Cambridge.
_Church of St. Bene't Fink_ (Vol. iv., p. 407.).--I think some account
of the inscriptions, or of their having been transcribed, will be found
in the _Gentleman's Magazine_, as well as of those removed by the
destruction of the church of _St. Michael's, Crooked Lane_, in order to
make the approaches for new London Bridge; there, also, I think I have
seen some account of the inscriptions in the church pulled down for the
erection of the _Bank of England_. The preservation of the monumental
records of the dead has been so frequently suggested in "NOTES AND
QUERIES," that I will not occupy space by urging further arguments in
favour of the scheme proposed for the transcription and preservation of
inscriptions on monuments and grave-stones. The numerous churches which,
in these days, are undergoing alterations and repairs, call for your
continued exertion to effect the object you have already submitted for
the purpose in former numbers. The ancient church of St. Mary, Lambeth,
has just been rebuilt, and many of the monumental tablets will of
necessity be removed from their former sites, and grave-stones may
disappear. The venerable _Ashmole_ lies at the entrance of the old
vestry, under a flat stone; and outside, a short distance from the
window, lies _Tradescant_, under a large altar-tomb in a state of decay!