Do these papers still exist in the possession of {401} the Hastings
family, and is there any chance of a further publication? The volume
published by Mr. Berwick contains some very interesting incidental
illustrations of the politics, literature, and society of the
seventeenth century, and much might be expected from the remaining
papers. I may add, that this volume has not been so much used by
historians as it should be; but, as was to be expected, it has not
escaped Mr. Macaulay. It is not not well edited.

C.


_Wellington, Wyrwast, Cokam._--In a MS. letter which I have relating to
the siege of Taunton in the Civil war, is the following sentence,
describing the movements of the royal army:--

"The enemy on Friday last have quitted their garrisions in
Wellington Wyrwast and Cokam houses; the two last they have
burnt."

I am not certain about the second name, which seems to be Wyrwast; and
hsould be obliged by any information relative to these three houses.

C.


_Blockade of Corfe Castle in 1644._--In Martyn's _Life of Shafetesbury_
(vol. i. p. 148.) it is stated that a parliamentary force, under Sir
A.A. Cooper, blockaded Corfe Castle in 1644, after the taking of
Wareham. I can find no mention any where else of an attack on Corfe