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Disc. 6, 1899. BYE-GONES. 251 NOTICES OF BOOKS. The Archceologia Cambrensis for October con¬ tains " Glimpses of Elizabethan Pembrokeshire," by the Rev James Phillips, " Slebech Coin- mandery and the Knights of St. John," by Mr J. Rogers Rees, and " Stokesay Castle," by the late Rev J. G. D. La Touche. It also contains a report of the fifty-third annual meeting in London, and amongst the Archaeological Notes and Queries are accounts of a bronze caldron found near Velin Newydd, Brecknockshire, an Inscribed Beam at Plas Penmynydd, Anglesey, a Dog- wheel at Cefn-Mabli, Glamorgan, an Ancient Welsh Farmhouse near Strata Florida, Early Sculpture at Ewenny Priory, and New Fishes for the Ffynnon-y-Sant,,Llanberis. The Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeolo¬ gical Society (2nd Series, XI., 3.) open with a paper on " Some Shropshire Briefs," by the Rector of Wem, being, as the writer says, chiefly a compilation from Mr Bewes's Church Briefs. Mr Henry T. Weyman follows with a contribution on the "Recorders of Ludlow," in which a list is given, followed by short biographical sketches. The late Mr George Morris's " Abstracts of the Grants and Charters contained in the Chartulary of Worabridge Priory " are continued, as well as " The Shropsbire;Subsidy Roll of 1327," with an introduction by "the Rev VV. G. D. Fletcher. The rest of the Part is made'up of an account of the annual meeting and the annual excursion. Readers interested in book plates will be glad to see the'announcement that the Rev F. R. Ellis is preparing a paper on " Shropshire Book Plates " for the Transactions, and he will wel¬ come any information on the subiect. With this Part subscribers have received the calendar of the Shrewsbury;,Borough Records, compiled by a special committee appointed by the Finance Committee of the Corporation, and also an index of archaeological papers published in 1897, being the seventh issue of the series and completing the index for the period 1891-97, published under the direction of th3 Congress of Archailogical Societies. It is much to the credit of the Shrewsbury Corporation that they should have published this useful and valuable calendar. Young Wales for October contains a portrait and biographical sketch of the late Mr Charles Ashton, and amongst the other con tents are " Edu¬ cation in Wales," a review by Professor T. Lewis, " the Development of the Agricultural Resources of Wales," by Mr Tom Parry, " Impressions of the Highland Mod," by Mr E. E. Fournier, M Ceiriog " (of whom it is stated that more of his eonga have been set to music than probably those of any other poet), by Mr W. Eilir Evans, and " Scenes from Welsh History," by Professor Edward Edwards, with two photographic illus¬ trations. Another paper is on "Admiral Rod¬ ney's Welsh Memorial." The writer repro¬ duces the inscriptions which Mr Parkes in 1803 sent to the Gentleman's Magazine, and asks whether they have been effaced by time, or whether Mr Parkes was drawing on his imagina¬ tion. Mr Parkes stated that under the inscrip¬ tion, " Colofn Rodney" these lines appear on the pedestal :— Y colofn uchaf a syrthiant Ar tyrrau cadarnaf Ond clod Syr Sior Brydges Eodney A cynnydda beunydd Ai enw da ni ddileuir; which is translated— The highest pillar will fall The strong towers will decay But the fame of Sir George Brydges Eodney Shall increase continually, And his good name shall never be obliterated. The Welsh, it will be seen, and the translation also, are inaccurate. D£0fcMB£& 6, 1899. ~"~~~~ NOTES. EXTRACTS FROM THE WORTHEN RE¬ GISTER. (Nov. 29, 1899).—I continue the ex¬ tracts from the Worthen Register. L. J. Lee. Memorand' that this 10th day of May of A.D. 1683. It is agreed unto by & wth the consent of Richard Clough Gent & George Cooke Gent then Churchwardens that Alexander Redge ye present Gierke doe for ye time to come looke to ye parish Clocke Ringe ye Eight of Clocke Bell comonly called Curfall & Day bell at fower of ye clocke in ye morning keepe clean ye seates & Allyes & toll ye knell of every deceasing p'rson for wh hee is to bee paid of each respective Warden or Wardens for ye time being forty 4 shillinges p Ann for his sd service. In wittnesse of whose consent ye sd Alexander Redge &ye sd Richard Clough & George Cooke have hereunto subscribed their hands the day & year above written. In considerac'on of wh service ye sd George Cooke & Richard Clough doe p'mise to sett ye sd parish Clocke in good order & ye Churchwardens continually for ye time being are to find chordes for ye maintaining keeping & re¬ paying of ye same from time to time ye service of ye sd clerke being onely hereby required by the sd Wardens & p'mis'd by the sd Alexander Redge. Richard Clough. George Cooke. Alexander Redge. Witnesse—John Powell, Samuel Gittins, John Brasener, William Calcott, Edward Powell. Decimo die Maii 1683 Memorand' that it is ack¬ nowledge! by Alexander Redge the present parish Clerke of Worthen that hee the sd Alexander Redge upon his confirmac'on of his Clerkahippe of ye sd parish (A dispute ariseing in his elect'on betweene ye Parishioners of ye sd parish of Worthen & Lawrence Seddon ye Rector thereof) that hee ye sd Alexander Redge in considerac'on of ye sd place of Gierke of Worthen conferr'd upon him wch ye consent of ye sd parishioners give unto William Corbett of Whitspon Gent ye p'son by the parish then elected to bee parish Clerke ye