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When his great-grandson, Sir John Cotton, suc-
ceeded to the property, he preferred to live at the
family-seat at Stratton, in Bedfordshire ; and
finding that Conington Castle was in a ruinous
condition, he took down the greater part of it,
leaving the stone arcade that had been brought
from the banquet-hall of Fotheringay *, .and con-
verted the remainder into a farm-house. It was
in this state when the property was purchased by
Sir Gilbert Heathcote, who left the farm-house as
he found it. He died in 1759, leaving two sons,
Gilbert and John. The latter married Lydia
Moyer, and inherited the manors of Steeple Gid-
ding and Conington, but did not live at the latter
place. His son John (born 1767, married to
Mary Ann Thornhill, 1799) restored Conington
Castle in 1800, from the designs of Cockerell, the
grounds being laid out by Lappidge. Cockerell's
designs were completed in 1813; and in 1833
further additions were made (under the direction
of Blore) by the present possessor, John Moyer
Heathcote, Esq., in whose dining-room hangs the
portrait of his ancestor, the Sir Gilbert Heathcote
of this notice. CUTHBEET BEDE.
to
Pope Pius and the Book of Common Prayer (2 nd S. i. 202.) I was quite aware of the- passage in Dr. Carrier's Letter to James I., alluded to by J. O., as it is contained in the pages of Courayer, to which I have so frequently referred (Defence of the Dissertation, frc., vol. ii. p. 367.), and, though strongly corroborative of my position, I did not quote it entire, for the sake of brevity. In the Reprint of the Correspondence, which I have just published, I have added numerous notes and re- ferences, tending to elucidate the question which I have recently discussed with T. L., but I omitted two passages which ought to have been adduced, inasmuch as the authors deservedly carry great weight : I will therefore take this opportunity of directing your reader's attention to them : Bram- hall's " Replication to the Bishop of Chalcedon," Works, vol. ii. p. 85., edit. 1842.; .and Bishop Babington's " Commentary on the 7th chap, of Numbers," in his Notes upon the Pentateuch.
E. C. HARINGTON.
The Close, Exeter.
Sir Anthony Pearson (1 st S. xii. 450. 520.) Since the appearance of my Queries respecting the above personage, I have stumbled upon a little family mem., which throws somewhat more light upon him and his connections. It appears by that, he was the first quaker who preached in
- For further particulars on this point, and for a sketch
of the chair from which Mary Stuart is believed to have risen for execution, see my Medley, pp. 29, 33.
London. His daughter, Grace Chambers, my au-
thority states, was the first female of the same
persuasion who preached in public. In the ca-
pacity of a preacher she travelled very extensively
for a succession of years through England, Ire-
land, Wales, and f America, and finally died at a
very advanced age. Her niece, Grace Locke,
was the daughter of Mary Topcliflfe, who mar-
ried a Captain TopclifFe, of an ancient family
of that name in Westmoreland. Grace Locke
was married to Joseph Locke, a collateral de-
scendant of the family of John Locke the philo-
sophical writer, and whose ancestors came in
with the Conqueror. So far my authority, but
I am still in the dark as to the exact affinity of
Joseph Locke to the philosopher. I should also
like to know something more about Sir An-
thony Pearson and his family, including Grace
Chambers and Mary TopclifFe. With reference
to the TopclifFe family, I believe Sir John Major,
an eminent merchant of the city of London, who
resided in Savage Gardens, married a sister of the
Captain TopclifFe above-mentioned, and by her
had two daughters, his co-heiresses, married re-
spectively to Bridges, Duke of Chandos, ancestor
of the present Duke of Buckingham, and Sir John
Henniker, ancestor of the present Lord Henniker.
I would also in conclusion ask, if there is any
biographical work extant, either of recent or late
date, of eminent quakers, where possibly some
further information might be obtained respecting
Sir Anthony Pearson and Grace Chambers.
J. S.
Bodies of the Excommunicated incapable of Cor- ruption (2 nd S. i. 194.) Your correspondent Y. B. N. J. will find his investigations directed in the right path by looking to "N. & Q.," l rt S. xi. 8. 9. 41. 42., under the heading " Asinorum Sepultura." W. B. M.
Rochester Registers (2 nd S. i. 152.) Does not C. H. DAVIS, M.A. (Clergyman), mean by the term " Rochester Registers," the Registrum Rof- fense f If'so, he may find the volume in every public library, and also in many private collections of books. F. B.
Mrs. Fitzherbert (2 nd S. i. 153. 220.) Your correspondent G. H. will perhaps find, besides the works named on p. 220., the following memoran- dums of use for his purpose ; they are from works in my own possession :
1. " A Review of the Conduct of the Prince of Wales in his various Transactions with Mr. Jeffreys, during a Period of more than Twenty Years, containing a Detail of many Circumstances relative to the Prince and Princess of Wales, Mrs. Fitzherbert, &c. &c. &c. To which is added a Letter to Mrs. Fitzherbert upon the Influence of her Example, &c. By Nathaniel Jeffreys, late M.P. for the City of Coventry."
(Dedicated to Lord Erskine ; dedication dated
