TRANSACTIONS.

VOL. I. PART IV NEW SERIES. 1901 & 1902,

L'RINTED BY GIBBS AND BAMFOKTH, MABKET PLACE.

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FOUNDED A.D. 1845.*

THE K.G. THE LORD BISHOP OF ST. ALBANS. LORD ALDENHAM, F.S.A , ETC.

THE VERY REV. THE DEAN OF .

THE VISCOUNT ORANBORNE, M.A., M P. SIR JOHN EVANS, K.C.B., D.C.L., F.R.S., V.P.S.A., ETC. THE EARL OF VEEULAM. THE REV. CANON OWEN W. DAVYS, M.A. E. N. Wix, ESQ., M.A.

Committee. F. W. KINNEIR TARTK, ESQ., M.S.A. REV. G. H. P. GLOSSOP, M.A. CHARLES JOHNSON, ESQ , M.A. A. E. GIBBS, ESQ., F.L.S., F R.H.S. C. H. ASHDOWN, ESQ., F.R.G.S. V. H. WYATT WINGRAVE, ESQ., M.D. A. J. RHODES, ESQ. S. FLINT CLARKSON, ESQ., F.R.I.B.A.

Honorary Treasurer.

H. J. TOULMIN, ESQ , J.P.

Jjjonorarg Secretaries.

WILLIAM PAGE, ESQ., F.S.A. ROBERT J. HILLIER, ESQ., M.R.C.S., ETC. MRS. MAUDE C. KNIGHT. Honorary §atbitcr. G. N. MARTEN, ESQ., J.P.

Local Secretaries. R. T. ANDREWS, ESQ., . LEWIS EVANS, ESQ., J.P., F.S.A., . THE REV. AND HON. CANON K. F. GIBBS, M A., Aldenham. W. BRIGG, ESQ., B.A., .

At/'hrs.?:—THE COUNTY MUSKVM, HATFIELD ROAD, ST. ALBANS.

*lTnder the title—" The St. Albans Architectural Society." ST, ALBANS AND HERTS

^rdjiterlural antr %xfymla$iml SOCIETY.

LIST OF MEMBERS, 1901 and 1902.

HONORARY MEMBERS.

Bicknell, Rev. C. V., St. Michael's Lloyd, Mrs. Ridgway, Bricket Roadv Vicarage, St. Albans. St. Albans. Browne, Rev. Valentine, Nuffield Rec- Scott, J. Oldrid, M.A., F.R.I.B.A., 31, tory, Henley-on-Thames. Spring Gardens, S.W. Fowler, Miss R. Seebohm, F., F.S.A., The Hermitage, Hall, H. R. Wilton, Abbey Cottage, . St. Albans. Waller, J. G., F.S.A,, 68, Bolsover Kershaw, Rev. E. D., M.A., Buckhurst, Street, London, W. Withyham, Sussex. MEMBERS. An asterisk (•) signifies a Life Member. Agutter, Dr., F.R.C.O., 7, Thornlaw Brown, A. Macdonald, . Road, West Norwood, S.E. Brown, Miss L., Widcombe, St. Albans. Aldenham. Lord, F.S.A., Aldenham Browne, Rev. G. A. Lewis, House, . Vicarage. Alcock, Stanley, The "George" Hotel, Campion, F. A., Gunville Lodge, Thorpe St. Albans. Road, Peterborough. Anderson, A. Whitford, A.R.I.B.A., Clarkson, S. Flint, F.R.I.B.A., Bricket 28, High Street, . Road, St. Albans. •Andrews, R. T., 25, Castle Street, Cranbome, Viscount, M.A., M.P., Hertford. Hatfield House. •Andrews, W. F., 27, West Street, Crowdy, Miss L. C., Widcombe, Hillside Hertford. Road, St. Albans. Ashdown, Charles, F.R.G.S., Monas- tery Close, St. Albans. •Davys, Rev. Canon Owen W., Wheat- Askwith, Thomas, Hillside Road, St. hampstead Rectory. Albans. Davys, F. Trevor, * Athill, Rev. H., Digswell Rectory, Rectory. . Dean, A., Eastfield, Beaconsfield Road, Austin, J. J., 75, Holywell Hill, St. St. Albans. Albans. Dickson, James, Townsend, St. Albans. Baker, Hugh Bernard, The Lindens, Eales, Rev. A. R. T., M.A., Elstree Marlborough Road, St. Albans. Rectory. Bakewell, W., Dilwyn, Manor Road, Edwardes, Rev. G., Lemsford Road, St. St. Albans. Albans. Bakewell, Mrs. W., Dilwyn, Manor Ekins, A. E., F.C.S., Worley Road, St. Road, St. Albans. Albans. Blow, Mrs. Percival C., Rooksbury, •Evans, Sir John, K.C.B., etc., Nash Ridgmont Road, St. Albans. Mills, Hemel Hempstead. Blow, Percival C., Rooksbury, Ridg- •Evans, Lewis, F.S.A., Barnes Lodge, mont Road, St. Albans. King's Langley. Beal, F., Beacon House, Beaconsfield Evans, Miss, 3, College Street, St. Road, St Albans. Albans. Blake, J., The Anchorage, Hatfield Evans, A. Montiville, 25, Alma Road, Road, St. Albans. St. Albans. Blundell, J. H., The White House, St. Fannin, R. Seymour, 12, St. Peter's Albans. Street, St. Albans. Bond, A., 68, Alma Road, St. Albans. Faulkner, A. F., The Gables, Avenue Bourne, H. R. Fox, Greencroft, Bricket Road, St. Albans. Road, St. Albans. Faulkner, Mrs. A. F., The Gables, Brabant, R., 8, St. Peter's Street, St. Avenue Road, St. Albans. Albans. Fearnley, Miss, Mesnard, Hillside Boad, Brigg,W.,B.A.,Milton Road, Harpenden St. Albans. MEMBERS—(continued).

•Ficklin, Pliilip Berney-, Tasburgh Hall, •Lipscomb, Rev. F., M.A., Frogmore near Norwich. Vicarage, St. Albans. •Finch, H. C , Cranden Gate, Henley- •Lipscomb, Eustace, M.D., Holywell on-Thames. Hill. St. Albans. Fisk, Wm., Street Lodge, Essex Road, Lowe, W. R. L., Middlewych, St. Albans. Watford. •Lydekker, Mrs., Harpenden. Ford, J. J., Capri, Ridgmont Road, St. Albans. Manning, Percy, M.A., F.S.A., 6, St. Aldates, Oxford. Gaffe, Geo., F.R.C.O., 23, London Road, Marten, G. N., J.P., Marshall's Wick, St. Albans. St. Albans. •Gibbons, Rev. T. G., M.A., Wickham Martin, G. E., 3, Horndean Villas, Bishop's Rectory, Witham, Essex. St. Albans. Gibbs, A. E., F.L.S., Kitchener's Meads, •Martineau, Miss, The Firs, London St. Albans. Road, St. Albans. Glossop, Rev. G.H P.,M.A.,Romeland, Masters, Mrs., Sunny view, Avenue Road, St. Albans. St. Albans. Gordon, J. D. H., 1, Lemsford Road, Millard, Walter, Benslow Lane, Hitchin. St. Albans. Morgan, W. Carey, B.A., Avenue Road, Green. Miss M. H., 21, London Road, St. Albans. St. Albans. • Morison, J., M.D., Thirlstane, St. Albans. Green, W. S., Chequer Street, St Albans. Mowat, G., J.P., The Cottage, Belmont •Griffith, A, F., 59, Montpellier Road, Hill, St. Albans. Brighton. Nelson, Mrs., Wilfords, Bricket Road, Grimshawe, H. R. Hellier Gosselin-, St. Albans. Bengeo, Ware. Nicholson, A. J., Asphodel, Clarence Hansard, George, 1, Lemsford Road, St. Road, St. Albans. Albans. Norman, F. H., Moor Place, Hadham. Hardy, W. J., F.S.A , Milton Cottage, Oliver, Andrew, F.R.I.B A., 5, Queen's St. Albans. Gardens, Bayswater, W. Hart, Ernest, St. George's School, Page, Wm., F.S.A., 21, Old Buildings, Harpenden. Lincoln's Inn, London. •Hawkins, Rev. Canon Sir J. C., Bart , Palmer, F., Beaconsfield Road, St. Albans. M.A., Oxford. Palmer, George, Annaberg, Upper Henderson, J., Dirleton House, St. Lattimore Road, St. Albans. Albans. Palmer, Miss E. M., Annaberg, Upper Heuderson, Mrs. J., Dirleton House, Lattimore Road, St. Albans. St. Albans. Phillimore, W. P. W., 124, Chancery Hillier, R. J., M.R.C.S., L R.C.P., Lane, W.C. Beaconsfield Road, St. Albans. Phillips, Rev. E. S., Rosedale, St. Hillier, Wm. T., Beaconsfield Road, St. Albans. Albans. Phillips, A. F., J.P., Torrington House, Hine, Mrs. H., Holywell Hill, St. Albans. St. Albans. Hodgson, Miss, Berwyn, St. Albans. Pollard, Mrs., Belle Vue, Bengeo, Hert- Hodgson, Victor T., Welcombe, Har- ford. penden. Price, W. Rokeby, Clementhorpe, St. Hopkinson, John, F.L.S., etc., Weet- Albans. wood, Langley Road, Watford. Puddicombe, Mrs., 19, London Road, Howard, R. L , Danesfield, St. Albans. St. Albans. Johnson, Charles, M.A., Summerhill, Rhodes, A. J., Marlborough Road, St. Avenue Road, St. Albans. Albans. Jordan, J. Denison, Priory View, Richings, Miss Alice, 13, High Street, Grosvenor Road, St. Albans. Hemel Hempstead. •Kennedy, Rev. J., M.A., Aldenham. Rider, John, Clarence Lodge, St. Albans. Kent, E. Stanley, Holywell Lodge, Roberts, T. P., L.R.C.P., etc., 95, St. St. Albans. Peter's Street, St. Albans. •Keyser, C. E., F.S.A., Aldermaston •Ross, Captain G. E., 8, Collingham Court, Reading. Gardens, London, W. Kitton, F. G., Pre Mill House, St. Albans. St. Albans, The Lord Bishop of, 21, Knight, J. T., Killaha, Beaconsfield Endsleigh Street, Tavistock Square, Road, St. Albans. London, W.C. Knight, Mrs. J. T., Killaha, Beaconsfield •St. Albans, The Very Rev. the Dean of, Road, St. Albans. The Deanery, St. Albans. Lee, Miss Grace, 31, Holywell Hill, •Salisbury, The Marquess of, Hatfield St. Albans. House. Savage, J., 61, Verulam Road, St. Legg, Edwin W., Hurstlea, St. Albans. Albans. Legg, Miss Mabel, Hurstlea, St. Albans. •Lipscomb, Rev. C. How, Norwich. Scott, Lady, Malabar House, St. Albans. MEMBERS—(continued).

Sheehan, F.R., Rowlatts, Hillside Road, White, Mrs. S. M., Elmsleigh, Bricket St. Albans. Road, St. Albans. •Silvester, F., Hedges, St. Albans. Wigram, Rev. Canon W., Watling Slade, Mrs. Horace, Hawthornden, House, near St. Albans. Hatfield Road, St. Albans. Willcox, Rev. F. W., M.A. Smith, A. F., Netria, Bricket Road, St. Wilton, Charles, The Cloisters, St. Albans. Albans. •Smyth, Colonel E., Firwood, Chalford, Wingrave, V. H. W., M.D., Allington, Stroud, Gloucester. Lemsford Road, St. Albans. Squires, Rev. R. A., M.A., St. Peter's Wix, E. N., M.A., Holywell Hill, St. Vicarage, St. Albans. Albans. Tarte, F. W. Kinneir, M.S.A., 12, St. Wolfe, H. J., Braintrees, Harpenden. Peter's Street, St. Albans. Wolfe, Miss E. S , Braintrees, Harpen- •Toulmin, H. J., J.P., The Pre, St. den. Albans. Woodman, T. Foster, 32, St. Peter's Thorpe, Mrs., 36, Holywell Hill, St. Street, St. Albans. Albans. Woollam, Charles, J.P„ The Abbey Turle, Mrs , Cambridge Lodge, Hatfield Mills, St. Albans. Road, St. Albans. Woolman, J., Public Library, Watford. Verulam, The Earl of, Gorhambury, St. Worssam, Henry J., Marlborough Albans. House, St. Albans. Wallen, F., 96, Gower Street, London, Worthington, Rev. H. B., M.A., Christ- W.C. church Vicarage, St. Albans. White, Miss, Marlborough Road, St. Albans. CONTENTS. PAGE Li>t of Officers and Committee

List of Members

Excursions in 1901 Proceedings 281, 298, 319, 357, 374, 375, 386, 387, 396

Dr. Richard Lee, of Hatfield, andhis son, Richard Lee, of Essendon, by H. R. Wilton Hall ...... 282

Sandridge Parish Accounts, by H. R. Wilton Hall .. 289

The Clock-Tower, St. Albans : its Origin and History, by F. G. Kitton .. 298

An Italian Financial House in the 14th Century, by Charles Johnson, M.A.... 320

Some Notes on Hatfield, by William Page, F.S.A 334

The Lesser Domestic Architecture of Hertfordshire, by A. Whitford Anderson, A.R.I.B.A 357

Notes on the Mural Decoration at the Old 4 4 White Hart" Inn, St. Albans, by F. G. Kitton 376

Mural Paintings at Rothamsted, by Victor Tylston Hodgson ...... S78

Mural Colour Decoration at Mr. H. J. Thurnall's House, at Royston, by F. W. Kinneir Tarte, M.S.A 385

English Mediaeval Armour, as exemplified by Hertfordshire Brasses, by Charles H. Ashdown, F.R.G.S 388

Excavations at , by William Page, F.S.A...... 396

The late Rev. H. Fowler's Papers, by H. R. Wilton Hall 398

St. Michael's Pulpit, by F. W. Kinneir Tarte, M.S.A 403 Balance Sheet for 1901

Balance Sheet, Verulam Research Fund LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PLATES. The Clock Tower and Conduit, St. Albans, 1783

The Market Cross and Conduit at St. Albans, Hertfordshire, 1787 The Clock House from High Street, 1812.. The Clock Tower with Semaphore, 1805 The Clock Tower from the Market Place, 1900 .. The Clock Tower, St. Albans—present day Sixteenth-Century Plan of the Old Palace at Hatfield The 4 4 White Horse " Inn, Bishop's Stortford The " Black Lion " Inn, Bishop's Stortford Church Street, Watford .. Old Almshouses near the Church at Barley Old Houses at Hadham Ford, near Old House at Gosmore, near Ippolits ..." The Old Vicarage, Watford Old Building in Yard of the " George " Inn, Watford .. Mural Decoration at the old " White Hart " Inn, St. Albans Mural Painting at Rothamsted Upper Portion of the Mural Painting at Rothamsted English Mediaeval Armour; as Exemplified in Hertfordshire Brasses, &c. 1. Sir John de Bitton, A.D., 1227 2. Sir Roger de Trumpington, A.D., 1289 .. English Mediaeval Armour {continued)— 3. Sir John de Creke, A.D., 1325 4. Sir John de Paletoot, A.D., 1361 .. 5. Peacock (?). A.D., 1385 6. Sir John de Harpedon, A D., 1457 English Mediaeval Armour [continued)— 7. Sir John Leventhorpe, A.D., 1433 8. Sir John Peryent, A.D., 1450 .. 9. Sir William Fynderne, A.D., 1444 10. Sir Anthony de Grey, A.D., 1480 Excavations at Verulamium (folding plan) Pulpit at St. Michael's Church, St. Albans—front elevation Do. do. Details of Carved Panels Do. do. Details of Carving on Sounding Board, etc. Do. do. Details of Carved Panels Do. do. From a Sketch

ENGRAVINGS IN TEXT. Portions of Wall Decoration at the old " White Hart" Inn, St. Albans Mural Painting in the Hall at Rothamsted Do. do. do. Mural Decoration in an old House at Royston Pulpit at St. Michael's Church, St. Albans. One of the Carved Supporters under the Sounding Board

The Clock House and Conduit, St. Albans. From the Etching by B. Green, 1783. (Lewis Erans Collection, Herts County Museum). PROCEEDINGS. 281

PROCEEDINGS.

General Meeting held at the Herts County Museum, on Thursday, 25th October, 1900. Present—The Very Rev. the Dean of St. Albans, President, in the chair; Canon Wigram, Messrs. Hopkinson and Gibbs, Miss Lee, the Hon. Secretaries, and many others. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. The Dean referred in feeling terms to the great loss which the Society had sustained since its last meeting, by the death of the Rev. H. Fowler, for so many years Hon. Secretary of the Society, and proposed the following resolution : " The St. Albans and Hertfordshire Architectural and Archaeological Society desires to put on record its sense of the severe loss it lias sustained by the death of the Rev. Henry Fowler, for sixteen years one of its honorary secretaries, and at the same time to express its sympathy with his family in their bereavement. The Society wishes also to convey its most sincere thanks to Miss Fowler, Mr. Ralph Fowler, and the rest of the family, for their generous gift of their late father's very valuable collections of MS notes and papers, and for numerous plans and printed books." Mr. Clarkson seconded the resolution, which was carried. Upon the proposal of Mr. Page, seconded by Mr Gibbs, Miss Fowler was elected an honorary member of the Society. Mr. Hugh Blakiston, B.A., Secretary to the "National Trust for Places of Historic Interest," then gave his lecture on " Our National Heritage." S. FLINT CLARKSON.

General Meeting held at the Herts Connty Museum, on Friday, 15th February, 1901. Present—Mr. S. Flint Clarkson, in the chair ; Messrs. Tarte, Mowat, Gaffe, Bickley, Hardy, the Hon. Secretaries, and many others. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. Mr. F. Palmer, of Beaconsfield Road, proposed by Mr. Tarte, and seconded by Mr. Hillier, was duly elected. Mr. Kitton called attention to the project for acquiring the Lewis Evans Collection of Hertfordshire Prints, etc., and upon the proposal of Mr. Mowat, seconded by Mr. Gaffe, it was ordered that £5 from the Society's funds be subscribed towards the fund now being raised. Mr. Johnson brought before the meeting a proposal which had been discussed by the Committee, to index the Ordnance Maps of the County. After some debate the matter was referred back to the Committee. Mr. Wilton Hall read the following papers :—(1) " Some notes on Dr. Richard Lee, of Hatfield, during the Commonwealth period." (2) " Parish Accounts 1687-1780." Some discussion followed, in which Mr. Page pointed out the very careful manner in which the Sandridge accounts had been repaired and guarded by Mr. Hall; and stated that they were now about to be returned to the Church. G. II P. GLOSSOP. I