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Aug. 3, 1892. BYE-GONES, 351 intendent; the Rev Owen Thomas, M. A., of London; Miss Thomas and Mrs Owens. The funeral took place at the Anfield Road jemetery, Liverpool, on Wednesday afternoon. AUGUST 3, 1S92. NOTES. EPITAPH, WISTANSTOW CHURCHYARD. —There is a curious inscription on an altar-stone on the left hand side of the walk that leads to the Wistantow Church. It is about six yards from the lych-gate, and runs as follows:— " Sacred To the memory of Ann, wife of John Reynold, Who died Decbr. 9th, 1839, Aged Twice six, twice seven, twice twenty and eleven." The local poet has given many a one the trouble to find out by multiplication and addition the age of the departed; and readers olBye-Gones will do the same thing. E.O. WILMSLOW, CHESHIRE, APPOINT¬ MENT OP MR. JOHN BRERETON AS MINISTER AT.—" Wilmeslowe, 18 Martij, 1645. Whereas the deputy leiuetenantes and Com'tees of the County of Chester haue in pursuance of an ordinance of Pari' of the xxvi th of March |1644 sequestred the rectory of the parishe Church of Wilmeslowe in the s'd County from Mr Wright for absenting himselfe from his sayd Church and betaking himselfe to the forces raised ag't the Parliam't And Mr John Brereton a godly and orthodox diuine was therevpon nominated and appointed by the s'd deputy leiuetenants and Committees to the sayd Rectory and cure of the s'd Church This Committee doe hereby settle and Confirme the s'd Mr Brereton in the sayd place and order that hee shall continue to officiate the s'd cure and haue possesse and enioy the s'd Rectory, and all tythes rents reuenues and profitts thereof according to the ordinance of Parliam't of the 26 of March 1644 in that case made and pro- uided And all person and persons w'tsoeuer are required quiettly to permitt the s'd Mr Brereton to officiate the s'd Cure and to haue and enioy all benefitts emoluments and aduantages of the s'd rectory as they will answere the contrary att their perill."—(From the British Museum, Additional MS. 15670, folio 69a.) S. QUERIES. THE REV. E. GRIFFITHS.OF SWANSEA.— The above-named was a printer, publisher, and a good Welsh author ; but I have been quite unable to find any biographical notices of him. May I beg one of your correspondents to send a brief sketch of his life to this column ? C. A. VERIFICATION OF A PERSON'S AGE.— How, before the Registers were commenced in parish churches, was a person's age verified ? There must have been occasions when it was absolutely necessary for this to be done. Z. REPLIES. TAKE UP (March 30, 1892).-This is a very common expression in Montgomeryshire regarding the weather. Z. I asked a Londoner the other day, and he said he never heard this expression applied to the weather. W.O. MEIFOD CHURCH (July 13, 1892).—The " Escutcheons in stained glass" about which "J. P.-J." makes enquiry are not very old. They were put up in the East window of the North aisle in 1837, when that aisle was enlarged to its present size, having previously been a lean-to ; and they are the arms of some of the chief landowners and others connected with the parish at that time, and were only transferred to their present positions in 1889, when the very beautiful Memorial Window to Lady Annora Williams-Wynn was inserted. They represent, in the order of their mottoes :— 1. " Nee timide, nee temere " (" Neither timidly nor rashly"). Crest, a Greyhound. Arms quarterly. Beadnell. 2. " Asgre Ian diogel ei pherchen " (" Safe the owner of a pure hand"). Crest, a Raven sa. with fleur-de-lis in claw or. Arms, quarterly of eight. (Sir Robert Williames Vaughan, Bart., of Ystum Golwyn.) 3. " Suivez raison " (Obey reason.) Crest, an Eagle displayed. Arms, quarterly. Probably the Rev. William Brown, Vicar 1784-1819, or his son, Charles Brown, of The Goitre. 4. *' Vertu domine sur les astres" (Virtue rules above the stars). Two Crests. 1. Double-headed Eagle. 2. A Cock. Arms, 28 quarterings. Mytton of Pen-y-Lan. 5. "Dum Spiro Spero " (While I breathe, I hope.) Crest, a lion's head langued and crowned. Arms, quarterly. Not identified. 6. " Deus pascit Corvos." (God feeds the ravens.) Crest, a Raven sa. with fleurs-de-lis in claw or. Arms, quarterly with escutcheon of pretence. Davies of Peniarth and Nant-y-Cribba. D.R.T. CURRENT NOTES. Sir James Ramsey's new volume, "Lancaster and York," contains an account of the doings in Glyndwr's rebellion, and of the politics of Wales during the War of the Roses. The Queen has been pleased to confer upon the Right Hon. David Evans, Lord Mayor of London, the appointment of Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George,