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TRANSACTIONS OF THE LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY VOLUME XIV. W. THORNLEY 6? SON, Bowling Green Street, Leicester. 1925-26 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE The Township of Leicester before the Conquest ... ... ... 2 The West Field, Leicester ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 6 The East Field, Leicester ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 10 The South Field, Leicester ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 16 The Open Fields of Leicester, S'outhfield Award 1811 ... ... ... 28 Castle Donington—Site of Castle ... ... ... ... ... ... 31 The Platt ... ... ... ... ... ,.. 71 The Church—Views from N.E. and S.E. (3 Plates) 78 Prints Effigy ... ... .'.. 79 „ „ ,, ,, South West angle of chancel ... 80 „ ,, ,, ,, North aisle, rood loft s'taircase ... 80 „ „ ,, ,, North Arcade East Pier cap ... 80 „ ,, ,, ,, East Respond in South Arcade ... 80 „ ,, ,, „ Pier Cap in South Arcade ... 80 „ ,, ,, „ Nave looking West ... ... ... 81 South Wall ... ... ... ... 82 The Staunton Brass 1458 ... ... 83 „ ,, „ ,, The Hasylryg Monument ... ... 84 ,, ,, ,, ,, Piscina and Sedilia—South aisle ... 85 ,, „ „ ,, Sedilia in chancel ... ... ... 85 ,, ,, „ ,, Architectural Plan of ... ... 86 Fenny Drayton Church ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 87 ,, ,, Monument to George Fox ... ... ... ... 88 „ ,, Church—interior looking N.E. ... ... ••• 90 „ „ ,, Purefey Monuments (5 Plates) 94, 95, 96 All Saints, Leicester—From a drawing by J. Fulleylove, 1879 ... 137 Corpus Christi Gildhall, Leicester ... ... ... ... ... 150 „ „ Chapel and Consistory Court, St. Martin's, Leicester 156 St. Margaret's Church, Leicester ... ... ... ... ... 162 Contracted Burial at Leire ... ... ... ... ... 174,175 Sepulchral Slab found at Ayleston ... ... ... ... ... 180 Ragdale Old Hall Church and Cross ... ... ... ... ... 182 ,, ,, ,, South Front ... ... ... ... ... 186 „ ,, ,, East Portion of South Front ... ... ... 186 From the North-West ... ... ... ... 188 ,, ,, ,, The Oak Room ... ... ... ... ... 189 „ „ ,, The Porch ... ... ... ... ... ... 190 „ „ „ South-West View ... ... ... ... ... 192 ,, Church—Interior looking East ... ... ... ... 194 ,, Architectural Plans of Church and the Old Hall ... ... 198 Stoke Golding Church ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 199 ,, ,, „ East End ... ... ... ... ... 200 „ „ South Front ... ... ... ... ... 200 South East ... ... ... ... ... 200 ,, „ ,, Interior looking South-East ... ... ... 203 The Font ... ... ... ... ... 204 „ „ ,, Architectural Section Plans (2 Plates) ... 228 THE LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY THE 71st ANNUAL REPORT, 1925 Your Committee, in presenting their Report for the year 1925, are able to congratulate the Society upon its continued vitality, much interesting work having been accomplished during the past twelve months. They have, however, to record with much regret the loss by death of the following valued members: His Grace the Duke of Rutland, K.G., Patron of the Society; Sir E. G. B. Palmer, Bart., one of the Vice-Presidents; Mr. W. S. Alien, Mr. Arthur Bassett, Mr. W. M. Cowdell, Mr. T. W. Everard, D.L., Mr. T. H. Fosbrooke, F.S.A., Major Hatchett, J.P., Mr. Albert Pickard, J.P., Mr. H. W. A. Richards, Mr. W. T. Tucker, Mr. E. H. Warner, D.L., and the Rev. Wentworth Watson, M.A. During the year fifteen members resigned from the Society, and twenty-six new members were elected, as follows : — In January:— Mr. A. H. Leavesley, Ratcliffe Lodge, Ratclifie Road, Leicester Mrs. Munton, Whatborough, Tilton-on-the- Hill, Leicester Mr. W. E. Hincks, O.B.E., Beaconsfield Rd. Leicester Dr. H. Schofield, Ph.D. (Lond.), The Tech nical College, Loughborough Mr. J. F. Driver, M.I.E.E., The Technical College, Loughborough Col. E. C. Packe, Stretton Hall, Leicester Mr. Bernard McQuillin, 57 Charles Street, Leicester Mrs. James Packe, Pax, Rothley, Leicester 11. LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY In May:— The Rt. Rev. the Lord Bishop of Peter borough, D.D., a Vice-President, The Palace, Peterborough The Rev. E. M. Richards, Misterton Rectory, Lutterworth Mr. W. F. Charles, The Nook, Loughborough In June:— Mrs. W. A. Clarke, St. Mary's Road, Leicester In September:— Mr. Arthur Thornley, Beechcroft, Southernhay Road, Stoneygate, Leicester Mr. Harry Seal, Ullesthorpe House, Rugby Mr. William Henry Atkinson, 7 Beckingham Road, Leicester Mr. Oswald Stott, Huncote, Leicester Mr. Charles George Markham, 23 Lincoln Street, Leicester Mr. William Henry Bott, Hinckley Mrs. McMillan, The Lodge, Bitteswell In October:— Mrs. A. H. Leavesley, Ratcliffe Lodge, Ratcliffe Road, Leicester Mrs. Martin, The Holt, Woodhouse, Loughborough Mr. W. K. Billings, St. James's Road, Leicester In November :— Mr. F. Austin Ellis Ashwell, 34 Avenue Road, Leicester Mrs. Charles Martin, Kinchley House, Rothley, Leicester Miss Maud Oliver, 162 London Road, Leicester Mr. William Cross, Rearsby, Leicester The total number of members on the register at the end of the year was 317. The Duke of Rutland By the sudden death of His Grace Henry John Brinsley Manners, eighth Duke of Rutland, K.G., which took place on 8th REPORT in. May, 1925, at 16 Arlington Street, London, the Society was deprived of its Patron, who became a member on his appoint ment to the Lord Lieutenancy of the county, in succession to General Richard William Penn, Earl Howe, C.B. The duke's commissions as Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum are dated 9th and 7th November, 1900, and copies of them appear in a paper entitled " The Lords Lieutenant of Leicester shire," by the Rev. W. G. D. Fletcher, F.S.A., in Reports and Papers of the Associated Architectural Societies, 1901, pp. 264-5. He was, as the Times said, a hardworking and efficient Lord Lieutenant, and in war time had been, as became an old soldier, foremost in the organisation of the Territorials in Leicestershire. Throughout his tenure of the dukedom, he maintained his high status and the traditions of his family with consistent ability and singular personal charm. His taste for a country life led him to devote such leisure as he could command to his favourite study of natural history and to sport. On the death of his father, the seventh duke, in 1906, he was elected Patron oi this Society. His eldest son, Lord Haddon, having died in 1894, the late duke was succeeded by his second son, the Marquis of Granby, F.S.A., who shares the Society's interests and is now its Patron. Those members who in 1924 took part in the excursion to Belvoir will long remember their courteous reception by the duke and duchess and! the present duke, who, as Lord Granby, was the Society's President. Thomas Henry Fosbrooke By the death of Mr. Thomas Hefiry Fosbrooke, F.S.A., which occurred at his house at Rothley on 12th June, 1925, the Society has lost a most useful and energetic member, who probably did more than anyone else in his day to promote a general interest in the antiquities of Leicestershire. Born on 31st March, 1862, Mr. Fosbrooke, who was the second son of the late Mr. Leonard Fosbrooke, of Ravenston Hall, received the greater part of his education at Mill Hill House, Leicester, whence he proceeded for a short time to the Grammar School at Derby. Adopting architecture for his profession, he was IV. LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY articled to the late Mr. Isaac Barradale, of Leicester, from whose office he went, for the purpose of gaining experience before setting up for himself, as an assistant to the late Mr. Millican, another prominent Leicester architect. About thirty years ago, he joined the late Mr. W. E. Keites, and some ten years later the firm of Keites and Fosbrooke was augmented by the inclusion of Mr. W. K. Bedingfield, by whom it is now carried on in asso ciation with Mr. P. H. Grundy, who became a partner in Mr. Fosbrooke's lifetime. As a practising architect Mr. Fosbrooke designed many good houses in Leicester and its neighbourhood, and several important factories and other buildings stand to his credit, as does the the war memorial at Ashby-de-la-Zouch. All his work was undertaken in a conscientious spirit, and he was much esteemed by his professional brethren and by all with whom his many activities brought him into contact. He joined the Archaeological Society on 26th January, 1903, and from that date continued to be one of its keenest and most loyal supporters. His personal popularity made him specially successful in enlisting new members, and nobody could be more zealous than he was in securing the preservation of historic buildings and other monuments of the past. His chief contributions to the Society's publications were an exhaustive monograph on the castle at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, a history of Rothley Temple, and an account, illustrated by a series of architectural plates, of the old Town Hall of Leicester, which he produced in collaboration with Mr. Skillington and Mr. McDonald. He did useful work of con servation at Ashby castle, and, in conjunction with the Office of Works, acted as honorary architect at Kirby castle, and so took an important part in saving that interesting structure from the dissolution that threatened it. The work, however, by which he will always be most generally remembered was his thorough reparation of the Old Town Hall of Leicester, a difficult task into which he put his whole heart, and upon which he was engaged until his strength failed him. The older and more sig nificant parts had been put into good order, under his personal direction, some time before he was compelled to give up; the rest of the work, which is now nearing completion, is being carried out by his partners, who were in communication with him until shortly before