this my punishment and handlyng, who desyre no other thing but my definition."
Of the following miscellaneous inscriptions I can give no account.
"Raulff Bulmer 1537."
This prisoner was most probably of the northern, ancient, and very respectable family of that name. By the date he had most likely been concerned in Aske's rebellion.
"John Marten"
No Date—some fragments of an inscription in old Italian.
"George Ardern 1558."
"Roy Baynbrige 1586."
"Henrye Sckun 157***."
A foreigner, probably, by the name, a Dutchman.
"Edwarde Smalley." Another "Edward Smalle."
"Robert Makri 1518."
The subsequent memorials of sir Geoffrey Foole are more interesting.
"G Poole." Another "Geffrye Poole 15**."
Howe, in his Chronicle, p. 576, informs us, under the year 1538, that on "the 5th of November, Henry Courtney, marquisse of. Excester, and earle of Devonshire, and sir Henry Poole, knight, L. Montacute, and sir Edw. Nevil, brother to the L. of Burgaveny, were sent to the Tower, being accused. by sir Geffrey
