surprised that any one could maintain that Gascoigne was ever Chief
Justice to Hen. V., with two existing records before him, both
containing conclusive proof to the contrary.

The first is the entry on the Issue Roll of July, 1413, of a payment
made of an arrear of Gascoigne's salary and pension, in which he is
called "_late_ Chief Justice of the Bench of _Lord Henry, father of the
present King_."

The second is the inscription on his monument in Harwood Church in
Yorkshire, where he is described as "_nuper_ capit. justio. de banco
Hen. _nuper_ regis angliæ _quarti_."

I think I may fairly ask whether it is possible to suppose that in
either of these records, particularly {163} the latter, he would have
been docked his title, had he ever been Chief Justice of the reigning
king?

Allow me to take this opportunity of thanking L.B.L. for his extracts
from the Hospitaller's Survey (Vol. ii., p. 123.), which are most
interesting, and, to use a modern word, very _suggestive_.

Edward Foss.

Street-End House, near Canterbury.

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