Of course MR. BEALBY, while prosecuting in Kidderminster his inquiries about Baxter, visited Caldwall Castle (close to the town), once the {566} residence of Sir Ralph Clare, Baxter's sturdy opponent. In an old map of the town, the castle is represented as having eight towers; but only one of these now remains, which is attached to a modern house. The tower is octagonal, built of red sandstone, of massive proportions, and is in good preservation. It contains two rooms lighted N. and S.; a turret staircase; and a groin-roofed cellar, level with the ground, and with an exterior door. From this cellar an underground passage is said to extend to St. Mary's Church, about a quarter of a mile distant. Sir Ralph Clare was buried in St. Mary's, opposite to where Baxter's pulpit then stood. The flat stone that covers his grave has once again been restored to the light by the removal of the cumbrous sleeping-box that concealed it,--thanks to the judicious alterations now being carried on by the present vicar; alterations very different to those "beautifyings" of 1786, in which Baxter's pulpit was sold as worthless lumber. (Vide "N. & Q.,", Vol. v., p. 363.) The Registers preserved in the vestry of St. Mary's attest the careful neatness of Baxter in his official entries. The headings of the different months are printed, and, in some cases, ornamented after the missal style. Many of the burials are set down as those of "valliant souldiers," who fell in the frequent skirmishes of those troublous times. The row of elms on the south walk of the churchyard is said to have been planted in Baxter's time,--perhaps by his own hand. If MR. BEALBY would like a copy of my etching of Baxter's pulpit (referred to at p. 363.), and would leave his address with the Publisher of "N. & Q.," I should be happy to forward one to him. CUTHBERT BEDE, B.A. * * * * * ST. BOTULPH. (Vol. v., pp. 396. 475.) As no one has hitherto answered the inquiries of A. B. touching St. Botulph, I beg to forward you the following Notes. The earliest mention of him will be found in the _Saxon Chronicle_, at the year 654. He is said to have then commenced the building of a minster at _Ycean-ho_. The statement is repeated by Florence of Worcester, who writes the name of St. Botulph's convent _Ikanho_. Its locality is thus pointed out by Leland, _Itinerary_, i. 31, 32. ed. Hearne:-- "Some hold opinion that est of Lincoln were 2 suburbs, one toward S. Beges, a late [of late] a cell of S. Mari abbay at York; the which place I take be _Icanno_, wher was an house of monkes in S. Botolphes tyme, and of this speketh Bede[?]. It is scant half a mile from the minster."