HOLME MSS.—THE CRADOCKS

In answer to the Query of Mr. Ellacombe, "I should like to know whether the MSS. of Randle Holme, of Chester, 1670, which afterwards were penes Dr. Latham, are still accessible?" 1. The MSS. alluded to are those of *four* successive antiquaries of that name, of whom an account will be found in Ormerod's *Hist. Chesh.*, vol. ii., under "Tranmere." 2. The person intended was *not* Dr. Latham, but Mr. William Latham, of Eltham, afterwards of Quenby Hall, Leicestershire, *brother* of Dr. Latham, *of Romsey*, the naturalist. 3. The Holme MSS. were *never* in the possession of Mr. Latham, but if Mr.…