pieces. When the underside had been cleaned, it was found that several brasses had been utilized to make up the size required. The two upper pieces contain a transverse section of an ecclesiastic taken across the breast, the uplifted hands being hold together as in prayer. The figure must have been of gigantic size. This section is not large enough to show clearly the character of the attire; it is traversed by several narrow fillets enclosing a pellet between a quatrefoil and a rosette alternately. The third piece contains a perpendicular section of tabernacle work enclosing a pair of small figures, either Apostles or prophets. On the outer margin are the words QVE FINO VIERNES in letters exactly resembling those on the brass of Abbot Thos. Delamere of St. Albans (v. illustration in H. Druitt's 'Costume in Brasses,' p. 46).
The small section engraved with the lady's toes bears on the reverse: " . . . .Gilbertus Thornbern nuper rector. . . .qui obiit undecimo Maii. . . .MCCCCXXVIII. . . . "
1. What is the meaning of the first inscription? 2. Of what parish was Gilbert Thornbern rector? E. H. Bates.
Puckington Rectory, Ilminster.
Goulton Brass.—At 6 S. ii. 168 (28 Aug., 1880) the following query appeared:
"In the 'History of Cleveland,' by the Rev. J. Graves, written in 1808, mention is made of a brass once in Faceby Church to the memory of Sir Lewis Goulton, which brass, he says, was, at the time that he wrote, in the possession of Christopher Goulton, of Highthorn, near Easingwold. With the death of this Christopher Goulton, in 1815, that branch of the Goulton family became extinct. He died without a will, and up to the present time I have been unable to get any information concerning the brass spoken of by Mr. Graves. Can you assist me in any way?—J. Goulton Constable."
This query was apparently never answered, and I should like to repeat it, in the hope that some information may now be forthcoming, as since 1880 much has been written upon the subject of brasses, and there is hardly a county in England where brasses have not received more or less attention. In what county is Faceby?
Stewart Fiske.
Mobile, Ala., U.S.A.
[Faceby is in the North Riding of Yorkshire.]
Wordsworth's Primrose.—I shall be glad if you will be good enough to explain to me the meaning of Wordsworth's lines:—
I have had an argument as to what was meant by the lines, and shall be grateful if you will give their meaning. R. Ellis.
[The meaning is surely that the sight of a primrose to Peter suggested no thought—did not affect him in any way. He simply saw that it was "yellow" (you misquoted your second line). Wordsworth has himself expressed his own feelings in such a case, as follows:—
Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
Ode, 'Intimations of Immortality.'
He says also in 'The Tables Turned':—
May teach you more of man,
Of moral evil and of good,
Than all the sages can.]
Mrs. Moore's 'Modern Pilgrim's Progress.'—In 1882 Mrs. Bloomfield Moore, of Philadelphia, privately printed a 12mo volume of 105 pages, which contains, with other things, 'A Chapter from the Modern Pilgrim's Progress.' This chapter is thus prefaced:—
"The proof-sheets of the following pages, in the year 1879, fell into the hands of one of the most brilliantly talented young authors in England. The author of them had never heard anything of the young writer's family, but he had a widowed mother with six children, and after reading this chapter in the proof-sheets, and finding much that was suggestive of experiences in his own family, he fancied it had Keen written to lay these experiences bare to the public. . . . . .He went to John Morley, editor of The Fortnightly Review, and accused him of having written this chapter to expose him. His mind became more and more unsettled, and learning that the (real) author of 'The Modern Pilgrim's Progress' was to sail from Liverpool, Nov. 27, 1879, he told his family that this was an intimation he was In die on that day. At the hour on which the ocean steamer left the wharf he shot himself."
Can any reader give me the name of this young man? The intimate relation between Mrs. Moore and Browning will be recalled. The dedicatory poem of this volume is "To my Friend Robert Browning." Dewitt Miller.
Philadelphia.
Godfery.—I shall be pleased if any of your readers can supply me with information respecting the ancestors, descendants, and birthplace of Michael Godfery, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England in 1695. F. Godfery.
2, Morton Crescent, Exmouth.
Vining Family.—Is it known whether Henry Vining, the father of Mrs. John Wood, was related to Frederick Vining and to James Vining? What relation was William Vining (if any), the actor, to these Vinings? The 'D.N.B.' notes that Frederick's daughter Fanny was Mrs. Gill; but Davenport
