This Caesar was knighted by
Charles II., and died unmarried; so that his sister, Lady Chester, was
evidently the representative of this branch of the Cranmer family.

Now, with regard to this statement on the monument, in the first place it
is discrepant with Lady Chester's epitaph at Chichley, which (Lipscomb's
_Bucks_, vol. iv. p. 97.) expressly declares that she derived her descent
from the archbishop. In the next place it appears from Thoroton's _Notts_,
that the archbishop had no elder brother named Richard. His elder brother's
name was John; who by Joan, dau. of John Frechevill, Esq., had two sons,
Thomas and _Richard_. Could this be the Richard alluded to? In the third
place, in neither of the pedigrees alluded to is there given any connexion
with the family of Cranmer of Aslacton. And, lastly, it is opposed to the
uniform tradition of the family. Now, if any of your readers can clear up
this difficulty, or will refer me to any other pedigree of the Cranmers, I
shall feel extremely obliged to him.

With the exception of the points now noticed, my former letter was
perfectly correct, and may be relied on in every respect.

I may mention that these Cranmers were from Warwickshire. The monument
states that Samuel Cranmer was born at "Aulcester" in that county, "about
the year 1575."

R. E. W.

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DUTCH POPULAR SONG-BOOK.

(Vol. iii., p. 22.)

The second edition of the song-book mentioned by the HERMIT OF HOLYPORT
must have been published between 1781 and 1810, as the many popular works
printed for S. and W. Koene may testify. In 1798 they lived on the Linde
gracht, but shifted afterwards their dwelling-place to the Boomstraat. For
the above information--about a trifle, interesting enough to call a
_hermit_ from his _memento-mori_ cogitations--I am indebted to the kindness
of Mr. J. J. NIEUWENHUYZEN.

But, alas! what can I, the man with a _borrowed name_ and borrowed
learning, say in reply to the first Query of the busy anchorite? He will
believe me, when I tell his reverence that I am _not_ JANUS DOUSA. What's
in the name, that I could choose it? Must I confess? A token of grateful
remembrance; the only means of making myself known to a British friend of
my youth, but for whom I would perhaps never have enjoyed MR. HERMIT'S
valuable contributions--the medium, in short, of being recognised
incognito. Will this do? Or must I say, copying a generous correspondent of
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