_Simon of Ghent._--Can any of your correspondents give me any information concerning Simon, Bishop of Salisbury in 1297-1315, further than what is said of him in _Godwini de Praesulibus Angliae_, and in Wanley's Catalogue, where he is mentioned as the author of _Regulae Sanctimonialium Ordinis Sti Jacobi_? Why is he called "Gandavensis," or "De Gandavo," seeing that he is said to have been born in London? J. MORTON. _Boetius' Consolations of Philosophy._--Alfred the Great translated this work into Anglo-Saxon; Chaucer, Queen Elizabeth, and Lord Preston into English. _Has Queen Elizabeth's work_ (which she executed during her captivity before she ascended the throne) _been printed?_ Richard Viscount Preston's appeared first, I believe, in 1712, in 12mo. _How often has it been reprinted?_ What other English translations have been made, and what are the latest? JARTZBERG. _Gloucestershire Gospel Tree._--Mary Roberts, in her _Ruins and Old Trees associated with Historical Events_, gives a very pretty account of a certain _Gospel Tree_. Can any kind correspondent inform me where in Gloucestershire it is situated? Although a native of the county, I never heard of it. W. H. B. _Churchyards--Epitaphs._--Up to the time of the Norman Conquest, churchyards appear to have been considered almost as sacred as churches; but soon after that period, though regarded as places of sanctuary, they were often used for profane purposes. I recollect reading of fairs and rustic sports being held in them as early as John's reign, but unfortunately I have not been an observer of your motto, and know not now where to refer for such instances. I shall therefore feel obliged to any of your readers who will specify a few instances of the profanation of churchyards at different periods, or refer me to works where such may be found. Churchyards appear to have been used in special cases for sepulture from the year 750, but not commonly so used till the end of the fourteenth century. Are there any instances of sepulchral monuments, between the above dates, now existing in churchyards? Stone crosses, evidently of Saxon or very early Roman structure, are found in churchyards, but I am not aware of any sepulchral monuments detached from the church of the same date. I shall be glad of any notices of early monuments or remarkable epitaphs in churchyards. When did churchyards cease to be places of sanctuary? What is the exact meaning of the word "yard?" and was not "God's acre" applied to Christian cemeteries before sepulture was admitted in churches or churchyards? W. H. K. Drayton Beauchamp, June 10.