published in full? It is often quoted and referred to (see "NOTES AND
QUERIES," Vol. i., p. 436.), but the owner of the MS., with whom I am
well acquainted, informs me that it has never been submitted to
publication, but that some extracts have been secretly obtained. In what
book are these printed? The same house which contains Herbert's MS. (a
former owner of it married Herbert's widow), holds also the stool on
which King Charles knelt at his execution, the shirt in which he slept
the night before, and other precious relics of the same unfortunate
personage.

ALFRED GATTY.

Ecclesfield, July 11. 1850.


_Execution of Charles I._ (Vol. ii., p 72.).--In Ellis's _Letters
illustrative of English History_ Second Series, vol. iii. p. 340-41.,
P.S.W.E. will find the answer to his inquiry. Absolute certainty is
perhaps unattainable on the subject; but no mention occurs of the Earl
of Stair, nor is it probable that any one of patrician rank would be
retained as the operator on such an occasion. We need hardly question
that Richard Brandon was the executioner. Will P.S.W.E. give his
authority for the "report" to which he refers?

MATFELONENSIS.


_Simon of Ghent_ (Vol. ii., p. 56.).--"Simon Gandavensis, patria
Londinensis, sed patre Flandro Gandavensi natus, a. 1297. Episcopus
Sarisburiensis."--Fabric. _Bibl. Med. et Infint. Latin._, lib. xviii. p.