hop of Exeter in 1299, was the pious founder of a
chantry chapel adjoining Bitton Church, over the bodies of his father and
another, who were buried there; the building itself is quite an
architectural gem. The said bishop must also have resided there, for in
1287, when Dean of Wells, the Lord of the Manor of that part of Bitton
where his estate lay, impounded some of his cattle, and had a trial thereon
at Gloucester, as appears by a Placite Roll of that date.

I send you a copy of the Grant of Arms, as it may be interesting, to
publish--besides, it is a reply to the latter part of S.A.Y.'s Query. It is
copied from the Ashmol. MSS. No. 834. p. 34.

Of the Newtons of Yorkshire I know nothing; but if S.A.Y. wishes to
question me further, I shall be happy to receive his communication under
his own proper sign-manual.

In Nichols' _Leicestershire_, vol. iv. pt. 2. p. 807., is a pedigree of
Cradock bearing the same arms, and it is there laid down that Howel ap
Gronow was slain by the French in 1096, and buried at Llandilo Vawr; also
that the Judge was called Newton from his birth-place. (It is in
Montgomeryshire, I believe.) Matthew Cradock, who lies in Swansea Church,
bore different arms.

"To all and singular as well nobles and gentills as others to whom
these presents shall come, we, Sir Gilbert Dethicke, knight, alias
Garter, principall kinge of armes for the Order of the Garter, Robte.
Cooke, alias Clarenciault, kinge of armes of the south, William Flower
alias Norroy, kinge of armes of the northe, and all others the
hereauldes of armes send humble commendacion and gretinge: that whereas
we being required by Sir John Newton, of Richmond Castill, in the
countie of Somersett, knight, to make serche for the ancient armes
descendinge to him from his ancetors [sic], at whose requeste we, the
said kinges and hereauldes of armes have not only made diligent serche
in our regesters, but also therewithall perused diverse of his ancient
evidence and other monumentes, whereuppon we doe fynd that the said Sir
John Newton, knight, maye beare twelve severall cotes, that is to say,
the armes of Robte. Cradocke alias Newton, the armes of Robte.
Sherborne, the arms of Steven Angle, the armes of Steven Pirot, the
armes of John Harvie, the armes of Sir John Sheder, knight, the armes
of Richard Hampton, the armes of Sir John Bitton, knight, the armes of
Sir Matthewe