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SOCIETY

TRANSACTIONSOF THE

LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

VOL. XIX.

W. THORNLEY 6? SONBOWLING GREEN STREET, LEICESTER

1936-37

CONTENTSPAGE

The 81st Annual Report and Accounts, 1935 ... i xix

The 82nd Annual Report and Accounts, 1936 ... xxi xli

List of Officers, Members, etc. ... ... ... xliii 1

Rules ... ... ... ... ... ... H lii

VOL. XIX. PART I.

MEDIEVAL COSSINGTON (Part 2, continued from Vol. XVIII)

A Narrative based upon the researches of the lateGeorge Francis Farnham, M.A., F.S.A.

By S. H. Skillington ... ... ... ... ... 1

Architectural Notes on the Rectory of Cossington

By Anthony Herbert, A.R.I.E.A. ... ... 27

FLETCHER DOCUMENTS IN THE LEICESTER CITY MUSEUMAn Inventory by Ann Deeley, M.A. ... ... ... 33

A RECTOR OF BRUNTINGTHORPEBy Hugh Goodacre ... ... ... ... ... 79

FURTHER NOTES ON THE ANGLIAN AND SCANDINAVIANSETTLEMENT OF LEICESTERSHIRE

By W. G. Hoskins, M.Sc. (Econ.), Ph.D. ... ... 93

CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF LEICESTER ABBEY (Part I)

By Montague Rhodes James, O.M., Litt.D., F.B.A.,F.S.A. ... ... ... ... ... ... Ill

VOL. XIX. PART II.

THE FIELDS OF WIGSTON MAGNABy W. G. Hoskins, M.Sc. (Econ.), Ph.D. ... ... 163

MINISTERS' ACCOUNTS OF THE HONOR OF LEICESTER (Part I)

By L. Fox, B.A. (Oxon.) ... ... ... ... 199

CONTENTS—continuedPAGE

MEDIEVAL COSSINGTON (Part 3)A Narrative based upon the Researches of the late

George Francis Farnham, M.A., F.S.A.

By S. H. Skillington ... ... ... ... ... 275

POST-MEDIEVAL COSSINGTONBy Florence E. Skillington ... ... ... ... 293

THE ORIGINS AND EARLY HISTORY OFALDERMAN NEWTON'S FOUNDATION

By R. \V. Greaves, M.A., D.Phil. (Oxon.) ... ... 347

CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF LEICESTER ABBEY (Part II)

By Montague Rhodes James, O.M., Litt.D., F.B.A.,F.S.A. ... ... ... ... ... ... 377

ILLUSTRATIONSPAGE

MEDIEVAL COSSINGTON (Part 2)

Cossington Rectory:

East Front ... ... ... ... ... lWest Front ... ... ... ... ... 12

North Wing ... ... ... ... ... 13View from North-West showing North Wing ... 28

Interior View of Kitchen ... ... ... ... 29

Magpie Row ... ... ... ... ... ... 30The Street ... ... ... ... ... ... 31

THE FIELDS OF WIGSTON MAGNA

Plate I. Map showing surface geological formationsPlate II. Diagram Plan of VillagePlate III. Map showing Medieval Fields and Paths ... 198

MINISTERS' ACCOUNTS OF THE HONOR OF LEICESTER (Part I.)

Reproduction of Manuscript ... ... ... ... 224... 264

Map shewing the Midland Extent of theHonor of Leicester, by Albert Herbert, F.S.A. ... 274

POST-MEDIEVAL COSSINGTON

Old House in Cossington, possibly Peppers' ... ... 293Reproductions of pages from Churchwardens' Accounts 298Reproduction of Elizabethan Sketch Map ... ... 306The Churchyard Field The Bull Piece ... ... 304Map to illustrate Post-Medieval Cossington ... ... 346

THE LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

THE 81st ANNUAL REPORT, 1935

YOUR Committee are glad to report that the Society has had another successful and productive year, and that the interest of the members and their friends in its work has been more than maintained. During 1935, both the General and Committee Meetings were well attended, and the all-round friendliness that was so marked a feature of the Society in Mr. Farnham's time, and afforded him so much gratification, never showed the slightest sign of being diminished. The lectures delivered at the General Meetings were quite up to the usual standard; two very pleasant excursions were enjoyed in the summer; and a substantial part of Transactions, containing papers on a variety of Leicestershire subjects, was issued about the end of November.

In the course of the year, the following ladies and gentle men were elected to membership :

In January: Mrs. Bernard Everard, Bardon Hill House,Leicestershire

Mr. H. Davis Herbert, Taylor's Green,Leicester Road, Oadby, Leicester

Mr. Walter Herbert, Meadowbank, Park HillDrive, Aylestone, Leicester

Major C. C. Hurst, Sc.D., Ph.D., D.L-,50 Knighton Drive, Leicester

Mr. Selwyn Parkinson, 66 Upperton Road,Leicester

In March : Mr. George Gordon, 53 Lancashire Street,Leicester

Mr. Thomas Montagu Jellis, Stamford House,Syston, Leicester

Mr. J. W. Rowley, Charnwood, Kirby Muxloe,Leicester

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In March : Mr. J. Woodhouse Simpson, 148 New Walk,Leicester

In April: Major J. G. Hodgkinson, The Grove, KirbyFields, Leicester

The Leicester and Leicestershire Society ofArchitects, through Mr. G. A. Cope,A.R.I.B.A., Hon. Sec., 22 Friar Lane,Leicester

In June : The Rev. W. Edgar Goodman, M.A.,The Rectory, Fenny Drayton, Nuneaton

In July : Mr. Denis D. Constable, 11 West Street,Leicester

Mr. A. E. Walker, 12 Ashleigh Road,Leicester

In September: Mr. Percy Lynn Aspinall, Bancroft,Knighton Rise, Leicester

Miss Viola Belgrave, North Kilworth, Rugby Mrs. Eacott, The Rectory, Kibworth,

Leicester Mr. W. G. Hoskins, M.Sc. Lond., 12 Sandy

Rise, Oadby, Leicester Miss Keeley, 8 Stoneygate Road, Leicester Mrs. Macnaughton, 69 Evington Road,

Leicester Mr. Frederick H. Morley, 154 New Walk,

Leicester

Five members resigned during the same period, and we have to deplore the loss by death of the Earl of Dysart, Mr. J. W. Barker, Mr. H. D. M. Barnett, Mr. R. S. Clifford, Jun., Mr. J. H. Davis, the Rev. W. R. Finch, the Rev. W. G. Dimock Fletcher, Mr. Walter Herbert, Mr. Harry Knight, Mr. G. C. Oliver and Mr. H. Stanley Pochin. As Mr. Dimock Fletcher was, fifty years ago, one of the leading lights of our Society, it is fitting that some account of his career should be included in this report:

The Rev. W. G. Dimock Fletcher, M.A., F.S.A.William George Dimock Fletcher, son of the Rev. John Fletcher, of St. James's, Handsworth, Staffordshire, was born in 1851. He was educated at Bromsgrove and St. Edmund Hall, Oxford.

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When he was thirty he married Elizabeth Harriett, daughter of John Yerrow Arrowsmith, F.R.C.S., who was for many years a practitioner of good standing in that town and its neighbourhood. These facts are taken from an excellent account of Mr. Fletcher's long life published in The Wellington Journal and Shrewsbury News for the 14th of December, 1935, from which the greater part of what follows has been drawn :

Mr. Fletcher, when a young man, was articled to Mr. John Woolley, of Loughborough, Leicestershire, and in due course he qualified as a solicitor. He must, however, very soon have decided to become a clergyman; for he was ordained deacon in 1878, and priest in 1879, and was appointed curate of Holy Trinity, Oxford, where he remained for four years. He then held successive curacies at St. John's, Hammersmith, and at Holy Trinity, Leicester. In 1885, he was presented to the living of St. Michael's, Shrewsbury, of which he continued to be vicar until 1904, when he accepted the vicarage of Oxon, where he stayed until his death. The first Mrs. Fletcher died some years ago, and in November, 1934, he married Miss Ethel Gladys Clarke, a native of the district in which he spent the last fifty years of his life, much respected for his genealogical and anti quarian attainments, his public spirit, and his consistent devotion to duty.

Before he settled in Shropshire, Mr. Fletcher was for some time editor of the Leicestershire Archaeological Society's Transactions and an earnest student of the genealogy and history of the county. The results of his work in those far-off days are con tained in his Leicestershire Pedigrees and Royal Descents, a book of some two hundred quarto pages, which was published in 1887. After leaving Leicester, he continued his researches and anti quarian pursuits with unabated zeal, and became joint-editor of the Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological Society. In July, 1931, he was admitted an Honorary Freeman of Shrewsbury at a special meeting of the Town Council. The services that moved his grateful neighbours to bestow this honour upon him are thus described in the local newspaper mentioned above: " Mr. Fletcher was a man for whom the town had been waiting. For generations masses of valuable muniments and other docu ments had been lying confused in the Archives of the Public Free Library, when Mr. Fletcher, himself a member of the Free

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Library Committee, tackled the task of dealing with these ancient documents, making those requiring it intelligible to others, and bringing them all (about 1,000) into order a task which years of close study of such records had qualified him to undertake. But for Mr. Fletcher's devotion and services, as the then Mayor, Aid. W. G. Cross, said, those precious records of the town's history would have remained in obscurity." Mr. Fletcher was the first secretary and editor of the Shropshire Parish Register Society, and in various other ways he employed his scholarship and special knowledge for the benefit of the people among whom he had for so long a period lived and worked. But he did not forget Leicestershire. He was always interested in the doings of our Society, of which he was an Honorary Member, and a few years ago he presented a collection of documents relating to the county to the Leicester Museum Muniment Room.

On 19th of November, 1935, the first anniversary of their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher went out together on their bicycles. They reached Oxon again between four and five in the afternoon. As they approached the vicarage, Mrs. Fletcher, following her custom on such occasions, rode ahead to open the gate. While she was thus engaged, Mr. Fletcher, who was forty or fifty yards behind, was knocked down by a motor car and sustained injuries from which he died, in the Royal Salop Infirmary, on the 6th of December. The funeral service, held in Oxon parish church and attended by a large number of representative people, was conducted by the Archdeacon of Salop, who repre sented the Bishop of Lichfield, assisted by the Rev. E. Moore Darling, who delivered a short address, and the Rev. W. E. Thompson, Rural Dean of Shrewsbury. The graveside rites were performed by Canon J. M. Fletcher, of Salisbury, Mr. Dimock Fletcher's brother, whose wife, with other members of the family, was among the mourners.

TransactionsTowards the end of November, 1935, the second part of volume xviii of the Society's Transactions was issued to members. The five papers contained in it represent much sound and conscientious work, and, taken as a whole, it may be regarded as forming a valuable addition to the recorded history of Leicestershire. The contents of it are :

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I. The Anglian mnd Scandinavian Settlement of Leicester shire, by W. G. Hoskins, with maps by Albert Herbert, F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A.

II. Ullesthorpe Overseers' Accounts, by Hugh Goodacre, with illustrations.

III. The Roman Sites of South-West Leicestershire, Part ii, by Arthur J. Pickering, F.G.S., with illustrations.

IV. Melton Mowbray Lay Subsidy, by A. Bernard Clarke. V. Medieval Cossington, a Narrative based upon the Researches

of the late George Francis Farnham, M.A., F.S.A., by S. H. Skillington, with a map by Albert Herbert, F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A., and photographic illustrations; Architec tural Notes on All Saints' Church, Cossington, with three plans, by Anthony Herbert, A.R.I.B.A.

Mr. Hoskins, of Leicester University College, and Mr. Bernard Clarke are new contributors. It is very much to be hoped that papers by them will appear in future volumes of Transactions. Mr. Skillington's paper on Medieval Cossington is a first instalment, the second part of which the editorial sub-committee expect to be able to publish, in the next issue, before the end of the present year.

LecturesThe following lectures were delivered at General Meetings held at the Church House, St. Martin's, Leicester, in the course of the year:

28th January : The Anglian and Scandinavian Settlement ofLeicestershire, by Mr. W. G. Hoskins, M.Sc.,Lond.

30th September: The Roman Wall, by Mr. Thomas Hacking,M.Sc.

25th November : Prehistoric Burial Customs, as illustrated bythe tumuli of Wessex, by Miss RosalindM. T. Hill, M.A.

These three addresses were all learned and interesting, and they were all strikingly well delivered. Mr. Hacking exhibited a very fine set of slides, to illustrate his remarks, which showed that he was personally familiar with all that he described, and that he was well acquainted with the methods and general results of

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Roman-British scholarship. The merits of Mr. Hoskins's address will be obvious to any one who reads his long article, on the same subject, printed in the 1934-35 issue of the Society's Transactions; and we need not attempt any description of Miss Hill's illumin ating discourse, because she has very kindly supplied the generous summary of it that appears immediately below :

Prehistoric Burial CustomsILLUSTRATED FROM THE TUMULI OF WESSEX

[NOTE The following essay is intended only to give a brief general outline of the information at present available. It makes no claim to be the result of original research.]

THE belief in some form of survival after bodily death is extremely old. Not only in the Neolithic age, but as long ago as the Mousterian period, before the extinction of Neanderthal man, the dead were given formal burial, and supplied with food for their long journey to the next world, and with weapons or tools. Very often, perhaps as the result of some confused idea that the ghost might dwell in his tomb or return to it periodically, the dead man was laid beneath the floor of the cave in which his descendants continued to dwell. It is possible that, as climatic changes caused the inhabitants of Europe to forsake their caves for the open country, burial still took place near to the encamp ments of the living, and that the graves were marked and pro tected by some sort of raised mound. There is, however, no evidence of such mounds having existed in Britain before the later Neolithic period.

The practice of burial within a tumulus was revived in these islands late in the Neolithic period, but from the evidence at present available, it seems to have existed in prehistoric times only within the Megalithic and Bronze Age periods. The only exception to this rule is provided by a few burial-mounds of the Iron Age in Yorkshire, but the people of this period nearly always buried their dead in cemeteries or urn-fields, and raised no lasting memorial over their graves. Occasionally, as at Bere Regis, they made secondary burials in an older tumulus, but in Wessex they raised no burial-mounds of their own. The approximate dates between which the practice of tumulus-burial flourished in Wessex are

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therefore about 2500«B.C. to 600 B.C., although it must be remem bered that all prehistoric dating is vague and liable to a wide margin of error.

This period may be said to fall upon the border-line between history and prehistory. In Britain it is prehistoric in the sense that it has left no written records, that we do not know the name of a single person who lived in it, and that our only evidence about it comes from its roads, its encampments, and its tombs. In the Mediterranean basin, however, civilisation was already old when the first Megalithic monument was built in Wessex. In Egypt, the greatest Megaliths of the world, the Pyramids, had already been standing for centuries. In Babylonia an old civili sation existed, which was to reach its highest point in the reign of Hammurabi at the beginning of the twenty-first century B.C. It was from the shores of the Mediterranean that the Megalithic culture spread, through Spain, into North-Western Europe, passing along the sea-coasts and up the navigable rivers. It was not a culture imposed from above by a race of conquerors, for the bodies found in the tombs of the period are of many races. Rather it was the result of a peaceful overflow of Mediterranean peoples, diiven out of their own lands by the first waves of those Aryan- speaking invaders from the East who were beginning to trouble the civilised world. The thrust of this invasion seems to have impelled the Hyksos to seek new lands in Egypt and to have set the Kassites as conquerors upon Babylonia. Refugees started to go Northwards and Westwards and to set upon the lands around the English Channel and the North Sea the great stone erections which mark the temples of their gods and the resting-places of their dead. The high chalk downs of Salisbury Plain suited these people, who had no better implements for clearing woodland than axes of flint, and it is here that we find the greatest number of their burial-places, as well as those of their successors of the Bronze Age. The long barrows which are the characteristic feature of the Megalithic period in Wessex, were designed, like the Egyptian Pyramids or rock-tombs, to be the "everlasting houses" of the dead. Great care was taken in their construction. The stone slabs lining the chamber of the West Kennet barrow were brought at least seven miles, and the labour required to raise this huge mound, over a hundred yards long, must have been considerable. The average long barrow, although smaller than this, is yet a large structure,

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about a hundred feet in length, fifty in breadth at its widest part, and ten in height. In shape it resembles a pear cut in half, with the thickest end facing roughly towards the East. Since there is a slight divergence in the orientation of different barrows, some pointing slightly to the North and others to the South of the true East, it is possible that the position of the sunrise when the mound was made determined the direction in which it lay. This theory is supported by the fact that it was customary to arrange the body with the face looking towards the East or South. Later secondary interments also avoided the North or sunless side of a tumulus, and the prejudice which still exists in some villages against burial on the North side of a churchyard may be a relic of the worship of the sun as a life-giving power.

In the thick end of the mound, a door, blocked up after the burial, gave entrance to a chamber lined with slabs of stone, or, in places where stone was scarce, with timber. In some tumuli, as for example "Kit's Coty House" in Kent and "Wayland Smith's Cave" in Berkshire, the earth which originally covered these slabs has been stripped off, and the stone chamber remains above the level of the ground as a "dolmen", empty and regarded usually as part of the mysterious handiwork of the Druids. Excavations in barrows of the Megalithic period show that they usually contained several bodies, and suggest that they were the family vaults of the chiefs or richer men. Cremation was not practised, and the dead were usually buried curled up on one side, in the natural position of sleep. When a woman and her baby were buried together, the child was often laid in her arms, or at her back, where it may have been carried in Red Indian fashion in some sort of basket.

Some of the scanty possessions of the dead were often buried with them. Rough, soft pottery of the pre-beaker type, with a curious rounded base, is found, together with weapons of flint and bone. Scraps of animal bone, which may have been the remains of a meal shared between the dead man and his mourners, occur very frequently. Human sacrifice is possible, though not certain, but the sacrifice of animals was undoubtedly prac tised. At Eyeford, a goose, which had not been cooked or eaten, was found in the grave of a woman, and a dog was found in a barrow near Stonehenge.

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Some time between 1900 B.C. and 1500 B.C. the builders of the long barrows were conquered or driven back towards the North and West by successive bands of invaders who appear to have moved Westwards from central Germany. They were a hardier and more war-like race, armed with bronze at the time of their first coming to Britain or very soon afterwards. In all the lands which they invaded their presence can be traced by the finding of the peculiar beaker-shaped cups which they used, cups which have caused archaeologists to distinguish the new invaders by the name of "beaker-people". These newcomers took some time, probably several centuries, to penetrate from the South and East of England into the Northern and Western parts of the country, so that the first of their mounds and entrenchments in Wessex must have been already old before the last work of the Megalithic people was completed in the North-West.

The characteristic burial mound of the Bronze Age people was round, and relatively small. Various types of mound, such as the lofty "bell"-barrow, the "bowl'^barrow and the flat "disc"-barrow, may be distinguished. Unlike the long barrows, which as a rule are solitary, the tumuli of the Bronze Age are often found in groups. The "Seven Barrows" on Beacon Hill, near Burghclere, are a familiar landmark, and another fine group occurs on Cocking Down, not far from Midhurst in Sussex. Occasionally two or even three mounds are found within the same encircling ditch, marking perhaps the burial-place of some family of high rank. The neighbourhood of a trackway seems to have been a favourite place of burial, and the motive in this case may have been that recorded in so many of the epitaphs in the Greek Anthology, namely the desire of the dead man's relations that he should have a kindly word from the wayfarers who passed along the track.

Unlike the long barrows, the round barrows of Wessex do not usually contain a stone-lined chamber. A cyst cut in the chalk, sometimes, perhaps, protected with planks across the top from the fall of loose earth, was all that the Bronze Age man could expect of funeral pomp. In this cyst his ashes for he was usually cremated were laid, sometimes within an urn of thick ornamental pottery, sometimes wrapped in a skin or nap kin of which the fastening pin alone remains. About two- thirds of the barrows which have been excavated in Wessex

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'contained grave-goods, sometimes merely a few earthen vessels containing traces of food or drink, or one of those curious small perforated vessels which for want of more evidence have been classed as incense-cups, sometimes treasures of gold, ivory, or amber. In a grave at Upton Lovel, containing the unburnt body of a man, there was found an amber necklace made up of more than a thousand beads. Many of the gold torques and bracelets, some of them of very fine workmanship, which are now in the British Museum, were found in Wessex grave-mounds. Weapons of bronze, mainly spear-heads and daggers, are also discovered in great numbers, although it has been noticed that they very rarely occur in "disc"-barrows. This fact has led to a con jecture which seems probable (in view of traces of matriarchy which survived until much later among the Celts), although it is by no means proved, that a "disc"-barrow marks the burial-place of a woman. Certainly both "bell" and "disc"-barrows were being made at the same time, and examples of both kinds on Salisbury plain have been assigned to the period 1500-1200 B.C. by the help of certain beads of ribbed glass which were found among their contents, since it is known that such beads were being produced in Egypt at this period.

The practice of tumulus-burial died out in Wessex after the coming of another wave of invasion or peaceful penetration from Gaul in the early La Tene period, probably about 600 B.C. The new arrivals were people of Celtic blood who knew of the use of iron, and brought with them weapons and tools which were harder and more lasting than the soft bronze ones of their pre decessors. Although they raised no burial-mounds in the South of England, a few barrows in Yorkshire have been assigned on good evidence to this period, and the practice of secondary inter ment in a round barrow seems to have been fairly common. Otherwise, the ashes of the dead, enclosed in urns and supplied with grave-goods, were usually buried in large cemeteries, and .any memorials which were raised above the tombs have long since disappeared. No more barrows were built in Wessex until this form of burial was revived, sporadically, by the Romans and Anglo-Saxons.

Burial customs, as far as we can recover them by archse- logical means, had grown steadily more simple, from the pon derous monuments of the Megalithic period to the small, un-

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marked grave whidft was usual in the centuries immediately before the Roman invasion. In the meanwhile, however, the material conditions of existence seem to have been improving steadily, and the duration of life was increasing. Sucessive waves of immigration from Europe appear to have had the effect of lessening that pre-occupation with the building of tombs which must have absorbed so large a part of the energy of the men of the latest Stone Age. By the end of the La Tene period this energy seems to have been transferred finally from the service of the dead to that of the living, and a man after death was "as content with six foot as with the Mole of Adrianus".

Rosalind Hill

ExcursionsTwo very pleasant half-day outings were arranged by Mr. Ralph Bedingfield and his colleagues of the Excursion Committee for the 3rd of June and the 9th of July respectively. Each of these was attended by an appreciative company of members and friends, who all enjoyed themselves and, it is to be hoped, added some thing to their knowledge of the archaeology and history of Leicestershire.

The first of these summer tours was to Lubenham, Thed- dingworth and Marston Trussell, and was taken on Monday, the 3rd of June, when the main party left the Town Hall Square, Leicester, at two in the afternoon. At three o'clock they arrived at Lubenham, where they were met by the members and friends who had travelled thither in their own cars. The first item on the programme was to inspect Lubenham church, which they did under the direction of Mr. Albert Herbert, who began by explaining how the structure appeared to him to have evolved into its present form. He said that it was impossible to tell what was the exact shape of the original building, but that there was definite evidence of Norman work. He considered the south door, erected about 1190, to be the oldest single part of the church now visible externally, though the core of the tower and the shafts of the north arcade were somewhat earlier. There were, however, certain puzzling features, as, for example, the capital of the western pier in the north arcade, in which the abacus does not project beyond the bell, as one would expect it to do. Then he pointed to the twelfth-century corbel in the north

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chapel, which, he said, was obviously designed for a position much more elevated than the eye-level. His hypothesis was that this capital had been partly reworked, and that the corbel had been one of a series on the early tower. Mr. Herbert also drew attention to the beautiful colouring of the outside stone work, especially when the sun shone on it, and to the almost domestic appearance given to the north side by its square-headed windows. Much of the stone, he said, must have come from the neighbourhood of Colsterworth, Ketton or Weldon, some thirty miles away to the north-east. The company then perambulated the interior of the church, giving special attention to the fine Easter sepulchre, and to the thirteenth-century sedilia, curiously placed in the chapel, and noting a stout oak chest, either Flemish or French, and the enclosure map, dated 1816, which was suspended behind the organ. From Lubenham, the party went on to Thedding- worth, where Mr. Herbert delivered a thorough exposition of the church from the lectern. In order that his "congregation" might clearly understand what he said, he supplied each of those who formed it with a capital ground-plan, besides pointing out, as he spoke to them, all the internal features that were visible from where he stood. It would be most difficult, if not impossible, to summarise Mr. Herbert's analysis of the building, and it is happily unnecessary to make the attempt; for he has for some years been studying Theddingworth church, and has produced a complete set of plans of it, which, with his own full notes, will, it is con fidently hoped, be published in the near future in the Society's Transactions. Tea was served in a marquee on the lawn of Marston Trussell Hall, about two miles from Theddingworth, by kind permission of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Barwell Ewins, who, with some of their friends, joined the party and were very cordial in welcoming Jhem. After tea, while the company were still at the tables, a General Meeting, postponed from the previous week, was held, with Canon S. T. Winckley in the chair. There was very little business to be done; but several genial speeches were made, and appropriate votes of thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Ewins, Mr. Ralph Bedingfield, Mr. Albert Herbert and the Chairman_ were passed with acclamation and duly acknowledged. In the course of his presidential observations, Canon Winckley remarked that, though there was" something to be said, and he was one of those who said it, for plastering and distempering the internal

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walls of a church, he did not wish anyone to go away with the idea that he approved of what had been done at Lubenham. He considered that covering the walls and the worked stone of that church with white oil-paint was an act of vandalism pure and simple. The hour between the end of this meeting and the time for starting home was agreeably spent in strolling about the beautiful grounds of Marston Trussell Hall.

The second of the two excursions was fixed for Tuesday, the 9th of July, which turned out to be a day of brilliant sunshine. The place visited was Market Bosworth. At about three o'clock, fifty or more members and friends assembled in Bosworth Park, near the Hall which was for many generations the seat of the Dixie family. This fine early eighteenth-century house was on the point of being demolished, when the Leicestershire County Council acquired it, and decided to turn it into a home of rest for the aged poor who are under their care. When the Society's party were at the place, the necessary alterations and additions were being made under the direction of Mr. William Keay, who conducted them through the house and explained in detail what was being done. Mr. Keay's kindness was supplemented by that of Colonel Martin, who, as Chairman of the County Council, was keenly interested in every part of the work, and, as a man of right feeling, was thankful that, so far as was possible, the mansion was being preserved in its dignified integrity. This example of enlightened and beneficent adaptation should be commended to the notice of other public bodies, who might find themselves in a position to follow it. When their tour of inspection was finished, the company took their seats in a spacious room, to hear Dr. Saxon Barton, F.S.A.Scot., who had motored specially from Liverpool for the purpose, deliver a lecture, illustrated by slides, entitled "King Richard III Criminal or Saint". Dr. Barton's aim was to show that Richard was not so black as tradition, Shakespeare and the Tudor historians had painted him. Though obviously imbued with a chivalrous desire to clear Richard's memory of enormities that have been imputed to him on insufficient evidence, and to bring out the more creditable traits in his character, Dr. Barton was no fanatic, and he dealt with his subject in a fair and scholarly manner. He did not attempt the impossible task of proving that Richard was a saint; but he pointed out that he should be judged by the standards of

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the period in which his lot was cast, and that the grosser crimes generally attributed to him ought not to be laid to his charge until his responsibility for them has been clearly proved by the impartial methods of scientific research. Indeed, the old conception of Richard as a fiendish monstrosity, determined to be a villain and morbidly prone to descant on his own deformities, has long been abandoned by serious historians. There is a good article on this king in the revised Dictionary of English History, which was published in 1928 under the editorship of Professor F. J. C. Hearnshaw. The writer of this article concludes with the following short estimate of Richard's character and his place in our history: "Richard has been represented as a monster of iniquity by Sir Thomas More and other historians who wrote under the Tudors. Unscrupulous, cruel, and violent as Richard was, he was, however, probably no worse than contemporary princes and statesmen; no worse, cer tainly, than his brother or his successor. His capacity was undoubted, and he seems to have made an effort at the beginning of his reign to govern well. He attempted to restore order, to check the tyranny of the nobles, and to develop commerce. He, however, lacked the astuteness which enabled Henry VII to accomplish in a great measure the work he had attempted." This appears to be a fair summary of the views generally held by sound modern historians. The method of Dr. Barton is to scrutinise, in a critical spirit, all the evidences upon which the graver counts in the traditional indictment have been based, and his generous purpose is to find out as much as he can that will further vindicate Richard's grotesquely maligned reputation. His address at Bosworth greatly interested those who heard it, and, at its con clusion, Colonel Martin, in a happily phrased speech, cordially thanked him on their account and his own. Dr. Barton, having fulfilled his engagement, started immediately upon his return journey to Liverpool. The company he had instructed and entertained fared better; for they had tea at their leisure in the rectory garden, to which they were welcomed by Canon and Mrs. Payne. As soon as this meal was finished, they went to the church,to hear Canon Payne's remarks upon its history and chief structural and artistic features, which he had very kindly under taken to explain to them. When Canon and Mrs. Payne had been duly thanked, it was time to leave for home.

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The summer "excursions do more than may be generally realised to maintain and promote the Society's welfare, and Mr. Bedingfield and his friends, who year by year arrange and con duct them, are entitled to the warmest gratitude of all who benefit from their unobtrusively capable efforts.

THE LEICESTERSHIRE RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT

1934Dec. 31.1935Dec. 31.

RECEIPTS

To Balance in Hand

To Subscriptions and Donations ...,, Sales of Books

£ s. d.

.. 134 19 2

.. 281 7 00 10 0

Interest on £101 5s. 4d. Leicester3 per cent. Stock less Tax ... 270

Interest on £250 Os. Od. Leicester4f per cent. Stock less Tax ... 942

Interest on £150 Os. Od. 3$ per cent.Conversion Loan 1961 less Tax ... 416

Interest on £400 Os. Od. 3£ per cent.War Lean Gross ... ... 14 0 0

Income Tax reclaimed 1934-5 ... 4 10 6

£450 19 4

FUNDS ACCOUNT£ s. d.

General Reserve Fund (Value £967 Os. Od.) ... 876 5 4 Excursion Secretary's Account ... ... ... 1617 4Hon. Treasurer's Account ... .. ... ... 155 8 10

£1,048 11 6

ARTHUR W. DEATH, JR., A.C.A. SELWYN PARKINSON, A.C.A. Joint Honorary Treasurers

TRUSTEES OF THE LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

LIEUT.-COLONEL R. E. MARTIN, C.M.G., D.L. ALBERT HERBERT, ESQ., F.S.A. S. H. SKII.LINGTON, ESQ.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETYfor the Year ending 31st December, 1935.

XVH.

PAYMENTS £ s. d.

1935Dec. 31. By SUBSCRIPTIONS :

Archaeological Congress ... 1 0 0 Canterbury and York Society 110 Lincoln Record Society ... 1 1 0 English Place Name Society 0 15 0 British Record Society ... 1 11 6 Whalley & Smalley

Monuments ... ... 5 0 0 Leicester Civic Society

(2 years) ... ... 0 5 0

Printing Transactions Printing, Stationery and Typewriting Honorarium to Assistant Secretary . . . RentPostages and Sundry Expenses Lecturers' Expenses and Lantern ... Fire Insurance Books purchased Bank Interest and charges ... Balance in Hand

December 31 1935.

£101 5s. 4d. Leicester Corporation 3 per cent Stock (value £100) ...

£250 Os. Od. Leicester Corporation 4f per cent. Stock, 1945/55 (value £282) ...

£150 Os. Od. 3£ per cent. Conversion Loan 1961 (value £161)

£400 Os. Od. 3i per cent. War Loan (value £424) Cash at Bank

Ditto

£

£ s. d.

1 A 1 o c

201 10 0 22 16 0 25 0 0 11 2 614 4 0

1 11 0 1 17 6 2 12 0 440

155 8 10

£450 19 4

£ s. d.

101 5 4

246 2 9

121 4 9407 12 6

16 17 4155 8 10

1,048 11 6

I have examined the Funds Account dated December 31, 1935, and the Receipts and Payments Account for the year ending December 31, 1935, and certify such Accounts to be in accordance with the Books and Vouchers of the Society. I have satisfied myself that the Scrip of the above Investments is in the possession of the Bank.

H. J. FRANCIS, A.C.A. Honorary Auditor


£ s. d.1934Dec. 31. To Balance at Bank ... ... ... 231 11 4

1935Dec. 31. „ Interest on £1,100 Os. Od. 3$ per cent.

War Loan—Gross ... ... 38 10 0,, Interest on £400 Os. Od. Leicester

4| per cent, less Tax ... ... 14 14 6„ Bank Interest ... ... ... 0 12 7„ Income Tax reclaimed 1934/5 ... 456

£289 13 11

FUNDS ACCOUNT

£ s. d.1935Dec. 31. To present balance (value £1,695 10s. 5d.) 1,610 4 4

£1,610 4 4

ARTHUR W. DEATH, JR., A.C.A. Honorary Treasurer

TRUSTEES OF THE LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH FUND

R. W. BEDINGFIELD, ESQ. (Treasurer) HUGH G. GOODACRE, ESQ. A. W. DEATH, JUNR., ESQ. „ A. H. LEAVESLEY, ESQ. CHARLES SQUIRE, ESQ. ,, CANONS.T.WINCKI,EY,F.S.A.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH FUNDfor the Year ending 31st December 1935.

£ s. d. 1935Dec. 31. Purchase—£200 3£ per cent. War Stock 212 3 6

Balance in hand ... ... ... ... 77 10 5

£289 13 11

December 31,1935.

£ s. d. 1935 Dec. 31. By £1,100 Os. Od. 3j per cent. War Loan

(value £1,166) ... ... ... 1,137 12 11„ £400 Os. Od. Leicester 4| per cent.

Stock 1945/55 (value £452) ... 395 1 0

,,CashatBank ... ... ... ... 7710 5

£1,610 4 4

I have examined the Funds Account dated December 31, 1935, and the Receipts and Payments Account for the year ending December 31, 1935, and certify such Accounts to be in accor dance with the Books and Vouchers of the Trustees of the Research Fund. I have satisfied myself that the Scrip of the above Investments is in the possession of the Bank.


THE LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

EIGHTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT, 1936

YOUR Committee are glad to say that the Society continues to prosper, and that during 1936 much good and useful work was done by its officers and members. Several important matters had to be considered and dealt with, and it may be said with confidence that the Society took a helpful and unobtrusive part in all of them as they arose. One very healthy sign is that, much more than in any previous year, serious students (including several scholars of note) have written to the Honorary Secretaries and other active members for information concerning the history and antiquities of Leicester and Leicestershire. In every case, these enquirers have been given as much assistance as was possible, and it is probable that some of them will contribute papers of outstanding local interest to Transactions in the near future. All this is very satisfactory; for it shows that, during the last twenty years or so, the Society, by honest work and the quality of its publications, has acquired a reputation and status of which its members may reasonably be proud. The Society owes its present position very largely to the learning and persistent devotion to its best interests of Professor Hamilton Thompson and the late Mr. George Farnham, and it behoves those now responsible for the direction of its affairs to do their utmost to maintain the standard these distinguished leaders set up. This will not be easy; but it is a worthy ambition, and may to a considerable extent be accomplished if all the members and officers, in a spirit of loyalty to those who established a fine tradition, will combine to do their best.

The following ladies and gentlemen were elected to member ship in the course of the year: —

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In January :— Mr. George Elgood, R.I., Knockwood,Tenterden, Kent

Mrs. Stewart, senior, Anstey Vicarage,Leicestershire

In February:— Mrs. Arthur Bown, Crofton, Elms Road,Leicester

In March:— Mr. W. H. Bailey, Manor House, Kingston. St. Mary, Taunton

In May :— Sir Lyonel F. C. E. Tollemache, Bart.,Buckminster, Grantham

In July :— Mr. W. A. North, Keythorpe Hall, Tugby Mr. Colin D. B. Ellis, M.C., M.A.,

Benscliffe Cottage, near Loughborough In November: — The Rev. Arthur T. Reed, Claybrooke

Rectory, Rugby Mr. Leopold Choyce Mr. G. Ellis Flack, M.A., Librarian,

University College, Nottingham Mr. L. Fox, the Outwoods, Cole Orton,

Leicestershire Messrs. E. G. Alien & Son, Ltd.

Nine members resigned during the year; and we have to regret the loss by death of Viscount Hanworth, P.C., who was elected a Vice-President in March, 1934, and of Canon James Went and Mr. G. C. Oliver, who were both much respected members of the Society.

TransactionsTHE first part of volume xix of the Society's Transactions was all but ready for issue in November, 1936; but circumstances delayed its completion until February, 1937, and it was not sent out to members until the middle of that month. It will be seen that a large amount of careful work, which could not be done in a hurry, has gone to its production. The contents are: —

I. Medieval Cossington, a Narrative based upon the Researches of the late George Francis Farnham, M.A., F.S.A., by S. H. Skillington, with Architectural Notes on the Rec tory of Cossington, by Anthony Herbert, A.R.I.B.A., and several photographic illustrations.

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II. Fletcher Documents in the Leicester City Museum, an inventory by Ann Deeley, M.A.

III. A Rector of Bruntingthorpe, by Hugh Goodacre.IV. Further Notes on the Anglian and Scandinavian Settlement

of Leicestershire, by W. G. Hoskins.V. Catalogue of the Library of Leicester Abbey, by Montague

Rhodes James, O.M., I,itt.D., F.B.A., F.S.A., late Provost of Eton College.

The last item in this list is a contribution of quite exceptional interest and distinction. It consists of the first part of a very learned paper by the late Dr. M. R. James, a scholar of the highest eminence, with a most able and penetrative introduction by Professor A. Hamilton Thompson. On the page preceding the introduction, the editorial sub-committee have printed the fol lowing note, which makes acknowledgments that should also be recorded here:—"The Publications and General Purposes Com mittee wish to express their thanks to Professor Hamilton Thompson for his valuable introduction to the learned and im portant paper by the late Provost of Eton that they are privileged to print in this volume. They are also very grateful to Miss Rosalind Hill and Mr. W. P. D. Skillington for their scholarly help in the task of seeing Dr. James's materials through the press. Above all, they must record their appreciation of the confidence shown in them by Dr. James himself, who, shortly before his death, generously gave them the paper, with free permission to publish it in whatever way they might consider best". The rest of the Catalogue will be printed in the next part, so that the whole paper, with the introduction, will be complete in one volume.

The first item in the list is a continuation of Mr. S. H. Skillington's manorial history of Cossington, which is based upon documentary evidences brought together by the late Mr. George Farnham, with architectural notes upon Cossington rectory, by Mr. Anthony Herbert, and several photographic illustrations. Mr. Herbert's study of the house and the operations of the photo grapher were greatly facilitated by the kindness of the rector, the Rev. H. S. Mathias, and Mrs. Mathias, who were in every way most helpful. The final instalment of Mr. Skillington's narrative, with plans of the rectory by Mr. Herbert, will appear in the next issue of Transactions. The second item is an

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inventory, by Miss Ann Deeley, Archivist of the Leicester Museum Muniment Room, of four hundred and fifteen documents that were presented about five years ago to our Society by the late Rev. W. Dimock Fletcher. Other documents were presented to the Society by Mr. Fletcher at the same time, and were bound up and placed in the library; the four hundred and fifteen classi fied and edited by Miss Deeley were handed over to the Museum Muniment Room, where they may be studied at leisure. Miss Deeley's inventory is very convenient for handy consultation, and contains many well-arranged references to persons and places that will be useful to students, and interesting to Leicester shire people and others who have associations with the county. Mr. Goodacre's paper, which comes next in order, is characteristic of the writer. It consists of a sprightly and tolerant account of the Rev. Sambrook Nicholas Russell, who savoured life and held the rectory of Bruntingthorpe in the latter part of the eighteenth century. Written in a familiar and easy-going manner, this study of "the late truly respectable incumbent" is full of humour, good sense and knowledge of the period, and it is to be hoped that Mr. Goodacre will long continue to cheer and instruct us in the same vein. The paper by Mr. W. G. Hoskins is a valuable supplement to his contribution to the second part of volume xviii. Mr. Hoskins's facts and conclusions are of great interest, and he has set them forth with a clearness and consecutive fluency that are most admirable. This paper is usefully illustrated by an excellent map drawn by Mr. Albert Herbert.

In the part, there are 161 pages of letterpress, seven full- page illustrations, and the map by Mr. Herbert mentioned above. The editorial sub-committee wish to express their appreciation of the care and patience exercised by the printers, and of the sym pathetic enthusiasm of Mr. Newton, the Society's photographer.

LecturesIN the course of the year, the following lectures were delivered at General Meetings held at the Church House, St. Martin's, Leicester: —

27th January :—Pompeii, by Mr. Thomas Kingdom, M.A. 26th October : —The Roman Remains near the Jewry Wall,

Leicester, uncovered in 1936, by Miss Kathleen Kenyon, M.A.

REPORT XXV.

Both these addresses were learned and stimulating, and both were well attended. Mr. Kingdom showed a good set of slides and kept his audience thoroughly interested all the time he was speaking. At the meeting held in October, Miss Kenyon, with the help of an excellent set of slides, explained in detail the character of the Roman remains that had been discovered, under her direction, near the Jewry Wall at Leicester. She clearly demonstrated that the Forum had been immediately west of the Jewry Wall, which, had formed the west wall of the Basilica, and that the Basilica had been built mainly on the ground now occupied by the church of St. Nicholas. These facts, as she showed, are definitely proved by the visible remains uncovered in the summer and autumn; and the significance of the remains will be plainly evident to any person of average intelligence if they are laid out properly under the advice of Miss Kenyon and the expert representatives of H.M. Office of Works. The lecturer was also able to say that a thorough investigation of the whole site, of which only a part has been excavated, would probably reveal other notable remains to supplement and illustrate those already brought to light. Miss Kenyon's exposition, made in plain, untechnical language, and without any of the devices of special pleading, was entirely convincing; and everybody present was convinced by its compelling soundness. A vote of thanks to her was very heartily proposed by Sir Arthur Hazlerigg, seconded in a happy little speech by Mr. Colin Ellis, and carried with acclamation. Colonel Martin, who was in the chair, then proposed that the following resolution should be sent to the Town Clerk:—"This meeting of the Leicestershire Archaeological Society expresses the earnest hope that it may be found possible to preserve for all time, in situ, the Roman remains adjoining the the Jewry Wall, and to make them available for inspection by serious students and all who are interested in the past history of the city of Leicester". This resolution was carried unanimously.

ExcursionsDURING the summer, two very successful half-day excursions were enjoyed by large companies of members and friends, and Mr. Ralph Bedingfield and his colleagues are again to be con gratulated upon their resourcefulness and efficiency.

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The first of these was arranged for Thursday, the llth of June, which turned out to be a bright and pleasant day. The outing took the form of a tour to Barkby, Beeby and Queni- borough, at each of which villages the church was expounded with his usual learning and charm by Mr. Albert Herbert. The motor-coach party travelled from Leicester, by Birstall, Cossington and Syston, to Barkby, where they were met, shortly before three o'clock, by those who had come in their own cars. Mr. Victor Pochin joined the audience in the church and listened to Mr. Herbert's remarks upon its architectural development and principal features, the substance of which we hope will in due time be recorded in the Society's Transactions. At Beeby, which was reached by a refreshingly quiet road, the visitors assembled in the church to hear Mr. Herbert, who said that a thirteenth- century building had preceded the present one, and that the chancel of this had extended some eight or ten feet beyond the end of the existing chancel. The thirteenth-century church had been greatly altered in the fifteenth century, when the arcades were raised, the clerestories were added and the tower was built. Some of the early caps and bases were used for the fifteenth- century piers, but on the north side new ones were provided. One of the thirteenth-century bases now does duty as part of the font. Mr. Herbert directed attention to the fourteenth-century screen in the south aisle, and to the curious carvings on the labels of the nave arcades. From Beeby, the travellers went on to South Croxton, where they stayed to inspect the damage done by a recent thunderstorm to the church, which stands well above the top end of the steep village street. Only a small portion of the quaint, dumpy spire had been struck; but the lightning had wrought sad havoc with the south-east corner of the tower, and a great hole had been made in the roof of the aisle beneath. Mr. Herbert explained the structural harm that had been done, and the rector spoke of the financial difficulties which the calamity had brought about. Mr. G. E. Ellis, as spokesman for the party, expressed sympathy with the rector and his parishioners, and said that he hoped adequate pecuniary help would be forthcoming when the amount required had been ascertained and made known.

The next stage in the journey was Queniborough, where tea was served in the Church Room. At the end of this meal, the General Meeting was held, with Mr. G. E. Ellis in the chair.

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When the minutes of the last meeting had been read and signed, and a new member had been elected, Mr. H. F. Traylen made a genial and interesting speech about his recollections of the Old Hall at Queniborough, which he used to visit when it was the home of Frederick Ordish, an able and original architect who practised at Leicester in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Mr. Traylen's reminiscences were much enjoyed, and Mr. S. H. Skillington took the opportunity of drawing attention to the quiet grace and high artistic quality of the Market Hall at Leicester, which was designed by Ordish some sixty or seventy years ago, and had been described by many eminent architects as the most refined and original modern building in the city. He said that any proposal to alter its exterior, or to vulgarise it with neon signs or other extraneous disfigurements, should, and he earnestly hoped would, be vigorously and insistently opposed by all right- minded people in the city and county. As soon as the meeting was over, the company walked to the Old Hall, once the head quarters of Prince Rupert, where they were received by Major and Mrs. R. L. D. Kaye, who courteously showed them over the house and invited them to stroll through the well-ordered and restful gardens in which it stands. When Major and Mrs. Kaye had been thanked for their kindness, the party made their way to the church, upon which they were addressed by Mr. Herbert. This building, he explained, had grown from east to west, and exhibited work ranging in date from the Norman period to the fifteenth century. In the chancel, he pointed out an original Norman light, and a beautiful modern east window by Miss Salusbury, who had studied her art under the late Christopher Whall. The nave was built in the thirteenth century, the aisles were erecetd in the fourteenth century, and the clerestories, tower and spire in the fifteenth century. In the graveyard are several good slate headstones, one of which commemorates an esteemed parishioner who died in 1749 and is pleasantly described as "honest Luke Whittle".

The inspection of Queniborough church was the last item in the programme. As the members and their friends started for home, they felt that a happy and instructive half-holiday had been provided for them, and they were specially grateful to Mr. Herbert for his capable and friendly expositions.

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On Monday, the 20th of July, the date fixed for the second outing, a similarly large party motored to Keythorpe Hall, calling on the way to visit the churches of Billesdon and Tugby. The structure and principal feautres of Billesdon church were explained by Mr. Anthony Herbert, and the same good offices were performed at Tugby by his father. From Tugby, the company went on to Keythorpe Hall, where they were welcomed and entertained to tea by Mr. and Mrs. W. A. North. After tea, the July General Meeting was held under the chairmanship of Mr. G. Creswell Turner. When the business had been transacted, Mr. L/eavesley proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. and Mrs. North for their kindness and hospitality. This was carried with applause, and Mr. North made a short speech in acknowledg ment. Mr. K. P. Ellis then proposed, and Mr. Jarrom seconded, a vote of thanks to Messrs. Albert and Anthony Herbert for their dissertations at Tugby and Billesdon. This also was carried unanimously and suitably acknowledged. Before leaving Keythorpe, the party were conducted through the gardens and grounds of the Hall by their host and hostess, whose genial attentions were warmly appreciated. On the homeward journey, they stayed for a while at Skeffington, to avail themselves of a kind invitation extended to them by Major Furlong to view the gardens and grounds of the Hall, and to be shown over the church by Mr. Albert Herbert, who knew the building well, having contributed a valuable paper upon it to the Society's Transactions about six years ago.

The Forum and Basilica at LeicesterIN the summer of 1936, as the result of excavations carried out under the supervision of Miss Kathleen Kenyon, a great part of the foundations, and certain other remains, of the Forum of Romanised L/eicester were uncovered, and the Jewry Wall was identified as a portion of the west wall of the adjoining Basilica. The Basilica must have stood upon land, east of the Forum, now occupied by the church of St. Nicholas and forming part of its graveyard. Miss Kenyon and her assistants conducted their scholarly operations in association with H.M. Office of Works and a strong, well directed local committee, and were given valuable assistance by the Leicester Corporation, who had acquired the site for the purpose of erecting a public bath building upon it. The part taken by your Committee in this

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important and productive enterprise was not conspicuous; but it was far from being negligible, as will presently appear.

Towards the end of 1935, and shortly after the Corporation baths scheme had been sanctioned by the Government, Mr. P. K. Baillie Reynolds, F.S.A., called upon Mr. S. H. Skillington,, to discuss the possibility of having the site investi gated before it was again covered by buildings, and to solicit the help and support of the Leicestershire Archaeological Society. He said that he and his department were of opinion that such investigation ought to be made; for, though nothing could be predicted with certainty, there was a very fair chance of finding Roman remains of considerable importance beneath the surface of a piece of land so near to the Jewry Wall as this was. The Office of Works, he explained, was prepared to take over and maintain permanently any historic building or other monument of antiquity that was worth preservation, but it had no power to spend money on preliminary researches that were necessarily speculative. If, therefore, the course he recommended was to be undertaken, the requisite funds, which might amount to a thousand pounds, more or less, would have to be raised by public subscription and the contributions of societies that existed to promote archaeological studies and inquiry. When asked what practical suggestion he had to make, Mr. Reynolds said that he should be obliged if the Archaeological Society would give him an opportunity of addressing a representative gathering of Leicestershire people, and of answering such questions as might be put to him, at as early a date as could be arranged. Mr. Skillington promised to consult his colleagues, who, he was sure, would be glad to do whatever they could to further the project. After due consideration, it was decided that the best course would be to wait until January, and then call a meeting of the Society's General Purposes Committee, to which the following represen tative bodies would be invited to send delegates : —The Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society, the Leicester Law Society, the Leicester and Leicestershire Society of Architects, the Leicester Chamber of Commerce and the Leicester Rotary Club. This decision was communicated to Mr. Reynolds, and he approved of it.

The meeting was held on the 23rd of January, 1936, in the Society's room. In the unavoidable absence of Colonel Martin,

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who was to have presided, the chair was taken by Mr. C. S. Bigg. Among those present were Mr. W. K.Bedingfield, Dr. C. J.Bond, Mr.Colin D.B.Ellis, Mr. Albert Herbert, Mr. Anthony Herbert, Mr. R. Holt, Mr. A. A. Ironside, Mr. H. W. Skillington, Mr. Clement Stretton, Dr. N. I. Spriggs and, of course, Mr. Baillie Reynolds. Mr. Reginald Corah would have attended, but he had to preside over the Annual Meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, which was held on the same day. When Mr. S. H. Skillington, at Mr. Bigg's request, had explained the purpose for which the meeting had been convened, Mr. Reynolds was invited to make a statement. He began by telling the delegates what he had said to Mr. Skillington in the conversation summarised above. To this he added that in some places, where prolonged excavations had been carried out, the method successfully employed for obtaining the required funds had been to elect a representative committee, which had issued an appeal for subscriptions, kept in touch with the work as it went on, and generally co-operated with the Office of Works, the local authorities and the archaeo logists conducting the excavations. He recommended the adoption of a similar modus operandi at Leicester. When a number of questions had been asked and answered, Mr. S. H. Skillington said that he and his colleagues had considered the matter very carefully and had discussed it with Mr. Colin Ellis, and they had come to the conclusion that the Literary and Philo sophical Society was in a much better position to establish such a committee as Mr. Reynolds had suggested than any other organised body in Leicester. At first sight, it might appear that the Archaeological Society was best qualified to undertake the task; but the Literary and Philosophical Society represented more varied interests and points of view, and the members of its Council had greater facilities for meeting together at frequent intervals than the Committee of the Archaeological Society had. He therefore proposed that Mr. Ellis, who would have the support of Dr. Bond, Mr. Bedingfield and the Council of the Literary and Philosophical Society, should be asked to inaugurate a com mittee of the kind suggested by Mr. Reynolds. After a short and pleasantly informal debate, this resolution was unanimously carried. Mr. Ellis thanked the company for the confidence they had thus shown in him and the Society he represented, and said that he would set to work at once. He was as good as his word.

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In a short time, a thoroughly representative Excavations Com mittee had been formed, and, in due course, a small executive committee was appointed, with Mr. Colin Ellis as its chairman. The response to the Committee's appeal for subscriptions was satisfactory, and excavations were started at the beginning of May.

Readers of the next section will learn that the Archaeological Society was able on several occasions to help and reinforce the the Excavations Committee.

Items from the Minute BookAT the General Meeting held on the 27th of January, the Rev. W. A. King, who presided, referred in appropriate terms to the recent death of King George the Fifth. Those present showed their acquiescence by standing for a short time in respectful silence.

At the Committee Meeting held on the 24th of February, on the proposition of Mr. Skillington, seconded by Mr. Keay, Mr. L. H. Irvine was unanimously nominated for the new office of Honorary Librarian. It was also resolved that the Library, Lectures and Publications Committee should in future be styled the Publications and General Purposes Committee. These resolutions were confirmed at the Annual Meeting. The resig nation of Mr. A. W. Death, Junr., was announced, and was accepted with regret. Mr. Skillington was asked to express the Committee's thanks to him for his past services as Honorary Treasurer. On the proposition of Mr. Skillington, seconded by Mr. Leavesley, Mr. Selwyn Parkinson was unanimously elected sole Honorary Treasurer. Alderman Squire reported that the General Purposes Committee of the City Council had included the sum of two hundred pounds in their Annual Estimates, as a first contribution to the Jewry Wall Excavations Fund. Mr. Skillington moved that twenty-five pounds, drawn from the Society's Archaeological Research Fund, should be subscribed to the Jewry Wall Excavations Fund. Mr. Irvine seconded the resolution, and it was carried unanimously.

At the Committee Meeting held on the 4th of May, Mr. Walter Brand asked leave to present a skilful pencil drawing, made by himself, of a portion of Rearsby church. The Committee

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accepted the gift with cordial thanks, and directed that it should be hung in the Society's room. Mr. Keith Thomson then explained the constitution of the Farnham Trust, and said that the Trustees proposed to erect a memorial tablet to the late Mr. George Francis Farnham in the Farnham Chapel at Quorn church. The Trustees, he said, were Colonel Martin (chairman), Mrs. Farnham (ex officio), and Messrs. Albert Herbert, S. H. Skil- lington, and G. Keith Thomson (honorary secretary). The ex officio Trustee must be a descendant, or the widow of a descendant, of Edward Basil Farnham, esquire, Mr. Farnham's father, who died in 1879. The other Trustees were to hold office for life. Subsequent Trustees would be appointed by the surviving Trustees for five years, and would be eligible for re-appointment for a similar term at the end of each five years that followed. All the Trustees are members of the Leicestershire Archaeological Society, and all of them, except Mrs. Farnham, were appointed partly for that reason, and partly because they had been closely associated with Mr. Farnham in his • lifetime, and so would naturally respect his wishes and be well disposed to the Farnham family. The Trustees will meet at least once in every year.

At the Committee Meeting held on the 29th of June, on the proposition of Colonel Martin, seconded by Canon Winckley, Mr. S. H. Skillington was elected to represent the Society on the Leicestershire Joint Planning Committee as a co-opted member. Colonel Martin explained that the Joint Planning Committee was a statutory body, with greater powers than those exercised by the more usual Advisory Planning Committees, and that Mr. Victor Pochin, Vice-Chairman of the Leicester shire County Council, had been elected to preside over its meetings, which would be held at the County Rooms, Leicester. Mr. Skillington read a letter he had received from Viscount Esher, Chairman of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, inviting the Archaeological Society to con tribute to the A. R. Powys Memorial Fund. On the proposition of Canon Winckley, seconded by Mr. Albert Herbert, it was resolved that ten guineas should be subscribed to this Memorial out of the Society's current account. Mr. A. R. Powys, C.B.E., F.S.A., A.R.I.E.A., who for some twenty-five years had been the devoted Secretary of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, died on the 9th of March, 1936, after a serious illness,

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at the age of fift^-four. As Mr. Powys was well known to many of our members, it will not be inappropriate to quote the following extract from an appreciation of him and his work, written by Lord Esher, that is printed in the last Annual Report of the Society he represented: —

Much has been written about Mr. Powys since his death in appreciation of his constant service to artistic and historical England, and the outstanding merit of his con tribution to contemporary life has received grateful recog nition. His profound belief in the principles of the Society, his knowledge and experience of the technical details of his work, and the combination of enthusiasm and patience which he brought to bear upon its problems, have been an important factor in the creation of that wide influence that the Society now enjoys. For close upon a quarter of a century the Society has been able to rely con fidently upon the taste and judgment of its official repre sentative, and it will be a difficult task adequately to fill his place.

Admirable as were his services to us and to the ancient England that he loved so well, it is as a man, however, that many members will remember him. He was a delightful companion, eager, courageous and full of character, and his personality had a charm, a sweetness of disposition, that his friends will not forget.

On the proposition of Mr. Skillington, it was resolved that another contribution of twenty-five pounds should be made to the Jewry Wall Excavations Fund. Colonel Martin then proposed that a special sub-committee should be formed, to act conjointly with the Excavations Committee and other persons and bodies that were of the same mind, with a view to ensuring the preservation for all time of the Roman remains discovered on the site adjoining the Jewry Wall. The proposal was carried unanimously, and the following gentlemen were forthwith elected to serve as its constituent members: —Mr. Ralph Bedingfield, Mr. Albert Herbert, Canon Winckley, and Mr. Anthony Herbert, who was appointed convener. On the proposition of Mr. Ralph Beding field, which Mr. Skillington seconded, it was resolved that five pounds, to be paid out of the Excursions Fund, should be granted

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towards the reparation of South Croxton church, which had been seriously damaged by lightning.

At an extraordinary meeting of the Committee on the 26th of August, Canon Winckley reported that Mr. Percy Carryer had offered to provide a sum of money that would enable the Society to be represented by counsel at the Government Inquiry, concerning the Jewry Wall site and the important Roman remains that had been found there, which was to be held at Leicester early in September. It was proposed by Mr. Irvine, and unanimously agreed, that Mr. A. A. Ironside should be commissioned to repre sent the Society at the Inquiry, and, if he thought this desirable, to employ counsel to state the case for the preservation of the Roman remains and to call witnesses in support of it. Canon Winckley went out in search of Mr. Ironside, and was fortunate in being able to bring him into the room in less than a quarter of an hour. Mr. Ironside thereupon received the Committee's instructions, which he promised to carry out to the best of his ability. The Committee undertook to defray such expenses, over and above the sum offered by Mr. Carryer, as Mr. Ironside, in his discretion, might consider it necessary to incur. On the proposition of Dr. Spriggs, seconded by Canon Casson, it was unanimously resolved that Mr. Skillington should be asked to write a letter to the Town Clerk, in support of a letter recently addressed to him by Mr. Colin Ellis on behalf of the Excavations Committee. [The letter was duly written and sent, and was published in extenso in the local newspapers.] It was then proposed by Mr. Rippin that an emergency public meeting of the Society should be called, and that this should be held in the County Rooms, Leicester, with Colonel Martin as chairman and principal speaker. This pro posal was seconded by Canon Winckley and carried unanimously. Dr. Spriggs kindly offered to organise a public petition in favour of the preservation in situ of the foundations and other remains of the Leicester Forum. It was agreed that the idea was an excellent one, and Dr. Spriggs was thanked and authorised to put it into effect.

At the Committee Meeting held on the 28th of September, on the proposition of Canon Winckley, seconded by Mr. Skilling ton, a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Colonel Martin, Mr. Anthony Herbert, Dr. Spriggs and all others who had combined to arrange the meeting at the County Rooms and to organise the

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public petition. »It should be noted that one of the most telling speeches at the County Rooms meeting was made by Canon Winckley himself. At the same meeting (of the Committee), Mr. Skillington reported that he had received the script of Professor Hamilton Thompson's book on the Newarke College, which he hoped would be ready for publication in the spring of 1937.

At the General Meeting held on the 26th of October, and addressed by Miss Kenyon, Colonel Martin referred to the death of Lord Hanworth, a former Master of the Rolls and a Vice- President of the Society, at whose instance proper muniment rooms had been established in Leicester and many other towns. Mr. Skillington was asked to write a letter of condolence to his grandson and successor in the viscountcy.

At the Committee Meeting held on the 23rd of November, Mr. Selwyn Parkinson presented, and was authorised to pay, Mr. Ironside's account, which came to £28 11s., for his professional services in connection with the Society's legal representation at the Public Inquiry held in September. On the proposition of Mr. Keay, it was resolved that members should be asked, in this Report, to inform the Curator of the Leicester Museum of any excavations they might know to be taking place in Leicester or the county, so that Roman and other archaeological finds should, as far as possible, be prevented from escaping notice.


RECEIPTS£ s. d.

To Balance in Hand at beginning of year ... ... 155 8 10,, Subscriptions and Donations ... ... ... 295 6 0„ Sale of Books ... ... ... ... ... 0 10 0,, Interest on £101 5s. 4d. Leicester 3 per cent.

Stock less Tax ... ... ... ... 268,, Interest on £250 Os. Od. Leicester 4? per cent.

Stock less Tax ... ... ... ... 928,, Interest on £150 Os. Od. 3i per cent. Conversion

Loan less Tax ... ... ... ... 4 0 10,, Interest on £400 Os. Od. 3^ per cent. War Loan

Gross ... ... ... ... ... 14 0 0.. Income Tax reclaimed 1935-6 ... ... 4 10 6

£485 5 6

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETYfor the Year ending 31sl December, 1936

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PAYMENTS

Jy Subscriptions and Donations :Breedon Church Fund (Donation)Archaeological CongressCanterbury and York SocietyLincoln Record SocietyEnglish Place Name SocietyBritish Record SocietySociety for the Protection of Ancient

Buildings, Powys MemorialFund (Donation)

,, Society for the Protection of AncientBuildings

,, Kibworth Harcourt Mill Fund(Donation)

,, Jewry Wall Excavations Committee(Donation)

Printing TransactionsPrinting, Stationery and TypewritingHonorarium to Assistant SecretaryRentPostages and Sundry ExpensesLecturers' Expenses and LanternFire InsuranceBooks PurchasedBank Interest and ChargesJewry Wall AppealBalance in Hand

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NOTE.—In addition to the subscriptions mentioned above the following were paid out of the Excursion Secretary's Account:— Jewry Wall Excavation Fund £8 15 6South Croxton Church

Restoration Fund ... £550

THE LEICESTERSHIRE FUNDS ACCOUNT

£ s. d.General Reserve Fund (Value £955 Os. Od.) ... 876 5 4 Excursion Secretary's Account ... ... ... 10 19 10Hon. Treasurer's Account ... ... ... ... 143 16 0

£1,031 1 2

SELWYN PARKINSON, A.C.A. Honorary Treasurer

TRUSTEES OF THE LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

LlEUT.-COLONEL R. E. MARTIN, C.M.G., D.L.

ALBERT HERBERT, ESQ., F.S.A. S. H. SKH.LINGTON, ESQ.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 31st December, 1936

£ s. d.£101 5 4 Leicester Corporation 3 per cent.

Stock (value £100) ... ... ... ... 101 5 4£250 0 0 Leicester Corporation 4f per cent.

Stock 1945/55 (value £275) ... ... '... 246 2 9£150 0 0 3| per cent. Conversion Loan 1961

(value £159) ... ... ... ... ... 121 4 9£400 0 0 3j per cent. War Loan (value £421) ... 407 12 10

Cash at Bank ... ... ... ... ... ... 10 19 6Ditto ... ... ... ... ... ... 143 16 0

£1,031 1 2

I have examined the Funds Account dated December 31, 1936, and the Receipts and Payments Account for the year ending December 31, 1936, and certify such Accounts to be in accordance with the Books and Vouchers of the Society. I have satisfied myself that the Scrip of the above Investments is in the possession of the Bank.


*' THE LEICESTERSHIRE ________RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT

£ s. d.To Balance at Bank at beginning of year ... ... 77 10 5„ Interest on £1,100 3| per cent War Loan Gross 38 10 0„ Interest on £400 Leicester 4f per cent. Stock

less Tax ... ... ... ... ... 14 12 2„ Bank Interest ... ... ... ... ... 082„ Income Tax reclaimed 1935/36 ... ... 456

£135 6 3

FUNDS ACCOUNT

£ s. d. To present balance (value £1,708 6 3) ... ... 1,643 0 2

£1.643 0 2


A. W. DEATH, JUNR., ESQ. (Treasurer) HUGH G. GOODACRE, ESQ.R. W. BEDINGFIELD, ESQ. ,, A. H. LEAVESLEY, ESQ.CHARLES SQUIRE, ESQ. „ CANON S. T. WINCKLEY, F.S.A.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH FUND *ii.for the Year ending 31st December, 1936

£ s. d. By Donation: —

Jewry Wall Excavations Committee ... 25 0 0Balance in Hand ... ... ... ... 110 6 3

31st December, 1936

£135 6 3

£ s. d.By £1,100 0 0 3£ per cent. War Loan

(value £1,158) ... ... ... ... 1,137 12 11„ £400 0 0 Leicester 4f per cent. Stock

1945/55 (value £440) ... ... ... 395 1 0„ Cash at Bank ... ... ... ... ... 110 6 3

£1,643 0 2

I have examined the Funds Account dated December 31, 1936, and the Receipts and Payments Account for the year ending December 31, 1936, and certify such Accounts to be in accor dance with the Books and Vouchers of the Trustees of the Research Fund. I have satisfied myself that the Scrip of the above Investments is in the possession of the Bank.


THELEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL

SOCIETY1936-37PATRON

His Grace the DUKE OF RUTLAND, F.S.A.PRESIDENT

PROFESSOR A. HAMPTON THOMPSON, C.B.E., M.A., D.LITI., F.B.A., F.S.A.VICE-PRESIDENTS

The HIGH SHERIFF OF LEICESTERSHIREThe Right Worshipful the LORD MAYOR OF LEICESTERThe Right Reverend the LORD BISHOP OF LEICESTER, D.D.The Right Honourable LORD BRAYESIR ARTHUR HAZLERIGG, BT., His Majesty's Lieutenant for

LeicestershireW. A. BROCKINGTON, Esq., O.B.E., M.A.LT. COL. SIR C. F. OLIVER, D.L., T.D.The Venerable ARCHDEACON OF LEICESTERThe Venerable ARCHDEACON OF LOUGHBOROUGHLt. Col. R. E. MARTIN, C.M.G., D.L.H. G. GOODACRE, Esq., J.P.C. B. MARRIOTT, Esq., K.C.W. LINDSAY EVERARD, Esq., M.P.C. S. BIGG, Esq., B.A.C. D. B. Ems, Esq, M.C.ALBERT HERBERT, Esq., F.R.I.B.A., F.S.A.VICTOR POCHIN, Esq.

COMMITTEE Elected March, 1937

The HON. SECRETARIES W. KEAY, Esq., M.Inst. C.E. The HON. LOCAL SECRETARIES Rev. W. A. KING The HON. TREASURER A. H. LEAVESLEY, Esq. J. ALLEN, Esq. Lt. Col. R. E. MARTIN, C.M.G., D.L. R. W. BEDINGFIELD, Esq., A.R.I.B.A. Lt. Col. Sir C. F. OLIVER, D.L., T.D. WALTER BRAND, Esq., F.R.I.B.A. W. H. RIPPIN, Esq., C.C. Rev. Canon J. CASSON, M.A. S. RUSSELL, Esq. Mrs. Percy GEE Dr. N. I SPRIGGS, M.D., F.R.C.S. A. HERBERT, Esq., F.R.I.B.A., F.S.A. Aid. C. SQUIRE Miss W. HUMBERSTONE G. Keith THOMSON, Esq., M.A., A. A. IRONSIDE, Esq. M.Litt. L. H. IRVINE, Esq., M.B.E., M.A. Miss Ethel J. WINDLEY, B.A.

SUB-COMMITTEES (1) Publications and General Purposes

H. J. FRANCIS, Esq., A.C.A. S. H. SKILLINGTON, Esq. A. HERBERT, Esq., F.R.I.B.A., F.S.A. G. Keith THOMSON, Esq., M.A., Lt. Col. R. E. MARTIN, C.M.G., D.L. M.Litt.

(2) ExcursionR. W. BEDINGFIELD, Esq., A.R.I.B.A. S. RUSSELL, Esq.

(Hon. Sec.) Miss W. HUMBERSTONE W. BRAND, Esq., F.R.I.B.A.

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HON. LOCAL SECRETARIES

Ashby-le-la-Zouch District Loughborough DistrictLeonard FOSBROOKE, Esq., Wilfred Moss, Esq., C.B.E.,

Ravenstone Hall, Leicester Nanpantan, Loughborough

Castle Donington District Lutterworth DistrictDr. D. J. BEDFORD, Hugh George GOODACRE, Esq., J.P.,

Kegworth, Derby Ullesthorpe Court, Rugby

Hinckley District Market Harborough DistrictH. J. FRANCIS, Esq., A.C.A., Capt. C. R. KNIGHTON,

St. Martin's East, Leicester Market Harborough

Melton Mowbray District (vacant)

HON. SECRETARIESS. H. SKILLINGTON, Esq., 20 Victoria Park Road, Leicester ANTHONY HERBERT, Esq., A.R.I.B.A., 18 Friar Lane, Leicester

HON. LIBRARIAN L. H. IRVINE, Esq., M.B.E., M.A., County Club, Leicester

ASSISTANT SECRETARY AND LIBRARIAN Miss J. BINNS, 34 Humberstone Road, Leicester

HON. TREASURER S. PARKINSON, Esq., A.C.A., 14 Millstone Lane, Leicester

HON. AUDITOR H. J. FRANCIS, Esq., A.C.A., St. Martin's East, Leicester

REPRESENTATIVE ON THE LOCAL BRANCH OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE PRESERVATION OF RURAL ENGLAND

CIAUD BENNION, Esq., Billesdon Coplow, Leicester


Hugh George GOODACRE, Esq., J.P. Ralph W. BEDINGFIEID, Esq.,Treasurer A.R.I.B.A.

Albert H. LEAVESLEY, Esq. A. A. IRONSIDE, Esq. Alderman C. SQUIRE (Treasurer)

TRUSTEES OF THE LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICALSOCIETY

Albert HERBERT, Esq., F.R.I.B.A., Lt. Col. R. E. MARTIN, C.M.G., D.L. F.S.A. S. H. SKILLINGTON, Esq.

HONORARY MEMBERSJ. A. GOTCH, Esq., F.S.A., Kettering Professor A. Hamilton THOMPSON, Miss KATHLEEN M. KENYON, M.A., C.B.E., M.A., D.Litt., F.B.A.,

Kirkstead, Godstone, Surrey F.S.A., Beck Cottage, Adel,Leeds

LIST OF MEMBERS xlv,SUBSCRIBING MEMBERS

Adcock, Miss, Roman Road, Birstall, Leicester *

Alien, Joseph, Esq., 187 Hinckley Road, Leicester

Ashwell, F. A. EHis, Esq., 37 Pem broke Square, W. 8

Alien, E. G. & Son, Ltd., 12 & 14 Grape Street, Shaftesbury Avenue, W.C.2

Austin, W., Esq., Ambertones,Hominghold, Harket Harborough

Bailey, W. H., Esq., The ManorHouse, Kingston St. Mary,Taunton

Backus, Edgar, Esq., 46 Cank Street,Leicester

Bailey, C. F., Esq., 20 HighcrossStreet, Leicester

Bankart, James Hunt, Esq., Clovelly,10 Morland Avenue, Leicester

Barlow, Evan, Esq., Hambleden,Knighton Road, Leicester

Barnley, Dr. A. N., Wigston Magna,Leicester

Beardsley, W. Bent, Esq., New QuornHouse, Loughborough

Beardsley, Mrs., New Quorn House,Quorn, Loughborough

Bedford, Dr. D. J., Kegworth, Derby(Hon. Local Secretary)

Bedingfield, R. W., Esq., A.R.I.B.A..9 The Crescent, Leicester

Bedingfield, W. K., Esq., F.R.I.B.A.,Museum Square, Leicester

Belgrave, Miss V., North Kilworth,Rugby

Belgrave, Col. H., NetherhallCottage, North Kilworth, Rugby

. Bell, Lemuel, Esq., Guildhall Lane,Leicester

Bennett, J. O., Esq., Broad Street,Syston, Leicester

Bennett, Miss Rhoda, 112a RegentRoad, Leicester

Bennion, Claud, Esq., BillesdonCoplow, Leicester

Berridge, Miss M. M., 130 New WalkLeicester

Bigg, C. S., Esq., B.A., Friar Lane,Leicester

Billings, W. K., Esq., 32 St. James'sRoad, Leicester

Birmingham Public Libraries (Refer ence Department) per H. M.Cashmore, Esq.

Black, J. W., Esq., J.P., ManorCroft, Ratcliffe Road, Leicester

Blunt, J. W., Esq., M.A., Port Hill,Blaby, Leicester

Bowman, H. C., Esq., The Spinneys,Manor Road, Leicester

Bown, Mrs. Arthur, Crofton,35 St. Elms Road, Leicester

Bramall, Mrs. E. E., Allandale,Stoughton Road, Leicester

Brand, W., Esq., F.R.I.B.A., 170Upper New Walk, Leicester

Brockington, Major, W. A., O.B.E.,M.A., Grey Friars, Leicester

Brown, Robert J., Esq., Bank House,Shepshed, Loughborough

Burns-Hartopp, Lt. Col. J., D.L.,J.P., Burton Lazars, MeltonMowbray

Burton, H. H., Esq., Stone House,Market Harborough

Cable, George, Esq., 22 Princess Rd.,Leicester

Carryer, Mrs. C. B., Sandown, Ash- field Road, Leicester

Casson, Rev. Canon J., M.A., R.D.,Croft Rectory, Leicester

Catlow, Norman S., Esq.,Kingsthorpe, Westminster Road,Leicester

Catto, Mrs. K., The Old Rectory,Narborough, Leicester

Chapman, J., Jun., Esq., Yew Lodge,Chapel Lane, Knighton, Leicester

Charles, Wm. F., Esq., The Nook,Loughborough

Chicago University Library, Chicago,U.S.A.

Choyce, Leopold, Esq., Ashford,P.O. Westford Bridge, viaGeorge Cape Province,South Africa

Clarke, A. Bernard, Esq., 12 TempestRoad, Birstall, Leicester

Cleveland Public Library, 325Superior Avenue, N.E. Cleve land, Ohio, U.S.A.

Coleman, W., Esq., The Lindens,Stoughton Road, Oadby,Leicester

Constable, D. D., Esq., 11 WestStreet, Leicester

Corah, J. H., Esq., St. Margaret'sWorks, Leicester

Corah, J. Reginald, Esq., The Cleeve,Knierhton Granee Rd., Leicester

Curtis, W. P., Esq., Halifax Buildings,Granby Street, Leicester

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Dalley, Miss Lilian, 7 Spinney Rise,Birstall, Leicester

Davenport, Percy, Esq., Chesney,Oak Tree Close, Stanmore

Deane, H. J., Esq., Highfield, AshbyRoad, Loughborough

Death, A. W., Junr., Esq., A..C.A.14 Millstone Lane, Leicester

Devereux, Rev. Canon, KegworthRectory, Derby

Driver, Jas. P., Esq., M.I.E.E.,Technical College, Loughborough

Eacott, Mrs., The Rectory, Kibworth Elgood, George S., Esq., Knockwood,

Tenterden, Kent Elliott, Mrs. C. A. B., The Orchards,

Oadby, Leicester Ellis, Bernard, Esq., Church Leys,

Rearsby, Leicester Ellis, G.E.,Esq.,J.P., Peckleton Rise,

Leicester Forest West, Desford,Leicester

Ellis, Kenneth Pearce, Esq., Wood- close, Quorn, Longhborough

Ellis, Colin D. B., Esq., BensclifieHouse, ^iverscroft, Markfield

Everard, Bernard, Esq., B.A., BardonHouse, Bardon Hill, Leicester

Everard, Mrs. Bernard, BardonHouse, Bardon Hill, Leicester

Everard, Lindsay M., Esq., RatcliffeHall, Leicester

Fawcitt, Norman, The Ridgeway, Rothley

Feaks, Chas. E., Esq., 44 Stretton Road, Leicester

Fisher, Miss Edith M., Foremark, Glenfield Road Extension, Leicester

Fisher, Herbert Douglas, Esq., 29 Denmark Villas, Hove, Sussex

Flack, G. Ellis, Esq., Librarian, University College, Nottingham

Ford, T. H., Esq., The Gables, Salis bury Road, Leicester

Fosbrooke, Leonard, Esq., Raven- stone Hall, Nr. Leicester (Hon. Local Secretary)

Fox, L., Esq., The Outwoods, Cole Orton, Leicestershire

Francis, H. J., Esq., The Bosphorus, 17 Stoneygate Road, Leicester (Hon. Local Secretary)

Freer, Edward, Esq., 10 New Street,Leicester

Freer, William, Esq., WellingtonStreet, Leicester

Galloway, J. B., Esq., Brown Hill,Rothley, Leicester

Gardiner, J. J., Esq., 194 WelfordRoad, Leicester

Gardner, C. G., Esq.,Grange Cottage, Lindley, nearNuneaton

Gee, C. H., Esq., Chalfonts,Westminster Road, Leicester

Gee, Capt. G. C. G., Upland, Rothley.Leicester

Gee, H. Percy, Esq., Birnam House,Ratcliffe Road, Leicester

Gee, Mrs. H. Percy, Birnam House,Ratcliffe Road, Leicester

Gimson, Harry H., Esq., Daneway,Swithland' Lane, Rothley,Leicester

Gimson, J. R., Esq., 90 SparkenhoeStreet, Leicester

Gimson. Sydney A., Esq., 20 GlebeStreet, Leicester

Goadby, Miss Flora S., 45 Spring field Road, Leicester

Goddard, Major H. L., F.R.I.B.A.,Newton Harconrt, Leicester

Goodacre, Hugh G., Esq., J.P.,Ullesthorpe Court, Nr. Rugby(Hon. Local Secretary)

Goodacre, J. F. J., Esq., F.S.I.,19 Park Street, Worksop, Notts.

Goodman, Rev. W. Edgar, M.A.,The Rectory, Fenny Drayton,Nuneaton

Gordon, George, 53 Lancashire St.,Melton Road, Leicester

Graham, J. R., Esq., 16 BarringtonRoad, Leicester

Greaves, Robert, Esq., 60 LomeRoad, Clarendon Park, Leicester

Green, G. E., Esq., B.A., Farndon,Toller Road, Leicester

Grundy, P. H.. Esq., 1 MuseumSquare, Leicester

Hall, Mrs. E. L., 29 Gotham Street,Leicester

Hall, Miss B., Beech House,St. James Square, Cheltenham

Hall, W. T., Esq., M.B.E., RoseCottage, Medmenham, Marlow

Harrison, J. L., Esq., 40 Queen'sRoad, Leicester

LIST OF MEMBERS xlvii.Harrison, J. Stockdde, Esq.,

A.R.I.B.A., St. Martin's Bast,Leicester

Harrison, Shirley, Esq., A.R.I.B.A.,St. Martin's East, Leicester

Haswell, G. F., Esq., High Street,Lutterworth

Hawkins, H. W., Esq., 51 BattenburgRoad, Leicester

Hazlerigg, Sir Arthur Grey, Bart.,Noseley Hall, Leicester{Vice-President)

Henry, Dr. J. R., M.B., B.Ch.,Markyate House, Narborough,Leicester

Henry E. Huntingdon Library andArt Gallery, San Marino,California, U.S.A.

Herbert, Mrs. S., Ill PrincessRoad, Leicester

Herbert, Albert, Esq., F.R.I.B.A.,18 Friar Lane, Leicester

Herbert, Anthony, Esq., A.R.I.B.A.,18 Friar Lane, Leicester

Herbert, Sydney, F., Esq., MillstoneLane, Leicester

Hibbert, Rev. H. V., EnderbyVicarage, Leicester

Hind, A. H., Esq., F.R.I.B.A., GreyFriars, Leicester

Hodgkinson, Major J. G., The Grove,Kirby Fields, Leicester

Holt, R. Esq., Alliance Chambers,Horsefair Street, Leicester

Hoskins, W. G., M.,Sc. (Econ.),Ph.D., Belvoir House, WigstonRoad, Oadby

Houston, K. E., Esq., St. Bernards,Rothley, Leicester

Houston, Mrs., St. Bernards,Rothley, Leicester

Humberstone, Miss W., Devana,The Oval, New Walk, Leicester

Hunt, G. Harold, Esq., WhiteChimney, Cheveney Road,Quorn, Loughborongh

Hurrell The Ven. Archdeacon, W. P.,M.A., St. Helier, Knighton Rise,Leicester

Hurst, Major C. C., Sc.D., Ph.D.,D.L., SO Knighton Drive,Leicester

Inglesant, Harold E., Esq., The Old Vicarage, Scraptoft, near Leicester

Ironside, A. A., Esq., Bowling Green Street, Leicester

Irvine, Capt. L. H., County Club,Leicester

Ison, Rev. A. J., B.A., Hoton,Longhborough

Jarrom, F. D., Esq., 28 Ashleigh Rd.,Leicester

Jarvis, W. B., Esq., Treroose,Manor Road, Leicester

Jellis, T. Montagu, Stamford House,Syston

Jenner, H. T., Esq., Peckleton Lane,Desford

Jones, C. W., Esq., Crafers,Beechfield Avenue, Birstall,Leicester

Keay, Wm., Esq., M.Inst. C.E.,6 Millstone Lane, Leicester

Keely, Miss, 8 Stoneygate Road,Leicester

Kendall, G. E., Esq., O.B.E.,F.R.I.B.A., 2 Milbourne Lane,Esher, Surrey

King, Rev. W. A., Garats Hay,Loughborongh

Kingdom, Thomas, Esq., M.A.,Wyggeston Boys' School,Leicester

Knighton, Capt. C. R., The Retreat,Market Harborough(Hon. Local Secretary)

Leavesley, A. H., Esq., RatcliffeLodge, Ratcliffe Road, Leicester

Leavesley, Mrs. A. H., RatcliffeLodge, Ratcliffe Road. Leicester

Leicester Museum and Art Gallery,per E. E. Lowe, Esq., Director

Leicester Society of Architects, perG. A. Cope, Esq., 22 Friar Lane,Leicester

Leicester, The Right Rev. the LordBishop of, D.D., The Bishop'sHouse, Leicester(Vice-President)

Lilley, Dr. E. Lewis, M.B., F.R.C.S.,New Walk, Leicester

Lincolnshire Architectural and Arch aeological Society, per the Rev.Canon C. W. Foster, TimberlandVicarage, Lincoln

Longden, Geoffrey Appleby, Esq.,Draycott Lodge, near Derby

Macleod Dr. A. L., M.A., 121 LondonRoad, Leicester

MacNaughton, Mrs., 69 EvingtonRoad, Leicester

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Macnutt, F. B., The Very Rev., M.A.,Canterbury(Vice-President)

Marriott, C. B., Esq., K.C.,25 Berkeley Square,London, W.I

Martin, Lt. Col. R. E.. C.M.G., D.I,.,The Brand, Loughborough(Vice-President)

Martin, The Hon. Mrs. R. E., TheBrand, Loughborough

Martin, Mrs., The Holt, Woodhouse,Loughborough

Martin, Mrs. Charles, KinchleyHouse, Rothley, Leicester

McAlpin, Mrs., Kenneth, 19 Wood land Avenue, Leicester

McMillan, Mrs. A. M., The Lodge,Bitteswell, Nr. Rugby

Minnesota University Library,Minneapolis, Minn., U.S.A.

Morcom, J. H., Esq., The Newarke,Leicester

Morley, T. A., Esq., Birchtrees,Salisbury Road, Leicester

Morley, Frederick H., 154 New Walk,Leicester

Moss, Wilfred, Esq., C.B.E., TheKnoll, Nanpantan, Loughborough{Hon. Local Secretary)

Musson, Miss F. K., Roof tree Cottage,Hoby, near Leicester

New England Historic and Genea logical Society, 9 Ashbnrton Place, Boston, Mass., U.S.A.

New York Public Library, U.S.A. c/o Stevens & Brown, Ltd., 28-30 Little Russell Street, London, W.C.I

Newberry (The) Library. Chicago, U.S.A.c/o Stevens & Brown, Ltd., 28-30 Little Russell Street, London, W.C.I

Noel, Mrs. H., Blaby Hill, LeicesterNorth, W. A., Esq., Keythorpe Hall,

Tugby, near LeicesterNott, George, Esq., F.R.I.B.A.,

5 Museum Square, Leicester

Oliver, Lt. Col. Sir C. F., D.L., T.D.,The Firs, London Road,Leicester(Vice-President)

Oliver, Lady, The Firs, London Road,Leicester

Oliver, Miss Maud, 162 London Road,Leicester

Packe, Col. E. C., Gt. Glen Hall,Leicester

Paget, Mrs. A. H., 1 West Walk,Leicester

Palmer, S. T., Esq., 8 Halford Street,Leicester

Parkinson, S., Esq., A.C.A.,14 Millstone Lane, Leicester(Hon. Treasurer)

Parr, A. A., Esq., Aylestone House,Aylestone, Leicester

Parsons, I. Hardy, Esq., Kibworth,Leicester

Parsons, John, Esq., Friar Lane,Leicester

Patey, Mrs. E. E., SouthernhayRoad, Leicester

Payne, Rev. Canon F. R. C., M.A.,O.B.E., Market Bosworth,Nnneaton

Peel, J. K., Esq., M.A., Cantab.,6 Canterbury Terrace, Canterbury

Pegg, S. J., Esq., Hill Crest, Letch- worth Road, Leicester

Pegg, P. W., Esq., Summer Court,Duke's Drive, Meads,Eastbourne

Phillips, Mrs. E. V., Kibworth Bean- champ, Leicester

Pick, Capt. A. B., Greendale,Leicester Forest East

Pick, S. J., Esq., Overdale, Letch- worth Road, Leicester

Pickard, J. G., Esq., Aigbnrth, ManorRoad, Leicester

Pickering, A. J., Esq., F.G.S., AbbeyCraig, Hincklej

Plummer, A. Bertram, Esq.,3 Granby Street, Leicester

Pochin, Herbert, Esq., Granby Street,Leicester

Pochin, Mrs. G. E., Three Ways,Ashfield Road, Leicester

Pochin, Victor, Esq., Barkby Hall,Leicester

Pocock, Rev. S. R., PeckletonRectory, Leicester

Poole; Dr. Frank Stedman, BlabyRoad, South Wigston, Leicester

Poynton, James H., Esq., Branksome,Holbrook R6ad, Leicester

Public Record Office, Chancery Lane,London, W.C.2. per H.M. Sta tionery Office, Princes Street,Westminster

Purnell, Walter H., Esq., BurtonWalks, Loughborough

Randle, Ernest, Esq., The Nook, Priesthills, Hinckley

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Read, A. W., Esq.,. 10 WestcotesDrive, Leicester

Reed, Rev. Arthur T., ClaybrookeRectory, Rugby

Rimington, Thomas, Esq.,Horscfair Street, Leicester

Rippin, W. H., Esq., The Newarke,Leicester

Ross, Rev. J. A., M.A., HolywellRectory, St. Ives, Hunts.

Rowlett, Alfred Ernest, Esq.,Carisbrooke, London Road,Leicester

Rowley, J. W., Esq., Charnwood,Kirby Muxloe

Rudd, Mrs. M. E., StoneygateSchool, Leicester

Russell, P., Esq., 8 New Street,Leicester

Russell, S. Esq., 21 Meadhurst Road,Leicester

Rutland, His Grace the Duke of,F.S.A. (Patron), Belvoir Castle,Grantham

Sarson, Col, J. E., D.L., V.D., Corrie,Woodland Avenue, Leicester •

Schofield, Dr. H., Ph.D. (Lend.),Technical College, Lough- borough

Seal, Harry, Esq.,Ullesthorpe House,Nr. Rugby

Seal, Mrs. H., Ullesthorpe House,nr. Rugby

Serjeantson, Major, C. M., O.B.E.,Kirby Muxloe, Leicester

Sharman, A. M., Esq., 69 ChurchGate, Leicester

Shorthose-Smith, A. T., Esq.,Roundhill Lodge, Syston,Leicester

Simpson, J. Woodhouse, Esq.,148 New Walk, Leicester

Skillington, H. W., Esq., 22 FriarLane, Leicester

Skillington, S. H., Esq. (Hon.Secretary), 20 Victoria Park Rd.,Leicester

Skillington, Mrs. S. H., 20 VictoriaPark Road, Leicester

Sloane, Miss E. .T., Charnwood House,University Road, Leicester

Smith, R. Stuart, Esq., Thomhill,Hamilton Drive, MeltonMowbray

Smith, W. Roy, Esq., 6 Waterloo St.,Leicester

Spencer, A. A., Esq., 36 Friar Lane,Leicester

Spriggs, Dr. N. I., M.D., F.R.C.S.,156 London Road, Leicester

Squire, Charles, Esq., Registrar'sChambers, County Court Offices,Newarke Street, Leicester

Stafford, Miss, 102 New Walk,Leicester

Stanger, W., Esq., New Bridge St.,Leicester

Stevenson, John, Esq., StamfordHouse. Countess Wear, Exeter

Stewart, Mrs. Senior, Anstey Rectory,Leicester

Tabor, A. L., Esq., 114 Avenue Road,Extension, Leicester

Taylor, E. Denison, Esq., Bnckland,Burton Walks, Loughborongh

Taylor, Miss E., The Woodlands,Birstall, Leicester

Taylor, Mrs. A. L., Grey Gables,Narborough, Leicester

Taylor, Stephen Oliver, Esq.,34 Nelson Street, Leicester

Taylor, Miss J., Langhton Hills,Laugh ton, Rugby

Taylor, H. M., Esq., 64 BrockhurstRoad, Ward End, Birmingham 8F.S.A., 16 Broad Street,Stamford

Tennant, The Hon. Mrs., St. Anne'sManor, Sutton Bonington,Loughborough

Thomson, G. Keith, Esq., M.A.,M.Litt., Rawlins GrammarSchool, Quorn, Loughborough

Thomson, Mrs. G. Keith,Rawlins Grammar School,Quorn, Loughborough

Thornley, Arthur, Esq., BowlingGreen Street, Leicester

Thornley, W. W., Esq., BowlingGreen Street, Leicester

Tollemache, Sir Lyonel F.C.E., Bart.,Buckminster Park, Grantham

Toplis, Rev. H. F., BitteswellVicarage, Nr. Rugby

Towle, T. P., Esq., Clarence Street,Loughborough

Tralen, H. F., Esq., F.R.I.B.A.,16 Broad Street, Stamford

Turner, A., Esq., J.P., Brock's Hill,Oadby, Leicester

Turner, G. C., J.P., Esq., AbbottsOak, Whitwick, Leicester

Tyler, A. E., Esq., The Elms, Quorn,Loughborough

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Viccars, Mrs. Arnold, The Homestead,Rothley, Leicester

Vice, W. Annston, Esq., Glen ParvaManor, Blaby, Leicester

Walker, A. E., Esq., 12 Ashleigh Rd.,Leicester

Ward, George, Esq., Harwell,Leicester

Warner, Dr. A., The Cottage, Des-ford, Leicester

Watts, Mrs. J. Wallace. Gaddesby,Nr. Leicester

Wells, E. E., Esq., Kegworth,Derby

Whatmore, Arthur W., Esq.,Marshwood, Burton Road,Ashby-de-la-Zouch

Wildt, Mrs. Lilian, Newstead,Ratcliffe Road, Leicester

Wilford, W. E., Esq., Charles St.,Leicester

Williams, E. J., Esq., F.R.I.B.A.,J.P., 13 New Street, Leicester

Wilshere, Miss M. V., Old House,Kirby Muxloe, Leicester

Wilshere, H. O., Esq., Greenways,Kirby Mnxloe, Leicester

Wilson, Charles, Esq., Fernleigh,Mountsorrel, Loughborough

Windley, Miss Ethel J., B.A., St.James' Road, Leicester

Woodhouse, V. M., Esq., WycliffeStreet, Leicester

Woodrow, S. M., Esq., Foston House,Foston, Countesthorpe,near Leicester

Wykes, Miss Veronica, Town EndClose, Ratcliffe Road, Leicester

Young, Rev. C. E., B.A., B.C.L., The Rectory, Ratclifle-on-the-Wreake, Leicester

Young, Mrs. W. G. R., Kimcote Rectory, Lutterworth

Except when notice is given to the contrary, General Meetings are held at the Church House, St. Martin's East, Leicester, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The Committee meet, at the same time of the day, in the Society's room at the Guildhall (Old Town Hall), Leicester. For one hour before each meeting, whether General or of the Committee, the Society's room is open for the convenience of members who wish to consult or borrow books in the Library, of which Miss Joyce Binns, the Assistant Secretary, is the custodian. Members wishing to use the Library at other times should write to Miss Binns, 34 Humberstone Road, Leicester.

SOCIETIES IN UNION FOR THE INTERCHANGE OF PUBLICATIONS.Birmingham Archaeological Society, Cambridge Antiquarian Society,

Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, East Herts. Archaeological Society, Kent Archaeological Society, Lancashire and Cheshire Historic Society, Shropshire Archaeological Society, Suffolk Insti tute of Archaeology and Natural History, Surrey Archaeological Society, The Society of Antiquaries, The North Staffordshire Field Club, The Thoresby Society, The Thoroton Society (Notts.), Yorkshire Archaeological Society.

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RULES1.—The Society shall be called " THE LEICESTERSHIRE ARCH^OIOGICAI,

SOCIETY."2.—The objects of the Society shall 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.—The Society shall be composed of a Patron, a President, Vice- Presidents, Secretaries, Treasurer, Auditor, and Honorary and Ordinary Members.

4.—The Patron, President and Vice-Presidents shall be elected at the Annual Meeting of the Society, and their election shall be subject to their payment of the Annual Subscription.

5. The Members of the Society shall be entitled to propose new Members, either by letter or personally, to be elected at the Committee Meetings; the Honorary Members shall be ladies or 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 Annual General Meeting of the Members to be held in March of each year.

6.—Each Member shall pay an annual subscription of One Pound, to be due in advance on the 1st of January every year. No Member whose subscription is more than two months overdue shall be entitled to vote until every subscription has been paid. Any Member wishing to resign must give one month's notice of his intention, and this notice should be sent to one of the Society's Secretaries before the end of November. If any subscribing Member is found to be more than two years in arrear, his or her name shall, after due warning, be removed from the list of Members of the Society.

7. The affairs of the Society shall be conducted by a Committee composed of the Secretaries, Local Secretaries, Treasurer, and twenty Members, all of whom shall be elected annually; five Members of the Committee to form a quorum.

8.—The Meetings of the Members shall be held on the last Monday of every alternate month; one of such Meetings to be held in the month of March to be considered the Annual General Meeting, at which the Annual Report and Statement of Accounts be presented and the Officers and 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 alterations in Rules be given by circular to each Member of the Society at least seven days before the Annual Meeting. In addition to the Bi-Monthly Meetings—so including the Annual Meeting—Public Meetings for the reading of Papers, Sic., may be held as provided for under Rule 12.

9.—The Committee shall have power to fill up vacancies in their number, and also in the vacancies of officers of the Society.

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10.—The Committee shall elect each year a Chairman, at the first meeting after the Annual Meeting, and shall have power to appoint from year to year such Sub-Committees as appear to be advisable.

11.—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.

12.—The Public Meetings of the Society shall be holden at such times and places as shall be appointed by the Committee.

18.—The Committee meet at the times and places which they may themselves appoint.

14.—The Secretaries shall be required, on the requisition of five Members of the Committee, to call a Special Meeting of the Society.

15.—Donations of Architectural and Antiquarian Books, Plans, &c., may be received. The Committee shall be empowered to make purchases and procure casts and drawings, which shall be under the charge of the Secretaries.

16.—When the Committee shall consider any Paper, not including accounts of Excursions, 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 the publishing Plans and Papers and illustrating them with engravings, shall be decided by the Editorial Secretary, subject to the approval of the Committee.

17.—The Committee may every year publish, or join with other Architectural and Archaeological Societies in publishing, for circulation among the Members, Transactions to contain descriptions and Papers connected with the objects of the Society.

18.—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 shall be appointed (of which the Incumbent or Resident Minister shall be one) to visit the Church and submit a report in writing to the General Committee.

19.—All Plans for the building, enlargement, or restoration of churches, schools, or ancient buildings, &c., sent for 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.

20.—The Committee shall 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 Rnles 16 and 17— exceed £5, notice to be given in the circular or advertisement calling the Meeting.

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