nation was confirmed by earl Geffrey, his son*. The rec tory and great tithes were from time immemorial appropriated to that monastery, and a vicarage ordained and endowed, of which the abbot and convent continued patrons till their suppression. After the general dissolution, the rectory impropriate was granted by king Henry VIII. in 1538, to Thomas lord Audley; but king Edward VI. in 1547, settled it by way of exchange on the dean and chapter of St. Paul's, with the advowson of the vicarage, of which they have ever since continued patrons. late incumbent was the reverend and learned Henry Owen, M. D. and F. R. S. On the north side of the communion table is a very antient altar monument of marble, on which, in Weever's time, were the figures of a man and his wife inlaid in brass; the man armed with a gorget of mail, and under his feet a lion couchant. This tomb commemorates Sir Thomas Carleton, as before. The In the north aisle, on a flat stone, are the figures of Nicholas Borne, and Elizabeth his wife, with their arms inlaid. in brass, and underneath are these verses: Of death we have tastyd the mortall rage, For term of lyff, too bodys in on. . Of this earl Geffrey, Dugdale, in his Baronage, relates, "that coming frequently to the Abbey of Walden (founded by his father) he advised the prior to be content with a small church and little buildings; which advice was thought to proceed from the insinuation of the lady Rohesia, his mother; who having taken to her second husband Pain de Beauchamp, and joined with him in the foundation of the priory of Chicksand, in Com. Bedf. of the Gilbertine order, did endeavour by all her power, to alienate the affection of her sons and other friends from the monks of Walden; to the end she might incline them to be bene factors to Chicksand. "Howbeit, that notwithstanding these dissuasions, at the earnest re quest of the monks of Walden, he confirmed to them whatsoever his fa ther, their founder, had formerly given them; but that for the enlargement of his own demesnes he did unjustly take away from the parochial church of Edelmetone a large and fruitful field, which was part of the glebe appertaining thereto." Therfore Therfor good peple to God in thorn Prey, from the on body too sowlys proceed, The temporall maryage everlastyng succeed. Against the wall of this aisle is the figure of a priest, kneeling at an altar, and under him is this inscription on a brass plate: Ista sacerdotis Innocent est tumba Johannis Vicerat Octobris quem nece quarta dies Donet Rex celi gaudia Christe sibi. On a flat stone in the middle aisle are inlaid in brass the figures of a man and his wife, in furred gowns and great ruffs, with figures of four children, to the memory of Edward Nowell, Esq and his family. Besides the abovementioned, there are inscriptions to the memory of Sir Bibye Lake, bart.; Sir Felix Feast, knt.; Sir Nicholas Butler, bart. and his lady, and a number of other respectable persons. We must not, however, omit to mention what Norden notices: "There is a fable of one Peter Fabell, that lyeth in this church, who is said to have beguiled the devell by policie for money," &c. This Peter Fabell is supposed to have been some ingenious philosopher, or, as he is called, "an excellent scholar, and well seene in the arte of magicke," who on that account was denominated "The Merry Devil of Edmonton." He lived in the reign of Henry VII, The story of Peter has been worked up into a dramatic performance, by Drayton, of which there have been five editions*. The Mr. Lysons has the following note: "This place has furnished the stage with another drama, called The Witch of Edmonton. "The town of Edmonton has lent the stage A Devil and a witch-both in an age;" says the prologue to this play, which is said to be founded on a known true story, and exhibits various witchcrafts practised upon the neigh bours The churchyard abounds with monuments, many in memory of the clergy and eminent persons; there was also a very curious epitaph upon a head-stone, now broken down, to the memory of one William Newbury, ostler at the Cross Keys Inn, who lost his life through the cook's mistake in giving him an improper medicine, in 1695. The inscription was as follows: Hic jacet Newberry Will Vitam finivit cum Cochiæ Pill; The various denominations of Dissenters have several places of worship in Edmonton, and on Winchmore Hill. Among the charities, the most remarkable are that by Edward Latimer, Esq. who left lands, &c. at Hammersmith and Edmonton, in 1624, which now clothe and educate twenty-five boys, and relieve sundry poor. John Wilde, Esq. in 1662, left lands in Edmonton, to put two boys apprentice, to support three almshouses, and to other charitable uses. Thomas Styles, Esq. left 661. per annum to support twelve almshouses, and 13d. per week to each inhabitant, out of the 667.; the sum of 20l. per annum paid to the schoolmaster, for instructing twenty boys in Latin and Greek. There are several other charities of no great extent, for the relief of the poor; the donors names are as follow: Mr. Henry Smith, 1666; Henry Cade, 1578; Jasper Hallam, 1625; John Wilde, of Barking, Essex, 1614; Judith Olstone, 1677; Catharine Jackson, 1687; Richard Rogers, bours by one mother Sawyer, whose portrait, with that of her familiar, (a dog, named Tom. who is one of the dramatis personæ,) is in the title page. In the last act, Mrs. Sawyer is led out to execution. The name of Edmonton was made very familiar again a few years ago, by Cowper's humorous story of John Gilpin, a. representation of whose equestrian exploits has been put up by the landlord of the Bell Inn, in front of his house. VOL. VI. No. 138. 3 E 1578; 1578; Felix Clerke, 1654; Nicholas Butler, 1696; John Lewitt, 1771, gave 8007. stock 4 per cent. to the use of the poor. There is a girl's charity school, which clothes and educates thirty poor girls, founded by Mr. George Stanbridge, in 1772. Edmonton gave birth to Dr. Brook Taylor, author of the Treatise on Linear Perspective; and was also for many years the residence of archbishop Tillotson, before and after he was promoted to the prelacy. ENFIELD, is ten miles from London; it is called in some old records ENFEN, or INFEN, from the fenny soil of some part of its parish, so drained since, that, except the part called Enfield Wash, it is now become good land. It was formerly noted for tanning of hides; had a royal palace in the reign of Henry VII, and the chace near it is parcel of the duchy of Lancaster. In the centre almost of the chace, are the ruins of an old house, which is said to have belonged to the earls of Essex. Here is a most sumptuous lodge for the ranger; and the skirts of the chace are stored with country seats for the citizens of London and sportsmen. This chace was full of deer, and all sorts of game, when king James I. resided at Theobald's; but in the civil wars it was stripped both of the game and timber, and let out in farms. After the Restoration it was again laid open, woods and groves were re-planted, and the whole chace stored with deer. But, by an act of parliament, in 1779, it was again disforested. Part of it was allotted to dif ferent parishes, and enclosed, when it was found to contain eight thousand three hundred and forty-nine acres; and another part, reserved to the crown, was afterwards sold, in eight lots, at the office of the duchy of Lancaster. The parish of Enfield is very large, though the town has but a very small part of what is generally denominated Enfield; Baker's Street, Four Tree Hill, Bull's Cross, Pon der's End, Enfield Highway, (through the two last of which lies one of the northern high roads), Enfield Chace, &c. being districts of the parish, which is situated nearly at the. |