---- Very Rev. Alfred, S. J., on the Weld ghost story, ii. 54
Westcote, Lord, on the Lyttelton ghost, i. 33
---- and sorcery, Canon Melville on, i. 156
---- common in non-Catholic countries, i. 201
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[1] Here in Mr. Surtees' record is a remarkable example of the pious and devout use of the sacred Sign of the Cross, which, having been universal amongst all classes before the Reformation, was continued by many for long generations afterwards, and the use of which since the Catholic Revival in the English Church has become common.
[2] "History of Durham," by Robert Surtees, Esq.: under "Chester-le-Street." Vol. ii. pp. 147-148.
[3] "Nichols' Literary Illustrations." Vol. iv. p. 119, _et seq._ London, 1822.
[4] Arthur Orchard, of S. John's College, Cambridge, B.A. 1662; M.A. 1666; B.D. 1673.
[5] "Letters on Animal Magnetism," by Dr. W. Gregory, p. 487. London, 1851.
[6] A member of the noble family of Beresford thus wrote (A.D. 1873) to a friend of the Editor, with reference to the above narrative:--"The tradition in our family is entirely in favour of the truth of the Spectral Appearance, and the account which I have read, and return, is in my opinion a true and faithful narration of it."
[7] The record of this came to the Editor, through a friend, from the late Rev. W. Hastings Kelke, M.A., sometime Rector of Drayton Beauchamp, in the county of Bucks.
[8] The barony of Chedworth was conferred upon John Howe, Esq., of Chedworth, co. Gloucester, on May 12, 1741. He had two sons, John Thynne, the nobleman referred to in the above account, and Henry Frederick, who in turn succeeded him in the title. His daughter Mary married Alexander Wright, Esq., whose daughter Mary Wright is the lady mentioned in the above narrative. Miss Wright's cousin John inherited as fourth baron, but died unmarried, Oct. 29, 1804, when the peerage became extinct.