Any fortunate possessor of O'Donovan's new translation of The Annals of the Four Masters, would much oblige me by referring to the dates 1135 and 1169, and also to the period included between them, for any casual notice of the birth of this Eva, or mention of other slight incident with which she is connected, which may there exist.
A. HAPLESS HUNTER
Malvern Wells, Nov. 20, 1849.
John de Daundelyon.
Sir,—In the north chancel of St. John's Church, Margate, is a fine brass for John Daundelyon, 1445, with a large dog at his feet; referring to which the Rev. John Lewis, in his History of the Isle of Tenet, 1723 (p. 98.), says:
"The two last bells were cast by the same founder, and the tenor the gift of one of the family of Daundelyon, which has been extinct since 1460. Concerning this bell the inhabitants repeat this traditionary rhyme:
"John de Daundelyon, with his great dog,
Brought over this bell on a mill-cog."
This legend is still given to visitors of this fine old church. Will some of your antiquarian correspondents throw some light on the obscurity?
C.