Si quid novisti rectius istis Candidus imperti: si non, his utere mecum. [1] Probably a corruption of Benones Bridge, as it is within four miles of the Roman station, Benones, now High Cross. [2] Vitellius had great weight and influence in the reign of Claudius; Vespasian at that time paid his court to the favourite, and also to Narcissus, the emperor's freedman. [3] Now in the possession of the Rev. P. Homer, of Rugby. [4] In the possession of Mr. Matthew Bloxam, of the same place. [5] Edited by that distinguished and learned antiquary, Wm. Hamper, of Birmingham, Esq., in his _Life of Dugdale_. R.R.B. * * * * * THE PENDRILLS. (_To the Editor of the Mirror_.) I beg to correct the statement of _W.W._ in vol. xiii. page 419, respecting this family. It is true that the pension did not expire at Richard Pendrill's death--and it is also true that Dr. Pendrill died about the time as therein stated--but his son, John Pendrill, died at his own residence, near the Seahouses, Eastbourne, last year only, (1828,) leaving issue, one son by his first wife, (named John,) and one son and three daughters by his second wife; his first son, John, now enjoys the pension of 100 marks, and is residing at the Gloucester Hotel, Old Steine, Brighton, in sound health. The privilege granted to this family under the title of "Free Warren," is the liberty of shooting, hunting, fishing, &c. upon any of the King's manors, and upon the manor on which the party enjoying this pension might reside; and I am informed that a certain noble lord made some yearly payment or gift to the deceased, John, not to exercise that privilege on his manor in Sussex. The pension is payable out of, or secured upon, lands in four different counties, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, and Warwickshire, and entitles the party enjoying it to a vote in each of these counties; but whether this has been acted upon, I cannot possibly say. I have seen in the possession of a branch of this loyal family, only a few days ago, a scarce print of the arms, &c. published in 1756, under the regulation of the act of parliament; besides other prints on the subject. This family, _being commoners_, is I believe, the only one which have supporters.[6] [6] Another correspondent, _Amicus_, states that the grant of the Pension was in the possession of the Rector of Cheriton, in Hampshire, and was "lost by him to Government, a short time before his death, in the year 1825." C.C. * * * * * THE FRIENDS OF THE DEAD. (_For the Mirror_.)