Storeys of Old.

including the c in gratia instead of t, and the double pronoun, is found over the door of Bishop West's chapel in Ely Cathedral, and it is as follows:- Grada Dei sum id quod sum, A.D. 1534, and the same without the date and the word id is to be seen in several other places, both within and without the chapel."

Mr. E. J. Story further states that "the Story, Captain Philip Story, met in Newcastle (see letter dated 16th August, 1829), one of the old stock of Thomas Story, would be his grandfather, Edward Story, 1791-1898, and the Thomas Story would probably be the Thomas Story, of Bishop Wearmouth, of 1654, who married Anne Ayre, cousin, according to tradition of Robert Story, Tanner, of 1652-1660, my direct ancestor."

Concerning John Story, son of Edward and Hannah Story, née Drummond, something like a coincidence at least is evolved from a letter written by Colonel Story, of Bingfield, Ireland, on the 2nd July, 1910, and a letter written by Mr. J. A. Storey, Sculptor, of 5 Craig Street, Birtley, on the 11th of February, 1907. The former gentleman says, inter alia:- "There are a considerable number of Storys or Storeys in the County of Leitrim, and (this is only a guess), I fancy they are descended from a second John Story who came over to Ireland about the same time as my ancestor, John Story, of Bingfield, near Hexham, settled in Dublin, and was in business as an iron merchant. His business appears to have been a large one. . . . . . . At Sandycove near here, is a grocer's shop with the name, Robert Storey, over it. I had a chat with the widow of the owner. She told me that her husband came from the county of Leitrim; that he was originally a Protestant, but was left in very poor circumstances on the death of his parents; that he was brought up by a Roman Catholic priest, who persuaded him to change his faith and apprenticed him to a grocer. During the lifetime of his parents, an uncle in the army drove to their house in a coach and four, offering to adopt the boy, but the offer was refused. Robert Storey died about fifteen or more years ago, so it is just possible, but only just possible, that this uncle in the army may be the grand uncle referred to by John Storey of Carradice as having been in command at Belturbet in 1780 or 1790."

The latter correspondent, Mr. J. A. Storey, of Birtley, states that his father came to the County of Durham from Dublin some sixty-eight years ago, when a young man, and died four years ago (1903), and was buried at Chester le Street. He was the son of a soldier, and was educated at the Hibernian School in Dublin. He was a mason by occupation, and worked at that trade all his life. So far as I know he never lived outside the County of Durham since coming at the period stated above. My mother was born in the army. His mother was Scottish, and her maiden name was Logan."

Two Storys named John went over to Ireland about the time Colonel Story's ancestor removed there, and one settled in Dublin, says the Colonel, in an earlier communication.

John Story, son of Edward and Hannah Story, née Drummond, who was shot at in Belfast, subsequently removed to Dublin, where he established ironworks. John Story married Jane Pattinson, of Benwell, who died as previously stated on the 1st July, 1810. Robert Storey, the grocer, to whom Colonel Story refers as probably of gentle birth and