of the Downs," ""Climate and Water Supply," ""Farm Life," ""Communications," "Population," "Vale of Pewsey," "Using a Map in the Field," "History," "Savernake Forest," "Prehistoric Archæology," Camps, Barrows, &c.," "Statistics," "Bibliography," "The Wiltshire Tornado." Anyone who wishes to know something of the Geology and Physical Geography of North Wilts cannot do better than begin by studying this book. List of Inhabitants of New Sarum in 1306. The Rev. E. R. Nevill, F.S.A., prints, in Salisbury Journal, March 2nd, 1912, a transcript of a list of names from the "Liber Evidenciarum,” folio cxxi., being the list of those who agreed to the composition dated 25th August, 1306, made between the Bishop and the City as to their rights. Local Place Names, by the Rev. E. R. Nevill, F.S.A. A useful article on place names in the district round Salisbury, in Salisbury Journal, April 13th, 1912. Salisbury in 1455, by Rev. E. R. Nevill. Salisbury Journal, April 15th, 1911. Extracts from the paper in Wilts Arch. Mag., xxxvii., 66. The Awdry Family. A valuable article, in the Wiltshire Gazette, April 11th, 1912. John Awdry (I.) Vicar of Melksham, 1601, died 1639, is the first known ancestor of the Awdry family in Wilts. By his first wife, Hester, who died 1607, he had two sons and four daughters. He married, secondly, Joan Hulbert, of Notton, in Lacock. His younger son, John (II.), married Katherine, daughter of William Tipper, of Seend, and their only daughter Prosper married Thomas Dugdale, clothier, of Seend. The elder son of John (I.), Godwyn, married Alice, d. of Sandley Holmes, of Romsey, and from them descended the Awdrys of Melksham and Seend. Their residence in Melksham was a house of "Linden House"). seventeenth century type in Bank Street (now Ambrose (I.), eldest son of Godwyn, baptized 1627, was "of Melksham, grocer," married, first, Cecil, d. of Jeremiah Gough, of Beanacre, and secondly, in 1675, Mrs. Jane Webb, of Devizes. Of his sons, John 66 of Beanacre" (III.) was of Melksham, Ambrose (II.), born cir. 1663, was in 1698, and in 1706 a clothier at Seend, where a field is still known as Dye House Ground. He married Mary, d. of Isaac Selfe, of Place House, Melksham, clothier, and died 1738. His son, Ambrose (III.), clothier, of Seend, married Jane, d. of John Awdry, of Melksham, and died 1766. His son, Ambrose (IV.), re-built the Manor House at Seend as it now stands, married, 1761, Christiana, d. of Peter Delmé, of Earlstoke Park, and died 1789. His son, Ambrose (V.), born 1762, died 1842. He married Hannah, d. of Anthony Guy, of Chippenham, and dying without issue, the Seend property passed to his brother, Peter, who married, first, 1794, Hester Maria, only d. of Lord William Seymour, and secondly, 1813, Eliza, d. of Anthony Guy. His son, His eldest son, Ambrose (VI.), of Seend, born 1817, died 1890. Ambrose (VII.), died in the same year, aged 47. Another son, the Rev. Edward Seymour Awdry, still lives at Seend. William Henry, younger brother of Peter, of Seend, born 1778, died 1847, married Eliza, d. of West Hill, of Devizes, and lived at Chippenham His sons were: West Awdry, of Monkton House, Chippenham; Rev. E. C. Awdry, Vicar of Kington St. Michael, died 1903; Peter, of Chippenham, died 1867; Rev. Ch. Hill Awdry, Rector of West Kington, died 1910; and Major Justly W. Awdry, of the Paddocks, Chippenham, born 1818, who still survives. 66 John Awdry, b. 1732, second son of Ambrose, of Seend, was of Notton" in 1770, and died 1802. He married, first,1765, Priscilla, d. of Ambrose Goddard, of Swindon; secondly, 1770, Mary Magdalene, d of James Masse; and thirdly, Sarah Susanna. His son, John, who succeeded him at Notton House, married, 1795, Jane, d. of Lovelace Bigg. His son, Sir John Wither Awdry, born 1795, Chief of the Supreme Court of Bombay, succeeded him at Notton, and died 1878. He married, first, Sarah Maria, d. of Rev. J. Awdry; and secondly, Frances Ellen, d. of Thomas Carr, D.D., Bishop of Bombay, by whom he had seven sons and five daughters, of whom William, Bishop of South Tokio, died 1910, and Charles, of Lavington Manor, on March 29th, 1912. Destruction of Lake House by fire. Lake House, which had just been let by its owner, Mr. J. W. Lovibond, to Mr. Percy H. Illingworth, M.P. for the Shipley Division of Yorkshire, a Junior Lord of the Treasury, and one of the Liberal Whips, was reduced to bare walls by a fire which broke out early in the morning of April 5th, 1912. Mr. Illingworth, his family, and servants, who had only just taken up their residence in the house, escaped with difficulty, and nothing was saved from the house. The house was most elaborately and carefully restored under the directions of Mr. Detmar Blow, soon after its purchase from the Duke family by Mr. Lovibond in 1897. The property was purchased by George Duke in 1578, and the house was probablybuilt soon after this. Accounts of the fire appeared in most of the local papers, Wiltshire Gazette (with some account of the house and the family of Duke), April 11th; Wiltshire News, April 12th. Illustrations of the fire were given in Daily Mirror, April 6th; Wiltshire Times, April 13th; Wiltshire Gazette, April 18th, 1912. Its destruction is an irreparable loss to the county, for no more charming example of Elizabethan architecture was to be found within its boundaries. A Little Book about Lake House, compiled by Catherine Lovibond, with Lines on the Destruction by Fire of the said Lake House by Pamela Glenconner. Printed by Bennett Bros., the "Journal" Office, Salisbury. 1912. Pamphlet, 8vo, pp. 30, price 1s. The authoress gives a few gossippy particulars as to the history of the Duke family, and the house, and mentions some of the objects of interest which were to be found there before the late disastrous fire. An inventory of the furniture of George VOL. XXXVII.-NO. CXVII. 2Q 66 Duke, who died 1692, is given, including "one sea coale grate,” a description of the fire in 1834, which broke out in the dining room and burnt some of the panelling, and a letter on the genealogy of the Duke family and the descent of the manor by R. E. H. Duke, reprinted from the Salisbury Journal. A final note tells us that Mr. Lovibond has again put the restoration of the house in the hands of the former restorer Mr. Detmar Blow. There are many illustrations from photographs, which, however, are hardly as clear as they might be :- Front, SouthWest View," "Lake House, 1807, from a water colour Drawing,” Drawing of Lake House" (? 18th century), " Corner of Dining Room," Dining Room, showing Oak Panelling and Armour," "Coat of Arms," "Taxpaper of 1836," "Attic," "Drawing Room, showing Fireplace, Justice Room Door," "Yew Hedges surrounding Bowling Green," "Staircase and Portraits of James I. and Anne Hyde," "Corner of Drawing Room," "S. W. Prospect " (from pen-and-ink drawing of 1752), 6.30 a.m. April 5th, 1912" (two views of the fire). 66 66 66 The old Wiltshire Sheep. A valuable article appeared in the Wiltshire News, March 22nd, 1912, entitled "The Hampshire Down Sheep. The Evolution of the Breed." This breed is traced to the crossing of the old Wiltshire Horned Sheep and the Berkshire Knot with the Southdown. This old Wiltshire breed, now entirely extinct, was thus described: "The sheep that used to be kept on the Wiltshire Downs were the Wiltshire horned ones, with large head and eyes, Roman nosed, long faced, wide nostrils, horns falling back behind the ears, chest tolerably wide and deep, back straight, legs somewhat awkwardly long, and the bones too large. The wool was at that time (the beginning of the nineteenth century) much prized; it was of a medium length and fine, and the fleece weighed from 2lbs. to 24lbs. The ewe had not any wool beneath the belly. These sheep were rather greedy feeders and somewhat slow in fattening, but when fattened they occasionally attained very great weight. Mr. Herbert says that in the winter immediately preceding the Christmas of 1788 he saw hanging in a butcher's shop in London three Wiltshire Crocks (crooked)-so called from the shape of the horn turning back behind the ear and bending over the cheeks-the bare carcases of which averaged 33 stones 1lb. each." In this connection it may be noted that there has been for many years in the Museum at Devizes a very large sheep's head, which, although it is unfortunately not labelled, is believed to be that of a ram of this extinct breed. It has recently been placed in a case for more careful preservation. Malmesbury Market Cross. A long account of the ceremony of unveiling the cross on April 19th, 1912, after its restoration by Mr. Brakspear at a cost of about £550, collected chiefly by Mr. Joe Moore, appears in the Wiltshire Gazette, April 25th, with a photo of the opening ceremony. A photo of the restored cross is also given in the Wiltshire Times, April 27th, 1912. Catalogue of the Antiquities in the Museum of the Wiltshire Archæological and Natural History Society at Devizes. Part II. Compiled by Mrs. M. E. Cunnington and the Rev. E. H. Goddard, Devizes, 1911. Paper covers, 8in. × 54in., pp. viii. + 163, 69 plates. Price 28. Noticed, Archaeological Journal, LXVIII., 445-6 (1912). Trowbridge. The appeal for funds to build a second Church (Holy Trinity), issued in 1835 by the Rev. F. Fulford, then Rector, with the first list of subscriptions, is reprinted in Wiltshire Times, June 22nd, 1912. The Church was finished in 1838. A Staverton Factory Token for 2s. 6d. of 1811 is illustrated in Wiltshire Times, June 22nd, 1912. Trowbridge Parish Church, Re-hanging of the Bells, with cut of the Church, Wiltshire Times, June 15th, 1912. A Letter of John Culford, of Brinkworth, temp. Hen. VII.complaining that John Wotton, Monk and Kitchener of Malmesbury Abbey, with others had violently turned him out of his house and committed various enormities, together with the answer of John Wotton, is printed in Wiltshire Times, June 8th, 1912. BOOKS AND ARTICLES BY WILTSHIRE AUTHORS. A. W. N. Burder, F.S.A. A paper on "Our Ancestors, their Homes, and Lives," read by Mr. Burder on January 10th, 1912, at the Tabernacle Institute, Trowbridge, tracing the growth of the later Manor House from the Castle and fortified house of earlier times, and the founding and growth of parish churches, is printed in full in Wiltshire Times, January 13th, 1912. Rt. Rev. Frederic Edward Ridgeway, D.D., Bishop of Salisbury. "Calls to Service; being Sermons and Addresses delivered in the Diocese of London." Longmans, Green, & Co., London, 1912, cr. 8vo., 5s. net. Noticed Salisbury Journal, March 2nd, 1912. Address to the Synod at Salisbury, April 17th, 1912. Printed at length, Wiltshire Gazette, April 18th, 1912. Sermon preached at Netheravon, December 23rd, 1911, on occasion of the dedication of a sixth bell in memory of T. W. Hussey. Printed in full, Wiltshire Gazette, December 28th, 1911. Sermon preached at St. John's Church, Devizes, May 6th, 1912, at the Annual Festival of the Salisbury Diocesan Guild of Ringers. Wiltshire Gazette, May 9th, 1912. Rt. Rev. Frederic Edward Ridgeway, D.D., Bishop of Linen, 6in. × 4țin. pp. 194. 1s. 6d. net. Gives suggestions for the drawing of ecclesiastical heraldry in the most effective manner and examples by the author of the Shields of Dioceses and of divers saints, &c., drawn with his usual boldness of outline. Recollections of a Long Life. By Lord Broughton (John Cam Hobhouse) edited by his daughter, Lady Dorchester. Vols. V. and VI., 1834–1852 London: Murray, 1912. Price 24s. net. Noticed Times Literary Supplement, February 8th, 1912. Stephen Reynolds (born at Devizes) and Bob and Tom Woolley, "Seems So! A working class view of politics, with frontispiece from a photograph by Melville Mackay." Macmillan & Co., Limited, St. Martin's Street, London, 1911. Linen, 8in. × 51⁄2in., xxvii. + 321. Preface dated Sidmouth, 1911. Reviewed at great length in many papers. Two columns in Wilt · shire Gazette,December 28th ; Country Life,December 23rd; Spectator, December 2nd, 1911. "There is no one writing to-day who has fitted himself so carefully to interpret the working man." James Rodway, F.L.S. (of Trowbridge). "In the Guiana Forest," new and revised and enlarged edition. Twenty-four illustrations. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1912, 7s. 6d. net [1st edition published 1894]. Ven. T. B. Buchanan, Archdeacon of Wilts. His last charge is reported at some length in Wiltshire Gazette, July 21st, 1910. Rev. Canon Sir J. E. Philipps, Bart. Paradise, a sermon in Salisbury Cathedral on the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity, 1909. Warminster: Printed at the Journal Office, Market Place." Pamphlet, 74in. × 5in., pp. including title 19. Maurice Hewlett (of Broad Chalke). "The Agonists: a Trilogy of of God and Man." London: Macmillan & Co., 1911. 4s. 6d. net. Anna Bunston. "The Porch of Paradise." London: Herbert & Daniel. 1911. 3s. 6d. net. Verse. "Behold this Dreamer Cometh." Poem of seven stanzas" Spectator, September 2nd, 1911. |