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114 BYE-GONES. Oct., 1884. 'She ^atc fUb. Jxrhn ©atom $omz, §.£,. It is with much regret that we record the death of the Rev. John Og wen Jones, minister of Clwyd Street Chapel, Rhyl, formerly of Oswestry, one of the leading ministers of the Calvinistic Methodist Church. Mr. Jones died very suddenly. His last sermon was preached at Carneddau, near Oswestry, on Sunday night. On Monday he returned home, and there he died on Monday evening. Mr. Jone3 was among the leading writers of Wales. He edited a supplement to the Encyclopedia Cambrensis, and a Sundav-scnool Testament, which gained great popularity, and of which many thousands were sold; and several works of Biblical literature proceeded from his pen; besides which he was a frequent contributor to the principal serial pub¬ lications of the Principality. He was in all respects fan exemplary minister of the Gospel, and a friend of sterling worth; and he leaves a widow, with whom sincere sym¬ pathy will be felt throughout the Christian Church to which he belonged. OCTOBER 1, 1884. NOTES. SIR EDWARD LLOYD of Berthllwyd, Co. Montgomery.—'Warrants from Council of State and Ad¬ miralty Committee :—Oct. 7, 1650. " License for Sir Edw. Lloyd of Renethlloyd co. Montgomery, to come to town till 10 Deer, on security for appearance and good be¬ haviour." (State papers Domestic Series, 1650). Pearmain. CANN OFFICE.—Some time back a query was put relative to the origin of this name, by which an old coaching house—and I think the hamlet—in Montgomery¬ shire is called. No satisfactory answer was given. I have accidentally met with the name in Cary's Road book, pub¬ lished in 1802, where it is called " Can, or Cannon's WELSH ABBOTS' PENSIONS.—Pensions granted to Welsh Abbots and Heads of Religious Houses on the Dissolution af Monasteries :— Lodovicos Thomas, Abbot of Margam, Viginta libraz sterlin. Jasper ap Roger, Abbot of Lanternam, quindecem libros sterling. John Griffith, Grace Dieu, quatuor libras sterling. Willo. Watts, Prior de Pulla, decern librar sterling. Elinora Williams, Prioratus de Uske nonem libr. 6tg. Willo. Here, Abbot of St. Dogmells, viginti marcas sterling. Roger Shoevesburie, Prior of Chepstow, has the Rectory of Chepstow given to him. William Marley, Prior of Abergavenny, novem libraz sterling. Griffith Williams, Carmarden, quadraginta marcas Johes Heron, Valle Crucis, viginta tricem libraz ster¬ ling. Robertus Holden, Brecknock, *sexedecem libraz sterling. Stephus Grene, Prioratus Bildewas, Salop, sexedecem libraz stg. Margareta Stamford, Pri. de Brewood, quinqz libraz. Roulandus Middleton, Pri. de Chyrbury, octo libras. Copied from the original document. D. J. THE HOLY WELL AT WOOLSTON, SALOP. The layer of red sandstone which exists all over the Midland Counties has been described as a huge sponge hold- *Teste sedo die July Anno xxvi Hen. vi ing water, and certainly wherever it is tapped or has an out¬ crop it yields a bountiful supply. There is such an outcrop at Woolston, and as a matter of course there is a well yielding a never-ceasing supply of clear, cold, pure, and sweet water, characteristic enough of its origin even if the outcrop were not visible in the path which leads to the well. In primitive times such wells were always held in great esteem, and there has always grown round them a mass of traditions of a religious origin, attributing to them miraculous powers and medicinal virtues. The bestexample of this is, of course, at Holywell, in Flintshire, with which the Woolston well has a legendary association. To the latter, as to the former, medicinal virtues are attributed, though, so far as I can learn, the miraculous powers still claimed for the Fiintshire spring have been lost sight of at Woolston. The beautiful little building over the spring tells its own story well enough to enable us to dispense with legend. A picturesque little half timber cottage first presents itself to the view of the visitor, and the nature of the work, the presence of foiled brattices in the roof and a few mould¬ ings fortunately preserved and not easily found, establish the fact that it is an original remain of the fourteenth century, untouched by the hand of the restorer. It is entered by a south door, has a short north transept, has an eastern window, is duly oriented for midsummer day, so that it is clearly a mediaeval dedication to S. John Baptist. This Baptistry Chapel is clearly a votive build¬ ing placed on the site, and partly is the work of a much earlier construction, for the pediment is of the same date but there is included within it remains of much older date. There is a sort of sanctuary recess immediately under the chapel, entered by a very narrow door which was originally closed by a shatter. This recess seems to have formed the upper segment of a very early cross, and the partition which separates it from the large cruciform, both of (probably) 14th century work, is perforated by holes, the plugging of which would fill the recess for bap¬ tismal purposes or for miraculous displays. In all prob¬ ability the other three segments of the original cruciform bath were outside this partition, and they have been com¬ pletely replaced by a large bath shaped like a Latin cross. Three features of great interest present themselves in con¬ nection with the partition to which I have alluded. The first is a niche with plain mouldings (11th or 12th century) the top of which has been cut off by the 14th century workmen. The appearance of this niche is suggestive of the idea that the original building was roofed over completely. This niche would most likely contain an image of S. John Baptist. The second feature is the plain heavy arch of the original masonry. The third and most interesting thing is that the remaining limb of the aid cross has the capital inclination to the right so often seen in cruciform churches of early date. This has been done, it seems to me, by chiselling out and not in the building, so that we come to the suggestion that this was a holy well of pre-Christian times. We have here then the likelihood that when the 19th century peasant takes to Woolston his child with bad eyes he does what his ancestors in the 2nd century did under the guidance of their Druids. The holy well with its folk lore was taken over by the new religion, and between the 10th and 16th centuries it clearly was a place held in high popular esteem, and it now forms one of the most inter¬ esting remains of mediaeval work which it has ever been my privilege to visit. L&wson Tait. QUERIES. RUTH BAYNARD'S STORY.—Messrs. Saunders, Otley, and Co., in 1861, published in one volume Duo, a