There are some particulars of these relics in the _Archæologia Cambrensis_; but neither that periodical, nor the authorities referred to by Warrington, are at the moment accessible to me.
_Monumental Brass at Wanlip, Co. Leicester, and Sepulchral Inscriptions in English._--In the church of Wanlip, near this town, is a fine brass of a knight and his lady, and round the margin the following inscription, divided at the corners of the slab by the Evangelistic symbols:
"Here lyes Thomas Walssh, Knyght, lorde of Anlep, and dame Kat'ine his Wyfe, whiche in yer tyme made the Kirke of Anlep, and halud the Kirkyerd first, in Wirchip of God, and of oure lady, and seynt Nicholas, that God haue yer soules and mercy, Anno Dni mill[=m]o CCC^{ mo} nonagesimo tercio."
Mr. Bloom states, in his _Mon. Arch. of Great Britain_, p. 210., that--
"There are, perhaps, no sepulchral inscriptions in that tongue (English) _prior to the fifteenth century_; yet at almost the beginning of it, some are to be met with, and they became more common as the century drew to a close."
Is there any monumental inscription in English, earlier than the above curious one, known to any of your correspondents?
_Influence of Politics on Fashion._--Can any one of the numerous readers of "N. & Q." explain the meaning of the following passage of the note of p. 305. of Alison's _History of Europe_, 7th edition?--
"A very curious work might be written on the influence of political events and ideas on the prevailing fashions both for men and women; there is always a certain analogy between them. Witness the shepherd-plaid trousers for gentlemen, and coarse shawls and muslins worn by ladies in Great Britain during the Reform fervour of 1832-4."
_Rev. W. Rondall._--Can any of your correspondents give information respecting the Rev. William Rondall, Vicar of Blackhampton, Devonshire (1548), who translated into English a portion of the writings of the learned Erasmus?
_Henry, third Earl of Northumberland._--The above nobleman fell on the battle field of Towton (Yorkshire), 29th March, 1461, and was interred in the church of St. Denys, or Dionisius, in York, where his tomb, denuded of its brass, is still pointed out. Pray does an account exist, in any of our old historians, as to the removal of the body of the above nobleman from that dread field of slaughter to his mansion in Walmgate in the above city, and of his interment, which doubtless was a strictly private one? Again, does any record exist of the latter event in any book of early registers belonging to the above church? Doubtless many readers of "N. & Q." will be able to answer these three Queries.