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EXTENSION OF MUSEUM AND MUNIMENT ROOM

For some years the Society has been faced with the necessity to provide proper accommodation for the .deeds which have passed, or are likely to pass into its custody as the guardian appointed by the Master of the Rolls under the Act of 1924. The economic difficulties which delayed the issue of a formal appeal have, unfortunately, increased rather than diminished, but the need of action has become more imperative, and on 11 February a meeting was held at Eton College, at which our President took the chair and was supported by the Lord Lieutenant and the Chairman of the Council. Sir Frank MacKinnon, one of our members, made a speech in which he illustrated the value of various types of records to future ag·es. Lord Cottesloe pleaded eloquently for the scheme, which Major Disraeli explained consisted in the pro• vision of an underground strong-room, ventilated but proof against fire or damp, whilst above it the existing small yard at the back of the Museum would be roofed over so as to add nearly SO% to the existing exhibition space of the Museum, already much over• crowded and insufficient to display the Society's possessions to advantage. At the same time as the Eton meeting an exhibition was opened in the Museum illustrative of the extremely varied types of muniments which we wished to preserve. This exhibition was based on documents in the Society's ownership, but was strengthened by the generosity of various members who loaned papers 424 RECORDS OF of great value or interest. A catalogue of about SO items was printed; but some items comprised many documents so that a dozen cases were easily filled. Two of the most remarkable were the Battle of Trafalgar letter, deposited by Lord Cottesloe, and the Cartulary, lent by Major H. L. Aubrey• Fletcher.

The estimated cost of this much-needed addition to our Museum and of the muniment room is about' £2,500; an appeal has been issued to the public to' assist a cause which must interest both lovers of antiquities and lovers of our county, and every member who has not already responded to the appeal which he has received is urgently begged to make a contribution, large or small. 425

OBITUARY Mit. E. S. RoscoE The Society has suffered a grievous loss by the death, at the age of 83, of Mr. E. S. Roscoe, who for some years served on the Council. This was by no means all he did for the county. In 1891 he published under the name of Buckinghamshi1·e Sketches, some charming essays which had already appeared in the St. James's Gazette; this edition contained pleasant drawings by Bloomer. Reprinted in 1907 under the title of Penn's Cmmt1·y, he too.k the opportunity to enlarge and re-arrange some of the material; the illustrations were then inferior process-blocks. Twenty years later it appeared once more, with another title, Between Thames and Chilte1·ns. Again the matter was somewhat altered, and the illustrations continued to be unworthy of the graceful text. A still greater favour conferred on all lovers o£ Bucks was his volume for Methuen's Little Guides,. first published in 1909, and several times re-issued .. This is a sound and reliable volume, which contains a great mass of facts in very concise form. No riiore handy volume can be carried by the traveller who has not time or opportunity to go more deeply into parochial history. This is not the place to speak of his official duties in the Admiralty Court, or of his interest in Johnson and other worthies of the 18th century. It can be said that he most worthily followed his great-grandfather, the William whom Washington Irving so highly extolled in the Sketch Book, and in losing him Bucks has to mourn one who knew and loved her welL G.E. 426 RECORDS OF BUCIU NGHAMSHIRE

DR. PAGET TOYNBEE Though the Society had the honour to include this great Dante student amongst its members, it cannot boast of any communication from him to the R ecm·ds; his profound scholarship was concerned with wider themes. It will ever be the regret of the Editor that his slight correspondence with Dr. Paget Toynbee took place when he was an invalid, or he would certainly have pressed for a paper on a subject well within the doctor's scope- the association of H orace Walpole with Bucks. It is something to be able to claim so eminent an authority on the great Italian poet and on our own poet, Gray, as qualifying by residence at Burnham, to fi gure amongst the worthies of Bucks. MAJOR T. SuTTON T nons In Major Timmis the Society has a severe loss; for some years he had served on the Council, and was always a regular attendant at the Excursions, and in all ways showed interest in the Society's welfare. Major Timmis was not an antiquary, but t ook more than a dilletante interest in old silver, forming a fine collection which it delighted him to show to the numerous guests at his ever hospitable home at Walton, . F. w. P IXLEY, F.S.A. A nother member lost t o the Society was Mr. P ixley, who served as honorary treasurer for some eight years, at a time when his health was by no means g-ood. His work on the history of the baronetage, and his interest in that O rd er are familiar; he did not, however, make any contribution t o our R econls.

Amongst other members of long standing whose loss the Society deplores are Mrs. DoNALD STE>VART, of T he Prebendal, Aylesbury, and Dr. ] AMES SHAW, also of Aylesbury. 427

ACQUISITIONS, 1932 Amongst the additions to the Museum during the year were the following:-

FLINT IMPLEMENTS Donor or Source. 11 palaeolithic implements from the gravel, Burnham ...... Mr. W. F. Haycock QTHER IMPLEMENTS Hoard of 18 bronze palstaves found at a depth of 2 feet near Slough. They are presumed to have been the stock of a dealer, as all were perfect when buried. 'fhey vary from 5! to 6!ins. in length; only one has the remains of a loop, now Deposited by broken. They probably date from c. 1200 Slough Trading B.C ...... Estate Horn pick of unusual form, found at Walton Street, Aylesbury; probably of late Roman date ...... Dr. T. G. Parrott Saxon spear head, found at Holman's Dunstable Bridge, Aylesbury ...... Museum TRADE TOKENS Issued by J. Tomes, ...... Exchanged , J. Inns, Shenley ...... Purchased , Thos. Barcombe, Colnbrook , "Widow Homes , Saml. Mills , Edmd. Slocombe

DEEDS 42 relating to Colnbrook and Wycombe ... Mrs. A. U. Oppenheimer 94 , Brill, and Caversfield ...... Mr. J. A. Sanford 36 , (Great Hor· Messrs. Wade, wood) ...... Gery & Bracken· bury VARIOUS Amongst several interesting deposits from Miss E. A. White, of Chesham, is a bassoon formerly used at Hawridge Church. It bears a remarkable inscription as follows: "I hear some men hate music, Let them shew what else the angels do. Then those who do despise such sacred mirth Are neither fit for h eaven nor for earth." 428

ANNUAL EXCURSION 23 JUNE, 1932 The Annual Excursion was directed to the north of the county and the fine day produced a large number, quite 150 persons attending, amongst whom were Sir James and Lady Berry, the Revs. R. Bale, F. ]. Winterton, C. K. Hulton, F. W . Bennitt, Colonel Bernard, Major Timmis, Major Kentish, Sir Charles Stewart-Wilson, Captain Stewart-Liberty, Lady Bennett, Dr. Leonard \iVest, Dr. Morley Davies, Miss Tatham, Mr. A. Macdonald, etc. \iVHADDON CHURCH The first place visited was Whaddon Church, where Mr. C. Rouse explained the development of the 12th century church by the additions of the N . aise, c. 1190, and of the S. aisle, c. 1200; whilst the mid-14th century produced the N. chapel and the vV. tower. The columns of the N. arcade, with their carved capitals, were pointed out. The monuments in the N. chapel to Serjeant Pigott (1519) and to ArthUI-, Lord Grey de vVilton (1593) were noticed, as well as some interesting fittings, such as the bracket, with grotesque head, for raising the font-cover, and the alms-shovels of oak, dated 1643. The mural paintings of Thomas a Beckett on the wall of the chancel discovered in 1854 but since covered again, were mentioned. They were described and illustrated in the .Reco?·ds, vol. III., pp. 270-3, but it was hoped that means would be found of again bringing to light such extremely interesting historical fi gures. Members then moved on to vVhaddon H all, where the following paper was read :- "The story of that great tract of forest-land known as Whaddon Chace itself would make a long tale in which the most important incident to archceologists pe1·haps is the discovery in 1849 of 400 gold coins which can only be described as "Ancient British." Some are in our museum at Aylesbury, and it will be remembered that none have any inscription- most have a rude figure of a horse upon them. ANNCAL EXCURSION 429

Again, a lmost' due E. of the house is a large entrenchment, enclosing some 11 acres, which marks the site of the small Benedictine Priory of Snelshall. It was never more than a cell, a matter of six monks with the prior; of this nothing w hatever remains a bove ground. Coming to the Manor we have a long and fu ll story which can only be touched upon: at the time of Domesday it had been granted to Walter Gifford, and formed one of the 48 manors w hich he held in Bucks; he was created Earl of . After the death of his son, who left no heir, the manor passed t o a whole string of high-sounding Norman names. There was a separate " Giffard's Manor" wrapped up with the Chace which in the late 15th century belonged to the Pigotts- Thomas Pigott died in 1519 and is commemorated by the elaborate tomb of Purbeck marble in the N. chapel of the church. Thomas Pigott's son (of the same name) became the f1rst of that long· line of Pigotts who still, one is glad to remember, reign at Doddershall. This Giffa rd's Manor in Whaddon afterwards passed to Lord Grey de Wilton, and the other tomb in the N. chapel of the church is believed to be that of A rthur, 14th Lord Grey de Wilton. R eturning to the chief Manor of Whaddon, and jumping t o 1616, we find it g ranted by J ames I. t o the favourite Villiers, who was made Lord Whaddon in that year and Duke of Buckingham in 1623. Aft er the death of the second Duke "in the worst inn's worst room" in 1687 the much-mortgaged estate was sold to T homas Willis and James Selby. T homas Willis was son of the famous doctor, and father of the still more famous antiquary, whom we of Bucks have reason to revere profoundly- Browne Willis, who lived here 56 years, dying in 1760. Selby had a son, Thomas James Selby, who died in 1772. You will see his portrait in the inner hall presently, and he counts for much here, leaving as he did a curious will to the effect, that, if his right and lawful heir was not forthcoming, Whaddon should pass to his friend William Lowndes, who was great-grandson of the famous Secretary to the Treasury in the reign 430 RECORDS OF BUCKINGHAM.SHIRE of Queen Anne, and lived at Winslow in the house which was finished in 1701. The cl aimants to be lawful heirs of T. J. Selby were many, and the story of the law-suits is a long one. The Lowndes rights were not admitted until 1783; our host to-day represents the fifth generation of Selby-Lowndes owners. 'vVe must now go back to the Willis and Selby acquisition of the property. The old Gifford house had been added to consid erably by Arthur, Lord Grey de Wilton, whom we mentioned just now; he pulled cl own his house of Waterhall, , and brought the materials here, making a great hall of SO feet long, etc. By an unfortunate arrangement between Willis and Selby, a large part of the old house, including Lord Grey's additions, was pulled clown. V\Then Browne Willis came of age in 1704 he bought back Selby's share and saved w hat was left, partly rebuilding the destroyed portion. Of this old house we have an account by Hearne of his visit to Browne Willis in 1716, and we have the illustration reproduced by Lipscomb. It seems clear that part at least of the ancient house was then remaining; to-clay there is nothing whatever. Besides many objects of great beauty and interest, which we will notice as we come to them, you will f111d within some of the portraits of people w hom I have mentioned; others will be found relating to that other, but very important line of Col. Lowndes's descent, by which he appears as the representative of the Manta• cute, the Poles, and the Barrin gtons. We are glad to think that the Committee of P rivileges has admitted his claim to the barony of Montacute, and we hope that the time will not be long before we can address him by the title to which he has effectually proved his right." Members then entered the house and, apart from its fine details in strict Palladian taste, were much interested in such objects as the 'vVinslow market standard bushel measure made of gun-metal, and dated 1641, and a very thick leather helmet worn by the keepers of Whaddon Chase. Furniture of various kinds was fo und for almost every decade from 1670 to ANNUAL EXCURSION 431

1810, some of the chairs of early Georgian date being particularly fine. A tall clock, with marqueterie case, bore the Royal Arms, and was a gift from Queen Anne to " Ways and Means " Lowndes, of whom there was a portrait, by Phillips. Other Lowndes portraits were by Sir T. Lawrence and Sir G. Kneller; t he grandson of the Secretary, by his marriag·e with Essex Shales, acquired many Barrington portraits (it was this marriage which brought the peerage rights to t he family). Among them were several of the 16th century, such as the Countess of Salisbury, beheaded in 1541. The first Lowndes to own Whaddon married Mary Goosetrey of Great Missenden, and this all iance introduced portraits of Sir W m. F leetwood, Recorder of , died 1594; and Sir Thos. and Lady Hoby; the last two fine portraits by Dobson. Two of the Barrington portraits are by Sir P. Lely. Colonel Selby-Lowndes' own room is fi ll ed w ith a remarkable collection of prints and paintings of old sportsmen, and other hunting trophies. The Society then took the road to and had lunch at "The Swan."

NoRTH T he first place to be visited after lunch was the church of North Crawley, with its unusual dedication to St. Firmin. Here Mr. F. Bull , F.S.A., called attention to the S. arcade, of the 13th century, with stiff-leaved foliage on the capitals of the columns. The chancel, built by Peter of Guildford, c. 1295, has the unusual distinction of being· so described in an inscription below the outside sill of the E. window; the unusually fine roofs with the carved figures below the tie-beams ·were commented upon. Above all, the rood-screen, with its 16 panels, painted with figures of saints and prophets (all of the late 15th century) was particularly described; members havin g in mind the President's recent address upon the iconography of our county. The early 16th century seating, some with linen panelling, and the brass to the late 16th century rector, John Garbrand, were noticed.

vVEsToN UNnERwoo:n From here the Society went to Weston Underwood; time did not allow much attention to the base of t he 432 R ECORDS OF DUCIUKGHA~I S HIRE

15th century villag-e cross, or the famous 17th century house which fo rmed Cowper's home from 1786 until 1795. At the church Mr. Bull drew att ention to the many fitting·s of interest: the brass to Lady Throck• morton (1571) and the communion rails and table of the 17th century. Above all, the famous g-lass of c. 1380 in the E. window was explained, with its panels fi lled with f1g- ures of Saints : Peter, John the Baptist, J ohn the Evang-elist, Lawrence, and Paul, t he ascending- fig-ure of Christ, and censing· ang-els.

GA YHURST HousE The last place to be visited was , where the church was examined- an interesting- example of the classical Renaissance style prevalent when it was rebuilt (1724-1728) by Georg-e Wrig-ht, then the owner of Gayhurst. He bequeathed money for this purpose and for the erection of a monument by Roubiliac to his father, Sir Nathan Wrig-ht, Keeper of the Great Seal t o William III. and Q ueen Anne. The h appy preservation of the ori g-inal w oodwork added much t o the impressive effect of this truly classical building·. Members then passed on to the mansion where the fo llowin g· paper was read:- At the time of the Domesday the name was Gate• herst (from g-at and hyrst, or "g-oats' wood"), les:;; than a century later the P ip e Rolls spelt it " Gaberst," and by 1290 the " lnq uisitiones post mortem " were spelling- it "Gothurst "; there is therefore ample pre• cedent fo r several versions; we will elect to fo llow the modern pronunciation : " Ga'urst." The property was held by Robert Nowers at the time of Domesday and continued with his descendants until the death of Sir J ohn de Nowers in 1396, when it passed to the Nevills, Sir Robert Nevill havin g• marriecl Joan N owers. The last of the Nevills are very important in consid ering- the house. T he earliest part of the existing house is the S.W. wing of the present structure; this may be placed at 1520; in the cellar are two doorways with moulded jambs and four-centred opening·s in square heads. These cannot be conveniently examined now, but a ANNlJAL EXCUitSIQK 433 very similar one leads into a very larg·e walled garden just beyond the stables; as an example of a 16th century garden with original walls it is very well worth examining, covering, as it does, more than an acre. Some of the windows in this early wing retain what may well be their original casements; and a door which came from that wing is now placed in the " Digby room" upstairs; it has been furbished up a little, as becomes a bedroom door, but is made of vertical and horizontal oak boards thickly studded with square-headed nails; it retains some of its original furniture. Another feature of this wing is the original newel staircase; the steps are all made of solid oak, but being worn to a dangerous extent it has been necessary to cover both risers and treads with boards; some of the original steps are still uncovered at the very top. Several doorways and one or two battened doors in the attics of this wing· are also of the 16th century. It is now necessary to return for a moment to the last of the N evill s- Francis. On his death in 1581 the property passed to his sister Mary, who was then Mrs. Christopher Slingsby. By an earlier marriage she had a son- VIilliam Mulsho, and a settlement was made upon him by the Slingsbys. To prevent any question of title arising a patent was granted at this time by Queen Elizabeth conferring on Sir Francis Drake (among other thing·s), the reversion to the manor of Gayhurst should it become forfeited to the Crown. On the fo llowing day a deed was executed between Sir F. Drake and William Mulsho which sold this reversion, and thereby secured the title beyond dispute. It was in Mulsho's day that great additions were made, turning the house into its present shape, on this, the S.E. front. In effect it became H-shaped, or, if we count in this porch, E -shape with the top and bottom lines prolonged: forming a courtyard both back and front. M ulsho's daughter, Mary, married Sir Everard Digby, who was concerned in the Gunpowder Plot, and lost his head over it in 1606. His estate was not 434 RECORDS 01<' lJUCIUN tiHAMSHIRE

forfeited for this as it was vested in his wife, and it~ was duly confirmed to his son, the famous Sir Kenelm Digby, who was born here in the year of his father's. death, and lived until the Restoration (1665). In his earlier days he distinguished himself in the navy, and it is said that the badge which appears on the bases. of these Doris pillars-consisting of three bolt-heads and a ring under a rope-sling- and on the bases of the pillars with pierced finial s which adorn the garden is. a sign of his right to moor his barge at the Royal Wharf. In the hall will be seen a n opening with· semi-circular arch fl anked by Corinthian pilasters which bears his initials. It may be noted in passing that this entrance bears. roughly incised upon it in several places the signi• ficant dat e 1649, and some doubtful initials. Sir Ken elm's brother, Sir John, and his son (of his own name), were killed in the Royal cause and he himself was exiled after having been imprisoned. The year of the "Royal Martyrdom " has much significance at Gay hurst, therefore. Sir Ken elm's second son, J ohn,. succeeded him here, dying in 1673, and in 1704 his two· sons-in -law obtained an Act of Parliament for the sale· of the estate to George Vvri ghte, son of the Lord: Keeper of the Great Seal, whose monument by Roubiliac we have just seen in the church. It was possibly George 'V~T righte who made the last additions to the house by f1llin g up the wing·s on the other or N.W. side. There is some doubt when this. was done, but the fact that the estate was sold by J ohru Digby's daughters makes it improbable that they would have incurred this great expense. The evidence for a date before 1700 rests chiefly on the frieze of carved wood in the ballroom upstairs; as to which each may form his own judgment. Some of the· interior panelling is certainly of this time, and a room covered with Chinese paintings on vellum belongs to· the early Wrighte period. The present main staircase is part of the work carried out at this time. T he precise contour of the original h ouse can b e seen to perfection from the roof, where some dormer windows show the limi t of the Nevill mansion. ANNUAJ, EXCURSION 435

The descendants of the Wrightes continued to hold Gayhurst until Lady Macdonald leased it to Lord Carrington, who unhappily called in the aid of an architect named Burgess; and h e had neither sympathy nor understanding. He stripped off panelling and made bonfires with it, rebuilt fireplaces, exchanged an oak stair for a stone one, and was guilty of other enormities which the happier taste of our host (whose father acquired it just SO years ago) has endeavoured to counteract. It must be remembered that this was the abode of Catholics; in one of the gables was an oratory, w ith concealed passage leading from it. T here are various "hiding places" in diffe rent parts of t he house, some may be flues, and an " underground passage" from one of the cell ars under the old wing leads towards the dove-cot and was almost certainly a sewer- a tunnel hewn in the solid rock and starting from the bottom of a short shaft. Other passages "pass" round or through chimney• places a nd have been connected w ith the smoking of bacon or oth er unromantic purposes, but there was certainly a number of openin gs designed for conceal• ment, of w hich the most remarkable is in one of the attics of the old wing, w here in the slope of the roof the underneath of the tiles is visible on each side of some intermediate rafters. Adjoining them some laths are hinged to a door originally covered with tiles and appearing to fo rm part of t he roof. When this door is pressed back, however, a ca Yity is disclosed in wl1 ich a man could easily conceal himself, contrived in the thickness of the rubble-built wall. It is impossible to show this to a large party. Anoth er thing which should be mentioned is that the approach to the house on this side originally had a flagged walk, flanked by a low wall, with strap-work carving. In the time of the W rightes this was moved to the N.E. front and leads by steps to a lawn, which a sunk-fence separates from the park. There is certainly no bouse in the north of the county w hich for its date and importan ce (both as a structure and from its associations) can in any way approach Gayhurst. RECORDS OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

VOLUME XII.

AYLESBURY : G. T. DE FRAINE & CO., LTD.," BUCKS HERALD" OFFICE.

1927-1933. INDEX TO VOLUME XII PAGE Abingdon, visited 1930 275 Amersham, Domestic mural pa intings a t 336; 371 ( et seq) "Antiquity of Buckinghamshire," ;X lecture by Sir Chas. Peers 95-107 Apprenticeships at 41 , names occurring at in 15th century 25 Church, Mural painting s in 401 Atterbury, Lewis, rector of Milton Keynes, Life of 345-364 Aylesbury, Building of County Hall (ill'd) 8uppt. to Pt. I. Domestic mural paintings at 386 Aynho, N orthants, visited 341 Bassoon from Hawridge Church 427 "Blecheley Diary" of Rev. W. Cole (review) 410 Bledlow Parish Church (ill'd) 142-6 Blatchley Church, repairs in 1710 230-260 Rev. E. \V eils, rec tor of, 1715-1727 68-72 Books, Ser vice, of 14th century 366 Boothby Pagnell (Lines.) Manor House ( ill'd J 2DD Bradbrooke, Wm. " Fennv Stratford in 17th Centurv " 6-23 "Tllf: R ector of Blet:ci1ley 1715-l727 " 68-72 " Reparatian of Bletchley Church in 1710 " 239-260 Cole's l'ar·is J"ountal revie\\·ed 330 P·n·refoy Letters 332 Cole's Blecheley Diary 410 Pa1·sons anrl llea·isters of 1\!Ieclmenham 406 Brass of 1692 found at Stonv Stratford 50 Bridges, E. J ervoise's b ook ·on, reviewed 405 Briefs at Quainton, 1689-1707 36 Browne, Rev. A. L. "Lewis Atterbur y" 3,15-364 Buckingham, Prebend End Manor House vis ited 92 Bull, F., F.S.A. , "A Norman Manor H ouse " ( i/l'tl) 299 Catherine, St., ·at Little Missenden (ill'cl) 310 At Chalfont St. Gil es 111 Catholicon, a L atin grammar and dictionary 367 Celt, polished , found a t Denham 420 Chalfont St. Giles Church, Mural paintings in ( ill' d ) 108-118 Ditto ditto 265 Dean Farm, Mural painting at 39G Chalfont St. Peter, M ura l paintings at fi?l't/ .1 47 Gold ring fo und at ( ill'd) 8G Anglo-Saxon bead fo und a t 267 Rema in s of former Church (ill'cl) G0-67 More ~v i d e nce 204 Chrismatory of pewter at 83 Chesterfield, 5th E<1 rl of, letters from 302-307 Christopher, St., legend of 285 At L itt. Missend en ( ill'd ) 310 Church expenses, Quamton 29-35 land 38 Churchwardens of ,. 1661:! -1735 44 Civil War at Haddenham '13-80 Clear, A. J., " Fou r Bucks parishes m the Archdeaconry of St Albans " 24-28 Cocks, A. H., obituary notice of 149 Cole, R ev. Wm., hi s Blecheley Dim·u reviewed 410 His Pu1·i.s J" monwl reviewed 330 11 INDEX TO VOL. XII PAGE Colnbrook, 17th century tokens from 325' Compotus Rolls, Water Eaton, late 14th century (.f acs·imile) 165-192 County Hall, Building of the S·upplt. Crawley, North, boundary in 12th century 217-224 Visited 1932 431 Crendon, Long, 15th century chancel roof 147 • Crouch, Col. G. R., "The building of the County Hall" Sttpplt. Crouch, Wm., obituary notice of 88 Croughton, N orthants, visited 342 Deceased Wife's Sister- 1GS4 362 Denham, F lint implements found at Normer Hill 147 polished celt found at 420 Place, and The Savoy visited 55 17th century house called Maltmas Green 205 D israeli, Coningsby, unveils memorial to G. Lipscomb 193 Dorney Church, mural paintings at 399 Ecclesiastical presentments, 1673 361 Eland, G. " Chutchwardens' Accounts of Quainton" 29-46 "Hacldenham during the Civil War" 73-80 " Note-books of William Lowndes " 125-136 " A Funeral in 1765" 261-264 " Ld. Chesterfield at " 302-307 "A Fifteenth Century Library List" . 365 Church, 15th century brass in (ill'd) 365 Eton boy's letter,, 1793 197 Eythrope, letters from 5th Lurd Chesterfield at 302 Excursion, Annual . 1926-·Denham, Shardeloes 55 1927- , Twyford, , Buckingham 92 1928- Widrner F.nd, Gt. Marlow, Hambleden 154 1929-Thame, 213 1930- Abingdon 275 1931-Aynho, Croughton, , 341 1932-Whaddon, North Crawley, Weston Under- wood, Gayhurst 428 Farm Accounts, late 14th century, Water Eaton (facsimile) 165-192 Fenny Stratford in 17th century (ill'd) 6-23 Human Skull s found at, by Sir A. Keith (ill'd) 57 Fermanagh, 3rd Lord (C~fterwards 2nd Earl Verney) letters to, 17 40 1-5 Field, Alderman T., obituary notice of 149 Flint implements found at Denham 147; 420 Fowler, Dr. G. H. "An Early Boundary Dispute" 217-224 His She1·1Jf' s Bolls, 1332-4, reviewed 208 Fulmer, site of old ch1nch 202 Funeral in 1765 261 Gayhurst visited and described 432-5 Glebe lands of Milton Keynes 349 ( et seq) Granborough, Domestic mural paintings at 393 Names occurring in 15th century 27 " The Parish of " I. In Pre-Reformation Times 81-5 II. Reformation Times <.nd After 137-141 I NDEX TO VOL. XII 111 PAGE Grims Dyke visited 420 Gurney, F. G., transcription of 16th century will by 119-124 Haddenham during the Civil vVar 73-80 Hambleden Museum visited 155 A histo1y of, reviewed 90 , boundary in 12 th century 217 Hawridge Church, bassoon from 427 Hewer, \\ m., friend of P epys, reference to 126 Hill, alleged m edical spring at 3; 5 Hohler, Cinistr. , note em Notley Abbey 421 Hollis, 1:·.d win: " F ann Accounts , la te 14th century" 165-192 " Some add'! Trade Toi{ens of Bucks" 324-8 Horton, 17th century tokens from 324 Horwood, Little, n am es at in 15th century 25 " Iconography of Buck s," by the President 281-298 Inns a t F enny Stratford, 17th century 11 Inventory of g oods in loth century will 120-122 lver, History uf JJ!Lano1• and J> ar·i.sh of, r eviewer! 417 James, Dr. M. R ., " Iconography of Bucks " 28 1-298 Jervoise, Rd. Purefoy , letters IITitten from Eton 111 1793 (portrait) 197 Jesse, Tree of, paintings at Ch alfo nt St. G iles 115 Keith, Sir Arthur, note o n s kulls at F enny Stra tfo rd (ill'd) 57-9 L euenda Au·rea , the book so called 367 Lipscomb, G., m emorial to at Qua inton ('ill' cl ) 193 Church, 15th century roof of chancel 147 Lowndes, Wm ., note-b ooks of 125-136 Luxmoore, H. E ., obit uary n otice of 51 Marsh Gibbon, fire at i!l 1740 1 Visited 1927 92 Martin, Rev. C. E., " The Parish of Gran boroug h " 81-5; 137-1 41 Meadle, domestic mund paintings at 395 Medmenham, architectural fe at ures in (1·ev•iew) 90 P aTsons mul .l'ori .