he made certificate into the Lord Chancellor’s offices, from whence the next day after was sent a writ to burn them at Brentford aforesaid, which accordingly was accomplished in the same place, the said 12th day of July. Whereunto they being brought, made their laudable prayers unto the Lord Jesus, undressed themselves, went joyfully to the stake, whereunto they were bound, and the fire flaming about them, they yielded their souls, bodies, and lives, into the hands of the omnipotent Lord, for whose cause they did suffer, to whose protection I recommend thee, gentle reader. Amen.” Why the martyrdom was at Brentford does not appear, though presumably it owes that unhappy distinction to its status as County town of Middlesex, and there it was that in former days the poll was taken for the election of Knight’s of the shire. ~Wilkes At Brentford.~ Readers of Constitutional history are familiar with the struggle between the House of Commons and the people for the freedom of election, contests identified curiously enough in the last century with the names of Wilkes and in this of Mr. Charles Bradlaugh. In the early part of the century Brentford was the scene of much rioting and disorder and even bloodshed, and the route from Charing Cross to Brentford was often lined with eager partisans cheering or hooting the freeholders as they made their way to record their votes for or against the man whom the irony of fate had made the champion of the national liberties. ~The Plague.~ But if Ealing has seen but little of the horrors of war it has groaned under a visitation more terrible still, the hideous hand of the Plague of 1665 and 1666. It is said to have been brought to the neighbourhood by two soldiers who were quartered at the Half-way House at Old Brentford, and the Parish Register bears sad testimony to its ravages. It raged for more than twelve months, and claimed for its own more than two hundred and fifty victims. June 24. --A souldier dyed at the Half-way House at Old Brentford, at Don’s. July 1. --A souldier that dyed at James Garraway’s. July 10. --John White and a son of Richard were buried of the plague, from Don’s. July 12. --Richard Don the master of the house. July 13. --Two children of Richard Don, a maid, and a maid of James Garraway’s, all buried in one grave, in Old Brentford field, of the plague. ,, 22. --Sarah, a child of James Garraway’s, died of the plague. ,, 26. --One that dyed in the Burrow at Old Brentford of the plague. ,, One that wrought at Robert Monday’s of the plague.