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Wooden Tombs and Effigies (Vol. vii., pp. 528. 607., &c.).—At Sparsholt, Berks, in the south transept are two female effigies of wood, under sepulchral arches, richly carved in stone: one of them is engraved in Hollis's Monuments. At Burghfield and Barkham, in the same county, are also wooden effigies of the fourteenth century.
At Hildersham Church, Cambridgeshire, within the altar rails, on the north side, is a wooden monument of a knight and his lady: the knight cross-legged, and drawing his sword. They are said to be the effigies of Sir Thomas Busteler and lady, temp. Edward II.
Norris Deck.
Cambridge.
Queen Anne's Motto (Vol. viii., p. 174.).—By an order of the queen in council, 17th of April, 1707, consequent upon the union of Scotland with England, it was declared in what manner the ensigns armorial of the United Kingdom (called Great Britain) should thenceforth be borne; when it was also declared that her majesty's motto, "Semper eadem," should be continued.
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Longevity (Vol. vii., p. 368. &c.).—Several of the upland parishes bordering on the river Yare have had remarkable instances of longevity. One of the best authenticated was a man named Pottle, who resided on the Reedham estate of the late J. F. Leathes, Esq., of Herringfleet. When Pottle was 104 years old, the tenantry on the estate subscribed to have his portrait painted, which they presented to their landlord, each retaining a lithograph copy of it. Many of these copies I have seen. Two years after this I conversed with the old man, who was then keeping cows on a common. There was nothing remarkable about him except his voice, which was very loud and powerful. He has now been dead some time, but I do not know his exact age at death.
In the register of burials for the parish of Runham, Norfolk, is this entry:
"August 12, 1788. William Russels, aged One hundred and one years."