 Paid him more by Ruth for me Junij 1613... 255. Thomas the yonger his sonne after the rate of 2d. a day & dyett 28th September 1613 Thomas Lem the elder 1 Novembris 1613 by Ruth Reve for me ... 205. £4 Masons Octobris 1611. Bargained with Crowe of Bromsgrove a free mason the 7th October 1611 that he and his sonne shuld hewe 3 tones Asheler & mouldinge at the rate of IIS. the weeke for both of them they finding themselves meate, drink & lodging & tooles & that they must contynue winter and sommer at that rate. And to contynue in the work without going out or changinge during the time I shall sett them to work & pay that wages. Md Crowe ... ... IIS. Md to Crowe. . . because St. Luke was holyday & for that 22d. was abated of a whole week 20s. 2d. To Crowe upon St. Andrewes day the last of November 1611 for 5 weeks work for him & his boye 55s. and so even till then what time I discharged him till my Sheriff work ended 55S. Masons 1611. Paid Willm Tomson the bundling Mason To Chaunce for his bootes ... ... For his Coate, Cognizance Hatt feather & Cognisance of silver For his Chest 8s. 2s. 6d. band 30s. 45. 6d. Deliv'd Chance 24th Marche 1611 as part of his wages For drawing the upright of the fore part of my house at London to Carter of St. Giles Lane by Charing Crosse Paid John Chance more as part of his wages the 22d July 1612 ... June 1617. June 1617 Thomas Lem the elder ... 40s. sonne Lem ... £5 March 1618 Ballard for making 2 Mason's houses ... Henry Underhill for thatching them Chance By the handes of Ruth Quarrymen 1611. I bargayned with Tromyn of Ombersley and Reve of to raise stone after the rate of a penny for a foote of smothe Ashler and a foote of rough Asheler. I paid them upon a Reckoninge the 7th of September 1611 26 October 1611 Sma of this page £18 125. Paid to Willm Sadler for lading the poole and 6d. a day bourding himself 12 Sep 1613 55. Sett Reve on work in the lane above Angells on this side Woller's heath the 17th August 1612 to digg rough stone for foundation & seller & paid him 6d. the day & meat & drink & lodging & paid him this week 65 Paid Reve the next following for 3 daies for the other 3 he spent idelly at Ale 45. Paid the 5th of September 1612 to these workmen day laborers to uncover & digg stone in the Quarry above Angells in the lane in Kier after 6d. the day To Tailor a carrier of timber of the forrest of Wire for cariadge of 4 loades of great Sommers from my parke to Kier at 5s. the loade the first of June ... 205. To Wyne... cariadge 3 loades of great sommers after the same rate of 55. the loade ... 155. June 1615 ... 16 sommers cariadge to 2 waynemen after 5s. a sommer from ye parke £4 To Curtys & his fellow Whipp sawiers for sawing 3 hundred of joists ...10s. 6d. Paid Tailor... cariadge of 6 great sommers to Kyer from the Park ... 125. 9s. 6d. 125. 205. 30s. Curtys 5 hundred after 18d. 7s. 6d. Curtys the sawier 3 David Baldpate sawinge 700 July 1615 Davys & his boye... squaring of timber ... Augusti 1612 For sawing wood to burn brick Septembris 1615 Taylor the wayman... cariadg of 25 peaces of square timber out of my park to Kier Court after the rate of 125. a lode ... 255. Januarij 1615 David Baldpate... sawing 400 after ye rate of 18d. for the hundred. Junij 1616 Paid George Greene laborer the 17th June after 7d. the daye at his owne diett for raisinge stone & tempering claye to make tile for more than half a yeares work... 405. Novembris 1617 Paid to Ballard for felling and squaring 10 Oks in the Upper Riddinges ... 30s. Sir Edward Pytts died in 1618, aged 77. In his will, dated December 28, 1617, he leaves £2,000 to his son and heir and executor, Sir James Pytts, to finish his house "according to the platte remayning in Chaunce's handes drawn by my dictation and the same to be performed with in seaven yeares next followinge the date of these presents or in lesse time.” On page 5 is written James Pytts 1618. An Dom 1618 April 16 Md That John Chaunce of Sheeply in the P'ish of Bromsgrove and Countie of Wigorn' Mason hath covenanted to work with Halifax Parish Church.-I. Eng. inscr. (in raised letters) and text, St. John xi. 25, to John Waterhows, of Halyfax, 1530, and wife Agnes, effs. lost, two scrolls remain, now on a pew. N. II. Eng. inscr. to Hugh Faucit, of Halifax, 1641, and Hugh, his son, 1668. S.A. III. Eng. inscr., and seven Eng. vv., to "Mr. Jo: Broadley late minist: of Sowerby Chapel:" 1623, and wife Mary, 1625, mur. S.A. Helmsley.-I. Chil. (each separate) now lost. Crest (a panache of peacock's feathers) with mantling remains, the shield belonging to it and four others lost, now under Tower. II. Apparently lost. Add III. Eng. inscr. and one Lat. line to William, son of Wm. Moore, gent., born 1682, dec. 1685, mur. S. Tr. IV. Eng. inscr. and ten Eng. vv. to Christopher Agar, 1789, "after a short and violent fever," æt. 40, mur. N.A. V. Eng. inscr. to Mr. John Peirson, of Whitby, "who gave ye Candlestick to ys church," 1770, æt. 78, mur. S.Tr. Hull, St. Mary.-E. wall of S.C. Hull, Holy Trinity.-I. In S.C.A. Add II. Eng. inscr. to Mrs. Dorothy Shaw, wife of Mr. John Shaw, "preacher of the Gospel in this church," 1657, mur. S.C.A. III. Eng. inscr., stating that Thos. Dalton married, Ist, Ann Walker, widow; and 2nd, Ann, dau. of Sir Robt. Tirwhit, of Ketlebie, Knt., by whom he had six sons and two daus; he dec. æt. 74; inlaid in old slab (with inscr.). S.C.A. IV. A shield (ermine, on a bend engrailed, three fleurs de lys). S.C.A. Ripon Cathedral.-I. Lat. inscr. to Wm. Gibson, Alderman, 1680, æt. 47, mur. N.Tr. II. Eng. inscr. to Fras. Blackburne, Alderman of Richmond, 1710, æt. 29. Central Tower. III. Lat. inscr. to Edward Hodgson, of Ripon, 1705, æt. 67. S.A. Sessay. Has a shield (bendy of six, over all, on a fess, a lion passant gardant between two cinquefoils; a chief inscribed "As God wyll"), also four corner - pieces; two, the Holy Lamb, with cross and banner; and two, a columbine. C. Stanwick St. John.-Apparently lost. Thirsk.-I. has four Lat. vv. II. The date is certainly 1419. On same slab as last; (?) all one brass. S.A. Wakefield Cathedral.-I. Eng. inscr. to Mr. Marm. Shepley, of Wakefield, 1722, æt. 35. N.CA. II. Eng. inscr. to Willm. Coppindale, junr., gent., 1726, æt. 30, and Margt., his 3rd dau., æt. 3. N. III. Eng. inscr. to Mr. Robt. Bever, 1728, æt. 58, and Frances his grand-dau. N.A. IV. Eng. inscr. to Mr. Willm. Spink, mcht., 1738, æt. 71. N. V. Eng. inscr. to Mr. Robt. Mason, gent., 1738 (?), æt. 38. N.A. And several other later brass plates. Add III. Wycliffe.-II. has a shield. Lat. inscr. to Wm. Wyclife, Esq., Lord of the Manor and Patron of Church, 1584, and wife Merial, dau. of Wm., Lord Eure, 1557; John, their youngest son, pos. 1611. C. There is an incised slab with effigy of John Forster, Vicar, canopy and marg. inscr., c. 1450, in C. York, All Saints, North Street.-II. and III. parts of the same brass (?). Add IV. Lat. inscr. to William Stokton, and Robert Colynson, [Lord] Mayor of York, and their wife, Isabella, c. 1500. S.A. Collinson (the S.A. Collinson (the 1st husband) was Lord Mayor, 1457, and dec. 1458. Isabella Stockton dec. 1503. Stockton was an alderman. (Surtees Soc., 57, 29 n.) V. Arms and Eng. inscr. to Thos. Askwith, Sheriff of the city of York, 1609, æt. 71, and wife Anne, dau. of Robart Telleker, of Thoulthrope, gent., by whom he had one son. By his 1st wife Ursula, dau. of Robt. Sandwith, of York, Bower, he had one son and one daughter, mur. S.C. VI. Lat. inscr. to Chas., son of Chas., brother of Rich., Townley, all of Townley, co. Lanc., 1712, æt. 80, mur. S.C. York, All Saints, Pavement.-I. Lat. inscr. to Robert Crathorn, Esq., 1464. N.A. II. Eng. inscr. to Mary, wife of John Gratrix, “Q! Mast! in his Majs 1st or Roy! Reg" of Drags," 1790, æt. 36; on same slab as last. N.A. York, St. Crux.-I. (on pillar S. side of N.) has arms of Askwith; it probably commemorates Robt. Askwith, Lord Mayor, 1580 and 1593; M.P. 1581 and 1588; who dec. 1597, at. 67. II. In S.A. III. Mchts. mks. apparently lost; one shield only with arms of the City of York. N.A. Church visited 1884. It has since been demolished! York, St. Cuthbert.-I. Lat. inscr. to Wm. Bowes, sen., [Lord] Mayor, and wife Isabelle, 1435; four shields lost. II. Eng. inscr. to Robart Hungate, Esq., counsellorat-law, founder of a school and hospital at Sherburn, benefactor to this parish; gave £30 every third year to a preaching minister to preach and catechise in this Church, Sandhutton Chapel, and Saxton Church, 1619. Hen. Darley, husband of niece Margery Hungate, and executor, pos. III. Eng. inscr. to Richd. Bell, Esq., counsellor-at-law; had two wives-Anne, dau. of John Atkinson, gent., of York; and Katherine, widow of John Payler, Esq., 1630. IV. Eng. inscr., with arms, to Susanna, youngest dau. of Mr. Richd. Lowther, second son of Sir William Lowther, Knt. of Great Preston, co. York, 1714, æt. 1 yr. II mos. 15 days. V. A shield. VI. Another, mutilated. Nos. II., IV., and VI. on the same slab. York, St. John.-Eng. inscr., with arms, to Mr. Thos. Mosley, Alderman and twice Lord Mayor, 1624, æt. 85; Marie, his eldest dau. ; Eliz. his second dau.; and Thos. Scott his grandchild, son to Eliz.; Jane his wife, pos. N.A. The altar tomb of Sir Thos. York, Knt., Lord Mayor, 1469 and 1477 (who founded a chantry here and), dec. 1489; has had the chamfer insc. restored. N.A. York, St. Martin le Grand.-I. In N.A. II. has four shields, mur. S.C. Add III. Lat. inscr., with arms, to Valentine Nalson, M.A., Pastor, Succentor of the vicars choral, York, and Canon of Ripon (son of John Nalson, LL.D.), 1722, æt. 40. N. IV. Eng. inscr. to George, son of Geo. and Eliz. Copperthwaite, of Leeds, 1760, æt. 4, mur. N.A. York, St. Mary, Castlegate.-Lat. inscr. to George, son of Geo. Blanshard, gent., 1709, æt. 18 mos.; Sarah, widow of Tim. Wilkinson, gent., 1724, æt. 61; and Margaret, widow of the said Geo. Blanshard, and dau. of the said Tim. and Sarah Wilkinson, 1731, æt. 46. N.C. York, St. Michael le Belfry.-I. Eng. inscr. to Frances, wife of William Farrer, of Ewood, "within the Viccaridge of Hallifax," co. York, Esq., dau. of Richd. James, of Portsmouth, Esq., 1680, æt. 51. Esq., 1680, æt. 51. N.A. II. Eng. inscr., with arms, to Thos. Dawny, of Selby, Esq., son of Thos. D., of Sutton Manor, in Coldfield, co. Warw., Esq., 1683, æt. 44. N.A. York, St. Michael, Spurriergate.-I. In N.A. II. In S.A. III. In N. Add IV. Eng. inscr. to Mr. Wm. Shaw, bachelor, mcht., of York (son of Mr. Thos. Shaw, Rector of Aldingham, Furness, co. Lanc.), 1681, æt. 40. By his will he left £100 to the poor of this parish for ever. On same slab as II. S.A. York, St. Sampson.-Lat. inscr. to Wm. Richardson, 1680, æt. 47. S.A. York, Holy Trinity, Goodramgate.-Lat. inscr. to Thos. Danby, [Lord] Mayor of York, 1458, and wife Matilde, 1463. S.A. York, Holy Trinity or Christ Church, King's Court.-I. Lat. inscr. to Thos. Kyrke, |