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Devm Notes ami Qmms. 149 into that family; but it is curious that the impaled shield in the window (vol. ii., 25), should bear ' three towers,' which I took to be a wrongly impaled shield for Wyle, and this granite one which cannot be reversed, might be identical; is it possible that the John Battishill, living 1630, who married Joyce Hole may be intended, and that the Hole coat is a variation of Howell, and so bring in the 'three lowers ? F.W. 113. Armorial Panel at Soldbn, Sutcoube. — The sketch is intended to represent a Ane piece of heraldic sculpture in free stone — Ham Hill, I think — fixed to a house in the parish of Sutcombe, North Devon. It was drawn some eighteen years ago. The house, if I recollect rightly, was devoid of architectural beauty. It is situated some little distance from the Church. The shield contains the arms and quarterings of Nicholas Prideaux, but I shall be glad to receive information with regard to them. E.M.G.