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NOTES AND QUERIES, uo* s. v. JUNE 23, iwe.
1789, did Col. John Wall marry his second
wife, Molly Graves, daughter of the Rev.
- Taylor, D.D., rector of Aston Clinton,
Buckinghamshire, and widow of Gryffydd
Price, of Penllergare, Glamorganshire and
of London? Dr. Taylor married Mary,
daughter of Richard Graves, of Mickleton,
Gloucestershire. Where, and when, not later
than 1775, did Dr. John Wall's youngest
child, Mary (born 23 November, 1750), marry
George Whitmore 1 What are the dates of
their deaths, and where were they buried 1
Also, where and when did their daughter
Mary Han way (Whitmore) marry the Rev.
Joseph Shapland ? He bought Tewkesbury
Lodge (sometimes apparently called Tewkes-
bury Park) of his wife's first cousin, Col.
Robert Martin Popham Wall.
REGINALD STEWART BODDINGTON.
"CERA PANIS." Before the commutation of tithes, there was a curious payment made in this parish called *' Cera Panis. ' It was a payment of 2<i. per house every three years. As a matter of fact, the parish, for ease of collection, was divided into three parts, one part being called on for payment every year. Is anything known of the original meaning of the term or the object of the levy? T. N. POSTLETHWAITE.
Urswick Vicarage, near Ulverston.
GORDON HOUSE, KENTISH TOWN. The Scots Magazine records the birth at Gordon House of a son to the wife of the Rev Thomas Smith, 23 June, 1819. Where was Gordon House ? Why was it so named ?
J. M. BULLOCH.
118, Pall Mall, S.W.
JOHN RODES (a son of John Rodes, o Sturton) married a daughter of Wm. Tigh, of Cornhill, leaving two sons, Francis anc Charles, born about 1660, who were on th coast of Virginia about 1700. Who were their wives? where did they die? and wha children did each of them leave in America Francis is known to have returned to Eng land and died. F. RODES.
St. Louis, U.S.A.
DEVON PROVINCIALISMS. I am staying fo a time, as a stranger, in North Devon. I am told that the natives call a kitchen-range a bodley ; dust is pillum; and biggish boys in the Sunday school did not, until it wa explained to them, understand what wa meant by the words " to sow seed " : they always speak of tilling seed, and understan no other phrase in connexion with that verj common operation. Can any one explain bodley and pillum 1 T, M. W.
BALLAD BY REGINALD HEBER :
W. CRANE.
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THE following items relating to the Crane amily of Chester may be of interest to MR. WALTER CRANE and others.
Foundationers, at King's School.
1. William Crane, born 5 Dec., 1708 ; son of Francis Crane, of St. Oswald's parish, barber ; from 25 March, 1717, to 29 Sept., 1720.
2. Thomas Crane, born 2 Dec., 1711 ; son of John Crane, of St. Peter's parish, cord- wainer ; from 24 June, 1720, to 24 June, 1724.
3. William Crane, born 24 Jan., 1713 ; son of John Crane, of St. Oswald's parish, cordwainer ; from 25 Dec., 1726, to 25 March, 1731.
4. Thomas Crane, born 24 June, 1744 ; son of Thomas Crane, shoemaker, of St. Oswald's parish. He became second master in the school, vicar of Over, and minister of St. Olave's Church in Chester. (For details see Cheshire Sheaf^ First Series, vols. ii. and iii.)
5. John Crane, birth and parentage un- known from 29 Sept., 1758, to 24 June, 1762.
6. John Crane, born 2 May, 1756 ; son of William Crane, of St. John's parish, cord- wainer, and Sarah ; from 24 June, 1767, to 25 March, 1771.
7. William Francis Crane, born 22 June, 1783; son of John Crane, of St. Oswald's parish, and Mary ; from 29 Sept., 1791, to 29 Sept., 1795.
8. John Jackson Crane, born 19 March, 1816 ; son of William Francis Crane, of St. Martin's parish, shoemaker, and Eliza- beth, from 12 April, 1824, to 29 March, 1830.
1 remember this man quite well. He died
2 Sept., 1884. Where buried ?
9. William Francis Crane, born 22 March, 1822 ; son of Wm. Francis and Elizabeth ; from 22 Aug., 1831, to 4 April, 1836. This man I also knew ; he died 10 Dec., 1888, and was buried in Chester Cemetery.
10. William Francis Crane, born 2 July, 1841 ; son of John Jackson Crane, of St. Martin's parish, painter, and Eliza ; from 12 June, 1849, to 6 Oct., 1856. I knew him ; he was also a painter in Northgate Street, and I believe died about 1888. Exact details welcomed.
