TRANSACTIONS OF THE LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

TRANSACTIONS OF THE LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

VOL. XVIII

W. THORNLEY 6? SON Bowling Green Street, Leicester 1934 - 35

CONTENTS PAGE The 79th Annual Rep*t and Accounts 1933 ... i xxvii The 80th Annual Report and Accounts 1934 ... xxix xli List of Officers, Members, etc...... xliii 1 Rules ...... li Hi VOL. XVIII. PART I. THE OH/MANS OF THE NEWARKE AT LEICESTER By Florence E. Skillington ...... 1 Editorial Postscript by S. H. Skillington ...... 36 THE ROMAN SITES OF SOUTH-WEST LEICESTERSHIRE By Arthur J. Pickering, F.G.S. Parti. Venonae and Tripontium ...... 41 ULVERSCROFT PRIORY By William Keay, F.R.I.B.A., and Margaret E. Keay 87 MEDIEVAL DEEDS RELATING TO ASHBY PARVA By Hugh Goodacre ...... 95 AYLESTONE, THE DESCENT OF THE MANOR Erratum and Addendum By G. Keith Thomson, M.A., M.Litt...... 101 THE CHURCH OF ST. PETER, HORNINGHOLD By Albert Herbert, F.R.I.B.A...... 105 VOL. XVIII. PART II. THE ANGLIAN AND SCANDINAVIAN SETTLEMENT OF LEICESTERSHIRE By W. G. Hoskins ...... 109 ULLESTHORPE OVERSEERS' ACCOUNTS By Hugh Goodacre ...... 149 THE ROMAN SITES OF SOUTH-WEST LEICESTERSHIRE By Arthur J. Pickering, F.G.S. Part II. Mancetter, Sapcote, Barwell and Hinckley, with notes on adjacent sites ... 157 MELTON MOWBRAY LAY SUBSIDY By A. B. Clarke ...... 195 MEDIEVAL COSSINGTON A Narrative based upon the Researches of the late George Francis Farnham, M.A., F.S.A. By S. H. Skillington ...... 203 Architectural Notes on All Saints Church By Anthony Herbert, A.R.I.B.A...... 250

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE THE COLTMANS OF THE NEWARKE AT LEICESTER Bust of Elizabeth Coltman ...... 1 The Coltman Houses from the North-East ...... 4 John Coltman's House—East Front, Entrance Hall and First Floor Landing ...... 20-21 Leicester Castle, St. Mary's Church and the Newarke in 1861 ...... 37 THE ROMAN SITES OF SOUTH-WEST LEICESTERSHIRE (Part I) Plate I. High Cross—from North, from South ... 41 ,, II. Stukeley's Engraving of High Cross 48 ,, III. Reconstructed Pottery and Bird's-eye View of High Cross ...... 52 ,, IV. Painted Pottery and Iron Objects ... 53 ,, V. Tripontium—Low Level ...... 72 „ VI. Coarse Pottery—High Cross ...... 81 „ VII. „ „ Tripontium High Level 82 ,, VIII. „ „ Tripontium Low Level 83 ,, IX. Samian Ware—Tripontium ...... 84 ,, X. ,, ,, ,, ...... 85 ULVERSCROFT PRIORY South-West View ...... 87 North-West View and Guest House ...... 90 Architectural Plans ...... 92 Conjectural Restoration ...... 93 MEDIEVAL DEEDS RELATING TO ASHBY PARVA Ashby Parva Church ...... 95 CHURCH OF ST. PETER, HORNINGHOLD Exterior ...... 105 Interiors ...... 107 Architectural Plan ...... 108 ILLUSTRATIONS—continued.

PAGE ANGLIAN AND SCANDINAVIAN SETTLEMENT OF LEICESTERSHIRE Maps to Illustrate Settlement 113, 116, 126, 127, 135 ULLESTHORPE OVERSEERS' ACCOUNTS Reproduction of an Ullesthorpe Overseers' Account Book 149 THE ROMAN SITES OF SOUTH-WEST LEICESTERSHIRE (Part II) Plate I. Hinckley Bust ...... 157 ,, II. Mancetter—Looking South; looking North 158 „ III. Calver Hill and Parish Gravel Pit— Sapcote ...... 164 ,, IV. Metal and Bone Objects, Rubstones and Box Tiles ...... 165 „ V. High Close Sandpit—Barwell ...... 177 „ VI. Bronze Age Urn; Ancient Kiln—Barwell 182 ,, VII. Jar of Dark Grey Ware; Beaker of Castor Ware ...... 188 „ VIII. Coarse Pottery—Sapcote ...... 191 ,, IX. ,, ,, Lychgate Lane ...... 192 ,, X. Plain and Decorated Samian Ware ... 193 „ XI. Hinckley Bust ...... 194 COLOURED PLATE Coloured Wall Plaster from Site of Roman Villa, Sapcote ...... 194 MEDIEVAL COSSINGTON Cossington Church: — From South-East ...... 203 Interior, from North-West ...... 204 ,, Rood Loft Doorway ...... 205 Nave and Chancel, Sedilia and Piscina ...... 212 Easter Sepulchre and Tomb ...... 213 Effigy in North Aisle ...... 220 Map to Illustrate Medieval Cossington ...... 249 Cossington Church—Architectural Plans ...... 252 THE LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

THE 79th ANNUAL REPORT 1933

In submitting their Report for 1933, your Committee are able to say that, in spite of exceptional difficulties, the Society continues to be in a healthy condition. It is true that the second part of volume xvii of Transactions could not be made ready for publi­ cation before the end of the year; but, if the contents of this were to be adequately prepared and edited, the delay was quite unavoidable. For the first time since its formation, the Publi­ cations Committee had to carry out its duties without the help and inspiration of Mr. Farnham; Mr. Albert Herbert did a great deal of work during, and in preparation for, the Royal Archse- logical Institute's visit to Leicester and the county in July; Mr. S. H. Skillington was for several months busily engaged in editing and seeing through the press the Historical Guide to Leicester which, in collaboration with Mr. Colin Ellis, he wrote for the use of the British Association, whose annual meeting was held at Leicester in September; and Mr. Keith Thomson was occupied for a long time in the exacting task of editing and bringing out the sixth volume of Mr. Farnham's Leicestershire Medieval Village Notes, and in classifying the numerous docu­ ments and other historical materials bequeathed by Mr. Farnham to the Leicester Museum Muniment Room. Members who take these facts into consideration will not feel disposed to blame the sub-committee for neglect or careless procrastination. It was felt to be right, out of respect to Mr. Farnham's memory, to cancel the first (January) Bi-monthly Meeting on the Society's programme. During the rest of the year, the following ladies and gentlemen, and a Californian learned institution, were elected to membership : —

In March:— Mrs. Catherine Mary Ellis, Woodclose, Quorn, Loughborough Mr. A. T. Shorthose Smith, Fernleigh, Syston, Leicester 11. LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY In April:— Mr. Norman S. Catlow, Kingsthorpe, Westminster Road, Leicester In May:— Mr. A. S. Gray, 139 Knighton Road, Leicester Mr. C. G. Gardiner, Grange Cottage, Lindley In June:— Mrs. G. E. Pochin, Three Ways, Ashfield Road, Leicester In July:— Mr. Roy Smith, 6 Waterloo Street, Leicester. Mr. Harry Scott, Sanvey Gate,- Leicester In September:—The Rev. S. R. Pocock, The Rectory, Peckleton, Leicester Mr. J. H. Proctor, Wyndham Avenue, Melton Mowbray In October :— Mr. William Austin, The Pines, Elms Road, Leicester In November:—The Henry E. Huntingdon Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, California In the course of the year, nineteen members resigned, chiefly because of the stringency of the times, and we have to regret the loss by death of Mr. George Francis Farnham, Lord Aberconway, Sir Maurice Levy, Miss M. E. Musson, Mr. F. N. Fosbrooke, Mr. Charles Kempson, Mr. C. S. Robinson, Mr. H. C. Snow and Mr. C. Stuart Thomson. The short memoir of Mr. Farnham that is printed below has been written by Mr. S. H. Skillington, who was closely and continuously associated with him throughout the period of his active connection with the Society.

George Francis Farnham, M.A., F.S.A. My purpose in writing this brief memoir is to relate the principal events of Mr. Farnham's life, with such passing comments as will, I hope, assist readers to form a true conception of the man as he was. Any attempt at completeness, even on a small scale, would be futile; but I may be able to add a little that is significant to what has been said by Colonel Martin and Mr. Keith Thomson in the second part of volume xvii of the Society's Transactions, which is now on the point of being issued to members. George Francis Farnham, for many years leader of the Society and Chairman of its General Committee, was born on the REPORT 1.11. 9th of September, 185^, and died on the 7th of January, 1933. He was the second and only surviving son of Edward Basil Farnham, of Quorndon, now called Quorn, Leicestershire, and his wife, Gertrude Emily, second daughter of Sir William Cradock Hartopp, baronet, of Freeby, in the county of Leicester, and Four Oaks Park, Warwickshire. Edward Basil Farnham, who was a magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant of the county, and a major in the Leicestershire Yeomanry, was born in the last year of the eighteenth century and died in 1879. He represented in Parlia­ ment the old Northern Division of Leicestershire from 1837 until 1859, when he retired for reasons of health. Mrs. Farnham, who was much younger than he was, survived him for many years. Quorn (or Quorndon) House, which eventually came into the possession of their second son, who never married, though not so large as it was originally, may still be described as a spacious and dignified mansion standing in extensive grounds. Built in 1820, it occupies a site very near to that of the Over Hall, the ancient Quorndon residence of the senior branch of the family, which, as we shall see, is a very old one. After being under a tutor at Brighton, George Francis Farnham was sent to Eton, whence he proceeded to Brazenose College, Oxford, where he took his degree in classics. During the next few years, in which he had time to look round, he increased his knowledge of the world, and of the topography and country houses of Leicestershire, by taking part in the social activities and sports, especially fox-hunting, that his birth and circumstances enabled him to enjoy. These pursuits, however, agreeable and educative as they were in themselves, did not for long provide a satisfying outlet for his natural talents and energy of mind. When the need for a definite aim and continuous occu­ pation asserted itself, his thoughts seem first to have turned in the direction of commerce, and he spent some time in studying the methods and mysteries of the tea trade, as this was practised in Mincing Lane. His fancy for this form of enterprise, how­ ever, appears to have been , so to speak, but a passing flirtation; for by 1888 he had developed sufficient interest in the Stock Exchange to enter into an association with a firm of brokers, Messrs. Thornhill Brothers, which lasted until 1896. In that year, he became a member of the Stock Exchange and went into partnership with Messrs. Phillips and Drew, who, during the iv. LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY six years he remained with them, had a great deal of important business to transact. Mr. Farnham severed his connection with this firm in 1902, when he started a practice of his own, in which his authorised clerk, Mr. H. I. Dormer, who had worked with him since 1888, had a minor interest. Mr. Dormer, who has kindly supplied the above particulars, became a member of the Stock Exchange in 1903. The rest of this part of the story may be told in his own words:—"I became a full partner in 1911, and we traded as G. F. Farnham & Co. Mr. Farnham resigned from the firm and the Stock Exchange in 1916. I continued trading as G. F. Farnham & Co. until 1921, when I took in two partners and altered the name of the firm to Dormer, Rumball & Co.", under which denomination it is still carried on in Throg- morton Street. In the early part of his business career, Mr. Farnham occu­ pied a house at Windsor, so that he might be near his uncle, who held the appointment of Master of the Queen's Household at the castle. He afterwards lived in Eaton Place and Chesham Place, and then at his mother's town house in Eccleston Square. To­ wards the end of the century, he became the owner of Quorn House, where, when certain adaptations had been completed, he finally settled with Mrs. Farnham, to whom he was a most devoted son, in February, 1899. From this date until his retire­ ment in 1916, though he continued to work in London, he made a regular habit of spending his week-ends at Quorn, to which he was always very much attached. It was during his London period that the greater part of his research work was done. Throughout the latter half of those thirty years or so, except when he was travelling, he paid almost daily visits to the Public Record Office, and no doubt spent very many evenings in copying and putting in order the thousands of learned and skilful docu­ mentary abstracts he had written in his stout, pocketable note­ books. The most prolonged interruption of his researches must have been when, at a time I cannot date, he went upon a tour round the world, in many parts of which he had relatives or friends engaged in the diplomatic service. Mr. Farnham was the last man to go in for any kind of self- advertisement, of which he had the greatest possible horror. Con­ sequently, very few people, except his friends at the Record office, had any idea of the extent and erudite quality of his researches REPORT V. until 1912, when his Quorndon Records was privately printed, at his own expense, in London. This monumental and gener­ ously illustrated family and village history consists of four hundred and ninety-eight quarto pages, of which thirty-one are devoted to an introductory narrative, four hundred and thirty- five to the documentary abstracts that constitute the evidence upon which this is based, and thirty-two to a thoughtfully com­ piled and business-like index. His object in devoting so many years to the preparation of this masterly work is clearly and concisely stated in the first sentence of the introduction :—" This Collection of Abstracts from Original Deeds was formed for the purpose of verifying and illustrating the Pedigree of the Farnham family of Quorndon, and, incidentally, of throwing some light on the ancient history of Quorndon itself ". The Farnhams were known to have been the chief family in Quorndon for several centuries, and it was commonly said, on the authority of Nichols, who, as an historian, was generally credited with something like plenary inspiration, that their ancestor had " come over with the Conqueror''. Many people would have been quite willing to accept such a tradition of their Norman descent, without enquir­ ing too closely into its authenticity. This was not at all the way of Mr. Farnham, who felt that the tradition ought to be tested. More purposes than one will be served if I quote the paragraphs of his introduction in which he deals with this part of his subject. They will be found on pages 15 and 16, under the sectional heading of " Farnham of Quorndon " : — " A Robert de Farnham is stated by Nichols, in his History of Leicestershire, to have accompanied William the Conqueror in his invasion of England in 1066, and he also adds that this Robert de Farnham's name occurs on the celebrated Roll of Battle Abbey. From this Robert de Farnham the family of Farnham of Quorndon is supposed by Nichols to have descended. These statements of Nichols are purely traditional. There exists no documentary proof of the alleged Norman origin of the Farnhams of Quorndon, nor does the name ' Farnham' occur in any one of the existing copies (real or supposed) of the Roll of Battle. We may therefore dismiss the Norman legend altogether until some documentary evidence in support of it can be produced. " The Quorndon family of Farnham is most likely descended from the families of the same name living in the counties of VI. LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Suffolk and Essex, who took their name from their places of residence, viz., Fornham in Suffolk and Farnham in Essex; and an early Suffolk fine between Simon de Farnham and Ralph Dun, dated A.D. 1198, is still in existence. " In the reign of King Henry III (A.D. 1241) Nicholas de Farnham (who had already refused the Bishopric of Richfield) was elected Bishop of Durham, and in 1252 Ralph de Farnham, the son of Richard de Farnham, had a Charter of Free Warren in his demesne lands at Farnham in Essex and at Storteford in Hertfordshire. " At what exact period the first member of the family of Farnham settled in Quorndon is probably not now ascertainable, but from a Leicester Assize Roll of the year 1284 we learn that a certain Robert de Farnham at that time possessed lands in Quorndon which he states he had acquired by the gift and feoff- ment of the ' Heirs of Arundel', who had succeeded the Earls of Chester as lords of the manor of Barrow^on-Soar in 1243. " The heirs of Arundel were Roger de Sumery, Baron of Dudley, and his first wife Nichola d'Albini, one of the sisters and heirs of Hugh, fifth Earl of Arundel. Nichola died about 1247, and Roger de Sumery died in 1273. The gift of land to Robert de Farnham in Quorndon must therefore have taken place between the years 1243 and 1273. " In the inquisition taken after Roger de Sumery's death in 1273 we find Robert de Farnham's name occurring as a free tenant of lands in the manor of Barrow, also as tenant of a burgage in the manor of Campeden in co. Gloucester, of which manor Roger de Sumery was also the lord. " The documents now in existence, therefore, conclusively prove that the family of Farnham was settled at Quorndon at least as early as the reign of King Henry III; and the family has remained there in varying degrees of prosperity and adversity ever since." Omitting the next three paragraphs, I will go on to Mr. Farnham's cautiously expressed theory of how his earliest identi­ fiable ancestor, the Robert who received the grant of land from the heirs of Arundel between 1243 and 1273, may have come to settle at Quorndon : — " The references to this Robert de Farnham occur in many of the Plea Rolls of the time preserved at the Public Record REPORT Vll. Office. The earliest of these references is entered on a Curia Regis Roll for the year 1259, and shews that Robert de Farnham was at the time actively engaged in the service of Roger de Sumery, lord of the manor of Barrow. (See Curia Regis Roll, 43-44 Henry III, No. 161, m. 2.) " From the Essex Assize Roll of the year 1255 (No. 1183, m. 2 d) we learn that there already existed a connection by marriage between the families of Farnham of Farnham in Essex and de Sumery of Bigrave in co. Herts. Roger de Sumery, lord of the manor .of Barrow-on-Soar, is supposed to have been related to the Bigrave family of de Sumery, and it is possible that one of the Essex Farnhams named ' Robert' attached himself to the fortunes of his powerful connection the Baron of Dudley, and followed him into Leicestershire at the time that he succeeded to the Barrow manor in right of his wife Nichola d' Albini. " Although it is mere guesswork, the aforesaid connection might explain the advent of Robert de Farnham to Quorndon, supposing (of course) that this Robert was the first member of the family who settled at Quorndon, which is by no means certain." These extracts from Quorndon Records are worth quoting in this place for two reasons: they contain a clear and well authen­ ticated statement of all that is known of the beginnings of the Farnham family at Quorndon, and they afford an excellent illus­ tration of Mr. Farnham's resourceful and persevering methods of research, and of the candid and single-minded spirit in which he employed them. He began by consulting Nichols, the industrious but not always discriminating compiler of Leicester­ shire history, who, as we have seen, entirely failed him as a source of dependable information. He then turned to the legal and official documents preserved in the Public Record Office and similar collections, and patiently went on with his researches until he had established a continuous and fully documented pedigree of the Farnhams of Quorndon, from the middle of the thirteenth century to the year 1911, when his mother, the widow of Edward Basil Farnham, is stated to be living. It was like Mr. Farnham to refrain from publishing his book until he had made it genealogically complete, with all the necessary evidences, so far as the main descent of the family was concerned. Ten years later, he published a supplement to Quorndon Records, which contains ninety-eight pages of contingent history and genealogy, Vlll. LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY with an index compiled on the same lines as that of the earlier portion of the work. Mr. Farnham's theory of how the thirteenth-century Robert de Farnham may have come to Quorn shows how thoroughly he was prepared to investigate a problem that interested him. Though the hypothesis cannot be proved, it is ingeniously worked out, and has a degree of probability that makes it much more than the " mere guesswork " he describes it as being. In the three paragraphs I omitted above, Mr. Farnham refers to the heraldic visitation for which Thomas Barnham, who was then head of the Over Hall branch of the family, prepared a pedigree in 1563. Discussing this, he says :—" Thomas Farn­ ham in the Visitation pedigree states that deeds were then in existence to prove the entries made. No deeds are now remaining at Quorndon earlier than the year 1551, but as the Over Hall was ransacked in 1645 by the Parliament's soldiers from Leicester, who took away all the deeds and evidences they could find there, the probability is that the old deeds from which Thomas Farnham compiled his pedigree of 1563 were then taken away and destroyed. .... The pedigree of 1563 commences with a Robert Farnham or Fornham, and he was succeeded by his son, also a Robert de Farnham or Fornham. This may have been proved by deeds existing at that time, but the evidence now available only accounts for one of these Roberts, viz., the Robert to whom the gift of land in Quorndon was made by the ' Heirs of Arundel'." Quorndon Records was at once the parent and the archetype of all Mr. Farnham's subsequent writings. This fact is admirably stated and enlarged upon by Professor A. Hamilton Thompson in the second paragraph of The Leicestershire Manorial Researches of George Farnham, F.S.A., published in 1930, which had then recently appeared, under another title, in our Society's Trans­ actions. This paragraph is so happily expressed, and is so pre­ eminently authoritative, that I will conclude what I have said about Mr. Farnham's historical researches by quoting it in extenso : — " In a letter to John Nichols, the historian of Leicestershire, a more famous historian, Edward Gibbon, excused his anxiety to learn something of his own ancestry with the remark : ' Ex­ perience has proved that there is scarcely any man of tolerable family who does not wish to know as much as he can about it; nor REPORT IX. is such an ambition ehher foolish in itself, or hurtful to society '. The ambition which led Mr. Farnham, the son of an ancient family which has been settled at Quorn for six and a half centuries, to collect and publish its records is a signal proof of the justice of this reflection. A thick volume of Quorndon Records, enlarged by successive supplements, contained English abstracts of a vast number of charters and other miscellaneous documents from public and private sources, in which the history of the manorial rights of Quorndon and their owners was traced with an almost embarrassing completeness. Such a collection, while illustrating the annals of one special place, naturally includes abundant references to neighbouring localities; and Quorndon Records was a contribution to the manorial history of the whole county, in which the foundation for more extended research was laid. Leicestershire Medieval Village Notes, begun as a by­ product of this initial attempt, is an expansion of Mr. Farnham's original design, continued upon the same plan with less ex- haustiveness, but with equal patience. No man in these days when material for research is constantly increasing, and the resources of the Public Record Office are intelligently appreciated by a continually growing band of students, can hope to cover the field of his choice completely. It is possible that volumes equal in size to Quorndon Records could be produced upon several of the places treated in these Notes. But we may safely say that the documents selected by Mr. Farnham provide the indispensable outlines for the intensive study which will fill in details; while they lay the necessary foundation for any future history of I/eicestershire conceived upon a comprehensive plan and carried out upon scientific lines." By the spring of 1928, so great an impression had Mr. Farn­ ham and his work for the Society made upon the members most closely associated with him that a special sub-committee was formed, to appeal to the members in general for subscriptions towards a fund that would enable them to obtain a portrait in oils of Mr. Farnham, to be hung in the Society's room at the Old Town Hall, Leicester; to present to Mr. Farnham an illumi­ nated address, with the names of all who should subscribe appended to it; and to provide a second portrait, for Mr. Farnham to retain in his own possession. With the appeal, a short account of Mr. Farnham's connection with the Society, written (anony- X. LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY mously) by me, was sent out to all the members. As I could not state the facts more concisely now than I did then.I may as well repeat my little appreciation here : — "Mr. George Francis Farnham joined the Leicestershire Archaeological Society on the 25th of November, 1907. For some years circumstances prevented him from being a regular attendant at its meetings; but at the end of 1916 he was elected to the general Committee, and in June, 1921, when Mr. Hamilton Thompson resigned the editorial secretaryship, he was persuaded to take over that gentleman's duties, as chairman and convener of the sub-committee now called the Library, Lectures and Publi­ cations Committee. In April, 1923, he became Chairman of the General Committee, to which office he has been annually elected ever since. Under his wise and attentive direction, the Society has prospered exceedingly; and the members have complete con­ fidence in their leader, whose genial urbanity gives a peculiarly happy character to all their gatherings. " Though the fact may not be generally realised, Mr. Farn­ ham is without doubt the most learned and comprehensive historian of medieval Leicestershire that has yet arisen, and it is most improbable that anyone will ever possess the intimate know­ ledge of the genealogical and manorial history of the county that he has gradually acquired in the course of many years' patient, accurate and original research. Proof that this is no exaggeration may be found in his Quorndon Records and Leicestershire Medieval Pedigrees, and in the manorial papers contributed by him, generally in association with Mr. Hamilton Thompson, to our Society's Transactions. He has always been most generous in giving help to other workers, and we understand that he is now preparing for publication a large amount of Leicestershire material [subsequently presented in the six volumes of Leicester­ shire Medieval Village Notes] that will be of the utmost service to future students and writers of village histories. " All who attend the Society's meetings and take part in the summer excursions like and respect Mr. Farnham. Those who have been closely associated with him, and have been privileged to see into his mind, feel for him an affection that is too firmly established ever to suffer abatement." In response to the appeal of the special sub-committee, which was presided over by Mr. Hugh Goodacre, a hundred and eighteen REPORT XI. members subscribed & handsome sum that was amply sufficient for the purposes intended. When the two portraits had been painted by Mr. J. F. Pettinger, and the address, which was enclosed in a silver-gilt casket of excellent design and workman­ ship, had been decoratively inscribed by the late Mr. A. B. Mc­ Donald on a roll of parchment, the presentation was made by Mr. Goodacre, in the presence of a large company of the subscribers and their friends. The ceremony took place at Leicester, in the Mayor's Rooms, kindly lent for the occasion, on the 29th of November. After he had paid his own tribute to Mr. Farnham in a capital opening speech, Mr. Goodacre read the inscribed address, composed by Lieutenant-Colonel R. E. Martin, which ran as follows: — " We, the Members of the Leicestershire Archaeological Society whose names are written below, beg that you will accept a portrait of yourself, together with this Address in a casket, and that you will allow a second portrait by the same painter to be hung in the Society's room, in token of our appreciation of the services which you have rendered to the cause of historical research in the County of Leicester. Twenty-one years ago you became a member of the Society: since then, as a Member and Chairman of the Committee and as Chairman of the Library, Lectures and Publications Sub-Committee, you have consistently given the Society of your best. In you we have learnt to find accuracy without pedantry and helpfulness without condescension. You have at all times been ready to place your rich stores of learning fully and freely at the disposal of your fellow members. The Society is indeed happy in having as its leader one whose pre-eminence as a Leicestershire historian is so fully recognised, whose family has been intimately associated with the County for so many centuries, and whose qualities of mind and heart have won for him the warm regard of all who have the good fortune to know him." In the course of his reply to this address, every word of which is perfectly true, and to speeches made upon the occasion by Mr. Goodacre, Colonel Martin and the late Major Freer, Mr. Farnham said: — " I will now pass on to your delightfully worded address. You start by asking me to accept a portrait of myself, together with your address in a casket. In accepting these very acceptable Xll. LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY gifts, I wish to express to all the kind donors my grateful thanks for the gifts and for the extremely friendly expressions with which they have been presented. It is difficult for me to realise that my services to the Society, which have been a pleasure, deserve such a splendid recognition. But to stress my own unworthi- ness strikes me as a rather futile proceeding in face of such tangible proofs that, whatever I may think, you have your own ideas on the subject. I little thought when I joined your committee twelve years ago that I should ever merit so much appreciation, In thanking you all, I should like especially to thank the members of the Testimonial Committee for the time and trouble they have taken in bringing the Testimonial to so satisfactory a conclusion. I am deeply sensible of the friendly feelings that prompted them, and I should wish to assure them that, in the choice of an artist to paint the portraits, they could not have selected one who was more anxious than Mr. Pettinger to make the ordeal of sittings as pleasant as possible to his sitter; in fact, the soothing atmos­ phere of Mr. Pettinger's studio gave me the greatest difficulty in keeping awake on many occasions until tea arrived or some kind friend dropped in to rescue me. I am sure that, if you, the donors, are satisfied with the result, nothing could be more gratifying to Mr. Pettinger and me. The beautiful casket speaks for itself; but I should like to express to Mr. McDonald my appreciation of the engrossment of the Address, which he did with his own hands in the same self-sacrificing spirit which I had already experienced from him on a former occasion. I can assure you that all these gifts will be my most treasured possessions. " Next, you ask me to allow a second portrait of myself to be hung in the Society's room. Of course, I shall be greatly honoured in being the first member or chairman to see his portrait hung on the wall of that historic building. I trust it may serve as an inspiration to future chairmen to serve the Committee as successfully, over a period of years, as you are good enough to declare that I have done. Much of this credit belongs in reality to others, without whose constant help I could have accomplished nothing." Among the " others" referred to in the last sentence quoted above, were Professor A. Hamilton Thompson, Mr. Hugh Goodacre, the late Mr. A. B. McDonald, Mr. G. Keith Thomson, Mr. Walter Brand and Mr. Ralph Bedingfield, all of whom, except REPORT Xlll. Mr. McDonald, with tother members of the Committee, are still active in their support of the Society and profoundly loyal to their old friend's memory. Having expressed his thanks to those who had assembled to honour him, Mr. Farnham devoted the second half of his speech to " what you are pleased to call the services which I have ren­ dered to the cause of historical research in the county of Leicester." He began by saying: " When I first took up research work at the Public Record Office, in or about 1904, I had no intention whatever of doing more than getting all the information I could from the documents stored there concerning Quorndon and my family; but when I began a search through the huge series known as ' the Plea Rolls', i.e. the records of law­ suits at Westminster, I naturally found that in searching for Quorndon I was passing over countless suits relating to other villages and families in Leicestershire; and, as a similar search had never been attempted for this county before, I thought it would be a great boon to village historians and help to lay the foundations of village history if I made extracts of some of the most important references ". Towards the end of this speech, in which he summed up with modest brevity the course his researches had taken, he stated that, in his opinion, the two primary duties of a county archaeological society were : " (1) to keep an eye on all objects of archaeological interest in the county, and (2) Research Work. Both are im­ portant; but, whereas the first is more or less passive, it is by its Research work that an archaeological society lives." That was his definite conviction to the last day of his life, and he most earnestly hoped that the Society would continue to do honest research work and publish its results long after he, himself, had been gathered to his fathers. He believed strongly in maintaining the social side of the Society, and greatly enjoyed its lectures and excursions, with their incidental meal-takings and friendly gossip; but he never forgot for a moment that the Society's chief object, and the real justification for its existence, was the finding out and publishing of authenticated facts concerning the history and archaeology of Leicestershire. During the last year or two of his life, he often discussed with me the future organisation of the Society, and expressed the hope that new contributors would come along to continue the work that had been done in his time. XIV, LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY It seems to me that the most obvious way in which we can honour his memory, and help the cause he had so much at heart, is by doing our best to interpret the documentary material he made available, and by making the fullest possible use of his bequests to the Leicester Museum Muniment Room. Mr. Keith Thomson has already set us a good example in this form of useful, com­ memorative activity, and there are other favourable auguries that would have delighted Mr. Farnham if he could have forseen them. His old friend and neighbour, Colonel Martin, who is liked and respected throughout Leicestershire, has succeeded him as Chair­ man of the Committee and of the Library, Lectures and Publica­ tions sub-committee; and Professor Hamilton Thompson has assured us that he will, as heretofore, do all that he can to help and advise the Society. A valuable measure of continuity has thus been secured, and there are signs that, before long, two or three new contributors will be supplementing what can be done by those who worked so happily together under the aegis and inspiration of their helpful and considerate leader. These old disciples and colleagues will never forget Mr. Farnham; and so, though we shall never be what we were under his capable and genial guidance, much of the good that he did may be confidently expected to live after him. The last time I spoke to Mr. Farnham was early in the week before Christmas, 1932, when he called to offer his condolences upon the death of my mother, which had occurred a few days previously. For several weeks he had been troubled with his throat and generally out of sorts, but not, as we thought, seriously ill. Certainly he did not appear to be under any physical distress on that day of our last meeting, though, as was natural in the circumstances, his manner was grave and subdued. On Saturday, the 7th of January, 1933, I received from him a letter, perhaps the last he ever wrote, in which he said that he was very unwell; but he wrote with a characteristic touch of descriptive humour, and, in his last sentence, enquired sympathetically about my father, whom he had known for more than half a century. A few hours later I was numbed by the devastating news of his sudden death. On the following Wednesday, with other members of our Society, I was among the large and representative congregation that assembled in Quorn church to pay the last public tribute of REPORT XV. affection and respect. t The service was conducted as he would have wished, and his ashes were reverently borne to the ancestral chapel he had known and loved so well. As his mortal remains were being laid in their last resting place, I was not the only one who felt that the gallant and truth-loving spirit of George Farnham had already passed into the World of Light.

Transactions The publications Committee were most anxious that the second part of volume xvii of the Society's Transactions should be in the hands of the members before the end of 1933. For the reasons stated above, this proved to be impossible; but it is hoped that it will have been completed and sent out well before the date of the Annual (March) Meeting. The part will contain a short appreciation of Mr. Farnham, as an old friend and neighbour, by Lieutenant-Colonel R. E. Martin, who will also contribute a long article on The Legends, Folklore and Dialect of Leicester­ shire, with an introduction upon the history and development of the county. There will be two papers by Mr. G. Keith Thomson : (1) The Farnham Bequest to the Leicester Museum Muniment Room, with an introduction by Mr. S. H. Skillington, and (2) The Descent of the Manor of Aylestone, based upon abstracts, published with it, of original documents concerning that village and its lords made by Mr. Farnham. The remaining contri­ bution will be a short paper, by Mr. Anthony Herbert, upon Ashby-de-la-Zouch Castle. The part will contain a good number of interesting illustrations of the usual sorts and, as frontispiece, a reproduction in photogravure of a lifelike portrait of Mr. Farnham, painted in oils and given to him about three years ago by Mr. J. F. Pettinger, who admired his genius, took delight in his company, and deeply respected his many sterling qualities.

Lectures The following lectures were delivered during the year: — 29 May:— Place-names and History, by Professor L. V. D. Owen, M.A., of University College, Nottingham 31 July:— Ashby-de-la-Zouch Castle, by Mr. Anthony Herbert, A.R.I.B.A., and St. Helen's Church, Ashby, by Mr. Albert Herbert, F.R.I.B.A. XVI. LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 31 October:—The Historical Development of Bookbinding, by Mr. John Mason, of the Leicester College of Arts and Crafts

The address of Professor Owen, a recognised authority on his subject, was learned, fascinating and quietly humorous. The proceedings were greatly enlivened by Colonel Martin, who asked many pertinent questions, and explained several peculi­ arities in the local pronunciation of words and names. The professor thanked him for his amusingly imparted information, which he regarded as valuable because, in some cases, it might lead to the right solution of problems that had so far baffled scholars unacquainted with the native traditional speech of our Leicestershire bucolicals. Mr. Mason's lecture, like the one he gave us a few years ago, was full of interest, relevant anecdote and wise reflection. He exhibited a most judiciously made selection of lantern slides, which he expounded as he went along. His address was thoroughly enjoyed by the audience, all of whom hoped that he would, in the near future, again give us the benefit of his knowledge of the history and technicalities of his craft. As the lectures of Mr. Albert Herbert and his very promising son were delivered at Ashby, what we are able to say of them may be postponed to the next section.

Excursions Two very good outings were planned by the Excursions Com­ mittee and superintended, with his usual quiet efficiency, by Mr. Ralph Bedingfield. The first of these was taken on the 3rd of July, which turned out to be a brilliant summer day, so that the two places visited, Kenilworth and Maxstoke, were seen at their best. The experiences of the day will be described in the words of a lady-member who undertook to jot down a few notes immediately after the event. Before making use of these, how­ ever, it will be as well to quote a passage from the excellent account of Kenilworth castle in Dr. J. Charles Cox's Warwick­ shire (Methuen, 1930), which has been completely revised by Mr. Philip B. Chatwin, F.S.A., of Leamington: — " The site of the castle was granted in 1120 by Henry I to Geoffrey de Clinton, Treasurer, and subsequently Lord Chief REPORT XV«. Justice of England. «IV son of the same name probably erected the keep and some outer walls. Henry II, John, and Henry III were frequent visitors, made it a royal residence, and caused the castle to be strengthened in its outer walls and towers. In 1254 the castle was granted to Simon de Montfort, hence its association with the Wars of the Barons. After the battle of Lewes the King and Prince Edward were here imprisoned for a time, but after Simon's death at the battle of Evesham, in 1266 [The battle of Evesham was fought on the 4th of August, 1265], the castle was besieged by the king's forces, and capitulated after six months' defence. Henry III then granted it to his second son, Edmund, Earl of Lancaster [and Leicester]. Kenilworth again reverted to the Crown in the days of Edward II [when the estates of Thomas of Lancaster, Edmund's son and successor, were forfeited for treason], and it was here that the unhappy king received the news of his dethronement, shortly before his removal to Berkeley Castle, where he was foully murdered. The castle then reverted to the Lancasters [in the person of Henry, third earl of Lancaster and Leicester], and it was John of Gaunt who made considerable additions, including the Strong Tower, the Banqueting Hall, White Hall, and the tower which still bears his name. On the accession of his son as Henry IV, Kenilworth was once more in the hands of the Crown; it remained a royal fortress and occasional residence until Elizabeth, in 1562, granted it to her favourite, Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester, to whom nothing could be denied. Dudley spent much in adding new buildings and modernizing the old ones. Here he entertained his royal mistress in 1566, 1568, and 1572. Eventually, in 1575, he entertained the queen for seventeen days after a most lavish fashion in a series of elaborate festivities and pageants, immor­ talized by Sir Walter Scott, and described at length by George Gascoigne, the designer and composer of the masques, in his Princely Pleasures at Kenilworth .... Dudley died in 1588, and in the days of James I the castle and estates were yet again in the hands of the Crown. In 1648 Oliver Cromwell gave the whole manor and castle to Colonel Hawkesworth and other army officers, who divided the land into farms and built them­ selves residential houses out of the materials of the castle, cutting down the woods and parcelling out the expensive parks and chase. Colonel Hawkesworth established himself at the castle XV111. LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY gate-house. Since the Restoration the property has been in the hands of the house of Clarendon." The above historical outline will be found to be a useful introduction to our colleague's lively record of the Society's Excursion: — " The party assembled in the Town Hall Square, L/eicester, at half-past-nine in the morning, and, having waited some minutes for a member who turned up late but undismayed, started by motor coach to Kenilworth, which was reached shortly before eleven. By eleven, the members who came in their own cars had arrived, and all proceeded at once to inspect the ruins of the castle under the guidance of Mr. Jesse Gowers, who was engaged in superintending the work of preservation then being carried out in what appeared to be a very sound and thorough manner. Mr. Gowers proved to be a most genial and enthusiastic exponent of the place's history and structural development, his knowledge of which was exceeded only by his appreciative familiarity with Scott's treatment of these in his famous novel. The next place to be visited and explored was the Gatehouse, as this had been adapted to the requirements of Colonel Hawkes- worth. The company was conducted over this interesting dwelling by its custodian, who, in one of the rooms, delivered a witty and well-informed address upon its history, structure and associations. The next item on the programme was lunch, a very pleasant and sociable repast served in the large old timbered building known as L/ord Leicester's Barn. Shortly after lunch, the motors set off for Maxstoke castle, fourteen miles away, where the afternoon was to be spent. The route taken was by Meriden and the village and priory [founded in 1336 by Sir William de Clinton, afterwards earl of Huntingdon] of Maxstoke." It will be profitable to insert here another short extract from the Cox-Chatwin historical guide to Warwickshire: — " The Earl of Huntingdon, the priory founder, built for himself in 1345-6 a castle, on the north-west edge of the parish [of Maxstoke], near the station. It stands in a finely-timbered park of 150 acres. The outer walls with the four corner towers and gate-house are quite perfect; the moat also remains, but the drawbridge has been replaced by one of stone. Within the walls, REPORT XIX. on the north side of«the quadrangle, was a timbered dwelling- house, built in the 17th century. This, with the old buildings on the west side, forms the present mansion. The banqueting hall, with dais at the end, is a noble room. The original hall, dating from 1346, is embodied in those parts of the building now used as the kitchen and adjacent offices. In 1450 the founder petitioned Pope Clement V for licence to build a chapel within his castle, and that he might have a chaplain to baptize children and administer the sacraments. He stated that he and his wife, with their family and household, spent much of their time on the manor, and they could not, without danger, get to the parish church in winter, for the road, which led through a wood for upwards of a league [The medieval league was about a mile and a half], was often much flooded." The rest of the day's doings, and the return to Leicester, can very well be told, from the point she had reached before the above abstract was inserted, by the lady who kindly took notes for us: — "The party were very courteously received at Maxstoke castle by the owner and his wife, Mr. and Mrs.B. A. Fetherstone-Dilkes, who showed them all that there was to be seen, explaining things as they went along in a most agreeable and friendly way. The house, which is delightfully situated in wooded country and has an air of tranquil remoteness, has seen numerous vicissitudes, and once had a cannon-ball shot at it. The building, which follows the original fourteenth-century plan, surrounds a court­ yard, which, in its turn, is surrounded by a moat. In one of the rooms is a graceful canopied Elizabethan bedstead (one of the few of its period that the great queen is not alleged to have slept in) that was once the property of Amy Robsart, the heroine of Scott's Kenil-worth, who married Robert Dudley, afterwards earl of Leicester, in 1550. The visitors were most impressed, however, by the gate-house, with its original door and fine eighteenth- century wrought-iron gates. The water-lilies and the ducks, which gave a homely touch to the scene, also received their due meed of attention. Mr. George Green proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Fetherstone-Dilkes for all their kindness. This was carried with acclamation and appropriately acknowledged. The members and friends then returned to Kenilworth, where they had tea in Lord Leicester's Barn. After sauntering for a XX. LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY time in the beautiful portion of the park adjacent to the Barn and the Gatehouse, the party set out for Leicester by way of Warwick, Whitnash, Leamington, Stoneleigh Park, Bubbenhall, Rugby and L/utterworth. Leicester was reached shortly after eight o'clock. Forty-one persons joined in this most enjoyable and instructive tour, and all were grateful to those who had organised it and done their part towards making it memorable." The second excursion was fixed for the 31st of July, when, at two o'clock in the afternoon, about fifty members and friends set out for Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Those who had travelled from Leicester in the motor-coach chartered by the Society arrived at Ashby about three, and were met at the castle by those who had made the journey in their own cars. The weather was unsettled, and some rain fell during the afternoon; but this was not enough to damp seriously either the garments or the spirits of anybody. Mr. Anthony Herbert, having fixed himself in a suitable angle of the masonry, delivered in a very clear voice a short address upon the history and architecture of the castle, which he was able to illustrate on the spot by directing attention to the features of the building it was his business to describe. Much of what .he said is embodied in his paper contributed to the forthcoming part of Transactions. After tea, at the Queen's Hotel, the Bi-monthly Meeting was held, Mr. Keith Thomson occupying the chair. When the business of this had been transacted, an adjournment was made to the church of St. Helen, which was ably described by Mr. Albert Herbert, who did the plans for Professor Hamilton Thompson's architectural notes in the paper on Ashby-de-la- Zouch which appeared in the 1927 part of the Society's Transactions. When Mr. Herbert had completed his exposition of the building, the vicar of Ashby very kindly displayed the church plate and vestments, which are unusually fine. One of the chalices, made in the reign of Edward VI, marks an epoch in the English church; another, a fine angel cup (i.e. a cup decorated with the heads and wings of cherubs), had been made large enough to meet the displays of devotion called forth by the Test Act. It was most heartening to note that some of the embroidered linen, the work of a lady still living in Ashby, will bear comparison with the work of those medieval Englishwomen whose skill was renowned throughout Christendom. The two Messrs. Herbert and the vicar were thanked for all the pleasure REPORT XXt. and inspiration thep had diffused among the company, who reluctantly left Ashby at about half-past-six.

Miscellaneous Items At the Annual (March) Meeting, Mr. S. H. Skillington was elected Honorary Secretary of the Society, in succession to the late Major W. J. Freer. A resolution was passed that all invest­ ments of money belonging to the Society should in future be made in the names of Lieutenant-Colonel R. E. Martin, Mr. Albert Herbert and Mr. S. H. Skillington. Mr. Charles Squire and Mr. Ralph Bedingfield were elected to be Trustees of the Archaeo­ logical Research Fund, in place of the late Mr. George Farnham and the late Major Freer. Mr. Hugh G. Goodacre and Mr. Charles Squire were appointed as treasurers of this fund. At the April Committee Meeting, on the proposition of Mr. G. Keith Thomson, seconded by Mr. Hugh Goodacre, Lieutenant- Colonel Robert Edmund Martin, C.M.G., D.L., was elected Chairman for the year, in succession to the late Mr. George Francis Farnham, M.A., F.S.A. Colonel Martin's first act was to appoint Mr. Hugh Goodacre, who held the office all through Mr. Farnham's time, Vice-Chairman. Dr. N. I. Spriggs was elected to fill the place on the Committee made vacant by the death of Mr. Farnham. On the proposition of Mr. Keith Thomson, seconded by Mr. L. H. Irvine, Lieutenant-Colonel R. E. Martin was elected to take the place of Mr. Farnham as Chairman of the Library, Lectures and Publications sub­ committee, of which, on the proposition of Mr. Irvine, seconded by Mr. Albert Herbert, Mr. S. H. Skillington was elected Con­ vener, in succession to Mr. Farnham, who was both Chairman and Convener. Mr. H. J. Francis, Mr. H. Hartopp, Mr. Albert Herbert and Mr. G. Keith Thomson were all re-elected members of this sub-committee, to which Mr. Charles Squire and Miss A. P. Deeley were subsequently co-opted, to represent the Leicester Museum Muniment Room. Mr. Albert Herbert, pro­ posed by Mr. Keith Thomson and seconded by Mr. Skillington, was elected to represent the Society on the municipal Art Advisory Committee, in succession to Mr. Farnham. Miss Winifred Humberstone, on the proposition of Mr. Ralph Bedingfield, seconded by Mr. Irvine, was elected a member of XXI1. LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY the Excursions sub-committee. Dr. Bedford, of Kegworth, was unanimously elected Honorary Local Secretary for the Castle Donington district. Mr. Skillington was instructed, as Honorary Secretary, to write to the executors of the late Mr. George Francis Farnham a letter of thanks for the fine copy of Nichols's Leicestershire, bequeathed to the Society by Mr. Farnham, and duly handed over by Mr. W. B. Frearson, the solicitor associated with them. On the llth of May, Mr. Albert Herbert, F.R.I.B.A., was appointed a Local Secretary by the Society of Antiquaries of London.

Bequest and Gifts His own large-paper copy of Nichols's Leicestershire, in nine volumes, and a legacy of fifty pounds for the Endowment Research Fund were bequeathed to the Society by Mr. George Francis Farnham. (The legacy of fifty pounds is not shown in the accompanying Accounts for 1933, because it had not been received by the Honorary Treasurer at the end of that year.) A book-case, designed by Mr. Albert Herbert to accommodate Mr. Farnham's Nichols and other books, is in course of being made and will be in its place before this Report reaches members. Mrs. Freer, the widow of Major Freer, presented a number of books, for which she was duly thanked. Other gifts, for which the respective donors were thanked, made in the course of the year were: — three typescript volumes of Gilmorton Parish Registers, by Mr. Martin Bloxsom; two books, Charnivood Forest and Rothley Plain. Enclosure and the third volume of a Digest of Laws relating to the Poor in 1807, by Mr. J. E. Tomkinson; and a copy of Camden's Britannia, by Mr. E. J. Williams.

Local Publications The second volume of the Leicester Freemen's Roll and the Apprentice Books, 1770 to 1930, edited by Mr. Henry Hartopp, F.R.Hist.S., was published in August by the Corporation of Leicester. A copy of this was purchased for the Society's library. Mr. Hartopp also wrote a short biography of the late Major Freer, which was issued privately in December.

THE LEICESTERSHIRE RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT RECEIPTS £ s. d. 1932 Dec. 31. To Balance in Hand 198 17 0 1933 Dec. 31. To Subscriptions and Donations ... 288 15 0 „ Sales of Books 2 2 0 „ Interest on £101 5s. 4d. Leicester 3 per cent. Stock less Tax. . . 2 5 6 „ Interest on £250 Os. Od. Leicester 4| per cent. Stock less Tax 8 18 2 ,, Interest on £150 Os. Od. 3j per cent. Conversion Loan 1961 less Tax ... 3 18 10 „ Interest on £298 19s. 7d. 3i per cent. War Loan Gross 8 14 7 ,, Income Tax reclaimed 1932-3 5 0 8 „ Freer & Co., Refund of Collections for Archaeological Survey 4 16 8

£523 8 5

FUNDS ACCOUNT £ s. d. General Reserve Fund (Value £926 Os. Od.) ... 876 5 4

Excursion Secretary's Account ...... 990

Hon. Treasurer's Account ...... 205 19 10

£1091 14 2

ARTHUR W. DEATH, JR., A.C.A. Honorary Treasurer ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY xxv. for the Year ending 31st December, 1933

PAYMENTS 1933 £ s. d. £ s. d. Dec. 31. By SUBSCRIPTIONS : Archaeological Congress ... 1 0 0 British Numismatic Society 1 1 0 Canterbury and York Society 1 1 0 Lincoln Record Society ... 1 1 0 English Place Name Society 0 15 0 British Record Society ... 1 11 6 fi Q fi Purchase of £200 3$ per cent. War Stock ...... 202 6 6 Printing Transactions (part payment) 7 19 0 Printing, Stationery and Typewriting 41 19 0 Honorarium to Assistant Secretary 25 0 0 Rent ...... 11 2 6 Postages and Sundry Expenses ... 9 10 11 Lecturers' Expenses and Lantern ... 236 Fire Insurance ...... 1 11 6 Books purchased ...... 3 13 6 Bank Interest and charges ...... 298 Wreath ...... 330 Balance in Hand ...... 205 19 10 N.B.—The Amount of the Balance in hand is due to the ———————— fact that the Cost of printing the Transactions has £523 8 5 not been paid out of the Year's Account and is still _^__^^_ due. December 31, 1933 ___ £ s. d. £101 5s. 4d. Leicester Corporation 3 per cent. Stock (value £97) ... . 101 5 4 £250 Os. Od. Leicester Corporation 4f per cent. Stock, 1945/55 (value £273) . . 246 2 9 £150 Os. Od. 3^ per cent. Conversion Loan 1961 (value £152) 121 4 9 £400 Os. Od. 3i per cent. War Stock (value £404) 407 12 6 Cash at Bank 990 Ditto 205 19 10 £1091 14 2

I have examined the Funds Account dated December 31, 1933, and the Receipts and Payments Account for the year ending December 31, 1933, 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. February 26th, 1934 Honorary Auditor THE LEICESTERSHIRE RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT

£ s. d. 1932 Dec. 31. To Balance at Bank ...... 78 5 5 1933 Dec. 31. „ Interest on £900 Os. Od. 3i per cent. War Loan— Gross ...... 31 10 0 „ Interest on £400 Os. Od. Leicester 4f per cent. Stock—less Tax ... 14 5 0 „ Bank Interest ...... 099 „ Income Tax reclaimed 1932/3 ... 4 15 0

£129 5 2

FUNDS ACCOUNT

£ s. d. 1933 Dec. 31. To present balance (value £1474 5s. 2d.) 144915 7

£1449 15 7

ARTHUR W. DEATH, JR., A.C.A, Trustee and Treasurer ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH FUND for the Year ending 31st December, 1933

£ s. d. 1933 Dec. 31. Balance in hand ...... 129 5 2

£129 5 2

December 31,1933

£ s. d. 1933 Dec. 31. By £900 Os. Od. 3j per cent. War Loan (value £909) ...... 925 9 5 „ £400 Os. Od. Leicester 4f per cent. Stock 1945/55 (value £436) ... 395 1 0 „ Cash at Bank ...... 129 5 2

£1449 15 7

I have examined the Funds Account dated December 31,1933, and the Receipts and Payments Account for the year ending December 31, 1933, 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. H. J. FRANCIS, A.C.A. February 26th, 1934 Honorary Auditor

THE LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

THE 80th ANNUAL REPORT 1934

Your Committee have pleasure in reporting that the year 1934 was in all respects satisfactory, and that the Society continues to prosper. During the twelve months that followed Mr. Farnham's death, the sub-committees were beset by many difficulties. These have now for the most part been overcome, and the Society may be said to be in good going order. This happy state of things is mainly owing to two causes: —the zealous co-operation of the small band of old friends who form the Society's executive, and the wise and sympathetic leadership of Lieutenant-Colonel R. E. Martin, who succeeded Mr. Farnham as Chairman of the Com­ mittee and of the Library, Lectures and Publications sub­ committee. Colonel Martin is so constantly engaged in important public business that he cannot attend the Society's meetings so frequently as Mr. Farnham did; but, whenever his advice or help has been needed, he has more than risen to the occasion. That Colonel Martin was one of Mr. Farnham's oldest and most trusted friends, is an additional reason why the Society should congratulate itself upon his succession to its leadership. The following ladies and gentlemen were elected to member­ ship in the course of the year : — In January :— Miss J. Addison Adcock, Roman Road, Birstall, Leicester Colonel H. T. Belgrave, Kilworth Close, North Kilworth, Rugby Mr. R. J. Brown, Bank House, Shepshed, Loughborough Mr. H. J. Chilton, Grange Cottage, Barrow-on-Soar, Loughborough Mr. W. S. Major, 164 London Road, Leicester XXX. LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

In February:— Mr. W. Lindsay Everard, M.P., Ratcliffe Hall, Leicester Mr. George Ward, Harwell, Hinckley In March :— Mr. Percy Davenport, Chesney, Oak Tree Close, Stanmore, Middlesex In May :— Mr. Harry Knight, 61 Mellor Road, Leicester Mr. A. I/. Tabor, 137 Devana Road, Leicester In November:—Mr. Norman Fawcitt, Bronavon, Thurcaston Road, Rothley, Leicester Mrs. Kenneth McAlpin, 19 Woodland Avenue, Leicester Miss Stafford, 102 New Walk, Leicester At the September Committee Meeting, Mr. Kenneth Holmes, the new Principal of the Leicester College of Art, was elected, ex officio, an honorary member, in the place of Mr. G. S. Ingles, who had retired from the College at the end of the summer term. We regret the loss by death of Mr. G. Lawton Brown, Mr. H. V. Hallam and Mrs. S. Kilbourn, during the year.

Transactions For the reasons explained at the beginning of last year's Report, the second part of volume xvii, which should have been ready for distribution before the end of 1933, was not issued until March, 1934. Its contents are as follows : — i. The Farnham Bequest to the Leicester Museum Muniment Room, by G. Keith Thomson, M.A., M.Litt., with an introduction by S. H. Skillington and two facsimiles of Mr. Farnham's handwriting. ii. George Francis Farnham, a Short Personal Memoir, by Robert Edmund Martin, with three photographic illus­ trations of Quorn House. (The photogravure repro­ duction of the last portrait of Mr. Farnham painted by Mr. J. F. Pettinger, which forms the frontispiece, may be regarded as an illustration both of this memoir and of the preceding paper.) REPORT XXXI.

iii. The Legends, folklore and Dialect of Leicestershire, with an Introduction on, the General History of the County, by Lieut.-Col. R. E. Martin, C.M.G., D.L., Chairman of the Leicestershire County Council, iv. Ashby Castle, by Anthony Herbert, A.R.I.B.A., with a diagram plan, by the author, and a photographic view of Ashby-de-la-Zouch castle, v. Aylestone: The Descent of th-e Manor, by G. Keith Thomson, M.A., M.Litt., with an illustration of St. Andrew's church, Aylestone. The first part of volume xviii of the Society's Transactions was issued to members in November, 1934. This return to punctuality is, we venture to suggest, much to the credit of all concerned. The part contains the following papers : — i. The Coltmans of the Newarke at Leicester, by Florence E. Skillington, with an Editorial Postscript, by S. H. Skillington, a genealogical table (by F. E. S.), and several photographic illustrations. ii. The Roman Sites of South-West Leicestershire, by Arthur J. Picfcering, F.G.S., with many photographic illus­ trations, plans and diagrams. iii. Ulverscroft Priory, by William Keay, F.R.I.B.A., and Margaret E. Keay, with two photographic illustrations, two plans, and a conjectural drawing of the medieval priory and its surroundings. iv. Medieval Deeds Relating to Ashby Par-va, by Hugh Good- acre, with a photographic illustration of Ashby church. v. Aylestone : The Descent of the Manor, Erratum and Adden­ dum, by G. Keith Thomson, M.A., M.Litt. vi. The Church of St. Peter, Horninghold, by Albert Herbert, F.R.I.B.A., with an annotated plan, by the author, and three photographic illustrations. These two parts represent a great deal of skilful and per­ severing work, cheerfully undertaken and carried through by busy people, and the Society is much indebted to the various contributors. It is to be hoped that other competent ladies will follow the example set them by Mrs. Keay and Mrs. Skillington. XXX11. LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Lectures The following lectures were delivered at the Church House, Leicester, in the course of the year: — 29th January :—Ulverscroft Priory, by Mr. William Keay, F.R.I.B.A. 7th November : —Design in Silver and other Metalwork, by Mr. J. S. Reeve, of the Leicester College of Art. Mr. Keay's address, which was illustrated by lantern- slides and two decorated plans, was based upon the direct know­ ledge he had gained during the patient work of preservation he had been engaged upon at Ulverscroft, at the instance of the public-spirited owner, Mr. W. Lindsay Everard, of Ratcliffe Hall, The lecture was much enjoyed, and several coloured drawings, by Mrs. Keay, of old tiles that had been found upon the site, evoked the interest and admiration of all the members and their friends who were present. Mr. J. S. Reeve, who had lectured to the Society on a previous occasion, gave a delightfully informal talk, illustrated by many fine slides, upon the development of the art of which he is himself a learned student and a most accom­ plished practitioner. The clever and sanely original work of Mr. Reeve is well known to many of our members, and it is always a pleasure to hear him discourse, in his modest and practical way, upon any aspect of the fascinating and historical craft that he has mastered so thoroughly. Canon S. T. Winckley took the chair at the January meeting; the Hon. Mrs. R. E. Martin presided over the one held on the 7th of November.

Excursions Two most satisfactory half-day outings were planned and carried through by Mr. Ralph Bedingfield and his resourceful colleagues of the Excursions Committee. These were arranged to syn­ chronise with the Bi-monthly Meetings fixed for the last Monday in May and the last Monday in July, respectively. At a quarter to three on the afternoon of the 28th of May, about sixty-five members and friends of the Society met at Newnham Paddox, to which more than half of them had travelled in their own cars, the rest having come in a motor REPORT XXX111.

chartered by the subcommittee. The party were made free of the house and grounds by the courtesy of Lord Feilding, whose representative, Mr. Martin, received them very kindly and pointed out to them the chief objects of interest. These included the principal rooms on the ground-floor of the mansion, and the ball-room and queen Adelaide's bedroom upstairs. The first thing to be specially noticed was an apartment decorated with hand-painted Chinese wall-paper; the second, a large oak refec­ tory table, possibly of the sixteenth century; and the third, a number of relics of queen Elizabeth. The company came away with an impression of spacious rooms, beautiful china and fine pictures. Of the many objects seen and admired, some will remember one and some another; but the ones we think least likely to be forgotten are a warm-toned portrait by Reynolds of a lady and a little girl, a large Opie in the dining-room, a portrait by Vandyck in the ball-room, and some delicate early water- colours in queen Adelaide's bedchamber. Before leaving the house, a member of the party thanked Mr. Martin for his kind attentions, and asked him to convey to Lord Feilding their appre­ ciation of the privileges accorded them. The next place to be visited was High Cross, or Venonae, where, in the dining-room of Mr. Lees, Mr. A. J. Pickering described the various Roman remains found in the neighbourhood, and pointed out the original Fosse Way to Ratae (Leicester), which is now a bridle-road a few hundred yards to the west of the present main road to Leicester. Mr. Pickering said that his own researches, though not exhaustive, tended to confirm the late Professor Haverfield's view that Venonae was never an im­ portant Roman settlement, but was much more probably a posting station for Roman-British travellers. Mr. Pickering's remarks were listened to with the respect they deserved, and it was generally felt that Mr. Lees had been very kind to allow his house to be invaded to facilitate the exposition. At Ullesthorpe Court, the last stage in the afternoon's jour­ ney, Mr. Hugh Goodacre gave the travellers a hearty welcome, and invited them to sit down to the very acceptable tea that Mrs. Goodacre had provided for their refreshment. While the majority were still enjoying the good things set before them, a quorum of the more industrious members retired to a quiet room, where, with their host as chairman, they transacted the business XXXIV. LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

of the Bi-monthly Meeting. In the hour before their departure, the guests inspected the rare objects exhibited in the private museum, and strolled through the gardens, which had been skilfully laid out with most pleasing effect. At the end of the proceedings, Canon Winckley, in his usual felicitous manner, thanked Mr. and Mrs. Goodacre for their hospitality, and expressed the gratitude of the party to all those who had contributed to the success of the afternoon's tour, which had been sufficiently instructive and extremely enjoyable. The second excursion, in which about eighty members and friends joined, was to Dingley Hall, Brampton Ash church and Deene Park. It was taken in the afternoon of the 30th of July, which turned out to be warm and very clear, so that the open Northamptonshire country was seen to great advantage. The first halting-place was Dingley Hall, the home of L/ord Beatty, who had kindly given permission for the house and its very beautiful grounds to be thoroughly explored. The archi­ tectural development and the special characteristics of the building were explained by Mr. J. A. Gotch, M.A., F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A., the eminent authority on English Renaissance architecture, who probably knows more about the mansions of Northamptonshire than any other person. He said that the earlier and more interesting part of Dingley Hall was built between 1558 and 1560 by a law-officer of the Crown. The house was erected about a court-yard, and the parts of it that remain show plainly what masons trained in the Gothic tradition were able to make of the new Italian style of mouldings. He pointed out that another typical feature of this sixteenth-century structure is to be noted in the incised L/atin inscriptions in the mouldings. In the eighteenth century, the Hall was con­ siderably altered and enlarged, and the rooms then constructed have the grace and Tightness of proportion that is the main characteristic of the period. The ladies of the party were charmed with a collection of old samplers in the little room that adjoins the cloistral arcade; the men appeared to be more interested in the numerous drawings of sailing-ships and naval engagements. At Brampton Ash, about a mile beyond Dingley, Mr. Albert Herbert gave a clear and concise account of the church, which stands up well above the road. The oldest part of the existing structure, he said, was the chancel, which was built REPORT XXXV. about 1240. Afte% that came the tower, erected in 1410; and, later still, the arcades and aisle walls, which date from about 1480. At this period, all the windows of the chancel except one on the north side, which remains a thirteenth-century lancet, were enlarged. Mr. Herbert drew special attention to the tracery of the east window, the curious grotesques that embellish the church's exterior, the internal niches in the east wall of the chancel, and two fine monumental brasses before the altar. Mr. Herbert loves old village churches, and his exposition of this one was full of sympathetic understanding. The party then drove on to the Sea Horse Inn at Deene, where tea was taken, and the Bi-monthly Meeting, with Mr. Keith Thomson in the chair, was held. Then followed the last item in the half-day's programme, the visit, by kind permission of Mr. G. Brudenell, to Deene Park. By half-past five, the members and friends had all assembled in the hall, to hear Mr. Gotch's account of the mansion. The building of this, he said, was begun in 1550 by Edmund Brudenell and Agnes Bussey his wife, and was completed, in the usual court-yard style, by their grand­ son. Mr. Gotch told, incidentally, how he had once spent many hours in searching for a traditional secret chamber, but had discovered nothing more romantic that some old chimney-flues and a cesspool. Considerable additions were made to the house in the nineteenth century. The most interesting part, however, continues to be the sixteenth-century building, which is rich in contemporary glass, fireplaces and panelling. A vote of thanks to Mr. Gotch for his illuminating addresses was moved by Mr. Albert Herbert, seconded by Mr. Ralph Bedingfield, and carried with acclamation. After going over the house and inspecting the adjacent church, the members and friends took to their motors, and in happy mood wended their several homeward ways.

Miscellaneous Items The Annual Meeting, at which Lieutenant-Colonel R. E. Martin presided, was held at the Church House, Leicester, on the 26th of March. When the preliminary business had been done, Colonel Martin, after expounding its contents, and dwelling at some length on the memoir of the late Mr. Farnham that appeared XXXVI. LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY in it, proposed the adoption of the Annual Report for 1933. This was seconded by Mr. Hugh Goodacre and unanimously carried. The Honorary Treasurer's Accounts were then adopted, on the proposition of Colonel Martin, who moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Death, which was carried unanimously. On the proposition of Colonel Martin, seconded by Mr. S. H. Skillington, the Patron, President and Vice-Presidents were re-elected, and, at the same time, Lord Hanworth, P.C., Master of the Rolls, and the following members were elected as additional Vice-Presidents of the Society:—Mrs. Farnham, of Quorn House; Mr. W. Lindsay Everard, M.P.; Mr. Hugh Goodacre; Mr. C. B. Marriott, K.C.; and Professor A. Hamilton Thompson, M.A., D.Litt., F.B.A., F.S.A. On the proposition of Colonel Martin, seconded by Canon Winckley, the following members were elected to the Committee : —Mr. Walter Brand, Mr. Anthony Herbert, and the Rev. W. A. King. At the Committee Meeting held on the 26th of February, Mr. Albert Herbert expressed a wish to present to the Society the book-case he had designed to contain Mr. Farnham's copy of Nichols's Leicestershire (bequeathed to the Society by Mr. Farnham) and other important books. Mr. Goodacre, who was in the chair, proposed a hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Herbert for his generosity. This was duly seconded, and unanimously carried with applause. At the Committee Meeting held on the 30th of April, Mr. Charles Squire was nominated to represent the Society upon the Council of the Leicester Civic Society. At the Committee Meeting held on the 25th of June, the Honorary Secretary reported that Mr. Hartopp had written to him that he wished to give six months' notice to terminate his office of Assistant Secretary at the end of the year, when he also intended to resign his membership of the Society. On the proposition of Mr. Leavesley, seconded by Mr. Albert Herbert, it was unanimously resolved that the six months' notice should be accepted with regret, and that, as a mark of friendship and in recognition of the good work he had done, Mr. Hartopp should be elected an honorary member of the Society. At the Committee Meeting held on the 24th of September, Mr. Hartopp appeared in person and expressed his appreciation of the good feeling and sense of old acquaintance that had REPORT XXXV11. prompted them to m%ke him an honorary member of the Society. In the course of his remarks, he said that he had been a member for forty-three years, during which time he had been associated with many notable supporters of the Society, and that it was only because of his continued ill-health that he had felt obliged to resign his office. On the proposition of Canon Winckley, seconded by Mr. Irvine, the sum of ten pounds was voted towards the repair of Horninghold church, which had fallen into a sad state of structural insecurity. At the Committee Meeting held on the 26th of November, on the proposition of Mr. Skillington (who in this matter repre­ sented the Library, Lectures and Publications sub-committee), seconded by Canon Winckley, Mr. Anthony Herbert, A.R.I.B.A., was with cordial unanimity elected joint-Honorary Secretary, to work with Mr. Skillington. On the proposition of Mr. Skillington, seconded by Mr. Albert Herbert, the above-mentioned sub-committee was empowered to offer the Assistant Secretaryship, at a remuneration of twenty-five pounds a year, to Miss Joyce Binns, in succession to Mr. Henry Hartopp, whose term of office was to expire at the end of the year. (Miss Binns subsequently accepted the offer to take up the appointment for a trial period of six months.) At the close of the meeting, the last of the year, Mr. Goodacre, who was in the chair, con­ gratulated Mr. Hartopp upon his long and useful membership, and expressed the hope that he would be able to attend meetings and to take part in the Society's work for many more years. Though the event does not come within the year under review, the Committee may perhaps allow themselves the pleasure of congratulating Mr. Albert Herbert, who was made a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in January, 1935. THE LEICESTERSHIRE RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT

RECEIPTS £ s. d. 1933 Dec. 31. To Balance in Hand ... 205 19 10 1934 Dec. 31. To Subscriptions and Donations ...... 273 17 0 „ Sales of Books 870 Interest on £101 5s. 4d. Leicester 3 per cent. Stock less Tax ... 263 Interest on £250 Os. Od. Leicester 4f per cent. Stock less Tax ... 912 Interest on £150 Os. Od. 3$ per cent. Conversion Loan 1961 less Tax ... 402 Interest on £400 Os. Od. 3^ per cent. War Loan Gross ...... 14 0 0 Income Tax reclaimed 1933-4 ... 508

£522 12 1

FUNDS ACCOUNT £ s. d. General Reserve Fund (Value £980 Os. Od.) ... 876 5 4 Excursion Secretary's Account ...... 17 19 4 Hon. Treasurer's Account ...... 134 19 2

£1,029 3 10

ARTHUR W. DEATH, JR., A.C.A. Honorary Treasurer ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY XXXIX. for the Year ending 31st December, 1934

PAYMENTS £ s. d. £ s. d. 1934 Dec. 31. By SUBSCRIPTIONS : Archaeological Congress ... 1 0 0 British Numismatic Society 110 Canterbury and York Society 110 Lincoln Record Society ... 1 1 0 English Place Name Society 0 15 0 British Record Society ... 1 .11 6 Horninghold Church Restoration Fund ... 10 0 0 1C O C Printing Transactions (2 years) 305 19 0 Printing, Stationery and Typewriting 13 7 3 Honorarium to Assistant Secretary . . . 25 0 0 Rent 11 2 6 Postages and Sundry Expenses 5 12 7 Lecturers' Expenses and Lantern ... 3 15 0 Fire Insurance 1 17 6 Books purchased 220 Bank Interest and charges ... 277 Balance in Hand 134 19 2 IB522 12 1

December 31, 1934 £ s. d. £101 5s. 4d. Leicester Corporation 3 per cent. Stock (value £98) ... 101 5 4 £250 Os. Od. Leicester Corporation 4f percent. Stock, 1945/55 (value £282) ... 246 2 9 £150 OS. Od. 3£ per cent. Conversion Loan 1961 (value £166) 121 4 9 £400 Os. Od. 3£ per cent. War Loan (Value £434) 407 12 6 Cash at Bank 17 19 4 Ditto 134 19 2 £1 ,029 3 10 I have examined the Funds Account dated December 31, 1934, and the Receipts and Payments Account for the year ending December 31,1934, 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 xi. THE LEICESTERSHIRE RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT

£ s. d. 1933 Dec. 31. To Balance at Bank ...... 129 5 2 1934 Dec. 81. „ Interest on £900 Os. Od. 3$ per cent. War Loan—Gross ...... 31 10 0 „ Interest on £400 Os. Od. Leicester 4| per cent, less Tax ...... 14 9 9 ,, Legacy—G. F. Farnham, Esq., deceased 50 0 0 „ —Interest ...... 0 16 2 „ Bank Interest ...... 0 15 3 ,, Income Tax reclaimed 1933/4 ... 415 0

£231 11 4

FUNDS ACCOUNT

£ s. d. 1934 Dec. 31. To present balance (value £1,659 lls. 4d.) 1,552 1 9

£1,552 1 9

ARTHUR W. DEATH, JR., A.C.A. Honorary Treasurer ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH FUND for the Year endii^ 31st December, 1934

" " Dec. 31. Balance in hand ...... 231 11 4

£231 11 4

December 31,1934

£ s. d. 1934 Dec. 31. By £900 Os. Od. 3i per cent. War ]>an (value £976) ...... 925 9 5 ,, £400 Os. Od. I/eicester 4| per cent. Stock 1945/55 (value £452) ... 395 1 0 ,, Cash at Bank ...... 231 11 4

£1,552 1 9

I have examined the Funds Account dated December 31, 1934 and the Receipts and Payments Account for the year ending December 31, 1934, 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. H. J. FRANCIS, A.C.A. Honorary Auditor

THE LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1934-35 PATRON His Grace the DUKE OF RUTLAND, F.S.A.

PRESIDENT THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL FERRERS, F.S.A.

VICE-PRESIDENTS The HIGH SHERIFF OF LEICESTERSHIRE The Worshipful the LORD MAYOR OF LEICESTER The Right Honourable the EARL OF DYSART The Right Reverend the LORD BISHOP OF LEICESTER, D.D. The Right Honourable LORD BRAVE SIR ARTHUR GREY HAZLERIGG, BART., Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire Major W. A. BROCKINGTON, O.B.E., M.A. LT. COL. SIR C. F. OLIVER, D.L., T.D. The Ven. the ARCHDEACON OF LEICESTER The Ven. the ARCHDEACON OF LOUGHBOROUGH Lt. Col. R. E. MARTIN, C.M.G., D.L. COMMITTEE Elected March, 1933 The HON. SECRETARIES A. H. LEAVESLEY, Esq. The HON. LOCAL SECRETARIES Lt. Col. R. E. MARTIN, C.M.G., D.L. The HON. TREASURERS (President) J. ALLEN, Esq. Lt. Col. Sir C. F. OLIVER, D.L. R. W. BEDINGFIELD, Esq., A.R.I.B.A. W. H. RIPPIN, Esq. WALTER BRAND, Esq. S. RUSSELL, Esq. Rev. Canon J. CASSON, M.A. S. H. SKILLINGTON, Esq. Mrs. Percy GEE Dr. N. I. SpRlGGS, M.D., F.R.C.S. H. HARTOPP, Esq., F.R.Hist. S. Aid. C. SQUIRE A. HERBERT, Esq., F.R.I.B.A., F.S.A. G. Keith THOMSON, Esq., M.A., ANTHONY HERBERT, Esq., A.R.I.B.A. M.Litt. Miss W. HUMBERSTONE Rev. Canon S. T. WINCKLEY, M.A., L. H. IRVINE, Esq. F.S.A. W. KEAY, Esq., M.Inst. C.E. Miss Ethel J. WINDLEY, B.A. Rev. W. A. KING SUB-COMMITTEES (1) Library, Lectures and Publications H. J. FRANCIS, Esq., A.C.A. S. H. SKILLINGTON, Esq. H. HARTOPP, Esq., F.R.Hist. S. G. Keith THOMSON, Esq., M.A., A. HERBERT, Esq., F.R.I.B.A., F.S.A. M.Litt. Lt. Col. R. E. MARTIN, C.M.G., D.L. (2) Excursion R. W. BEDINGFIELD, Esq. (Hon. Sec.) S. RUSSELL, Esq. W. BRAND, Esq. Miss W. HUMBERSTONE xllV. LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

HON. LOCAL SECRETARIES Ashby-le-la-Zouch District Loughborough District Leonard FOSBROOKE, Esq., Wilfred Moss, Esq., C.B.E., Ravenstone Hall, Leicester Nanpantan, Longhborough Castle Donington District Lutterworth District Dr. D. J. BEDFORD, Hugh George GOODACRE, Esq., J.P., Kegworth, Derby Ullesthorpe Court, Rugby Hinckley District Market Harborough District H. J. FRANCIS, Esq., Capt. C. R. KNIGHTON, St. Martin's East, Leicester Market Harborongh

Melton Mowbray District Rev. W. R. FINCH, Asfordby Rectory, Melton Mowbray

HON. SECRETARIES S. H. SKHXINGTON, Esq., 20 Victoria Park Road, Leicester ANTHONY HERBERT, Esq., A.R.I.B.A., 18 Friar Lane, Leicester

ASSISTANT SECRETARY AND LIBRARIAN Miss J. BINNS, 34 Humberstone Road, Leicester HON. TREASURERS A. W. DEATH, Junr., Esq., A.C.A., 14 Millstone Lane, Leicester S. PARKINSON, Esq., A.C.A., 14 Millstone Lane, Leicester

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

TRUSTEES OF THE LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH FUND A. W. DEATH, Junr., Esq. (Treasurer) Rev. Canon S. T. WINCKI.EY, M.A., Hugh George GOODACRE, Esq., J.P. F.S.A. Treasurer Charles SQUIRE, Esq. (Treasurer) Albert H. LEAVESLEY, Esq. Ralph W. BEDINGFIELD, A.R.I.B.A.

TRUSTEES OF THE LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Albert HERBERT, Esq., F.R.I.B.A., Lt. Col. R. E. MARTIN, C.M.G., D.L. F.S.A. S. H. SKELLINGTON, Esq.

HONORARY MEMBERS Rev. W. G. Dimock FI.ETCHER, M.A., A. Hamilton THOMPSON, Esq., M.A., F.S.A., Oxon Vicarage, Bicton D. Litt., F.B.A., F.S.A., Beck Heath, Shrewsbury Cottage, Adel, Leeds J. A. Gotch, Esq.,'F.S.A., Kettering H. Hartopp, Esq., F.R.Hist., S., 81 Barclay Street, Leicester LIST OF MEMBERS xlv. SUBSCRIBING MEMBERS, 31st OCTOBER, 1935. Adcock, Miss, Roman Road, Birstall, Bramall, Mrs. E. E., Allandale, Leicester Stoughton Road, Leicester Alien, Joseph, Esq., 187 Hinckley Brand, W., Esq., A.R.I.B.A., 170 Road, Leicester Upper New Walk, Leicester Ashwell, F. A. EHis, Esq., 37 Pem­ Brockington, Major, W. A., O.B.E., broke Square, W. 8 M.A., Grey Friars, Leicester Austin, W., Esq., The Pines, Elms Brown, Robert J., Esq., Bank House, Road, Leicester Shepshed, Loughborough Aspinall, Percy Lynn, Elmcroft, Burns-Hartopp, Lt. Col. J., D.L., Knighton Rise, Oadby J.P., Burton Lazars, Melton Mowbray Burton, H. H., Esq., Stone House, Backus, Edgar, Esq., 46 Cank Street, Market Harborough Leicester Bailey, C. F., Esq., 20 Highcross Cable, George, Esq., 22 Princess Rd., Street, Leicester Leicester Bankart, James Hunt, Esq., Clovelly, Carryer, Mrs. C. B., Sandown, Ash- 10 Morland Avenue, Leicester field Road, Leicester Barlow, Evan, Esq., Hambleden, Casson, Rev. Canon J., M.A., R.D., Knighton Road, Leicester Croft Rectory, Leicester Barnley, Dr. A. N., Wigston Magna, Catlow, Norman S., Esq., Leicester Kingsthorpe, Westminster Road, Beardsley, W. Bent, Esq., New Quorn Leicester House, Loughborough Catto, Mrs. K., The Old Rectory, Beardsley, Mrs., New Quorn House, Narborongh, Leicester Quorn, Longhborongh Chapman, J., Jun., Esq., Yew Lodge, Bedford, Dr. D. J., Kegworth, Derby Chapel Lane, Knighton, Leicester (Hon. Local Secretary) Charles, Wm. F., Esq., The Nook, Bedingfield, R. W., Esq., A.R.I.B.A. Loughborough 9 The Crescent, Leicester Chicago University Library, Chicago, Bedingfield, W. K., Esq., F.R.I.B.A., U.S.A. Museum Square, Leicester Chilton, H.J.,Esq., Grange Cottage, Belgrave, Miss V., North Kilworth, Barrow-on-Soar Rugby Clarke, A. Bernard, Esq., 12 Tempest Belgrave, Col. H., Netherhall Road, Birstall, Leicester Cottage, North Kilworth, Rugby Cleveland Public Library, 325 Bell, Lemuel, Esq., Guildhall Lane, Superior Avenue, N.E. Cleve­ Leicester land, Ohio, U.S.A. Bennett, J. Q., Esq., Broad Street, Clifford, R. S., Jun., Esq., Lough- System, Leicester ' borough Bennion, Claud, Esq., Thuraby Coleman, W., Esq., The Lindens, Lodge, Leicester Stoughton Road, Oadby, Berridge, Miss Mi M., 130 New Walk Leicester Leicester Constable, D- D., Esq., 11 West Bigg, C. S., Esq., B.A., Friar Lane, Street, Leicester Leicester Corah, J. H., Esq., St. Margaret's Billings, W. K., Esq., 32 St. James's Works, Leicester Road, Leicester Corah, J. Reginald, Esq., The Cleeve, Birmingham Public Libraries (Refer­ Knighton Grange Rd., Leicester ence Department) per H. M. Curtis, W. F., Esq., Halifax Buildings, Cashmore, Esq. Granby Street, Leicester Black, J. W., Esq., J.P., Manor Croft, Ratcliffe Road, Leicester Daniels, S. K., Esq., Millstone Lane, Blunt, J. W., Esq., M.A., Port Hill, Leicester Blaby, Leicester Davenport, Percy, Esq., Chesney, Bowman, H. C., Esq., The Spinneys, Oak Tree Close, Stanmore Manor Road, Leicester Davis, J. H., Esq., Deceased, 16 St. Bradley, Dr. G. F., Lutterworth Alban's Road, Leicester xlvi. LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Deane, H. J., Esq., Highfield, Ashby Francis, H. J., Esq., The Bosphorus, Road, Longhborough Stoneygate Road, Leicester Death, A. W., Jnnr., Esq., A.C.A. (Hon. Local Secretary) (Joint Hon. Treasurer), 14 Mill­ Frears, J. R., Esq., J.P., Hills- stone Lane, Leicester borough, Westcotes Drive, Deeley, Miss A. P., The Museum, Leicester New Walk, Leicester Freer, Edward, Esq., 10 New Street, Devereux, Rev. Canon, Kegworth Leicester Rectory, Derby Freer, William, Esq., Wellington Driver, Jas. F., Esq., M.I.E.E., Street, Leicester Technical College, Loughborough Dysart, The Rt. Hon. The Earl of, Buckminster Park, Grantham Galloway, J. B., Esq., Brown Hill, Rothley, Leicester Gardner, C. G., Esq., Eacott, Mrs., The Rectory, Kibworth Grange Cottage, Lindley, near Edge, Sir William, Kt., M.P., Ribble Nuneaton Cottage, Lytham, Lanes. Gee, C. H., Esq., 3 St. Martin's, Elliott, Mrs. C. A. B., The Orchards, Leicester Oadby, Leicester Gee, Capt. G. C. G., Upland, Rothley. Ellis, Bernard, Esq., Church Leys, Leicester Rearsby, Leicester Gee, H. Percy, Esq., Birnam House, Ellis,G. E.,Esq.,J.P., Peckleton Rise, Ratcliffe Road, Leicester Leicester Forest West, Desford, Gee, Mrs. H. Percy, Birnam House, Leicester Ratcliffe Road, Leicester Ellis, Kenneth Pearce, Esq., Wood- Gimson, Harcy H., Esq., Daneway, close, Qnorn, Longhborough Swithland Lane, Rothley, Ellis, Mrs. Catherine M., Woodclose, Leicester Quorn, Loughborough Gimson, J. R., Esq., 90 Sparkenhoe Ellwood, G. B., Esq., 4 Tichborne Street, Leicester Street, Leicester Gimson. Sydney A., Esq., 20 Glebe Everard, Bernard, Esq., B.A., Bardon Street, Leicester House, Bardon Hill, Leicester Goadby, Miss Flora S., 45 Spring­ Everard, Mrs. Bernard, Bardon field Road, Leicester House, Bardon Hill, Leicester Goddard, Major H. L-, F.R.I.B.A., Everard, Lindsay M., Esq., Ratcliffe Newton Harconrt, Leicester Hall, Leicester Goodacre, Hugh G., Esq., J.P., Ullesthorpe Court, Nr. Rugby Farnham, Mrs. C. M. A. G., (Hon. Local Secretary) Quorn House, Quorn, Goodacre, J. F. J., Esq., F.S.I., Loughborough 19 Park Street, Worksop, Notts. Faucett, Norman, Bronavon, Goodman, Rev. W. Edgar, M.A., Thurcaston Road, Rothley The Rectory, Fenny Drayton, Feaks, Chas. E., Esq., 44 Stretton Nnneaton Road, Leicester Gordon, George, 53 Lancashire St., Ferrers, The Rt. Hon. the Earl, M.A., Melton Road, Leicester F.S.A. (President), Staunton Coward, Col. Sharman, D.I/., V.D., Harold, Ashby-de-la-Zouch Market Harborough Finch, Rev. W. R., Gt. Doddington, Graham, J. R., Esq., 16 Barrington Northants (Hon. Local Secretary) Road, Leicester Fisher, Miss Edith M., Foremark, Green, G. E., Esq., B.A., Farndon, Glenfield Road Extension, Toller Road, Leicester Leicester Grnndy, P. H.. Esq., 1 Museum Fisher, Herbert Douglas, Esq., 29 Square, Leicester Denmark Villas, Hove, Sussex Ford, T. H., Esq., The Gables, Salis­ bury Road, Leicester Hacking, T., Esq., 8 St. Martin's, Fosbrooke, Leonard, Esq., Raven- Leicester stone Hall, Nr. Leicester Hall, Mrs. E. L., 29 Gotham Street, (How. Local Secretary) Leicester LIST OF MEMBERS xlvii. Hall, W. T., Esq., M.B.E., 7 Longley Humberstone, Miss W., Devana, Road, Harrow-on-tbe-Hill, • The Oval, New Walk, Leicester Middlesex Hunt, G. Harold, Esq., White Hanford, Albert W., Esq., The Chimney, Cheveney Road, Ridgeway, Rothley, Leicester Quorn, Loughborough Harrison, J. L., Esq., 40 Queen's Hurrell The Yen. Archdeacon, W. P., Road, Leicester M.A., St. Helier, Knighton Rise, Harrison, J. Stockdale, Esq., Leicester A.R.I.B.A., St. Martin's East, Hurst, Major C. C., 50 Knighton Leicester Drive, Leicester Harrison, Shirley, Esq., A.R.I.B.A., St. Martin's East, Leicester Inglesant, Harold E., Esq., Moss Hassell, Mrs. A. O., c/oMrs. Jalland, Deeping, Carisbrooke Road, 3 Westleigh Road, Leicester Leicester Haswell, G. F., Esq., High Street, Ironside, A. A., Esq., Bowling Green Lutterworth Street, Leicester Hawkins, H. W., Esq., 51 Battenburg Irvine, Capt. L. H., County Club, Road, Leicester Leicester Hazlerigg, Sir Arthur Grey, Bart., Ison, Rev. A. J., B.A., Hoton, Noseley Hall, Leicester Loughborongh (Vice-President) Henderson, R. A., Esq., Inaway, Bushby, Leicester Jarrom, F. D., Esq., 28 Ashleigh Rd., Henry, Dr. J. R., M.B., B.Ch., Leicester Markyate House, Narborough, Jarvis, W. B., Esq., Treroose, Leicester Manor Road, Leicester Henry E. Huntingdon Library and Jellis, T. Montagu, Stamford House, Art Gallery, San Marino, Syston California, U.S.A. Jones, C. W., Esq., Crafers, Hepworth, Wm. Simpson, Esq., Beechfield Avenue, Birstall, Fearon House, Park Road, Leicester Longhborongh Herbert, Mrs. Albert, Swithland Keay, Wm., Esq., M.Inst. C.E., Lane, Rothleiv, Leicester 6 Millstone Lane, Leicester Herbert, H. Davis, Esq., Taylor's Keeby, Miss, 8 Stoneygate Road, Green, Leicester Road, Oadby Leicester Herbert, Mrs. S., Ill Princess Kendall, G. E., Esq., O.B.E., Road, Leicester F.R.I.B.A., 2 Milbourne Lane, Herbert, Albert, Esq., F.R.I.B.A., Esher, Surrey Friar Lane, Leicester King, Rev. W. A., Garats Hay, Herbert, Anthony, Esq., A.R.I.B.A., Loughborough Friar Lane, Leicester Kingdom, Thomas, Esq., M.A., Herbert, Sydney, F., Esq., Millstone Wyggeston Boys' School, Lane, Leicester Leicester Hibbert, Rev. H. V., Enderby Knight, Harry, 61 Mellor Road, Vicarage, Leicester Leicester Hind, A. H., Esq., F.R.I.B.A., Grey Knighton, Capt. C. R., The Retreat, Friars, Leicester Market Harborough Hobill, Miss L. M., The Nook, (Hon. Local Secretary) Honcote, Leicester Hodgkinson, Major T. C., The Lead, W. H., Esq., 30 Silver Street, Grove, Kirby Fields, Leicester Leicester Holt, R. Es_q., Alliance Chambers, Leavesley, A. H., Esq., Ratcliffe Horsefair Street, Leicester Lodge, Ratcliffe Road, Leicester Hoskins, W. G., M.Sc., Sandy Rise, Leavesley, Mrs. A. H., Ratcliffe Oadby, Leicester Lodge, Ratcliffe Road. Leicester Houston, K. E., Esq., St. Bernards, Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, Rothley, Leicester per E. E. Lowe, Esq., Director Houston, Mrs., St. Bernards, Leicester Society of Architects, per Rothley, Leicester G. A. Cope, Esq. xlviii. LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Leicester, The Right Rev. the Lord Noel, Mrs. H., Blaby Hill, Leicester Bishop of, D.D., The Bishop's Nott, George, Esq., F.R.I.B.A., House, Leicester 5 Museum Square, Leicester (Vice-President) LUley, Dr. E. Lewis, M.B., F.R.C.S., Oliver, Lt. Col. Sir C. F., D.L., T.D., New Walk, Leicester Hughenden, Knighton Park Rd., Lincolnshire Architectural and Arch­ Leicester aeological Society, per the Rev. (Vice-Prestdent) Canon C. W. Foster, Timberland Oliver, Lady, Hughenden, Vicarage, Lincoln Knighton Park Road, Leicester Oliver, G. C., Esq., J.P., Ashfield, Macleod. Dr. A. L., M.A., 121 London Angmering-on-Sea, Sussex Road, Leicester Oliver, Miss Mand, 162 London Road, MacNaughton, Mrs., 69 Evington Road, Leicester Leicester Macnutt, F. B., The Very Rev., M.A., Oram, Arthur, Esq., The Spinneys, Cathedral Vicarage, Stoneygate, Ratcliffe Road, Leicester Leicester (Vice-President) Packe, Col. E. C., Gt. Glen Hall, Markham, Chas. George, Esq., 23 Leicester Lincoln Street, Leicester Paget, Mrs. A. H., 1 West Walk, Marriott, C. B., Esq., K.C., Leicester 25 Berkeley Square, Palmer, S. T., Esq., 8 Halford Street, London, W.I Leicester Martin, Lt. Col. R. E.. C.M.G., D.L., Parkinson, S. Esq., 66 Upperton The Brand, Loughborough Road, Leicester (Vice-President) Parr, A. A., Esq., Aylestone House, Martin, The Hon. Mrs. R. E., The Aylestone, Leicester Brand, Loughborongh Parsons, I. Hardy, Esq., Kibworth, Martin, Mrs., The Holt, Woodhonse, Leicester Loughborough Parsons, John, Esq., Friar Lane, Martin, Mrs. Charles, Kinchley Leicester House, Rothley, Leicester Partington, Miss A. C., The Fosse, McAlpin, Mrs., Kenneth, 19 Wood­ Syston, Leicester land Avenue, Leicester Patey, Mrs. E. E., Sonthernhay McMillan, Mrs. A. M., The Lodge, Road, Leicester Bitteswell, Nr. Rugby Payne, Rev. Canon F. R. C., M.A., Miles, C. R., Esq., Friar Lane, O.B.E., Market Bosworth, Leicester Nuneaton Minnesota University Library, Peach, H. H., Esq., Crowbank, Old Minneapolis, Minn., U.S.A. Knighton, Leicester Morcom, J. H., Esq., The Newarke, Pegg, S. J., Esq., Hill Crest, Letch- Leicester worth Road, Leicester Morley, T. A., Esq., Belgrave Hall, Pegge, P. W., Esq., The Orchard, Leicester Well Green, Lewes, Sussex Morley, Frederick H., 154 New Walk, Phillips, Mrs. E. V., Kibworth Beau- Leicester champ, Leicester Morris, Ernest, Esq., F.R.Hist.S., Pick, Capt. A. B., Greendale, 24 Coventry Street, Leicester Leicester Forest East Moss, Wilfred, Esq., C.B.E., The Pick, W. H., Esq., Hoby, Leicester Knoll, Nanpantan, Loughborough Pick, S. J., Esq., Overdale, Letch- (Hon. Local Secretary) worth Road, Leicester Munton, Mrs. G. E., Woodborough, Pickard, J. G., Esq., Aigburth, Manor Tilton-on-the-Hill, Leicester Road, Leicester Pickering, A. J., Esq., F.G.S., Abbey New England Historic and Genea­ Craig, Hinckley logical Society, 9 Ashburton Pochin, H. Stanley, Esq., J.P., Place, Boston, Mass., U.S.A. Deceased, Croft House, Croft, New York Public Library, U.S.A. Leicester Newberfy (The) Library, Chicago, Pochin, Herbert, Esq., Granby Street, U.S.A. Leicester LIST OF MEMBERS xlix. Pochin, Mrs. G. E-, Three Ways, Shorthose-Smith, A. T., Esq., Ashfield Road, Leicester Ronndhill Lodge, Syston, Pochin, Victor, Esq., Barkby Hall, Leicester Leicester Sigel, Mrs. J. P., Watsontown, Pocock, Rev. S. R., Peckleton Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Rectory, Leicester Simpson, J. Woodhonse, Esq., Poole, Dr. Frank Stedman, Blaby 148 New Walk, Leicester Road, South Wigston, Leicester Skillington, H. W., Esq., 22 Friar Poynton, James H., Esq., Branksome, Lane, Leicester Holbrook Road, Leicester Skillington, S. H., Esq. (Hon. Poyser, A. W., Esq., M.A., 64 High- Secretary), 20 Victoria Park Rd., field Street, Leicester Leicester Pratt, Dr. R., Hillcroft, Guilford Skillington, Mrs. S. H., 20 Victoria Road, Leicester Park Road, Leicester Proctor, J. H., Esq., Winterbourne, Sloane, Miss E. J., Charnwood House, 9 Wyndham Avenue, Melton University Road, Leicester Mowbray Smith, R. Stuart, Esq.; Thornhill, Public Record Office, Chancery Lane, Hamilton Drive, Melton London, W.C.2. per H.M. Sta­ Mowbray tionery Office, Princes Street, Smith, W. Roy, Esq., 6 Waterloo St., Westminster Leicester Pnrnell, Walter H., Esq., Burton Sparrow, G. W., Esq., 3 Springfield Walks, Longhborough Road, Leicester Spence, N. F., Esq., Croft, Nr. Randle, Ernest, Esq., The Nook, Leicester Priesthills, Hinckley Spencer, A. A., Esq., 36 Friar Lane, Read, A. W., Esq., 10 Westcotes Leicester Drive, Leicester Spriggs, Dr. N. I., M.D., F.R.C.S., Rimingtoti, Thomas, Esq., 156 London Road, Leicester Horscfair Street, Leicester Squire, Charles, Esq., Registrar's Rippin, W. H., Esq., The Newarke, Chambers, County Court Offices, Leicester Newarke Street, Leicester Ross, Rev. J. A., M.A., Holywell Stafford, Miss, 102 New Walk, Rectory, St. Ives, Hunts. Leicester Rowlett, Alfred Ernest, Esq., Stanger, W., Esq., New Bridge St., 160 London Road, Leicester Leicester Rowley, J. W., Esq., Charnwood, Stevenson, John, Esq., Stamford Kirby Muxloe House, Countess Wear, Exeter Rud'd, Mrs. M. E., Stoneygate School, Leicester Russell, P., Esq., 8 New Street, Leicester Tabor, A. L., Esq., 137 Devana Road, Russell, S. Esq., 21 Meadhurst Road, Leicester Leicester Taylor, E. Denison, Esq., Buckland, Rutland, His Grace the Duke of, Burton Walks, Loughborough F.S.A. (Patron), Belvoir Castle, Taylor, Miss E., The Woodlands, Grantham Birstall, Leicester Taylor, Mrs. A. L., Crossways Sarson, Col. J. E., D.L., V.D., Corrie, House, Narborough, Leicester Woodland Avenue, Leicester Taylor, Stephen Oliver, Esq., Schofield, Dr. H., Ph.D. (Lond.), 34 Nelson Street, Leicester Technical College, Lough- Taylor, W. Esq., Laughton Hills, borough Laughton, Rugby Seal, Harry, Esq.,Ullesthorpe House, Taylor, Miss J., Laughton Hills, Nr. Rugby Laughton, Rugby Seal, Mrs. H., Ullesthorpe House, Tennant, The Hon. Mrs., St. Anne's nr. Rugby Manor, Button Bonington, Sefjeantson, Major, C. M., O.B.E., Loughborough Kirby Muxloe, Leicester Thomson, G. Keith, Esq., M.A., Sharman, A. M., Esq., 69 Church M.Litt., Rawlins Grammar Gate, Leicester School, Quorn, Loughborough 1. LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Thomson, Mrs. G. Keith, Wells, E. E., Esq., Kegworth, Rawlins Grammar School, Derby Quorn, Loughborough Went, Rev. Canon James, M.A., Thornley, Arthur, "Esq., Bowling Birstall Hill, Leicester Green Street, Leicester Whatmore, Arthur W., Esq., Ashby- Thornley, W. W., Esq., Bowling de-la-Zouch Green Street, Leicester Whetstone, W. F., Esq., J.P., The Toller, Mrs. T. Eric, St. Ives, Lodge, Barrow on Soar, Southernhay Road, Leicester Loughborongh Toplis, Rev. H. F., Bitteswell Wilford, W. E-, Esq., Charles St., Vicarage, Nr. Rugby Leicester Towle, T. P., Esq., Clarence Street, Williams, E. J., Esq., F.R.I.B.A., Loughborough J.P., 13 New Street, Leicester Traylen, H. F., Esq., F.R.I.B.A., Wilshere, Miss M. V., Old House, 16 Broad Street, Stamford Kirby Muxloe, Leicester Turner, A., Esq., J.P., Brock's Hill, Wilshere, H. O., Esq., Greenways, Oadby, Leicester Kirby Muxloe, Leicester Turner, G. C., J.P., Esq., Abbotts Wilson, Charles, Esq., Fernleigh, Oak, Whitwick, Leicester Monntsorrel, Longhborough Tyler, A. E., Esq., The Elms, Quorn, Winckley, Rev. Canon S. Thorold, Loughborough M.A..F.S.A., The Master's House, Wyggeston's Hospital, Viccars, Mrs. Arnold, The Homestead, Leicester Rothley, Leicester Windley, Miss Ethel J., B.A., St. Vice, W. Armston, Esq., Glen Parva James" Road, Leicester Manor, Blaby, Leicester Woodhouse, V. M., Esq., Wycliffe Street, Leicester Walker, A. E., Esq., 12 Ashleigh Rd., Woodrow, Mrs. S. M., The Haven, Leicester Oadby, Leicester Walker, H. J., Esq., 170 London Rd., Wykes, Miss Veronica, Town End Leicester Close, Ratcliffe Road, Leicester Ward, George, Esq., Harwell, Leicester Young, Rev. C. E., B.A., B.C.L., The Warner, Dr. A., The Cottage, Des- Rectory, Ratcliffe-on-the-Wreake, ford, Leicester Leicester Watts, Mrs. J. Wallace. Gaddesby, Young, Mrs. W. G. R., Kimcote Nr. Leicester 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. li.

RULES 1.—The Society shall be called " THE LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL 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, I/ocal 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, &c., 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. Hi. LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

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 Rules 16 and 17— exceed £5, notice to be given in the circular or advertisement calling the Meeting.