d in this
county some years ago. Instead of saying "Poor M. or N. is _dead_," they
always said "Poor M. or N. _lies by the walls_."

R. P.

St. Ives, Hunts.

_Constables of France_ (Vol. vi., pp. 128. 254.).--Has no person been
appointed to fill that high office since the death of the Duc de Luynes,
in 1621?

A. S. A.

Wuzzeerabad.

_St. John's Church, Shoreditch._--The church of St. John, within the
priory of Holywell, Shoreditch, and the chapel adjoining it, built by
Sir Thomas Lovel, treasurer of the household to King Henry VII., knight
of the most noble Order of the Garter, &c.

Is there any better or other account of this priory, church, and chapel
than that given in the _Monasticon_? Judging by the statement copied by
Mr. Lysons from the original entry in the books of the College of Arms,
the chapel must have been a splendid building. Sir Thomas Lovel was
buried there on the 8th June, 1525, "in a tombe of whyte marbell which
both hit and the chappell were founded by hym, and it stondeth on the
southe syde of the quyre of the saide churche." At his funeral there
were present the Bishop of London, Lord St. John, Sir Richard Wyngfield,
and many others, nobles and gentlemen. The Abbot of Waltham, the Prior
of St. Mary Spital, four orders of friars, the Mayor and all the
aldermen of London, the gentlemen of the Inns of Court, the Lord
Steward, and all the clerks of London, &c., also attended. What a
contrast to the present condition of the place, now a scavenger's yard,
once the apparently last resting-place of the councillor of a mighty
sovereign! "They that did feed delicately, that were brought up in
scarlet, embrace dunghills. The holy house where our fathers worshipped
is laid waste."

WARDEN S. HENDRY.

P. S.--Part of the chapel is now to be found under the floor of the "Old
King John," Holywell Lane. The stone doorway into the porter's lodge of
the priory still exists; but, from the accumulation of earth, the crown
of the arch is six feet below the ground. I took a sketch of it, and
some other remains of the priory, also under ground, about ten years
ago.

W. S. H.

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MINOR QUERIES WITH ANSWERS.

_Sir John Thompson._--What are the crest, arms, motto, and supporters of
Sir John Thompson, Bart., created Baron Haversham, of Haversham and
Newport Pagnel, about the eighth year of William III.?

R. P. D.

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