THE LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHITECTURAL AND ...

THE LEICESTERSHIREARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL

SOCIETY, 1909-10.

Patrons.His Grace the DUKE OF RUTLAND (Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire).

The Eight Rev. the LORD BISHOP OF PETERBOROUGH, D.D.

The High Sheriff of Leicestershire.The Worshipful the Mayor of Leicester.His Grace the Duke of Somerset.The Right Honourable the Earl Howe, G.C.V.O.The Right Honourable the Earl of Denbigh.The Right Honourable the Earl Ferrers.The Right Honourable the Earl of Dysart.The Right Honourable the Earl of Gainsborough.The Right Honourable the Earl of Lanesborough.The Right Honourable Lord Braye.The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Leicester, D.D.The Honourable Sir Matthew Ingle Joyce, Kt., F.S.A.Sir J. F. L. Rolleston, J.P., M.P.The Right Hon. Sir C. B. McLaren, Bart, M.P., K.C.J. R. MacDonald, Esquire, M.P.The Venerable the Archdeacon of Leicester.Edwin Joseph Lisle March-Phillips-de-LisIe, Esquire, F.S.A.Harry Leycester Powys-Keclc, Esquire, J.P,Sir A. G. Hazlerigg, Bart.Sir E. G. B. Palmer, Bart.Sir W. de W. Abney, K.C.B.Thomas Cope, Esquire, J.P.E. C. Lehmann, Esquire.Sir M. Levy, M.P.Sir J. Herbert Marshall, J.P.Col. G. C. Bellairs, V.D., J.P.

VOL. X.

198 LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY.

Ctommiitef.The, Patrons.The Presidents.All Rural Deans (being Members).All Professional Architects (bring

Members).The llev. E. Jackson, M.A. The Kev. Canon Reiidell, M A. The Kev. Newton Mont, F.S.A. The Rev. Canon Sanders, LL.D. V. H.Crowther-Beynon, Esq., F.S.A. S. Squire, Esq.

JTf)f ^permanent 5ut>.fflommittrr.The Rev. Canon Ilendell, M.A..1. \V. Wnrtimby, I'Xq.Miij.ir W. J. Freer, U.I.., V.I) , F.S A

Fred. K. .Morley, Esq.Theodore Walker, Esq.John \Vnde Wnrtnahy, Esq.H. L. (ioddard, Esq., F.K.I.B.A.J. W. Spurway, Esq.II. Hartopp, Esq.The Uev. A. 0. James, M.A.The Rev. H. Fisher, M.A.S. Perkins Pick, Esq., V.P.R.I.B.A.Wilfrid Moss, E>q.

The Rev. S. Thorold Winckley, M.A.,R.D.

The Rev. E. Hermitage Day, D.D.,F.S.A.

TBonovavi) lotal £rrrrtarira.Market Harborouyh District.

George liiven. Esq., C.C., J.P., Market Harboroiigli.

Lutteriforlh District.The llev. E. Jackson, M.A..

Gihnortuii Rectory

AsIiby-de-la-Zouch District.Miss E. M Sawyer,

The Viciirage, Ashby-de-la-Zouch.

Melton Mowbray District.Walter J. New, Esq., b.A. (Lond.),

Melton Mowbray.

Hinckley District.The Rev. A. E. D. Disney, M.A.,

Stoney Stanton Rectory, Hinckley.

Louyhborough District.Wilfrid Moss, Esq.,

Loughborough.

3i)onoi.w ictrflavirs of tljc iotirlr.Major William Jesse Freer. U.L., V.D., l'".S..\., Lural ,SYc. Soc. Antiquaries, Land.'

The Stimy (l.iif, Leicestt-r. (C/irrexpunilini) and Financial.) The Rev. S. Thorold Winckley, M A., R L>., The Kectory, Houghton-on-the-Hill,

Leicester. (Orgaiiizinn.)The Kev. E, I-IermitaRe Dny, D.D., F.S.A., Newton House, Belmont, Hereford

(Etlitnrial).Ibon. librarian :

C. J. Billson, Esq., M.A.

Reaistnnt Ibon. librarian : T. H. Fosbrooke, Esq., Market Street, Leicester.

John Wade Wartnahy, Esq., The Oaklands, Stoneygate, Leicester.

HONORARY MEMBERS, 1808-9.The High Sheriff of Leicestershire. The Worshipful the Mayor of Leicester. The Kev. W. G. 1). Flrtcher, F.S.A., Oxoti

Vicarage, Shrewsbury. Sidney E. Hartlund, Esq., F.S A., (llou-

cester. Dr. C. H. Read, F.S.A., President Soc.

Anti<[ii(irifs, Jj Lciiidon, W.(I.

British Musi-nm,

H. J. Toulinin, Esq., The Piv. St. All.ans. A. Hamilton Thompson, E>q , M.A.,

F.S.A.James Parker, Esq., Oxford. Tln> Rt. Kev. Bishop Mitchinson, D.D.,

Master of Pembroke Coll., Oxford. J. A. Gotch, Esq., F.S.A., Kettering. Rev. E. Conybeare, M.A., Cambridge. Thomas Harrold, Esq., Hinckley.

LIST OF MEMBERS. 199

SUBSCRIBING .MEMBERS.

Abney, Sir W. de W., K.C.B., Measlmra Hall, Atherstone.

Abney, J. R., Esq., 1U, East 86 Street, New York, U.S.A.

Alderson, The Uev. M. F., The Rectory, Lutlerworth.

Alien, W. S., Esq., Rose Hill, Atherstone.Atkins, Hugh, Esq., J.I'., Thorneycroft,

Hiuckley.Bailey, Thos., Esq., Avondale, Stoney-

gate, Leicester.Bankart, S. N., Esq., J.P.Barker, Mr. J. W., 21, Market Street,

Leicester.Barlow, Evan, Esq., St. John's Road,

Stoneygate, Leicester.Barrowcliffe, G. H., Esq., Burton Walks,

Loughborough.Beasley, J. A. L., Esq., 33, Friar Lane,

Leicester.Beardsley, W. F., Esq., The Grove,

Loughborough.Bellairs, Col. G. C., V.D., J.P. (President),

Highfield. Southbourne on-Sea, Hants.Bennett, A. H., Esq., Market Street,

Leicester.Bennion, Charles, Esq., J.P., Thurnby

Grange, Leicester.Beresford,TlieRev. E.A., Hoby Rectory,

Leicester.Bickley, J. W., Esq., Acacia House,

Melton Mowbray.Biddle, Mrs. W.", Sutton-in-the-Elms,

Rugby.Bigg, C. S., Esq., B.A., Friar Lane, Lei

cester.Billson, C. J., Esq., M.A., (Hon. Libra

rian), Sunnyside, Finchampstead, Wo- kingham.

Bird, G. B., Esq., Maycroft, Barrow-on- Soar, Loughborough.

Blakeney, The Rev. Canon, M.A., R.D., Mowbray Lodge, Melton Mowbray.

Bland, Edmund, Esq., S. Martin's, Lei cester.

Bloxsom, M., Esq., Hazelwood, Crump- sail Green, Manchester.

Bolus, Miss, 81, South Hill Park, Hamp- stead, London, N.W.

BouskeH, Flunk,Esq., Market Bosworth, Nuneaton.

Bowers, Rev. P. H., M.A., The Rectory, Market Bosworlh, Nuneaton.

Braund, G. P., Esq., Wood-Gate, Lough borough.

Braye, Dr. Reginald, 8fi, Frederick Road, St. Saviour's Road, Leicester.

Brockington, \V. A., Esq., M.A., Hill Bank, Birstall, Leicester.

Brown, J. H., Esq., Great Glen, Leicester.Brown, llichanl Oswald, Esq., Manor

House, Cadeliy, Nuneaton.Bryan, D. C. Ruding, Ksq., Lyddington,

Clifton, Bristol.Bullen, G., Esq., Bank House, Ashby-de-

la Zonch.Burchnall, W. A., Ksq., Burton Walks,

Loughborough.Burgess, J. G., Esq., J.P., Copt Oak,

Narborough, Leicester.Burns-Hartopp, Capt. J., J.P., D.L., Bur

ton Lazars, Melton Mowbray.Buszard, Marston C., Esq., K.C., J.P.,

The Temple, London.Butland, llobt., Esq., Stougbton Lane,

Leicester.Chitham, Geo., Esq., Morland Avenue,

Leicester,Clark, J. H., Esq., J.P., Fairlawn, Mar

ket Harborougb.Clarke, Dr. Astley, London Road, Lei

cester.Clare, E. Lovell, Esq., 23, Abingdon

Street, Westminster, S.W.Coales, Herbert George, Esq., Market

Harborough.Coates, Geo. G., M.D., South Kilworth,

Rugby.Collins, E. J., Esq., Mere Road, Leices

ter.Cooke, J. H., Esq. 38, Adderley Road,

Leicester.Cope, Thomas, Esq., J.P., (President),

Osbaston Hall, Nuneaton.Corah, Alfred, Esq., Scraptoft Hall,

Leicester.Corah, J. A., Esq., J.P., Oadby Hill, Lei

cester.Cott, The Rev. A. McKenzie, II A., Ashby

Magna Vicarage, Lutterworth.Crick, F., Esq., Houghtou House, Stoney-

gate, Leicester.Crosby, Dr. T. Villiers, London Road,

Leicester.Crowther-Beynon,V.B.,Esq.,M.A.,F.S.A.

The Grange, Edith Weston, Stamford.Curtis, R., Esq., Market Place, Lei

cester.Dalgliesh, Richard, Esq., J.P., D.L.,

Asfordby Place, Melton Mowbray.Daniels, S. K., Esq., Millstone Lane

Leicester.Darlington, Miss E. M., The Hill, Lut

terworth.Dawson, T. C., Esq., Claremont, Knigh-

ton Drive, Leicester.Day, John, Esq., University Mansions,

Lower Richmond Road, Putney, S.W.


Day, TheRev. E. Hermitage, D.D., F.S. A., (Hon. Sec.), Newton House, Belrnont, Hereford.

Deane, Henry, Esq., Government Build ings, Newarke Street, Leicester.

Deane, H. J., Esq., Lougliborough.Dexter, Mr. J. L., 2, Storer Road, Lough-

borough.Dickinson, J. S., Esq., Friar Lane, Lei

cester.Disney. The Rev. A. E. D., Stoney Stan-

ton Rectorj', Hinckley (flora Local Sec retary).

Draper, Major A. T., Friar Lane, LeicesterEady, J. 0., Esq., St. Mary's, Market

Hal-borough.Edmonds, Rev. F. S., Foxton Vicarage,

Market Harborough.Edmonds, Rev. G.M., M.A., Stoke Gold-

ing Vicarage, Nuneaton.Evans, Wm., Esq., St. Martin's, Leicester.Evaus, Mrs., St. Martin's, Leicester.Everard, Bernard, Esq., B.A., ISarrow-on-

Soar, Loughborough.Everard, J. B., Esq., J.P., Woodville,

Knighton Park Road, Leicester.Everard, T. W., Esq., J.P., D.L., Brad-

gate Hall, Leicester.Everard, Mrs. T. W., Bradgate Hall, Lei

cester.Faire, A. W., Esq., Elmcote, Elms Road,

Leicester.Faire, Sir S., J.P., Glenfield Frith, Lei

cester.Farnham, George, Esq., Quorn House,

Quorn, Loughborough.Peaks, Mr. Chas. E., 44, Stretton Road,

The Fosse, Leicester.Fisher, The Rev. H., M.A.Flude, Miss Catherine, The Hollins, New

Street, Leicester.Ford, T. H., Esq., Birstall Hill, Lei

cester.Fosbrooke, Leonard, Esq., Ravenstone

Hall, Ashby-de-la-Zoucli.Fosbrooke, T. H., Esq., Market Street,

Leicester (Hon. Assistant Librarian).Fox, B. H. C., Esq., J.P., Maplewell,

Loughborough.Francis, H. J.,Esq.,Fernbank, Hill Street,

Hinckley.Freer, Major W. J., D.L.. V.D., F.S.A.

(Hon. Sec.), The Stony Gate, Leicester.Freer, Rev. A. S. Beresford, M.A., The

Vicarage, Gussage All Saints', Salis bury.

Gainsborough, The Rt. Hon. the Earl of, (President), Exton Hall, Oakham.

Garnar, Mrs., Knighton Drive, Lei cester.

Gee, H. Simpson, Esq., J.P., Knighton Frith, Leicester.

Gee, The Rev. Henry, D.D., F.S.A.,Master of University College, TheCastle, Durham.

German, John, Esq., J.P., Ashby-de-Ia-Zouch.

Gilbanks, Rev. G. E., Ratby Vicarage,Leicester.

Gimson, Sydney A..Esq., 20, Glebe Street,Leicester.

Gleadow, Mrs. F., Heathfield, Stoneygate,Leicester.

Goodacre, The Rev. F. W., White House,Ashby Parva, Lutterworth.

Goodacre, Hugh, Esq., The Court, Ulles-thorpe, Rugby.

Goddard, H. L.. Esq., F.R.I.B.A. MarketStreet, Leicester.

Goode, S., Esq., J.P., Sunnyside,Hinckley.

Goward, Col, S., V.D., Market Har borough.

Grace, I£. J., Esq., Pen Craig, Enderby,Leicester.

Granby, The Most Noble The Marquessof, 10, Arlington Street, London, S.W.

Grant, John, Esq., Glenelg, Elms Road,Stoneygate, Leicester.

Grewcock, W. T., Esq., 8, New Street,Leicester.

Green, George, Esq., C.C., J.P. (Hon.Local Sec.), Market Harborough.

Green, Rev. R. C., M.A., WymeswoldVicarage, Loughborough.

Griggs, Major F. R., The Holt, ForestRoad, Loughborough.

Hancock, E., Esq., Summer Hill, Letch- worth Road, Leicester.

Haraes, A. L., Esq., Holly Bank, Stoney-gate, Leicester.

Hardington, Mr. Geo., 15, MillstoneLane, Leicester.

Harris, Col. J. E., M.A., The Shade,Sharnford, Hinckley.

Harrison, S., Esq., F. R.I.B. A., St.Martin's,Leicester.

Hartopp, Mr. Henry, 81, Barclay Street.Narborough Road, Leicester.

Harvey, Col. Robt., V.D., Rothley,Loughborough.

Hassall, John, Esq., J.P., Ashby-de-la-Zouch.

Hatchett, Major J., J.P., Ravenstone,Ashby-de-la-Zouch.

Hazlerigg, Sir A. G., Bart. (President),Noseley Hall, Leicester.

Hensman, E. W., Esq., The GrammarSchool, Quorn, Loughborough.

Henton, G. M., Esq., Charnwood House,Victoria Road, Leicester.

Herbert, Albert, Esq., Friar Lane, Lei cester.

LIST OF MEMBEBS. 201

Herne, F. S., Esq., 2, Granby Street,Leicester.

Hewitt, Francis, Esq., J.P., Kirby Mux-loe, Leicester.

Hiley, The Rev. A. J. W., M.A., Wood- house Eaves, Loughborough.

Hilton, Col. 11. V., barrow-on-Soar,Loughborough.

Hind, W. Hurley, Esq., 2l>, Swaine Street,Bradford, Yorks.

Hodges, Itev. Wilfrid G., BroughtonAstley Rectory, Rugby.

Horspool, W. T., Esq., 180 HinckleyRoad, Leicester.

Howe, The Rt. Hon. the Earl, G.C.V.O.(President), The Woodlands, Uxbridge,Bucks.

Hughes, T. Cann, Esq., M.A , F.S.A.,78, Church Street, Lancaster.

Hull, Geo., Esq., Clarendon Park Road,Leicester.

Hurst, B., Esq., J.P., Burbach Grove,Hinckley.

Hurst, William, Esq., J.P., The Grange,Earl Shilton, Hinckley.

Jackson, The Rev. Edmund, M.A. (Hun.Local Sec.), Gilmorton Rectory, Lut-terworth.

James, The Rev. A. 0., M.A. WanlipRectory, Leicester.

Johnson, Mrs. T. Fielding, Brookfield,Stoneygate, Leicester.

Johnson, Mrs. William Goode, 1876,Georgia Street, Vancouver City, B.C.

Jones, Major C. H., M.A., Meadhurst,Uppingbam.

Jones, W. H., Esq., Winnetka, MorlandAvenue, Leicester.

Joyce, Hon. Sir M. I., F.S.A. (President),IB, Great Cumberland Place, HydePark, London.

Kilby, Mr. C. W., 1, Rupert Street, Lei cester.

Kitson, C. H., Esq., Mus. Doc., Oxon.,St. Fillans, Kimberley Road, Leicester.

Lanesborough, The Right Hon. the Earlof, (President), Swithland Hall, Lough- borough.

Landon, The Rev. Guy, M.A., AlverstokeVicarage, Gosport.

Lang, The Rev. N., M.A., St. Martin'sVicarage, Leicester.

Langham, W., Esq., Ashby Magna Cot tage, Lutterworth.

Lawford, J., Esq., Sea View, Uyde, Isle ofWight.

Layng, J. H., Esq., Solicitor, Hinckley. Lea, W. A., Esq., Leahurst, Stoneygate

Road, Leicester. Lehmann, R. C., Esq. (President), Field

Head, Bourne End, Bucks.

Lethbridge, The Rev. A., M.A., St. Mar garet's Vicarage, Leicester.

Levy, Sir Maurice, .M.I*. (President),Humberstone Hull, Leicester.

Leicester, Tbu Right Ilev. Bishop of,D.O. (President), The Cauonry Huuv,Peterborough.

Lilley, Siunuel G., Esq., 86, New Walk,Leicester,

Lillingston, G. W., Esq., J.I'., Ulvers-croft, Lricostur.

Lockhart, P,, Esq., The Gable llouv-,Stoughton Drive. Leicester.

MacDonald, J. 1!., Esq., M.P. (Prr«id*nJ,).3, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London,W.C.

McLaren, The Rt. Hon. Sir C. B., Bart.,K.C., M.P. (President), 43, BelgraveSquare, London, W.

Mant, The Rev. Newton, F.S.A.,Cossing-ton Rectory, Leicester.

Martin, R, E., Esq., J.P., The Brand,Loughborougli.

Martin, R. F., Esq., J.P., The lii-and,Lougbbiirough.

Martin, W. F., Esq., The Brand, Lough- borough.

Marshall, SirJ. Herbert, J.P. (President),Ashleigh, Stoneygate, Leicester.

Melton, Thomas, Esq., Nether House,East Avenue, Leicester.

Moore, A. P., Esq., B C.L,, Friar Lane,Leicester.

Moore, C. A., Esq., M.D., De MontfortStreet, Leicester.

Moore, The Rev. C. T., M.A., J.P.,Appieby Rectory, Atherstone,

Moore, George, Esq.,J.P., Appleliy Hall,Atherstone.

Morley, F. R., Esq., De Montfort Square,Leicester.

Moss, Wilfrid, Esq. (Hon. Local Sec.),Loughborougli.

Murray-Smith, G., Esq., J.P., D.L.,ljumley Hall, Market Harborough.

New, Walter J., Esq., 13. A. Loud., (Hon.Local, t-iec.), Melton Mowbray.

Newill, G. E., Esq., Riseholme, (iuilfordlioad, Leicester.

New York Public Library, U.S.A. Newbury, the Rev. F. E., Dishley witb

Thorpeacre, Lougliborongh. Newton, J. Mackenzie, Esq., 01, Park

Road, Loughborougli. Oliver, C. F., Esq., Hiighenden, Kuighton

Park Road, Leicester. Oliver, G. C., Esq., J.P., Wartuaby Hall,

Melton Mowbray. Oram, Arthur, Esq., The Spinneys, Itat-

cliffe Uoud, Leicester. Oswin, I!. B., Esq., Stoneygate Uuad,

Leicester.


Packe, E. Hussey, Esq., J.P., D.L,, Prest- wold Hall, Loughborough.

Page, C. H., Esq., 10, New Street, Lei cester.

Paget, T. Guy, Esq., Woodend, Chiclies- ter.

Paget, W. B., Esq., J.P , Southficld, Loughborough.

Pnget, Mrs. A. H., 1, West Walk, Lei- cester.

Palmer, Sir E. G. B., Bart. (President), Witlicote Hall, Oakliam,

Parkinson, W. G., Esq., The Cottage, Old Humberstone, Leicester.

Partington, Miss H, C, The Lawn, Birstall, Leicester.

Partridge, S. S.Esq., J.P., Belvoir Street, Leicester.

Payne, W. H., Esq., J.I 1 ., Hinckley.Peach, H. H., Esq., Stoughton Road,

Leicester.Peake, Hurold J., Esq., Westbrooke

House, Newbnry, Berks.Perkius, Harry, Esq., Town Hall, Lough

borough.Perry-Herrick, Mrs., Beaumanor Park,

Loughborough.Peterborough, The Right Rev. the Lord

Bishop of, D.D., (Patron), The Palace, Peterborough.

Phillips, G., Esq., Fosse Bank, Oakharo.Pick, S. Perldns, Esq., RR I.B.A., 6, Mill

stone Lane, Leicester.Pochin, Miss C. AI. E.,The Manor House,

Wigston Magna, Leicester.Pope, Dr. F. M., 4, Prebend Street,

Leicester.Powell, Col. L. L., V.D., J.P., The Elms,

Melton Mowhruy.Powers, G. W., Esq., M.A., Farrar's

Building, Temple, li.C.Powys-Keck, H. L., Esq., J.P., (Presi

dent), The Knoll, Kingston Hill, Surrey.

Preston, R. E., Esq., 2, New Street, Lei cester.

Pulteney, The Rev. A. W. P., M.A., Ashley Rectory, Market Harborough.

Pulman, W. G. B., Esq., Luttcrworth.Quarrell, W. H., Esq., M.A., 3, East

India Avenue, London, E.G.Read, Win., Esq., Slreatham, Nairobi, via

Mombassa, British East Africa.Rendell, The Rev. Canon A. M., M.A.,

Eyclon Rectory, Byfield, H.S.O., North- ants.

Reynolds, H. W., Esq., Barkby Firs, Leicester.

Richards, H. W. H., Esq., Phoenix Cot tage, Belgrave, Leicester.

Robinson, The Rev. C. L., St. George's Vicarage, Leicester.

Robinson, Chas. S., Esq., Stanley Rood, Leicester.

Robinson, Dr Thomas, Bowling Green Street, Leicester.

Rolleston, Sir J. F. L., M.P..J.P., (Presi dent), Glen Parva, Leicester. .

Rowley, T. S., Esq., Glen Magna. Lei cester.

Rudd, G. E., Esq., M.A., Stoneygate School, Leicester.

Russell, S., Ksq., Westcotes Drive, Lei cester.

Rust, Arthur, Esq., 126, Eegent Road, Leicester.

Rutland. His Grace the Duke of (The Lord Lieutenant, Patron), IB, Arling ton Street, London, S.W.

Saliisbury-While, W. Llewellyn, Esq., Llanwern Lodge, London Road, Lei cester.

Sanders, The Rev. Canon, LL.D., Rothley Vicarage, Leicester.

Sarsoo, Col. J. E., V.D., Woodland Avenue, Leicester.

Satchell, Mr. R. W., Gallowtree Gate, Leicester.

Sawday, Aid. A. E., 14, Springfield Road, Leicester.

Sawyer, Miss E. M. (Hon. Local Sec.), The Vicarage, Ashby-de-la-Zouch.

Scott, C. Tollemache. Esq., D.L., J.P., Market Bosworth Hall, Nuneaton.

Seale, Frank, Esq., 35, Horsefair Street, Leicester.

Sergeantson, Capt. C. M., Kirby Muxloe, Leicester.

Sloane, Mrs. S., 13, Welford Road, Lei cester.

Smith, C. A. Bassett, Esq., Ullesthorpe, Lutterworth.

Smith, Corbel, Esq.. J.P., Walcote House, Lutterworth.

Smitb-Carington, H. H., Esq. (High Sheriff), Grangethorpe, Rusholme, Manchester.

Sollory, A.. Esq., 3, Albert Road, Stoney gate Road, Leicester.

Somerset, His Grace the Duke of, (Presi dent), Maiden Bradley, Bath.

Spalding, J. T., Esq., 22, Villa Road, Nottingham.

Spencer, C. A., Esq., Stoneygate, Lei cester.

Spurway, J. W., Esq , High Cross Street, Leicester.

Spurway, Noel B., Esq., High Cross Street, Leicester.

Squire, S., Esq., Salisbury Road, Lei cester.

Stauiforth, T., Esq., Inglenook, Crowle, Doncaster.

RULES. 203

Starey, The Rev. E. Douglas, Sharuford Rectory, Hinokley.

Stevenson, R. P., Esq., C.C., Syston, Leicester.

Stewart, E. C., Dr., County Asylum, Narborough, Leicester,

Stocks, The Yen. Aroluleacou, (President), Mistertoa Rectory, Lnttenvorth.

Stone, S. F. Esq., J.P., D.L., Kirby Frith Hall, Leicester.

Tabberer, G. O., Esq., Bushby, Leicester.Taylor, J. \V., Esq., Loughborough.Taylor, John H., Esq., 84, Syston Street,

Leicester.Tliomson, Clias. Stuart, Esq., Barrow-on-

Soar, Loughborough.Thomson, H. H., Esq., Halford Cham

bers, Leicester.Topham, L. T., Esq., J.P., Lulterworth

House, Lutterworth.Traylen, H. H. Esq., 16, Broad Street,

Stamford.Tucker, W. T., Esq., Pavkside, Lough-

borough.Turner, Joseph, Esq., Blaby, Leicester.Turner, G. C., Esq., Elmfield Avenue,

Leicester.Turner, J., Esq., J.I'., Stanleigh, Donis-

thorpe, Ashby-de-la-Zouch.Turner, Archibald, Esq., The Cottage,

Swithland, Loughborough.Viccars, W. P., Esq., J,P., Austey Pas

tures, near Leicester.WakeHey, A., Esq., London Road, Lei

cester.Walker, Ralph R., Esq., Ratcliffe Hall,

Syston, Leicester.Walker, T. Esq., Gleu Hall, Leicester.Walter, Edward, Esq., Croft, Leicester.Walters, J. Tudor, Esq., M.P., The Way

side, Oadby, Leicester.Warner, E. H., Esq., J.P., Quorn Hall,

Loughborough.

Wartnaby, J. W., Esq., (Hon. Auditor),The Oaklauds, Stoneygale, Leicester.

Watson, The Rev. Wentivorth, M.A.,Rockinglmm Castle, Uppinghum.

Watts-liearl, The Rev. Cecil, M A., Bur-rough-on-the-Hill, Melton Jlowbi-ay.

Webster, Miss E., Little Peatliug Hall,liutterworth.

Welldon, C. I,., Esq., Westlands, Welling-boroufjh.

Wells, Sidney, Esq., J.P., Kegworth,Derby.

Whiteley, The Rev. Warwick, M.A., Nar borough, Leicester.

Whittingham, The Rev. W. G., M.A.,Knighton Vicarage, Leicester.

Wilshere, H. W., Esq., \\~clford Place,Leicester.

Wiuckley, The Rev. A. R. T., ALA., St.Mark's Clergy House, Locust Street,Phil., P.A., U.S.A.

Winckley.The Rev. S. ThoroUl, M.A.,R.D.(Hon. Sec. ),Houghton-on-the-Hill Rec tory, Leicester.

Withers, Mr. W.J., Silver Street, Leicester. Winterton, \V. H., Esq., The Knoll,

Glebe Road, Oadby, Leicester. Wintertou, Frank, Esq., Round Hill,

Thurmaston, Leicester. Woodhouse, V. M., Esq., Wicliff Street,

Leicester.Woolley, G. H., Esq., Cossington, Lei

cester. Wright, James, Esq., J.P., Barrow-Cliff,

Loughborough. Wright, Wm., Esq., J.P., One Ash, Quorn.

Loughborough. Wykes, Mrs. A. B., Town End Close,

Knighton, Leicester.Wykes, L. V., Esq., Friar Lane, Leicester. Young, Adrian, Esq., The Widening*,

Nanpantan, Loughborough. Young, Joseph, Esq.,33, Dane Hill Road,

Leicester.

This List represents the Membership of the Society on December 31st, 1910.

KULES.1. That the Society be called " THE ARCHITECTURAL AND AUCH-EOLOGICAL

SOCIETY or THE COUNTY or LEICESTER."2. That the objects of the Society be, to promote the study of Ecclesiastical

Architecture, General Antiquities, and the Restoration of Mutilated Architectural Remains within the County; and to furnish suggestions, so far as may be within its province, for improving the character of Ecclesiastical Edifices, and for preserving all ancient remains which the Committee may consider of value and importance.

3. That the Society be composed of Patrons, Presidents, Treasurer, and Secre taries; and Honorary and Ordinary Members.

4. That the Members of the Society be privileged to propose new Members, either by letter or personally, to be elected at the Committee Meetings; and that

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Honorary Members shall be gentlemen who have either rendered signal service to the Society, or are specially learned iu the subjects the study of which it is formed to encourage, and shall be nominated by the Committee at one of their Meetings, and proposed for election only at the General Annual Meeting of the Members to be held in the January of each year.

5. That Rural Deans within the County of Leicester be ex-officio Members of the Committee, on their signifying an intention to become Members of the Society.

B. That each Member slmll pay an Annual Subscription of Ten Shillings, to be due on the first day of January in each year.

7. That the affairs of the Society he conducted by a Committee composed of the Patron-i, Presidents, Kural Deans (being Members), all Secretaries of the Society, all Professional Architects (being Members.), all Honorary Members, and not less than twenty Ordinary Members, of whom four at least shall have been Members of the Committee of the preceding year.

8. That the Meetings of the Members he held on the last Monday of every alternate month ; that one of such Meetings to be field in the month of January b9 considered the Annual General Meeting, at which the Annual Report and Statement of Accounts be rendered ami the Committee for the year be elected, and such new Rules or alterations in the Rules proposed and made as may be thought necessary: provided always that due notice of such new Rules or alteration in liules be given by circular to each Member of the Society at least seven days before the Annual Meeting. That in addition to the Bi-Monthly Meetings—so including tin Annual Meeting—Public Meetings for the reading of Papers, &c., may be held as provided for under Rufe 11.

!). That the Committee (of whom five shall be a quorum) have power to add to their number, and to elect from the Society the requisite number of Secretaries.

10. That the Members of the Committee in any neighbourhood may associate other Members of the Society with themselves, and form Committees for Local Purposes in communication with the Central Committee.

11. That the Public Meetings of the Society be holden at such times and places as shall be appointed by the Committee.

12. That the Committee meet at the times and places which they may them selves appoint.

13. That the Secretaries be empowered, on the requisition of five Members of the Committee, to call a Special Meeting of the Society.

14. That Donations of Architectural and Antiquarian Books, Plans, £c., be received; that the Committee be empowered to make purchases and procure casts and drawings, which shall be under the charge of the Secretaries.

15. That when the Committee shall consider any Paper, which may have been read before the Society, worthy of its being printed at its expense, they shall request the author to furnish a copy, and shall decide upon the number of copies to be printed, provided always that the number be sufficient to supply each Member with one copy, and the author with twenty-five copies. AH other questions relating to publishing Plans and Papers, and illustrating them with engravings, shall be decided by the Committee.

IB. Tliat the Committee may every year publish, or join with other Archi tectural and Archaeological Societies in publishing, for circulation among the Members, Transactions to contain descriptions and Papers connected with the objects of the Society.

17. That on application being made to any Member of the Committee, or to the Committee collectively, for the advice of the Society in the restoration of any Church, a Sub-Committee he appointed (of which the Incumbent or Resident Minister be one) to visit the Church, and submit a report in writing to the General Committee.

IS. That all Plans for the building, enlargement, or restoration of churches, schools, i-c., sent for the inspection of the Committee, be placed in the hands of

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one of the Secretaries of the Society, at least fourteen days before the Committee Meeting, for the Secretary to prepare a special report thereon.

19. That the Committee have power at any Meeting to make grants towards the objects of the Society, provided that if such grant—other than that for carrying out the objects contemplated in Rules 15 and IB—exceed 30s., notice be given in the circular or advertisement calling the Meeting.

The Bi-Monthly Meetings of the Society are held on the lust Monday in January, March, May, July, September, and November,—the Meeting in January to be the General Meeting for the transaction of business. Committee Meetings at 2.30 p.m.; Bi-Monthly Meetings at 3 p.m., at the Society's Room, at the Old Town Library, Guildhall, Leicester.

NOTE.—The Society's Room is now at the Old Town Library, Guildhall, St. Martin's, Leicester, where the Library is kept, and is open daily from 10 to 4 for the use of Members. The keys can be obtained from the Hon. Seci'etavies.

Societies with which the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society exchanges " TUANSACTIONS" :—

The Antiquarian Society of Stockholm.The Bodleian Library.The British Archaeological Association, London.The Buckinghamshire Architectural and Archaeological Society.The Cambridge Antiquarian Society.The Cambridge and Hertfordshire Archaeological Society.The Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Archaeological Society.The Clifton Antiquarian Club.The Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society.The Edinburgh Architectural Association.The Essex Archaeological Society.The East Herts. Archaeological Society.The Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire.The Kent Archaeological Society.The Leicester and Leicestershire Society of Architects.The North Oxfordshire Architectural Society.The Oxfordshire Architectural Society.The Powys-land Club. (Montgomeryshire.)The Royal Archreological Institute.The St. Alban's and Herts. Architectural and Archaeological Society.The Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society.The Society of Antiquaries of London.The Societe Historique et Archeologique de Saint Malo.The Suffolk Institute of Archeology and Natural History.The Surrey Archaeological Society.The Thoresby Society of Leeds.The Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Association.The Viking Club.

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January 25th, 1909.

THE ANNUAL MEETINGof the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society, hold at the Society's Room, at the Library of the Old Town Hall, Leicester.

THE REV. E. JACKSON, M.A., in the Chair.

Apologies for absence were received from the Rev. Canon A. M. Rendell, M.A., the Rev. E. Hermitage Day, D.D., C. J. Billson, Esq., M.A., Col. G. C. Bellairs, V.D., Hon. Financial Secretary, Mrs. Fielding Johnson, W. Harley Hind, Esq., Bradford, S. Squire, Esq., the Rev. Newton Mant, F.S.A., and R. R. Preston, Esq.

The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed.

VOTES of thanks were passed to the Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Archaeological Society, for Part 3, Vol. II. of the Transactions; to the Yorkshire Archaeological Society, for Part 2, Vol. XX. of the Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, and for a copy of the Report and Accounts for 1908.

The following new Members were elected :—T. Guy Paget, Esq., Woodend, Chiehester ; E. H. Packe, Esq., D.L., Prestwold Hall, Loughborough; G. E. Rudd, Esq., M.A., Stoneygate School, Leicester; P. H. Lockhart, Esq., The Gable House, Stoughton Drive, Leicester; Thos. Cope, Esq., J.P., Chairman of Quarter Sessions, Osbaston Hall, Nuneatou, and a President; H. J. Deane, Esq., Loughborough; and S. Russell, Esq., Westcotes Drive, Leicester.

The election of A. Hamilton Thompson, Esq., M.A., as an Hon. Member was confirmed.

Major Freer reported with much regret the death of James Neale, Esq., F.S.A., of London, an Hon. Member of the Society.

Mr. Neale's name will be perpetuated by his most interesting and valuable work on the Abbey of St. Alban's.

Some 200 drawings to scale of various parts of the Abbey were exhibited by him at one of the Society's Meetings.

The resignations of Messrs. J. T. Forsell, H. H. Gimson, T. \V. Thompson, and the Rev. H. S. Biggs were received with regret.

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It was RESOLVED that a cheque be drawn for £5, being the last instalment of £20 payable to Mr. Hartopp for transcribing the Leicestershire Marriage Licenses.

A letter was read from E. W. Hensman, Esq., asking the Committee to consider whether it would not be advantageous to alter the day and hour of Meeting. After discussion, the Hon. Secretary was requested to write to say that the matter had been brought up on previous occasions, and that, owing to the large number of Country Members, it was found that the present time and day was the most convenient to the greater number.

Mr. Thos. Bailey proposed, that as there was a large number of Members who were unable to accompany the Society on the Annual Excursion, which generally lasted two days, a Luncheon and a Half-day Excursion to some interesting local place of interest should be held in the summer. A similar arrangement had been found to be a great success in other Counties. After discussion, the matter was referred to the Excursion Sub-Committee to consider and report.

Mr. S. P. Pick stated that more subscribers were urgently needed to enable the Fourth Volume of " Leicestershire Records," by the late Miss Bateson, to be printed.

It was RESOLVED that the Members of this Society be invited to subscribe to this very interesting volume, and to send in their names to S. P. Pick, Esq., 6, Millstone Lane, Leicester.

Mr. Pick also drew the attention of the Society to the ruthless way in which Headstones and other Monuments in Churchyards were treated. After full discussion the following Resolution was unanimously passed:—

" That the Society send out a circular letter to all Incumbents and Churchwardens throughout the County, showing the value of Headstones and other Monuments in Churchyards, and protesting against the removal or laying down of the same."

The Report ;tnd Accounts for the past year were then read.(The Report and Accounts for 1908 will he found printed on

p. 122 et S4'q. of the Transactions, Vol. X., Parts 3 and 4.)The Report and Accounts were unanimously adopted, and it was

RESOLVED that the same be printed in the Society's Transactions.

The Committee and Officers of the Society were re-elected, and a VOTE of thanks for their services was unanimously passed.


Thomas Cope, Esq., of Osbaston Hall, Nuneaton (Chairman of the Leicestershire Quarter Sessions), was elected a President of the Society; and the Rev. A. 0. James upon the Committee.

The Rev. S. T. Winckley announced that owing to pressure of work, he was reluctantly compelled to resign his position as Hon. Editorial Secretary. He agreed however to continue his duties until his successor was appointed.

A Paper was read by J. A. L. BEASLEY, E&Q., upon

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PRESERVATION AND PRINTING OF PARISH REGISTERS AND RECORDS,

and it was RESOLVED that the same be printed in one of the Parts of the Transactions.

The Rev. S. T. Winckley stated that at the next Meeting an interesting Paper on " The Metropolitical Visitation of Arch bishop Laud," by A. P. Moore, Esq., B.C.L., would be read.

The following were exhibited :—

By Miss POCHIN :—An interesting Deed of Settlement, dated 1536, by Sir William Turville upon trust for himself and his Wife for their respective lives, with remainder upon trust for his eldest Son and his heirs, of the Manors of Wigston and Stoke next Hinckley, and lands in several parishes in the Counties of Leicester and Nottingham.

By MAJOR FREER (for the RECTOR OF STANTON-UNDER-BARDON) :— Two Drawings, showing the interior and exterior of the new Church at Stanton-under-Bardon, designed by Mr. Edward Turner, Architect, Leicester.

VOTES of thanks were accorded to the Mayor of Leicester for the use of the Society's Room : to the Editor of the Leicester Daily Post for reporting the Proceedings during the past year; to the Exhibitors; and to the Chairman for presiding.

March 29f/i, 1909. Bi-Monthly Mooting, held at the Society's Room, at the Library of the Old Town Hall, Leicester.

J. W. WARTNABY, ESQ., in the Chair.


Apologies for absence were received from Major Freer, V.D., F.S.A., and Col. G. C. Bellairs, V.D., J.P., Hon. Secretaries.


VOTES of thanks were passed to the Society of Antiquaries, London, for the Report of the Red Hills Exploration Committee, 1906-7 ; to the Essex Archaeological Society, for Part 1, Vol. II. of the Transactions, New Series; to the Royal Academy of History and Antiquities, Stockholm, for Two Parts of their Publications ; and to the Royal Archaeological Institute, for Part 4, Vol. XXV., Second Series of the Archaeological Journal.

The Chairman made reference to the great loss the Society had sustained in the recent death of Mr. Thos. Ingram, an original Member of the Society and at one time Hon. Secretary; the Rev. Dr. Barber, F.S.A., Hon. Local Secretary, Lutterworth ; Mr. A. H. Paget, who was elected a Member in 1874; and Mr. Robert Peach.

It was unanimously RESOLVED that letters of sympathy be sent to the relatives.

A proof of the circular which it was proposed to send out to the Members and others, on the treatment of Headstones and Monuments in Churchyards, was read and approved.

A statement of the alterations now being made to the spire and buttresses at All Saints' Church, Gilmorton, was read, and a plan submitted, together with a letter from the Rector appealing for subscriptions.

After discussion, it was RESOLVED to vote the sum of £5 towards the object.

The Rev. S. T. Winckley stated that the Excursion Sub- Committee would like to know if the Meeting had any propositions with regard to the place, or places, to be visited on this year's Annual Excursion. After discussion it was suggested that, if possible, Winchester should be visited, and failing this, that Banbury should form the centre, with Compton Wynyates, Kings Sutton, and Broughton Castle; and that there should be an additional Half-day Excursion in July, to Nottingham or else where, if practicable.

It was RESOLVED to send a cheque to Mr. A. P. Moore, towards the cost of transcribing the Marriage Licences, being £2 2s. per annum for three years, voted at the Meeting in November, 1907.


The Rev. A. E. D. Disney, Stoney Stanton Rectory, Hinckley, was elected a Member of the Society.

The following was exhibited :—

By S. S. PAHTRIDGE, ESQ. :—A Lease of the Southgate of Lei cester Castle and a certain house adjoining, together with a piece of land called the Garden plott, dated 19th June 1686, from King James II. as Duke of Lancaster, to Henry Dison, described as "of Leicester Castle in the County of Leicester, Gentleman."

By the same Indenture the said Henry Dison was granted the Office of Constable or Warden of the said Castle. Also a Confirmation of the same Indenture by Queen Anne, as Duchess of Lancaster, dated 14th December 1705.

Very interesting extracts from a Paper on

THE METRO-POLITICAL VISITATION OF ARCHBISHOP LAUD,

were read by A. P. MOORE, ESQ., B.C.L., for which he received a hearty VOTE of thanks, and it \v;is RESOLVED that the Paper be printed in the Society's Associated Papers.

VOTES of thanks were given to the Exhibitor and to the Chairman for presiding.

May '2±th, 1909. Bi-Monthly Meeting, held at the Society's Room, at the Library of the Old Town Hall, Leicester.


Apologies for absence were received from Col. G. C. Bellairs, V.D., Hon. Financial Secretary, the Rev. H. Fisher, M.A., and C. J. Billson, Esq., M.A.


VOTES of thanks were passed to the Architectural and Topo graphical Society, London, for the Record for December 1908, No. 4, Vol. I.; to the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, for No. 2 of the New Series of the quarto Publications, King's Hostel, Trinity College, Cambridge; and to the Suffolk Institute of Archeology, for Part '2, Vol. XIII. of the Proceedings.


Letters of thanks having been rend by the Hon. Secretary, in reply to the resolutions of sympathy, from the relatives of the late Mr. Thos. Ingram, Mr. A. H. Paget, and Mr. Robert Peach, the Hon. Secretary referred to the serious loss the Society had sustained in the death of the Rev. Richard Titley, M.A., J.P., one of its oldest Members and for many years Local Secretary for the Hinckley District, and moved that a letter of condolence be sent to his widow. This was seconded and carried nem. con. The Hon. Secretary also referred to the death of Mr. S. Symington, J.P., of Market Harborough.

It was RESOLVED to give a donation of ±'2 2s. towards the proposed memorial to the late Mr. J. C. Traylen, formerly of Leicester, which is to take the form of a stained-glass window in St. George's Church, Stamford.

It was RESOLVED that a grant of £5 be made towards the payment of clerk's time in copying the Diocesan Records, the cataloguing and indexing of which was undertaken by Mr. A. P. Moore, B.C.L., and that he be requested to send to send a copy of the Index for the Society's use.

The report of the Sub-Committee appointed to arrange the Society's Annual Excursion was received. An excellent pro gramme had been arranged for Thursday and Friday, June 17th and 18th, when Btinbury, Comptou Wynyates, Broughton Castle and Church, and other interesting places in the neighbourhood, would be visited.

It was RESOLVED to have a Half-day Excursion to Cossington some time in July, and the Rev. Newton Mant, the Rector, offered to show the Members over the Church and Rectory. A VOTE of thanks was passed to him, and the arrangements were left to the Excursion Sub-Committee.

It was RESOLVED to ask the Rev. A. 0. James to undertake the duties of Hon. Editorial Secretary.

Mr. Fosbrooke stated that if a small subscription was given by the Society towards expenses, he would undertake to have drawings in detail of Ashby Castle made by Architectural Students. These would be the sole property of the Society.

It was RESOLVED that a grant of £5 be made.

The following new Members were elected :—Major F. R. Griggs, The Holt, Forest Road, Loughborough ; Captain C. E. Sergeantson, Kirby Muxloe ; and Dr. Astley Clarke, London Road, Leicester.


An interesting Paper upon

THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE FAMILY OF FARNHAM,

was read by the REV. W. G. D. FLETCHER, M.A., F.S.A., and it was RESOLVED to print the same in the Society's Publications.


BY MAJOR FREER, V.D., F.S.A.:—General Naval Service Medal, Robt. William Hale Hardy, midshipman H.M.S. Caroline, v.f., and rare original riband and box of issue. Clasp, Banda-Neira, to commemorate the capture of the Island of Banda on the 9th August, 1810, from the Dutch, by a small squadron under Captain C. Cole, of H.M.S. Caroline. Hardy entered the Navy in 1805 as first class boy, and was promoted to lieutenant in 1815.

Scarce Group of Two War Medals, No. 7252, Private A. Callow, Royal Fusiliers:—

(1) Queen's Medal South Africa, bars for Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, and South Africa, 1902.

(2) King's Medal for Tibet, 1904, bar Gyantoe. Obverse: Citadel on hill. Inscription: "Tibet, 1904." Reverse : Head of King to left. Inscription: " Edwardus 7 Kaisar-i-Hind.

VOTES of thanks were passed to the Rev. W. G. D. Fletcher, for his paper; to Major Freer for his exhibits ; and to the Chairman for presiding.

July 26ffr, 1909. Bi-Monthly Meeting, held at the Society's Room, at the Library of the Old Town Hall, Leicester.


Apologies for absence were received from Col. G. C. Bellairs, V.D., Hon. Financial Secretary, and the Rev. W. G. Whitting- ham, M.A.



VOTES of thanks were passed to tho Royal Archaeological Institute, for Part '2<tl of the Journal; to the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, for Part 1, Vol. XIII. of the Proceedings; to the Oxfordshire Archaeological Society, for the Report for 1908; to the Shropshire Archreological Society, for Part '2, Vol. IX. of the Transactions; to Mr. Edward Stanford, for R. Hippesley Cox's " Guide to Avebury " ; to the Thorusby Society, for Part 2, Vol. XIII., and No. 38, Vol. XVII. of the Publications ; to the Viking Club, for Part 1, Vol. VI. of the Saga Book ; and to the Yorkshire Archaeological Society for Part 3, Vol. XX. of the Journal.

Major Freer reported that the Annual Excursion of the Society took place on June 17th and 18th, when about forty Members went to Banbury, Compton Wynyates, Broughton Castle, and other places. The outing was one of the most enjoyable the Society had ever had, and he moved a VOTE of thanks to Mr. Potts, Mrs. Tucker, and Miss Draper, all of Banbury, who had contributed to make the Excursion so great a success.

The Rev. S. T. Winckley reported that the Half-day Excursion on the 22nd inst., was very successful. Syston Church was visited, where Mr. Albert Herbert kindly gave an account of the work of the late Mr. Ordish. Cossington Church was next visited. The Rector, the Rev. Newton Mant, M.A., F.S.A., kindly enter tained the party, which numbered about forty, to tea. A hearty VOTE of thanks was passed to the Rev. Newton Mant for his hospitality, and to Mr. Albert Herbert for contributing to make the Excursion so successful.

It was RESOLVED to exchange Transactions with the Thoroton Society.

It was reported that Major Freer had again been elected Hon. Local Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries of London, with the Rev. S. T. Winckley, M.A., as his colleague.

Major Freer reported that he attended the Annual Congress of Archaeological Societies at Burlington House, on July 7th, Dr. C. H. Read, President of the Society of Antiquaries, in the Chair. The Meeting was an interesting one and well attended. Mr. Quarrell, the other delegate, was unavoidably prevented at the last moment from attending.

He also reported that the Congress had re-elected him a Member of the Council. A report of the proceedings will be printed and sent to the members in due course.

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On the proposition of the Rev. S. T. Wincklcy, seconded by the l!ev. A. 0. James, the I lev. Dr. E. Hermitage Day, F.S.A., was unanimously ducted Hon. Editorial Secretary of the Society.

The Hon. Correspondinsr Secretary was instructed to get in all outstanding Subscriptions.

The following new .Members were elected :—E. Bullen, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch; the Rev. E. Douglas Starey, Sharnford Rectory, Hinckley; and Goo. H. Barrowcliff, Esq., Burton Walks, Lough- horough.


By MAJOR FREER :—A Fine Bronze Celt, found on Beacon Hill in April, 1885.

By .1. W. WAETNABY, ESQ.:—An Old Wedding Ring, with the motto, " I have obtained whom God ordained"; and an Engage ment Ring, " All myne shall be thyne."

An interesting Paper on

THE HECTORS OF GILMORTON,

including some NOTES ON THE PARISH,

by MARTIN BLOXSOM, ESQ., B.A., was read by MAJOR FREER, and it was RESOLVED to print the same in the Society's Transactions.

VOTES of thanks were passed to Mr. Bloxsom for his paper; to the Exhibitors, and to the Chairman for presiding.

September lltli, 1909. Bi-Monthly Meeting, held at the Society's Room, at the Library of the Old Town Hall, Leicester.


Apologies for absence were received from Col. G. C. Bellairs, V.J>.. J.P., Hon. Financial Secretary, the Rev. E. Hermitage Day, D.D., F.S. \., lion. Editorial Secretary, and Mrs. T. FieldingJohnson.



VOTES of thanks were passed to the Essex Archaeological Society, for Part 2, Vol. XL, New Series of the Transactions, the List of Members for 1909, and the Index to Vol. X. ; to the East Hertfordshire Archaeological Society, for Part 3, Vol. III. of the Transactions; to the Kent Archiwlogical Society, for Vol. XXVIII. of the Archseologia Cantiana; to the Thoroton Society, Notts., for Vol. XII. of the Transactions.

The Committee RESOLVED to take 300 copies of the revised Report on Earthworks.

The Society having carefully considered the question of the preservation of the Manor Houses at Desford, unanimously passed the following Resolution :—

" That this Society hopes that recent purchasers of the Manor Houses at Desford will preserve any interesting features therein, and in making any alterations will be guided by the advice of experts, and that copies of this Resolution be sent to the respective purchasers."

Mrs. F. Gleadow, of Heathfield, Stoneygate, Leicester, was elected a Member of the Society.


By MESSRS. THOS. FOSBKOOKE AND E. J. WILLIAMS:—Partially completed Measured Drawings of Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Kirby Muxloe Castles.

VOTES of thanks were passed to them for their very interesting exhibits, which when completed will be reproduced in the Society's Transactions.

After discussion the following were appointed a Sub-Committee to report at the November Meeting as to the advisability of holding a Special Meeting in the winter for furthering the objects of the Society :—Messrs. Thos. Fosbrooke, J. W. Wartnaby, S. P. Pick, J. Young, Geo. Hall, W. J. Freer, and the Rev. S. T. Winckley.

A Paper was read by MAJOR FREER on

THE SOCIETY'S VISIT TO BANBURY, COMPTON WYNYATES, AND BROUGHTON CASTLE, IN 1909.

VOTES of thanks were passed to Major Freer for his Paper, and to the Chairman for presiding.


Xovrmber -I'Mh, 1D09. Bi-Monthly Meeting held at the Society's Room, at the Library of the Old Town Hall, Leicester.

THE Ri;v. A. <). JAMES, in the Chair.

Apologies for absence wore received from Col. G. C. Bellairs, V.D., Hon. Financial Secretary; the R<v. E. Hermitage Day, D.D., F.S.A., Hon. Editorial Secretary: and J. W. Wartnaby, Esq., Hon. Auditor.


VOTKS of thanks were passed to J. II. Abney, Esq., of New York, for a Copy of the Parish Register of St. Mary's Church, Leicester, 1600 to 1736 ; to the Royal Archaeological Institute, for Nos. 202 and '263 of the Journal ; to the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, for List of Members of the Society, 1909, and for Part 3, Vol. XIII. of the Proceedings ; to the Leicester Literary and Philo sophical Society, for Part 2, Vol. XIII. of the Transactions ; to the Historical and Antiquarian Academy of Stockholm, for the Volume for 1908 ; to the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural. History Society, for Part 3, Vol. IX. of the Second Series of the Transactions ; to the Surrey Archaeological Society, for Vol. XXII. of the Collections; and to Major Freer, for "A Short Account of St. Gregory's Minister, Kirkdale," by the Rev. F. W. Powell.

Major Freer reported that the Sub-Committee appointed at the last Meeting to consider the question of holding a Conversazione in January next had met; and after fully discussing the question, had come to the conclusion that it would be better to postpone the matter for the present.

It was RESOLVED, however, to refer to the Hon. Secretaries the question whether it would not be possible to hold the Society's Annual Meeting on the 31st of January at the Grand Hotel; preceded by a Lunch or Tea, and Mr. S. Perkins Pick, F.R.I.B.A., was asked to give a Lecture on " Roman Leicester," on that date, which he kindly consented to do if the arrangements were carried out.

It was RESOLVED to let the Derbyshire Archaeological Society have copies of the Society's Transactions at half-price, in place of some that had been mislaid.

It was reported that cheques for £f> each had been sent to the Vicars of St. Margaret's, Leicester, All Saints', Gilmorton, aud Stoke Golding, towards the restorations recently carried out at


those Churches, and that letters of thanks had been received for the same.

The Rev. S. T. Winckley, M.A., was elected as Excursion Hon. Secretary.

The following resignations were received with regret:—Dr. Cresswell, Captaiu H. H. R. Aikman, and Mrs. Hassd]°

A telegram of congratulation was sent to Sir Miithevv Ingle Joyce, on his election as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.

The following new Members were elected :—Sir E. Geoffrey B. Palmer, Bart., Withcote Hall, Oakham (and a President) ; Mr. and Mrs. Win. Evans, St. Martin's, Leicester; G. P. Braund, Esq., Woodgate, Loughborough ; and Harry Perkins, Esq., Town Clerk of Loughborough.


By DR. STKWART :—A Scries of excellent Photographs taken during the Society's recent Excursion to Banbury, Compton \Vyn- yates, Broughton Castle, &c., for publication in the 'L raiisdctinns.

By STOCKDALE HARRISON, ESQ.:—Plan of The Newarke, Leicester, showing position and depth of a portion of the Old South Wall of Leicester, as shown by rec.ent excavations.

By THOS. FOSBROOKE, ESQ. : — State Papers : Domestic : Interregnum : 227 G : p. 599.

The names of such officers and gentlemen as were in the garrison of Ashby de la Zouch at the surrender thereof, mentioned in a list sent up and presented by both Houses of Parliament by Sir Richard Skeuington and Colonel John Needham, then Governor of Leicester, for their admittance to composition, which wus accordingly assented unto by order of the 24th of February, 1(!4;3 -.

Col. Sir Andrew Kniueton. Col. Christopher Roper. Col. William Neuill. Col. Devereux Woolsey. Col. Isham Perkins. Col. William Bale. Col. John Lane. Col. Walter Hastings. Col. William Bale.

Lieut. Col. Edward Stamford. Lieut. Col. Thomas Neuill.


Major Gilbert Kniueton. Major Thomas Brndenell. Major Harsnett. Major Thomas Roberts. Major Penery.

Capt. Richard Dudley. Capt. Vernon. Capt. Wilkinson. Capt. Lascells. Capt. Samuel Bale. Capt. Daniel Wright. Capt. William Sayers. Capt. Aston. Capt. Smith. Capt. Robert Cave. Capt. Ash ley. Capt. Cotton.

Lieut. Robert Whiniattes. Lieut. Rawlines. Lieut. Scudamore. Lieut. Duucombe. Lieut. Wright. Lieut. Innesley.Cornet Lascells.

Major Warner. Major Robert Bonney. Major John Trevor. Major Benjamin Baker.

Capt. Charles Stewart. Capt. Stanley. Capt. Wharton. Capt. Robinson. Capt. Benskin. Capt. Gilbert. Capt. Potter. Capt. Mawsone. Capt. Edmund Bale Capt. William Trymnell. Capt. Kingsman. Capt. Henry Dudley.

Lieut. Hobman. Lieut. Wright. Lieut. Burden. Lieut. Mayes. Lieut. Wigsou. Lieut. Crimbell.

Gentlemen of Quality not listed.Sir Thomas Beaumont, bavt. Sir John Repington, knt. Sir Aston Cockaine, hart. Sir John Bale, bart. Sir John Bale, knt. Sir Engeby Pelsant, knt. Mr. Vere Cromwell. George Halford, esqre.

Henry Hastings, esqre. Thomas Crofts, esqre. Edward Wigly, esqre. Mr. George Vernon. Mr. Broxbey. Mr. Vincent. Three Clergymen. William Gregory.

VOTES of thanks were passed to the Exhibitors and to the Chairman for presiding.


January 3lst, 1910.

THE ANNUAL MEETINGof the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society, held in the Grand Hotel, Leicester.

A Luncheon preceded the Meeting.

His WORSHIP THE MAYOR OP LEICESTER (Ar,D. (I. CHITHAJI),in the Chair.

Apologies for absence were received from His Grace The Duke of Rutland ; Sir Arthur Hazlerigg, High Sheriff; The Bishop of Leicester; Bishop Mitchinson ; the Rev. E. Hermitage Day, D.D., Hon. Editorial Secretary; Col. G. C. Bellairs, V.D., J.P!; the Rev. E. Jackson, M.A.; Thos. Lawford, Esq.; and the Rev. E. Douglas Starey.


MAJOR FREER read the Fifty-fifth Annual Report and the Summary of Accounts for the past year.

THE 55TH ANNUAL REPORT.IN presenting the Fifty-fifth Annual Report the Committee are pleased to

report a. continued increase in Membership, but on the other hand we have to regret the loss of several old and valued Members.

The Rev. R. Titley, M.A., J.P., Rector of Harwell, was one of the oldest of our Honorary Local Secretaries (Hinckley District), and his kindly and genial presence will be missed by his many friends. Besides rendering good and valu able work in his own parish, he was a useful member of the County Bench, and he served on the Leicestershire County Council, first as a Councillor and latterly as an Alderman. He was elected a Member in 1871.

We also regret the loss of another Hon. Local Secretary (Ashby-de-Ia-Zouch District), the Rev. Henry Barber, M.D., M.A., F.S.A., for more than twenty years the Master of the Ravenstone Hospital. He joined the Society in 1902.

In the late A. H. Paget, Esq., F.R.I.B.A., we had an able and active Member. He was for many years connected with the Artists', Kyrle, and Literary and Philosophical Societies, and was a Member of our Committee ; he also enriched our Transactions with both pen and pencil. He was elected as far back as 1874.

We have also lost by death the following Members :—Owen Ellis, Esq. (elected 1905), Robert Peach, Esq. (elected 1897), and Samuel Symington, Esq., J.P., F.R.G.S. (elected in 1905).

We have also to deplore the loss of one of our Honorary Members. The late Thomas Ingram, Esq., of Wigston Magna, was an original Member uf the Society and its first Honorary Secretary. We are much indebted to him for his long and valued help. He was a Subscribing Member for 53 years, and had reached the patriarchial age of 98 years.


The following have resigned their Membership;—E. V. Hiley. Esq., who has left the county; H. H. R Aikman, Esq., the Rev. H. S. Biggs,'Dr. Cresswell, J. T. Forsell, Esq., H H. Gimson, Esq., Mrs. Hassell, and W. T. Thompson, Esq.

On the other hand, twenty new Members have joined the Society, thus giving A net gain of six Members on the past year. Further efforts are however necessary to increase the Membership.

The new Members who have joined are :—In January. T. Guy Paget, Esq.. Woodend, Chichester: E H. Packe, Esq.,

D.L., Prestwold Hall, Loughborough ; G. E. Rudd, Esq., MA, Stoneygate School, Leicester, P. H Lockhart, Esq., Stoughton Drive. Leicester; Thos. Cope. Esq., J.P. (and a President), Osbaston Hall, Nuneaton: H. J. Deane, Esq., Loughborough ; S. Russell, Esq., Westcotes Drive, Leicester.

In March. The Rev. A. S. Disney, Stoney Stanton Rectory, Hinckley.In May Major F. R Griggs, The Holt, Forest Road, Loughborough; Capt.

C. E. Serjeantson, Kirby Muxloe, Leicester: Dr. Astley Clarke, London Road, Leicester.

In July. E. Bullen, Esq., Ashby.de-la-Zouch ; the Rev. E. Douglas Starey, Sharnford Rectory, Hinckley; G. H. Barrowcliff, Esq., Burton Walks, Lough borough.

In September. Mrs. F. Gleadow, Heathfield, Stoneygate, Leicester.In November. Sir E. Geoffrey B. Palmer, Bart, (and a President), Withcote

Hall, Oakham ; Wm. Evans, Esq., St. Martin's, Leicester; Mrs. Evans, St. Martin's Leicester; G. P. Braund, Esq., Woodend, Loughborough; Harry Perkins, Esq., Town Hall, Loughborough.

We regret to report that our old and valued friend and colleague, Col. G. C. Bellairs, V.D., J.P., has, after 55 years' splendid service, resigned the post of Hon. Financial Secretary and Treasurer. He was one of the original Members, and on the Jubilee of the Society was presented with an illuminated address. Your Committee recommend that in recognition of those services he be elected one of the Presidents of the Society.

Major Freer, V.D., F.S.A.. Hon. Corresponding Secretary, has consented to act also as Tieasurer, and the Committee recommend his appointment accordingly.

As the Rev. E. Hermitage Day, D.D , F.S.A., has succeeded the Rev. S. T. Winckley, M.A., R.D.. as Hon Editorial Secretary, your Committee recommend that Mr. Winckley's valuable services be retained as Hon. Organizing Secretary ; they also express their sincere thanks to him for his useful work during the years he has been Hon. Editorial Secretary.

During the past year a Special Committee has been appointed, with the Duke of Rutland as Chairman, to watch over the preservation of Leicester Abbey.

At the September Meeting the following Resolution was passed unanimously and sent to those concerned :—" That this Society hopes that the recent pur chasers of the Manor Houses at Desford will preserve any interesting features therein, and in making any alterations will be guided by the advice of experts ; and that copies of this Resolution be sent to the respective purchasers."

The Society has also protested against the threatened demolition of the Chantry and other houses in the Newarke, and sent a Resolution to the Leicester Corporation on the subject. A circular has also been sent out calling attention to the treatment of Tombstones in Churchyards.

Messrs. Thos. Fosbrooke and E. J. Williams have partially completed the measured drawings of the Castles of Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Kirby.

The grants of £5 each for Church Restoration at Stoke Golding, Gilmorton and St. Margaret's, Leicester, have been paid.

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Amongst the interesting exhibits during the past year were a bronze celt found on Beacon Hill, and some deeds, temp. James II. ; also coins and medals.

The Annual Excursion on June i7th and i8th of this year, was made to Banbmv and the neighbourhood, under the direction of Major Freer, and was a great success. Some forty Members and friends took part in it. An Account of the Visit will be published in the Society's Transactions.

A Half-day Excursion on September 22nd. to Syston and Cossington, under the guidance of the Rev. S, T. Wincldev, M.A , was very much appreciated by some thirty-eight Members. Our special thanks are due to the Rev. Newton Mant, M A , F.S.A., for so kindly receiving the party at his beautiful Rectory and entertaining them to Tea; and to Mr. Albert Herbert for his account of the work done by the late Mr. Thos. Ordish, at Syston Church.

PAPERS. During the past year the following Papers have been read : —

" On the Importance of the Preservation and Printing of Parish Registers and Records," by Mr. J. A. L. Beasely.

"The Metropolitical Visitation of Archbishop Laud," by Mr. A P. Moore, B.C.L.

"The Early History of the Family of Farnham," by the Rev. W. G. D. Fletcher, M.A., F.S.A.

"The Rectors of Gilmorton, including Some Notes on the Parish," by Mr. Martin Bloxsom, B.A.

" On the Society's Visit to Banbury, Compton Wynyates, and Broughton Castle in 1909," by Major W. J. Freer, V.D., F.S.A , with photographs by Dr. R. C. Stewart.

The thanks of this Society are due to Sir M I. Joyce, F.S.A. (one of our Presidents), for a Transcript from the State Papers (Domestic Interregnum 227 G., p. 599), of the list of names of officers and gentlemen taken prisoners at the surrender of the Castle of Ashby-de la-Zouch ; read for him by Mr. Thomas Fosbrooke.

The second volume of " Leicestershire Marriage Registers," has been issued to subscribers by Messrs. Phillimore & Co., of London, and contains the following parishes:—Ab-Kettleby cum-Holwell, Scalford, Evington, Rotherby, Hoby, Frisby-on-the-Wreake, Ragdale, Brooksby.Thrussington, Barkby, Somerby, and Kirby Bellars. This volume is quite as interesting as the first. New sub scribers are much required, and should send in their names to Major Freer, The Stony Gate, Leicester. The British Numismatic Society has just issued its fifth annual volume to members, and the high standard originally set is well main tained. We have also pleasure in calling attention to the excellent work on " The Church Bells of Essex' 1 ' published for the subscribers by Messrs. W. Jolly & Sons, of Aberdeen, of which only 250 copies have been printed. The joint authors are the Rev. Cecil Deedes, M.A., and H. B. Walters, Esq . M.A., F.S.A., and the work is based on the collections of Messrs. Tyssen, North, Stahlschmidt, and Wells. It has especial interest for Leicestershire Archaeologists, as the Mr. North above referred to is our late old and valued Editorial Secretary, Thos. North, Esq , F.S.A., who died in 1884, author of "The Church Bells of Leices. tershire." The illustrations are good, and the book has been carefully written.

The Annual Congress of Archaeological Societies was held at Burlington House, on Wednesday, July yth, and was attended by Major Freer, V.D., F.S.A. Mr. W. H. Quarrell, M.A,, your other representative, was, at the last moment, unavoidably prevented from attending. Major Freer was re-elected as a Member of the Council. Your Committee recommend that these two gentlemen be re-appointed for 1910. This Society has subscribed for copies of the Report, and also for copies of the revised instructions as to Earth Works, and each Member will be given a copy.


The Society of Antiquaries of London has appointed Major Freer and the Rev. S. T. Winckley, Local Secretaries for Leicestershire.

Before concluding our Report, we must congratulate all Antiquaries upon the appointment of a Royal Commission to deal with the Ancient and Historical Monuments of this Country. Any information within its power will gladly be furnished to the Commission by our Society.

CHURCH AND OTHER WORK IK THE COUNTY.

Ab KeMeby.—Repairs to tower ; addition to parish room. Cost £94. Anstey.—Repairs to school; gas fittings in church. Cost £jg.Asfordbij.—New County Council Schools have been built. Mr. E. Shelbourne,

of Melton, architect, and Messrs. W. Corah & Sons, Loughborough, contractors. There are two entrances from the Welby Road. On either side of the entrance halls are cloak rooms which lead to a central hall 50 feet by 26 feet, in which the opening ceremony took place. Round the hall are three class rooms, one 25 feet by 2t feet, an infant room, 36 feet 9 inches by 22 feet 6 inches, with a folding partition between, and on the north is a general class room 25 feet by 21 feet. There are two large playgrounds, both of which are asphalted, and large open sheds are provided for wet weather.

Asliby-de-la-Zouch.—Holy Trinity Parish Room restored. Cost £55. Bagworth.—Lamps, &c., in church. Cost £15. Barkby.—Repairs to steeple and north wall of church. Cost £200. Barkcstone.—Repairs to tower and to windows in chancel. Cost £20. Barwell.—Carved oak pulpit. Cost £35.Bitteswell.—A ring of bells has been completed for this church. The

following are the inscriptions, measurements, notes and weights of the new bells, viz:—

No. Note Diameter. cwt. qrs. Ibs.1 F 24^ Cast by Gillett and Johnson 3002 E flat 25-9-16 Henry Penu He made me 1706

Recast by'Gillett and John- stone 310

3 D flat 274 Do. Do. 33184 C 29 Do. Do. 4205 B flat 31-15-16 William Crisp Churchwarden

H.P. He made me 1705 6006 A flat 33-15-16 G, E. Ward, M.A., Vicar. J.

Hubbard and A. Field, Churchwardens. Cast by Gillett and Johnstone 8 i 10

Total weight 29 o 9

Bowden Parva.—Incandescent light in church. Cost £35. Breedon-on-tlie-Hill.—Improvements to school buildings. Cost £31.Broughton Astley.—Restoration of church windows ; marble altar footpace

sanctuary lamps, &c. Cost £87.Carltan Curlieu.—New heating apparatus. Cost £36. Gosby.—Re-flooring and re-seating of nave. Cost £350.Coalnlle.—King Edward VII. Grammar School was opened by Thos. Cope.'

Esq., Chairman of the Leicestershire County Council, on October ist, when Sir Oliver Lodge gave an address. Mr. Barrowcliff, the architect, presented a key to Mr. Cope. Total cost about £11,000.

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The site, about five acres in extent, is situated on the Forest Road, within easy access of Hugglescote and Coalville, and provides ample playgrounds surrounded by open country, with extensive views of Bardon Hill and its environs. The building is designed as a mixed school, and has places for 204 pupils in the class-rooms. The position on the site is so arranged that a building of similar size can be erected when necessity arises, in which case the existing building would be used for girls and the new building for boys. The main entrance occupies a central position opposite Forest Road, with separate entrances for the boys and girls on the north and south sides of the building. On the ground floor are the assembly hall, six class-rooms, headmaster's room and recess for library, lavatories and changing rooms, cycle stores, &c. ; and on the first floor are two class-rooms and large rooms devoted to science, art, and domestic science. There are also staff rooms, store room, and dining room for the use of pupils living at a distance. A balcony the full length of the assembly hall gives access to all these rooms. In the grounds a building is provided for manual training in wood and metal work All the floors are of reinforced concrete con struction. The entrances and changing rooms are paved with Terrazzo marble mosaic, and the remaining rooms with pitch pine wood blocks. Glazed tiled dadoes are provided throughout, with the exception of the main entrance and the assembly hall, which have a wainscotting of wood. The joinery throughout is of canary pine. The class-rooms have ventilating firegrates and supplementary heat from the low pressure hot water system. The extract ventilation is by ridge ventilators connected to ceiling grids in each room, and ample inlets are pro vided. The design of the building is based on the Early English Renaissance style ; the facings throughout are of local sand stock bricks, and the dressings of Derbyshire grit stone. The general contractors are Messrs. W. Corah & Sons, of Loughborough, and the architects Messrs. Barrowcliff & Allcock, of Lough- borough and Ashby.

On the financial side it may be stated that the special local contribution towards the foundation and maintenance of the school is derived as follows : On the Osgathorpe educational foundation, consisting of an endowment given by Thomas Harley in 1670, the sum of ^978 has accumulated since the closure of the Osgathorpe Grammar School, and under the new scheme sealed in March, 1907, this will be applied to the foundation of the Coalville School. Under the same scheme the Foundation will contribute £100 per annum.

Cottesbach.—New reredos, panelling, and altar ornaments. Cost £90

Desford.—A new County Council School for infants has been opened by Thos. Cope, Esq. In planning this school provision has been made for an easy and economical enlargement in the future. The wide corridor allows ample space for the children's drill and exercises in wet weather. There are two rooms for 32 and 50 children respectively. The class rooms are divided from the corri dor by folding partitions. The playground is ample and tar paved in parts. Interior walls have a dado of glazed bricks 3 feet 6 inches high. Architect, Mr. E. G. Fowler ; contractor, Mr. E. Fox, of Leicester.

Desford church wall repaired. Cost £17.

Earl Shilton.—New gates to churchyard ; new altar frontals. Elmesthorpe.—New stove and curtain.Easton, Great.—Brass hanging lamps in chancel. Cost £ig. Ettistown.—Decoration of chancel arch. Cost £12.

Fenny Drayton.—A brass lectern, designed by the Rector (Rev. J. Edwards), made by Messrs. Hardman & Powell, of Birmingham, has been given to this church ; new bell and old ones re-cast. Cost ^221.

Fleckney.—On September 2oth, the completed organ was dedicated by the Bishop of Leicester. New swell and pedal organs, and several stops have been added. Cost £250.

Frowleswarth.—New heating apparatus and litany desk. Cost £145.Garthorpe.—Repairs to church wall. Cost £22.


Gilmorton.— Immediately after the re-hanging of the old bells, with the addition of three new ones to complete the ring (by Messrs. J. Taylor & Co-, of Loughborough), the work of rebuilding the spire was commenced on June 1410, by Messrs. Agar, of Syston. At first little show was made, as the concrete foundation had to be made, then the solid slabs of York stone set, upon which the whole superstructure, and especially the four broaches at the corner had to rest. The cutting and tying these broaches was tedious and slow, as twelve angles (eight inward and four outward) had to be arranged. At length the broaches, thirteen to fourteen feet high, were finished, and the building advanced more rapidly, as every course put on reduced the length of each side of the octagon. Then came the four lower windows or "sound-holes" and again the work was slow, but these were at last surmounted, and the plain work was resumed. So the spire rose until the second set of windows or " sound-holes " was reached, and the work was again retarded. Then the last stage was begun. An octagonal slab of York stone was laid, and thenceforth the whole work was solid stone and concrete. The top stone was perforated for an iron rod, on which the weather-cock revolves The platforms had to be raised no less than twelve times as the work proceeded. The whole work of rebuilding occupied about twelve weeks, and the top stone of the spire is now seventy-six feet above the parapet, and 130 feet above the ground. As soon as the upper scaffolding around the tower had been taken down, the battlements were taken in hand. Here the stone had perished to such an extent that the top course had to be renewed entirely. The old leaden gutters were also in such a bad state that the water continually perforated the solid walls of the tower. These were therefore replaced by new concrete ones of such a thickness as to stop effectually any further leakage. While this work was being carried out, two of the belfry windows, the weatherings, and plinths were being restored, the old worn stone being cut out and replaced with new. The work was gradually carried on, and the necessary pointing and refacing done, until the ground was reached, and the whole finished, the work having occupied sixteen weeks since the commencement of rebuilding and thirty since the scaffolding was first erected. The lower portion was carried out by Messrs. J. R. Cooke & Sons, of Broughton Astley, and the upper portion and spire by Messrs. Agar, of Syston, under the direction and from plans furnished by Mr, C. A. Bassett-Smith, Architect, of London, whose father designed the church forty-eight years ago. The tower and spire were re- dedicated on Sunday, October 3ist, by the Ven. Archdeacon Stocks, before a very large congregation. The total cost was over £1,000 of which £5 was given by this Society.

Great Glen.—A new bell was hung in this church as a memorial to the late Rev. W. J. Packe, the lord of the manor.

Hemington.—New heating apparatus. Cost £35.

Hinchley.—On May I4th, the corner stone of the new church was laid by Lady Mary Glyn, the wife of the Bishop of the Diocese. The first portion to be built will cost £4,500, of which £3,500 has been raised.

Hobij.—Repairs to church floor, &c. Cost £48.

Rotherby.—Laying out school playground. Cost £zi.

Kegworth.—A new parish room has been opened by Lady Ernest St. Maur. The building is well built and convenient. At the chief entrance are two cloak rooms, a short passage opening into the large hall which has a platform at the end. There are three exits. The site is glebe land, and the building is intended for parochial use. Mr. J. P. Dixon, Nottingham, was the architect. Cost £350.

Kibioorth.—East wall of chancel decorated. Cost £30. King's Norton.—Fabric of church repaired. Cost £37.Kirby Bellairs.—Font restored; new font cover ; sanctuary hangings, &c.

Cost £37.Leicester, All Souls'.—Aylestone Road. New organ case and screen.

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Leicester, Aylestone.—Gift of electric blowing to organ.Leicester, Aylestone Park— Church painted and church walls repaired.

Cost £50.Leicester, St. Augustine's.— A memorial stone in the new school and parish

buildings at Newfoundpool was laid by Mrs. T. Bowmar. When completed the building will provide for 480 children. There are six large class rooms, three on each floor, and by means of folding partitions all the rooms on each floor can be thrown into one.

Leicester, St. Barnabas'.—A site for a mission room in Morton Road, West Humberstone, has been purchased.

Leicester, The Holy Apostles'.—The site for this church and parsonage have been given by W. Cecil Harris, Esq.. and his two brothers, and conveyed to the Honorary Secretaries of the Leicester Church Extension Board.

Leicester, St. Paul's Parish.—St. Silas Mission Church was dedicated on Nov. 8th, by the Bishop of Leicester. The cosj of the site was £178. Total cost/766.

Leicester, St. Peter's.—The south transept of this church has been made into a side chapel, and hangings, new altar rails, and a handsome oak communion table added. Cost £45.

Leicester, St. Hilda's.—Chancel screen. Cost £200. Leicester, Knighton, St. John the Baptist's.—New boiler to schools. Leicester, St. Luke's.— Bequest of electrical clock to church, /iso. Leicester, St. Matthew's.— Interior of the two mission rooms renovated. Leicester, St. Nicholas'.—New heating apparatus. Cost ^138.

Leicester, St. Philip's Church, Evinnton.—The foundation stone of this church was laid on June 5th, by Viscountess Curzon. The Bishop of Leicester gave the Benediction. The church, when completed, will cost over £6,000. The first portion will consist of the chancel and four bays of the nave, costing £4.500. The building has been designed by Messrs. Everard, Son, & Pick, on behalf of the Leicester Church Extension Board and the Local -Committee.

The Leicestershire War Memorial.—This beautiful and artistic work was un veiled by Field-Marshal Lord Grenfell, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., on July ist, in the presence of a vast concourse of troops and civilians. The figures and name plates are in bronze and the rest of the work is of grey granite. The artist was Mr. J, C. McClure, of the Leicester Art School. Mr. McClure describes the work as follows:—The monument being intended to commemorate those who fell in South Africa, the provision of sufficient space on which to inscribe over 300 names of Leicestershire men determined its shape and plan. The sculptures were designed as a further tribute to those who sacrificed and those who risked their lives for their country. The principal figure is a statue of Peace, who with the right hand stretches out an olive branch over the world, holding back in the left a sheathed and fastened sword. Peace as the desired and ultimate end of war, rather than victory as its immediate conclusion, was chosen as the more suitable motive for a memorial. The male groups on either hand are intended to give force to this idea. They are "The Horrors of War" and "Grief." Amongst those present at the ceremony were His Grace the Duke of Rutland, the Lord Lieutenant, Sir A G. Hazlerigg, Bart., the High Sheriff, the Mayors of Leicester and Loughborough, Alderman W. W. Vincent, Hon Treasurer, Mr. J. C. McClure, Messrs. Everard and Pick, and Major W. J. Freer, V.D., F.S.A., Hon. Secretary. On the same day the old colours of the ist Battalion of the Leicester Regiment were laid up in St. Martin's Church.

Loddington.—Church walls repaired.Loughborough, Emmanuel Church.—The new additions to this church have

been dedicated by the Bishop of Leicester. New choir and clergy vestries have been built and the chancel lengthened by some thirteen feet. The chancel floor


has been relaid with Breccia green Siberian marble mosaic. The choir stalls have been reconstructed and the seating accommodation increased. A new brass altar rail with wrought iron standards and a credence table are special gifts. The old clergy vestry has been converted into a baptistry, where the new font, in memory of the late Rector, the Rev. Octavius Glover, has been placed. This font, which was paid for by subscribers, is of Caen stone, with Devonshire marble pillars, and cost forty guineas. The inscription runs : " A.M.D.G. In piam memoriam Octavii Glover S.T.B. Coll. Emmn. Cantab. Olim Socii hujus ecclesiae xxxiv Annos Rectoris ob insignem benevolentiam delectissimi posuerunt baud immemores Amici MCMIX." The credence table was given in memory of the late Miss Ball who was superintendent of the Sunday School. The total cost was £1,200. Messrs. Barrowcliff & Allcock were the architects, and Messrs. T. Barker & Sons the contractors, both of Loughborough.

LougKborough, Holy Trinity. — Stained glass window in chancel. Cost £11.

Louflhborough New Technical Institute. — This building was opened by Sir W. de W. Abney, K.C.B. The old library building at the corner of Ashby Road and Green Close Lane has been adapted to form a lecture room and class room combined, the old entrance being retained. The new portion of the institute consists on the ground floor of chemical and physical laboratories, and two large class rooms divided by a folding partition. There are also large cloak rooms and lavatories, porter's room, balance and store rooms. On the first floor is a large domestic science room, and in the art department a life room and three class rooms. The entrance corridor is floored with polished oak blocks. The walls throughout have dados of glazed tiles, and the floors and staircases are of fireproof construction. Contractors, Messrs. T. Barker & Sons; architects, Messrs. Barrowcliff & Allcock. Cost about £5,000.

Loughborough. — Headquarters of the 5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment were opened by His Grace the Duke of Rutland, the Lord Lieutenant.

Market Bosworth. — Spire and battlements repointed ; lightning conductor repaired; new heating boiler. Cost £65.

Market Harl>orougli. — The new Grammar School has been opened by Thos. Cope, Esq., Chairman of the Leicestershire County Council. The school has a good frontage, and besides excellent class rooms there is a spacious central hall. There are also art and science rooms, dining room, cycle house, and gymnasium.

Markfield. — Mission room renovated. Cost £20.Melton Mowbray. — Part of the exterior of this grand old church has been

repaired by the Ward Trustees at a cost of £"50, viz.: the north transept and north aisle wall of the nave and the south clerestory of the nave and the vestry roof. Two or three of the buttresses were simply leaning against the wall and have had to be repaired. The whole of the north aisle is now thoroughly sound.

Mountsorrel, St. Peters. — On the festival of the Epiphany, Mrs. R. F. Martin unveiled a picture, " Christ blessing little children," painted by Mr. J. Shenton Eland, of 65, Holland Park Road, Kensington. New organ and altar frontal. Cost

Oadby.—A. County Council School has been opened by Richard Dalgleish, Esq., D.L., J.P., Chairman of the County Buildings and Sites Committee. This school is planned on the corridor principle, with a corridor forty-two feet long by twelve feet wide, giving access to all the four rooms, of sufficient size to allow for children's drill and exercise in wet weather. There are four rooms, each with accommodation for fifty scholars, with an average floor area of 10-31 feet per scholar. The two centre rooms are divided by a collapsible partition so that one large room may be available for occasional use. There are separate playgrounds, cloak rooms and latrines for boys and girls, so that the school may be used as

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a junior school. The playground is of ample area, properly levelled, drained, and asphalted, giving an open space of 128 square feet per child. The building is of a substantial character, its style of architecture being a free rendering of the old brick buildings in England dating from the latter part of the seventeenth century. Externally the walls are faced with Woodville sand bricks and the roof covered with Staffordshire hand-made red tiles. The windows have English oak frames fitted with steel casements and leaded lights. The front entrance doors are also of English oak. Internally the walls throughout are lined to a height of four feet with a dado treated with a light green tint of Duresco. The floors of the four rooms and corrjdor are laid with maple boards in narrow widths, secret-nailed on to creosoted joists embedded in six inches of cement concrete ; the floors of cloak rooms and entrance passage are laid in cement. The rooms and corridor are heated by means of Shorlands' warm air ventilating grates. In the centre of each chimney stack is a ventilating flue which is connected to the four rooms by an extract ventilating grating near ceiling. The contractor is Mr. F. J. Bradford, of King Richard's Road, Leicester; and the architects are Messrs. Goddard & Co., of Market Street, Leicester. The cost is £2,337.

The Oaks Church, Charnwood Forest —A piece of land given to the churchyard by the Vicar, the Rev. W. R. Tagart, B.A , was consecrated by the Bishop of Peterborough on September ist.

Old Dalby.—Thanks to the generosity of Mr. & Mrs. C. J. Phillips, of Old Dalby Hall, a new cemetery has been given to the parish, and a site by the side of the road at the entrance to the village has been conveyed and consecrated by the Bishop of Peterborough. Mr. E. Geeves, of Melton, was the designer, and the cemetery has been laid out by Messrs. Nicholls Bros., of Oakham.

Osgathorpe.—Windows on south nave and arch of doorway have been un covered and restored.

Plungar.—Bell frames repaired. Cost £40,Bothley.—A handsome brass lectern eagle with wings outspread, and with

candle stands, designed by Mr. Temple Moore, was dedicated by the Bishop of Leicester, in memory of the late Rev. Richard Burton, M.A , J.P., for fifty years Curate and Vicar of Rothley. Cost 105 guineas. Lighting improvements. Cost £5o.

Sapcote.—Tower and spire restored. Cost ^175.

Sharnford.—A brass eagle lectern and processional cross, presented by the Rector, the Rev. E. Douglas Starey, in memory of his wife, were dedicated by the Rev. A. G. Lound, of Sapcote. Fabric of church repaired ; new heating apparatus. Cost £251.

Sibson.—The Bishop of Peterborough dedicated a new chancel screen, which has been paid for by subscription, and new chancel stalls, which have been given by the Rector.

Stiarestone.—Brass lamps. Cost £22.

Stanton-under-Bardon, St. Mary and AH Angels.—This church was licensed for public worship last Easter. The cost of the present incomplete building is ^1,200.

Stoke Gnlding Church.—The Vicar reported that the work of restoration to the tower and spire was now completed. The architect (Mr. Traylen, of Stam ford), after his examination of the tower last spring, reported that restoration had become urgent, as the interior faces of the tower walls, were simply crumbling away, and very little of the original face was left. The soft sandstone had


decayed, and the wind had blown the loose and decayed parts clean away, leaving irregular holes in some cases more than a foot deep, and in many places honeycombed in a most remarkable manner. The stone at the base of the but tresses had given way, and the north-west buttress was practically hanging to the tower, instead of supporting it. The condition of the tower, indeed, was such that the bells had not been rung for about two years. After receiving the architect's report the Committee at once set to work, and the contract was given to Messrs. Bowman & Son, of Stamford, who carried out the work in a very satisfactory manner. The buttresses have been underpinned ; the whole exterior of the tower and part of the spire re-pointed, liquid cement was poured into the walls through the open joints where practicable, and tons of cement concrete were used in filling up the decayed stones of the interior walls. The interior of the spire has also been re-pointed, and the committee have the satisfaction of knowing that the first stage of the restoration of the noble fourteenth century church has been completed. But it is now found that the four bells cannot be re-hung in the old frame. The building committee have worked hard to save the old oak frame, and have had it examined by competent men and estimates given for its repair, but upon a final examination the architect regretted that he could not recommend the committee to spend money on it, as the tenons were rotten and loose, and some of the bearers much cut away and decayed. The committee had to decide whether a new iron frame for the present four bells, or a full-sized frame which would carry six bells should be put in. As it was ascertained that if the smaller frame be put in it would be very difficult to add to it, if at any future time other bells were required, it was decided to put in a full-sized frame and to re-hang the present four bells. Up to the present over £600 has been raised, nearly all of which will be required to finish the work now in hand. At least another £2,000 is required to complete the restoration of the noble edifice which was fast falling to decay. £5 has been given by this Society.

Thurriby.—New vicarage. Cost £2,000.

Vpton.—New organ. Cost £30.

Whetstone.—The Bishop of Leicester (Dr. Clayton) consecrated the new cemetery, which adjoins the old one on the north side of the church, and com prises an acre of land. The gates' leading from the church to the cemetery were given by Mr. Joseph Buxton.

Wanlip.—Gift of stained glass memorial east window.

Wigston Magna.—New vicarage. Cost £1,745.

Woodhouse Eaves.—Clergy vestry built; gifts of altar frontal, &c. Cost £150.

Wumondham.—A brass tablet to the memory of the late Rector, the Rev. Wm. Hill Lee, MA., was unveiled on June 4th, by the Rev. P. F. Gorst, Rural Dean. Mr. Lee was Rector from 1886 to 1908. The tablet was placed in the south chancel wall, and the inscription records that:—" By his pure and gentle life, his earnest Christian teaching, his generous gifts to this church, he strove to lead his people to the Blessed Master Whom he loved so much and served so faithfully."

Wymesmold.—Tower restored; new clock dial provided. Cost £200.

For some of the smaller notes we are indebted to the Rev. A. O. James, Editor of the •' Peterborough Diocesan Calendar."

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SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR 1909.RECEIPTS.

£ s. d.To Balance in hand .. .. 80 2 6

., Interest on Investments.. 2 17 5 ,, Bank Interest .. .. i 10 o ,, Subscriptions and Arrears 156 5 o ,, Sale of Transactions .. 050

PAYMENTS.£ s. d.

By Three Grants for ChurchRestoration .. .. 15 o o

,, Mr. A. P. Moore, Tran scribing Parish Registers 440

,, Clarke & Satchell, PrintingBill .. .. .. 10 13 6

£240 19 II

,, Mr. Edmonds TraylenMemorial . . ..220

,, Subscriptions to Societies 996,, Mr. H. Hartopp, Tran

scribing Parish Registers

,, Insurance ..,, Caretaker and Postages,, Leicester Corporation-

Rent,, Cheque Book,, Balance in Bank ..

5000602 18 I

2 IO OO 2 O

188 14 10

£240 19 ii

Examined and found correct,

JOHN W. WARTNABY,

January ist, 1910.Hon. Auditor

The Report and Accounts were unanimously adopted.

Major Freer proposed (on behalf of the Committee) that Col. Bellairs, V.D. be elected one of the Presidents of the Society. The Mayor of Leicester seconded, and it was carried unanimously.

The Committee and Officers of the Society were re-elected, and a VOTE of thanks was passed for their services during the past year.

VOTES of thanks were also passed to the Mayor of Leicester for the use of the Society's room, and to the Editor of the Leicester Daily Post lor reporting the Meetings of the Society.

Mr. S. Perkins Pick, P.R.I.B.A., then gave a very interesting Lecture on "Old Leicester," illustrated by lime-light views, which was much enjoyed by those present.

The following new Members were elected :—Hugh Goodacre, Esq., The Court, Ullesthorpe, Rugby: Col. Robert Harvey, V.D., Rothley, Loughborough: Wm. Read, Esq., Westcotes Drive, Leicester; Geo. Chitham, Esq. (Mayor of Leicester), Elmhurst,

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Stanley Road, Leicester ; W. F. Martin, Esq., The Brand, Lough- borough ; Archibald Turner, Esq., The Cottage, Swithland, Loughborongh : J. C. Eady, Esq., J.P., St. Mary's, Market Har: borough ; Col. M. V. Hilton, Strancliffe, Barrow-on-Soar, Lough- borough ; Albert Herbert, Esq., Friar Lane, Leicester; P. H. Lockhart, Esq., The Gable House, Stoughton Drive, Leicester.

A VOTE of thanks to the Mayor for presiding ended the Meeting.

March list, 1910. Bi-Monthly Meeting, held at the Society's rinom, at the Library of the Old Town Hall, Leicester.

THE REV. A. 0. JAMES, M.A., in the Chair.

Apologies for absence were received from Col. G. C. Bellairs, V.D., J.P., and Mrs. Fielding Johnson.


VOTES of thanks were passed to the Yorkshire Archaeological Society, for the Treasurer's Report for 1909 ; to the Cambridge shire and Huntingdonshire Archaeological Society, for Part 3, Vol. III. of the Transactions; to the Derbyshire Archaeological Society, for Vol. XXXII. of the Journal; and to the Powys Land (Hub, for Part 2, Vol. XXXV. of the Collections Historical and Archaeological relating to Montgomeryshire.

Mr. T. H. Fosbrooke was appointed to act as Assistant Librarian, and it was RESOLVED to add to the library by purchase " Lom- bardic Architecture " by G. T. Rivoira, and " The Incised Effigies of Staffordshire " by Andrew Oliver.

THE " GLOBE ROOM " AT BANBURY.It was RESOLVED to send a strong letter of protest to the Town

Clerk of Ban bury against the proposed sale of the famous " Globe Room " of the Reindeer Inn, in that town.

The Rev. A. E. D. Disney, M.A., Stoney Stanton Rectory, Hinckley, and Miss E. M. Sawyer, The Vicarage, Ashby-de-la- Zonch, were elected Hon. Local Secretaries for the Hinckley and Ashby-de-la-Zouch districts respectively.

The question of the Society's Annual Excursion was considered, and after discussion it was RESOLVED to visit Chipping Norton and


district in June next, and the Rev. E. Jackson and Mr. A. L. Hames were added to the Excursion Sub-Committee for this purpose.

The following new Members were elected :—H. F. Traylen, Esq., 16, Broad Street, Stamford; W. A. Burchnall, Esq., Burton Walks, Loughborough; and Miss E. M. Sawyer, The Vicarage, Ashby-de-la-Zouch.

THE BREDHDRST PATEN.


BY THE REV. A. O. JAMES, M,A. :—A small Urn, found at Wanlip (probably Roman).

BY THE REV. E. HERMITAGE DAY, D.D., F.S.A. :—A Silver Folding Spoon of the date 1685, by a craftsman who worked at Augsburg and Munich, with leather case having loops for straps to attach the spoon-case to the girdle ; and a fine copy of the Bredhurst Paten, of which the following is a description : —

"It is almost like the coffin paten that was found in Worcester Cathedral in the tomb of Bishop Cantelupe, who died in 1266. Bredhurst must be considered very fortunate in possessing one of the few remaining pre-Reformation patens, of which only about one hundred examples are known to England. It belongs to the type which Mr. W. H. St. John Hope, in his classified list of mediaeval patens, enumerates as Type A, which comprises the earliest extant patens of English make, date circa 1180 to circa 1260. Only four other examples of this type are known, and each of them was found in the grave of a bishop or archbishop. The Bredhurst paten is undoubtedly the earliest extant paten which has been in constant use in an English church within living memory.

" The paten is of copper, parcel gilt. Its diameter is 4^ inches and its depth all over \ inch. It is a plate having a slightly moulded rim and two depressed surfaces. The first depression is circular. The second depression is quatrefoil. The rim has a continuous decoration of semi-circles. The spandrels of the quatrefoil, which form the first depression, are foliated. The second depression has a central device, on a cruciform nimbus the Manus Dei, or Hand of God, issuing from clouds in the act of blessing (after the Latin manner). The clouds are conventionally represented by a line of three waves, the central one foliated. The background of the circles and foliated decoration of the rim and


first depression is faintly stippled with dots. The cruciform nimbus is defined by a double circle, with an intervening wavy line.

" The back of the paten is decorated with a central device con sisting of a circle enclosing a band on which the letters of the sacred name, I.H.S., appear, with a cross patee above, and a simple decorative design below the band. The background is stippled. The letter S is peculiarly shaped, and turned the wrong way round. The line-decorations were merely scratched into the surface of the copper, and for the most part retain the gilding. The two circles which form the nimbus were scratched in with a pair of compasses, the central point from which they were struck still being visible on the palm of the hand. All the rest of the decoration, even including the circle of the device on the back, is drawn with a free hand, with firmness, freedom, and delicacy of line."

The other examples of this type of paten may be quoted from Mr. St. John Hope's paper :—

" (1) Chichester cathedral church : Silver parcel gilt. Diam eter 5. Device, the Holy Lamb. Date, late twelfth century. Found in a bishop's grave in the south choir aisle in 1825, with a chalice, &c. (2) Lincoln cathedral church : Silver parcel gilt. Diameter 4f. Device, within a plain circle the figure of a bishop. Found with a chalice in the grave of Bishop Grostete (1235-1253). (3) York Minster : Silver parcel gilt. Diameter 4f. Centre plain without device. Found with a chalice early last century in the grave of an archbishop. Has been repaired and is in occasional use. (4) Worcester cathedral church : Silver gilt. Diameter 4f. Device, the Manus Dei. Found in a grave assigned to Walter de Catelupe (1237-1266)."

The date of the Bredhurst paten may, perhaps, be placed within the first half of the 13th century.

J. H. Layng, Esq., Solicitor, Hinckley, was elected a Member of the Society.

The question of the unsatisfactory conditions under which the Associated Reports and Papers were now published was again discussed, and it was RESOLVED that letters be sent to all the Societies in union, stating that in the opinion of this Committee it was now desirable to form a general Editorial Committee, on which each contributing Society should elect a representative, to meet annually at least in some central town, and asking their views upon the subject.


VOTES of thanks were passed to Mr. Wartnaby for auditing the accounts of the Society for the past year; to the Exhibitors, and to the Chairman for presiding, ended the Meeting.

May 30th, 1910. Bi-Monthly Meeting, held at the Society's Room, at the Library of the Old Town Hall, Leicester.

JOSEPH YOUNG, ESQ., in the Chair.

Apologies for absence were received from Mrs. Fielding Johnson, Col. G. C. Bellairs, V.D., the Rev. E. Hermitage Day, D.D., Hon. Editorial Secretary, the Rev. E. Jackson, M.A., Hon. Local Secretary for Lutterworth, and Mr, C. W. Kilby.


Before proceeding with the business the following Resolution was unanimously passed, on the proposition of Major Freer, the Members rising in their places ; and was ordered to be entered on the Minutes :—

" Before proceeding to the business of the day we, the Members of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society in Meeting assembled, desire to place on record our profound sorrow at the untimely death of His Most Gracious Majesty, King Edward the Seventh ; our con tinued and unalterable loyalty and devotion to the Crown, and our respectful sympathy with His Most Excellent Majesty King George the Fifth, their Majesties Queen Mary and the Queen Mother, and the Members of the Royal Family in their bereavement."

VOTES of thanks were passed to the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, for Part 1 of Vol. XIV. of the Proceedings; to the Powys Land Club, for Part 3 of Vol. XXXV. of the Montgomeryshire Collections; to the Royal Archaeological Institute, for No. 264 of Vol. LXVI. of the Journal; to the Shropshire Archioologicul Society, for Part 1 of Vol. X. of the Series of the Transactions ; to the Surrey Archaeological Society, for Vol. XXI. of the Archaeological Collections; to the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology, for Part 3 of Vol. XIII. of the Proceedings ; and to the Viking Club, for Part 2 of Vol. VI. of the Saga Book.

The Correspondence read included a letter from the Rev. R. Barratt, Rector of Braunston, Oakharn, thanking the Society for a

copy of the circular on the in-fitmcnt of Headstones ami Monu ments in Cluur.hyards sent to him, and calling the Society's attention to the unsatisfactory class of tombstones erected in Churchyards.

After discussion, the matter was left to the Hon. Secretaries for consideration and report.

It was RESOLVED (in addition to the Annual Excursion to Chipping Norton and neighbourhood, on June 20th and 21st) to have a Half-day Excursion to Hunghton, Ingarsby Grange, and Quenhy Hall, on Tuesday, July 19th, if convenient, and the arrangements were left to the Hon. Organising Secretary.

The following new Members were elected:—The Itev. Ambrose Lethbridgc, M.A., St. Margaret's Vicarage, Leicester; and Thomas Milton, Esq., Hartington, Central Avenue, Leicester.


])Y MAJOR FREER, V.l>., F.S.A. :—A Kine Bronze Medal de signed by Mr. Winter, and struck by Messrs. Spink & Son, Ltd.

Obverse : Crowned head, full face and bust, of His late Majesty King Edward the Seventh, holding Orb and Sceptre. Inscription : " Edward VII. D.G. Kex et Imp."

Jtcveme : In centre of palm and olive leaves, "In Mernoriam May Gth 1910."

I>Y MAJOU FREER (for A. TURNER, Es<,>.) :—A Green Glazed Stove Tile of Elizabethan date, attributed to Nicholo da Urbino, found recently in the wall of a building now being altered, known as "the Chelsea Pensioners," situate in Southgate Street, Leicester.

BY A. L. HAM us, KKIJ. :—A Silver Spoon, 7f inches long, the bowl :) inches long by 2 inches wide. Above the bowl are crossed palm leaves supporting a shield, and lions rampant. On the shield are shown the cross keys of St Peter, and the whole is surmounted by a crown, from which spring tongues of fire, which terminate in a twisted column with a figure of Nt. Peter on the top.

This is stated to have been a Coronation Spoon of one of the German or Polish States.

Miniature of a Lady in the costume of Klizaheth's reign, painted on a playing curd by Nicholas Hylliard " gentleman," whose father


was High Sheriff of Exeter in 1560. James I. when he gave him the Royal Warrant of appointment expressly styles him " our well beloved Gentleman, Nicholas Hylliard." He was horn 1537, died 1619.

Also a miniature of a youth in armour, on copper, by John Hoskins the elder, born 1664.

VOTES of thanks were given to the Exhibitors and to the Chairman for presiding.

July 25th, 1910. Bi-Monthly Meeting, held at the Society's Boom, at the Library of the Old Town Hall, Leicester.

MAJOR W. J. FREER, V.D., F.S.A. (Hon. Secretary and Treasurer)in the Chair.

Apologies for absence were received from Col. G. C. Bellaits, V.D., Thos. Harrold, Esq., Dr. E. Hermitage Day, Hon. Editorial Secretary, Edmund Bland, Esq., and J. W. Wartnaby, Esq., Hou. Auditor.


VOTES of thanks were passed to the Cambridgeshire and Hun tingdonshire Archaeological Society, for Part 4 of Vol. III. of the Transactions; to the Royal Archfeological Institute, for Parts 1 and '2 of Vol. XVII. of the Second Series of the Journal; to the Rutland Archaeological Society for the Report for 1909; to the Shropshire Archffiological Society for Part 2 of Vol. X., Third Series of the Transactions; to the Yorkshire Archaeological Society for the Programme of the Excursion to Bridlington; and to Messrs. J. and J. F. Matthews, for Part 1 of Vol. I. of Commonwealth Probates, 1650-1.

The following new Members were elected :—A. J. Gimson, Esq., The White House, Clarendon Park, Leicester; the Rev. N. Lang, M.A., St. Martin's Vicarage, Leicester; W. T. Grewcock, Esq., 8, New Street, Leicester; and H. J. Francis Esq., Fern JSauk, Hill Street, Hinckley.

MAJOR FREER reported that he had attended as delegate on behalf of the Society the 21st Annual Congress of Archaeological Societies held at Burlington House on July 6th, his colleague Mr. W. H. Quarrell, M.A., being unable to be present. Dr. C. H.

ti!3G LKICNSTURUHIKU AUCHITECTUttAL

Read was in the Chair, and Dr. William Martin was elected Hon. Secretary for the ensuing year.

A discussion took place on tho Annual Index of Archaeological Papers, which bun been suspended tor the last two years owing to a falling-off in the support of various Societies, and it was decided to make a strong appeal to the Societies to guarantee continued ussistance to the Index.

The Report of the Committee on Ancient Earthworks was received with interest, and adopted on the proposition of Major Freer. A complete schedule of the Earthworks of Hampshire, accompanied by a large number of plans, had been made by Dr. J. P. Williams-Freeman and deposited with the Society of Antiquaries. The Cambrian Archaeological Association was making a Survey of the important hill-fortress on Penmaenmawr, which will soon be destroyed by quarrying.

Mr. P. M. Johnston directed attention to an arrangement now working in the diocese of Chichester, by which the Bishop consents to submit any proposals for enlarging, restoring, altering, rebuilding, or refitting any ancient church, to an advisory Committee appointed by the Sussex Archseological Society. He proposed to make an appeal to the Bishops of other dioceses to accept the services of similar committees. In the discussion which followed, Prince Frederick Duleep Singh said that he had been striving for many years to get some such committee appointed for East Anglia, to which the clergy might be willing to submit schemes of restoration.

Mr. Ralph Nevill pointed out many difficulties. What might be easy in the case of a large Society would not be so in the case of a small one, possessing few members able to deal with such matters. After some remarks by Dr. Read, in which he strongly sympathised with the object of the resolution, but pointed out that it was a matter requiring great tact and discretion, an amendment accepted by Mr. Johuston was carried, approving the principle of the proposal, and requesting the Council, in con junction with Mr. Johnston, to draw up a recommendation to be circulated by the Congress among the Bishops.

Mr. Nevill then mentioned a matter recently raised in " Notes and Queries" : the need of access for literary study to the ecclesiastical documents (other than wills), at Somerset House,

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and moved a Resolution. This, as amended by Mr. W. P. W. Phillimore, was passed by the Congress :—

" That H.M. Government be respectfully asked to direct that arrangements shall be made by the authorities at Somerset House that access for literary study may be given to all documents, ecclesiastical, as well as probate records, now in their charge, in the same way as at the Public Record Office."

Col. P. Saltmarshe called attention to the need of expediting the indexing and calendaring of Ancient Documents at the Record Office. He paid a warm tribute to the work now being done by the staff there, and said that the acceleration of the work of indexing was merely a matter of money. A resolution, proposed by Mr. Paley Baildon, and accepted by Col. Saltmarshe, was carried, asking the Council to communicate with the authorities.

The Rev. S. T. Winckley presented the Balance Sheet for the Society's recent visit to Chipping Norton and the neighbourhood, showing a balance of £1 Is. 5d. in hand.

On the proposition of the Chairman the same was adopted, and a VOTE of thanks passed to Mr. Winckley for his valuable services.

A VOTE or thanks was passed to the Chairman for presiding.

September 26t/t, 1910. Bi-Monthly Meeting, held at the Society's Room, at the Library of the Old Town Hall, Leicester.

S. P. PICK, ESQ., F.R.I.B.A., in the Chair.Apologies for absence were received from Col. G. C. Bellairs,

V.D., the Rev. E. Hermitage Day, D.D., and the Rev. S. Thorold Winckley, M.A. (Hon. Secretaries); the Rev. E. Jackson (Hon. Local Secretary Lutterworth District) and Mr. H. Hartopp.

The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed.t>

VOTES of thanks were passed to the Essex Archaeological Society, for Part 4, Vol. XI. of the New Series of the Transactions, and Part 10 of the Feet of Fines ; and to the Historical and Archaeo logical Society of Stockholm, for the volume of their Transactions for 1909.

Messrs. Clarke and Satchell's account for binding further vol umes of the Society's books, amounting to £10, was passed for payment.


A letter was read from the Vicar of Coshy asking for a grant towards the cost of reflooring and reseating the Parish Church.

After discussion the Hon. Secretary was requested to write and say that although the Society sympathised with the object, they regretted that they could not nee their way to vote any grant.

A letter was read from Mr. C. A. Markham (Hon. Secretary Northampton and Oukliam Archaeological Society) with regard to the Joint Editing of the Associated Volume, and as to proposed places of Meeting.

After discussion the Hon. Secretary was requested to write and suggest that the first meeting should be held in Leicester or Nottingham, and that the places for tho future meetings should be left to the choice of the delegates.

A report on the bad state of Lockington Church was received.

After discussion it was RESOLVED to ask Mr. Wilfrid Moss (Hon. Local Secretary for Loughborough) to make further enquiries into the matter.

A letter was read calling attention to the very bad state of pre servation of the Old Bishop's Palace at Lyddington, and it was RESOLVED to refer the matter to Mr. Crowther-Beynon, F.S.A. (the Hon. Secretary to the Rutland Archaeological Society).

The Hon. Secretary reported that he had written to Mrs. Heygate, thanking her on behalf of the Society for her kind gift of Parts of the Society's Transactions which were being used to complete volumes.


BY MAJOR FREER (for DR. R. C. STEWART) :—Photographs of the Alabaster Monument in Melton Mowbray Church, and the incised tablets in the Farnham Chapel in Quorn Church, which were shown at a recent Exhibition of 15th century Alabaster Monuments at Burlington House, London, and a hearty VOTE of thanks was passed to Dr. Stewart and Mr. S. P. Pick for the trouble they had taken in photographing the Monuments.

BY A. L. HAMES, ESQ. :—A series of interesting Photographs of the interior and exterior of Chastleton House, Burford Priory, &c.

VOTES of thanks were given to the Exhibitors, and to the Chairman for presiding.

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November 28t/<, 1910. Bi-Monthly Meeting, held at the Society's Room, at the Library of the Old Town Hall, Leicester.

S. P. PICK, ESQ., F.R.I.B.A., in the Chair.

Apologies for absence were received from His Grace The Duke of Rutland, Col. G. C. Bellairs, V.D., Mrs. Fielding Johnson, Sir E. G. B. Palmer, Bart., Dr. Robinson, Mr. F. R. Morley, Col. C. F. Oliver, the Rev. C. L. Robinson, and Mr. C. H. Page.


VOTES of thanks were passed to the Royal Archaeological Insti tute, for No. 3, Vol. XVII., Second Srries; to the Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Archaeological Society, for Part 5, Vol. III. of the Journal of the Transactions ; to the East Herts. Archaeolo gical Society, for Part 1, Vol. IV. of the Transactions; to the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, for Vol. LXI. of the Transactions ; to the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society, for Parts 1 and 2, Vol. XIV. of the -Transactions ; to the Surrey Archaeological Society, for Vol. XXIII. of the Archaeological Col lections ; and to the Viking Club, for Year Book for 1909-10.

A letter was read from Mr. V. B. Crowther-Beynon, M.A., F.S.A., informing the Society that he had visited the Old Bishop's Palace at Lyddington, and found the report as to the state of disrepair much exaggerated. This the Committee thought satisfactory.

A letter was read from Mr. C. R. Peers, F.S.A., Director of Ancient Monuments, as to the report that had reached him that the Rector of Markfield proposed to dispose of the old font, and it was RESOLVED to write to the Vicar to inquire if the facts were as stated.

Messrs. Morion and Son's bill for i>25 (being balance of account for printing the last Associated Volume) was passed for payment.

The resignation of the Rev. A. I. Greaves was received with regret.

The Hon. Secretary read a letter from Mr. C. A. Markham and the Rev. A. R. Maddison, with regard to the suggested conference of the representatives of the subscribers to the " Associated Volume," and suggested Nottingham as a meeting place. After discussion the Hon. Secretary was requested to write and fix a date for the


meeting, and the Rev. S. T. Winckley, M.A., was unanimously appointed the delegate of the Society to attend.

It was RESOLVED to subscribe £1 Is. a year to the Lincoln Record Society towards the publication of Lincoln Records, which is being edited by Canon Foster, F.S.A.

It was also UESOLVEP to purchase 300 copies of the " Scheme and Report on Ancient Earthworks," to send to each Member of the Society.

WILLIAM WYGGESTON'B CHANTRY HOUSES.

Major Freer reported that a proposal was entertained by the present owners to sell William Wyggestou's Chantry Houses in the Newarke, Leicester, for the erection of a factory upon the site, and he stated that he had seen the Duke of Rutland upon the matter, who was strongly averse to the proposed demolition. He had also seen the owners with regard thereto. A letter of protest was also read from the President of the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society, which stated that a Committee had been appointed, as suggested by him, consisting of Mr. S. P. Pick, Mr. William Simpson, Mr. C. H. Spencer, and the Rev. W. G. Whittingham, to co-operate in the matter.

After a long discussion the following Resolution was unani mously passed:—

" That we, the Members of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archffiological Society, in Special Meeting assembled, do hereby place on record our unanimous protest against the proposed demolition of William Wyggeston's Chantry House, date 1511, and the two adjoining houses in the Newarke, Leicester; and call upon the Mayor and Corpora tion of this ancient borough, and the inhabitants of the town and county, to join with this and other societies in helping to preserve these relics of one of Leicester's greatest benefactors. That a Committee be formed to act with Committees from the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society, the Leicester and Leicestershire Society of Archi tects, and the Kyrle Society, with power to add to their numbers, and also to act."

In pursuance of the Resolution the following Committee was appointed (with power to add to their number): His Grace the Duke of Rutland (Patron), Mr. J. W. Wartuaby, Mr. Sidney Gimson, Mrs. T. Fielding Johnson, Major Freer, V.D., F.S.A., the Rev. E. Hermitage Day, D.D., F.S.A., and the Rev. S. Thorold Winckley, M.A., Hon. Secretaries.


It was RESOLVED to send a copy of the foregoing Resolution to the Leicester and Leicestershire Society of Architects, the Leicester Kyrle Society, and the Leicester Literary and Philo sophical Society.

It was RESOLVED to give a sum not exceeding £100 towards any scheme that might be instrumental in saving these old relics of Leicester. It was also RESOLVED that a letter be sent to the Clerk to the Lieutenancy in response to the advertisement inviting suggestions for the Memorial to King Edward VII., stating that any Scheme which would save these Ancient and Historic Buildings would be a suitable one to commemorate His late Majesty's memory.

The following new Members were elected :—The Most Noble the Marquis of Granby (and a President), 16, Arlington Street, London, S.W.; the Rev. Henry Gee, D.D., F.S.A., Master of University College, The Castle, Durham ; Mrs. J. H. Paget, 1, West Walk, Leicester; F. Staniforth, Esq., Inglenook, Crowle, Doncaster; C. D. Ruding Bryan, Esq., Lyddington, Clifton, Bristol; Wm. T. Tucker, Esq., Parkside, Loughborough ; and Miss Catherine Flude, the Hollins, New Street, Leicester.

The following were exhibited :—BY MAJOR FBEER:—The First Inventory issued by the Royal

Commission on Historical Monuments (England) of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire, now out of print, though only just published (price lls. 6d.). Chairman, Lord Burghclere. The work is very complete, and each parish is dealt with in alpha betical order, under the following heads :—

1. Pre-historic Monuments and Earthworks.2. Roman Monuments and Earthworks.3. English Ecclesiastical Monuments.4. English Secular Monuments.5. Unclassified Monuments.

The inventory is well illustrated with maps, plans, and photographs.

BY THE REV. S. T. WINCKLEY (for F. ROLAND COOPER ESQ., of Leicester):—Three Measured Drawings of Old Ingarsby Grange.

It was RESOLVED to reproduce these Drawings in one of the parts of the Society's Transactions.

VOTES of thanks were given to the Exhibitors and to the Chairman for presiding.


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NOTES ON COMPTON WYNYATES, BROUGHTON CASTLE AND BANBURY.

Scarce any house is so solitary as Compton Wynyates; little wonder that sixty years ago William Howitt found his way with great difficulty, as he records, to a place then almost deserted. But scarce any house in England better repays the finding.

It is no longer deserted, though it be in the solitary valley which Howitt traversed ; no longer a " scene of ruin " with its outlying buildings " in a state of great dilapidation." The fortunes of the family that owned Compton Wynyates were then badly shaken by the expense of contested elections in days when bribery was no offence, and votes were bought and sold in markets overt; but they have recovered, being indeed well founded. And what seemed of little account in the middle of the last century is now valued at its true worth, thanks to the growth of a more tender reverence for the past, a truer estimate of what is beautiful in building.

It derives its name from the Northampton family, and from the vineyards which were painfully cultivated here, as in many another part of England from the time when the Romans terraced for vines even the most northern slopes of Britain, south of their stations on the Roman wall. It lies in a hollow of the hills, and from the hills immediately above it delightful glimpses of the house are gained. Around it the gardens are no longer waste, as Howitt found them, but vivid with colour; and the walls of mellowest brick rise from level lawn, of that quality in which England is supreme, and are reflected in the still waters of a moat.

It is strange to find a house of brick in a county of fine building stone. But the brick was for Sir William Compton even easier to win than stone from a neighbouring quarry. For he had been granted by Henry VIII., whom he served so faithfully, the Castle of Fulbrook, between Warwick and Stratford, and he transplanted its material to Compton Wynyates, even carrying entire from Fulbrook to his new house some of the fine chimneys. It seems scarcely credible. But they may well have borne transplantation, for chimneys were well wrought in those days, and the mortar was almost as strong as modern cement. The present writer has seen in South Wales a large and lofty chimney of the fourteenth century which fell in the eighteenth, and was actually unbroken by the fall.

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The fortunes of the Comptons were enhanced by a runaway match of the second Lord Compton with Elizabeth Spencer, daughter of a very wealthy London merchant. She was conveyed cut of the house of her obdurate father in a baker's basket, Lord Compton being disguised as the baker. Sir John Spencer's wrath yielded to the entreaties of Queen Elizabeth, who was sym pathetic with adventures of this kind, and when Sir John died in 1610 his fortune came to the Comptous.

Compton Wynyates is a house of the period when the fortress had been rendered obsolete by the growth of peaceful conditions, and was replaced by the great house designed for a comfort and stateliness which had hitherto been unattainable save in such great castles as that of Ludlow. So at Compton Wynyates there are great mullioned windows looking boldly out towards the country, lighting spacious halls and rooms; all is designed for ease and days of peace.

But Compton Wynyates was nevertheless to have its experience of warfare, for strife returned unexpectedly to England. It was held for the King, though its owner fell at Hopton Heath, until shortly before the sharp little engagement at Croperdy Bridge, when the parliamentarian Colonel Purefoy took it; and the parlia mentarian garrison kept it, in spite of a sudden well-planned attack upon them by the Comptons. The victors took a mean revenge. They devastated the church, tearing down and breaking up the monuments of old Sir William Compton, his wife, and his grand son, the first Lord Compton, throwing them into the lake, from which they were afterwards recovered. The Northampton estates were recovered on payment of a heavy fine. The elections of the eighteenth century, as has already been said, impoverished the family, and for nearly a century Compton Wynyates received little care. But during the last thirty-five years it has been brought again to something of its ancient stateliness.

The house is quadrangular, surrounding a court about a hundred and fifty feet square. Over the gateway in the middle of the west front are the arms of Henry VIII. flanked by Tudor roses, and in the spandrels are the badges of Henry VIII. and Katherine of Aragon. The old door shows traces of the fights for possession of the house in the Civil Wars. The Hall is opposite the entrance, and its roof was perhaps brought from Fulbrook Castle. It retains its ancient screen, with panels of linen-fold pattern and carvings of knights tilting. There is a Chapel, with a good screen, on the ground level, with a great family pew adjoining it; and a second chapel concealed in the roof with a priest's room near it, and three ways of escape in case of surprise, recall the penal days when it was death to say Mass in England according to the Latin rite.

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BROUGHTON CASTLE, from the time of the Domesday survey onward, has been associated with names very noteahle in English History: Mohuns, Hungerford, de Broughtons, William of Wyke- liarn, and the Lords Saye and Sele. It is with the last that its clearer history begins.

The de Broughtons in 1301-1307, the Wykehams in 1404, and the Fiennes in the middle of the sixteenth century, were the chief builders of the Castle. The de Broughtons' work is on the eastern side, and the chapel is of their building, a lofty chapel with two windows looking down into it from adjacent rooms. A vaulted room adjoins the chapel, and near it a circular stone stair leads up to the quarters of the men-at-arms and their Captain.

A license to crenellate was issued in 1407, and the walls by the moat, the great gate-house, and the stables date from the years immediately succeeding this permission to fortify.

The third period was responsible for the enlargement of the great hall and the throwing out of its bay windows, and the erec tion of its two great staircases.

On the north side of the house is one of the long galleries which were so accepted a feature of great houses in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Their chief use, as contemporary docu ments indicate, was for the taking of exercise in had weather, and for music. But they served several other purposes, and to-day in many a great house the long gallery is the picture gallery for the family portraits. Visitors to the almshouses at Rothwell will remember that even there a long gallery under the roof was provided for the poor pensioners of the founder's charity.

The great dining room has a beautiful angle-lobby, of oak painted white, following a Royalist custom. Above it is the drawing room, with a very fine ceiling. The long barrack-room in the roof now divided into several rooms, has borne almost since its first occupa tion the name of Mount Rascal.

The castle has in recent years undergone a very careful and conservative restoration. Superfluous paint and plaster have been removed, to reveal ancient beauties, including a series of blocked fourteenth century doorways, which perhaps gave access to a minstrels' gallery ; and by the same removal of plaster the remains of three great Decorated windows running up to almost the height of the hall, were brought to light.

The Castle played its part, of course, in the Civil Wars. The family was on the side of the Parliament, and resistance to the King's policy had been planned, as tradition relates, in the council chamber on the roof, safe from prying eyes and curious ears. When it came to warfare Lord Saye and Sele drew his sword on the side of those with whom he had here taken council, including

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Hampden and Pym, and sent a troop of Bluecoats to the fight at Edgehill. But the battle was followed closely by the surrender of the castle to the King. Essex had fallen back, the castle was left isolated, it was too closely encircled by hills to stand a siege, and though the King's men prepared for a siege by throwing up in the park the earthwork which can still be traced, the castle was yielded on the second day. For that we must all be grateful, since its cession saved the stately house from destruction.

But though Lord Saye and Sele had encouraged resistance to the King, and had taken up arms against him, he was no regicide. Rather than appear as consenting to his death, he retired to the bleak upland and grim cliffs of Lundy Island, a sea- fortress where none could come at him ; and he was one of the countless Englishmen who had opposed Charles I. and who yet welcomed his son at the Restoration. He then became Lord Privy Seal and Chamberlain of the Household, and we may well think that a man who had dared and sacrificed much for his convictions was no mere opportunist or turncoat, but a believer in Constitu tional Monarchy.

The house has many relics of the Civil Wars, in armour of defence and weapons of offence; and several portraits of the period, Charles I. and Hampden, Prince Rupert and Pym, representing both sides. Since that time it has had the happier fortunes of peace; and it remains, like Compton Wynyates, one of the loveliest of English homes.

Such a town as BANBURY, however admirable in other respects, is a grief and despair to the antiquary. In the eighteenth century it replaced its glorious church, rather than repair it, by the existing frightful structure : in the twentieth century it has been willing to treat for the removal to America of the famous Globe Room of the Reindeer Inn : and while other towns—King's Lynn may serve as an honourable example—are not only preventing the removal of their landmarks, but are spending generously in order to retain and repair their ancient buildings, Banbury lags behind, enter taining still the sentiments of the eighteenth century. It is an important part of the work of such societies as ours—and we may honestly claim to be fairly vigilant, and to be entitled to some small measure of commendation for our efforts—to arouse public opinion against the destruction of precious buildings. Even from the commercial point of view they have their value, for towns without any archaeological value do not long retain the passing stranger within their gates.

Banbury is now rather a good centre for excursions than a place of interest in itself, thanks to the triumph of vandalism. What

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would we not have given to see the church which was formerly Banbury's pride, one of the largest and most glorious even in a district which includes Bloxham, Adderbury and King's Sutton! A church with long and lofty nave, gabled transepts and great central tower. To-day the church is, as the chronicler describes it, " a hideous square mass of stone, without form or proportion."

A preceding age was responsible for the destruction of Banbury Cross, as familiar to the child in the nursery as is the Banbury cake, by name at least, to the passenger by the Great Western Railway. A new cross rises now in place of that which the Ban- bury Puritans, zealous iconoclasts, destroyed in the latter years of the sixteenth century. But the new cross, not without merit, leads us the more to regret the disappearance of the old. How ever, there the Reindeer Inn was when the Society visited Banbury, and the glorious Globe Room, with its generous mullioned window, and gable in the billowy roof, and fine plaster ceiling. There, too, the beautiful house in the Market Place, with three bow windows of a bold semi-circular sweep below as many gables. And such things were well worth seeing; even though church and cross were gone, and the castle was but a memory, destroyed by the triumphant Commons upon the humble "Petition of divers of the Well-affected of the county of Oxford, principally of the inhabitants in and about Banbury," who had indeed reason to fear lest the castle should by chance again be held by Royalists, or indeed by Parliamentarians, for hungry soldiers were common to both camps, and both sides laid the people of Banbury under contribution when it suited them, without sentiment and without compunction.

MAJOR FREER'S Paper on the visit to Compton Wynyates, Broughton Castle and Banbury, read before the Society, was sent to the printer and lost. Dr. Day has kindly supplied the foregoing account.

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THE SUMMER EXCURSION, 1910.

BY Miss S. K. SLOANE.

THE Summer Excursion was made to Chipping Norton, Burford, and the neighbourhood, on Monday and Tuesday, June 20th and 21st, 1910.

The Members of the Society went by train to Chipping Norton, where the night was spent. During the afternoon a drive was taken in the district, including visits to Chastleton House, and to the Rollright Stones, upon which the following papers were kindly furnished by Mr. Hames. The present occupant of Chas tleton House is C. T. Richardson, Esq., to whom the Society was indebted for his kind permission to view the house and grounds.

CHASTLETON HOUSE, OXON.Chastleton House is a Jacobean Mansion built between 1603 and 1614 by Walter Jones, a substantial woollen merchant of Whitney, who purchased the estate from the last of the Catesbys of Chastleton, and whose descent is traced from the old line of Jones of Grismont, county Glamorgan. He married Eleanor Pope, Maid of Honour to Queen Elizabeth, whose father was Henry Pope, the Queen's jeweller, and her uncle was Sir Thomas Pope of Wroxton.

It is said that Walter Jones was his own architect. Henry Jones succeeded, and was father of Arthur, a cavalier, and Henry, a lawyer who became Chancellor of Bristol, whose bedroom is called the " Doctor's chamber."

Arthur followed Charles I. until the King's execution, and then lived quietly at Chastleton until 1651, when he took up arms for Charles' son and fought at the battle of Worcester. He fled to Chastleton House and hid in the secret chamber while his dame entertained the pursuers, but his tired horse in the stable aroused suspicion and a thorough search was made. They failed however to discover him, and announced their intention of supping in the lady's chamber, from which the secret chamber was approached. Mistress Jones aroused her maids and prepared a meal for the pursuers, infusing into the wine a drowsy drug that would rob them of "the pith and marrow of their attribute." While they slept Captain Arthur Jones escaped. A fine was laid on the estate, but it was paid, and the property has remained in the descendants' possession ever since.

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In the house is preserved the Bible that Charles gave to Bishop Juxon on the scaffold ; also a finely executed miniature on copper of the King, so contrived that transparencies may be placed over it, upon which are various pictures representing the different phases of the Monarch's chequered career.

The structure is of gi'ey stone, and quadrangular, with the Dairy Court in the centre, thus retaining a character of an even older period than that in which it was built.

Chastleton will cede to few mansions of its kind in the interest of its quaint and beautiful interior. The Hall has a very notable oak Screen with two segmental arches between elaborated columns and richly carved entablatures. The panelling is old and good, and the furniture mostly of the period. Of the ancient armour some belongs to the period of the Civil Wars.

The Drawing Room, or Great Chamber, is characteristic, having an enriched ceiling of plaster with pendants, a splendid armorial mantel-piece and enriched panelling. Mullioned windows and Chippendale furniture make up a charming picture.

The White Parlour is finely panelled and opens from the hall, and the Chestnut Parlour is interesting for its pictures and deep cupboards full of old china. The Catesby Room is also attractive. The State Room has a finely carved heraldic mantel and a bold frieze in its moulded plaster.

Above all is the remarkable Long Gallery, with its impressive panelling, its waggon-headed ornamental ceiling, and its air of venerable antiquity—a very remarkable apartment which is at the top of the house and runs the whole length of the front, as was customary.

The house also contains other fine rooms including a Library.

The Church is ancient and has some architectural features. The Camp, of circular form, is one of the most perfect in the neighbourhood. Here was a conflict in 1016 between Edmund Ironside and Canute, in which the former was victorious.

THE ROLLRIGHT STONES.The Rollright Stones consist of:—(1) a Circle of Stones, close by the southern side of the road; (2) a single Stone, called " The King's Stone," on a long mound, some 70 yards to the north-east on the further side of the road and hedge; and (3) another group of five large Stones, known as " The Whispering Knights," about 390 yards to the eastward of the Circle in the field below.

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position of the various groups, while the plan, larger of the various stones composing the Circle, with their positions and heights, tells its own story.

The " King-stone " is a huge Menhir, or single stone, standing upright at the end of a long mound; it is wcatherbeaten and honeycombed in every direction. It is 8 feet 6 inches in height and 5 feet 3 inches in girth, but probably erosion by time and weather has worn it away somewhat.

The name seems to imply that it was somewhat more than a memorial; possibly it was used as a throne at the election and coronation of Kings in early days, for if the stone is only the grave or the memorial of a slain King, there is a strange coincidence in its being in the same relation to the circle as the " Friar's Heel" at Stonehenge; and it is also curious that the Sun rises directly over it at the summer solstice.

Tradition has it that the stones were once living men, a king and his army, who having been promised by an Oracle, Witch or Wise-woman, when he landed at Dover, that

" When Long Compton you shall see King of England you shall be."

Enquiring, the invader made his way to Rollright hill, marching with his forces until he had nearly reached the top, and at last eager to win the promised crown, hastened in advance of his men and arrived at a spot within a few steps of the crest from which the village of Long Compton could be seen, lying in the valley below, when he was met by the Witch of evil eye and horrid shape, to whom the hill belonged, who stopped him with the words,

" Seven long strides if thou can'st take, Take them boldly and win free, If Long Compton thou can'st make, King of England thou shalt be."

The King, who now judged his success assured, cried out," Stand aside ; by stick, stock, stone,

As King of England I shall be known ! "He took a stride or two forward, but instead of gaining the brow

of the hill as he expected, the long mound of earth rose up before him; and before the seven strides were completed the Witch said,

" Long Compton thou wilt never see, King of England thou shalt not be, Rise up stick and stand still stone, For King of England thou shalt be none ; Thou and thy men hoar-stones shalt be, And I myself an eldern-tree."


Whereupon the King, his Army, and the Knights who had lingered behind plotting against him, were all turned into stones as they stood. So much for legend.

As you stand in the entrance gate to the circle, the highest stone measuring 7 feet 4 inches is to the left, and to the right the largest, now fallen upon its side; most of the stones are about 18 inches thick, but a few of the largest exceed this.

From the centre of the circle the sun on June 21st (to-morrow) is seen to rise directly over the King stone and the circle stone marked on plan 3; 9 h. direct to the north-east. But for the shortest day you must go to the one marked OBLIQUE, four stones to the south-east of this, and near the top of this stone is a hole through which the sun shines at its rising on December 21st. It should be remembered that years ago the country was almost a barren heath, and all the stones could be seen from the circle.

The Circle is as nearly as possible the size of Stonehenge, 100 feet in diameter, though the trees make it appear smaller. I am glad to note there are many trees gone since my last visit. There used to be 14 or 15, and I hope that no more will be planted inside the circle to dwarf its appearance. Were it only possible to keep down the grass and weeds it would look much more important, and the four small mounds in the centre would show. The circle was dug into many years ago with the idea of landing something that would throw light on its history, but nothing seems to have been found.

The " Whispering Knights " consist of five large stones, three standing up against each other on one side, on the other, one leaning, and one immense flat stone fallen. They have been in this position for many years, but probably they were all upright and capped by the flat one to form a platform or altar.

Stukeley speaks of this Dolmen, " 'Tis what the old Britons call'd a KIST YAEN or stone chest," which would imply it was a Sepulchral monument, but we can find no trace of any one of note being buried at Rollright. If there is, the record of the Warrior or King has passed into oblivion, like the builder of the stones.

There are no marks that we can find upon the stones, the only curiosity is the hole at the top of the high stone ; this may have been a smoke outlet if it was used as a dwelling, as some suppose.

The sizes of the stones are as follows:—The south, or largest upright, about 1 feet by 2 feet 6 inches,

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The earliest mention of the Stones seems to be in a MS. in the library of Benet College, Cambridge, where it is mentioned as " the second marvel of the realm," and by some is attributed to the Venerable Bede; but although this is in all probability a mistake, it bears every indication of being early work.

Most of the old historians put forward different ideas as to their origin and uses, and as I am unable to give you any more correct solution in spite of having known them all my life, it is time for me to stop.

In the evening Chipping Norton Church was visited, and a description of it given by the rector, Rev. G. A. Littledale. It is a fine church, mainly of the Perpendicular period, with particularly large square clerestory windows, which make the church very light. The church was built in the Decorated style, and its nave was rebuilt and the splendid clerestory added in the fifteenth century. The church has been a good deal restored. In 1823 the present tower was built in place of the original one. In 1841 the rood-screen was destroyed and most of the brasses taken up, broken to pieces and put away in a chest, and in 1878 the brasses which had been relaid were again removed. They are now arranged on oak slabs in the north wall. On one of the tombs in the north-west of the nave is a recumbent figure at whose feet is a muzzled dog. As far as is known to Mr. Littledale this is the only instance of a dog wearing a muzzle appearing in the decoration of a tomb.

Close to the church are the Castle Banks, the remains of a Castle built by the Fitz Alan's in the reigu of Stephen.

The party also visited a cellar in the town, with a Gothic vaulted stone roof, supposed to have been connected with a Monastic building.

On the following day the party left by brake for Burford, a distance of about 10 miles.

Burford is a quaint, old-world little town, five or six miles from the nearest railway, where buildings of various styles from the fifteenth century downwards are still to be seen. Turning to the right, soon after crossing the river, the grounds of Burford Priory are entered through a door in a high wall.

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present owner, Col. B. de Sales la Terriere, who is at present engaged in restoring the building as far as possible to its original form. The Priory was originally a hospital of S. John, and was granted by Henry VIII. at the dissolution to Edmund Harman. It changed owners many times, and in 1636 was sold by Lucius Gary, afterwards the second Viscount Falkland, to Wm. Lenthall, afterwards Speaker of the Long Parliament. He built the Priory Chapel,—"a most elegant piece," as Bishop Skinner, who consecrated it after the Restoration, described it. When the house passed out of the hands of the Lenthalls in 1829, this chapel had already been disused for many years, and had since been allowed to fall into such decay that it seemed likely that this most interesting example of seventeenth-century Gothic, with Renaissance detail, would soon become a heap of ruins, but the present owner is now restoring it. The elaborate plaster ceiling has disappeared, and the only ornamentation that remains is immediately over the doorway, and consists of a curious piece of carving representing the Burning Bush, flanked on either side by an angel.

Burford Church is one of the largest and most splendid of the great churches of Oxfordshire. It is said that alterations going on here, under the name of restoration, in 1876, so roused the horror of Wm. Morris, that he was immediately impelled to found the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.

The most splendid sepulchral monument in the church is that of the Lord Chief Baron, Laurence Tanfield, who was also Lord of the Manor of Great Tew. He was a great lawyer, and when he died in 1625 had been Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer for nearly 20 years. He bequeathed both estates to his grandson Lucius Cary, afterwards second Viscount Falkland. In the south west end of the church is a chapel containing tombs of the Sylvester family, one of the leading mercantile families in the town, and a familiar name in Burford for at least four centuries. In contradistinction to the Tanfield family, whose glory shone upon the town for some 50 years, and was then extinguished for ever, the monuments in the Sylvester chapel date from 1568 to the present day.

In 1649, Generals Fairfax and Cromwell marched to Burford and captured 400 mutineers, who had marched north from Salis bury, hoping to effect a junction with other discontented regiments. The mutineers, after a brief resistance, were secured in the church for the night. Next morning a Court Martial dealt summary justice; a cornet and two corporals were shot in the churchyard, while their comrades were placed on the roof of the Sylvester aisle to learn a salutary lesson from the spectacle. On the lead of

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the font, rudely cut with a dagger, the words ' Anthony Sedley Prisner 1649 ' are still to be seen.

In the afternoon the party returned by brakes to Chipping Norton Station, time being given to visit Swinbrooke and Shipton- under-Wychwood Churches, en route. Through lack of time, and a mistake on the part of a driver, Widford Church, the most interesting of the churches included in the programme for the afternoon, was unfortunately omitted.

At Swinbrooke Church the party was met by the rector, the Rev. T. E. Foster, who gave us some particulars of the church, and also showed us the valuable old Church Plate. He also pointed out to us, to the south and south-west of the church, all that is left—a few remnants of terraces, fishponds and outhouses, and the old garden wall in which nails are still to be seen—of what was only a century ago, a manor house of the first rank. Here the Fettiplaces, a family of great wealth and great connections, both in Oxfordshire and Berkshire, were settled for 300 years.

In the church are the family brasses and tombs, the latter being arranged in a manner which recalls the chancel of Coxwold, Yorkshire. There is no room in this modest chancel for a series of chest-tombs such as larger churches boast, but room has been found for no fewer than six effigies of the Fettiplaces, by the simple device of placing them on shelves one above the other. There are two alcoves placed side by side, each containing three shelves; the figures reclining on their right side, so that their faces may not be hidden. Three of these figures are of Tudor date, and three belong to Stuart times.

On the opposite side of the chancel is a bust of Sir George Fettiplace, who died in 1743, the last of the line in direct male descent.

In the church are some good oak stalls and misericords from Burford Church.

At Shipton-under-Wychwood, the members of the party were most hospitably entertained to tea at the Vicarage, by the rector, the Eev. W. Collingwood Carter. The church is mainly Early English, with a Perpendicular chancel, and was restored by Street.

From here the party returned to Chipping Norton Station, and thence to Leicester by train.


EXCURSION TO HOUGHTON-ON-THE-HILL, IXGAR8BY, AND QUENBY.

BY THE REV. S. T. WINCKLEY.

ON July 25th, 1910, the Society had a half-day Excursion to Houghton-on-the-Hill, Ingarsby, and Quenby. Leaving the County Rooms by brakes, a party of 50 drove along the Uppingham Road to Hough ton. Alighting at the Rectory they were shown a picture by John Glover (born at Houghton 1767, President of the Water Colour Society 1815, and one of the founders of the Society of British Artists; died in Tasmania 1849), also a grandfather's clock presented by Queen Charlotte to the Duke of Kent, with some letters authenticating its origin. Proceeding to the Church, the Rector pointed out various items of interest. The windows in the aisles and over the chancel arch,—all of which have been filled with stained glass between the years 1897 and 1907—are very effective and much admired, not only for their colouring and design, but chiefly on account of their uniformity of style and harmony of subjects—a rare possibility in an ancient building.

The Church itself is in the Early English, Decorated, and Perpendicular styles which are much intermingled. The northern arcade which is late 13th century, has had an insertion of rougher workmanship to raise it to the height of the south arcade which is late 15th century. Also many of the windows are Perpendicular, and in the north wall have been cut into the Early English sedilia of which remains have recently been uncovered.

The fact of the 13th century columns being raised at the same time the 15th century work was done is curiously demonstrated by the fact of the mason having put his mark— a triangle with a triangle at each angle—on both window jambs and columns. This was only recently revealed on the whitewash being removed. In the centre of the south wall one late 13th century window remains, and one of the splays of the original windows on either side of it remain as splays to each of the Perpendicular windows taking their places. This was seen when the plaster was recently renewed. The font is of special interest as still retaining one of the iron hasps inserted in its rim at the time when the fonts were kept constantly filled with water, which was only hallowed occasionally, and not as now at each baptism; hence the necessity to have the cover locked. This practice was first enjoined in England by St. Edmund, Archbishop of Canterbury in 1236.

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The restraint exercised in the restoration of the Church, both inside and out, was appreciated, and its present " cared for" appearance commented on. The Archdeacon who ordered the "indecent table in the north aisle which, they say is the com munion table," to be replaced, and the Parish Plough in the south aisle to be removed—would hardly recognise the place. A par ticularly fine example of the carved slate head-stones prevalent in this county was pointed out. It has a medallion with a beautiful figure symbolising •' Grief."

The journey was resumed along the road to Ingarsby—not a good road—but interesting from the fact that in the latest history of Leicestershire,* it is alluded to as being one of the two highways in the bronze age between the Continent and Ireland. Oddly enough both these highways would appear to have passed through Houghton-on-the-Hill.

The Old Hall at Ingarsby, which is being offered for sale as we write, is a stone building of the Tudor period, situated in the midst of a Roman camp—part of the vallum of which has been utilised as a moat and still contains water. The Manor of Ingarsby formerly belonged to Leicester Abbey, and the building still called by local tradition "the Chapel," of which drawings by Mr. F. Roland Cooper appear herewith, is evidently much as it was at the time of its original construction, though it is a three-storied building of which the first floor was evidently a " Guest-room." No sign of any Chapel remains. At the dissolution, the Manor of Ingarsby was granted to Brian Cave, whose armorial bearings, with those of Whalley, are carved in alabaster over the fireplace in the sitting- room .

The chief object of the Excursion was a visit to Quenby Hall, by the kind invitation of its present owner, Mrs. Edward Greaves.

This beautiful mansion—built about the year 1621, though the stone buildings round the court-yard are much older—has fortunately come into the possession of a lady of considerable taste and skill. The restoration of Quenby from being internally a somewhat disfigured mansion, into an almost perfect specimen of its style, might well be a model for all restorers. Happy in being able to get the late Mr. Bodley to Quenby for a few hours shortly before his death—and though'she freely allows to his genius the immediate discovery that " the Goths had taken away the floor of the Guest-chamber," making one ill-proportioned room out of two and dropping the finely carved mantle-piece down to the ground- floor—yet it must be conceded that to the owner herself belongs

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the main credit of an unusually effective and conservative piece of restoration. No one would be more ready to acknowledge this than Mr. Alfred Gotch, of Kettering, who was also responsible for some of the work.

Quenby Hall, with its mellow brick exterior, its delightful old- world gardens on one side, and fine park views from the terraces on the others ; with its original oak panellings, mostly in excellent preservation, its really fine ceilings, some of them original; and above all its beautiful drawing-room, all harmonious, without a wrong colour or piece of furniture to strike a jarring note anywhere— Quenby is something to remember. Mrs. Greaves entertained the party to tea, and after giving her a vote of thanks and sincere congratulations on her work of restoration, the brakes returned to Leicester.

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TWO OLD LEASES OF LEICESTER CASTLE. 257

NOTE OF TWO OLD LEASES OF LEICESTER CASTLE,

PRODUCED BY S. S. PARTRIDGE ESQ., J.P., at the Meeting of the Society, on Monday, March 9th, 1909.

19th June, 1686. This is an original lease in law Latin from King James II. as Duke of Lancaster, to Henry Dison (described as of Leicester Castle in the County of Leicester gentleman), the following being a free translation :—

This Indenture made between the most excellent prince and Sovereign Lord James II. by the grace of God of England Scotland France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith of the one part and Henry Dison of the Castle at Leicester in the County of Leicester Gentleman of the other part.

IT IS WITNESSED that our dearest Brother Charles II. King of England of blessed memory deceased by Indenture under the seal of his Duchy of Lancaster dated 13th. March in the

(1682) 34th. year of his reign had granted made over and firmly demised to the said Henry Dison a certain gate called the Southgate of his Castle at Leicester in the County of Leicester and a certain house adjoining the said gate called the Southgate of the Castle at Leicester aforesaid partly built and repaired by a certain William Fowkes at his own care and expense, and a certain piece of land called a " Garden Plott " containing by estimation half an acre more or less such house adjoins and

(sic) abuts on a certain small stream called the Sore on the western part and all buildings and structures situate within the walls of the said Castle being in the tenure or occupation of one Edward Lake Gentleman or his assigns To have and to hold the said gate called the Southgate of the Castle at Leicester aforesaid and the said house and piece of land called a garden plot and all and singular the structures and edifices and other premises to the said Henry Dison his executors administrators and assigns from the feast of St. Michael the Archangel then last past before the date of the said Indenture unto the final end and for the term of thirty and one years thence next ensuing and fully to be completed Yielding and paying yearly to the then aforesaid Lord King his heirs and successors forty shillings


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of lawful English Money on the feasts of the annunciation of the blessed Virgin Mary and of St. Michael the Archangel by equal yearly portions to be paid for and during ten years of the said term next ensuing after the said feast of St. Michael the Archangel then last past and immediately after the expiration of the aforesaid term of ten years Yielding and paying annually to the then aforesaid Lord King his heirs and successors £6 on the Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Michael the Archangel by equal portions yearly to be paid for and during the residue of the said term of 30 and one years by the said Indenture granted And the last before mentioned Lord King by the said Indenture granted and demised to the said Henry Dison and his Assigns the office of Constable or Warden of the said Castle of Leicester in the said County of Leicester and the office of Janitor of the said Castle belonging to his said Duchy of Lancaster in the said County of Leicester To have hold keep occupy and exercise the said Office and its appurtenances to the said Henry Dison and his Assigns by himself or by his sufficient Deputy or Deputies from the feast of St. Michael the Archangel then last past before the date of the said Indenture until the final end and for the term of thirty and one years then next following and fully to be completed with —— gifts and fees of 3 pounds and 8 pence per annum and with all other gifts fees profits usages emoluments and advantages of the said office and used therewith from ancient times and according to form and law owed and of rightful usage belonging or proved To have and annually to receive during the term by the aforesaid Indenture granted as aforesaid the gift of £3 and 8 pence into his own hands and in his own hands to be retained or into the hands of the particular holder of the before demised hereditaments and his successors for the time being of the issuing profit and revenue of the said Lord the King from his Duchy of Lancaster in the County aforesaid — and — or —— at the feasts of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Michael the Archangel annually to be received by equal portions.

14th. December 1705. Confirmation by Queen Anne, as Duchess of Lancaster of a like lease by William III. dated 14th April 1696, to the said Henry Dison.

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PARISH REGISTERS AND RECORDS.

BY J. A. L. BEASLEY, ESQ.

A Paper read before the Leicestershire Archaeological Society, at its Annual Meeting at the Old Town Hall, on Monday, 25th January, 1909.

I TRUST it will not be thought that the subject of Parish Records and Registers is scarcely congenial to an Archaeological Society's Transactions. I find that at rare intervals in the past, transcripts in brief have been published, and papers on them read. The fabric of the church, rather than the contents of its chests, has engrossed attention; but are not both medieval, if not ancient records, and deserving of our notice ?

Topography and Genealogy are closely allied, and Archseology is near akin.

The names of past owners and occupiers will be found associated with churches, residences, and even fields and woods. This is a most interesting study, and is promoted to greater or less extent by the Parish Registers and Records.

Dry as the pursuit of genealogy may seem to some—indeed I fear I must say to many—those who will make a practical ac quaintance with it, and I speak after upwards of 16 years' experience, will find it very fascinating. Unlike other exciting hobbies, it is one from which the results cannot be ephemeral. Treasure will be hoarded up for others in future days; and a monument erected in the pages of family history, more durable than marble or brass; and posterity will be thankful.

Genealogical study has also this advantage, that it can be indulged in by persons of moderate means, or at least this is yearly being facilitated.

I fear there is a feeling abroad that the subject of pedigree research is rather a feminine pursuit, tinged with personal vanity; and that it leads some persons to despise those who have not the advantage of a good lineage. This is distinctly wrong and to be deprecated. If it comes to vaunted pride and prejudice, I think the escutcheon of few of us will be free from the baton sinister, long before we get to the seize quartiers!!

I wonder also if we have thought of this subject in the light of the fifth commandment ? The genealogist is clearly following the precept of Holy Writ.


Let me therefore clear away all doubt; and let us all endeavour to turn the public mind into a useful channel, so far as may be necessary to secure the essential support. And let not antiquaries despise or deride this branch. I fear that in their inconsistency some are digging in the sands of Egypt to find the ancient catacombs ; and then with laborious perseverance, deciphering the hieroglyphics ; and what do they find ? Ancient Registers, may I not say ? Is it not probable that previous to the middle of the sixteenth century, when most registers commence, there were other records; at least as old us the churches? If so, what has become of them ? I venture to say, that not a day passes but one leaf of a Parish Register is swept into obscurity. The notorious jam-pot cover incident—I will say tradition in the present company —a spot of incipient damp, the poor church mouse, or the fading ink, are causes of the daily sacrifice ; apart from the wholesale destruction by fire and theft.

Is it not surprising that until the commencement of the Victorian era, there was but one Society and one Journal that dealt with antiquarian, topographical, and genealogical subjects; and the latter to a small extent only. Individual writers and historians, like John Nichol locally, added to the published information of pedigrees and other records, but the nation was I suppose too busy to be interested in our Parish Registers, and showed no anxiety either to find out what they contained, or to preserve them for future generations.

With the advance of peaceful times, the acquisition of wealth, and its greater security, came the opportunity for thought. Genealogy and pedigree work obtained a more prominent position, and were not to be despised. There was however the difficulty that the sources of information were inaccessible, except by the payment of certain fees, and the expense and trouble of long journeys—a great consideration before railways were available.

The use of these Registers was therefore confined mainly to the legal profession. There were comparatively few wealthy people who employed the expert, failing Herald's College, and made use of these Registers; and in addition the Historian, and a few seekers after wealth. That anyone should wish to search such dry matter for the love of the subject, and truth, as a noble President of this Society once described the aim of the sincere archae ologist, was incredible. It is not so now.

As the nineteenth century progressed, archasological and kindred Societies, with their publications, increased in numbers. Apart from the transactions of what I might term the ancient Antiquarian Society, we find the "Retrospective Review" was founded in 1820;


this unfortunately for its contents and not for its title, ceased in 1854. Next came the "Ecclesiologist," its object aptly designated by its name ; but this again only lasted till 1868—perhaps not a short period considering the youth of the new science.

Then came the foundation of the Royal Archaeological Institute in 1844; the parent of the many County Societies which followed more or less rapidly,—including this Society in 1862, if I mistake not.

In briefly surveying the field of genealogical research, I must not omit to mention the " Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica," begun in 1866, and the well-known Harleian Society in 1869. " The Gentleman's Magazine," strange to say, was the only publication of its time to deal with genealogical subjects; and this after over a century of usefulness, was discontinued forty years ago.

The pedigree hunter and record searcher hailed therefore the founding of the British Record Society in 1888. What should we do without the Indexes, Records and Calendars, of this Society? What are we missing by the non-publishing of the other records in the Parish Church and Chest ? I fear we are selfish and too parochial. May be we are so familiar with what our little world contains, that we count as so much waste paper, or rotten vellum, these documents—not so insignificant, but that numerous Acts of Parliament and penalties were concerned in their formation.

To continue the historical retrospect. What I have enumerated may be treated as National Societies and publications. I have mentioned the enthusiasm of the period, which as it spread, impelled the counties to the noble task of wresting from oblivion and decay the ancient work of man's hands. Before the year of the Great Exhibition, at least one county, viz., Somerset, and probably more, had formed Archaeological Societies. And in the fifties and the sixties most of those now in existence were founded; so that there is scarcely a county without such a Society, called by one name or another.

I have not taken any note of official publications, or the work of individuals and expert writers, such as the Rev. Dr. W. Stukeley and Roger and Samuel Gale; the fathers of antiquarian research, even if genealogy was in its infancy. Nor have I noted the Manuscripts that abound in Libraries and private collections, which do not concern my present subject; nor the many works on Archaeology and Topography, such as " Notes and Queries," which the nine teenth century produced. I might say in passing that I think it reflects on us that the interesting and useful local publication bearing that title has never been revived.

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It may be wondered why I recite all these societies and publications, and if they be germane to the subject of Parish Registers. But my labours have been to find out what has been done in the way of printing, and thus making available the Registers and records ; and since all the publications I have named deal to some extent with genealogy, and related matters, I include these ; because I wish to take you from the beginning to the end, and show what little has been done, and how much there is to accomplish.

We now reach the period when the movement was strongest, and it will be more interesting, since it is within our memories. The wave of American and Colonial enquiry began to beat with greater force on our shores. Like the call from Macedonia of old, the message cnme, ' send over and help us.' This was responded to, but we have not supplied a tenth of what is wanted even now. This demand has however made it po'ssible for the great work of printing Parish Registers and Records, to be undertaken ; both in providing the necessary financial help, and in giving the oppor tunity for a noble band of workers. Among the latter we find the name of the late Mr. A. Gibbons, whose perseverance and capacity it is difficult to estimate. He issued " The Northern Genealogist"; but like so many individual efforts, his work died with him, and Lincolnshire perhaps was the greatest loser.

Then we have other books, and I am again only referring to continued publications (and not special volumes), such as " The Ancestor " ; " The New England Register " ; and " The Pedigree Register" of the year before last. These are noble efforts of isolated enthusiasts, but from lack of support many have come to grief. Unlike the Directories—such as the "National Biographical" and Mr. Beruau's "International Genealogical," they depend on yearly help for an indefinite period.

I must refer in passing to the printed Calendar of Wills, Visitations, and County Pedigrees, amongst which is the work of our talented townsman, Mr. H. Hartopp. What a pity we have not more of such workers !

In my historical survey, I have reached the year 1896. What do we find has been done for the Parish Registers and Records ? With two exceptions, nothing ! That is, in the way of preserving them, by printing, from destruction. Of the two enterprises that of the Thoresby Society may be set aside, since only three volumes have been issued ; the other is the Harleian Society, responsible for the London Registers, which commenced in 1880.

For some years the eyes of the genealogist and antiquary had


been directed on the preserves of the Clergy ; and the imagination was fired by the thought of the contents of Parish Chests. But it was not till the year 1896 that sufficient support was obtained to form a systematic organisation for the publication of the Parish Registers, as a series of National Records.

This took shape in the founding of the Parish Register Society, which is now termed the parent Society. Will it be believed that throughout the country fewer than 200 subscribers of one guinea were found ? Leicestershire assisted to the extent of three members; being so few I think I might mention the names— your worthy Honorary Secretary, Major Freer; that old supporter and valued contributor, Colonel Bellairs, and myself.

This parent Society had the whole of the country before it, and it was almost beyond hope of completing the task in a reasonable time. It was felt that if a start were made, others would be encouraged to follow suit; and the counties might form themselves into local societies to restrict the area to be dealt with. This proved to be correct, for in the following year, the Shropshire Society, the most vigorous of all, was formed ; in 1898 the Durham and Northumberland, and the Lancashire Societies; in 1899 the Yorkshire ; the Staffordshire Society in 1901; Bucking hamshire followed in 1902; and Surrey in the following year. For five years there have been no new societies, but I hope it may shortly be announced to the world—and I can tell you it is being looked forward to with much encouragement from the letters I have already received—that Leicestershire will make the ninth !

These Societies have printed about 250 Parish Registers ; most of them are complete from the earliest entry to 1812, but not all. They include Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, besides longer or shorter Parish Histories ; in some cases a record of all monuments and tablets in the church, and I find even the principal tombstone descriptions and epitaphs in the churchyard. This is, I fear, going too far, and a too ambitious scheme might cripple the work in its inception. However, much depends on the size of the parish. If it can include additional matter in brief, my opinion is that the Register becomes a much better book for the general public. Part of the dryness is taken from it, and the inhabitants will appreciate such a Register as a work of reference, and as a history of the church and parish in which they live.

It may be argued that one has only to obtain a Kelly's Directory to find this matter; but apart from the bulk of a Directory, think of the conglomeration of matter ; the stereotyped and guide-book descriptions; the advertisements, and the commercial aspect of the

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whole affair. I think I need not say anything further against these useful and necessary modern cyclopaedias.

Let us see what Leicestershire has done towards making manu script records of its Registers. A few have been printed in part, but I cannot find that a single Register has been printed in toto.

I find from the latest available information that this county is one of the four lowest in England, that has copied transcripts either in part, or as a whole. Lincolnshire can boast of close upon 300 ; Sussex upwards of 250 : and seven other counties over 100 each. Leicestershire has the magnificent sum total of 15 !

I calculate that this County has about 250 distinct Registers, which should be printed in 25 years at the most; and the wish is father to the thought that it might be earlier.

Now let us return to Mr. Phillimore's work. No one appreciates it more than I, but on the principle that half a loaf is better than no bread. This series has been carried on with a considerable measure of success in Cornwall, Nottinghamshire, Gloucestershire and other counties. About 100 volumes have been printed, but like the parent Parish Register Society, Mr. Phillimore has the whole of England before him ; and Scotland and Ireland in the background. He cannot possibly live to complete his task, unless other Societies help him. \Ve should be forwarding his useful work, if we could form a local Society, and I have little doubt of the feasibility of this provided we all make an effort.

Again, look at the waste of energy, and disappointment in dealing with Marriages only! Anyone acquainted with Parish Registers, knows that the entries are very confused at times. The transcriber is required to spend considerable time in collating. No mark whatever must be made in the Register and so no guide is left behind. In fifty years' time or so, when Mr. Phillimore or his successor (and unfortunately as I have pointed out, these individual efforts die with the founder), reaches the Baptisms, this work will have to be again gone through. Moreover Mr. Phillimore confines himself too strictly to the registrations. He scarcely takes any note of other entries ; and his editorial is of a dry nature, dealing with the size of registers, and general condition. Hence it has little interest bat to the pedigree searcher. If this course is followed, as it obviously will be with the Baptisms and Burials, then we shall have no account of the other interesting records in the parish archives. They will be so few in individual cases that it will not be considered worth while dealing with them as a separate publication.

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Let us therefore see what we find in this way. I do not say that Leicestershire parishes contain all the records I shall mention ; indeed we are in the dark until a search is made, but I have extracted my information from parishes in England, which do contain such entries.

Apart from the Kegisters themselves we find the following:—(1) Vestry Books with the Eolls of the Churchwardens and

Overseers.(2) Charity and other Documents.(3) Bonds, Orders and Briefs.(4) Certificates of Settlement.(5) Orders of Eemoval.(6) Indentures of Apprenticeship.(7) Constables Warrants.(8) Magisterial Examinations.(9) Marriage Licenses, Certificates and Letters.

(10) Faculties, Plans, Specifications and Contracts.(11) Bills and Receipts.(12) Terriers and Inventories.(13) Acts of Parliament and Orders.(14) Forms of Prayer and Thanksgiving.

There may be even other papers. Few people know anything about these documents. Possibly they become so familiar to the clergy that some are treated as waste paper. How is one to discriminate ? That large numbers of these things have vanished, admits of no contradiction. Ought this to be so ? What we think of little moment to-day, may be of the greatest interest in years to come. Everything relating to the Parish Church and its people is useful.

I must not detain you by going through the List of Documents seriatim, but I will deal with them in a discursive manner.

I believe it is often forgotten that formerly people were less migratory than now; and many families were permanently located in a restricted area. Hence the cause for the Certificates of Settlement, and Orders for Removal.

I will give you an instance of the value of these. A few years ago there was found when transcribing the Parish Registers of Moulton, the entry of William Carey (1785). He was known in later life as the ' Inspired Cobbler.' From a humble beginning

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he became the Evangelist of India ; Professor of Sanscrit in the College of Fort William ; and indeed I might say the Father of modern Missions.

To some this discovery alone would be considered well worth the twelve years' indefatigable labours of that wonderful and painstaking transcriber, Mr. Sidney J. Madge.

The Vestry Books, particularly the early ones—contrary perhaps to general expectation—contain information of a useful kind to the genealogist and historian of the Parish.

Then there are the well-known ' Briefs.' Almost every Parish has these. What incidents and calamities they commemorate! And how many people are aware of these outside a charmed circle, or know these ' Calls' to be equivalent to the modern Mansion House Fund'?

Further, how much we gather from them as to the purchasing power of money, and the scarcity of the precious metal.

The Indentures of Apprenticeship give us much insight into the social life of the times. For instance, we read that one John Clifton was put out to apprentice for the customary period of seven years " to learn the art, trade or mystery of a Tailor." The legal phraseology of the present day follows, but what struck me as a little peculiar, although it may not be so to the legal fraternity present, was this, " And at the end of the term to give him one new suit of clothes for Sundays; one good suit for working days; 5 good shirts ; 5 pairs of stockings ; 2 sheets ; 2 pairs of shoes ; and 2 neck-handkerchiefs." Since he was apprenticed by the Churchwardens, this was a case of orphanage, and it shows one of the advantages of those days ; at least to the apprentice.

When one reads through the London records, even stranger clauses can be found; such as the provision—which must seem extraordinary to most people of the present day—that " salmon shall not be given more than once a week."

The Marriage Licenses, where such exist in the Parish, are of course invaluable to the genealogist. I fear however these are rare.

The Terriers also are scarce; but such as are extant record the former demesne of the Parsonage with its appurtenances; the old enclosures and commonages; and we find in them that curious word ' free-board,' with its oft disputed meaning.

The "Faculties" speak for themselves; and a brief note thereon could easily be made in a printed Register. It would give the date


of any erection or addition to the Church ; and at the same time give interesting data as to the evolution of the fabric or the form of worship.

The Acts of Parliament, and the Forms of Prayer, although more modern, will have points of interest well worth recording.

Now let us look at the Registers themselves, and see what useful information we can find. I wish to leave the genealogist alone for the moment. From the large number of deaths in a year, assisted perhaps by marginal notes, we find the dates of plagues and other epidemics. There is evidence that these were never totally absent from the country before 1666. It will be au exception to find any old Register without any reference to them. The worst years were 1594, 1602, 1637 to 1643, 1658 (in which year Cromwell died of malaria), 1665, and 1683-5; and in the eighteenth century, 1715 and 1727-30.

In Morden register is the entry " Mistress Burdett nurse-keeper was buried Sept. 22nd 1652." Nurse-keeper is frequent, and was the old form for ' Nurse.'

The great plague of 1665 is naturally the most often mentioned, although the old Chroniclers tell us that of 1348-9 was much worse. How interesting it would be if we could trace parish registers as far back! What a bitter disappointment to the genealogist when he has worked his way to the middle of the sixteenth century, to find his table must be left unfinished, so far as parish registers go. He feels that at least he might be permitted to reach the Conquest. Do we realise this is only twenty-five generations ? And four and five generations are I believe sometimes living at one time.

We have learnt much from the study of the past in various walks of life. Who can say if a search in the parish registers for these medieval plagues and epidemics, particularly the latter of malarial designation, would not disclose to the medical faculty the origin and cure ? We have stamped out plague, and why not influenza ? The latter is probably indicated in an entry in the diary, about 200 years ago, of one Thomas Hearne, who then described the prevailing cause of death as " a feaverett, it being a small fever. It seizes suddenly and holds generally but three days."

That awful scourge small-pox, which followed the plague, can be traced throughout its life's history. I could give many entries showing the horror in which it was held, and the inhumanity brought about in consequence. This disease again has been practically wiped out.


The disposal of the Dissenter would cause alarm in the present day, for we have an entry at Misterton in 1715, " William Walton a dessenter was Laid into ye ground the xxiv day of Sept. without any burial." And a further entry in the same Parish shows how our forefathers adopted another plan than our costly system of dealing with lunatics. In 1727 " Samuel Turle of Showel being Lunatick was drownded and laid in ye ground June xx." I am aware that this is capable of a double meaning.

Then we have the witty entry of " Pretious Stone borne at Wavedon the 26th Sept. and baptized ye fyfthe of Oct. 1601. This was a child of the parson's and is the second instance of his ' pretty wit.' " This must have been the entry of an impudent clerk; and so it informs us by whom the Registers were kept, and what value to place on the caligraphy and orthography.

Of great interest to some will be the Latin insertions to baptisms, as sine cruce; Marriages, absque annulo; and Burials, cum condone or apud suggestum. Why for instance certain deceased persons should have had a funeral sermon—irrespective apparently of rank—is not always clear.

Perhaps to the general reader the notes as to the weather, the progress of the harvest, and the early or late arrival of spring, will be the means of interesting them in the Parish Registers. This may lead on to greater things ; and awaken even a genealogical ambition.

I must not however make any further quotations, but finish this part of my Paper by a brief reference to the general history of the registers themselves.

The Vicar-General, Thomas Cromwell, after the dissolution of the religious houses, issued the first Order for the keeping of parish registers in Sept. 1538. Fresh injunctions followed in Edward VI.'s reign, and notably in Queen Elizabeth's; indeed many registers make 1558 a landmark. In 1597 an Order was issued in this Queen's reign for the paper copies to be tran scribed on to parchment; and we know how badly this work was done in many cases, so much so that none of these transcripts can be taken as absolutely correct, and all ought to be compared with the original paper copy if in existence.

Bishops' transcripts were ordered to be made ; and that Order has never been rescinded, so that all clergy are now in default.

In the confusion of Charles I.'s time, and during the Common wealth, these Orders were generally disregarded. Nevertheless we find ' Births' registered as well as Baptisms. Parliament also instituted civil marriages in 1654; and these are some of the


longest entries in the Registers, and give much useful information to the genealogist; although to my mind adding an unnecessary and extravagant cost in the printing verbatim.

Burials ' in Woollen ' were compulsory from 1667 till 1814, when the Act was repealed. There were however transgressors, for I find burials in ' Linnen ' in 1783.

With the Restoration, Parliament re-imposed the former Orders; and under William III. it was found necessary to create a penalty for neglect. This brought about a better state of things, but clergymen in Queen Anne's reign so commonly pleaded ignorance of the law, that they were freed from fine by an Act of Indemnity.

In 1711 Registers with ruled and numbered pages were provided, from which time the transcriber's task is lightened.

By 1753 it was found that Registers were sometimes tampered with, and Lord Hardwick's Marriage Act made this a felony in the following year, and again added materially to the length of Marriage entries.

Rose's Act was the next, and this came into force with 1813; future registrations were on printed forms provided by the King's printers. And to close the history, in 1836 the Registration Act was passed, and the future value of parish registers much diminished. This Act established, as we all know, the Registrar- General and his department at Somerset House.

I have now given a chronological resume of the whole matter. I have stated what has been done; and I think suggested what remains to be done.

If any doubt still lingers as to the necessity for printing parish registers at all, I will finally dispose of this, by referring the erring one to the Reports of the Committee for promoting the transcription and publication of parish registers; published under the direction of the Congress of Archaeological Societies, in union with the Society of Antiquaries. The one I have had before me is dated 1896; this synchronises with the foundation of the parent Parish Record Society.

It would seem to me that these reports might have much weight with members of this Society, since they are the fruit of a Congress, at which I suppose this Society would be represented, although I have not looked the point up.

To apply the knowledge so far gained locally, can we say Leicestershire is any exception to the rule ? Have the registers


been well written ? And are they all complete, and in good preservation ?

I fear not, and that we need the printing press as much as any County. Where are the registers of Knaptoft, Elmesthorpe, and Ratby, for instance ? Many years thereof are missing. How was the British Museum enabled to purchase from a private individual, a layman, the parish register of Somerby (1601-1715) ? And again the Bodleian Library to acquire in a similar way the register of Shackerstone (1558-1630) ?

I sincerely trust things are different from.what they were years ago, when it is recorded that a Vicar's wife flung a register into the fire, in the heat of a domestic tantrum ; and another parish priest being unable to read an early Anglo-German entry, cut out the page, and sent it to the enquirer himself, in order not to lose the fee. This shall not be said of the Clergy of the present day; but I do wonder if the Vicar's favourite dog or cat gained access to the parish records, and there deposited a litter of pedigree stock—whether the genealogy of the man or the animal would be thought most of ? I specially refer to this weakness, since amongst the curious stories I read of—not legendary but from a Report of the House of Commons Committee which sat in 1835— is that of a sporting parson, whose spaniel was known to have made a layer in the Parish Chest, and the vellum being so disfigured thereby, it was cut into labels for the game which he sent to his friends! !

Though more enjoyable than the dry matter whioh I fear my Paper mostly contains, I must refrain from farther divagations of this kind.

I will return to the object I have in view, viz., the urgent need for the formation of a local Parish Register Society.

One thing is certain, the success of such will rest primarily with the clergy. It is on this account amongst others that my appeal is made to this Society, so eminently representative of the clergy. Its organisation is particularly fitted to found a Leicester shire Society—and might I suggest our sister county so much associated with us—viz., Rutland, be asked to join?

Will therefore the clergy give the proposal their hearty and unanimous support ? Perhaps before this is answered I should deal with what I think is the only remaining aspect of this subject, viz., What will the clergy lose in fees ? My reply to this, which I give you advisedly after learning by the experience of others, is Nothing ! I do not say that individual cases would not arise, but

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taken over the county, the gains will he greater by far than the losses ; and I will tabulate my reasons :—

(1) What are the average fees now obtained, for registrations previous to 1812 ? I take this year since this is as far as the printing would go under any circumstances. I have seen it stated the fees do not average Is. per annum throughout the country. This is however obviously a pure guess, but the clergy themselves will each be able to say. I can however quote from a letter written by the Rev. George E. Park, of Burton Fleming, in 1899, in which he says, " during twenty years I have only been asked twice, to search for 200 years back. I hope all Incumbents," he adds, " will readily allow their Registers to be printed, and so be the mean's of preserving those priceless records."

At rare intervals an advertisement appears in the papers of £5 or £10 reward for an entry, but the search is so indefinite and speculative, as not to be worth the collective labour of those who attempt to obtain the reward.

(2) The printed registers will not be ' Evidence ' ; this I think is well known. Hence each entry will require to he certified by the clergy, for the usual purposes the same are now applied for.

Look however at the discoveries that will be made by the amateur and professional genealogist, in the new location of families and names ? Surely this must lead to the necessity for entries in much larger number sub sequent to 1812. Indeed every new pedigree searcher, and I suppose the number of such is increasing, if slowly, day by day, must commence his labours after 1812 ; and if he has evidence, not before possessed, that his family come from a certain parish, as disclosed by the printed register, is it not likely that register will be wanted much more ? The fees must increase.

(3) Again, it is argued, that with the registers printed, there will not be any need to apply to the Clergy.

How absurd this is. How many copies of these local publications do we find it is usual to print ? Not more than 150 on the average; and I should be well pleased if Leicestershire could get this number. In some cases it is only 100. What will these be, when scattered over the world ? Like a grain of sand in the desert. There will be many who will never hear of them.


(4) What do the clergy gain in addition ?A printed register clearly transcribed, and handy

for reference, from which extracts can easily be made; that is to say each Incumbent will be presented with a copy of the printed register, free.

In this way if my plan be carried out, there would be in addition a complete inventory of all Church documents. I believe I should not be wrong in stating that new Incumbents have sometimes been asked to take charge of papers in boxes or tied up in bundles without being able to ascertain if any are missing or defective.

Do the clergy also realise what further assistance this printed register will be ? I think I rightly interpret the Act of Parliament, by which the legal charges are made— I am open to correction if I do not—when I state the Incumbent must do the searching and write the certificates. The Act presupposes his ability to do so. Hence, if the early entries cannot be read, no fee can be legally charged.

To show the enthusiasm of some of the clergy, I might mention that the Rector of Rylstone, in Yorkshire, the Rev. C. H. Lowe, undertook the transcribing and printing of his registers, at the considerable cost of £66. This was in 1895, and since then the greater part of the outlay has been repaid by the sales. Individual cases like this are not however to be commended.

(5) Might I not add that the printed register would be a capital source of information and 'copy* for the Parish Magazine? This is often made use of to-day ; but all the Clergy do not relish the straining of eyes and intellect, in examining the manuscripts themselves. It would be distinctly different with the handy volume to refer to.

The parishioners would obtain an insight of the old English social life; gain an idea of the ups .and downs of the parish; material for the better determining of the meaning of surnames and place-names; and historical data, which might be the means of shaking off the apathy that so frequently exists in rural, if not urban populations.

I think therefore I have proved that the gains will be much greater than the losses. But one thought more :—

Are these records of the past—the only ones we have of nine-tenths of the population—to remain outside the reach of the people who have built them up? Books of Law and Medicine require interpreting by the respective faculties;


but these simple annals of the poor—I am considering the nine-tenths—need no interpretation, but what the voluntary transcriber is willing to give. Hence is it fail- that such should be withheld from sight? These registers are national Records, belonging to the State Church, and as members of a community, should be reasonably open to all. Moreover such Records demand security, and not the existence of only one copy.

If the clergy of Leicestershire would like to know how the Parish Society movement is being received in other Counties, I can on a future occasion read some interesting extracts from letters I have received. I can only find one instance in the eight Societies, where a Vicar declined to have his registers printed. There is not the least difficulty in obtaining offers of registers for transcription ; aad not much in finding transcribers ; the real trouble is the lack of sufficient funds to print more quickly. Hundreds of registers are only waiting for the printer. In some cases the clergy them selves transcribe, with or without assistance, i.e., when they are able.

Again, I find, seldom does any payment have to be made for anything except the printing. The editing and often the indexing is free.

Luckily for some counties there exists a determined band of workers—small I regret to say, but whose zeal and enthusiasm, combined with a dogged pertinacity, have overcome the initial difficulties. We have the privilege of gaining by this experience.

I have stated that Mr. Phillimore is afraid he will have to withdraw his series for this county. If he has failed, and this Society likewise, in obtaining the desired assistance for him, how much better off will a Parish Register Society fare ?

The difference is this. We are on the spot, interested not financially (only in so far that the business must pay its way) but for the love of the subject. We should act collectively, with the prestige obtained from a good list of Patrons, President, Council or Committee, and the other usual officers ; and possibly the added interest of an annual meeting of subscribers—and I might say honorary and subscribing, the former being the clergy.

The most important advantage to us will be the saving in expense in the printing, corrections of proof, etc. I have obtained estimates of this, and I consider we could print at least five com plete small registers of say 50 pages per annum for a minimum of fifty one-guinea subscribers. I might venture to say I could at once put down thirty names if another fifty are forthcoming.


Therefore, let this Society take the matter up at once, and with every encouragement to which I have referred in this Paper. I am willing by all means in my power to help, either in the transcribing or editing, or secretarial work, although being a buoy man my time for transcribing is limited. I have however made friends amongst that band of enthusiasts, and I know where to go for help. Surely, however, we shall find that this county is not lacking in the ability and willingness to assist in this labour of love. It cannot satisfactorily be done single-handed; and this is the Society to take the matter up, by forming a sub-committee to deal with it.

Shropshire has already completed half the county, and within the comparatively brief period of twenty years will have finished its work. This should be an encouragement.

I cannot do better than close this Paper by quoting an exhorta tion of that revered gentleman and true archaeologist, the Rev. Ernest Tower, long since passed away, but whose memory has not been forgotten by some of us. In an address to this Society in 1872 he declared :

"It is the bounden duty of every one who cares for the local history of his county to attach himself to the study of the archaeology of his parish, and especially to those objects of past interest which ought to be preserved, and carefully handed down to our children's children."

And then in his peroration he concluded :—" Let everyone therefore be encouraged to devote a little time to this study of archaeology, and then there will be restored to local history a wholesome interest it now lacks—the benefit of which will be seen in an universal care of the time-honoured monuments—whether of Families (I would have you note) or old churches, throughout our native land."

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ipatrons.His Grace the DUKE OF RUTLAND (Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire).

The Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP OF PETERBOROUGH, D.D.

The High Sheriff of Leicestershire.The Worshipful the Mayor of Leicester.His Grace the Duke of Somerset.The Most Honourable the Marquess of Granby, F.S.A.The Right Honourable the Earl Howe, G.C.V.O.The Right Honourable the Earl of Denbigh.The Right Honourable the Earl Ferrers.The Right Honourable the Earl of Dysart.The Right Honourable the Earl of Gainsborough.The Right Honourable the Earl qf Lauesborough.The Right Honourable Lord Braye.The Right Hon. Lord Aberconway.The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Leicester.The Right Reverend Bishop Clayton, D.D.The Honourable Sir Matthew Ingle Joyce, Kt, F.S.A.Sir J. F. L. Rolleston, J.P., M.P.J. R. McDonald, Esquire, M.P.The Venerable the Archdeacon of Leicester.Edwin Joseph Lisle March-Phillijips-de-Lisle, Esquire, F.S.A.Sir A. G. Hazlerigg, Bart.Sir E. G. B. Palmer, Bart.Sir M. Levy, Bart, M.P.Sir W. de W. Abney, K.C.B.Thomas Cope, Esquire, J.P., D.L.R. C. Lehmann, Esquire.Sir J. Herbert Marshall, J.P.Col. G. C. Bellairs, V.D., J.P.

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Members).T. II. Foshrooke, Esq. The Rev. E. Jackson, M.A. The Rev. Canon Sanders, LL.l). The Rev. Canon Nance, M.A., R.U. S. Squire, Esq.

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permanent Sab-fflommittrf.S. Perkins Pick, Esq., F.R.I.B.A.J. W. W'iirtnaby, Esq.Miijc.r W. J. Freer, D.L., V.D., F.S.A.

The Rev. S. Tborold Winckley, M.A.,R.D.

The Rev. K. Hermitage Day, D.D.,F.S.A.

"Bonovnvr lotal Smrtarifs.Market Harborouyh District

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Lutterioorth District. The Rev. E. Jiicl.son. M.A.,

<iilmurton Rectory, Lutterworth.

Asliby-de-la-Zouch District.Leonard Fosbrooue, Esq.,

Ravuiislone Hall, Ashby-de-la-Zoiich.

Melton Mnirbray District.Walter J. New, Esq., P,.A. (Lend.),

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Hind-ley District.The Rev. A. E. D. Disney, M.A.,

Stoney Stanton Rectory, Hinckley.

Louyliborough District.Wilfrid Moss, Esq.,

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?t)onovani Jbrcrrtarits of tfjf iotietr.Major William Jesse Freer, D.L., V.D., F.S.A., Local Sec. Soc. Antiquaries, Land.,

The Stony Gate, Leicester. (Correspondijifj and Financial.) The Rev. S. Tliurold Winckley, M.A., H.D., The Rectory, Houghton-on-the-Hill,

Leicester. (Orgauizinri.)The Rev. E. Hermitage Day, D.D., F.S.A., Newton House, Belmont, Hereford,

(Editorial).Hon. librarian :

C. J. Billson, Esq., 11. A., Silchester House, Silchester, Reading.

assistant f}on. librarian : T. H. Fosbrooke, Esq., Market Street, Leicester.

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HONORARY MEMBERS.The High Sheriff of Leicestershire.The Worshipful the Mayor of Leicester.1'he Rev. W. G. D. Fleteher, F.S.A., Oxou

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cester.Sir C. H. Read, F.S.A., President Soc.

Antiquaries, Land., British Museum, London, W.C.

H. J. Toulmin, Esq., The Piv. St. /Vilnius. A. Hamilton Thompson, Esq., M.A.,

F.S.A. The Rt. Rev. Bishop Mitchinson, D.D.,

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Aberconway, The Rt. Hon. Lord (Presi dent) 43,Belgrave Square, London, SW.

Abney, Sir \V. de W., K.C.B. (I'midfnt),Measham Hall, Atherstone.

Abney, J. R., Esq., 10, East 80 Street,New York, U.S.A.

Alderson, The Rev. M. F., The Rectory,Lutterworth.

Allcock, E. T., Esq., A.E.I.B.A., 55,Forest Road Loughhorough.

Alien, W. S., Esq., J.I',, Rose Hill, Ather-stone.

Bailey, Thos., Esq., Avondale, Stoney-gate, Leicester.

Baker, J. H., Esq., Millstone Lane,Leicester.

Baldwin, B. S., Esq., 1, Welford Road,Leicester.

Bankart, S. N., Esq., J.P., Hazeldean,Knighton. Leicester.

Barker, J. W., Esq., 21, Market Street,Leicester.

Barlow, Evan, Esq., St. John's Road,Stoneygate, Leicester.

Barnley, Dr. Fredk., Wigstoii Magna,Leicester.

Barrowcliffe, G. H., Esq., Burton Walks,Loughborough.

Beasley, J. A. L., Esq., 33, Friar Lane,Leicester.

Beardsley, W. F., Esq., The Grove,Loughborough.

Bellairs, Col. G. C., V.D., J.P. (President),Highfield, Southbourne-on-Sea, Hants.

Beunett, A. H., Esq., Market Street,Leicester.

Bennion, Charles, Esq., J.P., ThurnbyGrange, Leicester.

Beresford.TheRev.E.A., Hoby Rectory,Leicester.

Biddle, Mrs. W., Sutton-in-the-Elms,Rugby.

Bigg, C. S., Esq., B.A., Friar Lane, Lei cester.

Billson, C. J., Esq., M.A., (Hon. Libra rian) Silchester House, Silchester,Reading.

Bird, G. B., Esq., Maycroft, Barrow-ou-Soar, Loughborough.

Blagg, T. M., Esq., F.S.A., The Old MillHouse, Caldecote, Newport Pagnall.

Blakeney, The Rev. Canon, M.A., R.D.,Mowbray Lodge, Melton Mowbray.

Bland, Edmund, Esq., S. Martin's, Lei cester.

Bloxsom, M. Esq., 4, Lansdowne Road,Crumpsall, Manchester.

Blunt, J. W., Esq., 9, Belmont Villas,New Walk, Leicester.

Bolus, Miss, 81, South Hill Park, Hamp- stead, London, N.W.

Bouskel!, Frank, Esq., Market Hoswortli, Nuneaton.

Bowers, Tlie Rev. P. H., M.A., The Rectory, Market Boswortli, Nuneaton.

Branncl, U. P., Esq., Wood-Gate, Lough- borough.

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Leicester.Browning, Mrs., The Hollins, New

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Clifton, Bristol.Bujlen, G., Esq., Bank House, Ashby-de

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Narborough, Leicester.Burns, Capt., Leesthorpe Hall, Melton

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ton Lazars, Melton Mowbray.Buszard, Marston C., Esq., K.C., J.P.,

The Temple, London.Butland, Robt., Esq., Stoughton Lane,

Leicester.Choice, Leonard E., Esq., Poynton,

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ket Harborougl).Clarke, Dr. Astley, Princess Road, Lei

cester.Clare, E. Lovell, Esq., 23, Abingdon

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dent), Canonry House, Peterborough.Clifford, R. S.,Esq.,Jun., Loughborough.Coales, Herbert George, Esq., Market

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ter.Cooke, J. H., Esq., 38, Adderley Road,

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Coruli, J. A., Esq., J.P., Oadby Hill, Lei cester.

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Cradock, The Rev. A. W., Breedon-on- the-Hill, Ashby-de-la-/ouch.

Crick, F.,Esq., Iloughton House, Stoney gate, Leicester.

Crosby, Dr. T. Villiers, London Road, Leicester.

Crowther-Beynon.V.B., Esq., M.A..F.S.A. Westfield, Beckenliam, Kent.

Curlis, R., Esq., Market Place, Lei cester.

Dulgleish, Kichard, Esq., J.P., D.L., Asfordby Place, Melton Mowbray.

Daniels, S. K., Esq., Millstone Lane, Leicester.

Darlington, Miss E. M., The Hill. Lut terwortli.

Dawson, T. C., Esq., Claremont, Knigh- ton Drive, Leicester.

Day. The Eev. E. Hermitage, D.D..F.S A., (Hon. Sec.), Newton House, Belmout, Hereford.

Deane, Henry, Esq., Government Build ings, Newarke Street, Leicester.

Deane, H. J., Esq., Loughbumugh.I'ii'Kinsorj, J. S., Esq., Knar Lane, Lei

cester.Disney, The Rev. A. K. D., Stoney Stan-

ton Rectory, Hinckley (lion Local Sec retary).

Draper, Major A. T., Friar Lane, LeicesterDyson, A. H., Esq., High Street, Lutter

wortli .Edmonds, Rev. F. S., Foxton Vicarage,

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Soar, Loughborough.Everard, J. B., Esq., J.P., (Higli Sheriff)

Woodville, Knighton Park Rd.,Leicester.Everard, T. W., Esq., J.P., D.L., Brad-

gate House, Leicester.Faire, A. W., Esq., J.P., Elmcote, Elms

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cester.Farnliam, George, Esq., Quorn House,

Quorn, Loughborough.Feaks, Cbas. E., Esq., 44, Stretton Hood,

'I'lie Fosse, Leicester.

Fernie, C. W. B., Esq., J.P., Keythorpe Hall, Leicester.

Flude, Miss Catherine, The Hollins, New Street, Leicester.

Ford, T. H., Esq., Birstall Hill, Lei cester.

Fosbrooke, Leonard, Esq., Ravenstone Hall, Ashby-de-la-Zouch (Hon. Local Secretary).

Fosbrooke, T. H., Esq., Market Street, Leicester (Hon. Assistant Librarian).

Fox, B. H. C., Esq., J.P., Maplewel), Loughborough.

Francis, H. J.,Esq.,Fernbank, Hill Street. Hinckley.

Frears, J. R., Esq., Hillsborough, West- cotes Drive, Leicester.

Freer, Major W. J., D.L., V.D., F.S.A. (Hon. Sec.), The Stony Gate, Leicester.

Freer, Rev. A. S. Beresford, M.A., The Vicarage, Gussage All Saints', Salis bury.

Freer, Miss Ruth W. F. G., Southwell, Notts.

Fripp, The Rev. E. J., B.A., St. John's Road, Stoneygate, Leicester.

Gainsborough, The Rt. Hon. the Earl of, (President), Exton Hall, Oakham.

Garnar, Mrs., Fairview, Knighton Drive, Leicester.

Gee, H. Simpson, Esq., J.P., Knighton Frith, Leicester.

Gee, The Rev. Henry, D.D., F.S.A., Master of University College, The Castle, Durham.

German, John, Esq., J.P., Ashby-de-la- Zouch.

Gilbanks, Rev. G. E., Ratby Vicarage, Leicester.

Gimson, Sydney, A., Esq., 20Glel.eStreet, Leicester.

Gleadow, Mrs. F., Heathfield, Stoneygate, Leicester.

Goadby, Miss Flora S., Inglewood, Knighton, Leicester.

Goodacre, The Rev. F. W., White House, Ashby Parva, Lutterworth.

Goodacre, H. G., Esq., The Court, Ulles- thorpe, Rugby.

Goddard, H. L., Esq., F.R.I.B.A., Market Street, Leicester.

Goode, S., Esq., J.P., Sunnyside, Hinckley.

Coward, Col. S., V.D., D.L., Market Har borough.

Grace, H. J., Esq , Pen Craig, Enderby, Leicester.

(Jranby, The Most Honourable The Marquess of, F.S.A. (President), 16, Arlington Street, London, S.W.

Grant, John, Esq., Gleuelg, Elms Road, Stoueygate, Leicester.


Grewcock, W. T., Esq., 8, New Street,Leicester.

Green, George, Esq., O.C., J.P. (Hon.Local Sec.), Market Havborough.

Green, Kev. E. C., M.A., WymeswoldVicarage, Loughborough.

Griggs, Major F. E., The Holt, ForestBoad, Loughborougli.

Hames, A. L., Esq., Richmond House,The Newarke, Leicester.

Hardington, Geo., Esq., 15, MillstoneLane, Leicester.

Harris, Col. 3. E., M.A., J.P., The Shade,Sharuford, Hinckley.

Harris, W. Cecil, Esq., 3, Airlie Gardens,Campden Hill Road, Kensington, S.W.

Harrison,S.,Esq.,F.K.I.B.A.,St.Martin's,Leicester.

Hartopp, Henry, Esq , 81, Barclay Street.Narborough Road, Leicester.

Harvey, Col. Robt., D.L., V.D., Rothley,Loughborough.

Hassall, John, Esq., J.P., Ashby-de-la- Zouch.

Hastings, Reginald P., Esq., The ManorHouse, Ashby-de-la-Zouch.

Hatchett, Major J., J.P., Ravenstone,Ashby-de-la-Zouch.

Hazlerigg, Sir A. G., Bart. (President),Noseley Hall, Leicester.

Hensman, E. W., Esq., The GrammarSchool, Quorn. Loughborough.

Henton, G. M., Esq., Charuwood House,Victoria Road, Leicester.

Herbert, Albert, Esq., Friar Lane, Lei cester.

Herne, F. S., Esq., 2, Granby Street,Leicester.

Hiley, The Rev. A. J. W., M.A., Wood- house Eaves, Loughborough.

Hilton, Col. M. V., Barrow-ou-Soar,Loughborough.

Hind, W. Harley, Esq., 20, Swaine Street,Bradford, Yorks.

Horspool, W. T. Esq., 189, HinckleyRoad, Leicester.

Howe, The Rt. Hon. the Ear], G.C.V.O.(President), The Woodlands, Uxbridge,Bucks.

Hull, Geo., Esq., Clarendon Park Road,Leicester.

Hurst, B., Esq., J.P., Burbage, Hinckley. Hurst, William, Esq., J.P., Earl Shilton,

Hinckley. Jackson, The Rev. Edmund, M.A. (lion

Local Sec.), Gilmorton Rectory, Lut-terworth.

James, The Rev. A. O., M.A., WanlipRectory, Leicester.

Johnson, Geo. Crawford, Esq., KirbyMuxloe, Leicester.

Johnson, Mrs. T. Melding, Brooktield, Stoneygate, Leicester.

Johnson, Mrs. William Goode, 1876, Georgia Street, Vancouver City, B.C.

Jones, Major C. H., M.A., Meadhurst, Uppingbain.

Jones, C. W., Esq., St. Martin's, Lei cester.

Jones, W. H., Esq., Winnetka, Morlaud Avenue, Leicester.

Joyce, The Hon. Sir M. I., F.S.A. (Presi dent), Hi, Great Cumberland Place, Hyde Park, London.

Kilby, C. W., Esq., 1, Rupert Street, Leicester.

Kitson, C. H., Esq., Mus. Doc., Oxon., St. Fillans, Kimberley Road, Leicester.

Lanesborough, The Right Hon. the Earl of, (President), Swithland Hall, Lough borough .

Landon, The Rev Guy, M.A., Alverstoke Vicarage, Gosport.

Langham, W., Esq., Ashby Magna Cot tage, Lutterworth.

Layng, J. H., Esq., Hinckley.Lea, W. A., Esq., Leahurst, Stoneygate

Road, Leicester.Lehmann, R. C., Esq. (President), Field

Head, Bourne End, Bucks.Lethbridge, The Rev. A., II.A., St.

Peter's Vicarage, Leicester.Levy, Sir Maurice, Bart., M.L'., (Presi

dent), Humberstone Hall, Leicester.Leicester, The Right Rev. The Bishop of,

(President), Aylestone Rectory, Lei cester.

Lilley, Samuel G., Esq., 86, New Walk, Leicester.

Lillingston, G. W., Esq., J.P., Ulvers- croft, Leicester.

MacDouald, J. R.,Esq., M.P. (President), 3, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.

Martin, R. E., Esq., J.P., The Brand, Loughborough.

Marshall, SirJ. Herbert, J.P. (President), Ashleigh, Stoueygate, Leicester.

Mee, C. J. C., Esq., Beechwood, Mey- rick Road, Bournemouth.

Milton, Thomas, Esq., Nether House, East Avenue, Leicester.

Moore, C. A., Esq., M.D., De Montfort Street, Leicester.

Moore, The Rev. (J. T., M.A., J.1J ., Appleby Rectory, Athurstone.

Moore, f!c;orge, Esq., J.I'., Appleby Hall, Atherstone.

Mortlock, The Rev. C. F., M.A., Abirig- ton, Wigston, Leicester.

Moss, Wilfrid, Esq. (lion. Local Sec.), Loughborough.

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Nance, The Rev. Canon, R.D., St. Mary'sVicarage, Leicester.

New, Walter.I., Esq., li.A., Lond. (Hon.Local, Sec.), Melton Mowbray.

New England Historic and Genealogic.nl Society, 18, Somerset Street, Boston, Mass , U.S.A.

Newill, G. E., Esq., Riseholme, GuilfordRoad, Leicester.

New York Public Library, U.S.A. Newhury, tbe Rev. F E., Dishley with

Thorpeacre, Lough borough. Newton, J. Mackenzie, Esq., 51, Park

Road, Loughborough. Oliver, Col. C. F., T.D., Hughenden,

Knighton Park Road, Leicester. Oliver, G. C., Esq., J.P., Stalbridge

House, Eaton Terrace, London, S.VV. Cram, Arthur, Esq., The Spinneys, Jiat-

cliffe Road, Leicester. Oswin, R. B., Esq., Stoneygate Road,

Leicester. Packe, E. Hussey, Esq., J.P., D.L., Prest-

wold Hall, Louglilionmgli. Page, C. II., Esq., 10, New Street, Lei

cester. Paget, T. Guy, Esq., Woodend, Cbiches-

ter. Paget, W. B., Esq., J.P., Southfield,

Loughborough.Paget, Mrs. A. H., 1. West Walk, Lei

cester. Palmer, Sir E. G. B., Bait. (President),

Withcote Hall, Oakham, Parry, The Rev. Hugh, M.A., Tugby

Village, Leicester. Partington, Miss H. C., The Lawn,

Birstall, Leicester. Partridge, F. S., Esq., Ratcliffe Road,

Leicester. Partridge, S. S.,Esq., J.I1 ., Princess Road,

Leicester.Payne, W. H., Esq., J.I'., Hinckley. Peach, H. H., K*q., Portland Towers,

Leicester. Peake, Harold J., Esq., Westbrooke

House, Newbury, Berks. Perkins, Harry, Esq..Town Hall, Lough

borough. Perry-Herrick, Mrs., Beaumanor Park,

Loughborough.Peterborough, The Right Rev. the Lord

Bishop of, D.D., (Patron), The Palace, Peterborough.

Phillips, ()., Esq., Fosse Bank, Oakhutn. Pick, S. IVrkins, Esq.,F.R 1.11.A., fl, Mill

stone Lane, Leici-stn-. Pocliin, MissC. M. V, ,'1'he Manor House,

Wigston Magnn, Leicester. I'owers, (i. \V., Ksq., M.A., Kin-car's

liuildiiiK, Temple, K.C. Pulman, W G. B., Esq., Lutterwortb.

Pulteney, The Rev. A. W. P., M.A., Ashley Rectory, .Market Harborough.

Quarrell, W. H., E*q., M.A., F.S.A., 60, Redcliffe Gardens, London, S.W.

Read, Wrn., Esq., Streatham, Nairobi, via, Mombassa, British East Africa.

Ilendell, The liev. Canon A. M., M.A., Eydon Rectory, Byfield, Norlhants.

Reynolds, H. W., Esq., Barkby Firs, Leicester.

Itichards, H. W. H., Esq., Phoenix Cot tage, Belgrave, Leicester.

Ridley, N. C., Esq., Hnrsefair Street, Leicester.

Robinsou.Tbe Rev.C.L.,M A., St.George » Vicarage, Leicester.

Robinson, Chas. S., Esq., Stanley Road, Leicester.

Rolleston, Sir J. F. L., M.P..J.P., (Presi dent), Glen Parva Grange,, Leicester.

Ross, The Rev. J. A., Darley House, Uoalville, Leicester.

Rudd, G. E., Esq., M.A., Stoneygate School, Leicester.

Itussell, S., Esq., Westcotes Drive, Lei cester.

Rutland, His Grace the Duke of (The Lord Lieutenant, Patron), Id, Arling ton Street, London, S.W.

Salusbury-While, W. Llewellyn, Esq., The Elms, Birstall, Leicester.

Sanders, The Rev. Canon, LL.D., Rothley Vicarage, Leicester.

Siirson, Col. J. E., V.D., D.L., Wood land Avenue, Leicester.

Satcliell, R. W., Esq., Gallon-tree Gate, Leicester.

Scott, C. Tollemache, Esq., D.L., J.P., Market Bosworth Hull, Nuneaton.

Seale, Frank, E»q., 25, Horsefair Street, Leicester.

SL'igeantson, Capt. C. M., Kirby Muxloe, Leicester.

Skillington, J. H., Esq., Kilmurie, A'ic- toria Park Road, Leicester.

Sloane, Mrs. S., 13, Welford Road, Lei cester.

Smith, C. A. Bassett, Esq., Ullesthnrpe, Lutterworth.

Smith, Corbet, Esq.. J.P., Walcote House, Lutterworth.

Smith-Carington, H. H., Esq., J.P., Graugethprpe, Rusholme, Manchester.

Smyth, Edward Percy, Esq., Melton Mowbray.

Sollory, A., Ksq., 3, Albert Road, Stoney gate Road, Leicester.

Somerset, His Grace tbe Duke of, (Presi dent), Maiden Bradley, Bath.

Spalding, J. T., Ksq., J.P., 22, Villa lioud, Nottingham.


Spencer, A. A., Esq., 3, Welford Road, Leicester.

Spencer, C. A., Esq., Stoneygnte, Lei cester.

Spencer, C. H., Esq., 50, Knighton Drive, Leicester.

Spnrway, J. W., Esq., 51, High Cross Street, Leicester.

Spurway, Noel H., Esq., 51, High Cross Street, Leicester.

Squire, S., Esq., Salisbury Road, Lei cester.

Starey, The Rev. E. Douglas, Sharnford Rectory, Hinckley.

Stevenson, R. P., Esq., Syston, Leicester.Stewart, R. C., Dr., County Asylum,

Narborough, Leicester.Stocks, The Ven. Archdeacon, D.D. (Presi

dent), Misterton Rectory, Lutterworth.Stone, S. F., Esq.,.T.P., D.L., Kirby Frith

Hall, Leicester.Stretton, Miss Nellie, Fosse Road House,

Leicester.Tabberer, G. O., Esq., Bushby, Leicester.Taylor, J. W., Esq., Bell Foundry, Lough-

borough.Taylor, John H., Esq., 84, Syston Street,

Leicester.Thomson, Chas. Stuart, Esq., Barrow-on-

Soar, Lough borough.Thomson, H. H., Esq., Halford Cham

bers, Halford Street, Leicester.Topham, L. T., Esq., J.P., Lutterworth

House, Lutterworth.Topham, Miss, Lutterworth House,

Lutterworth.Traylen, H. H., Esq., 16, Broad Street,

Stamford.Tucker, W. T., Esq., Parkside, Lough-

borough.Turner, Joseph, Esq., Blaby, Leicester.Turner, G. C., Esq., Elrnfield Avenue,

Leicester.Turner, J., Esq., J.P., Stanleigh, Donis-

thorpe, Ashby-de-la-Zouch.Turner, Archibald, Ksq., The Cottage,

Swithland, Loughborough.Viccars, W. P., Esq., J,P., Anstey Pas

tures, near Leicester.Vice, W. Armston, Esq., 19, Belvoir

Street, Leicester.

Wakerley, A., Esq., Sykeflekl, WestcotesDrive, Leicester.

Walker, Ralph R., Esq., Ratcliffe Hall,Systou, Leicester.

Walker, T., Esq., Glen Ha!!, Leicester. Walter, Edward, Esq., Croft, Leicester. Walters, Sic J. Tudor, M.P., The Wny-

siile, Oadby, Leicester. Warner, E. H., Esq., D.L., J.P., Quorn

Hall, Loughborough. Wartnaby, J. W., Esq., (Hun. Auditor),

The Oaklands, Stoneygate, Leicester. Watson, The Rev. Wantwortli, M.A.,

Rockinghain Castle, Uppingham. Webster, Miss E., Little Peutling Hall,

Lutterworth. Wolldon, C. L., Esq., Westlands, Welling-

borough. Wells, Sidney, Esq., J.P., Kegworth,

Derby.Whiteley, The Rev. Warwick, M.A., Nar

borough, Leicester. Whittingham, The Rev. W. G., II.A.,

Knighton Vicarage, Leicester. Wigston, W. F. C., Esq., Sorrento Lodge,

Hyde, Isle of Wight. Wills, B. S., Esq., F.R.C S., 84, Uiurel

Road, Leicester. Winckley, The Kev. A. R. T., M.A., 16,

Pearson Avenue, Hull. Winckley.The Kev.S. Thorold, M.A..R.D.

(Hon. Sec.), Houghton-on-the-llill 1'ec-tory, Leicester.

Withers, W. J., Esq., Silver Street, Lei cester.

Winterton, W. H., Esq., The Knoll,Glebe Road, Oadby, Leicester.

Woodhouse, V. M., Esq., Wicliff StreetLeicester.

Woolley, G. H., Esq., Cossingtou, Lei cester.

Wright, James, Esq., J.P., Barrow-Cliff,Loiighhorough.

Wright, Wm., Esq., J.P., One Ash, Qiiorn.Loughborough.

Wykes, L. V., Esq., Friar Lane. Leicester. Young, Adiian, Esq., The Wideniugs,

Nanpantan, Loughborough. Young, Joseph, Esq.,33, Dune Hill Uoad,

Leicester.

This List represents the Membership of the Society OH December Hist. 1IJ12.

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RULES.

1. That the Society be called "THE ARCHITECTURAL AND AIICH^OLOOICAL SOCIETY OF THE COUNTY OF LKICESTER."

2. That the objects of the Society be, to promote the fitudy of Ecclesiastical Architecture, General Antiquities, and the Restoration of .Mutilated Architectural Remains within the County; and to furnish suggestions, KO far as may be within its province, for improving the character of Ecclesiastical Edifices, ami for preserving all ancient remains which the Committee may consider of value and importance.

3. That the Society lie composed of Patrons, Presidents, Treasurer, and Secre taries; and Honorary and Ordinary Members.

4. That the Members of the Society be privileged to propose new Members, either by letter or personally, to be elected at the Committee Meetings; and that Honorary Members shall be gentlemen who have either rendered signal service to the Society, or are specially learned in the subjects the study of which it is formed to encourage, and shall be nominated by the Committee at one of their Meetings, and proposed for election only at the General Annual Meeting of the Members to be held in the January of each year.

5. That Rural Deans within the County of Leicester be ex-officio Members of the Committee, on their signifying an intention to become Members of the Society.

6. That each Member shall pay an Annual Subscription of Ten Shillings, to be due on the first day of January in each year.

7. That the affairs of the Society be conducted by a Committee composed of the Patrons, Presidents, Rural Deans (being Members), all Secretaries of the Society, all Professional Architects (being Members), all Honorary Members, and not less than twenty Ordinary Members, of whom four at least shall have been Members of the Committee of the preceding year.

8. That the Meetings of the Members be held on the last Monday of e\ery alternate month; that one of such Meetings to be held in the month of January be considered the Annual General Meeting, at which the Annual Report and Statement of Accounts be rendered and the Committee for the year be elected, and such new Rules or alterations in the Rules proposed and made as may be thought necessary: provided always that due notice of such new Rules or alteration in Rules be given by circular to each Member of the Society at least seven days before the Annual Meeting. That in addition to the Hi-Monthly Meetings—so including the Annual Meeting—Public Meetings for the reading of Papers, &c., may be held as provided for under Rule 11.

9. That the Committee (of whom five shall be a quorum) have power to add to their number, and to elect from the Society the requisite number of Secretaries.

10. That the Members of the Committee in any neighbourhood may associate other Members of the Society with themselves, and form Committees for Local Purposes in communication with the Central Committee.

11. That the Public Meetings of the Society be holden at such times and places as shall be appointed by the Committee.

12. That the Committee meet at the times and places which they may them selves appoint.

lij. Tlmt the Secretaries be empowered, on llm requisition of five Members of the Committee, to call a Special Meeting of the Society.

14. That Donation* of Architectural and Antiquarian Books, Plans, &c., be received; Unit tin 1 Coininitluo be empowered I" make purchases and procure casts und drawings, which shall be under the charge of the Secretaries.

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15. That when the Committee shall consider any Paper, which may have been read before the Society, worthy of its being printed at its expense, they shall request the author to furnish a copy, and shall decide upon the number of copies to be printed, provided always that the number be sufficient to supply each Member with one copy, and the author with twenty-five copies. All other questions relating to publishing Plans nud Papers, and illustrating them with engravings, shall be decided by the Committee.

IB. That the Committee may every year publish, or join with other Archi tectural and Archaeological Societies in publishing, for circulation among the Members, Transactions to contain descriptions and Papers connected with the objects of the Society.

17. That on application being made to any Member of the Committee, or to the Committee collectively, for the advice of the Society in the restoration of any Church, a Sub-Committee be appointed (of which the Incumbent or Resident Minister be one) to visit the Church, and submit a report in writing to the General Committee.

It*. That all Plans for the building, enlargement, or restoration of churches, schools, &c., sent for the inspection of the Committee, be placed in the hands of one of the Secretaries of the Society, at least fourteen days before the Committee Meeting, for the Secretary to prepare a special report thereon.

1!). That the Committee have power at any Meeting to make grants towards the objects of the Society, provided that if such grant—other than that for carrying out the objects contemplated in Rules 15 and 16—exceed 30s., notice be given in the circular or advertisement calling the Meeting.

The Hi-Monthly Meetings of the Society are held on the last Monday in January, March, May, July, September, and November,—the Meeting in January to he tlie General Meeting for the transaction of business. Committee -Meetings at 2.:jO p.m.; Bi-Monthly Meetings at 3 p.m., at the Society's Room, at the Old Town Library, Guildhall, Leicester.

NOTE.—The Society's Uoom is now at the Old Town Library, Guildhall, St. Martin's, Leicester, where the Library is kept, and is open daily from 10 to 4 for the use of Members. The keys can be obtained from the Hon. Secretaries.

Societies with which tlie Leicestershire Arcliitcctunil and Ai'ch&oloyical Society exchange* " TRANSACTIONS":—

The Antiquarian Society of Stockholm.The Bodleian Library.The British Archaeological Association, London.The Buckinghamshire Architectural and Arclni'ological Society.The Cambridge Antiquarian Society.The Cambridge and Hertfordshire Archaeological Society.The Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Arclncological Society.The Clifton Antiquarian Club.The Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society.The Edinburgh Architectural Association.The Essex Archteological Society.The East Herts. Archii'ological Society.The Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire.


The Kent ArchmoloKical Society.The Leicester and Leicestershire Society of Architects.Tlie North Oxfordshire Architectural Society.The Oxfordshire Architectural Society.The Powys-land Club. (Montgomeryshire.)The lioyal ArchrRological Institute.The St. Alhan's iiml Herts. Architectural and Archajological Society.The Shropshire Arclnuological and Natural History Society.The Society of Antiquaries of London.The Socielte Historique et Arche'ologique de Saint Malo.The Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and Natural History.The Surrey Archaeological Society.The Thoresby Society of Leeds.The Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Association.The Viking Club.

January 30th, 1911.

THE ANNUAL MEETING

of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society, held at the Society's Room, at the Library of the Old Town Hall, Leicester.

S. P. PICK, ESQ., F.R.I.B.A., in the Chair.

Apologies for absence were received from Mrs. Fielding Johnson, Mrs. Paget, Mrs. Wykes, Col. G. C. Bellairs, V.D. (President), W. Harley Hind, Esq., Miss Catherine Flude, and E. R. Morley, Esq.


VOTKS of thanks were passed to the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, for Parts 2 and 3, Vol. XIV. of the New Series of the Transactions, and for the List of Members for 1910; the Shrop shire Archaeological Society, for Part 3, Vol. X. of the Third Series of the Transactions ; and the Yorkshire Archaeological Society, for Part 1, Vol. XXI. of the Transactions, and for the List of Members for 1910.

Major Freer reported that u Committee had been held at Leicester of representatives of all the Societies contributing to the Associated Volume. The Rev. S. T. Wiuckley, Dr. E. H. Day and he (the Hon. Sec.) had attended as delegates on behalf of this Society, and the result had been very satisfactory. It had bec'ii arranged to hold a joint Conference before the publication of every part of the Associated Volume, and arrangements had

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been made whereby all the different Societies should have a fair percentage of space for the future.

This the Committee thought very satisfactory, and a hearty vote of thanks was passed to Major Freer, Dr. Day and the Rev. S. T. Winckley for their efforts to bring the editing of the Societies' Reports and Papers to a satisfactory conclusion.

The following Accounts were passed for payment :—

Messrs. Morton & Sons, for printing Associated Volume, &c. ;Messrs. Clarke & Satchell, for printing 400 copies of the

Society's Transactions and one year's general printing, &c. ;The Earthworks Committee, for 300 copies of the Earthworks

Report.

Major Freer reported that a Joint Committee had been formed to deal with the question of endeavouring to save William of Wyggeston's Chantry and other Houses in the Newarke, Leicester.

Two Meetings had been held, and a Scheme had beeu formulated to obtain an option to purchase the property from the owners, The London City and Midland Bank. For this purpose it had been necessary to guarantee the sum of .£500, and he was pleased to report that this sum had been promised. The following is a list of the Guarantors of £50 each :—H. H. Srnith-Carington, Esq. (the High Sheriff), S. Perkins Pick, Esq., Sidney Gimson, Esq., Stoekdale Harrison, Esq., Major Freer, V.D., F.S.A., T. Fielding Johnson, Esq., J. Russell Frears, Esq., C. F. Oliver, Esq., G. C. Turner, Esq., and James Wright, Esq. The terms of the option were now being discussed, and it was hoped that a satisfactory arrangement would be come to whereby these valuable relics of Old Leicester might be saved for the present, thus giving an opportunity for the raising of a Fund to purchase the same.

On the proposition of the Rev. S. T. Winckley, seconded by the Rev. E. Jackson, it was RESOLVED that the best thanks of the Society be given to the Guarantors for the public spirit they had shown in coming forward to help in a matter of such urgent local importance.

A donation of 10s. 6d. to the above object was received from Dr. N. C. Ridley.

Major Freer then read the Fifty-sixth Annual Report and pre sented the Accounts for the year 1910. The Report was as follows :—


THE 56i-H ANNUAL REPORT.

BEFORE proceeding with the usual Summary of the year's work in the Report, we desire to refer to a resolution which was passed at the Bi-monthly Meeting of the Society on the 30th May last :—

" Before proceeding with the business of the day, we the Members " of the Leicester Architectural and Archaeological Society in Meeting " assembled, desire to place on record our profound sorrow on account " of the untimely death of His Most Gracious Majesty King Edward the " Seventh, our continued and unalterable loyalty and devotion to the " Crown, and our respectful sympathy with His Most Excellent Majesty " King George the Fifth, their Majesties Queen Mary and the Queen " Mother, and the Members of the Royal Family in their bereavement."

The deputation from the inhabitants of Leicestershire who presented an address to His Majesty King George the Fifth, at St. James's Palace, on Wednesday, June 22nd, 1910, were all members of this Society, viz.. His Grace the Duke of Rutland the Lord Lieutenant, the High Sheriff H. H. Smith- Carington, Esq., I'hos. Cope. Esq., Chairman of Quarter Sessions and of the County Council, The Right Hon. Sir C. B. McLaren, Bart., P.C., M.P., Richard Dalgleish, Esq., D.L.. Chairman of the Leicestershire Territorial Association, and Major W. J. Freer, V.D , F.S.A., Clerk to the Lieutenancy.

We are pleased to be able to report a continued increase of Membership, but have to deplore the loss by death of the following valued members :—Sir Charles Hayes Marriott (one of our Presidents) will much be missed in the County; he was elected a member in 1905. By the death of the late Clifford Waterman Chaplin, Esq., J.P , we have lost one of our oldest members; he took much interest in our work and was elected a member as far back as 1870. Mr. William Richards joined us in 1908.

The following have resigned their membership :—Charles Baker, Esq., an old member (from ill health), the Rev. T. M. Brown, Mr. W. H. Bailey (of Derby), Rev. A. J. Greaves, Mr. F. VV. Hill, C.C., Rev. A. L. Phillips (who has left the County), Mr. C. Squire, F. Thomasson, Esq., F. Griffith, Esq., and the Rev. A. M. Cott. On the other hand we have elected 27 new members, leaving a net gain on the year of 14.

The following new members have been elected :—In January. Hugh Goodacre, Esq., The Court, Ullesthorpe, Rugby; Col.

Robert Harvey, V.D., Rothley, Leicester; Wm. Read, Esq., Westcotes Drive, Leicester; George Chitham, Esq. (Mayor of Leicester), Elmhurst, Stanley Road, Leicester; W. F. Martin, Esq., The Brand, Loughborough; Archibald Turner, Esq., The Cottage, Swithland, Loughborough ; J. C. Eady, Esq., J.P., St. Mary's, Market Harborough ; Col. M. V. Hilton, Strancliffe, Barrow-on-Soar, Lough borough; Albert Herbert, Esq., Friar Lane, Leicester; P. H. Lockhart, Esq., The Cable House, Stoughton Drive, Leicester.

In March. H. F. Traylen, Esq., 16, Broad Street, Stamford; W. H. Burch- nall, Esq., Burton Walks, Loughborough ; Miss E. M. Sawyer (Hon. Local Secretary), The Vicarage, Ashby-de-la-Zouch ; J. H. Layng, Esq., Hinckley.

In May. The Rev, Ambrose Lethbridge, M.A., St. Margaret's Vicarage, Leicester; Thos. Milton, Esq., Hartington, Central Avenue, Leicester.

In July. \. J. Gimson, Esq., The White House, Clarendon Park, Leicester; The Rev. A. Lang, M A , St. Martin's Vicarage, Leicester ; W. T. Grewcock, Esq., 8, New Street, Leicester ; H. J. Francis, Esq., Fern Bank, Hill Street, Hinckley.

In November. The Most Hon. The Marquess of Grrmby (and a President), ib. Arlington Street, London, S.W.; The Rev. H. Gee, D.D., F.S.A.. Master of University College, The Castle, Durham; Mrs. J. H. Paget, i. West Walk, Leicester; T. Stanifoi th, Esq., Inglenook, Crowle, Doncaster; C. D. Ruding

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Bryan, Esq., Lyddington, Clifton, Bristol; Wm. T. Tucker, Esq., Parkside, Loughborough ; Miss Catherine Flude, 16, New Street, Leicester.

THE PROPOSED DEMOLITION OF WILLIAM WYGGESTON'S CHANTRY HOUSE.

At a Special Meeting of this Society held on November the 28tli, and well attended, S. PerkinsPick, Esq., F.R.I.B.A., in the chair, the following Resolution was unanimously passed on the proposition of Major Freer, V.D., F.S.A., and ordered to be sent to the Town Clerk.

" That we, the members of the Leicestershire Architectural and " Archaeological Society in Special Meeting assembled, do hereby place " on record our unanimous protest against the proposed demolition of " William Wyggeston's Chantry House, date 1511, and the two adjoining " houses in the Newarke, Leicester; and call upon the Mayor and " Corporation of this Ancient Borough, and the Inhabitants of the " Town and County, to join with this and other Societies in helping to " preserve these relics of one of Leicester's greatest benefactors."

" That a Committee be formed to act with Committees from the " Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society, the Leicestershire " Society of Architects, the Leicester Society of Artists, and the " Leicester Kyrle Society, with power to act."

A sum of £ 100 was voted to the Committee, and the following were appointed on the Committee:—His Grace the Duke of Rutland (Patron). J. W. Wartnaby, Esq., Mrs. T. Fielding Johnson. Sidney Gimson, Esq., and the three Hon. Secretaries, Major Freer, V.D., F.S.A., the Rev. E. H. Day, D.D., F.S.A., and the Rev. S. Thorold Winckley, M.A., R.D.

A Conference of the Representatives of the five Societies has since been held and active steps are being taken to try and save these relics of old Leicester.

A strong protest was sent in March last to the Mayor and Corporation of Banbury against the sale of the famous Globe Room of the Reindeer Inn, Banbury, which it was proposed should go to the United States. Your Com mittee much regret to report that the Corporation has declined to do anything in the matter.

The Annual Excursion was made to Chipping Norton, Burford, and the neighbourhood, on June 2oth and 2ist last, under the able guidance of the Rev. S. T. Winckley, M.A., R.D., the Organising Hon. Secretary. Some forty mem bers attended and had a thoroughly enjoyable visit. It is hoped that an account of the excursion will be published in our Transactions.

On the z6th day of July last an interesting visit was paid to Houghton-on-the Hill by about fifty members, under the same guidance. Ingarsby Grange was also visited on the way to Quenby Hall, which has now been well restored by Mrs. Greaves, who very kindly entertained the party to tea. We note that the late Mr. Bodley's last professional visit was paid to Quenby.

Your Committee much regret that only one paper has been read this year (as against six last year) namely, one on " Old Leicester," by S. P. Pick, Esq., F.R.I.B,A., and the Committee appeals to members to send in papers to the Hon. Secretaries.

The third and fourth volumes of the Leicestershire Marriage Registers have been published by Messrs. Phillimore & Co., of London, and fully maintain their interest and usefulness. More subscribers are needed. Names may be sent in to your Hon. Secretaries.

The British Numismatic Society has just issued its 6th Annual Volume to members, and the high standard originally set is well maintained. Major Freer has been re-elected a member of the Council.

The Annual Congress of Archaeological Societies was held at Burlington

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House, London, on Wednesday, July the 6th, and was attended by Major Freer, V.D., F.S.A. Your other representative, Mr. W. H. Quarrell, M.A., was un avoidably prevented from being present. Major Freer was re elected a member of the Council. Your Comrniltee recommend that those two gentlemen be re-appointed for 1911. This Society has subscribed for copies of the Report, and also for the Revised Instructions as to Earthworks, and each member has received a copy together with the last part of our Transactions and the yearly part of the Associated Societies' Volume.

At the Kxhibition of i5th Century Alabaster Monuments, at the Rooms of the Society of Antiquaries, at Burlington House, London, last summer, some interesting photographs by Dr. R. C. Stewart, of an Alabaster Monument in Melton Church, and the incised Tablets in the Farnham Chapel in Quorn Church, were shown. They have been framed by the Society.

A Conference has taken place at Leicester between the Representatives of the Associated Archaeological Societies, under the Chairmanship of Major Freer, and the result will be an early publication of the Associated Volume. It is intended to hold a Conference each year in one of the centres.

We cannot conclude our Report without calling attention to the First Inventory issued by the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England) of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire. The ist Edition is now out of print although only just published (price n/6).

The worl< is very complete, and each Parish is dealt with in alphabetical order, under the following heads:—i —Pre-historic Monuments and Earthworks. 2—Roman Monuments and Earthworks. 3—English Ecclesiastical Monuments. 4—English Secular Monuments. 5—Unclassified Monuments. The Inventory is well illustrated with Maps, Plans, and Photographs.

CHURCH AND OTHER WORK IN THE COUNTY.Asfordby.—Sanctuary floor. Cost £40.Asltby-de-la-Zouch.—Parish Church. Picture in Reredos. Cost £45. Holy

Trinity Church heating apparatus. Cost £20.Ashby Folville.—Churchyard wall re-built. Aston Flamville.—Church clock.Harwell.—On the 22nd January the east window of this Church was dedicated

by the Lord Bishop of Peterborough in memory of the late Rector, the Rev. Richard Titley (for many years a valued Hon. Local Secretary of this Society for the Hinckley District). The inscription is as follows:—"To the Glory of God and in beloved memory of the Rev. Richard Titley, MA., R.D , J.P., C.C.. 43 years Rector of Marwell-cum-Stapleton, and Potters Marston, who died April igth, igog, aged 78 years, this window is dedicated by his grateful parish ioners and friends, as a testimony of his faithful ministry in this parish, and his devoted work for the County of Leicester." Also a carved reredos. Cost £265.

Burbage.—Boiler to heating apparatus. Cost £40.Blaby.—On November 7th, the new organ chamber and vestry were dedicated

by the Bishop of Peterborough. This chamber has been built by Messrs. Halford, on the north side of the chancel which the new vestry adjoins. Cost £450. The organ has been re-built and enlarged by Messrs. Porritt, of Leicester.

Breedon-on-the-Hill.—Heating chamber in church. Cost £30. Broughtan Astley.— Repairs to spire and clock. Cost ^65. Bruiitingthorpe.— Oak reredos and repairs to church. Cost £80. Coleorton.—Gifts of brass altar rails, altar desk and book.Ciisby.—The old fashioned high deal pews have been removed, a new wood

block floor on concrete has been laid down, and the church fitted with new oak

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seats. The old screen has been restored where it had been cut away, and also the portions of the stone pillars.

An oak vestibule has been added to the main door Mr. J. F. ]. Goodacre is the architect. Cost about £400.

Coston.—Enlargement of parish room.Dunton Bassttt.—New vestry. Cost £130.Earl Shilton.—Extension of choir stalls. Churchyard pavement. Cost £50.Edmondthorpe.—Chiming clock. Cost £128.Enderby.—New burial ground levelled and drained. Cost £50.Harby.—Completion of chancel stalls. Cost £450.Hathern.—Additions to organ. Cost £63.Hinchley, Holy Trinity.—This new church was consecrated by the Bishop of

Peterborough, and has been built to replace the old church, built some 70 years ago by Mrs. Frewen Turner, which had become too small for the needs of the parish. The parishioners have raised about ^4,000 out of the £5,000 required for the first portion. A grant of £100 has been made by the Leicester Church Extension Board. The church is built of granite given by R. Frewen Martin, Esq., J.P., from the Stoney Stanton quarries. The freestone is the mottled stone from the Alton quarries. The portion built consists of the nave, chancel, north aisle, vestries and organ chamber, and holds 460 persons. Mr. W. H. Ellis, of Birmingham, is the architect. The Sunday school children have given a stone and marble font, a carved stone pulpit, and an oak communion table with frontal, &c., costing £70.

Htigglescots.—A lych gate has been placed at the entrance to the churchyard, given in memory of George Towle Wills (son of Dr. and Mrs. Wills, of Derby), who died November 7th, 1903, at Los Angeles, California. The gate has a square stone base, from which wooden beams rise to support the tiled roof. A new boundary fence, facing the street, has been erected by the churchwardens.

Kibworth.—Two new bells have been placed in the tower. Cost £91.Kirby Muxloe.—A new County Council school situate in the Barwell Road (site

J of an acre) was opened by Alderman Thos. Cope, Chairman of the Council. It will hold 220 children, and is built round a central hall, fine class rooms being provided for 130 older children and 90 infants. The building is heated on a low pressure hot water system, and is amply lighted and ventilated. A tiled dado runs round the whole school, and the walls above are plastered. The floors are wood blocks on concrete, except in the cloak rooms, where they have been finished in marble mosaic. The exterior is built of faced sand bricks with Ketton stone dressings. The roof is tiled. The playgrounds are limestone tar paving. The architect was Mr. Walter Brand, of Leicester. On the south side is a school garden.

LEICESTER :—Att Souls'.—On October I5th, the foundation stone of the Church Hall was

laid by Lady Mary Glyn. The electric lighting of the church has been re-fitted. The representatives of the Needham Family have given an additional piece of land worth £187 IDS. od. towards the site of a Vicarage House. The total amount expended by the family on the site and church has been increased from £10,000 to £13,000.

Aylestone.—A faldstool has been given.Evington,—Extension of churchyard. Cost £100.Evington, St. Philip's.—The first portion of this church, consisting of the

chancel and the first four bays of the nave, has been built at a cost of £5,000 (including furniture) and dedicated.

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St. Andrew's.—A stained glass window has been placed in this church to the memory of Miss Isabella Annie Fowke, who died on iyth June, 1909, and left £100 for the purpose. It is a two-light window by Burlison and Gry 11s, of London. SS. Philip and James are represented in the two lights, and in the circular light above is shown S. Matthew writing his gospel. Rebuilding of enlarged mission room. Cost £400.

St. Augustine's, Newfoundpool.— Boiler for heating apparatus, and furniture for parish room. Cost £120.

St. John the Evangelist.—Repointing of outside of church. £200.St. Mark's.—Sanctuary mural paintings were dedicated by the Bishop ot

Peterborough on June 28th, which with repairs cost £600.St. Mary's.— Equipment and part purchase of mission room. Cost £140.St. Michatl's.— Electric lighting, and completion of church and fence. Cost

£240.St. Matthew's.—New choir vestry given by Mr. A. Stevenson (Vicar's

Warden), new altar by Rev. W. Whitworth (Senior Curate), new brass lectern by the Sharp family in memory of their father, who for many years was a warden. Marble floor in chancel by the Lovell family in memory of their parents. Font cover and marble base for lectern by Messrs. E. J. & J. Sansome, new oak choir stalls by the trustees of the late Mr. G. A. Robinson, stained glass window in memory of the late Mr. J. W. Johnson, for many years warden, publicly subscribed for. Com pletion of the Children's window, and inclusion of a third light. New electric light, heating apparatus, and decoration of chancel, and other gifts ; total cost £2,100. The Bishop of Peterborough dedicated the above in December last.

St. Peter's.—Organ enlarged at a cost of £580. St. Hilda's.— New heating apparatus. £250. St. Stephen's.—Formation of Lady Chapel in South Aisle.Leicester Girls' Social Guild.—New premises were opened by Mrs. G. H.

Ellis, in Colton Street. The architect is Mr. F. B. Cooper, of Leicester, and the Hall on the first floor will hold 350 people. Total cost £2,360.

New Masonic Hall, London Road, Leicester.On Monday, April i2th, this Hall was formally dedicated by the Rt. Hon.

Lord Ampthill, G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., Prov. Grand Master of England, in the presence of some 500 brethren, including the Rt. Hon. Earl Ferrers. Prov. Grand Master; E. Holmes, P.A.G.D.C., Depy. Prov. Grand Master; C. F. Oliver, Prov. Grand Secretary ; C. Bennion, Prov. Grand Treasurer; W. J. Freer, Depy. Prov. Grand Mark Master for Leicestershire and Rutland ; Sir J. H. Marshall, P.S., Grand Deacon; and many other well known brethren. The Masonic Hall in Halford Street was built about the year 1859, and at that time was considered a fine building. But at that period the population of Leicester was only some 60,000, as compared with nearly a quarter of a million to-day. Since its erection many alterations have been made in the Halford Street hall, but with the increasing numbers it has been found impossible to provide the accommo dation demanded, and for some years it has been felt that the hall was altogether inadequate, and unworthy of the Freemasons of the province

A large house and garden, formerly in the occupation of Miss Nedham, on the east side of London Road, a short distance from the Midland Station, was secured. It was examined by many professional men connected with the craft, and all of them recognised that it had great possibilities. The property consisted of a large house facing London Road, with a spacious garden in the rear, the total area being about i,600 yards. With a view of securing the best possible building, the committee decided to throw open the designs for competition, and a large number of architects sent in competitive drawings. These were submitted to Mr. S. Perkins Pick, F.R.I.B. A., and after careful adjudication he awarded the

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first prize to Mr. H. H. Thomson, F.R.I.B.A. ; the second prize to Mr. W. W. Cowdell, F.R.I.B.A.; and the third prize to Mr. R W. Beddingfield, F.R.I.B.A. The drawings were on exhibition for some time, and the opinion of the assessor was upheld by the general approval of the large number who inspected the plans.

The Committee entrusted the work to Mr. Thomson, and the buildings have been carried out under his direction, substantially in accordance with the competitive drawings he submitted, the alterations being mainly matters of detail. The whole of the scheme is not yet complete, but the portion carried out is part of the complete design, and provision is made for future extension on lines which will add to, and not detract from, the beauty of the building as a whole. The architect has been warmly congratulated on the success of his work, and the general opinion is that Leicester's new Masonic Hall is equal, if not superior, to any building of a similar nature in the provinces. The design is dignified, broad, and refined. Mr. Thomson has avoided the temptation to superfluous ornament, and his work is elegant and sound. After many vicissi tudes the Freemasons of Leicestershire and Rutland have a building which is eminently comfortable, if not actually luxurious, and which will be appreciated by all connected with the craft.

The new buildings, which are in the rear of the old house, are connected by a fine corridor 7ft. 6in. wide, and about 65ft. long, with handsome pavement in a bold pattern of black and white. The reception rooms on the north of the corridor are adapted as robing rooms, while on the south side are the caretakers' apartments, and, approached by a subsidiary staircase, the robing rooms for the provincial grand officers. The corridor leads to an ante-room, and the dining room. The latter is 55ft. by 35ft., and i6ft. 6in. high, with a roof of reinforced concrete, dispensing with girders. It will accommodate about 160 guests, and the ante-room being furnished with casement doors, can be opened out into the main dining room, thus affording seating accommodation for over 200. Leading off the dining room, but having no doors into the corridor, are the servery and kitchens. These can be entered from the garden, and are well lighted from the roof, and fitted with every modern convenience.

Midway along the corridor on the north side, is the grand staircase leading to the lodge room. The staircase itself is of concrete, and the upper corridor has a Doloment floor in bold pattern of black and white. This leads by a second and shorter flight of steps to the ante-room, off which is a smaller ante-room. The lodge room, which is over the dining room, is a handsome apartment 66ft. long by 35ft. wide. It is divided into three bays, separated by coupled Ionic columns with pilasters, and is lighted by three dormer windows above the main cornice, cutting into the curve of the segmental ceiling. The ceiling is in fibrous plaster, the ornament being of the Renaissance type, in perfect keeping with the general design of the room. At the east end is a raised dais, with panelling 9 feet high in Kauri pine, polished, and in the centre is a coat of arms executed in plaster, coloured and gilt. On either side are cherubs' heads, and ornaments of wheat and fruit carved on the pilasters of Kauri pine. At the west end is the organ gallery with projecting balcony supported on Doric columns. The hall is lighted by two very fine electroliers in oxydised brass with Renaissance ornament, in harmony with the general scheme of decoration. No heating pipes or radiators are to be seen, the heating and ventilation of the room being effected by what is called the Plenum system, under which warm air is driven into the hall near the ceiling, and the vitiated air extracted near the floor.

Leicester Infirmary Nursing Home.—This Home, facing Knighton Street, costing ^22,500, was opened by Mrs. Fielding Johnson, of Brookfield, Leicester, in February last. The block is arranged in the shape of an E, the main front is 208 feet in length, and the wings face east and west. The main building is four stories high above ground, the communicating corridors, recreation and other rooms on the north side of the building being of one story only. The style is Georgian in character, and the architects are Messrs. Everard, Son, & Pick, of Leicester.

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The Edward Wood Hall has been built on the London Road, adjoining the Victoria Church, at a cost of £14,000, including furniture. The hall is a beauti ful one, being light and airy, and will seat 800 people. The architect is Mr. G. Lawton Brown.

Melton Mowbray.—Repairs to the church roof, floor, and organ, cost £220. The third of the new King Edward VII. County Council Grammar Schools has been opened by Aid. Thos. Cope. A good site was obtained on the top of Burton Hill, and a school built for 150 scholars of both sexes, with room fora future wing to be added when required. Externally the buildings are faced with red pressed bricks, and dressings in salmon, buff, and terra cotta. Mr. E. Shelbourne was the architect, and Messrs. T. and H. Derman the contractors. There is a lofty central hall, with other rooms opening into the same.

Narborough,—A church room has been built costing £200.Newbold Vcrdon,— A new junior school has been built by the County Council,

and was opened by Mr. Thos. Cope. The school will hold 140 children. There are three class rooms and a central hall. The building can be enlarged to accommodate 200 children. The architect was Mr. E. G. Fowler, of the County Education Office. A school garden has also been provided.

Oadby.—" Corah Hall " has been given to the Frame Work Knitters' Homes by J. A. Corah and A. Corah, Esqrs. The hall was opened by Mr. Alexander Lorrimer, the Master of Frame V/ork Knitters' Company. Mr. A. T. Draper, of Leicester, was the architect.

A new porch was dedicated by the Bishop, and also a new stained glass window given by G. H. Hodges, Esq., J.P., in memory of his wife.

Orton-on-thi-Hill.—The spire has been restored. Cost £40.Quorntloii.—Oak altar rails, credence table, and sanctuary carpet. Cost £75.Rothley.—A brass lectern has been subscribed for in memory of the late Vicar,

the Rev. R. Burton, J.P. The inscription runs " To the greater Glory of God, and in pious memory of his servant Richard Burton, through fifty years Curate and Vicar of Rothley. This memorial is dedicated by his parishioners and friends, 1909." Cost ^105.

Sharnford.—New choir desks, pulpit railing, and desk. Cost £22. Shepshed.—Bells repaired, partitions in schools, heating, &c. Cost £220. Smeeton Westerby.—Stables and coach house to Vicarage. Cost £240.Stoney Stanton.—On September 26th, the Bishop of Leicester dedicated a new

South Porch, given by the parishioners and friends of the Rector, the Rev. A. E. Disney, as a commemoration of 25 years' service in the parish, with a suitable inscription. Cost £80.

Stanford.—Repairs to tower. Cost £100. Swinford.—Repairs to church yard wall.Stake Golding.—The tower and spire have been restored, and two new bells and

frame added ; cost £515. One bell was provided by subscription and the other given by Mr. W. W. Worthington, of the Old Hall, Netherseal.

Thurnby.—The new Vicarage has been completed. Total cost £2,000.Thringstone.—Half-an-acre of land has been given to the churchyard from the

glebe, and was consecrated by the Bishop of Leicester, on March lyth. The cost of laying out, walling, and draining was £106.

Wanlip.—A Memorial East Window of three lights; the centre light showing Our Lord with a child in His arms, on either side the Patron Saints SS. Mary and Nicholas. Inscription : " To the Glory of God, and in memory of Wm. Hy. Palmer, M.A., 32 years Rector of this Parish (1875-1907). This window is dedicated by parishioners and friends."

Whitwicli, St. John's.—Organ re-built.Whitwick, St. Andrew's,—Churchyard enlarged.

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Willoughby Watsrless.—\ new stone porch, a stained glass window, oak altar and rails, and an organ screen have been added to the church. The porch has two windows. The new "Incarnation" window is in the wall opposite. The central figure is the Virgin and Child, and right and left SS. John and Luke Inscription: "To the Glory of God and in loving memory of Wm. and Ann Lowe, this window was given by their son, Thomas Slawson Lowe, of Countes- thorpe. Dedicated this i3th day of May, 1910." The Bishop of Leicester dedicated the new work.

Woodhottse.—New peal of six bells. Cost £320.

Woodhouse Eaves.—Mrs. Perry-Herrick gave an acre of land, and ^200 has been raised to lay out the same. The Lord Bishop of Peterborough consecrated it. The Vicar has placed a Runic Cross in the churchyard, copied by Mr. Crosland McClure from one at Gosforth, Cumberland.

ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR 1910.

RECEIPTS.

188 14107 17

By Balance in Bank ,, Subscriptions, 1910 ,, Arrears collected by Hon.

Treasurer .. ..1416 ,, One Subscription paid in

advance (1911) •• o 10 ,, Leicester Corporation

Dividend .. ... 2 17 ,, Bank Interest .. ..20 „ Sate of Transactions .. 05 ,, Rev. S. T. Winckley

(Balance :—Excursion,June, 1910) .. .. ii

,, Mrs. Burbidge - Hambly(Donation re NewarkeProperty) .. .. i i

W. J. FREER, F.S.A.,Hon. Treasurer.

£3*9 3 5

PAYMENTS.£ s. d

To Congress ArchaeologicalSocieties for copies ofReports .. .. 336

,, A. P. Moore, Esq., Tran scribing Index Records&c. .. .. ..720

,, Leicester Corporation(Rent of Society'sRoom and Caretaker'sSalary) .. .. ..476

,, Subscriptions to kindredSocieties .. ..390

,, Griffin,"LearnedSocieties'Year Book " .. ..060

,, Phillimore & Co., 3 Vols.Marriage Registers .. i 12 6

,, Morton & Sons, Limited,Printing AssociatedVolume.. .. .. 55 o o

,, Clarke & Satchell, Printingand Bookbinding .. 20 10 '6

,, Pickering, Lantern AnnualMeeting .. .. o 10 o

„ Day, Picture Frames ..089 „ Alliance Insurance Co.,

Fire Premium.. .. 060 Cheque Book .. ..05Balance in Bank .

£319 3 5

January 17ifi, 1911

Audited and found correct,

JOHN W. WARTNABY,Hon. Auditor.


The Report and Accounts were unanimously adopted on the proposition of the Rev. E. Jackson, seconded by Mr. H. Hartopp, and a special VOTE of thanks was accorded to Major Freer and Dr. Day for their work during the past year.

A VOTE of thanks was passed to A. Hamilton Thompson, Esq., F.S.A., M.A., for his detailed accounts of the Society's Excursions to Newark, Brant Broughton, and Lincoln, in June 1907, and to Kettering, Oundle and the neighbourhood in 1908.

The question of having a Lunch to be followed by a Lecture this year was again discussed, and the matter was left to the Hon. Secretaries to deal with.

It was RESOLVED on the application of the Leicester Free Library Committee to present the Committee with copies of the Society's Annual Reports for the years 1907, 1908, and 1909, to complete the Reports they already had.

Dr. Day suggested that for the Society's Annual Excursion the district around Boston should be visited, making Boston the headquarters, and that Mr. Hamilton Thompson be asked to act as guide ; or as an alternative, the Fen district.

The following new Members were elected :—Edward Percy Smyth, Esq., Solicitor, Melton Mowbray; Capt. Burns, Lees- thorpe Hall, Melton Mowbray ; C. J. C. Mee, Esq., Bournemouth; E. T. Allcock, Esq., A.R.I.B.A., 55, Forest Road, Loughborough.

The Committee and Officers of the Society were re-elected on the proposition of the Rev. A. 0. James, seconded by Mr. S. P. Pick, with a VOTE of thanks for their services during the past year.

The following were then exhibited :—

BY THE REV. S. T. WINOKLE? (for Miss BEATRICE SPENCER) :— A series of Photographs of Quenby Hall, Leicester.

VOTES of thanks to the Mayor for the use of the Society's Room, to the Editor of the Leicester Daily Post for reporting the pro ceedings of the Society, and to the Chairman for presiding, ended the Meeting.

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March 27th, 1911. Bi-Monthly Meeting, held at the Society's Room, at the Library of the Old Town Hall, Leicester.

REV. A. 0. JAMES, M.A., in the Chair.

Apologies for absence were received from Col. G. C. Bellairs, V.D., J.P., Dr. E. Hermitage Day, D.D., F.S.A. (Hon. Secretary), Miss Catherine Flude, and Mrs. Fielding Johnson.


A VOTE of thanks was passed to the Leicester Museum and Art Gallery Committee for the Tenth Annual Report to the Town Council.

Major Freer referred to the loss that the Society and the Diocese had sustained in the death of the late A. P. Moore, Esq., B.C.L., Bishop's Secretary and Registrar for the Archdeaconry, and moved that a letter of condolence be sent to his relatives. He also referred with regret to the death of Mr. Arthur J. Gimson, who only became a Member last year.

PRESERVATION OF THE OLD HOUSES IN THE NEWARKE.

The Hon. Financial Secretary, Major Freer, reported that several gentlemen had agreed to pay £50 each to the owners of this property for a two years' option of purchase for £7500. This will save these interesting relics for the present, and give time for a fund to be raised by the Members of the five Societies interested, towards the purchase money.

This Society and the Society of Architects have already voted £100 and £50 respectively for this purpose.

The question of the Society's Annual Excursion was considered, and it was RESOLVED to have the Excursion on July 3rd and 4th, to either the Marsh or the Fenland Churches, with headquarters at Wisbech or Boston. It was agreed to leave the arrangements to the Excursion Sub-Committee and to Mr. A. Hamilton Thompson, M.A.

Mr. Hartopp produced the specimen copy of Index to the names of Females appearing in the Abstracts of Leicestershire Marriage Bonds and Licences, 1570 to 1729, which was about to be printed by the Society. It was RESOLVED to fix the price of the Volume at 5s., and Mr. Hartopp was thanked for the time and trouble he had given to the matter.


Mr. Havtopp reported that the British Record Society desired this Society to co-operate with them in transcribing and printing a Calendar of Leicestershire Wills find Administrations from 1660 to 1780, or thereabouts. The time occupied in the work would be from four to five years. After consideration, it was RESOLVED to adjourn the matter until after the Meeting of the British Record Society.

It was RESOLVED, on the proposition of Major Freer, seconded by Mr. j lartopp, that the Society become Members of the British Numismatic Society, the subscription being Ml Is. a year.


BY H. J. FRANCIS, ESQ. :—-A fine Bronze Celt, found upon a farm near Lincoln in 1810.

BY THE REV. S. T. WINCKLEY :—A series of Photographs showing excavations now being carried out at Bardney Abbey.

BY MAJOR FREER (for MR. RANDALL) :—Some old Deeds relating to the parishes of South Croxton, Ashby Folville, Barsby and district.

The following new Members were elected :—B. S. Baldwin, Esq. 1, Welford Road, Leicester ; F. S. Partridge, Esq., Ratcliffe Road, Leicester; Leopold E. Choice, Esq., Poyntou, Stockport.

VOTES of thanks to the Chairman and to the Exhibitors ended the Meeting.



Apologies for absence were received from Col. G. C. Bellairs, V.D., J.P., Mrs. Fielding Johnson, T. W Everard, Esq., D.L., S. Perkins Pick, Esq., F.R.I.B.A., The Rev. A. O. James, M.A., and T. Bailey, Esq.

The Minutes of the last Meeting were read nnd confirmed.

VOTES of thanks were received for Parts 3 and 4 of Vol. X. oi this Society's Transactions, from the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, and the Cambridge and Hunts Archaeological Society.

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VOTES of thanks were passed to the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, for Part 1, Vol. XV. of the Proceedings; to the Essex Archaeological Society, for Part 1, Vol. XII. of the Now Series of their Transactions ; to the Shropshire Archaeological Society, for Part 1, Vol. I. Fourth Series of their Transactions : to the Viking Club, for Part 1, Vol. VII. of the Saga Book; and to the York shire Archaeological Society, for Part 2, Vol. XXI. of their Journal.

A letter was read from Miss Moore thanking the Society for the Letter of Condolence passed at the last Meeting, on the death of her brother, the late A. P. Moore, Esq., B.C.L.

A letter was also read from T. M. Blagg, Esq., F.S.A., Hon. General Editor British .Record Society, accepting this Society's offer of £10 a year for five years towards the cost of printing aud publishing the Calendar of Leicestershire Wills, 1660-1800. The total cost will be about £200. The Society would be supplied with 300 copies for distribution among its members. The work of transcribing the documents would cost from £30 to ,£40, of which the British Record Society had agreed to contribute half. Sir M. I. Joyce, F.S.A.., has given a sum of £5 to start the work. On the proposition of Major Freer, seconded by the Rev. S. T. Winckley, it was RESOLVED to guarantee the raising of the £15 on behalf of the Society towards the object, subscriptions from Members to be deducted from the £15 guaranteed.

A letter was read from S. P. Pick, Esq., F.R.I.B.A., respecting a panel of the 14th century glass at one time at the old house in Highcross Street, the whole of which (with the exception of this panel) was purchased by this Society many years ago, and recently offered to the Corporation. The letter stated that the panel was sold in London for £20, and it is hoped that the Corporation will see their way to repurchase it. In the meantime Mr. Pick offered to purchase and hold it until a permanent arrangement could be made for the reception of the whole of the lights. Mr. Pick was heartily thanked for so generously coming forward to save this valuable glass.

The question of the Society's Annual Excursion was again discussed, arid upon the proposition of the Chairman, seconded by Major Freer, it was RESOLVED to visit Wisbech and neighbourhood on Monday and Tuesday, July 3rd and 4th, under the able guidance of A. Hamilton Thompson, Esq., M.A., F.S.A.

Major Freer reported that he had that day settled the option for the purchase of the Chantry Houses in the Newarke, and that a meeting of the guarantors would shortly be held to complete the


matter. The announcement was received with pleasure by the Members present.

Major Freer referred to the recent decease of two valued Members of the Society: F. R. Morley, Esq. (who was elected so long ago as 1864), and the Rev. Newton Mant, F.S.A.

It was RIOSOLVED to send letters of sympathy on behalf of theSociety to the Relatives.

The following new Members were elected :—W. C. Harris, Esq., 3, Airlie Gardens, Campden Hill Road, Kensington : W. Armston Vice, Esq., 19, Belvoir Street, Leicester.


BY A. L. HAJIES, ESQ. :—Two Miniatures painted by Zeigler (who was instructor to the family of the Duke of Cambridge, and painted many miniatures for Queen Victoria—

1. His Royal Highness Prince George Frederick Charles, second Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Tipperary and Baron of Culloden, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, who died March 17th, 1904:

2. Princess Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth of Cam bridge, born at Hanover November 27th, 1883, died October 27th, 1897. Married in 1866 H.H. Francis, Duke of Teck, G.C.B., G.C.V.O. Mother of H.M. Queen Mary.

BY THE REV. S. T. WINCKLEY:—Photo of the New Reredos in St. Catherine's Church, Houghton-on-the-Hill.

BY MAJOR FREER :—The following War Medals and Decorations.

(From the Sale of Lieut.-Colonel J. B. Gaskell's Collection of War Medals and Decorations.)

ST. SEBASTIAN, 1813 (Thos. Densten, Lieut.) and China, 1842, to the same recipient, a very scarce pair of medals.

THOMAS DKNSTEN entered the Navy September 2oth, 1803, as A. B, on hoard the "Plover" 18, Capts. Rich. Turner Hancock and Philip Browne, stationed in the Channel, where, in the following November, he attained the rating of Master's Mate. In January 1807, he removed to the " Fortunee," 36, Capt. Henry Vansittart, off the coast of


Ireland ; and on joining the " Neptune," 98, flagship of the Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, he assisted at the reduction of Guadeloupe in February 1810. He soon afterwards removed to the "Julia," 16, Hon. Capt. Gardner, of which sloop he was confirmed a Lieutenant, June I5th,1812. Being appointed, on October igth following, to the " Sparrow, !1 16, Capts. Joseph Needham Taylor, Fras. Erskine Loch and Robt. Walker, he next, in May and August1813. co-operated in the ardous defence of Castro, and served in a battery at the siege of St. Sabastian. Invalided home in November, 1814, Lieut. Densten remained on half- pay until October i8th, 1825 ; from which period, however, until 1835, we find him employed in the Coast Guard. While next officiating, between 1841 and 1843, as Agent for Transports afloat, he witnessed the various attacks on Chapoo, Woosung, Ching-Kiang-Foo and Nanking. He filled the post from February i2th, 1344, of Admiralty Agent in a contract mail steam-vessel.

Bullion Star of the Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, which formerly belonged to the late Lord Canning (formerly Governor- General of India) ;

Two fine Coronation Medals by Spink & Sons, Ltd., London.

A Paper upon " Tbe Manor of Hinckley in the 18th Century," was read by H. J. Francis, Esq., and was much appreciated.

It was RESOLVED to print the same in the Society's Transactions.

VOTES of thanks to the Author of the Paper, to the Exhibitors, and to the Chairman for presiding ended the Meeting.

July 31st, 1911. Bi-Monthly Meeting, held at the Society's Room, at the Library of the Old Town Hall, Leicester.


Apologies for absence were received from Col. G. C. Bellairs, V.D., J.P., S. Perkins Pick, Esq., F.R.I.B.A., Mrs. Fielding Johnson, The Rev. W. G. Whittingham, M.A., and T. W. Everard, Esq., D.L.


A VOTE of thanks was received from the Society of Antiquaries, London, for Parts 3 and 4, Vol. X. of this Society's Transactions.


VOTES of thanks were passed to the Royal Archaeological Insti tute, for No. 1, Vol. XVIII. of the Second Series of the Journal; the Cambridge and Hunts Archaeological Society, for Part 6, Vol. III. of the Transactions; the Oxfordshire Archaeological Society, for the Report for 1910; the Shropshire Archaeological Society, for Part 2, Vol. I., Fourth Series of the Transactions; the Academy of History and Antiquities of Stockholm, for Transactions for 1910; the Thoresby Society, for Vol. XVIII., and Part 1, Vol. XIX. of the Publications; and the Yorkshire Archaeological Society, for the Journal, Part 4, Vol. XX., and for Catalogue of the Library, Part 3.

A letter was read from the Rev. H. Fisher, M.A., stating that owing to his leaving the County he was compelled to resign his Membership. The resignation was accepted with great regret.

Mr. Winckley reported that a very enjoyable Excursion had taken place on July 3rd and 4th to Wisbech and neighbourhood. A full account of the Excursion will appear in one of the parts of the Society's Transactions. The balance sheet showed a deficit of £1 Os. lid., which it was resolved to pay out of the Society's funds.

A hearty VOTE of thanks was accorded the Rev. S. T. Winckley and A. Hamilton Thompson, Esq., F.S.A., for the excellent arrangements made.

The following new Members were elected:—J. R. Frears, Esq., Hillsborough, Westcotes Drive, Leicester; C. H. Spencer, Esq., 50, Knighton Drive, Leicester ; Miss Topham, Lutterworth House, Lutterworth; Rev. C. F. Mortlock, Bersted Vicarage, Bognor, Sussex; Mrs. Browning, The Hollins, New Street, Leicester; and Miss Alien, The Hollins, New Street, Leicester.


An excellent series of Photographs taken during the recent Excursion to Wisbech and neighbourhood by Dr. Stewart, S. Harrison, Esq., Col. C. F. Oliver, and W. F. Russell, Esq.

CONGRESS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES.

Major Freer read the following Report:—

"I have to report that, together with my colleague W. H. Quarrell, Esq., M.A., I attended this Congress at Burlington


House, London, on Wednesday, July 5th, Dr. C. H. Read, President of the Society of Antiquaries, being in the Chair. The gathering was a thoroughly representative one.

I was re-elected a Member of the Council.The Report stated that the number of Societies in union now

amounted to forty-four.

A statement was made concerning the valuable Annual Index of Archreological Transactions, the publication of which, owing to certain difficulties, has been suspended. The Council had decided to issue the Index of Papers of 1908 at the price of One Shilling, with a large reduction for quantities. If this were unsuccessful, the publication would have to be given up.

Owing to donations from a member of the Council and the Society of Antiquaries, the Council had been able to acquire from Messrs. Constable sundry material and the right to publish the Subject-Matter Index for the large Index of Papers from 1665 to 1890. Dr. Wm. Martin, the Hon. Secretary of the Congress, has undertaken the completion of the Index. Typewritten copies will be deposited in the library of the Society of Antiquaries, and an effort made to obtain sufficient subscribers to warrant the publica tion. Mr. Ralph Nevill referred to the means he had adopted, when Hon. Secretary, to obtain subscribers for the original Index; and I suggested that an appeal for donations might meet with success, and promised one myself.

The Report stated that the Resolution passed at the Congress of 1999, that H.M. Government should be asked to supply copies of all Record Office publications free to all societies having libraries of approved character, had been for the second time forwarded to the Prime Minister, but no reply except a formal acknowledgment had been received. It was stated at the Congress that many of the societies in union attached great importance to the acquisition of such publications. In Cumberland and in Cornwall, for instance, and even in counties nearer London, the work of students would be immensely facilitated.

The Resolution passed in 1910,—' That His Majesty's Govern- ' ment be respectfully asked to direct that arrangements shall be ' made by the authorities at Somerset House that access for literary ' study may be given to all documents, Ecclesiastical as well as • Probate records, now in their charge, in the same way as at the ' Public Record Office,'—was forwarded in due course, and a reply was returned that it would receive attention.

802 LEICESTERSHIRE! ARCHITECTURAL

It was RESOLVED that these two Resolutions be again sent to the authorities, with a respectful request for attention.

The Council recorded with satisfaction the appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire into and report upon the preservation and indexing of Public Records, which bids fair to satisfy the resolution on the subject passed at the Congress of 1910, and forwarded to the Prime Minister.

The Report and the Statement of Accounts were adopted, and the Council were re-elected, with the addition of Col. Attree, Mr. Wm. Dale, and Mr. P. M. Johnston.

The Earthworks Committee then presented its Report. The revised Scheme for Recording Earthworks had been duly printed, and distributed to the societies and others who had applied for it, and copies remained which could be obtained at a small charge. A list was given of instances of preservation and destruction that had occurred during the year. With regard to one of these in York shire, where the local authorities had sought to utilise the banks as retaining walls for a reservoir, Dr. Read, the President, said that he thought it ought to be recorded that destruction had been averted owing to the action of Mr. John Burns, who, in answer to an appeal, had sent down an inspector, and saved this remnant of antiquity.

The retirement of the Hon. Secretary of the Committee, Mr. A. G. Chater, was announced, and he was thanked for his work during the four years that had elapsed since he succeeded Mr. Chalkley Gould. It was announced that Mr. Albany F. Major had taken his place.

Regarding a resolution referred to it in 1910 that Committees should be appointed by the County Societies to act, by agreement, with the Bishops in considering proposals for church restoration, the Council made the following recommendation :—

' That the position of the Society of Antiquaries of London in respect of work hitherto accomplished in advising diocesan autho rities on matters of church restoration should be strengthened by the grant of additional powers through The Ancient Monuments (England) Royal Commission ; and that the Council of the Congress of Archaeological Societies of England and Wales recom mends the appointment of the Society as the advisory authority for England and Wales in all matters relating to the fabric, furniture, and monuments of Churches.'

AND AKCH.EOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 303

Mr. P. M. Johnston, from whom the proposal for such action came, moved in addition 'that the Congress approves the formation ' of local Committees to advise the Bishop and authorities, such ' as had been formed and successfully worked in the Diocese of ' Chichester.'

The Congress agreed, and the resolution was ADOPTED with Mr. Johnston's addition.

Mr. H. St. George Gray made suggestions for compiling annually a list of excavations in progress, with a view to averting the frequent disappointment caused .to visitors who came when the works were not open. It was thought that the cost of pub lishing such a list would be prohibitive, but eventually Mr. Gray was asked to compile one, stnd bring it before the Council."

VOTES of thanks to Major Freer for his Report, to the Exhibitors, and to the Chairman, ended the Meeting.

September 25th, 1911. Bi-Monthly Meeting, held at the Society's Room, at the Library of the Old Town Hall, Leicester.

S. PERKINS PICK, ESQ., F.R.I.B.A., in the Chair.

Apologies for absence were received from Mrs. Fielding Johnson, Col. G. C. Bellairs, V.D., J.P., The Rev. S. T. Winckley, M.A., R.D. (Hon. Organizing Secretary), The Rev. E. H. Day, D.D., F.S.A. (Hon. Editorial Secretary), Capt. Sergeantson, J. A. Corah, Esq., and Alfred Corah, Esq.


A VOTE of thanks was passed to the Yorkshire Archaeological Society, for Part 3, Vol. XXI. of the Journal.

At the request of M. Bloxsom, Esq., it was RESOLVED to accede to the request of the Society of Genealogists of London to be allowed to send out their Report with the next part of this Society's Transactions.

On behalf of J. A. Corah, Esq. (a Member of the Local Com mittee), Major Freer reported that the proposed restoration of St. Margaret's Church would be carried out in a thoroughly conservative manner. This Society voted £5 towards the Restora tion Fund on this condition.


The Hon. Secretary read the following letter from Sir Schomberg McDonnell, of H.M. Office of Works, enclosing the Report of the Inspector of Ancient Monuments for the year ending March 31st, 1911 :—

" H.M. Office of Works, &c.,Storey's Gate,

Westminster, S.W.2gth August 1911.

Sir,I am directed by the First Commissioner of His Majesty's

Works, etc., to forward to you a copy of the report of the Inspector of Ancient Monuments for 1910-11.

The administration of the Ancient Monuments Protection Acts, 1882 and 1900, with which His Majesty's Office of Works is charged, is a most important and responsible duty, the adequate performance of which must at all times depend largely on the sympathy and co-operation of the public.

The influence of those learned societies, whether national or local, which have for their object the encouragement of historical and antiquarian research is a most valuable factor in arousing and sustaining public interest in the preservation of our national antiquities, and the First Commissioner hopes that your Society will help to advance this most desirable work, by making known as widely as possible the scope of the Acts as set out in the accompanying Official memorandum, and thereby securing for some of the many historic monuments of the country that permanent protection of which they stand so greatly in need.

I am to add that the preparation and transmission to this Office of a list of Monuments within the sphere of action of your Society which by the co-operation of their owners might be handed over to the custody of the Office under the Acts, would be a most valuable public service.

I am, Sir,Your obedient Servant,

Schomberg K. McDonnell."

It was unanimously RESOLVED, on the proposition of Major Freer, seconded by Mr. Thos. Bailey, to write and say that this Society would be glad to do everything possible to help in the matter.

On the proposition of Mr. Thos. Fosbrooke, seconded by Mr. Hartopp, it was unanimously RESOLVED that Major Freer should convey to the Society of Antiquaries, London, a strong protest


from this Society against the action taken by the National Trust with reference to the destruction of Tattershall Castle.

Dr. Frederick Barnley, Wigston Magna, Leicester, was elected a Member of the Society.


BY MAJOR FREER :—Specimen Coins issued by the Mint for H.M. King George V., namely: a sovereign, half-sovereign (gold), half-crown, florin, shilling, sixpence, fourpence, threepence, two pence, and one penny (silver).

The florin is like that of Charles II., head to left. Inscription :GEOBGIUS V. D.G. BRITT. OMN. REX. F.D. IND. IMP. ; ReVSTSC : Oneflorin 1811.

BY S. P. PICK, ESQ. :—The panel of 15th century glass, pur chased by him in London some weeks ago, which was originally in the old house in Highcross Street, Leicester.

VOTES of thanks were passed to the Exhibitors and to the Chairman for presiding.

November 21th, 1911. Bi-Monthly Meeting held at the Society's Room, at the Library of the Old Town Hall, Leicester.


Apologies for absence were received from Col. G. C. Bellairs, V.D., J.P., The Rev. E. H.'Day, D.D., F.S.A., W. H. Quarrell, Esq., M.A., Mrs. T. Fielding Johnson, T. W. Everard, Esq., D.L., J.P., the Rev. S. T. Winckley, M.A., R.D., and C. H. Page, Esq.


VOTES of thanks were passed to the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, for Parts 59 and 60 of the Proceedings, and for the List of Members for 1911 ; the Essex Archaeological Society, for Part 2, Vol. XII. of the New Series of the Transactions, and the Index and List of Members; the East Hertfordshire Archaeological Society, for Part 2, Vol. IV. of the Transactions; the Kent Archaeological Society, for Vol. XXIX. of Archseologia Cantiana ; the Leicestershire Literary and Philosophical Society, for Vol. XV. of the Transactions ; and the Stockholm Antiquarian and His torical Society, for the Transactions for 1910.


Major Freer reported that he had (as requested at the last Meeting) conveyed this Society's protest, passed at the last Meeting, to the Society of Antiquaries, London, against the action of the National Trust in acquiescing in the destruction of Tattershall Castle. The matter was fully discussed, and whilst it was agreed that a great mistake had been made, it was thought that the matter had gone too far for them to interfere.

The Hon. Secretary also reported, with regret, the resignation of Miss E. M. Sawyer (Hon. Local Secretary, Ashby-de-la-Zouch), who had gone to live in Devonshire. The resignation was accepted with regret.

On the proposition of Major Freer, seconded by the Chairman, a VOTE of sympathy was unanimously passed to the widow and relatives of the late Francis Hewitt, Esq., J.P., a valued Member of this Society.

On the proposition of Mr. Joseph Young, seconded by Mr. Geo. Hull, it was unanimously RESOLVED to have a Special Meeting and Lunch in January next, and if possible get up an Exhibition of interesting relics of Leicester and Leicestershire, the details to be left to the Sub-Committee to fix.

The following new Members were elected:—Reginald R. Hastings, Esq., The Manor House, Ashby-de-la-Zouch; and Miss Nellie Stretton, Fosse Road House, Leicester.


BY MR. WILFRID Moss :—A Deed of Conveyance, dated 1655, of a piece of land called the Swinescroft Close, executed by Henry Hastings, the Royalist General (afterwards created Baron Lough- borough by Charles II.), and his brother Lord Huntingdon.

Also copy of a Private Act of Parliament, dated 1662, stating that this and other sales of land were illegal owing to the fact that the estates had been previously entailed, and confirming the sales.

Br MR JOSEPH YOUNG :—A proof set of all the Gold and Silver Coins of the Present Reign, consisting of five-pound piece, double- sovereign, sovereign, and half-sovereign in gold; the half-crown, florin, shilling, sixpence, groat, threepence, twopence, and penny in silver. The obverse of each has His Majesty's bust to the left, in conformity with the practice begun by Charles II. for the King to face the opposite way to his or her predecessor.


The inscription on all twelve coins, more or less abbreviated, is, witb the necessary change of name, the same that appeared on the coins of Edward VII., being " GEOKGIVS OVINTVS DEI GRATIA BRIT-TANIARVM OMNIVM FIDEI DEFENSOR INDIjE IMPERATOK."

The " George and Dragon " type on the reverse of all four gold coins is identical. The reverse of the half-crown does not differ from that of the late King's, but the florin has once more reverted to the Victoria Jubilee type of four shields arranged crosswise, the shields being now, however, elegantly filled in with lines, etc., heraldically expressing their colours. The reverses of the shilling and sixpence do not differ, each having an Imperial crown, sur mounted by a Lion guardant. The fourpenny, threepenny, two penny, and silver penny pieces remain unaltered.

For the first time for 350 years the silver crown-piece is conspicuous by its absence, and after an unbroken sequence from Edward VI. in 1551 to Edward VII. in 1902, it now shares the fate of the 1887 double-florin.

VOTES of thanks to the Exhibitors, and to the Chairman for presiding ended the Meeting.

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January 31st, 1912.

THE ANNUAL MEETING

of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society, held at the Society's Room, at the Library of the Old Town Hall, Leicester.

THE REV. A. 0. JAMES, M.A., in the Chair.


Apologies for absence were received from His Grace the Duke of Rutland, the Lord Lieutenant (Patron), the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Peterborough (Patron), the Worshipful the Mayor of Leicester, Col. G. C. Bellairs, V.D., J.P., W. J. New, Esq., B.A. (Hon. Local Secretary, Melton Mowbray) Miss Flude, Mrs. Browning, Thos. Harold, Esq., W. Harley Hind, Esq., Hugh Goodacre, Esq., A. T. Draper, Esq., H. T. Traylen, Esq., the Rev. A. E. D. Disney; and the Rev. E. H. Day, D.D., F.S.A., Hon. Secretary.

A VOTE of thanks was received from the Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Archaeological Society, for Parts 5 and 6, Vol X. of this Society's Transactions.

VOTES of thanks were passed to the Royal Archaeological Insti tute, for Parts 2 and 3, Vol. XVIII. of the Second Series of the Archaeological Journal; the Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Archaeological Society, for Part 7, Vol. HI. of the Transactions ; the Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, for Vol. XXXIII. of the Journal; the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, for Part 3, Vol. I. of the Fourth Series of the Transactions; the Surrey Archaeological Society, for Vol. XXII. of the Archaeological Collections ; the Viking Club, for Vol. IH. of the Year Book, and for Vol. VI. of the Saga Book; and the Yorkshire Archaeological Society, for Part 84 of the Journal and for the Annual Report for 1911.

It was RESOLVED to pay £8 to T. M. Blagg, Esq., F.S.A., towards the transcribing of the Leicestershire Marriage Registers, for publication by Messrs. Phillimore & Co., of London. The Chairman kindly undertook to transcribe the Wanlip Registers.

Major Freer read the Fifty-Seventh Annual Report and the Summary of Accounts for the year 1911 :—

THE FIFTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 309

THE 57TH ANNUAL REPORT.

IN presenting the Report for 191 r, your Committee are glad to report a con tinued increase of Membership. We have, however, to deplore the loss by death of several valued Members.

Fredk. R. Morley, Esq., one of our oldest members, having joined the Society in 1864, was for many years a member of this Committee, and up to his death continued to take the greatest interest in our work.

The Rev. Newton William John Mant, M.A., F.S.A., died in May last. He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1890, and joined this Society in 1908, soon after coming to Cossington as Rector.

Hugh Atkins, Esq., J.P., was elected a member of this Society in 1892, and occasionally attended our meetings.

A. P. Moore, Esq , B.C.L., Registrar for the Leicestershire Archdeaconry, and Bishop's Secretary, took much interest in our work, and enriched our Transactions with several valuable papers ; he will be much missed by his many friends.

Francis Hewitt, Esq., J.P.. became a member in 1902, and helped the Society in many ways, more particularly in making our work known to the public in county and town.

We have also lost A. J. Gimson, Esq., who joined us last year.

Although he resigned in 1910, we must refer to the death of Charles Baker, Esq., F.R.I.B.A., an old member; amongst other works he built the Wyggeston Boys' School. He was President of the Leicester and Leicestershire Society of Architects, from 1896 to 1898.

The following have resigned their Membership :—The Rev. H. Fisher, M.A., J. Lawford, Esq., Miss E. M. Sawyer, Dr. T. Robinson, G. Murray Smith, L. L. Powell, T. C. Hughes, and A. Rust, Esquires.

The following new Members have been elected :—

In January. Edward Percy Smyth, Esq., Melton Mowbray ; Captain Burns, Leesthorpe Hall, Melton Mowbray; C. J. C. Mee, Esq., Bournemouth; E. T. Allcock, Esq., A.R.I.B.A., 55, Forest Road, Loughborough.

In March. B. S. Baldwin, Esq., i, Welford Road, Leicester; F. S. Partridge, Esq., Ratcliffe Road, Leicester; Leopold E. Choice, Esq., Poynton, Stockport.

In May. W. Cecil Harris, Esq., 3, Airlie Gardens, Campden Hill Road, Kensington ; W. Armston Vice, Esq., 19, Belvoir Street, Leicester.

In July. J. R. Frears, Esq., Hillsborough, Westcotes Drive, Leicester ; C. H. Spencer, Esq., 50, Knighton Drive, Leicester; Miss Topham, Lutterworth House, Lutterworth ; The Rev. C. F. Mortlock, Wigston Magna, Leicester; Mrs. Browning, The Hollins, New Street, Leicester; Miss Alien, The Hollins, New Street, Leicester.

In September. Dr. Fredk. Barnley, Wigston Magna, Leicester.

In November. Reginald R. Hastings, Esq., The Manor House, Ashby-de-la- Zouch; Miss Nellie Stretton, Fosse Road House, Leicester.

A total of 18 new members in all (as against 27 last year), making a net gain of only four on the year, instead of 14 as in 1910. Members are requested to use their best endeavours to bring our numbers up to 300.


WILLIAM OF WYGGESTON'S CHANTRY HOUSE AND THE Two ADJOINING HOUSES, IN THE NEWARKE, LEICESTER.

The great work of the past year has been the saving of these most interesting relics of the past from destruction. Thanks to the efforts of the various local Societies, and to the following gentlemen, who have paid £50 each, an option of purchase of this valuable property for two years for ^7,500 from 3151 March, 1911, has been obtained, on payment of £500 to the owners. Guarantors: Messrs. H. H. Smith-Carrington, Major Freer, J. Russell Frears, Sidney Gimson, Stockdale Harrison, T. Fielding Johnson, Col. C. F. Oliver, S. Perkins Pick, G. C. Turner, and Jas. Wright. An appeal for funds to the public will shortly be made.

Your Society last year voted £100, and the Leicester and Leicestershire Society of Architects £50. Each of the Guarantors has offered to give £25. This effort has the full approval and support of the Society of Antiquaries, London.

Your Society also desires to recognise the public spirit shown by the Town Council of Leicester, in purchasing the two shops opposite St. Nicholas Church, under which is the Roman " Peacock " pavement which was discovered a few years ago. The prompt action then taken by Major Freer, who persuaded the owners, Messrs. Edward Shardlow and W. H. Simpson, to keep the same in situ, has enabled the town to acquire the houses.

Your Committee are also pleased to report that arrangements have been com pleted whereby Kirby Castle is to be handed over in accordance with the provisions of the Protection of Ancient Monuments Acts.

Mr. S. Perkins Pick is to be congratulated on his public spirit in purchasing the missing panel of the ijth century glass, formerly in Roger Wigston's house in High Street, Leicester.

PAPERS.

The following papers have been read during the past year ;—" The Manor of Hinckley in the i8th century," by H. J. Francis, Esq." The Chantry Certificates for Leicestershire, returned under the Acts of 37

Henry VIII., cap. 4, with an introduction, and Supplementary Docu ments,"by A. Hamilton Thompson, Esq., F.S.A., and

" The Summer Excursions in 1910," by Miss Sloane and the Rev. S. Thorold Winckley, M.A., R.D.

During the past year a double part (5 and 6) of our Transactions, containing reports of our work for 1909 and 1910, has been published.

A paper on " Compton Wynyates, Broughton Castle, and Banbury," by the Rev. E. H. Day, D.D., F.S.A. (in substitution for Major Freer's papers on the same subjects, unfortunately lost by the printers).

A paper on " Chastleton House and the Rollright Stones, &c.," by Miss S. K. Sloane.

A paper on " Ingarsby Grange, Houghton-on-the-Hill, and Quenby Hall," by the Rev. S. T. Winckley, M.A., R.D.

A paper on " Parish Registers and Records," by J. A. L. Beasley, Esq.Part II. of Volume 30 of the Associated Societies' Transactions, containing our

Report and List of Members for 1910; a paper on"The Rectors of Gilmorton" (including some notes on the Parish), by

Martin Bloxam, Esq., B.A.; and the before-mentioned paper on" The Chantry Certificates for Leicestershire," by A. Hamilton Thompson,

Esq., F.S.A.


Mr. Hartopp's " Index of Ladies' Names in the Leicestershire Marriage Licences " has been printed and sent to all our members.

The fifth and sixth volumes of the " Leicestershire Marriage Registers " have been published by Messrs. Phillimore and Co., of London, and are as interesting and useful as their predecessors. More subscribers are needed. Names may be sent to Major Freer, The Stony Gate, Leicester.

The British Numismatic Society has just issued its Seventh Annual Volume to members, and the high standard originally set is maintained. Major Freer has been re-elected a member of the Council. Any of our members wishing to join should communicate with him. The entrance fee and subscription are £i is. each.

The Annual Congress of Archaeological Societies was held at Burlington House, London, on Wednesday, July 5th, Dr. C. H. Read, President of the Society of Antiquaries, in the chair. Major Freer and W. H. Quarrell, Esq., attended. The gathering was a thoroughly representative one. The number of societies in union is now 44. Major Freer (who was re-elected on the Council), made a report to the Society in July last, and it will be printed in the Transactions. Your Committee recommend that the two representatives be re- appointed for 1912. This Society has again subscribed for copies of the report, which have been issued to our members.

The Annual Excursion was made on July 3rd and 4th to Wisbech and the famous Marshland churches in the neighbourhood, under the able guidance of A. Hamilton Thompson, Esq., F.S.A., and the Rev. S. Thprold Winckley, M.A., the Hon. Organizing Secretary. About 32 members and friends took part in this most enjoyable and interesting visit. A full report will appear in our Transactions.

We are glad to report that Major Freer has been elected a member of the Council of the Society of Antiquaries.

With respect to the printing of the " Calendar of Leicestershire Wills, 1660 to 1800," it was resolved to guarantee £15 towards the cost of transcribing, and in conjunction with the British Record Society, to pay £T.O annually for five years towards the cost of printing, in consideration of receiving 300 copies for the use of our members.

The bi-monthly meetings have been well attended, and interesting objects have been exhibited.

We are indebted to Major Freer for the gift of a complete set of the Folk Lore Society's publications.

CHURCH AND OTHER ARCHITECTURAL WORK IN THE COUNTY.

Ab-Kettleby.—Church organ rebuilt. Cost £20.Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Holy Trinity.—Painting inside of church and asphalting

churchyard walks.Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Parish Church.—Three silver sanctuary lamps ; cost £55.

A new Council School was opened by Mr. Cope, chairman of the Leicestershire County Council, and a silver key presented to him by Mr. E. G. Fowler, the architect to the Education Committee. The design of the school is good, and was the work of the late Mr. Douglas Day, of Leicester, and after his untimely death the work was finished by Mr. Fowler. The school is situate at the junction of Derby Street and Barton Road, and consists of a central hall, 54ft. 6in. by 22ft. 6in., around which are grouped the four classrooms and the manual training room, with accommodation for 344 boys, exclusive of the manual training room. The walls are faced with Woodville sand bricks with Ketton stone dressing ; the roof is tiled.


Harwell.—New organ in church ; cost £380. A new Council School, built on about an acre of land, has been formally opened by Alderman T. Cope, J.P. The school is estimated to accommodate 320 scholars, and has cost about £5.500. It possesses a large central hall, which will be useful for other than scholastic purposes, and includes a cookery and woodwork centre, which can receive scholars from neighbouring villages. Alderman Sawday, of Leicester, the architect, presented Mr. Cope with a key as a memento of the occasion.

Barrow-on-Soar.—Clerestory window ; walls repaired.Belton.—At St. John the Baptist's Church, on the 4th January, 1911, the Bishop

of Leicester dedicated the new organ, which was built by Messrs. Ingram & Co., of Hereford and London, and cost £300, of which Mr. Andrew Carnegie gave half. It has two manuals, 61 notes, with pedal organ and pneumatic action. The case is of oak. the design being in accord with the architecture and fittings of the church. There are 701 pipes and 18 stops.

Breedon-on-the-Hill.—Repairs to church tower, bells and windows. Cost £550.Brooksby.—New window in church, and lightning conductor ; repairs to spire

and organ. Cost £65.Bruntingthorpe.—Purchase of school building, and alterations to the same.

Cost £300.Castle Doniniiton —The new Council Schools were opened by Alderman

Thomas Cope, M. A, J.P., chairman of the Leicestershire County Council. Of the total cost, £1,440 had been obtained from the Board of Education under the Appropriation Act. It is much to be regretted that the architect, the late Mr. Hampton, of Loughborough, did not live to see the completion of the work. A beautifully wrought gilt key was presented to Mr. Cope.

Coleorton.—Alabaster tablet in Parish Church, and stained glass window in S. John's, in memory of William Briggs, organist for 40 years, and master of Viscount Beaumont's School for 32 years ; given by about 100 subscribers. Brass altar, desk, book and rails, given by parishioners.

Cotesbach.—Church porch repaired, and new oak gates, in commemoration of the Coronation of King George V.

Donisthnrpe.—An east window was dedicated to the memory of the Rev. E. B. Levies, the late Vicar. The subject is the Crucifixion, and the window was executed by Mess-s. Jones and Willis. It was unveiled by J. Turner, Esq., J.P., of Stanleigh House (one of our members), and dedicated by the Rev. F. W. Meynell, the Rural Dean.

Dalby Magna.—Plaster ceiling in chancel removed. Cost £24.Diseworth.—New window in south aisle. Cost £15.Ellistown.—Vicarage house built. Cost £1,030.Foxton.—A marble tablet has been placed in the church, with the following

inscription : This tablet is erected to the Glory of God and in commemoration of a gift of £200, by Robert Monk, a native of Foxton, by investment with the Peterborough Diocesan Trustees, towards the maintenance of the graveyard and fabric of the church. A.D. 1911.

Frowlesworth.—Additional heating installed and church repaired.Gilmorton.—Set of Cambridge Westminster chimes added in commemoration

of the reign of Edward VII. and the Coronation of George V.Great Glen.—A handsome stained glass east window has been placed in the

church to the memory of Annie Elizabeth Walker, wife of Mr. Theodore Walker, of Glen Hall, who died, and was buried at sea, May 2nd, 1910, off the coast of Africa. The window is of five lights, the three middle ones representing the Resurrection. In the background is the city of Jerusalem, and the women are seen coming to the tomb on the Easter morning. In the centre light is the figure of the Angel pointing upward, while the women gaze with wonder and

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amazement. Underneath are the words, " He is not here, for He is risen. Come and see the place where the Lord lay." The left-hand light is a picture of Christ stilling the tempest, with the words, " Peace, be still," while the right- hand light represents our Lord walking on the water, and underneath " It is I, be not afraid."

Grimston.—New roof on tower, and upper section of tower re-faced. Cost £70. Higham-on-the-Hill.—Reredos in Caen stone and alabaster. Cost £60.Hinckley.—The foundation stone of new Sunday schools and temporary church

in S. Mary's parish was laid by Mrs, Samuel Davis, who was presented with a silver trowel from the architect, and an ebouy-handled mallet from the builders, Messrs. Littler and Sons, Hinckley. Total cost, about ^850.

Hou/jhton-on-the-Hill—A. triptych has been presented to the church by Mr. Arthur Laxton Hames. It consists of three panels in relief, the central one being after Lucca Delia Robbia, and the others after Donatello. They are set in carved oak with doors, and form a very effective piece of work. South chapel furnished for daily services. Belfry repaired. Cost £40.

Hose.—Church lighted with cathedral lamps. Cost £18.Langton Church.—The late Captain W. P. Warner, D.L., just before his death

presented a new clock to the church. The bells have been re-hung.LEICESTER :—

All Souls'.—A vicarage has been built, the cost of which was largely defrayed by the members of the Needham family ; the site was given by them and the Leicester Church Extension Board.

Aylestone.—Spire re-pointed and repaired. Cost £120.St. Andrew's.—Repairs, church and organ ; cost £220. New altar plate, £1 8.

Mission room repaired ; cost ^50.St. Barnabas'.—A carved oak altar frontal for the chancel, and a painted oak

triptych for the side chapel, have been dedicated. The four upright pilasters of the frontal are carved to represent the Agnus Dei, the Good Shepherd, the Light of the World, and the Vine. The panels have carved and gilded monograms, and emblems of the Passion, and the bottom rail has the words in raised gilt letters, " Do this in Remembrance of Me." The subject of the painted triptych is the Annunciation, treated in a decorative manner, and painted upon the wood panels. In the central panel is the Archangel Gabriel.

Belyrave, St. Michael and All Angels'.—Heating apparatus. Cost /loo.New Humberstone, St. Barnabas'.—Carved oak front to altar, £55 ; fittings of

side chapel, £20.St. Matthew's.—This church has had an extensive scheme of renovation and

adornment completed after several years of labour, at a cost of over £2,000. This year the reredos has been finished by the addition of panelling and arcading on the north and south walls in marble and alabaster. In the panels below the arcading appear the emblems of the four Evangelists. The work was designed by Mr. Walter Ingram, brother of the former Dean of Peterborough, and has been carried out by a London firm. It is the gift of the trustees of the bequest made by the late Mr. George Alfred Robinson, so well known for his work in the parish. A new chancel screen in bronze and wrought iron has been given by Muriel Alice, in memory of her parents, John William and Mary Elizabeth Johnson, and her brother John Charles Johnson. The new altar rails, slso in bronze and wrought iron, are the gift of Mr. James Johnson. A handsome credence table in carved oak is the gift of Mrs. T. Audin, in memory of her parents. A beautiful altar cross of brass and precious stones in the north chapel has been given by Mrs. P. Simpson, Mrs. Hall, Mrs. Fardell, and Mrs. Broughton, in memory of their parents and brother and sisters. Other gifts include an altar book from the Bible Class; Prayer Books


for the priests' stalls from the churchwardens (Messrs. E. J. Sansome and E. Hurst); Litany book from Mrs. E. J. Sansome; and the cloth for the credence table, worked by Miss E. Wright. The Bishop of Leicester dedicated the gifts.

St. Mark's.—Rood, £50.St. Peter's.— A new organ has been dedicated in this church, built by Messrs.

S. Taylor and Son, of Leicester, to a specification drawn up by the builders in consultation with Mr. W. J. Bunney, the organist. The organ is entirely new, excepting such of the pipes from the old organ as could be transposed and re.voiced, and the old case It contains four manuals, 61 notes, and the pedal organ 30 notes. There are 45 speaking stops, and 13 couplers, making a total of 58 draw stops ; the action is on the pneumatic system.

Trinity Hospital Chapel.—The east window of this chapel has lately been filled with plate glass by Mr. Christopher Whall. The four lights show four angels in adoration. The cost of the work was £200, a gift by will of the late William Kelly, F.S.A., F.R.H.S., in memory of his sister, Priscilla Kelly. The window was dedicated by the Archdeacon of Leicester, on February 26th.

Holy Trinity.—Choir vestry, choir stalls, and repairs. Cost/26o.Loughborough.—The foundation stone of the new Church of St. Peter was laid

on the 25th February last by Lady Ernest St. Maur, the service being taken by the Bishop of Leicester. The foundation stone was a. Derbyshire block, on the face of which was carved a Maltese cross. Lady Ernest St. Maur was presented with a silver trowel with carved ivory handle, and bearing the Somerset arms. In a cavity under the stone was placed a bottle containing a record of the occasion, with the names of the church officers and the building committee, and a copy of the Church Magazine.

Loughborough, Holy Trinity.—Sunday schoolroom re-decorated. Cost £60.Market Harborough.—Church spire restored and re-pointed inside and out, at a

cost of over ^300.Medbourne.—The south transept, which was in a ruinous condition, has been

restored. Cost £6&o.Mountsoirtl.—On Empire Day the new infant schoolroom belonging to the

Church School was opened by the Bishop of Leicester, at a cost of ^430. The six old church bells have been recast and two more added, in memory of King Edward VII., making a peal of eight. The oldest bell was cast in 1614. The clock and chimes have been repaired. Cost ^250.

Mowsley.—New choir benches, £ig.Newbold Verdon.— A memorial window to the memory of the late Rector, the

Rev. W. G. Cole, has been placed in this church by his relatives and friends, assisted by the President and Fellows of Trinity College, Oxford, and the parishioners of Newbold Verdon. The window suggests the subject of the dawn of Christianity in these Isles. In the centre is "The Transfiguration." In the tracery above, Angels in Glory bear the words, " This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." The side lights of the window recall the beautiful legend of the visit to this country of St. Joseph of Arimathea with the Holy Grail, and the dawn of actual history, in the figure of St. Alban, one of the most notable early martyrs in Britain. The two remaining figures show the two main sources of the Church of Christ in England: St. Augustine, the missionary to the South, and St. Aidan, the great apostle of the North.

Owston.—Foot pace, lamps for church door, heating improved. Cost £12.I'ickn-ell.—Church organ and heating repaired and improved, vestry enlarged '

cost £94. Church tower and roof repaired ; three standard lamps for church yard.


Scraptoft. — An organ has been given to the church by Mr. Alfred Corah to commemorate the Coronation of King George V. Each stop is ot full compass, the tone is good, and the voicing is excellent. The organ has one manual, and full pedal organ, CCC to F, with the following stops: Bourdon, i6-ft. ; open diapason, 8ft. ; claribella flute, 8-ft. ; stop diapason, 8-ft. ; principal, 4-ft. ; echo oboe, 8-ft. ; the last three stops in a separate swell box. Coupler manual to pedals.

Shackerstone. — Interior of church re-decorated, Cost £70.Sheepy Magna.—Peal of five bells rehung ; cost £Si. One treble bell added,

the gift of the Misses Lowe. Church re-decorated, and organ removed to chancel ; cost £if>o. The Rector has given an oak lectern. A beautiful reredos in Caen stone and alabaster has been given by Mrs. Richard Hanmer and the Hon. Mrs. F. Weld-Forester, in memory of their mother.

Shepshed. — School enlarged ; cost £400. Bells repaired ; cost £20. Stanford. — East end repaired, and fencing of churchyard. Cost £50. Slather n. — Two new doors. Cost £30. Syston. — Tower roof re-boarded and re-leaded. Cost £64.Thringstone. — A new hall has been presented to the village by the Right

Honourable Charles Booth, P.C., of Grace Dieu Manor. About ten years ago he gave the parish an Institute, at the back of which the new hall, 55ft. by asft., is built. Beneath the hall are well-appointed billiard and card rooms, with a large entrance lobby connecting the new and the old buildings ; and the whole is lighted by gas, and heated. The total cost and furnishing amounted to over £3,000.

Thornton. — New organ. Cost £90.Stanton-under-Bardon. — Council School improved. Cost £00.Thrussington. — New lightning conductor to church. Cost £10.Whetstone. — Porch built on north side of church.Whitwick, Parish Church. — Additions to organ. Cost £50.Whitwick, St. Andrew and Thringstone. — Boundary wall built. Church porch

(memorial to first vicar, Rev. E. S. Crane). Cost £i2g. Wigston Magna, All Saints'. — New heating apparatus.WiUoughby Waterless. — A new bell has been placed in the tower of St. Mary's

Church at a cost of about £40, as a memorial of the Coronation of King George V., and to show the devotion of the people to the Church and their loyalty to the Throne.

Withcote. — Ancient stained glass re-arranged. Cost £130.Witherley. — A stained glass east window has been placed in St. Peter's Church

by Mrs. Chamberlane, Witherley Hall. The subjects of the window are based on the Te Deum. In the four large lights are the figures of St. Peter, Isaiah, and Edward the Confessor. Below these are the Celestial Choir, and round the lights are birds and animals joining in the praise of their Creator. In the tracery are angels and the coats of arms of King George V., the Bishop of Peter borough, the Chamberlane family (impaling those of Bates), Lord Segrave (who built the spirei, the Duke of Norfolk (Thomas Mowbray), Michael Roberts, and the Rev. James Roberts, the last four being lords of the manor.

Woodhouse Eaves. — A window has been placed in the north side of the nave of St. Paul's Church, in memory of the late Catherine Elizabeth Wade. The main subject of the window is the visitation of Mary to her cousin Elizabeth, other wise known as " The Salutation." Behind are Joseph and Zacharias. Silvery canopy work, containing small figures of angels, surmounts the picture. Another window, representing the Nativity, subscribed for by Mrs. Heygate's Bible Class, cost £50. ____

NOTE.— For some of the smaller notices we are indebted to the Rev. A. O. James, M.A., the editor of the Peterborough Diocesan Calendar.


ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR 1911.

RECEIPTS.• i s. d.

By Balance brought forward 222 2 8 ,, 212 Subscriptions .. 106 2 6 ,, Arrears of Subscriptions

(31) .. .. .. 15 10 o,, Dividends received on

Leicester CorporationStock .. .. .. 2 17 2

,, Amount credited by Bankin error .. .. o 10 6

, Sale of Transactions .. 260 ,, One Subscription paid in

advance .. .. o 10 o ,, Bank Interest .. .. 200 ,, Cheque outstanding .. 10 o o

PAYMENTS.£ *• d.

WM. J. FREER, F.S.A.,Hon. Treasurer.

£361 18 10

To Phillimore's Leicestershire Marriage Licenses (vols. 4, 5, and 6) ..1123

,, The British Numismatic Society (Entrance Fee and Subscription) .. 220

,, Foster, Subscription forLincoln Transcripts .. 220

,, Fry, Parish Register Society i i o,, Parish Record Society .. i i o,, Lincoln Record Society

(Subscription).. .. i I o,, Canterbury and York

Society (Subscription) i I o,, Archaeological Congress

and Publications .. 176,, H. Hartopp, Indexing

Marriage Licenses .. 880„ Clarke & Satchell, for

Parts 3 and 4 of Tran sactions .. .. 70 o o

,, Clarke & Satchell, forprinting and binding.. 27 u v

„ Morton & Co., Ltd., Share of Associated Volume 30 (Part i of the Tran sactions) .. ... 53 14 o

,, Neal, for Bookcase .. 516,, Leicester Corporation

(Rent of Society's room, and Caretaker) .. 512 6

,, Dr. E. Hermitage Day,F.S.A. .. .. .. 10 o o

,, Fire Insurance & Sundries i 12 n,, Balance in Bank .. ..169 2 o

18 10

January y>th, 1912

Audited and found correct,JOHN W. WARTNABY,

Hon. Auditor.

The following new Members were elected:—Miss Ruth W. FitzGerald Freer, B.A., Southwell, Notts; R. S. Clifford, Esq., jun., Loughborough; Rev. Canon Nance, R.D., St. Mary's Vicar age, Leicester.

The Rev. C. L. Robinson exhibited the measured drawings showing proposed restoration of St. George's Church, Leicester, and a unanimous VOTE of thanks was passed to him for so doing. The Committee and Officers of the Society were re-elected, and a

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hearty VOTE of thanks passed to them for their services during the past year.

VOTES of thanks were passed to the Mayor for the use of the Boom, and to the Editor of the Leicester Daily Post for reporting the proceedings.

The following gentlemen were elected upon the Committee :— Stockdale Harrison, Esq., Thos. H. Fosbrooke, Esq., Sydney Y. Gimson, Esq., and the Rev. Canon Nance.

Leonard Fosbrooke, Esq., Ravenstone Hall, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, was unanimously elected as Hon. Local Secretary for the Ashby- de-la-Zouch district.

An application was received from the Rev. C. L. Robinson asking for a Donation towards St. George's Restoration Fund. After discussion, the Hon. Secretary was requested to write and express the Committee's regret that they could not do- so, the object not coming within the scope of the Society's work.

A VOTE of thanks to the Chairman for presiding ended the Meeting.

After the meeting a Luncheon was held at the Grand Hotel, Leicester, followed by a lecture upon " Old Leicestershire," illus trated with limelight views, given by Mr. G. M. Henton. Mr. Thomas Cope (Chairman of the Leicestershire County Council) occupied the Chair, and there was a large attendance of members. The lecture was much enjoyed, and a hearty VOTE of thanks was passed to Mr. Henton for the great trouble be had taken in the preparation of the lecture and slides.

March ZSth, 1912. Bi-Monthly Meeting, held at the Society's Room, at the Library of the Old Town Hall, Leicester.

J. W. WAKTNABY, ESQ., in the Chair.

Apologies for absence were received from Col. G. C. Bellairs, V.D., J.P., the Rev. W. G. Whittingham, M.A., T. W. Everard, Esq., D.L., the Rev. E. Jackson, M.A., C. H. Page, Esq., H. Hartopp, Esq., and Mrs. Fielding Johnson.



VOTES of thanks were received for Parts 5 and 6, Vol. X. of the Transactions, from the Society of Antiquaries, London ; the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, and the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology.

VOTES of thanks were passed to the Clifton Antiquarian Club, for Part 2, Vol. VII. of the Proceedings ; the Essex Archaeological Society for Part 3, Vol. XII. of the New Series of the Transactions; the English Monumental Descriptions Society, for Part 1 of the Register ; and to Major Freer, for the last three volumes of the Folk Lore Society's Proceedings.

A letter was read from the Vicar of St. Margaret's stating that no stones of any size had been removed from the tower of St. Margaret's, as had been reported, but only rubble and dust. This was considered satisfactory.

The Rev. S. T. Winckley informed the Society that Mr. Wm. Watts, of Somerby, had written a paper on " The Place Names of Leicestershire," which would be published in the next part of the Transactions. He was also compiling a further paper upon the subject.

Messrs. Morton's account for £55 19s. 6d. for printing and publishing the Associated Volume was passed for payment.

ANCIENT MONUMENTS.

The Rev. S. T. Winckley read a letter from the clerk to the Leicestershire County Council asking if the Society would under take to prepare a schedule of the ancient monuments of the county, such report to be afterwards printed by the council and a copy filed among the country records. After fully discussing the matter, the following sub-committee was appointed to deal with the matter: Major Freer, Rev. S. T. Winckley, Dr. Day, G. M. Henton, Esq., S. P. Pick, Esq., and Thos. Fosbrooke, Esq.

A VOTE of thanks was passed to Major Winstanley and Thos. Fosbrooke, Esq., for the trouble they had taken in placing Kirby Castle under the care of His Majesty's Office of Works, under the provisions of the Ancient Monuments Acts.

A letter was read from Mr. W. F. C. Wigston (a decendant of the elder branch of the Wigston family), giving the Society


valuable information re the pedigree of the family, and offering to give additional information if required. The Hon. Secretary was instructed to write and thank Mr. Wigston for his kind offer, and to say that the Society would be glad to avail itself of any information he could give upon the subject.

The following new Members were elected :—A. H. Burgess, Esq., Wicliffe Street, Leicester; J. H. Baker, Esq., Accountant, Mill stone Lane, Leicester; N. C. Ridley, Esq., Horsefair Street, Leicester; William Evans, Esq., J.P., Knighton Lodge, Stoney- gate, Leicester; Miss Gertrude Evans, Knighton Lodge, Stoney- gate, Leicester; William Evans, Esq., jun., Ash Lodge, Stroughton Drive, Leicester; Geo. Crawford Johnson, Esq., Killarney, Kirby Muxloe; C. W. B. Fernie, Esq., M.F.H., Key- thorpe Hall; the Rev. Hugh Parry, M.A., Tugby Vicarage; Capt. J. W. Blunt, M.A., 9, Belmont Villas, New Walk, Leicester; T. M. Blagg, Esq., F.S.A., 124, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.; Chas. W. Jones, Esq., St. Martin's, Leicester; A. H. Dyson, Esq., High Street, Lutterworth; and W. F. C. Wigston, Esq., c/o Col. Montagu England, Sorrento Lodge, Kyde, Isle of Wight.

The question of the Society's Annual Excursion was considered, and it was RESOLVED to visit Boston and the neighbourhood about the middle of June next, the details being left to the Hon. Secretaries to arrange. A hope was expressed that it might be possible to obtain Mr. Hamilton Thompson's services as guide.


BY THE REV. S. T. WINCKLEY (for MES. LUMBERS, Granby Street, Leicester), the following old books on Leicestershire :— Kelly's Royal Progresses to Leicester ; Bylaws for the Borough of Leicester; Reeves's Chronicles of the Castle and of the Earls of Leicester; Featherstone's Legends of Leicester; Hollings's History of Leicester during the Civil War; Comic History of Leicester (Q.U.I.Z.); Evans' Leicestershire Words, Phrases, and Proverbs; Vol. I. of the Leicestershire Archaeological Society's Transactions ; Burton's Description of Leicestershire; Kelly's Notices of Lei cester ; Midland Counties Historical Collector; and Parker's Glossary of Architecture.

BY MAJOR FREER :—Gold and enamel Order of the Knights of Hanover, with light blue ribbon, in original case ; Coronation Medal of George V., in white metal, Tricolour ribbon ; ditto with Reverse: Delhi, 1911, in bronze and white metal (both by Spink and Son, Ltd.).


BY G. M. HENTON, ESQ. :—A full series of photographs of interesting buildings, etc., in Leicestershire, prepared for the archteological survey.

A VOTE of thanks to the Exhibitors and to the Chairman for presiding ended the Meeting.



Apologies for absence were received from the Rev. E. Jackson, M.A. (Hon. Local Secretary for Lutterworth), the Rev. A. 0. James, M.A., S. Perkins Pick, Esq., F.R.I.B.A., Sidney A. Gimson, Esq., H. Hartopp, Esq., James Wright, Esq., C. H. Page, Esq., and Mrs. Fielding Johnson.


VOTES of thanks were passed to the Royal Archaeological Institute for No. 272 of the Journal; the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, for Part 1, Vol. XVI. of the Proceedings; the Shrop shire ArchEeological Society, for Part 1, Vol. II. of the Fourth Series of the Transactions ; the Viking Club, for the Report for 1911; the National Trust, for the Report for 1910-11; and the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology, for Part 2, Vol. XIV. of the Proceedings.

Messrs. Clarke & SatchelFs account for printing the Society's Transactions, and general printing bill, was passed for payment.

The Hon. Secretary reported that he had ordered 300 copies of the Index of Archaeological Papers for 1908, for sending out to the Members. This was approved.

The Report of the Excursion Sub-Committee was received, in which it was stated that it had been found to be most inconvenient to make Grimsby the headquarters for the Excursion, and it was RESOLVED to visit Boston and the neighbourhood, on Thursday and Friday, the 13th and 14th of June. This was approved.


The announcement of the deaths of Canon Maddison, of Lincoln, and of H. L. Powys-Keck, Esq. (one of our Presidents, and a valued member), were received with great regret.

The New England Historic and Genealogical Society was elected to the membership of the Society.

Major Freer read the following Review of a new book by Alfred Harvey and V. B. Crowther-Beynon, M.A., F.S.A., on "Leicester shire and Rutland," with 32 illustrations and two maps. (Methuen and Co., Ltd.)

REVIEW.

I have pleasure, in reporting to our Members the publication by Methuen and Co., Ltd., on May 2nd, of the " Leicestershire and Rutland " volume of " The Little Guides," by Alfred Harvey and V. B. Crowther-Beynon, M.A., F.S.A., the latter being one of out valued members. The book is pocket size, and the price is 2s. 6d. Some of the information is gleaned from the Transactions of our Society.

Although the preface states that the authors " have been placed at some disadvantage by the necessity of vigorous compression throughout the guide, and are fully conscious that much matter well worthy of inclusion has perforce been omitted," I can without hesitation say that the selections have been both judicious and useful.

I am also pleased that the work has comprised the two Counties, which on many occasions have worked together in various directions for the public good.

The 32 illustrations are interesting and well chosen.

The work is arranged Parish by Parish in alphabetical order, with cross references where necessary, and there is a good map. The description of Kirby Castle is well done, and in the next edition it will no doubt be noted that owing to the kindness of the owner, Major Winstanley, of Brauustone Hall, the Castle has been placed under the care of the Director of Ancient Monuments. On clearing out the ditch, part of the ancient drawbridge has been found.

At a time when a strong and vigorous effort is being made to save the Chantry House of William of Wigston from destruction, it was a happy inspiration of the authors to choose a frontispiece


showing the house as well as the turret gateway of the Castle of Leicester.

The volume has been carefully edited, but on page 125 two words are misspelt.

I venture to call Mr. Harvey's attention to the fact that by various acts of Parliament the following Parishes have been transferred to Leicestershire, ,namely,^Littlej;Bowden, Measham, Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe, Willesley, Chilcote, and Stretton-en- le-Field. On the other hand the Parishes of Overseal and Nether- seal have been transferred to Derbyshire.

Mr. Crowther-Beynon's share of the work leaves nothing to be desired, and I am pleased to see that amongst the illustrations he has included the beautiful Chancel Arch of Tickencote.

Major Freer also read two Papers, which are shortly to be printed in the Society's Transactions :—

1. " ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH CASTLE, LEICESTERSHIRE," byT. H. Fosbrooke, Esq.

2. " THE [PLACE*NAMES OF LEICESTERSHIRE," by Wm. Watts, Esq.

Both Papers were much appreciated by the Members present.


BY THE REV. S. T. WINCKLEY:—A photograph of a very beautiful Reredos, executed by Messrs. Morcom & Pettinger, for St. Michael and All Angels' Church, Knighton, Leicester, which will be dedicated by the Yen. the Archdeacon of Leicester, on Thurs day, the 23rd of May.

This was pronounced to be a very successful and effective piece of work.

VOTES of thanks to Major Freer, T. H. Fosbrooke, Esq., Wm. Watts, Esq., to the Exhibitor, and to the Chairman for presiding, ended the Meeting.


July 29th, 1912. Bi-Monthly Meeting, held at the Society's Boom, at the Library of the Old Town Hall, Leicester.

J. W. WARTNABY, ESQ., in the Chair.Apologies for absence were received from Mrs. T. Fielding

Johnson, the Rev. E. H. Day, D.D., F.S.A., and the Rev. S. T. Winckley, M.A. (Hon. Secretaries), W. Evans, Esq., W. H. Winterton, Esq., Col. G. G. Bellairs, V.D., J.P., and S. Perkins Pick, Esq., F.R.I.B.A.


A VOTE of thanks for the last part of this Society's Transactions was received from the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire.

VOTES of thanks were passed to the Derbyshire Archaeological Society, for Vol. XXXIV. of the Journal; the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, for Vol. LXIII. of the Transactions ; and the Yorkshire Archaeological Society, for Part 1, Vol. XXII. of the Journal, and Vol. II. of the Index to Pavers Marriage Licences, 1567-1630.

The arrangement made with the printers by the Hon. Treasurer with reference to the maps and photographs for Mr. Fosbrooke's Paper on " Ashby-de-la-Zouch Castle," was unanimously approved at £14.

Messrs. Clarke & Satchell's printing account, amounting to £3 5s. 6d., was passed for payment.

It was decided to subscribe 5s. for the Index to the Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural Society's Volumes.

The following Resolution was unanimously passed, on the proposition of Major Freer, seconded by Thomas Bailey, Esq. :—

" We, the Members of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society in Meeting assembled, hereby express our great regret at the loss the County and this Society has sustained in the death of the Right Hon. Sewallis Edward Shirley 10th Earl Ferrers, and our sympathy with his sister the Lady Augusta Palmer in her bereavement."

Earl Ferrers was elected a Member and one of our Presidents on the 31st of July 1876.

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The following new Members were elected :—The Rev. J. A. Ross, Darley House, Coalville, Leicester; Miss Flora S. Goadby, Ingle- wood, Knighton, Leicester; the Rev. E. J. Fripp, B.A., Great Meeting, East Bond Street, Leicester; A. A. Spencer, Esq., 3, Welford Road, Leicester; S. H. Skillington, Esq., Kilmorie, Victoria Park Road, Leicester; and Thomas Brown, Esq., Kirby Muxloe, Leicester.

Major Freer read the following Report, which he had prepared with reference to the Congress of Archaeological Societies, 1912:—

" I have to report that I attended this Congress at Burlington House, on June 27th, and a further Meeting on July 22nd. Sir C. H. Read, President of the Society of Antiquaries, in the Chair. There was a good attendance of Members. I read the following Paper, at the request of the Council, on

THE THREE ANCIENT MONUMENTS BILLS OF 1912.It is a satisfactory thing that after many years of hard, and in

many cases unappreciated, work, by members of archaeological societies, we have just bad Royal Commissions appointed, to report on Ancient Monuments in every part of Great Britain, and that at the present time there are no fewer than three Bills in Parliament seeking to protect them further. These Bills have been referred to a Joint Committee of both Houses of Parliament. This state of things could not have arisen, had not the general public been educated to see the advantage of preserving such invaluable objects of antiquity and history. I have been asked by the Council to give a short statement on the subject.

We will first proceed to consider the Ancient Monuments Con solidation and Amendment Bill, introduced into the House of Lords by Lord Beauchamp, on behalf of the Government.

Part I., section 1, sub-section 1, re-enacts that the Commis sioners of Works may purchase by agreement out of moneys provided by Parliament, any ancient monument, and by sub-section (2) a County Council may do likewise out of their rates.

By section 2 any person may give or devise the same to the Commissioners of Works.

Part II. constitutes such Commissioners, guardians of ancient monuments, section 3 ; and they shall maintain the same out of Government funds, section 4. Section 5 defines owners as persons holding in fee, leaseholders (45 years unexpired) and life tenants, a body corporate and trustees, and in the case of lenses with 60 years to run.

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Part III. relates to the protection of ancient monuments.Section 6 provides that if the Ancient Monuments Board (sec

tion 15) reports that if a monument of national importance is in danger, an Order may be made for its protection, and shall be in force for 18 months only, unless confirmed by Parliament. If not confirmed, five years is to elapse before another Order can be made.

Section 7 provides that whilst the Order is in force the monument may not be demolished, and may be repaired by Commissioners, who may (section 8) give expert aid.

By section 9, this part of the Act does not apply to buildings used for ecclesiastical purposes, or dwelling houses.

Part IV.By Clause 10, the Commissioners of Works may receive volun

tary contributions for maintenance of such monuments. Clause 11 provides for transfer between County Councils and the said Com missioners.

By Clause 12, County Councils may at request of owner undertake or contribute towards the cost of preserving such monuments.

Public access is provided by section 13, and the penalty for injuring monuments so preserved, is a fine not exceeding £5 plus cost of damage, or one month's imprisonment, with or without hard labour, with an appeal to Quarter Sessions. His Majesty, by Order in Council, may order the Act to apply to any ancient monu ment within the meaning of the Act (section 14).

Section 15 is important, as it provides for the creation of an Advisory Board, three members to be appointed by the Commis sioners and members representing the following bodies (1st Schedule). H. M. The King may, by Order in Council, alter this Schedule. The Royal Commissions on Historic Monuments in (1) England, (2) Scotland, (3) Wales; the Societies of Antiquaries of London and Scotland; the Royal Academy of Arts, the Royal Institute of British Architects; the Trustees of the British Museum, and the Board of Education.

Section 16 provides for the appointment and payment of one or more Inspectors under the Act.

Section 17 incorporates the Commissioners of Works for the purposes of the Act.

Section 18 defines an Ancient Monument to be, any monument the preservation of which is a matter of public interest, by reason of the historic, architectural, traditional, artistic, or archaeological interest attaching thereto, or any remains thereof, and includes


the site, or any part of the adjoining land which may be required for the purposes of fencing, covering in, or otherwise preserving from injury such monument, structure, or erection, and also includes the means of access thereto.

Sections 19 and 20 refer to Scotland, and the repeal of former Acts set out in the Second Schedule.

Section 21. The Act is called " The Ancient Monuments Con solidation and Amendment Act, 1912," and does not apply to Ireland. For the purpose of this Meeting I omit all reference to the other two Bills.

I can recommend to Members of Congress the careful perusal of the Government Report from H. M. Representatives abroad, showing the systems adopted in certain foreign countries, for the Preservation of Ancient Monuments (King's Printers, Miscellaneous No. 7, 1912). A study of the same will be found both interesting and useful.

I venture to suggest the following points of special interest:—

In AUSTRIA.—On the motion of the Chairman of the Central Commission for the Preservation of Monuments, the Chief Com missioner can appoint Hon. Wardens of Monuments, whose office it is to assist the Locul Conservators by information as to treasure trove, or the endangering of monuments or any other matters of importance as regards the preservation of monuments (par. 17, page 5).

In BAVARIA.—An owner cannot excavate or explore for monu ments on his estate without the consent of the district authorities, and an excavator must get leave before he can begin to dig, the work being supervised by an expert. There are heavy penalties. If any thing is found, the work must be suspended and the objects left in their original position for seven days. Penalties, fines up to 50 marks or imprisonment. There is a general Conservatorium, and without its consent no church can be restored (pages 6, 7).

In BELGIUM.—The Department of Fine Arts disposes annually of £5,000 for the restoration of secular monuments, and £8,000 for the restoration of religious edifices classified as monuments (par. 8, page 9).

In GERMANY.—In addition to secular objects, churches and ornaments from churches are included, both fixed and moveable (page 12). All new buildings and building alterations of any importance have to be submitted to Inspectors appointed by the State. In 1907, £86,500 was voted in the Education Budget for


grants to parishes and individuals, to assist them in preserving monuments. £61,500 to churches, and the remainder for secular monuments. No voluntary help (page 12).

In GREECE.—The fines range from £4 to .£400, plus imprison ment, for injuries done to monuments (page 14).

In SAXONY.—The Royal Saxon Antiquarian Association largely interests itself in the preservation of ancient monuments, und surveys have been made accordingly (page 19).

Having regard to the damage done and being done to churches, the following extract concerning the alienation of articles in churches is of interest:—

" It having come to the notice of the Evangelical Lutheran Consistory that Incumbents have disposed of valuable articles, more especially pictures, communion plate, statues, books, seals and carvings, and other objects of artistic or historic value, without previously obtaining the permission of the ecclesiastical superiors, no alienation shall be made without the consent of such Consistory. 1878. (Page 22.)

In SWEDEN.—If ancient churches are restored which contain monuments, painted or otherwise, of former times, these latter must not be disturbed or injured without leave of the proper authorities. No moveable church property can be parted with without a previous offer to the State. Ancient bells cannot be melted down without informing the proper authority, in order that if required copies may be taken of the inscriptions.

An inventory must be taken of church property, which may be examined periodically by the proper officer. Objects not in use must be carefully preserved (page 24).

In the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.—Permits for excavating sites have to be obtained ; and permission will not be granted for the removal of any ancient monuments from America (page 27).

The County Councils Association has considered these Bills, and whilst approving generally of the Government Bill, recom mends that the Advisory Board proposed to be set up, should include a member of the County Council, or Corporation, in whose jurisdiction the monument under consideration is situated. With this I quite agree. The Association has asked Mr. Willis Bund, F.S.A., to give evidence before the Committee. I venture to suggest that a representative from this Congress should be asked to give evidence in support of the views of this Meeting.

I should like to see sections 5, 6 and 7 of the No. 2 Bill (House


of Commons) and Protection Bill (House of Lords) incorporated into the Government Bill. This would compel owners of Ancient Monuments to give two months' notice to the Commissioners of an intention to destroy or alter a monument, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, and where the owner neglects to repair, the Commissioners may assume guardianship. I should like to see (as in Germany) a grant of £86,500 voted by Parliament for repairing ancient monuments (including churches).

None of the Bills deal with Church property, but I should like a resolution sent to the Bishop of each Diocese, asking that (as in Sweden) an Inventory be taken of Church property, which may be examined periodically by the proper officer, with an Instruction that objects not in use must be carefully preserved.

This year in my own County the following cases have come within my knowledge :—

An attempt to sell an old font to go to America. A suggestion to sell a sacramental cup, not in use.The removal without a Faculty of an old cross on an old chancel

screen, by a person not the rector.

After a full discussion I moved the following Resolution, which was seconded by Canon Morris (Cambrian Archaeological Associa tion), and carried :—

" That Earl Beauchamp's Bill be generally approved, with Mr. Paley Baildon's amendments, and that the Bill be further amended as follows :

" That the County Council, in whose jurisdiction the monument is situated, shall have power to nominate a Representative to the Advisory Board, and that the principle underlying clauses 5, 6 and 7 of the Ancient Monuments Protection Bill No. 2 (House of Commons) should be incorporated in the measure."

It was also RESOLVED that Dr. Wm. Martin, LL.D., F.S.A., the Hon. Secretary of the Congress, be appointed a Delegate to give evidence on behalf of the Congress before the Joint Committee of both Houses of Parliament.

At the request of such Committee a further meeting of Congress was held on July 22nd. Dr. Martin reported that he had given evidence for an houi -and-a-half, and had been requested to get the opinion of Congress on the question of ecclesiastical buildings.

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After a full discussion the proposal of Mr. Aymer Vallance (Kent), seconded by Mr. P. M. Johnston (Surrey) was carried, viz.:—

" That this Meeting of the Archroological Congress being desirous that the protection afforded by the Ancient Monu ments Consolidation and Amendment Bill should be extended to ecclesiastical buildings, if the same can be done without unduly infringing the existing rights and privileges of the Churches of England or Scotland, or other religious body, will welcome and support any scheme by which this can be carried out, and that some scheme should be devised whereby the repairs ot churches may be legally supervised by some expert archaeological authority."

Mr. Paley Baildon then read clauses that he proposed to re commend for insertion in the Bill, in place of the clause which exempted from the compulsory section of the Act buildings in religious use.

The purport of the clauses was to secure that certain churches might be placed under the guardianship of His Majesty's Com missioners of Works, without imparing the jurisdiction of the present church authorities, and the system of faculties. Provision was however made for the submission of such faculties (in certain cases) to the Commissioners for their approval. This I seconded, and after discussion and with certain verbal amendments, was unanimously carried.

I then proposed, Mr. Ralph Nevill, F.S.A., seconded, and it was carried unanimously :—

"That this meeting is of opinion that, as in Sweden, an in ventory of moveable church property must be taken and examined periodically by the proper ecclesiastical officer (the Rural Dean might be such officer) : and objects not in use must be carefully preserved."

It was also AGREED that Borough Councils ought to have the power of purchasing buildings of archaeological interest as well as County Councils, and also that the Act should be extended so as to cover buildings of " local " as well as of " national " import ance.

Mr. W. H. Quarrell, M.A., F.S.A., was unavoidably prevented from attending.

The following were then exhibited:—BY COL. C. F. OLIVER and DR. R. C. STEWART :—A fine


series of photographs taken during the Society's recent Excursion to Boston and neighbourhood.

BY THOS. BAILEY, ESQ. :—Sketches showing the beautiful Roman pavements at Bignor, Sussex.

VOTES of thanks to Major Freer for his Paper, to the Exhibitors, and to the Chairman for presiding, ended the Meeting.

September '30th, 191'2. Bi-Monthly Meeting, held at the Society's Room, at the Library of the Old Town Hall, Leicester.


Apologies for absence were received from Major Freer, D.L., F.S.A. (Hoii. Secretary), through indisposition, Col. Gr. C. Bellairs, V.D., J.P., the Rev. E. H. Day, D.D., F.S.A. (Hon. Editorial Secretary), the Rev. E. Jackson, M.A. (Hon. Local Secretary for Lutterworth), Wilfred Moss, Esq. (Hon. Local Secretary for Loughborough), S. Squire, Esq., and C. H. Page, Esq.


VOTES of thanks were passed to the Essex Archaeological Society, for Part 4, Vol. XII. of the Transactions; the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, for Part 2, Vol. II., Fourth Series of the Transactions ; the Oxfordshire Archaeological Society, for the Report for 1911 ; and the Thoresby Society, for Part 1, Vol. XX. of the Publications.

A letter was read from Lady Augusta Palmer, thanking the Society on behalf of herself and family for the resolution of sympathy passed at the last meeting on the death of her brother, the late Earl Ferrers.

The draft of the proposed appeal which it was proposed to send- out asking for donations on behalf of the Fund to be opened to purchase the Chantry House of William Wyggeston and ad joining Houses in the Newarke was read and approved, subject to certain su»£ested amendments, and it was RESOLVED, on the proposition of the Rev. \V. G. Whittingham, and seconded by Mr.

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J. W. Wartnaby, to ask His Grace the Duke of Rutland and the Lord Bishop of Peterborough to sign the appeal on behalf of this Society.

It was also RESOLVED that Major Freer be authorised to draw and sign a cheque for £100 already promised towards the Fund, and pay the same to the Hon. Treasurer, S. P. Pick, Esq., when required.

The Rev. S. T. Winckley drew the attention of the Society to the excellent series of Cambridge University Extension Lectures on " Abbeys," now being given by the Rev. D. H. S. Cranage, M.A. Mr. Pick supported, and said that the value of these Lectures could not be too widely known.

It was RESOLVED to commend to the Members of the Society and others, two excellent books by A. Hamilton Thompson, Esq., M.A., F.S.A., published by the Cambridge University Press, on " The Historical Growth 'of the English Parish Church " and "Military Architecture."

A hearty VOTE of thanks was passed to Cecil Harris, Esq., for his kind gift of books to the Society's Library, relating to the History of Leicester.

The following were then exhibited :—

By THOS. FOSBROOKE, ESQ. :—Three water colour drawings of the restoration of Bradgate Hall, by S. A. Matthews, Esq.

BY THOS. BAILEY, ESQ. :—A fine series of Photographs of the Ancient City of Wisby, once the Queen of the Baltic Island of Gothland (Sweden).

VOTES of thanks to the Exhibitors, and to the Chairman -for presiding, ended the Meeting.

November Z5th, 1912. Bi-Monthly Meeting held at the Society's Room, at the Library of the Old Town Hall, Leicester.

REV. A. 0. JAMES, M.A., in the Chair.

Apologies for absence were received from Col. G. C. Bellairs, V.D., J.P. (President), Mrs. T. Fielding Johnson, the Rev. E.


Jackson, M.A. (Hon. Local Secretary for Lutterworth), the Rev. W. G. Whittingham, M.A., S. Perkins Pick, Esq., F.R.I.B.A., W. T. Grewcock, Esq., T. W. Everard, Esq., D.L., and J. W. Wartnaby, Esq. (Hon. Auditor).


VOTES of thanks were passed to the Royal Archaeological Institute, for No. 274 of the Journal; the East Herts. Archaeo logical Society, for Purt 3, Vol. IV. of the Transactions ; the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society, for Vol. XVI. of the Transactions; the Joint Societies for the Preservation of the Chantry House in the Newarke, for the Pamphlet on the same; the Powys Land Club, for Part 71 of the Montgomeryshire Collec tions; the Historical and Antiquarian Society of Stockholm, for the Transactions for 1911, and a Guide to the National Historical Museum of Stockholm ; and the Viking Club, for Part 2, Vol. VII. of the Saga Book.

Major Freer reported that he had sent a cheque for £2 8s. Od. to Dr. Day, payable to Mrs. Jenkinson, for transcribing the Leicestershire Inventories of Church Goods in the reign of Edward VI., which was being published in the Associated Societies' Transactions.

Major Freer also reported that on the 7th November, 1912, the select Committee of the House of Lords and Commons issued their Report; and reported, as was expected, that of the three Bills before them only the Ancient Monuments Consolidation and Amendments Bill (House of Lords) should be proceeded with. The Committee recommend that all monuments placed under the guardianship of the Commissioners of Works or County Councils should be exempt from Probate or Death Duties (section 3), as alsO any ancient monument declared to be a monument of national importance (section 6). In section 10, the Committee hope that the bench of bishops will take the question of the preservation of Ecclesiastical Buildings under their consideration at an early date.

By section 13, the Committee state that they are strongly of opinion that such moveable property as plate and other articles of historic and artistic interest as belong either to a Municipal Corporation or to the Established Church should be subject to protection similiar to that extended by this Bill to fixed objects. That a sufficient number of Inspectors of Ancient Monuments should be appointed, say four each for England and Scotland, and two for Wales ; and that a special department in the Office of


Works should be organized for the work under the Bill (sections 15 and 16).

Then follow certain drafting amendments to the Bill.

After fall discussion, the following Resolution was unanimously passed, on the proposition of the Rev. S. T. Winckley, seconded by Mr. Thomas Bailey :—

" That this Society, while giving general support to the Ancient Monuments Consolidation and Amendments Bill (House of Lords), and its thanks to Major Freer for his Report there on, is of opinion that respectful requests should be made to the Diocesan Bishops to consider the importance of an Advisory Board being appointed for each Archdeaconry, to consist of one Ai'chitect, one Archaeologist, and one Ecclesiologist, to be chosen respectively by the local Society of Architects, the local Archaeological Society, and the Archdeacon.

" That Faculties be more rigorously insisted on, and that the Chancellor refrain from granting them without the concurrence of such Board, in order that not only ancient works of art and architecture may be duly protected, but that the best available modern art be also fostered and encouraged."

Major Freer reported that the appeal for funds to save William Wyggeston's Chantry House and the two other Houses in the Newarke, was now being sent out, and he hoped that the scheme would meet with universal support both in the town and county.

On the proposition of the Rev. S. T. Winckley, seconded by Major Freer,-the Society congratulated Mr. H. W. Skillington on the very able manner in which he had prepared the History of the Newarke, which was being sent out with the appeal.

Mr. H. H. Peach reported that the Literary and Philosophical Society proposed to have an Exhibition of Leicester Antiquities, at a Reception which it was proposed to have in connection with the opening of the New Wing of the Museum, and he asked for the loan of any objects of interest in the possession of the Society, or in the private collections of any of its members or any other persons interested.


The Committee RESOLVED to help in every way possible, and hoped that Members and others having objects of local antiquarian and historic interest which they are willing to lend, will com municate with Mr. H. II. Peach, 1, Portland Towers, Leicester.

Mr. Peach also asked the Members if they could give him any information with regard to the plate which was affixed to the wall of Bunyan's House, situate in St. Nicholas Street, opposite to St. Nicholas Church, which was now pulled down.

The Members present were unable to give him any information. Anyone having information on this matter is requested to com municate with Mr. Peach.

The Rev. S. T. Winckley handed to the Hon. Treasurer a cheque for £1 9s. 5d., being the balance in his hands from the Society's Summer Excursion. The account showed the receipts to be £17 Os. lOd. and the payments £15 11s. 5d. A hearty VOTE of thanks was passed to Mr. Winckley for the trouble he had taken to make the Excursion such a great success.

The following new Members were elected:—The Rev. A. W. Cradock, Breedon-on-the-Hill, Ashby-de-la-Zouch; B. S. Wills, Esq., F.R.C.S., 84, Laurel Road, Leicester.

A VOTE of thanks to the Chairman for presiding ended the Meeting.

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THE Annual Excursion of 1911 was made to the churches of Wisbech and the Marshland. The arrangements were admirably made by the Hon. Secretary for Excursions, the Rev. S. Thorold Winckley. The party was under the expert guidance of Mr. A. Hamilton Thompson, F.S.A., and the weather was all that could be desired. The Excursion was therefore among the most success ful recorded in the annals of the Society.

TERBINGTON ST. CLEMENT.

The party, numbering about thirty, were met at Terrington Station by Mr. A. E. Clarke, and from there they drove in brakes to the King William IV. Inn, where luncheon was served. After luncheon, which included Wisbech strawberries, they walked to St. Clement's Church. They were welcomed by the Vicar, the Rev. Marlborough Crosse, who, in spite of his 85 years, cycled to meet them. After the party had taken seats in the nave, Mr. Thomp son gave a most comprehensive lecture. He remarked that he did not think that in the whole of England there was a finer group of parish churches than those which lie in the Marshland country between Lynn and Wisbech, and he only regretted that owing to the very little time they had, they would not be able to complete the series by going to Tilney All Saints and Terrington St. John. They might ask why it was that such splendid churches existed in these out of the way villages. He did not think they could assume that the population was ever much greater than at present. The population of Terrington St. Clement was now about two thousand, and he did not think it could have exceeded that number when the church was built, for, in the middle ages, all over England, churches were built, not with regard to the number of people in the parish, so much as to the wealth of the inhabitants and their desire to lay out a portion of it in the service of God. The churches of Terrington St. Clement and Walpole St. Peter, which were among the finest examples of English parish churches, were built in the middle ages very largely by the inhabitants of the districts. Most of them were wealthy parishes, a number of wealthy farmers lived in them, and the churches, with a few exceptions, were rectories of which the greater tithes were generally held by non-resident rectors, as in the case of Terrington. Those of them acquainted with ecclesiastical law were aware that the chancel was the province of the rector, who had to pay for its


upkeep, helped sometimes by a part of the stipend of a vicar, while the nave and aisles were chargeable on the parishioners, the lord of the manor and other inhabitants. Mr. Thompson explained that the churches were built of Barnack stone from Northamptonshire, instead of the flint which was characteristic of the neighbourhood. Ease and cheapness of water carriage allowed it to be readily brought from the quarries.

He then proceeded to deal with the history of the church, referring to the indications of the earlier Norman church, and of aisles added in the 13th century. The re-building of the church was effected in the latter part of the 14th century, and the work of the nave might have been begun in the time when Edmond de Gonville was rector, from 1342 to 1351. Then probably it was stopped in 1349, when the great pestilence, the Black Death, brought so much evil to the county of Norfolk. He pointed out various features which indicated the progress of the work, and said that the chief aim of its builders was elegance of proportion. He was sure, when that church was first completed, it must have glowed in colour from the stained glass in the windows and the mural paintings on the walls, such as it was now difficult to imagine. He called attention to the interesting font-cover, partly mediaeval, but with additions and internal painting of the time of Charles I. The wooden tablets on which the Commandments are painted, now in the transepts, are also of the 17th century. The screen at the west end of the nave is a good example of 18th century woodwork. For the ironwork in front of the small monu ment in the chancel it would be hard to find a parallel in England for beauty and simplicity of design. It had been lately taken as a model by Mr. Clarke in his design for the bracket for the Mayor's mace in Wisbech church. Mr. Thompson concluded a very interesting address with references to some of the most notable rectors and vicars connected with the church.

After inspecting the building, the party drove to Walpole St. Andrew, and at the church the Rev. Reginald Smith, R.D., greeted them. Mr. Thompson briefly traced the history of the church, alluded specially to the number of almeries, indicating the position of several altars in the aisles, and to the habitation for an anchorite, or anchorage, as it was called, on the west side of the tower of the church. Mediseval bishops' registers contained many licences to people who wished to serve God by shutting themselves up in houses adjoining a church, and there was a form with which such places were consecrated. Of course all the stories about people being walled up as a punishment were so much nonsense. Anchorites lived the enclosed life as a voluntary act of piety.

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WALPOLE ST. PETER.

On their arrival they were met by the Rector, the Rev. H. C. Staveley, and conducted to the preJty rectory garden, where tea was served, and among those present was the Rector's mother, Lady Staveley, who helped to welcome the guests. On a tree was hung an interesting portrait of Charles I., said to have been found in one of the Marshland churches. The rector had obtained it from a house at Lynn, and it was thought to be the work of a pupil of Van Dyck, though one of the party declared it to be worthy of the master himself. The church plate was displayed and there were also set out a number of pieces of pottery, coins, and other relics recovered during the recent restoration of the church. After tea, one of the party expressed their appreciation of the Rector's hospitality, and then the church was entered. To those who knew the church previously, it appeared somewhat altered. The reading desk which surmounted the Jacobean pulpit, giving the appearance of a " three decker," has been removed, showing the original form of the pulpit. Improvements have also been made in the chapel in the north aisle, and in moving the organ from the chancel. This church was highly praised by the visitors, many expressing their admiration. Mr. Thompson said that this was the finest church they would see that day, and to his mind it was, of its date, the finest country parish church to be found in the kingdom.

In describing the building of the church in the 14th century, he said it was his idea that the arcade and clerestory were suggested by the neighbouring church of Holbeach, erected some 30 or 40 years earlier. The clerestory at Walpole was copied from that at Holbeach, but the mouldings and capitals were changed from the local style of the middle of the 14th century to that of the latter part of that century. This was a South Lincolnshire clerestory translated into Norfolk, rather than one of those pure Norfolk clerestories of which Terrington had such an early and excellent example. The raising of the altar occasioned an interesting discourse as to the reasons, one being that it was built to the very boundary of the churchyard, which in some cases was done to allow of external processions, but in this case a pre-existing right of way may have been an additional cause. Mr. Thompson entered upon debatable ground when he alluded to the nave. He pointed out that the three eastern bays of the arcade were narrower than those of the west end, and so that had been stated to have marked


the fact that the original church was just about the present length of the nave, and three narrower bays corresponded to the chancel. That might be so, but he thought it a little difficult to make it out as a fact He thought it might be that the builders began at the west end and then found later that they bad to alter their spaces, because they wanted to get in the seven bays. That seemed to him the most reasonable explanation. During the recent restor ation, the foundations of a portion of the walls of the aisleless Norman nave have been discovered below the floor, but the actual dimensions of the earlier chancel have not been recovered.

Mr. Thompson, commenting upon the roof, said the construction was extremely graceful and beautiful, and though perhaps as compared with some of the finer Norfolk roofs it was rather light, it was thoroughly adequate, and high pitch was one of its striking features. He drew attention to the remains of the rood screen, the peculiarity of the doors to the rood loft, the series of stalls with their beautiful vaulted canopies, the magnificent south porch with the fine bosses in its roof, and the room above. As to the last, he said it was the custom to call it the priest's chamber or parvise, but neither was strictly correct. He thought it was employed as a room for the deacon who was attached to the church, or the church watcher whose duty it was to see that the lamps were kept lit, and that the treasures were not stolen. He described the later fittings of the church as of great beauty, most of them being of 17th century work, in the time of the reign of Charles I. He also commented on the careful way in which the restoration had been carried out, without the introduction of any novel features. The whole work had been done in a conservative spirit, and here, as at \Vhaplode, they saw what restoration really meant, and what a different thing it was from the general " improvement " of churches which was called restoration a few years ago. Alluding to the upkeep of the church, Mr. Thompson referred to Bogo de Clare, rector of Walpole in the time of Edward I., who held as many as forty benefices at the same time, including Leverington and Soham. He was by no means an exemplary person, for at York, where he was treasurer, he appeared to have neglected his duties, he was never on the spot, he let the bells get cracked, and the ministers were allowed to take the altar cushions and use them for domestic purposes at home.

In looking round the church, the rector pointed out certain features, including a place where the founder's tomb was supposed to have rested, while the question of the name on the font occasioned some controversy. The name is that of a 15th century rector, whose brass is in the chancel, a fact not previously recognised.

Walpole St. Peter's: "Right of Way" under Chancel.

Walpole St. Peter's t Old Carved Seats.(To face page 338). Photos by Dr. R. C. STEWART.


On leaving Walpole St. Peter, the party drove to

WEST WALTON,

where the detached bell tower, standing at the entrance to the churchyard, attracted attention.

Mr. Thompson said all the work of this chui-ch was of one period and the best of its kind. Doubtless there was an aisleless Norman church there, of the length of the present six bays of the nave, but the whole church was rebuilt about 1240 at the height of what was sometimes known as the Early English style, when Gothic work had attained its perfection. The church with its nave arcade and beautiful clerestory above, with one of its 13th century aisle windows, and with its south porch, was one of the most beautiful examples of that style in the whole of England. One great characteristic of 13th century work at its best was exemplified in the architectural details of the arcade, in the isolation of the different parts, which yet were combined in one harmonious whole. They saw it in the way in which the convex mouldings were relieved with deep hollows on each side, and in which the shafts were detached from the columns. Each part was treated with care for its own sake. In connection with the general design, Mr. Thompson pointed out the preference for the conven tional design over the naturalistic, the former as indicated in the geometrical tracery in the windows, and the latter in the foliage ornament in the capitals and west porch. He also showed how the beautiful clerestory with its alternate openings pierced with small lancets, brought out the light and shade in which the builders of that time delighted. As to the larger windows, he said the parishioners were probably not satisfied with the small 13th century windows, and longed to get better opportunities for the exhibition of their stained glass, and so consequently the aisles were broadened and larger windows put in.

The roof with its hammer beams, the ends of which took the form of angels, was commented upon, and later Mr. Thompson expressed the opinion that the roof was certainly made for the church, although not properly measured, which is contrary to the prevalent idea. The replacing of the Purbeck marble shafts with wooden copies in the 18th century, he described as one of the grossest pieces of vandalism. As to the tomb in the corner, thought to be that of a prior of Ely, he said that was impossible, and it was probably the tomb of the rector who was responsible for the chancel building and the aisles, and had been removed from its earlier place in the chancel. The isolation of the tower he

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attributed to the fact that the builders did not wish to endanger the stability of the fabric of the church by putting so large a tower on the west end, where on that foundation it might cause a settle ment, so they built it on very strong buttresses at some distance from the building.

The next church to be visited was that of

WALSOKEN,

and here the party were met by the .Rector, the Rev. J. Young, Mr. A. W. English, Mr. Ward Layle, Mrs. Young, aud other ladies. Mr. Young made a few introductory remarks, and alluded to the reputation of the church as the gem of the Marshland. He also spoke of the work of restoration that had been done.

Mr. Thompson said the earliest church upon that site was probably built before the Conquest, and may have been founded by the lord of the manor, Aelfwine, the East Anglian nobleman who was one of the founders of Ramsey abbey in 969. Throughout the middle ages the church remained a rectory and the greater tithes were never appropriated to any monastery. The date of the present nave was not much earlier than 1160 or 1170, towards the very end of the Norman period. The nave of seven bays, though richer in detail, bore a general resemblance to that of Long Sutton. Mr. Thompson commented on the ornament showing the transition from the late Norman into the Gothic. The lower part of the tower was built about 1200, while the spire was not completed until much later. It belonged to a series of towers which were very common in this neighbourhood and which were derived in the beginning from the great arcaded west tower of Ely Cathedral. The priory of Ely owned a great deal of land in this neighbour hood, and though the prior and convent of Ely did not trouble to build churches and pay for them, yet the church of Ely would be the model to which the masons naturally went. They found this type of tower in the finest state of development at West Walton : it occured also at Long Sutton, Gedney, Whaplode, and again at Elm, Leverington and Tilney All Saints. About 1320 great alterations took place, and to that date they must assign the construction of the chancel.

Mr. Thompson referred to the clerestory, the excellent screens, and the little recess in which it was said a heart reliquary was deposited. As to the font, he said the carvings, representing the Crucifixion and the seven Sacraments, were worthy of very close attention, though somewhat injured by time. There were many


other examples of such work in Norfolk, the finest being at Walsingham, where the font stood on the original steps. The font bore the date 1544, and was possibly the latest example of its type. With regard to the large mediaeval figure over the western arch, he said it represented King Solomon, probably taken from somewhere else, and the figures round it were painted in the 18th century. Other interesting features were pointed out, and the Rector showed the old register.

WISBECH COLLECTION OF POTTERY.

On arriving at Wisbech, dinner was admirably served at the Rose and Crown Hotel, where the party was well housed. After wards the loyal toast was honoured, and allusions were made to Mr. Thompson and Mr. Clarke. The ladies and gentlemen then walked to Mr. Clarke's house at the Bank, on the way admiring the Clarkson memorial. They received a hearty welcome from Mr. and Mrs. Clarke and the Misses Clarke, and after coffee had been served, the excellent and extensive collection of pottery was inspected. The visitors showed a great deal of interest, with the result that the collector was besieged with questions.

Mr. Clarke gave an interesting resume of the history of the introduction of china and its development. He told how the manufacture of china in Europe was the result of the importation of the oriental ware in the 17th century. The Germans had commenced with their factory at Dresden, which was subsidised, and consequently was in advance of other nations, except Sevres, which was subsidised by the French. English china commenced with Bow in 1740 to 1745, Chelsea and Worcester in 1750, but the most interesting thing to his mind was that the Staffordshire potters tried to make a ware that was imitating very closely the Oriental china. Mr. Clarke also spoke of the imitating of the Dutch delft, and pointed out various plates and Lambeth dishes of great interest. But what proved even more attractive was the fine collection of Staffordshire ware, many pieces being of consider able value, and very fine specimens of most beautiful work. The salt-glazed ware was examined, the agate ware invented by Wheeldon, Wedgwood's partner, the Astbury ware, and many other different kinds. Some fine busts and Toby jugs were a great source of interest, while in other rooms, Leeds, Liverpool, and Lowestoft specimens were shown. An interesting mug was dated .1633, and bore the names of John Potter and his wife Susannah. When they went out to dinner, Mr. Clarke explained, they took their own mug, which was set between them, and John drank from one side and Susannah from the other, the names


distinguishing his or her side. A rose bowl of 1658 of Lambeth ware was picked out as another fine example, :md the time passed very quickly with so much to interest.

Mr. James expressed their thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Clarke, and said that delightful collection for a long time to come would be associated by them with this excursion.

WISBECH PARISH CHURCH.

On Tuesday morning the party assembled at St. Peter's Church, where they were met by the Rev. A. Parham and Mr. B. Bennett. Mr. Thompson gave a fine description of the church, adding a word of praise that it seldom gets, but well deserves. He alluded to the early Norman church, an aisleless church with a nave of six bays and a western tower. To this building aisles were added in the 12th century: the north arcade of this period still remains. The first great alteration was made at the beginning of the 14th century, about the same period as the alteration of Walsoken and Elm. At Wisbech, the enlargement of the chancel was the first thing, and in doing that work, the builders kept their new south wall and arcade on the lines of the old, building their new north wall considerably to the north of the original wall. During this period of rebuilding, the old chancel was left for service and not taken away until absolutely necessary. The new axis was very much to the north, and in building the great chancel arch, some thing had to be done with the nave arcade. It was impossible to leave the respond with nothing behind it, so the eastern arch was taken down and a skew arch was built across to a new respond at the west end of the north wall of the chancel. Mr. Thompson alluded to the construction of the south aisle, which approached in size a second nave, the construction of the second chancel, in con nection with which he spoke of the dual dedication to St. Peter and St. Paul, the alteration of the bays between the two chancels, and the additions of a further south aisle, all of which belonged to that period. In the 15th century came the throwing of the two naves into one and the building of the very lofty and light arcade between them, and also the building of the clerestory right throughout the church up to the chancel arch, which necessitated a second skew arch, put in in a rather daring way.

Speaking of the old western tower, he thought it highly probable that the staircase leading to the bell turret was the original stair case to the 12th century tower. The present magnificent north tower was built between 1493 and 1538, so was some 45 years in course of construction. Allusion was made to the solar chamber


over the porch, the vestry of fine late Gothic work, the two monu ments in the chancel, the handsome royal coat of arms, which was originally intended to be fixed to the wall, and the mace rest, of which Mr. Thompson said that as a sample of modern ironwork it was both in design and execution of very high excellence indeed.

In conclusion, he said it pained him to see how that church had been consistently depreciated. Guide books talked of the Marsh land churches, but they said very little about Wisbech church. There were very few churches of England which afforded so excellent a lesson of the architecture of the land, and to work out the plan was one of the most educative experiences in the study of mediaeval architecture with which he was acquainted.

Such a tribute from an expert was naturally very pleasant hearing to the Wisbechians there. The de Braunstone brass was much admired, and as in other churches visited, the photo graphers were busy with their cameras, Dr. Stewart taking photographs for reproduction in the society's Transactions.

LEVEBINGTON

was the next church visited, and Mr. Thompson pointed out that it told its own story pretty clearly. The tower at the west end was the earliest portion, being a 13th century piece of work, and the chancel of the same date, but the nave was entirely 15th century. The first addition was in the lengthening of the existing chancel, and he thought most of the fabric of the chancel—not the windows—were probably of the later part of the 13th century. The south aisle of the chancel was erected about 1260, and the chancel was lengthened about that time, but whether anything happened to the nave, or as at Walsoken, the Norman arcade was left, it was difficult to .discover, as there was no indication of the alteration of that part of the building before the 15th century arcades were built. Whatever tower there was at the west end was taken down in the 18th century and the present one built. It was one of the general type in this district to which he had alluded at Walsoken. The top story of the tower was not added until the 14th century, and the spire still later. However, there could be no doubt that the 'whole composition of the tower and spire was of a most harmonious kind, and would have been approved by the builders of the lower portion of the tower.

The tracery of the east window was entirely modern, and not unlike some in Wisbech church, but the other windows of the chancel were of the 15th century. Rather late in that century the

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present arcades of six bays were built, a very noble though plain nave, very good in design and in the proportion which the big arches bore to the triple light of the clerestory above. But they were uninteresting in detail compared with Walsoken and Walton. They must remember that the arcades of the 15th century were designed merely in connection with the effect of the colour produced by the stained glass of the windows and the mural paintings. There was no need for that effect of light and shade which the 13th century builders had cultivated. The design of the fabric was in the hands of wall painters and glaziers, to whose work the masons had to work up. The foliage on the capitals of the responds which supported the tower arch were a very beautiful example of conventional work of the 13th century, not unlike that of the capitals at West Walton. A staircase which led to the loft above the screen, and the doorway which led out into the loft, and one little inner window, could still be seen. It was often said that such staircases were used by the deacon when he went up to-sing the Gospel at high mass. In the greater churches they were so used on festivals, but in smaller churches one could not imagine any deacon with ordinary eucharistic vestments climbing up that staircase without doing considerable injury to his vestments and to his temper. Rood-lofts were almost universally employed as singing galleries. In them were small organs, the ordinary singers would climb up there, and in certain instances there would be a small band to accompany the service. Above the loft was the rood beam with the great crucifix and the figures of St. Mary and St. John, and other saints.

After alluding to the side chapels, indicated by brackets for statues of patron saints, Mr. Thompson pointed out the mediaeval lectern, which, as usual, took the form of a large bird, and in this case rested on six lions at the foot. It was unusual to find oak lecterns of that date, and here they had a very good specimen of an eagle, and not the Cornish chough which was often used. The font was a 15th century piece of work, standing on the original steps, with statues of saints round it. It was not so fine as Walsoken, but was very handsome of its kind. The window in the north aisle, though greatly restored, gave a very fair idea of what the old stained glass of the window must have been. It belonged to about the third quarter of the 15th century. The glass was probably made on the spot by local industry. Even more beautiful were the two figures with canopies in the east window. In Wis- bech church there was some old glass, but it was Flemish or German, not English glass.

Leverington. Photo by Mr. S. RUSSELL.

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After looking round the church, the party resumed their journey and travelled into potato-land to

LONG SUTTON.

It was an interesting drive, in which the North Level and other drains, with Sheffield anglers dotted along the banks, the potato fields and various landmarks attracted attention. At Long Sutton church there was much to admire, especially the old Norman clerestory.

Mr. Thompson remarked that they would be struck with the likeness to the arcade at Walsoken. He spoke of the original wooden church, and then told how in 1180, by a charter, copies of which exist, three acres of fen land were given to the prior and convent of Castle Acre in Norfolk to build a new church with. The present church, however, he said, must have been begun before the date of the grant. At Walsoken, the date of the arcade was between 1160 and 1170, and the Long Sutton arcade closely resembled it. Walsoken showed a tendency towards transitional early Gothic foliage, but the capitals at Long Sutton were of a sturdier type, and were carved with the scalloping which came into use in 1140. Probably the three acres were given to the prior and convent when the church was completed. Of the Norman work they had these magnificent arcades of seven bays, with the original clerestory almost complete, with the exception of one window between the nave and the aisles. It was very rarely that they found a Norman clerestory so perfect as it was there.

After referring to the architecture of the chancel and aisles, Mr. Thompson said that in 1405 letters patent were granted for the foundation of a guild dedicated to St. Thomas of Canterbury, and for the establishment of a chapel there, and it was possible the southern chapel was enlarged for that purpose. The tower was very beauti ful, and though not exactly unique, yet the fact that it possessed a wooden spire covered with lead and pinnacles at the corners, made it almost so. There were very few of such towers, and there was no other which had kept its original timber and leaden pinnacles complete. The tower was built as a separate structure because of the insecure foundation. The two-storied vestry was also noted, and then Mr. Thompson dealt with some of the history of the church, which one writer thought had some connection with St. Mary's abbey at York. He pointed out that was not the case, and that probably the writer, not knowing Castle Acre, confused the word Acre with York. He then referred at some length to the relation of the monasteries to these churches. He said that when

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they read about monasteries building churches in parishes, they should remember that it was not the haljit of Religious—it would not have been an economical habit—to provide the parishes in which they owned land with churches. Where they were lords of the manor, as at \\haplode and Gedney, they contributed their share to the whole fabric, but where only the church belonged to and was appropriated to them, nil they had to do was to repair the chancel, and generally speaking, when an arrangement was made for a regular yearly stipend to be paid to a vicar, they attempted to put as much of the repairs on the vicar as they could.

On leaving the church the party walked to the Crown and Wool- pack Hotel, where Mr. G. V. Lee was responsible for the catering of an excellent luncheon. The drive was then continued to

GEDNKY,

where the splendid church stands out so prominently from the Fenland. Mr. Thompson said they had seen work of almost every period in those two days, but they had not seen such an entire example of the work of the 14th century as in this church. The history of the church was written on the west wall, where ihb.t were two separate roof lines. The lower of these was in all probability the roof line of the early 13th century church, which was built on the site of a Norman aisleless church. In the 14th century the nave and chancel were entirely rebuilt, and aisles added, and then the second roof was put on, giving the second li'.ie. In the 15th century was added a magnificent clerestory, which was of a highly developed Norfolk type. The tower belonged to about 1230, the same date as that of West Walton. This church had one of the most beautiful exteriors of any parish church in England, and it might well vie with Terrington St. Clement and Walpole St. Peter, its clerestory, with the buttresses and pinnacles, being superior to those of either of the other two churches.

Mr. Thompson pointed out a low side window in the chancel, and gave some of the reasons for such a feature. The most probable theory was that they were windows through which a server could ring the sanctus bell at the time of consecration during Mass, whereby those who were prevented from coming to the church would know tho time of the consecration. This church also had a 15th century sanctus bell turret, which appeared to be rather later than that window. Attention was also called to a small ivory plaque on which the Crucifixion was carved, fixed in tho south door, mid also to the lock of that door, on which were tlio words, " Beware, before ; .lohn Poet avyscth." The part taken

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by the abbot and convent of Crowland in connection with this church was shown to be comparatively small, and the contributions of the families of Hos and Groxhill must have been equally import ant. He thought the rivalry said to have existed between the abbey's in building these churches was purely a myth. It was more a question of rivalry between the parishioners. Two mediaeval rectors who were prominent men in 13th century politics were referred to, and also the question of chantries.

Next the brakes went through Holbeach to

WHAPLODE,

where the rector was waiting to receive the visitors. Here Mr. Thompson said they had earlier work than any they had yet seen. The four eastern bays of the nave, and a portion of the chancel arch, belonged to about 1140. He thought that previously there existed an aisleless church on that site, and then in the ordinary way the pillars were built up within the walls, and the arches placed on them. About forty years later the church received a considerable extension by the addition of three bays at the west end. The clerestory was very similiar to that at Long Sutton. A peculiar feature was the south transeptal tower, the cause for which was no doubt the same which led to the building of detached towers elsewhere. The outer walls for the most part were 15th century, or early in the 16th, and the windows were even later. There was a 13th century west door, and the south doorway was among the most lovely work contained in the church. Its capitals showed a fully developed conventional foliage, which could compare with that at West Walton. The chancel was much rebuilt in the early 19th century, though the fabric was largely old.

Time was getting limited, and the party returned quickly to Holbeach, where tea was served at the Chequers Hotel. After wards there was an expression of thanks to Mr. Thompson, and the secretary, Mr. Winckley, spoke of the way in which their guide had also undertaken the arrangements, and to a great extent relieved him.

A somewhat hurried visit was then paid to

HOLBEACH CHURCH,

which Mr. Thompson described as a uniform specimen of the work of the second quarter of the 14th century. The beautiful arcades

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of seven bays, and aisles and chancel, were, as at Gedney, magnifi cent and perfect examples of 14th century work. He thought the rebuilding of the church, as was so often the case, began with the building of the new chancel, then the aisles were set out, and finally the pillars and arches were built up in the interior, and then last of all came the building of the tower and spire. He pointed out the clerestory, from which he thought that of Walpole St. Peter had been copied, with its beautiful effect of light and shade. The chancel was not quite such fine work as the rest of the church, being a little smaller and out of proportion compared with the beautiful nave. Just as the nave may have suggested work at Walpole St. Peter, so he thought the tower suggested the lower portion of the great western tower at Boston. Other features of the church alluded to were a brass to Joan Welby, 1468, and the tomb and effigy of Sir Humphrey Littlebury, who became lord of the manor, and died upon the turn of the 14th and 15th centuries. The monument was a remarkably good example of an effigy of an armed knight of that period. Alluding to the south porch with its two great round turrets on each side, Mr. Thompson said that it was constantly asserted they were brought from Moulton Hall. But they found an exact parallel of the date of 1350 in the east end of the south aisle at Grantham church, and at Leverington they had seen examples of castellated turrets at the corner of the tower. He had looked carefully at the Holbeach turrets, and there was no real reason for saying that they were built for anything else than for this structure, and the masons who built that porch were probably the same masons who worked at Grantham at very much the same date.

There was only time for a brief inspection of the church, and then the party had to resume their places in the brakes and drive to the station. After expressing their appreciation of all they had seen, and issuing invitations to the Wisbech friends to come to Leicester, they left by the 5-33 p.m. train for the home journey.

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BY Miss S. K. SLOANE.

In 1912 the Summer Excursion of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society was a visit to Boston, Tattershall, and neighbourhood ; Boston being the headquarters for one night. The Society is again much indebted to Mr. A. Hamilton Thompson for so kindly conducting the party on their visit to this district.

On 'the arrival at Boston the party were met by brakes and driven to visit Frieston Church, the fine tower of the so called Boston stump being noticeable for miles in the low lying flat and fertile country, which is mainly land recovered from the sea, or reclaimed from swamps, and drained by means of dykes and banks by the energy of the inhabitants.

FRIESTON CHURCHwas founded early in the 12th century, and is the church of a priory of the abbey of Croyland. It is an example of the choir of a con ventual church being extended into the nave. The chancel no longer exists, but there remain the nave of nine bays (12th and 13th centuries) with large 15th century clerestory, and portions of the central tower, which was probably finished about 1150. The nave was the parish church, and early in the 13th century was lengthened by three bays to the west; stiff-stalk foliage may be noticed on the responds of two of the piers. The west arch of the tower remains ; and the staircase to the rood-loft and traces of a rood-screen show that two-and-a-half bays of the nave were cut off by the rood-screen, so that where the altar at present stands is approximately the position of the people's altar, the choir beyond being used exclusively by the monks. In the north aisle, built in the middle of the 15th century, is some good brickwork of the same date as Tattershall Castle, and a fine Norman corbel table, which was probably moved to the top of the wall by the 15th century builders. The south aisle was restored in 1871. The roof shows tie beams and king posts; there is a fine font cover, and a 15th century screen in north aisle.

A short visit was made to the vicarage garden, a beautiful old walled garden, in keeping with the house with its old brickwork and chimneys dating from about 1550.

After lunch at Boston the brakes were again in readiness, and the afternoon was spent in visiting the five following parish, churches.


WVBERTON CHURCH

was dedicated to S. Leodegar in the early part of the 13th century, but has 15th century additions. Here there are indications of a more extensive plan which was never carried into execution ; an unusually large central tower having been planned, of which only the bases were completed. The plan of the piers upon the two west bases is of a form unusual in the east of England, and is more like that of the west. There is no mediaeval chancel. iSome curious pieces of interlaced strips of ornament are let into the south wall. There are several coffin lids, and a stone with an inscription in old French, dated 1300, and the church possesses an old silver chalice. The roof is of tie beams and king posts, similar to that of Frieston.

FRAMPTON CHURCH

has a beautiful west tower and spire, c. 1200. The spire is of the early broach type, built of Ancaster stone, and of great interest, as very few stone spires of the early part of the 13th century remain outside Lincolnshire. Above the west door are two acute lancets. The columns in the nave with their capitals are of the 13th century, as is also the south chapel wall. In the 14th century the chancel was lengthened, and there may have been an Easter sepulchre, indicated by the great amount of ornament on the vestry door and round the founder's tomb. The founder's tomb is close to the vestry door in the north side of the chancel, and is probably that of Robert of Stickford. The aisles were rebuilt about the same time, and the arcade was heightened about the middle of the 14th century, and some capitals replaced, but no clerestory was added ; clerestories were not usual in the 14th century. From the east part of the tower to the outside walls are flying arches. There were transeptal chapels ; that of the south still remains. The pulpit is Jacobean. In the south chapel is a late 14th century stone effigy of a lady. There is also a fine old parish chest. Out side the church on the south transept buttress is a carved head and curions inscription: "Wot ye whi I stad her for I forswor mi Sauior . ego Ricardus in Angulo." (1336-50). Mr. A. H. Thompson explains "in the corner" by suggesting that that is really part of the name of the writer Richard.

KIRTON CHURCH.A 13th century building, which suffered considerable mutilation early in the 19th century. It was originally cruciform with central tower, but in 1804 the present west tower was built out of the fragments of the destroyed tower and transepts. There seems to be no apparent reason for this alteration, but the work was well done and it still remains a noble church. The earliest work is of

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11, ^"^ century, the north doorway and west doorway being 11/5-1200; the south doorway may be dated 1240-1250. In the 13th century the nave was rebuilt, the north aisle in 1300, and the south aisle in 1320-30. A clerestory was added later, and 15th century capitals were inserted on the western piers of the central arch. The roof is especially beautiful, showing alternate angels and saints under canopies, and is well lighted by the clerestory. There are some fragments of old glass, which appear to be in their original position, in the windows of the north aisle. The figures of S. Peter and S. Paul, to whom the church is dedicated, are placed outside the west wall of the tower.

SUTTEETON ClIURCH.

A cruciform church with central tower and spire. The work is of several periods, in great part late 12th century. The central tower and transepts were planned in the last quarter of the 12th century, but probably the western arch was rebuilt in the early part of the 13th century and the chancel shortened. The piers in the chancel are continued eight feet below the present floor. The narrow aisles probably remain unaltered in width since the 12th century. The aisle windows and the clerestory belong to the first half of the 14th century. In the north transept is a clerestory of plain lancets. The great west window with irregular lights dates from just before the perpendicular period. The spire is 15th century. In the chancel is a double piscina and 14th century canopy, also several niches. In the south transept are three effigies, a father, mother, and son, the son being a priest who died in 1400.

ALGARKIRK CHURCH.

A cruciform church, almost entirely of the first half of the 14th century, with a central tower. On the capitals of the west arch of the tower is the water leaf, 1175-1200. The chancel was probably lengthened early in the 13th century, and the aisles considerably widened in the 14th. In the 13th century the north and south transepts with eastern chapels were built, and the chancel was widened in the 14th century. In the east window is some good tracery, c. 1320. In the north transept is a six-light window, and another in the west end of the church, but for the south transept a seven-light window was designed ; in order to make room for it an arch (of which the respond is still standing) was taken down. A 13th century piscina has been removed from its original site to a place in the south wall. The clerestory was the last addition, and caused the tower to warp slightly. There is a fine brass of a mem ber of the Nicholson family, dated 1458.


On the following morning a visit was made to the beautiful parish church of Boston. The church of S. Botulph, at Boston, claims to be the largest parish church in the Kingdom. Though others may dispute this, Boston church has greater space for worshippers than any of its rivals. The church is dedicated to S. Botolf, a Saxon Saint, who founded a monastery probably on this spot. The original church was much smaller, its foundations, built in Norman days, were exposed in the restoration of 1851-53. In 1309, when the fervour excited by the preaching of the friars was still felt, and the prosperity of the town was at its height, the foundations of the present magnificent church were laid, and the nave with its lofty columns was begun.

The church originally consisted of a nave with seven bays, a chancel of three bays, and a south porch. In the 15th century the two eastern bays of the chancel were added, completing the chancel, and the magnificent tower was begun, being added outside the former west window. It may be noticed that the tower arch mouldings are 14th century mouldings, but that they stop before reaching the ground, being really mouldings of the west window. A chamber was alao added over the porch, and there were six chantry chapels, all of which have disappeared, except one which is situated on the west side of the south porch, and has been restored by the Bostonians of America, and here a 14th century capital may be noticed.

The patronage of the church was originally granted to the Benedictine abbey of S. Mary at York, but in the 15th century the patronage passed to the Knights Hospitallers. In 1545, Henry VTIL having confiscated the possessions of the Order of the Knights of S. John, sold the endowment of the rectory and the patronage of the vicarage to the newly created Corporation of Boston.

The misericord seats and the stalls are 15th century, but the canopy is modern. The nave is extremely lofty and grand, and the ceiling is in imitation of stone vaulting, is said to be of Irish oak, and was added at the end of the 18th century. The upper part of the nave is lighted by twenty-eight clerestory windows, with flowing tracery. The east window is modern, and was designed by Sir Gilbert Scott, with modern tracery based on that of the east window of Carlisle Cathedral. The tower recalls that of Antwerp Cathedral. It is 280 feet high, and is divided into four stories. In the lower story are the door and three great windows looking west, north and south, and above them are four pairs of windows with ogee heads; between the two sets of windows the walls are pierced by an interior passage, over which is the belfry with one large window in each face, surrounded by an exterior passage. Access to this is gained by two staircases, the lower portions of which are no part of the tower, but are contained in turrets, which

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were the principal decoration of the west front before the tower was built. This story is crowned with a parapet and embattled wall, and an octagonal lantern which has a window in each face and is connected with the corner pinnacles by flying buttresses.

Lincolnshire is noted for its magnificent churches, probably owing to the wealth of the county, which was at its height from 1325-50. Until 1369 Lincoln had a staple of wool granted by charter of Edward III., but Lincoln was then heavily smitten by pestilence, and the wool staple was transferred to Boston, which appears to have been a place of considerable importance in the reign of Edward III. Subsequently the town gradually declined and sank so low as to lose nearly the whole of its trade, owing to the navigation of the Witham being choked with silt, but a new channel was cut and land drained, and the town again grew prosperous.

By kind invitation of the Worshipful the Mayor of Boston (Aid. James Eley), the members of the Society were conducted over the ancient Guildhall, and most hospitably entertained by him. The G-uildhall has lately been re-bought by the Corporation, who intend to restore it. It contains the old prisons and kitchens, and some interesting old glass and carving in the upper apartments.

Later in the morning train was taken to Tattershall to inspect the ruins of the castle, which are now being restored by Lord Curzon of Kedleston, by whose kind permission we were allowed to visit them and see the work which is being done by excavating and restoration, under the able direction of Mr. Weir, to whom we are much indebted for his kindness in conducting the party round the buildings. Lord Curzon has lately purchased the building to save it from further destruction, and has bought back and restored the stone fireplaces, which had been removed. Unfortunately we were not able to see the fireplaces, which were still in packing cases, but we had the satisfaction of knowing that they were once more within the building.

The building belongs to the 15th century, and was built by Ralph, 3rd Baron Cromwell, about 1440, but the remains of some of the buildings of the time of Henry III. are still to be seen, notably the 13th century foundations of a round tower. All the outer kitchens have completely disappeared. Surrounding the main building was an outer wall surrounded by a ditch, over which a drawbridge would give access to the main entrance. In side this was a second lower wall, separated from the first by a second ditch. The outer wall is still in fair condition, but all towers and guard houses have disappeared except one, a house of two stories to the east of the main building, of exactly similar work to that of the rest of the castle. On the south side of the inner


moat, which is now being excavated, can be seen some stone corbels in the brick facing-wall, which were evidently to support a draw bridge, which probably led to the tilting ground outside the main wall. The chief remaining feature is the so-called castle which was in reality the representative of the keep of earlier days, and consists of a square tower flanked by four octangular embattled turrets. It is above 200 feet in height, and is almost entirely constructed of small red bricks, local stone being used for the windows, the machicolations, the battlements, and chimney pieces. It is divided into four stories and a vaulted basement, with a large main chamber on each floor. The main walls were carried to the top of the fourth story, when a capacious machico lation enclosed the tower. Above this is a covered gallery, well supplied with loop holes, which runs from turret to turret, partly projecting over the machicolation of the walls, having had above a parapetted and embattled platform. These galleries, though this perhaps is the only example in England, are not uncommon in the reign of the Loire. These defensive buildings of the castle are mainly primitive and ornamental, and probably merely a whim on the part of a great nobleman that his castle should look fortified, though it was really intended not as a fortification, but as a noble and massive house to live in.

About 1370 many fortified castles were built owing to the fear of a French invasion, but down to the reign of Henry VII. and Henry VIII. houses became less and less fortified, and in the part of the country where this castle was built there was nothing to be protected, Lincoln being in a state of dilapidation through the Black Death, and Boston being in front of it.

The large windows which are more evident on the exposed side than on that facing the inner ward show that the nobleman's castle was changing into the nobleman's mansion. All the details of the brick work are of great beauty. The floors of the great rooms on each story (now gone, but about to be restored) were constructed of timber and plastered, each floor resting on four massive girders of oak, the upper one having a lead roof. On the first floor is a room which may have been the hall of justice, which is approached by a staircase in the south-east turret. This stair case, which begins a few feet above the level of the ground, and ends at the fourth story, has steps of stone and a continuous handrail ingeniously moulded in stone, flush with the wall. On the top floor are the ladies' rooms. In the east wall on the second floor is a narrow gallery, vaulted in five compartments with diagonal ribs of brickwork, and on the third floor are two rooms even more richly vaulted than the gallery below, the spandrels being filled in with quartre-foils of moulded brickwork, enriched with the shields of Tattershall, Cromwell and other great families

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connected with the mansion. In the basement there was a well. Just outside the outer wall surrounding the castle, but. perhaps at one time included within a wall, is

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It is a large and spacious cruciform church of stone, probably Ancaster stone, which has weathered well. It consists of a nave, aisles, choir, north and south transept, and a north porch. The windows of "the choir were glazed with beautiful stained glass, which was removed in 1757 and given to the Earl of Exeter by the then Lord Fortescue, on condition that he replaced it with plain glass, which could have been done for £40, but this being neglected for many years, the inside, particularly the choir, has suffered greatly from the weather. The small amount of painted glass that was left has been brought together in the east window of the choir. The glass is 15th century. The windows of the church are very large and light, and are without any cusping, which may have influenced the masons of the belfry windows of Boston Church. It is known that there was an earlier church here, but the present building was erected by Ralph, third Lord Crom well, as a collegiate church. In 1439 he obtained a licence from the Crown to endow it for the support of seven priests, one of whom was to be the warden, six secular clerks, and six choristers ; and he also founded almshouses for thirteen poor persons of either sex. The college was dissolved in 1545. The buildings of the college have disappeared. The almshouses, on the north side of the church, are probably on their original site. Round the south door of the choir are traces of what was probably a small cloister, round which were the residences of the canons. One great feature of interest is the stone pulpitum of the same date as the church, which exhibits the only instance of cusped arches in the church. It is situated between the eastern piers of the crossing, and is a solid screen-wall with a central passage, having on the north side a staircase leading to the loft above, and on the south side a door to a small room, lighted by three quatrefoils, into the nave. On the eastern side of the screen, facing the chancel, is a doorway with a four-centred arch, square headed above, with the spandrels filled in with the Tudor rose. Above the doorway is a three-sided kind of pulpit projecting from the rest of the screen, within which are two stone book rests ; both projection and screen being ornamented with panelling and Tudor flowers. The pulpitum was used in high masses on certain days for the chanting of the epistle and gospel. A few fragments exist of the stalls, which are dated 1424, in an inscription on them ; and their stone quatrefoiled base (similar to that of the stalls in Lincoln Minster) is now placed in the nave. There are fine sedilia and a piscina in the south wall of the choir,

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and two interesting wooden pulpits. In the north transept is a series of fine monumental brasses, including one to Ralph, Lord Treasurer Cromwell, the founder of the church, and his wife ; and a small brass to the memory of Hugh de Gondeby, 1411, is in the centre of the pavement.

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Reprinted (by permission) from THE BRITISH NUMISMATIC JOURNAL, Vol. VIII., 1912.

MEDALS AND CAMPAIGNS OF THE 43ED FOOT,NOW IST BATTALION OF THE OXFORDSHIRE AND

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY.

BY MAJOR WILLIAM J. FREER, D.L., V.D., F.S.A.

THE earliest British medal which can be termed a war medal was that issued in the reign of Elizabeth as a naval reward in connec tion with the repulse of the Spanish Armada. During the civil wars of the reign of Charles I. both the contending parties awarded military medals to their distinguished supporters, and the " Blake " medal was issued in 1653.

For the Peninsular War, medals in gold were issued to officers only, in 1808-9, and a gold cross was also awarded. In former times medals were given with a very sparing hand—in contrast to the lavish distributions of the present day. Thus, whilst medals for the battle of Waterloo were granted in 1816, it was not until 1848 that the surviving veterans of the Peninsular War received any medallic recognition of their services in the great. campaign.

It is only, therefore, since the commencement of the 19th century that the medals of a regiment may be said to mark its history, but since that date, it naturally follows that a collection of the medals awarded to officers and men of a particular regiment will disclose at a glance its military history.

It is therefore my object to offer to the readers of this Journal a short account of the origin and actions of the 43rd Foot, with illustrations of such of the medals awarded to it as have come within my range.

The Regiment was raised in January, 1741, by order of King George II. under Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Fowke, who had then recently commanded the 7th Dragoons. Seven regiments were raised at that time, and numbered from 54 to 60, of which this was the 54th.


In 1748, it was sent to Minorca under Colonel William Graham, and its number was changed from the 54th to 43rd. In the following year it was moved to Cork.

On April the 25th, 1757, it sailed for Halifax, and on December the 7th a detachment marched on Renne, Foret River, against the French, when Captain Pigott was shot, and the advanced guard cut off, but Serjeant Cockburn gallantly recovered the captain's laced hat, watch, fusil and purse, in the teeth of the enemy's fire.

On May the 12th, 1759, the Regiment landed atLouisberg, and the Light Company was inspected by General Wolfe, who reported that " he never saw greater regularity, closer fire, arms better levelled, or less disorder in any regiment since he had been an officer."

At the battle of Quebec, on September the 13th, 1759, the 43rd was greatly distinguished under the command of Major Elliot. Out of a total of 327 in killed, wounded, and missing, there were 25 of this Regiment. It was also present at the battle of Sillery, and in the expedition against Montreal.

In February, 1761, Major Elliot and a detachment were cast away on Sable Island, off the coast of Nova Scotia, and there, in 1842, after 81 years, a number of huts were found under a sand drift, and amongst other things a brass dog collar inscribed " Major Elliot, 43rd Regt.," and a halfpenny of George II. dated 1749.

In 1762, the Regiment was engaged at Martinique and Havannah, and its numbers were reduced from 380 to 240. In 1764 it returned to England.

In 1765, it was reviewed near London by George III.

In April, 1774, the 43rd returned to America, and took an active part in the War of Independence. At the battle of Bunkers Hill the 52nd Oxfordshire Light Infantry for the first time acted with the 43rd, and singularly enough, both had in turn been numbered " the 54th," to be eventually changed to the 52nd and 43rd respectively.

In 1782, the 43rd received the title of " The Monmouthshire Regiment," and returned to England in the following year.

In 1793, it sailed for the West Indies under Colonel Drummond, and took part in the reduction of Martinique, Guadaloupe, and St. Lucia.

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In 1795, what was left of the Regiment returned to England under Major Dennis, 300 strong, and was stationed at Monmouth. It then went to Exeter, and was joined by a draft of 500 men irom the Londonderry Fencibles and received fresh colours. In 1796, a draft of 600 men from the 16th Regiment brought the 43rd to its full strength. It was again sent to the West Indies under Colonel Drummond, and in 1800 returned to England only 300 strong.

In 1803, whilst at Guernsey, the Regiment was formed into a Corps of Light Infantry, and in the next year it was brigaded at Shorncliffe with the 52nd and 95th, where it was joined by Captain William Napier, the historian. The 2nd Battalion was then formed under Major William Sorel.

In 1805, a Regimental School was established under Captain Gardiner. Sir John Moore was in command of the force, which was thoroughly instructed in drill and manoeuvring with the 52nd and The Rifles, which in after days earned these regiments a special reputation in the British Army.

In 1807, the Regiment took part in the expedition to Copen hagen. In 1808, the 2nd Battalion embarked for Spain, and on landing took part in the battle of Vimiera in Anstruther's Brigade under Sir Arthur Wellesley. The advanced columns of the French were composed of ten Swiss regiments, and the Corps d'Elite under Juuot. The 43rd moved up to support the 52nd, when a desperate conflict took place ; and as the sweep of the round shot was crushing the enemy's ranks, the 43rd, rallying in one mass, went furiously down upon the head of the column, and drove it back in confusion. In this fight the Regiment suffered severely, losing in killed and wounded six officers and 113 men—about one- sixth of the killed and wounded of the whole British force.

On November the 6th it joined Sir John Moore's force at Visac.

Meanwhile the 1st Battalion, on returning from Denmark, moved to Colchester, and subsequently embarking at Harwich, sailed to Falmouth, where it joined 10,000 men under Sir David Baird, and landed at Corunna, being brigaded under General Crawford with the 1st Battalion of the 95th Rifles, and joined Sir John Moore at Majorga on December the 20th.

On the 21st the combat of Sahagun occurred. Moore intended to attack Soult, but hearing that Napoleon was advancing from Madrid with overwhelming numbers, he decided to at once retreat on Corunna. This Battalion formed part of the rear guard. At Benevente there was another cavalry skirmish, which resulted to the credit of Lord Paget and the Light Dragoons. During this


retreat Sergeant William Newman of the 2nd Battalion, with about 100 sick, held the French in check near the village of Betanzos, and enabled some 400 sick who could march to join the main body. For this he was given a commission in the 1st West India Regiment, and the Committee of the Patriotic Fund awarded him £50 in testimony of his gallant and meritorious conduct.

Until the battle of Corunna was fought on January the 16th, 1809, the 2nd Battalion occupied the suburb of St. Lucia. On the 14th the transports from Vigo entered the harbour, and the artillery, with the exception of one brigade, the sick, and all other encumbrances were at once embarked. The brigade to which the 43rd was attached covered the retreat of the troops in the night, with that great deliberation and regularity which earned for it a lasting fame. Returning within the works of the town, it held them during the 17th. The loss of Sir John Moore, who received his mortal wound during the carrying of the village of Elvira, caused profound grief, and especially amongst the regiments who served under him. The loss of the 2nd Battalion was 181 non commissioned officers and men, and of the 1st Battalion 1 captain and 66 non-commissioned officers and men.

On March the 23rd the Regiment, after landing at Plymouth, reached Colchester. On June the 18th the 2nd Battalion took part in the unfortunate expedition to Waleheren under Admiral Sir R. Struchau and General Lord Chatham, and lost half its numbers from fever. This force of -40,000 men wasted there, would have been invaluable in Spain at that time, and the operations caused much unfavourable comment on its leaders.

In the spring of 1809 Sir Arthur Wellesley sailed for Lisbon in the " Surveillant," Captain Sir G. Collier (whose medals and orders are in the Freer collection). A company of the sick and wounded of the 43rd, under Lieutenant George Brown, distin guished themselves in the passage of the Douro, and had ten killed and wounded.

On May the 29th the 1st Battalion, under Colonel Gifford, embarked with the 1st Battalions of the 52nd and 95th and landed in the Tagus on June the 28th.

On July the 24th these three regiments, under General Robert Crawford, left Coria for Talavera, and in the hottest weather marched sixty-six miles in thirty hours, arriving but one day too late for the battle of Talavera. In the action, however, the detachments of the Regiment under Lieutenants Brown and Brockman formed on u hill to the extreme left of the position, and

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repulsed at the point of the bayonet a formidable attack. Lieu tenant Brown was wounded, and Captain Gardiuer killed. After this the three regiments above mentioned were formed into the celebrated Light Brigade, under Brigadier-General Robert Craw- ford. On January the 3rd, 1810, the 43rd arrived at Pinhel, close to the Coa, where it was cantoned. Lord Wellington was then forming his famous lines of Torres Vedras, entrenchments and redoubts, covering more than 500 square miles of mountainous country between the Tagus and the Atlantic. These works were occupied by 80,000 men, of which 30,000 were British.

On April the 27th the 1st Battalion marched to Almeida, and on to Gallegos, remaining there during the progress of the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo. On June the llth the trenches were opened, and on July the 10th the fortress surrendered.

On the 24th the Light Division under Crawford fought the combat of the Coa. Of this, Lieutenant (afterwards Lieut.- Colonel) Henry Booth, writing to his brother in England, says :— " Colonel Hall, who had joined us to take command the preceding day, was killed, and also Captain Ewen Cameron and Lieutenant Mason, a fine young lad of seventeen. Wounded : Captain (after wards Colonel) Lloyd, Captains J. W. Hall, William Napier (the historian), Shaw and Deshon, Lieutenants McDiarmid, Hamest, Johnson, Stevenson, Frederick, and J. P. Hopkins (afterwards Sir John P. Hopkins). Killed, wounded, and missing, 130.

In the beginning of September the Light Division returned to Busaco, where the 43rd and 52nd were drawn up in line on a small plateau just behind a steep portion of the rnountaiu range. On the French crowning the ridge, they were charged by the two regiments with great loss.

On March the 12th, 1811, was the combat of Rediuha, and on the llth that of Cazal Novo. The 52nd, during a fog, found themselves amongst the French outposts, and nearly captured Marshal Ney. The Light Division, led by Captain W. Napier, who was severely wounded, and six companies of the 43rd were pushed forward by Lord Wellington. This action led to the retirement of Ney's forces.

On April the 3rd the battle of Sabugal was fought, in which Lieutenant John P. Hopkins took possession of an eminence, repulsing various attacks of the enemy. Hopkins reports:—"I was quite separated from the Regiment under Colonel Patrickson, and had about 100 men in the Company. The two subalterns with me were William Freer and Henry Oglander, both most


excellent officers. I reserved my fire until the French neared the hill, when I opened upon them, and caused them to retire in some disorder; they again re-formed and advanced, with the drummer beating the pas-de-charge, the officer in command some paces to the front leading his men to the hill. William Freer asked per mission to go forward and engage him personally. This I of course refused, as his presence with the company was more important. We then charged and captured the French howitzer. I then directed William Freer to wheel the company into sections, as I intended to rejoin the regiment. He was struck down by a shot in his face, hut persevered in marching." Sir Sidney Beck- with, in describing Hopkins, referred to him as " one of the finest soldiers" he ever beheld, and believed that, so far as one man could decide a battle, Hopkins decided the battle of Sabugal.

Lord Wellington said that:—" Sabugal was one of the most glorious actions that British troops were ever engaged in, and ought to be cherished and registered in history as a lasting tribute to the honour of the British soldier. The 43rd Regiment under Major Patrickson particularly distinguished themselves."

The Light Division was engaged in the fight of Fuentes d'Onor on May the 3rd, in which the British lost 1,500 killed and wounded, and the French, under Massena, more than double that number. On May the 12th the siege of Badajoz was raised, and on the 16th the battle of Albuera was fought and won by British valour.

The Light Division then occupied its old position at Gallegos until June the 6th. Here it received a draft of 373 men from the 2nd Battalion.

Ciudad Rodrigo was invested on January the 8th, 1812, and on the 19th the place was carried. In the assault 100 men of the 43rd were led by Captain James Fergusou and Lieutenants Bram- well, Steel, and O'Counell, the whole attacking force being under Major Napier of the 52nd. Israel Wild, of the 43rd, was the first man to mount the head of the fausse braie. Lieutenant Bramwell was killed, and fifty others killed and wounded.

On the 18th Badajoz was besieged, the 43rd there relieving the 88th (Connaught Rangers), and the 43rd was in the thick of the storming of the works on April the 6th. It lost 20 officers and 335 sergeants and men killed and wounded. Amongst those killed were Colonel Charles McLeod and Lieutenants Harvest, Taggart, and E. L. Hodgson, and of the wounded were Major

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^ On July the 'Jlst the British, under Wellington, crossed the Tormes and took position off St. Christoval. On the afternoon of the '22ud Marruout made a sudden movement to the left, to endeavour to cut the British communications with Portugal. Wellington immediately attacked, which opened the first general action during the war in which he took the initiative.

In the battle of Salamanca the 43rd led the heavy column employed to drive back General Foy's division and seize the ford of Huerta. The 43rd marched three miles in the dark, and in the action earned the special encomiums of Lord Wellington. This battle was fought on a Sunday, and lasted six hours.

On August the 12th the Light Division, including the 43rd, under the command of Major Napier, entered Madrid. 2,000 French surrendered, and 20,000 stand of arms, 180 pieces of artillery, two eagles, and the stores fell into our hands.

On November the 12th the whole army assembled at Salamanca, and on the 14th moved towards Alba de Tormes, the enemy having crossed two leagues above that town, the Light Division acting as rear guard. Next morning, as the men were roasting acorns after a thoroughly wet night, an officer of the 43rd saw French cavalry stealing through the wood, and gave the alarm. Lord Wellington rode up to No. 1 Company of that regiment and said, " The enemy must not cross here." And well did the 43rd do their duty at the combat of the Huebra. They, however, suffered heavily, for Lieutenant Bideout was killed and Lieutenant Baillie wounded, in addition to some thirty rank and file killed or wounded. Lieutenant Piideout, who was much liked in the regiment, was hurried beside General Crawford at Ciudad Kodrigo.

The Light Division then went into winter quarters at Gallegos. Private theatricals were in full force, and the 43rd earned a popular reputation in this respect. The play-bills are interesting, as showing the spirit of our army even during the most arduous of campaigns. From them we gather that on Saturday evening, March the 6th, 1813, at the Light Division's Theatre was per formed "Fortune's Frolic." The parts of Robin Roughhead, the

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clown, and Dolly, being taken by Lieutenants Hennel, Havelock, and the Hon. C. (lore of the 43rd: after which the farce of " liaising the Wind " was given, the contributions from the 43rd being by Lieutenants Pattcnson (Plainway), Henuel (Sam), Consi- dine (Richard), Edward Freer (Peggy), and Captain Holkirk (Miss Durable), whilst " No admittance behind the scenes, Vivat Wellington, Printed at Freneda," added quaint military humour to the bill. On June the 1st the Light Division passed the Douro, and encamped by the Toro, and the battle of Vittoria followed on the 21st, the -13rd as usual being in the thick of it; but fortunately their loss was small.

The Light Division crossed the Bidassoa on July the 27th, and on August the 1st marched forty miles in nineteen hours in pur suit of the French.

The 43rd also took part in the second assault and storming of St. Sebastian on August the 3rd. Lieutenant O'Connel led the storniers and was killed at the breach. Out of thirty-three forming the detachment only five remained unhurt.

At this time the rank of colour-sergeant was introduced into the army, and ten sergeants of the 43rd who had particularly distinguished themselves were selected, namely, William Fitz- patrick, Richard Griffiths, Aaron and Moses Loveman, Samuel Rand (afterwards quartermaster of the Regiment and a Knight of Windsor), Morgan Jones, Ewan Cameron and Thomas Blood (the two last named afterwards receiving their commissions), Samuel Armitage and William Pardoe.

On October the 7th the passage of the Bidassoa was effected, and on the 9th the 43rd played a glorious part in the battle of the Nivelle in the taking of the Little Rhune. No better account of this battle can be wished than that given by Lieutenant McLeod of the 43rd (afterwards a Military Knight of Windsor), written on December the 12th, 1813 :—

" After breakfast, at 2 a.m., when we had some very thick American biscuits which we ate heartily, Wyndham Madden observed they would turn a bullet, and put one into the breast of his jacket. Early in the day the biscuit was shattered to pieces, turning the direction of the bullet from as gallant and true a heart as ever beat under a British uniform. Another bullet passed through Madden's left arm immediately afterwards. We started at Three, ascended the side of the mountain, and halted within a short distance of La Petite Rhune, and lay down in close column to await


the signal of attack. At sunrise a gun was fired ; General Kempt mounted his horse and said, ' Now 43rd, let me see what you will do this morning.' We got within forty yards of the redoubt, and fired behind some rocks at the French. As soon as Colonel Napier and the supports came up, I gave the order to advance, and we all dashed forward with a cheer. On approaching the top of the ridge, again I saw General Kempt, who had been wounded, with a portion of the 43rd, and we charged. I saw the enemy waver, then spring out ot the redoubt, and retire downhill at a rapid pace. I now learned that Considine had his thigh broken by a bullet, and that Murchison had been struck fatally by another musket ball, which carried him off in twenty-four hours. From our vantage ground we looked over an extent of about twenty miles, occupied by the two armies, and the sight was truly grand. The French offered an obstinate resistance at every favourable spot. But the British were not to be denied, and went in to win, and in short carried everything before them, notwithstanding the gallant resist ance they met with. While looking round, William Freer came up and enquired anxiously for his brother Edward.* Seeing that something was amiss, he turned round saying, ' I see how it is,' and started off to the rear, where his worst fears were too soon confirmed, his brother having been shot through the head. Both brothers were fine, courageous fellows, and much liked in the Regiment."

I now quote from Napier's Peninsula War, 1886 edition, vol. v., p. 383 :—

" From some oversight the dispatches did but scant and tardy justice to the Light Division. Acting alone, for Longa went off towards Ascain and scarcely fired a shot, that Division, only 4,700 strong, first carried the smaller Rhune, defended by Barbot, and then beat Taupin from the main position, thus driving superior numbers from the strongest works, and being less than one-sixth of the whole force directed against Clausel, those matchless veterans defeated one-third of his corps. Many brave men they lost, and of two who fell I will speak. The first, low in rank, for he was but a lieutenant, rich in honour, for he bore many scars, was young of days. He was only nineteen, and he had seen more combats and sieges than he could count years. So slight in person, and of such surpassing and

* Edward Gardiner Freer joined the Regiment as ensign April 4th, 1809; lieutenant June i2th, 1810; present at The Coa, Sabugal, Busaco, Fuentes d'Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vera, Vittoria. Killed at the Nivelle, November loth, 1813. There is a tablet to his memory in Oakham Church.


delicate beauty that the Spaniards often thought him a girl dresstd in man's clothing, he was so vigorous, so active, so brave, that the most daring and experienced veterans watched his look on the field of battle, and implicity follow ing where he led would, like children, obey his slightest sign in the most difficult situations. His education was incomplete, yet were his material powers so happy that the keenest and best furnished intellects shrank from an encounter of wit, and every thought and aspiration was proud and noble, indicating future greatness if destiny had so willed it. Such was Edward Freer of the 43rd. The night before the battle he had that strange anticipation of coming death so often felt by military men. He was struck with three balls at the first storming of the Rhune rocks, and ths sternest soldiers wept when they saw him fall.

" On the same day and at the same hour was killed Colonel Thomas Lloyd. He, likewise, had been a long time in the 43rd. Under him Freer had learned the rudiments of his profession ; but in the course of the war promotion had placed Lloyd at the head of the 94th, and it was leading this regiment that he fell. In him also were combined mental and bodily powers of no ordinary kind ; graceful symmetry, herculean strength, and a countenance frank and majestic gave the true index of his nature. For his capacity was great and commanding, and his military knowledge extensive, both from experience and study. Of his mirth and wit, well known in the army, it only need be said that he used the latter without offence, yet so as to increase his ascendancy over those with whom he held intercourse, for though gentle he was ambitious, valiant, and conscious of fitness for great exploits, and, like Freer, was precient of and predicted his own fall, but with no abatement of courage ; for when he received the mortal wound, a most painful one, he would not suffer himself to be moved, and remained to watch the battle, making observations upon its changes until death came. It was thus, at the age of thirty, that the good, the brave, the generous Lloyd died.

" Tributes to his merits have been published by Welling ton and by one of his own poor soldiers*; by the highest and by the lowest, to their testimony 1 add mine. Let those who served on equal terms with him say whether in aught it has exaggerated his deserts."

In this action the 43rd lost two captains, two lieutenants, two sergeants and seven rank and file killed, four lieutenants, one ensign, eight sergeants, and fifty rank and file wounded. Of the officers Captain Thomas Capel and Lieutenant Edward Freer were

* The Eventful Life of a Sergeant.

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killed on the spot, and Captain Eobert Murchison and Lieutenant Angrove died of their wounds; whilst Lieutenants James Considine, Wyndham Madden, William Freer, and Hennel, and Ensign Rowley Hill were wounded. Major Napier received a clasp and the brevet of Lieut.-Colonel for his distinguished conduct.

On December the 10th Lord Wellington determined to force the passage of the Nive. The battle began with the driving in of a picket of the 43rd under Lieutenant Cooke. One company of this Regiment having held its ground in front of Bassussary too doggedly was surrounded, but escaped under Duncan Carneron by charging through to the rear. The rest of the -13rd held the churchyard with two mountain guns placed to the left of the church.

On the llth and 12th the fight continued, and on the evening of the latter day a dozen men were reported missing, and were found by the patrol in a small house eating apples, on most amicable terms with about as many French soldiers, also of the 43rd Regiment, but of the French army. The truants returned with crammed haversacks to their quarters. On the 13th Soult attacked Hill's corps at St. Pierre, when both sides fought as if determined that the struggle should wind up, in brilliant style, the three days' combat of the Nive. The enemy, driven back at all points, never again resumed the offensive, nor was the British army further disturbed by petty affairs. It was a notable battle, won by the British General.

Soult arrived at Toulouse on March the 24th, 1814, and on April the 10th the battle of Toulouse commenced with the defeat of the Spaniards, who attacked the heights of Pugade, but the 2nd Brigade of the Light Division stopped the pursuit. By the middle of the day the 6th Division had gained the French position and took a redoubt, whilst the 4th Division turned the enemy's right flank. The French made a desperate attempt to retake the great redoubt but failed, and Lord Wellington entered the town in triumph on the 12th. Six weeks after this the army marched for Bordeaux and embarked for Plymouth, which it reached on July the 23rd.

The training enforced by Sir John Moore had in every respect conduced to produce a perfect soldier. He devised many improve ments in drill, discipline, dress, arms and formations of the three infantry regiments which served under him, namely, the 43rd, 52nd, and Rifles. Sir William Napier records with pride that "they sent forth a larger number of distinguished officers than any three regiments in the world."

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After three months' rest the 1st Battalion sailed for America, and part of the -llJrd joined in the attack on New Orleans on January the 5th, 1815, in which it suffered great loss. Peace having been signed before this at Ghent, the 43rd sailed for England on April the 8th.

On June the 16th the Regiment sailed for Ostend, and reached Ghent on the 19th, too late for Waterloo, and at Christmas marched from Melun to Paris. On October the 23rd, 1818, the whole of the British, Hanoverian, Saxon, and Danish contingents, under the Duke of Wellington, were reviewed by the Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia at Valenciennes.

The 43rd returned to England, when its establishment was reduced by 140 men. When Colonel Napier left the Regiment a sword was presented to him by the officers past and present.

Hitherto the colours of the Regiment—The United Red and SVhite Rose—had borne only the names :—

Quebec 1759. Mysore.* Hindoostan.*But in March, 1821, permission was given by the King for the

following names, in addition to other devices, to be borne on the colours :—

Corunna. Salamanca.Vimiera. Vittoria..Busaco. Nivelle.Fuentes d'Onor. Nive.Ciudad Rodrigo. Toulouse.Badajoz. Peninsula.

In subsequent years these were increased by :—Orthes.* Mysore.Waterloo. Hindoostan.South Africa 1851-2-3. Pyrenees.Delhi.* New Zealand.Quebec. South Africa 1900-02.Martinique 1762-1794. Relief of Kimberley.Havannah. Paardeberg.

In 1824 the Regiment embarked for Gibraltar, where they remained until 1827, when they landed at Lisbon on February the 5th. In 1828 they returned to the Rock.

On June the 29th, 1830, by the death of Lieut.-Col. William Haverfield, Major Henry Booth succeeded to the command of the

* These names belong to the 2nd Battalion, the 52nd Foot, Oxfordshire Light Infantry.

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Regiment. On December the 17th the 43rd returned to England, landing on January the 2nd, 1831, and marching on the 5th to Winchester Barracks, where it was detained until the Duke of Wellington came down from London to inspect his old and tried corps.

The Regiment was quartered in Ireland from 1832 to 1835, when it sailed on June the 4th for New Brunswick.

In 1837 the 43rd took an active part in quelling the Canadian Revolt. With the thermometer ranging from 20° to 30° below zero, this Regiment marched through the wilds from New Bruns wick to Lower Canada. The march which commenced on December llth, 1838, occupied eighteen days, inclusive of a halt or two, and the distance covered was 370 miles.

Col. Booth and his officers had reason to be proud of their exploits, for when the march was reported to the Iron Duke, he remarked that it was one of the greatest feats ever performed, and the only military achievement by a British officer that he really envied. In May, 1841, Col. Booth died whilst on leave of absence in England. He had served in the Regiment thirty-five years of a life of fifty-one.

In March, 1846, the Regiment sailed from Halifax to Ports mouth, and whilst at Dover several of the officers rowed a racing gig to Boulogne, much to the astonishment of the locality.

On March the 22nd, 1847, at Portsmouth, new colours were presented to the Regiment by Lady Pakenham, wife of Sir Hercules Pakenham, K.C.B., Lieut.-Governor of the District and Colonel of the 43rd, the Rev. Wyndham Carlyon Madden, an old officer of the Regiment, and at the time Rector of Trinity Church, Fareham, officiating. The old colours were presented to Sir Hercules.

In September, 1851, the Regiment, under Col. H. Skipwith, left Cork for the Cape of Good Hope, landing at East London, whence it marched to King William's Town, where it received a cordial welcome from the Governor, Sir Harry Smith, and took an active part in the Kaffir War in 1852.

At the engagement of Bailey's Grave, Sergeant Davidson, with several men of the 43rd, was killed. He was buried in the Keiskamma Hoek, where a tablet has since been erected to his memory.

On February the 26th H.M.S. " Birkenhead " was wrecked off Point Danger. A sergeant and forty privates of this Regiment went down with the ship. As the vessel was just sinking, the commander called out " All who can swim make for the boats."


Lieut. Giradot of the 43rd, and Captain Wright of the 91st, how ever, implored the men not to do so, as the women and children would inevitably be swamped—all went down together. As the last vestige of the ship disappeared Lieut. Giradot dived, and on coming up secured what had been a cabin door, and subsequently joined four or five men on a bundle of spars. One man could not swim, so Giradot, although he was well nigh exhausted from having been ten hours in the water, helped to save him. After drifting ashore in a deplorable condition they walked to a farm twelve miles off, but only four, including Giradot, arrived.

During the two years, including the twenty-eight men lost in the " Birkenhead," the 43rd lost three officers and about eighty men. On November the 28th, 1853, the Regiment sailed for Madras, where it arrived on January the 30th, 1854. On December the 24th there was a parade at Bangalore, when the medals for the Kaffir War were distributed.

During the months of the Mutiny the Regiment was then in India and early engaged. On June the 3rd, 1858, eight companies marched to Kirwee, which was reached on the 7th, where the Rajah surrendered and forty-two lacs of rupees in coin were captured.

On January the 2nd, 1859, Private Henry Addison was severely wounded in rescuing Captain Osborne, political agent at Rewah. For this Addison received the Victoria Cross.

On May the 14th, 1861, when at Fort George, the 43rd was paraded for the presentation of the Indian Mutiny medals by Major-General McCleverty.

In September, 1863, the Regiment was ordered for active service in New Zealand, where five companies of the 43rd under Lieut.- Colonel Booth took part in the " Assault of the Gate Pa," on April the 28th, 1864. In this attack Colonel Booth and six other officers of the Regiment were killed. Colour-Sergeant W. B. Garland received the medal for the distinguished service in the field and an annuity of £15 ; whilst Lieut. and Adjutant G. Gar land, Ensigns S. P. T. Nichol, William Clark, and J. P. Garland, Sergeant W. Garland and three men were publicly thanked by H.R.H. The Field-Marshal Commanding-in-chief.

The Regiment, now under Major Synge, took part in the engage ment at " Te Ranga," on June the 21st, in which Captains F. A. Smith, who was recommended for the Victoria Cross, and H. J. Beruers were wounded, the former very severely.

On March the 21st, 1865, Major Colville was promoted t° Brevet Lieut.-Colonel and Captain F. A. Smith to Brevet Major, the latter receiving the Victoria Cross.

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On December the 24th, 1867, the non-commissioned officers and men entitled to the Banda and Kirwee prize money received their first instalment at Aldershot, a private's share being £50, and that of a sergeant £100. About 120 received the awards.

On the 3rd of June, 1873, a detachment of the 43rd at Malapurnum, India, was engaged with a band of Moplah fanatics. Captain Vesey, in command, and Lieutenant Williamson received the thanks of the Government of Madras for the promptitude with which they acted on the emergency, and so quelled the disturbance on the first day of its existence.

In 1881, the 43rd and 52nd were united under the title of the Oxfordshire Light Infantry.

In December, 1884, a detachment of the 1st Battalion under Captain C. J. Curtis was again employed in the suppression of a Moplah disturbance. Private L. Barrett received the medal for distinguished conduct for taking a charge of dynamite to blow up part of Trikaleur Temple, in which the Moplahs had fortified themselves, and, on the fuse going out, standing under a heavy fire whilst he relit it.

In 1899, the Regiment sailed for South Africa for the Boer War, and formed part of Lord Roberts's Field Force. It was 614 strong, in the 6th Division, under Lieut.-General T. Kelly-Kenny, being part of the 13th Brigade under Major-General E. C. Knox, which Division on February the 10th, 1900, was at Modder River.

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In the engagement at Klip Kraal—on February the 16th, 1900 —in the great flunk march after Cronje, Hann'ey started a 4-30 a.m. with the Mounted Infantry; and towards 6 a.m., Captain Chester-Master, with an advanced screen of Rimington's Guides, noticed a clouil <>f dust rising behind the broken kopjes to his light front. He at once sent back to Hanney, who however, insisted on waiting for Knox. During the half-hour's delay Cronje occupied the line of kopjes with a strong rear guard.

The Mounted Infantry, attempting to get round the Boer left, were thrown into confusion and withdrawn by Knox. The Oxford shire Light Infantry and the 81st Battery were sent forward, and supported by the West Ridings, cleared the Boers out of brush wood and dongas. The enemy's rear guard retired, and the Oxfordshire Light Infantry recrossed the river, and attacked the kopjes on the south. The 43rd lost 52 men out of a 100 casualties, having borne the brunt of the day.

On February the 18th, the Regiment was present at the battle of Paardeberg, at which out of 10,000 men engaged, 20 officers and 300 men were killed, and 52 officers and 890 men wounded. This was the best fought battle in the War.

The Oxfordshire Light Infantry was also engaged at Kitchener's Kopje on February the 20th.

On June the 6th, 1900, Lord Roberts ordered General Kelly- Kenny to reinforce the garrison at Kroonstadt with the Buffs, Oxfordshire Light Infantry, some Yeomanry, and the 17th Battery, all under the command of General C. E. Knox. On June the 14th, the 43rd, with two guns, precipitated the retreat of the Boers who had attacked the post at Virginia Siding, which had been well held by Colonel Capper and a mixed force of some 750 men.

On August the 6th, the 43rd, under General Knox, took part in the first of the " De Wet Drives " into the North-Western Free State. On July the 16th, 1901, under Colonel Western, 120 of the 43rd joined in the great Free State Drive. Smuts and 10 Boers escaped, and whilst only 17 Boers were killed or wounded, 259 were taken prisoners, 814 wagons captured, 186,000 sheep seized or destroyed, and 21,000 cattle driven off the veld.

During the war a mounted company of Oxfordshire Light Infantry was formed, and joined to the 8th Corps of Mounted Infantry under Colonel W. C. Ross, which also served in the 1st Brigade under General Ilutton.

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^ The 48rd was present at the following engagements :—Klip Kraal, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Vet River, Zand River, Doom Kop, Ladybrand, Bothaville, and the 1st De Wet Hunt. It was in South Africa from January, 1900, to the end of the war, and its total loss was: killed, 3 officers and 112 men; wounded, 8 officers and 96 men.

NOTE.—My thanks are especially due to Mr. H. C. Lea for lending me his medals and for information most kindly given.

THE COLOURS OF THE 43RD FOOT. Extracted from The Royal Monmouthshire Militia, pp. 10-12.

" The colours carried by the 43rd between the years 1818 and 1827 are now at Whitehall.

" The first, or royal colour, is the Great Union, and the second, or regimental colour, the Red Cross of St. George on a white field. They only bear the one distinction, ' Peninsula,' the other honours, shortly afterwards author ised, not having been added. The colours were made to replace those carried with such distinguished honour in the Peninsula, and were presented to the Regiment in 1818, at Valenciennes, by Lady Blakeney, wife of Colonel Sir Edward Blakeney, K.C.B., commanding the yth Fusiliers, which, with the 23rd Fusiliers and 43rd Light Infantry, formed Major-General Sir James Kemp's brigade of the Army of Occupation in France. Lieut.-Colonel C. C. Patrickson, C.B., commanded the 43rd. The colours were carried on parade at the celebrated review held on October 23rd, 1818, the day before the break-up of the army, when the whole of the British, Hanoverian, Saxon, and Danish contingents, commanded by the Duke of Welling ton, were para'ded before the Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia near Valenciennes. They were again on parade when the 43rd were inspected at Gibraltar in 1822 by General Foissac le Tour, commanding the French army in Spain—the occasion when he was forced to admit that the Regiment moved quicker than the French infantry, whom he had hitherto prided himself were the fastest in Europe. Their last public act was to accompany the Regiment to the Peninsula in 1827, when 5,000 British troops were despatched under General Sir Henry Clinton, owing to the disturbed state of Portugal and the hostile attitude of Spain. A few months later the colours were retired from service, when a new set, bearing the eleven


additional honours authorised in 1821, were presented by Mrs. Haverfield, wife of the commanding officer, Lieut.- Colonel William Haverfield. On the death of Colonel Haverfield in 1830, the old colours came into the possession of Lieut.-Colonel Henry Booth, K.H., who died in 1841. On April 8th, 1895, they were presented to the Royal United Service Museum by Colonel J. Johnstone and the officers of the 43rd (now the ist battalion Oxfordshire Light Infantry), to be placed alongside those of the sister battalion, the 52nd Light Infantry.

" Another pair of colours of the Regiment may be seen in St. Mary's Church, Monmouth. They saw service with the Regiment until 1887, in which year Lady Aberdare, at Shorncliffe, presented the Regiment with new ones. The regimental colour, though in a very delapidated condition, still bears the name ' Monmouthshire ' and the number 43 ; also the names of two of the Peninsula victories in which the Regiment took part—Vimiera and Salamanca. The Queen's colour is so shattered that it is scarcely discernible. The colours were deposited with great ceremony within the church by the officers of the 43rd, a colour party escorting them from Shorncliffe. After the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Crompton-Roberts gave a luncheon-party in honour of the occasion, at which Captain J. Hanbury-Williams, the senior officer of the colour party, in reply to a toast to ' the health of Colonel Vesey and the officers of the 43rd,' responded as follows :—

" ' I beg to thank you most cordially on behalf of Colonel Vesey, the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the Regiment, for the kind way in which you have drunk the health of the Regiment. The task which devolved upon me to-day was one that brought with it a feeling of pride in my Regiment, and of love to the old county to which I have the honour to belong, and which more than a century ago gave us our title of " Monmouthshire Light Infantry." Those colours which we have handed over to day are, I may say, the last relics of the old 43rd, for on the regimental colour there still remains the glorious old number—the number of a regiment which formed part of that splendid light division whose undying fame was gained in the Peninsula War. Forty years ago (1847), when the silk on those poles was full and bright, they were presented to us by Lady Pakenham.* Forty years ago we were

* The colours in question were presented to the Regiment on March 22nd. 1847, at Portsmouth, by the Honourable Lady Pakenham, wife of Lieut.-General the Honourable Sir Hercules Pakenham, K.C.B., the colonel of the 43rd. They succeeded a pair which had been presented in 1827 at Gibraltar by Mrs. Haver field, wife of the commanding officer, on the day preceding that on which the Regiment embarked on the " Melville " and sailed for Lisbon to join the army under General Sir Henry Clinton.

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quartered for the last time in Monmouthshire, and though our connection with the county has been but slight, yet there is a name which stands prominently in our regimental records, and which all Monmouthshire men honour, the name of a Lord Raglan,f who, when wounded at Busaco, was a captain in the 43rd.' "

The colours, as they now remain in Monmouth Church, are illustrated on the frontispiece to this Paper.

SOJIE OBDERS AND MEDALS OF THE 43RD FOOT.

NOTE.—Unless otherwise stated, the following medals are in the collection of Mr. H. G. Lea.

THE PENINSULA. 1808-14 :—Order of the Knights of Hanover, and Peninsula Medal of

seven bars :—Busaco, Fuentes d'Onor, Ciudad-Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, and The Pyrenees, awarded to Sir John PauF Hopkins, K.H. Figs. 1 and 2. Freer collection.

John Paul Hopkins, Ensign of the 6ist, I2th October, 1804, joined the 43rd, I7th November, 1804, Lieutenant, igth June, 1805, Captain, 2gth May, 1811, Major, un attached, 5th November, 1825. Appointed to the goth Regiment, 25th June, 1826. Knighted nth December, 1867, a Knight of Hanover, and Governor of the Military Knights of Windsor. He was present with the 43rd in the Expedition to Copenhagen, 1807 ; and served six years with it in the Peninsula, including the battles of Coa (wounded), Busaco, Sabugal (thanked on the field), Fuentes d'Onor, Redinha, Foz d'Aronce, Castel Nova, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, and Vera.

Lieut.-Colonel William Gardner Freer, K.H., had he lived, would have been entitled to a Medal of eleven bars :— Vimiera, Corunna, Busaco, Fuentes d'Onor, Ciudad- Rodrigo, Badajoz, Bidassoa, Vittoria, Nivelle, Nive, and Toulouse.

William Gardner Freer joined the 43rd as Ensign I2th December, 1805, Lieutenant, 5th February, 1807,

f Lord Raglan obtained a company in the 6th Garrison Battalion on May 5th, 1808, and on August i8th was transferred to the 43rd.

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Captain, ist December, 1813, placed on half-pay of the Regiment, 28th January, 1817, Major, unattached, loth September, 1825, appointed to the loth Foot, 8th June, 1826, Lietit.-Colonel, 24th May, 1833. Died at Corfu, August 2nd, 1836, aged 45. A tablet to his memory in the Parish Church at Oakham, the place of his birth, bears the following inscription :—" Sacred to the mem ory of Lieut.-Colonel William Gardner Freer, K.H., who died at Corfu commanding H.B.M.'s Tenth Kegi- ment ol Infantry mi the 2nd of August, 1836, aged 45 years. He served in the 43rd (or Monmouthshire) Li^lit Infantry (one of the Regiments of the Light Division of the army) in all the campaigns of the Peninsula War from 1808 to 1814. He was present during the eventful period in the battles and sieges of Vimiera, Corunna, Busaco, Fuentes d'Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Bidassoa, Vittoria, Nivelle, Nive, Toulouse, and lost his right arm at the storming of Badajoz. This Tribute to the memory of a distinguished soldier and sincere friend is erected by his brother officers, by whom a monument has been placed over his remains, which were interred at Corfu."

Medal of eleven bars :—Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes d'Oiiur, Ciudad-Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Toulouse, awarded to J. Brown.

Medal of ten bars :—Vimiera, Talavera, Busaco, Fueutes d'Onor, Oiudad-Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Toulouse, awarded to Sergeant-Major J. Johnson.

Medal of nine bars :—Vimiera, Goruuna, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Toulouse, awarded to Sergeant Samuel Rand. Fig. 7.

Medal of nine bars:—Busaco, Fueutes d'Onor, Ciudad- Rodrigo, Badajoz, Vittoria, The Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, and Toulouse, awarded to Private Ralph Marsden. Fig. 3. Freer collection.

Silver medal: obverse, the Regimental number, 43, within the cords of a suspended bugle ; inscription, " Monmouth shire Light Infantry"; reverse, "Distinguished Conduct in Action"; on the riband are attached silver clasps inscribed, " America, Flanders, Portugal, Spain, Peninsula, Pyrenees, France, Bayoune, 23rd November, 1813 " ; edge

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inscribed, " Colour-Sergeant R. Jenny, 1841," Fig. 27, and :—

Military General Service medal to same recipient, with bars for Vittoria, Nivelle, Nive, Toulouse, and two added for St. Sebastian, Pyrenees.

Robert Jermy. Born at Shipmeadow, near Bungay, Suffolk. Enlisted at 18 in the East Suffolk Militia, 1809 ; June 22nd, attested at Chatham as a recruit ; served as a private, June, 1809, to November, 1810; promoted to Corporal in that month (entered on pay sheets as William Jermy) ; volunteered to 2nd battalion, 43rd Regiment, May the 4th, 1811 ; discharged June 3oth, 1841 ; served 30 years, 2 months; appointed Yeoman of the Guard, 1849, at the age of 55. Served in Portugal, Spain, France, and America; received a gunshot wound in the shoulder; present at the battle of Bayonne, November the 23rd, 1813 ; awarded Silver War Medal, five clasps, also Distinguished Conduct Medal in action, same time. Pension 2s. ojd. per diem. Died June the loth, 1857.

Silver medal engraved, "Presented to Sergeant William Newtnan by Lieut.-Colonel E. Hull; a reward for dis tinguished conduct at Betanzos, 1809."

Gold Medal, hall-marked, inscribed, " A testimony of regard to a worthy soldier, given by the Officers of His Majesty's 43rd Eegiment, in the year 1785, to T. Loftus, to perpetuate the memory of his distinguished conduct at the battle of Bunker's Hill, 17th June, 1775."

Medal of nine bars :—Fuentes d'Onor, Ciudad-Rodrigo, Badajoz, Vittoria, Pyrenees, St, Sebastian, Nivelle, Nive, Toulouse, awarded to Private James Gallion.

Medal of nine bars:—Busaco, Fuentes d'Onor, (Jiudad- Eodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, The Pyrenees, Nivelle, Toulouse, awarded to Private Robert Clarkson. Freer collection.

Medal of nine bars :—Vimiera, Talavera, Busaco, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Toulouse, awarded to J. McBurney. Fig. 8.

Medal of eight bars:—Busaco, Fuentes d'Onor, Ciudad- Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Nivelle, Nive, awarded to Private W. Hetherington. Freer collection.

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Medal of eight bars:—Busaco, Ciudad-Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Nivelle, Nive, Toulouse, awarded to Private Martin Joyce.

Medal of seven bars :—Corunna, Fueutes d'Ouor, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees. Toulouse, awarded to Private John Hughes.

Medal of seven Inirs :—Corunna, Fueutes d'Onor, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Toulouse, awarded to Private Thomas Brackins.

Medal of seven liars:—Busaco, Fueutes d'Onor, Ciudad- Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Toulouse, awarded to Private Richard Harris.

Medal of five bars:—(Jiudad-Rodrigu, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Toulouse, awarded to Private Roger McKendrick. Freer collection.

Medal of four bars :—Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Toulouse, awarded to Private William Folkes.

Medal of three bars :—St. Sebastian, Nivelle, Nive, awarded to Private E. Williams. Freer collection.

Medal of two bars :—Vimiera and Corunua, awarded to Sergeant Thomas Winson. Freer collection.

Medal of one bar:—Salamanca, awarded to Private G.Hewlett.

Medal of one bar:—Nive, awarded to Private J. Miles. Freer collection.

Regimental Maltese Cross for Peninsula, Busaco, Corunna, and Vimiera, awarded to C. Nugeut, " 43rd." Fig. 9.

Regimental Medal to Corporal J. McCrawley " for military merit from his comrades, 1815." New Orleans. Figs. 5 and 6. Freer collection.

SOUTH AFRICA. 1851-53. The Kaffir War :—Medal awarded to Assistant-Surgeon John Madden, M.B.,

April the 3rd, 1849; Surgeon in the 8th Regiment, October the 2nd, 1857. Fig. 10.

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NEW ZEALAND, 1863-66:—Medal awarded to Private John Condon. Freer collection.

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the 26th, 1857; discharged on pension December the 10th, 1878. (See above under South Africa.) Fig. 12.

Medal awarded to Private Joseph Granardos, 1863-66. Fig. 15.

Medal awarded to Private William Mills, 1863-66 (see " William Henry Mills " above). Enlisted February the 18th, 1854 ; discharged on pension August the 10th, 1875.

Medal awarded to Bugler-Major William Morris, 1863-66. Died December the 7th, 1870.

Medal awarded to Private Thomas Tobin, 1864-66. Freer collection.

Medal awarded to Private John Hanna, 1864-66.

Medal awarded to Private John Hackett; enlisted March the 23rd, 1863; discharged March the 23rd, 1873, on termin ation of ten years' engagement.

EGYPT, 1882-9:—Medal and Bronze Star awarded to Sergeant F. Abbott.

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BURMA, 1887-92:—

Medal, 1889-92, awarded to 1024 Sergeant G. W. Cooke; enlisted June the 5th, 1883 ; discharged Lance-Sergeant February the 21st, 1896. Fig. 18.

Medals, 1887-89, 1889 and 1892, awarded to 1765 Private J. Cox ; enlisted January the 15th, 1885 ; discharged January the 14th, 1897. Fig. 19.

INDIAN FRONTIER:—

Medals, Tinih, 1H97, Punjab Frontier, 1897 and "Distin guished conduct in the field " awarded to 4354 Private E. Crowhurst. Figs. 20 and 21.

Crowhurst enlisted January the 5th, 1893; was a bugler; promoted to Corporal and won his " Distin guished conduct in the field" Medal for riding the Colonel's pony down the Khyber Pass for reinforce ments when an outlying picket was surrounded and being shot down. See Oxfordshire Light Infantry Chronicle, Vol. VII.

Medals, Tirah and Punjab Frontier, awarded to 4568 Private J. Cleary. Enlisted October the 10th, 1893 ; discharged October the 19th, 1905. (See next).

SOUTH AFRICA, 1898-1902. The Boer War :—

Medals, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa, 1902, and the Westminster City Council, May, 1905, awarded to Private J. Cleary (see also preceding medal).

Medal of five bars :—Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Johannesberg, Diamond Hill, and Belfast, and the King's Medal with two bars, South Africa, 1901-1902, awarded to 5536 Private A. B. Walford. Figs. 22 and 23.

Medal of four bars:—Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal, and the King's Medal with two bars :—South Africa, 1901, South Africa, 1902, awarded to 1974 Private J. Scarfe.

Medal of three bars :—Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, and the King's Medal with two bars:—South Africa, 1901, South Africa, 1902, awarded to 2243 Private A. Turner.

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Metliil, the like, awarded to 690 Francis Collius. Fig. 26. Freer collection.

Medal in bronze to commeiuurute the Centenary of the Light Brigade, 1808-1908. Fig. 28. Royal United Service Institution.

AUTHORITIES CONSULTED.

The Historical Records of the 43^ Regiment, by the late Sir Richard George Augustus Levinge, Bart., 1868.

The Oxfordshire Light Infantry Chronicle.The Regimental Records at Warwick.The Times History of the Boer War. A. S. Amery. 1901-9.Carter's Medals of the British Army. 1861.Napier's History of the Peninsula War. 1886 Edition.War Medals and Decorations. D. Hastings Irwin. 1890.General Crauford and his Light Division. Rev. A. H. Crauford.Tiu- Rutland Magazine and County Historical Record, Vol. I., 1903-4.The Royal Monmouthshire Militia. By G. B. Sergeaunt, Captain

I2th Battalion, The London Regiment.


THE MANOR OF HINCKLEY IN THE EIGHTEENTHCENTURY.

BY H. J. FRANCIS, ESQ.

The Manor of Hinckley died a natural death on the formation of the ' locul Board ' in 1868. At that time many of the manorial records were in existence. Now they have nearly all disappeared. There should be no difference of opinion, therefore, on the advis ability of putting into permanent form an account compiled from the few eighteenth century documents which still remain.

One of the most important of these is an old Court Leet book entitled

" The Booke of Accounts forHinckley Royalty

Cost 3/6 in the year1722 "

In the "Interpreter" by Julm Cowell, 1637, under the heading of Court Leet, the following (inter alia] appears. " This Court " in whose rnaner soever it bee kept is accounted the King's " Court, because the authority thereof is originally belonging to " the Crowne and thence derived to inferiour persons." It is probably in this sense that the aforementioned word ' Royalty ' is used. I might also say that in the two Court Rolls in the custody of the Hinckley U.D.C., the juries of the Court are described as " The Juries for our Sovereign Lord the King as well as for the " Lord of the said Manor."

The period covered by the Book is from 1722 to 1791, and though, of course, the Manor was at this time in an advanced state of decay, an examination of the receipts and payments as presented at each Court Leot is not without interest.

The income was derived from shop rents in Hinckley, Suit fines from Hiuckley and other parishes, amerciameuts, and various sundry items. The shop rents appear to have been derived from stalls under the old town hall, and were receivable probably only on market days. The amount from this source in

THE MANOR OF HINCKLEY IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. 383

1722 was.£3 16s. 2d., the highest amount from one person being 7s. 6d. and the lowest 3d. In 1789 this total had increased to £4: 10s. Od., but in 1791 it was only 13s. 6d. This sudden decrease is accounted for by the fact that in 1790 there was an election at Hinckley, and, as you know, political arguments in those days were more forceful than now, for when the election was finished so was the town hall. Throsby tells us " A place which the inhabitants call the town hall was nearly destroyed in the year 1790, during the contest for members to serve in Parliament for Leicester. It never was a building of any consequence, but its remains are now a public nuisance." (" Excursions in Leicester shire," pp. 399-400).

The Suit fines were derived from the following places :— Wilncote (which is fourteen miles away), Witherley, Upton, Atterton, Higham-on-the-Hill, Wellsborough, as well as from Hinckley Borough and Hinckley Bond, Wyken, and Stoke Golding.

Stoke Golding and Witherley had also to pay common fines at the Court Leet, so that in the case of Hinckley we have one of those instances where the boundaries of the parish are by no means coterminous with those of the Manor.

The mention of Hinckley Borough raises the question, What kind of privileges (if any) did that portion of the town enjoy to give it such an appellation, and when were they acquired ? Mr. James Thompson, in a paper read before this Society in 1864* said " I presume that the place became a ' borough ' when the inhabitants acquired a certain degree of independence of the feudal relationship, when the inhabitants in their Court Leet managed to a certain extent their own affairs, after paying a composition to the Lords of the manor. This probably took place when the borough of Hinckley merged in the Crown, on the accession of Henry, the son of John of Gaunt, as Henry the Fourth ; the direct influence of the ancient feudal lords of the place being then weakened through their non-residence in the county town, and by their election to the sovereign authority. This view," he says, " derives some confirmation from the fact of Hinckley being first known to be designated a ' borough ' in the year 1416, that is, within twenty years after the date of Henry the Fourth's assumption of the Crown." I find that the words " burgi de Hiukele"t appear in the Inquisitions taken in pursuance of the Special Commission of King Edward the First,

* Transactions, Vol II., Pt. 4, page 318. t Rotuli Hundredorum, Vol. I., page 240.


dated 1273. The date assigned by Mr. Thompson must, there fore, with its conclusion, be abandoned; and, at present, I am not prepared with any solution of the problem of my own.

In addition to the Suit fine received from Wilncote, the income from the Waifs and Strays in this parish (as well as from various amerciaments) belonged to the manor of Hinckley. For the first part of the period the right to the income from the Waifs and Strays was farmed out for 4s. yearly, and later for 2s. 6d. yearly. Waifs and Strays seem to have been of two kinds :—

1st. Goods that a thief has dropped or left behind when over burdened or close pursued. These belonged to the King or Lord of the Manor unless the owner obtained a conviction against the thief within a year and a day. If this was obtained the goods were restored to their right ful owner.

2nd. Lost goods or cattle, which belong to the King or Lord of the Manor, if, upon proclamation by the town crier on several market days they were not claimed by their owner within a year and a day.

The Witherley Waifs and Strays were more valuable, for among the items of the first year appears :—

"Memorandum the Lords of this Manr did grant a Lease for .........years to Mr. Richard Farmer of Witherley of the Waifs andStrays Game and Water in the Lordshipps of Witherley and Atterton at one Guinea a year bearing date the twenty-fifth day of March 1722, the first half year's rent was paid to Thos Sansome present receiver which was 10s. 6d."

Among other items of receipt are

1732 Jno. Lan for liberty to lay his timber in the Bond end Street 6d

The Court Roll for 1756 will explain this :—" Whereas lately " it has been a comon practice of laying Timber and other Things " which obstruct the way whereby some people have received " Considerable Damage, it is now ordered that any person " Offending in such manner for the Future above seven Days " shall suffer the pain of 6s 8d."

1722 Received by Amerciaments 2.4.6

THE MANOR OF HINOKLEY. IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. 385

These were received from various offenders against the pains, or byelaws of the Court. As samples of the offences I give :—

the failure of the " old Bayliff to Deliver up the Weights and Measures to the New Bailiff" ;

the failure of the old Constable to deliver up the Town Arms (I wish we were told what they were) to the New Constable ;

refusal of any person to pay their Common Fine ;Refusal of a person who uses the pump to pay his share of the

expenses in connection therewith ;" All Owners of Ditches and Soughs from the Top of the Hog

lane (now possessing the more genteel name of Mansion Street) to Widow Whitworths do Scoure the same if Foul by the 20th November in pain of 6s 8d; "

" no person shall riddle ashes or lay muck in the Street in pain of 10s." (it must be remembered that there were many farms in the town at that time).

The old settlement laws are brought to mind by—" No person shall take any Inmates to Dwell with them

without Giving Notice to the Overseers of the poor in fourteen days, in pain of 6s 8d."

Defaulters were fined 4d. each for their non-attendance, butchers were fined for selling bad meat. In the Court of October 1758 no fewer than 43 persons were fined for this latter offence. It was also not permitted to anyone to kill lambs under five weeks old.

Receipts of the following nature are found to be frequently occurring—

1722 Reed for two Streif Sheepskins ... 291727 Memorand their is a Streif Cow in Will

Venables hand to be accounted for next year

Reed by the Streave Cow Profitt to thetown ... ... ... 2 10 0

1728 Reed by a Streave Lamb ... ... 501739 And by a Ship (genuine Leicestershire !

H.J.'F.) Skin ... ... 8

It is evident from these receipts that the town (for the Lords of


the Manor held in trust for the town) did not farm out its rights to the Hinckley Wait's and Stniys.

An item that occurs several times is :—

Of Jno Orton for leave to build a stage ... 2 6 (this particular one occurs in 1730).

No further details are given, but probably it was only a stage for loading and unloading timber.

1730 Received a Deodand ... ... 46

Formerly, when a person was accidentally killed, the thing by which the death was accomplished was sold and the proceeds appropriated by the King, or some grantee of the King, and the thing called a Deodand.

" The Interpreter" (before quoted) explaining the word gives as an example :—" If a man in driving a cart and seeking to redresse anything about, should so fall, as the cart wheels running over him, should presse him to death, then 'the cart wheel, cart and horses ' are to be given to God (Deo Dandum) : that is, to be sold and distributed to the Poore, for an expiation of this dreadfull event, though effected by unreasonable, yea, senseless and dead creatures. And though this be given to God, yet it is forfeited to the King by law, as sustaining God's person, and an executioner in this case, to see the price of these distributed to the Poore, for the appeasing of God, stirred up even against the earth and place by the shedding of innocent blood thereupon."

The King had power to sell the right of Deodands, and it is to be supposed that " the Poore " benefitted but little by their collec tion. In later times, doubtless owing to the harshness with which such a custom would operate, these demands by the Lords of the Manors were commuted to a money payment. Unfortunately there is nothing to show in this case whether the actual thing was sold or not. Deodands were not abolished until 1846. The " Encyclo paedia Brittauica " (llth Edit.) pertinently suggests the enormous expense which would be caused to a railway company in the event of a train running over a man, with fatal results, if this custom were still in full force.

The accounts were signed annually by the Town Masters, who were chosen at the parish meeting held at the Church on Easter Tuesday. (Nichols' Spark. 678.)

THE MANOR OP HINCKLEY IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. 387

Examining the payments we find that the Steward received Ml for each Court Leet, that the jurymen (there were 39 of them) were always given a dinner at the cost of £1 with an additional Is. 6d. for ale.

There were three different juries, one for Hinckley Borough, one for Hinckley Bond, and one called the Foreign Jury. The Foreign jury had jurisdiction over the Castle end of Hinckley, Stoke Golding, Atterton, Wilncote, and probably the other parishes from which Suit fines were received. The two Court rolls extant make no mention of any business connected with these other parishes, but if we could consult some other Court rolls I think we should find that they were subject. Atterton and Wilncote are only mentioned in one of the rolls. The Foreign jury was composed of two persons from Hinckley (probably the Castle end of the town) three from Stoke Groldiug, two from Witherley, two from Wilncote, and one each from Atterton, Higham-on-the-Hill, and Wykin.

Towards the end of the paper a specimen of the receipts and payments for a year is given so that there is need only for me to mention certain miscellaneous payments.

1732 Spent upon the workmen that carried thegravel to the pound ... ... 26

The pound was situate at the upper part of Castle Street near to where Hill Street now forms a junction. About 45 years ago it was removed to Factory Lane, but it was not long ere it disappeared altogether.

Chanty was not forgotten.

1751 pd for a Wastcoat for Wm. Venable andmending his Cloaths ... ... 10 6

1753 paid for a pair Breches for Will Venable... 5 9 1755 paid toward 2 shirts for Will Venable 1753 3 10

and appropriately—1760 paid part of William Venables funerall

charge ... ... ... 86

It should be mentioned that Mr. Venables was the treasurer of the Manor thirty years before.

1726 gave Widd Deacon for paper for her lease 1 7 BB VOL. X

388 THE MANOR OF HINCKLEY IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.

Surplus money was expended on repairs to the road, etc., as—I was out of purse in 1733 by paveing the Bur-

rough Street ... ... ... 4 10 71737 pd for Six Load of Stones to mend Hollow

Croft Hill ... ... ... 1 10 0June ye 20th 1753 pd for Copeing ye Bond End

Horsepoole and Repairing ye Wall as apeareth by ye Bills ... ... ... 4 14 4

This Horsepool was on the present site of the Holly Bush Inn (opposite the Manor House). It was filled up in 1798.* The present name for Hollowcroft is Hollycroft, and the Holly Bush Inn was so named because of the supposed connection of that part of the town with holly trees. As the word Hollowcroft appears frequently throughout the book, we must take it that Hollycroft is a late corruption. Moreover Nichols talks of the Hollow way that existed in his time (1732) at that part of the town.

Nichols, on page 678 Sparkenhoe, says that " in 1764 the corn and hog tolls were presented to the town." From the book of accounts it would appear that this was subject to the town paying a chief rent of 10s. per annum ; for after this date there is frequent reference to " chief rent of the corn and hog tole 10s." The original grantf does not even mention this chief rent. The ordinary market tolls are even now in private possession.

There are various town officers mentioned throughout the book. 1790 Reed of the Mayor and Constables ... 30

The Mayor (sometimes called the Bailiff), was chosen at the Court Leet. He had to reside in the Borough.* Among his duties were those of regulating the markets, examining the weights,* and (as bailiff) levying the fines (Nichols' Spark. 699).

Bakers were fined for selling bread short of weightj and shop keepers for keeping false weights and measures.

Other officers mentioned are flesh tasters, field reeve, pindar (keeper of the pinfold), overseers of Stocking Gates, head-boroughs, constables and molecatcher.

1756 ye flesh tasters Bill and Wallnutts ... 10 (Nutts seemed to be popular; in 1758

appears " pd for nutts 7d ")

'Nicliol* Spark. 678. f I" 'he possession of Hinckley Urban District Council. } Nicliols' Spark 699.


1741 Spent upon the Pinner and the Field reeve 6d1730 paid the overseers of Stocking gates for

mending the Stocking hedges ... 5 10

We may presume that someone would be fined for making this payment necessary, for at the Court of Leet it was usual to amerce someone for not repairing the gaps in his hedges. (Nichols' Spark. 699.)

1739 pd ye headborough for Cryeing and Strief Marking 3 Sheep

1758 Received from the Bailiff & Two Constables 6 0

All persons that hold any lands in the Fields or Stockings shall pay their proportion for the use of the Molecatcher in pain of 10s.

From 1793 to 1829 a gamekeeper was appointed for the manor and a license taken out for him.*

SPECIMEN RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOE A YEAR.

The Receipts of Tho. Sansome for ye year 1722.

Impmi8 Reed, by Shopp Rents ... ... 3 16 2Common & Suit Fine ... ... ... 1 11 6Goodman for Willincoat Waifs & Strays ... 40Witherly Rent ... ... ... 10 6of Jno Standley for Sweeping ye Streets ... 10Reed for two Streif Sheepskins ... ... 29Received by Amerciaments ... ... 2 4 6

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Disbursements of Tho. Sausome for the year 1772 Ladyday Court.

ImpmiB Stewards fee ... ... ...100his man ... ... ... 10Jury's dinners ... ... ...100Jury*s Ale ... ... ... 16our own dinners & Mr. Cart's ... ... 50receiving Shopp rents... • • • ... 30 set of Taxes ... ... ... 2 0Spent in the Stewards Chamber ... ... 19 0next day ... ... ... ... 40

* p. 166 Charities Com. Reps. 1837.

890 THE MANOR OF JI1NCKLEY IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.

Micaelmas Court

Stewards Fee ... .. ... 1 0 0Stewards men ... ... ... 2 0our diuiiurs ... ... ... 40Jurys dinners ... ... ...100Spent in the Stewards Chamber ... ... 17 0Receiving Shopp rents ... ... 50next day ... ... .. ... 40Jurys ale ... ... ... ... 16k'iven Bond End Jury next day being adjourned 1 0Warning Fomiin Shutors ... ... 4 0Warning at Micaelmas pepper being sick ... '20set of-Taxes ... ... ... 17spent ye night before Court ... ... 16given ye workmen for cleaning ye Hall ... 6Hedgeing Oldacre ... ... .-.. 4pd for drawing ye Streats ... ... 68pd Mr. Purefoy for Mr. Chesters release ... 34Writing ye Bond end peans ... ... 20pd TLo Pollard for a Streif Sheep Skin ... 6pd ye headburrougli of Witherley charge of a

Streif Sheep ... ... ... 3 6a weeks grass for ye Streif Sheep ... ... 4pd Isack Baggot attendance ... ... 60my own pains ... ... ... 10 0I was out of purse when I received in 1718 ... 1 0 2Spent gathriug amerciaments ... ... 16 6Writeing ye Accounts... ... ... 10paid for this booke ... ... ... 36

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out of pocket ... 3 3 0 out more ... 10

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Not much explanation of the accounts is needed, but the following notes may perhaps be of service.

Common fines were paid by the inhabitants of the manor towards tho expenses of holding the Court Leet.

Two Courts were held yearly until 1744 when the following


minute appears :—It appearing to us that the Rents of the Manor and the presentments are not sufficient to defray the Expence of keeping Two Court Leet yearly. It is proposed to keep one onely at MichmaBB in Order to Lessen the Expence.

Sampn Woodland William Tompson Tho. Brown

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It would be quite erroneous to presume, that, owing to the state of the Manor finances, the Court Leet was a mere formality. On the contrary it exerted a real governance of town affairs, and until the enclosure of the common lauds in 1761, its business was considerable and conscientiously done : sometimes the jury went and inspected property which was the subject matter of dispute, and oftentimes they were two days in considering their verdict.

The Mr. Cart to whom reference is made would no doubt be the eccentric vicar of the town, and son of the famous Vicar of St. Martin's, Leicester. He was absent-minded to an extraordinary degree, and actually forgot to go to his own wedding. He was to have married Miss Dugdale, of Coleshill (a descendant of the antiquary), but when he went on the day following that appointed for the ceremony, she refused to hold any further communication with him.

The foreign suitors were those from outside the borough and Bond of Hiuckley; they with the town suitors would be fined in case of non-attendance.

The town appears to have possessed in the 18th century a building which went by the name of the Guildhall (referred to above as the ' Hall'); whether it was the same building as the town-hall I am unable to say.

The estreats, strictly speaking, are the fines levied at the Court; but probably in this case it means the Court Roll complete.

Mr. Purefoy was an attorney in the town. He was a descendant of the ancient family, of that name belonging to Fenny Drayton. I take Chester to be the name of the old treasurer.

The " Bond end pains " were the byelaws made for that portion of the town.

As to the business of the Court: we find from the Court Rolls that there were three juries to be appointed, and a foreman for each.

392 THE MANOR OF HINCKLEY IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTUEY.

Thirdborrows was chosen for each of the following places :— Wilncote, Upton, Atterton, Witherley, Hinckley Borough (2), Hinckley Bond (3).

Constables were chosen for Witherley, Hinckley Borough, and Hinckley Bond.

The town bayliff and sometimes a ' pinner ' were also chosen.

Defaulters were fined by the Borough and the Bond end juries; but none apparently by the foreign jury.

The parish pump was of first rate importance in those days, and persons were appointed to see that the pumps were kept in repair. Usually two persons were appointed to one pump, and if they neglected to do their duty they were liable to be fined 6s. 8d.

There were, at least, twelve town pumps, six of which (including one named ' the pillory ' pump) were in the borough, three in the Bond end and three in the Castle end.

Each jury made certain byelaws for its district. These byelaws went by the name of pains. Those of the Borough had reference to the town pumps (before mentioned); keeping chimneys clean ; keeping streets clean, and free from obstruction; keeping ditches open, &c.

The pains of the Bond end jury were of a more agricultural nature, and it is evident that all or most of the common land of the town was situate here. The Common land comprised about 2,000 acres, and was divided into three main fields, the Mill Field, Middle Field, and Hyde Field, as well as the Stockings and the Eastward Common. They order that land marks shall be maintained, state how many cattle shall make use of certain pieces of land, when the cattle may go on to the land, and order certain persons to keep an account of the cattle, etc. I quote one or two of them.

2nd. 1758. That no person shall keep above Five Horses and Five Kine for a half Yard Land in the Fields in pain to be Amerced, for every Horse, Mare, Gelding, or Cow Offending ... ... 20s.

7th. That no person, not having an Autient Cottage shall keep any Horse, Mare, Gelding, Ass or Cow in the Fields or Commons to Oppress them In pain to be Amerced for every Horse, Mare, Gelding, Ass or Cow Offending ... 20s.

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12th. That no person shall suffer either Ram or Ridgel to go in the Fields or Commons from Ather- stone Old Fair to St. Luke Old Stile in pain of ... ... ... ... ... ... 10s.

24th. That the Bond End jury shall upon Notice given by the Foreman go into the Fields to regulate Headlands and Sett new Land marks betwixt Neighbour & Neighbour, Everyone refusing or neglecting to be Amerced ... ... 6s. 8d.

I may say that in the days before enclosure took place it was a very common offence for persons to remove landmarks, either to their own advantage or the annoyance of someone else.

Of the pains made by the Foreign Jury I will only quote the following. The first is a case of letting " the punishment fit the crime."

1758 for Castle End of Hinckley.That no person shall Lett the water out of the Horse Pool

in the Castle End, at no other Time but on Whitsun Tuesday Except in case of Fire And that those who lett out or Cause it to be done shall be obliged to clean the Mud out in fourteen days Time and the Water Stopt as usual and the Mud taken away by the 17th of August In pain of ... ... ... ... ... ... 10s.

This Horse Pool was situate on the south side of Castle St. and in front of Castle Hill house, now occupied by Mr. Stephen Pilgrim. It was filled up in 180'2*.

1756 That no person or persons shall Kill any Lambs Sheep or Hoggs in the Street or lay any Coals in the Street to Annoy the Way on pain of ... 10s.

For Wilnecoate1756 We lay a pain that no Swine go Unwrung or Geese

Unyoked after three days notice on pain 3s. 4d.

A pain laid that all Coal pitts should be kept Covered or filled in by the Owners when no One is there to Tent them on pain ... £1 19 0

It should be mentioned that in practice when an offence was

* Nichols' Spark. 677.

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committed the fine was sometimes afeered down to one-third of its proper amount.

Some queerly named lands and places are mentioned, such as Horstone Close, Gooseeaton Stile, Cockley Month, Nether Patch down Plash to Barwell Brooke, Old Ford, Cathaliek Bush, Boggers Bushes, Top of old Gallows, Bandy Lands, Wildmore Brook.

My last words must be those expressing my indebtedness to Messrs, C. S. Preston, of Nottingham, and W. J. Pilgrim, of Hinckley, for information supplied; to Mr. A. S. Atkins, town clerk, for kindly allowing me to consult the two Court Rolls in his possession; to the Rev. W. P. Hnrrell, Vicar of Hinckley, for permission to consult the Enclosure Award; and lastly and chiefly to our respected honorary member, Mr. T. Hurrold, with out whose assistance it would not have been possible for me to have written this paper.

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