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AUTOGRAPH OF EDWARD OF LANCASTER, SON OF HENRY VI.

In the Museum of Antiquities at Rouen is preserved an original document, thus designated, "Lettre d'Edouard, Prince de Galles (1471)." It is kept under a glass case, and shown as an doubted autograph of the Black Prince," according to the testimony of the gentleman who has very obligingly placed a transcript of this interesting relic at my disposal. It is as follows;

Chers et bons amis, nous avons entendu, que ung nostre homme lige subject, natif de nostre pays de Galles, est occupé et détunu es prisons de la ville de Diepe, pour la mort d'un homme d'icelle ville dont pour le dict cas autres ont esté exécutez. Et pour ce que nostre dict subject estoit clerc, a esté et est encores en suspens, parce qu'il a esté requis par les officiers de nostre très cher et aimé cousin l'archevesque de Rouen, afin qu'il leur fut rendu, ainsi que de droict; pourquoy nous vous prions, que, icelui nostre homme et subject vous veuillez bailler et delivrer aux gens et officiers de mon dict cousin, sans en ce faire difficulté. Et nous vous en saurons un très grant gré, et nous ferez ung essingulier plaisir. Car monseigneur le roy de France nous a autorisez faire grace en semblable cas que celui de mon dict subject, du47 quel desirons fort la delivrance. Escript à Rouen, le onziesme jour de Janvier.

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The error of assigning this signature to Edward the Black Prince is sufficiently obvious, and somewhat surprising, since we here have an undoubted, and, I believe, unique autograph of Edward of Lancaster, Prince of Wales, only son of Henry VI. by Margaret of Anjou. He was born at Westminster, October 13th, 1453, and was therefore, in 53 January, 1471 (no doubt the true date of the document), in the eighteenth year of his age. He had sought refuge from the Yorkists, in France, with his mother, ever since the year 1462, an in the preceding July or August, 1470, had been affianced to Anne Neville, the youngest daughter of the Earl of Warwick. At the period when this

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ROBERT BLOomfield.

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Presuming that some of the many readers of "N. & Q." may feel an interest in the author of The Farmer's Boy, whom I knew intimately (a sickly-looking, retiring, and meditative man), and have often seen trimming his bright little flower-garden fronting his neat cottage in the City roada pastry-cook's shop, an apple and oyster stall, and part of the Eagle Tavern ("To what base uses," &c) now occupy its, to me, hallowed site, I send you a few extracts from his sale catalogue, an interesting and a rare document, as a mournful record of a genius as original and picturesque, as it was beautiful and holy. His books, prints, drawings (215 lots), and furniture (105 lots) were sold in the humble house in which he died, at Shefford Beds, on the 28th and 29th May, 1824. The far greater number of his books had been presented to him by his friends, viz. the Duke of Grafton (a very liberal contributor), Dr. Drake, James Montgomery, Samuel Rogers, Mrs. Barbauld, Richard Cumberland, Sir James Bland Burges, Capel Lofft, &c. His autograph manuscript of The Farmer's Boy, elegantly bound, was sold for 147.; of Rural Tales, boards, for 41.; of Wild Flowers, for 31. 10s.; of Banks of the Wye, for 3l.; of May-day with the Muses (imperfect), for 10s.; and Description of the Eolian Harp (he was a maker of Eolian harps), for 15s. His few well-executed drawings by himself (views of his City Road cottage and garden, &c.) produced from 5s. to 18s. each. Among his furniture were "A handsome inkstand, presented to him by the celebrated Dr. Jenner" (in return for his sweet poem of "Good Tidings"), and the "celebrated oak table, which Mr. Bloomfield may be said to have rendered

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NOTE FOR LONDON TOPOGRAPHERS.

I send you a note for London topographers. de Langeton was appointed to the bishopric of The charter is dateless, but, inasmuch as Walter Coventry and Lichfield in 1295, and Sir John le Bretun was "custos" of London 22 to 25 Edw. I., i. e. 1294 to 1297, we may fairly assign it to the years 1296 or 1297:

"Omnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos presentes litere pervenerint, Johannes de Notlee salutem quietum clamasse pro me et heredibus meis, Do in domino. Noveritis me remisisse, et omnino mino Waltero de Langeton, Coventrensi et Lichfeldensi episcopo, heredibus, vel assignatis suis, totum jus et clameum quod habui, vel aliquo modo habere potui, in quadam placea terre cum per tinenciis in vico Westmonasterio sine ullo retenemento, illam videlicet que jacet inter exitum curie et porte domini Walteri episcopi supradicti, ex una parte, et tenementum Henrici Coci ex altera, et inter altum stratam que ducit de Charryngg versus curiam Westmonasterii, ex parte una et tenementum domini Walteri episcopi supradicti, ex altera; Ita quod ego predictus Johannes, aut heredes mei, sive aliquis nomine nostro nuncquam durante seculo in predicta placea terre cum omhabere, exigere, vel vendicare poterimus quoque nibus suis pertinenciis, aliquod jus vel clameum modo in perpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium, Dominis Johanne le Bretun tunc custode civitatis sigillum meum apposui huic scripto. His testibus, Londonii: Roberto de Basingg, militibus; Johanne Kynggesheued; Henrico Coco; Reginaldo le Porde Bankwelle; Radulpho le Vynneter; Adam de ter; Henrico du Paleys; Hugone le Mareschal, et LAMBERT B. LARKING.

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