Storeys of Old.

the Rev. E. F. Campbell Ward, All Hallows, Barking Mission College, Trinity Square, E.C., and the Rev. Thomas Parker, M.A., of All Hallows, Lombard Street, E.C., have done all in their power to assist in the elucidation. To the latter gentleman I am indebted for enabling me to communicate with the Rev. T. G. Gardiner, M.A., Rector of St. Michael Royal, College Hill, E.C. Mr. Gardiner has the particulars of All Hallows the Great, and All Hallows the Less, churches which have been demolished some years. In a letter dated 15th September, 1909, Mr. Gardiner says:-" Bishop Edward Storey, S.T. P., was Rector of All Hallows the Great, Thames Street, from 1459 to 1465. All Hallows Church was condemned in 1656, re-built circa 1685, and demolished in 1893."

In the month of September, 1909, the compiler of these notes on the Stories and "Storeys of Old" visited Chichester in order to see the altar-tomb of the eminent bishop, now that it has been transferred to its original site on the north side of the altar in the cathedral. The tomb stood until February, 1909, in a recess on the site of the Altar of Benefactors in the nave of the cathedral.

The tomb still bears traces of its original beauty. Unfortunately, the brass inscription, which ran round the upper portion or edge of the memorial, has been torn away, probably stolen in pre-Reformation days; the brass coats of arms have likewise been wrenched from their spaces or apertures. There are four spaces on each side of the tomb and one at each end, indicating where the shields have been fixed.

The effigy has been much defaced by visitors-vandals, it would be more correct to state. At the east end some emblematic figure has been broken away. The figure may have been a dog, which frequently appeared as a sign of faithfulness at the feet of a prelate's image, though this custom was more general in the Isle of Man than in the English dioceses. On the breast of the effigy initials and names have been scratched, and there is a date of birth appearing in addition. It is to be regretted that these wretched disfigurements cannot be erased. Even the features of the distinguished bishop have not been allowed to escape. However, the altar-tomb proper, upon which the effigy rests, has been most carefully restored and re-dressed, and an elegant grille forms a semi-enclosure, rising, as it does, from the north side and being so arranged that the spot reminds one of a chantry.

It is rather remarkable that there is no allusion to Bishop Story in "A Collection of Letters, Statutes and other Documents from the M.S. Library of Corpus Christi College, illustrative of the history of the University of Cambridge from MD. to MDLXXII., edited by John Lamb. D.D., Master of Corpus Christi College and Dean of Bristol, 1838."

There is no mention of Story or Storey in the "County Genealogy of Sussex by William Berry, Registering Clerk in the College of Arms, London, 1830."