Jas. Crossley.
Power of prophesying before Death (Vol. ii., p. 116.).—In St. Gregory's Dialogues, b. IV. ch. xxv., the disciple asks,—
"Velim scire quonam modo agitur quod plerumque morientes multa prædicunt."
The answer begins (ch. xxvi.),—
"Ipsa aliquando animarum vis subtilitate sua aliquid prævidet. Aliquando autem exituræ de corpore animæ per revelationem ventura cognoscunt. Aliquando vero dum jam juxta sit ut corpus deserant, divinitus afflatæ in secreta cœlestia incorporeum mentis oculum mittunt."
J. C. R.
King John (Vol. ix., p. 453.).—I cannot reply to the Queries of Prestoniensis, but I have a note of a grant made by John (as Com. Moritoniæ) of the tithes of the parishes between Rible and Merse, which appears to have received the Bishop of Coventry's confirmation, ap. Cestriam, an. 2 Pont. Papæ Cœlestini. John's grant was to the Priory of Lancaster. My reference is to Madox, Formulare Anglicanum, Lond. 1702, p. 52, MXCVI. The deed is witnessed by Adam de Blakeburn and Robert de Preston, as well as by Phil. Sanson (De Worcester?) and others.
Anon.
Demoniacal Descent of the Plantagenets (Vol. ix., p. 494.).—H. B. C. will find another passage, illustrative of this presumption, in Henry Knyghton's Chronica:
"De isto quoque Henrico, quondam infantulo et in curia regis Francorum nutrito, beatus Bernardus Abbas de eo sic prophetavit, præsente rege, De Diabolo venit, et ad Diabolum ibit: Notans per hoc tam tyrannidem patris sui Galfridi, qui Sagiensem episcopum eunuchaverat, quam etiam istius Henrici futuram atrocitatem qua in beatum Thomam desæviret."—Twysden, Hist. Angl. Scriptores, pp. 2393. 32., and 2399. 10.