dward the Confessor's Crucifix and Gold Chain._--In 1688 Ch. Taylour
published _A Narrative of the Finding St. Edward the King and Confessor's
Crucifix and Gold Chain in the Abbey Church of St. Peter's, Westminster_.
Are the circumstances attending this discovery well known? And where now is
the crucifix and chain?

EDWARD F. RIMBAULT.

_The Widow of the Wood._--Benjamin Victor published in 1755 a "narrative"
entitled _The Widow of the Wood_. It is said to be very rare, having been
"bought up" by the Wolseleys of Staffordshire. What is the history of the
publication?

EDWARD F. RIMBAULT.

_Cardinal Erskine._--I am anxious to obtain some information respecting
Cardinal Erskine, a Scotchman, as his name would impart, but called
Cardinal of England? I suppose he was elevated to the sacred college
between Cardinal Howard, the last mentioned by Dodd in his _Church
History_, and the Cardinal of York, the last scion of the house of Stuart.

And is the following a correct list of English Cardinals since Wolsey, who
died in 1530?

Elevated in
John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester 1535
Reginald Pole, Archbishop of Canterbury 1536
William Peyto, Bishop of Salisbury 1557
William Allen 1587
Philip Howard 1675
---- Erskine ----
Henry Stuart of York 1747
Thomas Weld 1830
Charles Acton 1839 or 1842
Nicolas Wiseman, who is the 53rd 1850
on the list of English Cardinals

Both the latter were born abroad, the former at Naples, the latter at
Seville; but they were born of British subjects, and were brought to
England at an early age to be educated. The Cardinal of York was born in
Rome; but being of the royal family of England, was always styled the
Cardinal of England.

G.W.

October 26. 1850.

_Thomas Regiolapidensis._--Where can I find any information as to the saint
who figures in the following curious story? _Regiolapidensis_ may probably
mean _of Koenigstein_, in Saxony; but Albon Butler takes no notice of this
Thomas.

"Incipit narratiuncula e libro vingto, cui titular _Vita atq. Gesta B.
Thomae Regiolapidensis, ex ordine FF. Praedicatorum_, excerpta.

"Quum vero praedicator indefensus, missionum ecclesiast