to these, William Sarton, a weaver, was martyred, Sept. 18, 1556. VIII. JOSEPH WOODWARD, and other Puritans. Born at Upper Cam, Woodward was educated at Oxford, and, after being for some time Master of Wotton-under-Edge Free School, he became rector of Dursley. He was a typical puritan minister. He died shortly after the Restoration of Charles II. William Blackwell, of Beckford, Richard Capel, of Pitchcombe, Valentine Marshall, of Elmore, and Dr. Robert Harris, of Broad Campden, were men of the same stamp.

IX. JAMES FORBES, and other Nonconformists. After being preacher at the Cathedral for six years Mr. Forbes was ejected for Nonconformity in 1660. He remained in Gloucester suffering frequent imprisonment; but persevered in the exercise of his ministry, building the Meeting House now known as Barton Street Chapel, and residing in his own house immediately opposite. He died in 1712 at the age of eighty-three years, fifty-eight of which were passed in Gloucester. Anthony Palmer, of Bourton-on-the-Water, Edward Fletcher, of Duntisbourne Abbots, John Langston, of Ashchurch, John Dunce, of Hazleton, Peter Gwilliam, of Slimbridge, and Richard Flavel of Willersley, were ejected at the same time. John Biddle, of Wottonunder-Edge, who has been called "the Father of English Unitarianism,” was suffering much persecution about this period. He was at one time Master of the Crypt Grammar School in Gloucester.

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X.-ALEXANDER GREGORY, and other Nonconformists. who was vicar of Cirencester, was one of a large number of clergy who were cast out of their livings in various parts of the county, by the Act of Uniformity, on St. Bartholomew's Day, 1662. Many of these were well-known and eminent men.

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XI. JOHN CORBET, and other Nonconformists. Among several others who suffered ejection, John Corbet was a prominent figure. was the son of a shoemaker, and was born at Gloucester in 1620. After being educated at Oxford, he became incumbent of St. Mary de Crypt Church in his native city, where he played an active part during the siege in 1643; and wrote 'An Historical Relation of the Military Government at Gloucester, &c."

XII.—SIR MATTHEW HALE, the Upright Judge. Born at Alderley Nov. 1, 1609; entered Magdalen Hall, Oxford, at the age of seventeen and became student at Lincoln's Inn in 1629. In 1653 was made sergeant-at-law by Cromwell; and the next year was elected one of the five Knights to represent Gloucestershire in Cromwell's second Parliament. At the Restoration he was created Lord Chief Baron of England, and in 1671, he was raised to be Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench. He died at Alderley on Christmas Day, 1676.

XIII. EDWARD TERRILL, and other Baptists. This worthy man, a native of Almondsbury, and Schoolmaster in Bristol, became a member of the Baptist denomination in 1658, and was one of the most eminent and active of their number. He suffered much persecution; as did also others in various parts of the County; especially on the Cotswolds, as narrated in "Pictures of the Past: the History of the Baptist Church, Bourton-on-the-Water," by the Rev. Thomas Brooks.

XIV. JOHN ROBERTS, the Persecuted Quaker. One of the earliest Gloucestershire followers of George Fox. He was a native of Siddington where he resided through his life. His religious convictions brought him into conflict with civil and ecclesiastical authorities, among whom 'George Bull, priest of the parish," afterwards Bishop of St. Davids. Roberts suffered fines and imprisonment. He died in 1683.

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XV.—AMARIAH DREWETT, and other Quakers. Drewett, who was a yarn maker, living in Cirencester, was an intimate companion of Roberts and endured similar sufferings. The Quakers were greatly persecuted in all parts of the county.

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XVI.—HENRY DORNEY, the Christian Man of Business. beautiful specimen of a particular class of puritans, Dorney is an interesting character. He was youngest brother of John Dorney, the Town Clerk of Gloucester; he was born at Uley in 1613, and died in 1683.

XVII.—GEORGE Whitefield, the Zealous Evangelist. Born at the Bell Inn, Gloucester, Dec. 16, 1714. Educated at Crypt Grammar School, and then sent to Pembroke College, Oxford, where he became associated with John and Charles Wesley. Ordained by Bishop Benson in 1736, and curate at Stonehouse till the next year; from which time he travelled and preached in England and America till his sudden death at Newbury Port, New England, in 1770, in his fifty-sixth year.

XVIII. THOMAS COLE, and other Fellow-workers with Whitefield, Mr. Cole, who was minister of Southgate Chapel, deeply sympathised with Whitefield's aims and earnestly co-operated with him in his labours in this county. He died while preaching at Nympsfield, in 1742, at the age of sixty-three. Thomas Adams, of Rodborough, Thomas Jenkins, of Stroud, William Hogg, of Painswick, with many others, Clergymen, Nonconformist ministers, and laymen, were actively engaged in the same work.

XIX. ROBERT RAIKES, the Children's Friend. The Founder of Sunday Schools was born in Gloucester, Sept. 14, 1735. He commenced his good work in 1780, and lived to see it widely approved and adopted. He died suddenly in 1811. The Rev. Thomas Stock and others were his worthy co-workers.

XX. EDWARD JENNER, the Benevolent Physician. The Jenners are an ancient Gloucestershire family. Edward was born at Berkeley, May 17, 1749. He was apprenticed to a surgeon at Sodbury, and afterwards practised in his native town. There his great discovery of vaccination was made; and the first experiment was tried in 1796. The practice rapidly spread, and Jenner received a variety of honours and rewards. He died 1823. A monument to his memory, erected by public subscription, stands at the west end of the nave of Gloucester Cathedral.

XXI.-BENJAMIN PARSONS, the Friend of the People. North Nibley was the birth-place of this eminent Nonconformist minister. He was born Feb. 16, 1797; was apprenticed to a tailor; was trained for the ministry at Cheshunt College; and became pastor of Ebley Chapel in 1826. There his labours were such as to gain for him the titles of the "Bishop of Ebley" and the "Oberlin of Gloucestershire." singularly active and earnest life closed Jan. 10, 1855.

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XXII.-The late EARL of DUCIE. HENRY GEORGE FRANCIS REYNOLDS MORETON, Second Earl of Ducie, was born May 8, 1802. He was a man of remarkable energy and ability, and in many directions exercised a great influence in the county. He died June 2, 1853. XXIII. JOSEPH STURGE, the Christian Philanthropist. He belonged to an old Gloucestershire family, and was born at Elberton, August 2, 1793. His life was chiefly spent at Birmingham, where he and his brother carried on an extensive business as corn merchants. His liberality was abounding, and his labours of love varied and numerous. In the great agitation for the abolition of slavery Mr. Sturge was one of the foremost champions of the oppressed negro. The repeal of the Corn Laws, the spread of education, and the prevention of war engaged his sympathy and support. Beloved and honoured, he died suddenly May 13, 1859, in his sixty-seventh year.

XXIV.—JOHN THOMAS, the Indian Missionary. Modern Protestant missions in India owe their commencement to the efforts of this earnest man. He was born at Fairford, and after a medical education became surgeon on a ship of war. He at length settled in Calcutta, and commenced that movement which resulted in the formation of the Baptist Missionary Society and the sending out of Carey, Marshman, and Ward. Mr. Thomas laboured actively for many years, and died in 1801.

XXV.-WALTER H. MEDHURST, and other Missionaries. The son of an innkeeper in Gloucester, Walter Medhurst was apprenticed to a printer, and about 1820 was sent out as missionary printer to Malacca. His career was very remarkable, and the name of Dr. Medhurst shines

brightly on the roll of modern missionaries. He died in 1857. Robert Jennings, Michael Lewis, and Thomas Burchell were contemporary labourers in other parts of the mission field.

XXVI.-WILLIAM CROSS, and other Missionaries. The name of Cross is honourably associated with the Wesleyan Missions in Feegee. He was a native of Cirencester, where he was born in 1797. He died in 1842. Richard Williams of Dursley, by profession a surgeon, went out as a catechist in the ill-fated Fuegian Mission, and perished with his companions in 1851.

XXVII.-HENRY DE WINT BURRUP, and other Missionaries. Mr. Burrup, who was born at Gloucester in 1830, was a student of Pembroke College, Oxford, and after holding one or two curacies, he went out in connection with the "Oxford and Cambridge Mission to Central Africa." In the course of explorations on the Ruo he was seized with fever, and died February 22, 1862. Joseph and Charles Knight, Thomas Browning, and others belonging to this county laboured as missionaries in various parts of the heathen world.

XXVIII.—MAYNARD COLCHESTER, and other Worthies of the Forest of Dean. The Colchester family have been long connected with the Forest district. Maynard, who was born at Westbury-on-Severn, in 1664, was a man of great Christian zeal and benevolence. His name is associated with many of the principal religious movements of the period in which he lived. He died in 1715. The names of many other worthy men, Churchmen and Nonconformists, are found in the annals of this interesting part of our County.

XXIX. ROBERT OF GLOUCESTER, and other Poets. In addition to the name of the old rhyming chronicler, who lived in the reign of Edward I., there are many more which have been thought worthy of record. XXX.-JOHN KEBLE, Author of The Christian Year." Fairford has become widely known as the birthplace of this amiable and gifted man, who was born April 25, 1792. His chief work was published in 1827. He became vicar of Hursley, Hants, where he died on Good Friday, March 30, 1866.

XXXI.-RICHARD OF CIRENCESTER, and other Worthies. Following a brief account of the fourteenth century monk and chronicler, are short notices of men who in various departments have achieved some distinction and left names more or less worthy of remembrance.

Both the former and the present works are in some small measure topographical: had circumstances permitted it would have been a pleasure to have made them more so. Gloucestershire is full of interest. Its natural charms are many and great. Its three distinctly marked divisions present features which, while widely differing from each other,

are all of a pleasing character, each possessing a beauty peculiar to itself. Archæologically it is a rich mine. Its chief city and many of its towns and villages are clustered with historical memories. Mr. John Chalmers Morton, writing from long and intimate knowledge says:"There is not a county in the island with such variety, whether of geology or landscape, we had almost said of character as well-certainly none more beautiful-none more noteworthy for its natural and artificial features." Paxton Hood has described it as a "minature medallion of England," and on another occasion writes :-" Gloucestershire has many claims on the regard of most Englishmen, whatever may be the peculiarity of their individual sympathies. It is both a mining, manufacturing, and agricultural county. It is the birthplace, or the principal channel, of two of the noblest rivers of England-the Severn and the Thames. It has dark antique shrines, which contain many precious historical associations. It has fine woods and beautiful patches of forest land and scenery. Among the counties of England it has its own distinct and marked individuality."

The charms of natural scenes and the interest of places may be increased by association with remarkable persons. It may, therefore, be hoped that these "Notes" associating many historical facts and many interesting names with our ancient chief city, our towns and villages, our hills and vales, our forests and rivers, may tend to heighten the pleasure which the scenes of nature afford, and to deepen those local attachments, which, though not the highest forms of sentiment, are yet worth preservation and culture.

It is also to be hoped that such sketches may serve other uses. The facts recorded afford abundant proof that mental gifts are limited to no class; that moral excellence is monopolised by no church; and that patriotism is confined to no political party. Genius dwells in the cottage as well as in the mansion. In all churches, and outside all churches, there are good men and true. The ranks of both Tories and Radicals furnish genuine philanthropists and sterling patriots. Illustrations of these truths may well favour the cultivation of a large and liberal spirit, ready to appreciate ability and worth wherever seen.

There are many occasions on which the attention of a biographer is drawn to the contemplation of the mysteries of life and death; and, without intruding into the province of the preacher, he may give expression to thoughts and feelings which facts awaken in his mind. Such reflections, however, seemed scarcely in accord with a series of mere 'Notes," and consequently they have been rarely introduced, even in the briefest form. In the endlessly varying situations in which men are placed, and the equally varying experiences they endure, a