aDliition0 to tfte iLitirarg

During the Year 1902,

DONATIONS.

The Publications of the Palceontographical Society, from the Library of the late Mr. Wm. Blake, of “Bridge,” South Petherton.—vol. xxvi (1872) to vol. liv (1900) in complete

i bound volumes ; vol. xxx (1876) deficient ; also vols. to xxv inclusive, divided up into parts. Nine pamphlets relating to

Natural History, chiefiy by H. Gr. Fordham.—Presented by Mrs. Blake. All the “ Index Library ” published by the British Record Society, from January, 1890, to September, 1902, with the exception of the “ Canterbury Wills.” —Presented by the Rev. F. W. Weavek, F.S.A., Hon. Genl. Secretary. (1)

The following is a list of the Records already completed : — 1, (2) Coram Rege Roll, a.d. 1297. 2, Wills, 1568— 1799. 3,

Gloucestershire Wills, vol. i, 1541 — 1650. 4, Berkshire Wills, 1508

—1652.^ 5, Wills, 1572—1792. G, Sussex Wills. 7, Lei- cester Wills, 1495—1649. 8, Lincoln Wills, 1320—1600, vol. i.

9, Lichfield Wills, 1516 — 1652. 10, Chancery Proceedings, vols. ii,^ iii and iv.-^ 11, Gloucester Inquisitiones Post Mortem, Charles I, vols. i, ii and iii. 12, Wiltshire Inquis. P.M., Charles I, vol. i. 13,

. The donor subsequently purchased early pages of these volumes, to make them complete for binding.

. The Society has purchased vol. i of the Chancery Proceedings, to make the set complete. (See p. 97). Additions to the Library, 89

London Inqnis. P.M., vols. i and ii. 14, Commissariot of Scotland, 1514—1800. Parts of the following in sheets, —not yet completed 15, Glou- cestershire Inquis. P.M., vol. iv. 16, Gloucestershire Wills, vol. ii.

17, Devonshire Wills. 18, Worcester Wills. 19, Wiltshire Inquis.

P.M., vol. ii. 20, Calendar of Marriage Licences, issued by the

Faculty Office, commencing 1632. The complete volumes have been bound, towards which the Rev.

F. W. Weaver has also contributed <£1.

Reprint of the Barnstaple Records^ 2 vols. and Index ; by Messrs. J. R. Chanter and T. WainAvright.—Presented by Mr. Thos. Wain WRIGHT, Barnstaple.

The Ancient Stone Crosses of and its Borderland^ by Wm. Crossing. —Presented by the Publisher, Mr. J. G. Co MM IN, Exeter.

Guide to St. Decuman s Church, (interleaved with Photographs). — Presented by the Author, Rev. C. H. Heale. Records of Yarlinyton (new edition).—Presented by the Author, Chancellor T. E. Rogers, Yarlington House, Win- canton.

ii, 1 Collectanea Archceologica, vol. pts. —3 ; The Wards of the City of Norwich.—Presented by the Rev. D. P. Alford, Taunton. Supplement to the Barrow Gurney History.—Presented by the Northern Branch of the Society. Halse Village Notes, pts. 1 — 4.-— Presented by the Author, Rev. F. J. Montgomery. Weston-super-Mare Parish Notes, 1694— 1819.—Presented by the Editor, Mr. E. E. Baker, F.S.A., The Glebe House, W eston-super-Mare. The Ancestor, Nos. 1-3.-—Presented by Rev. F. W. Weaver, F.S.A., Hon. Genl. Secretary. Kilmington Churchwardens'" Accounts, 1560— 1608. — Pre- sented by the Editor, Mr. Robert Cornish, Cedar House, Axminster. 90 Fifiy-fourih Annual Meeting.

The Customs of the Manor of Taunton and Taunton Deane. by Richard Locke. 1816.—Presented by Mr. C. H. Sa3ISOX, Taunton. Minute Book of the Proceedings of the Taunton Conversazione, established dime oth, 1832.—Presented by Mr. Wm. Poole, Taimton.

MS. Motes on the Heraldry, etc., in the 1902 Somersetshire ArchcBological Society's Excursion, Glastonbury.— by the Author, Mr. F. Were, Gratwicke Hall. Barrow Gurney.

Trials of Maria Glenn and Mary tVhitby, for Perjury against the Bowditches, Taunton Assizes, October, 1820, 2nd edit. : Papers relating to the Somerset case of Charter v. Tre- velyan —an Appeal to the House of Lords, c. 1841.—Presented by Mr. J. B. Marwood, 86, Boston Road, Hanwell.

The Cord Report o f the Deputy-Keeper o f the Public Records ; Report of the Committee for Collection and Custody of Local Records. — Presented by Rev. E. H. Bates, Puckington Rectory. Annual Report, JVincanton Field Club, 1900-1.—Presented by Mr. G. Sweetmax.

Chambers' Dictionai'y, 4 vols., 1779 ; An Old Systein of Geography.—Presented by Mr. T. R. West, Taunton. The Reputation of the Hoticells (Bristol) as a Health Resort. —Presented by the Author, Mr. L. M. Griffiths, M.R.C.S.

Slang and its Analogues, toI. y, pts. 2, 3, and 4.—Presented by Mr. A. W. Rogers, the Executor of the late Dr. Rogers. Calendar, 47M Session, 1902-3, Merchant Venturers' Tech- nical College, Bristol.—Presented by the Principal. Sir Francis Berkeley o f Askeaton. — Presented by the Author, Mr. T. J. Westropf. Report, Select Committee, House of Commons, on Corn Laws, 1814; Hints to Gentlemen of Landed Property, 1793. —Pre- sented by Mr. H. R. Goddard, Taunton. ——

Additions to the Library. 91

Short Memoir of Vincent Stuckey Lean., 1820 —1899.— Pre- sented by the Authoress, Miss J. L. Woodward.

The Downside Review^ vol. ii (new series), Nos. 1 and 2 . Presented by the Editor.

King Alfred and his family in Mercia, ; Did St. Augustine meet the British Bishops at Austf— Presented by the Author,

Rev. C. S. Taylor, F.S.A. The Place of the Bishop of Bath and Wells at the Coronation. —Presented by the Author, Rev. Canon Church, F.S.A.

On a Deep-boring at Lyme Regis ; The Microscopic Structure of the Zones of the Chalk; Upper Greensand and Chloritic

Marl of Mere and Maiden Bradley ; Borings at Culford, Wink- field^ Ware and Cheshunt ; Le Cenomanien du Devonshire . Presented by the Author, Mr. A. J. Jukes-Browne, F.G.S.

Anderson s Prospector s Handbook . —Presented by Mr. R. M. Barrett. History of Nottingham Castle. —Presented by the Author, Mr. Em. Green, F.S.A.

Annual Reports, etc., Barrow Naturalists^ Field Club, vol. XV.—Presented by the Club. Transactions of the Leicester Uterary and Philosophical

1 Society, vol. vi, pts. —3 ; vol. vii, pts. 1, 2. The Benedictines of Bath during a Thousand Years, by J. Clement Fowler. —Presented by St.Gregory’s Society,Downside.

Mr. Bulkeley s Sermon at Bridgwater, Oct. 1st, 1722 An ;

Essay of Arithmetick, by Wm. Wallis, Bridgwater ; Western

Rebellion, by R. Locke, 1782 ; Memorandum of John Coad,

during the Revolution of 1688 ; Sermon for the Triennial Visi- tation of Richard, Bishop of Bath and Wells, held at Bridg- loater, Aug. \^th, 1695, by Matthew Hole, Vicar of Stoke- gursey; and another religious pamphlet, Somerset, 1724.^ Presented by Rev. J. B. Anstice, Burnham. Annual Report, 1901, Yorkshire Philosophical Society. Snow Harris' Rudimentary Electricity .—VTQ^QTiiQdi by Mr. F. T. J. Haynes, Taunton. —— —

92 Fifty-fourth Annual Meeting,

Castle Cary Visitor^ 1902.—Presented bj the Editor, Mr. W. Macmillax. Index of Archceological Papers, 1900.

Daily Weather Reports, Sejjt. 1st, 1901 Aug. 31sf, 1902. Presented by Dr. Prior. The Times, for 1900, 1901, and 1902.-^ Presented by the Somerset County Club.

- The Somerset County Gazette, 1902.— Presented by the Proprietors.

The Somerset County Herald, 1902 ; The Taunton Courier, 1902.—Presented by the Proprietors. The following Papers and Documents were presented to the

Society by Mr. H. R. Goddard, of Taunton, March, 1902 :

1. Indenture of Return of the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere and Arthur Mills, Esq., for the Borough of Taunton, July 9th, 1852.

2. Act of Parliament, 1768-9, for erecting a Market House and

Holding a Market in the Town of Taunton, etc. ; and other documents relating to the Markets.

3. Public Health Act, 1848.

4. Admiralty Chart of part of tlie Bristol Channel, 1832.

5. Bill for making a Navigable Canal from the River Avon in the Parish of Easton-in-Gordano to the River Tone in Taunton.

6. Bill to Abridge, Improve, etc., the Bristol and Taunton Canal Navigation. 1824.

7. Original Map and lithographed Map, 1810, of the Bristol and Taunton Canal.

8. Plan of intended Canal from Uphill to Taunton, surveyed by John Easton in 1794.

9. Section and Levels of the Uphill Canal.

10. Original Plans of the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal.

TAUNTON TURNPIKE ROADS.

11. Map of Taunton Turnpike Roads, by John Easton, 1806. 12. Old Books of Maps. 13. A bundle of large coloured Maps and Plans. — ——

Additions to the Library. 93

14. Several copies of a Plan of the Roads, 1863.

15. Mr. Benjamin Wingrove’s Report on the Roads; dated Bath, 9th July, 1819.

16. Acts of Parliament for Repairing Roads leading from Taunton, 1765--1840.

17. General Turnpike Acts in Great Britain.

18. A quantity of Deed-polls, 1800, etc.

19. Several Assignments of Deed-polls to be cancelled, 1819-~-1821.

20. Conveyance of Land in North Town, Taunton, Nov. 14th, 1818. 21. Ditto Old Road at Bathpool, Feb. 23rd, 1819.

22. Ditto Ground at Thurlbeer, 1816-7 (4 documents). 23. Title Deeds relating to Mr. John Gardiner’s premises in the Town of Wellington. 24. Deeds relating to the White Lion in East Gate, Taunton.

25. Ditto Cottage at Hatch Beauchamp. 26. Security for £700, 24th June, 1753; another for £1,000, Oct.,

1753 , and another for £10,000, 26th March, 1766. 27. Division of the Half Toll, 1818.

28. Mortgages of the Tolls, etc., July 1st, 1834. 29. List of Creditors, July 6th, 1841.

RECEIVED FROM SOCIETIES IN CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE EXCHANGE OF PUBLICATIONS

British Association Report, 1901 ; Report of the Correspond- ing Societies^ Committee, Glasgow, 1901. British Museum (Natural History) — Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum {Natural Histoi'y), pt. 4.

Society of Antiquaries of London Proceedings, vol. xviii,

no. 2. Royal Archseological Institute — of Great Britain and Ireland Journal, 2nd series, vol. viii, pt. 4; vol. ix, pts. 1, 2, 3. British Archaeological Association Journal, 2nd series, vol.

vii, pt. 4 ; vol. viii, pts. 1, 2. — — — —— ——

94 Fifty-fourth Annual Meeting,

Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland^

Journal^ voL xxxi, pt. 2 ; vol. xxxiij pt. 1. Society of Antiquaries of 'SGotlAnd—Pi'oceedings^ vol. xxxv.

Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland -Journal^ vol. xxxi

(consecutive series), pt. 4; vol. xxxii, pts. 1, 2, 3. Index,,

vols. i —xix, pts. 1, 2.

Royal Irish Academy- Transactions, vol, xxxi, pts. 12 to 14 ;

vol. xxxii, section A, pts. 1, 2. Associated Architectural Societies of Counties in the Mid-

la,nds—.Reports and Papers, vol. xxv, pt. 2. Bath Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club—Proceed-

ings, vol. X, no. 1. Bristol and Gloucestershire ArchaBological Society-—

actions, vol. xxiv, pts. 1, 2. Cambridge Antiquarian Society Verses on Twelve Windows,

Canterbury Cathedral (no. xxxviii) ; Proceedings, no. 42,

vol. X, pt. 2 ; Christ Church, Canterbury. Chester and North Archaeological and Historic Society

—Journal, new series, vol. viii.

Clifton Antiquarian Club Proceedings, vol. v, pt. 2.

Cornwall, Royal Institution of,—Journal, voL xv, pt. 1. Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society—

Journal, vol. xx ; vol. xxiv.

Essex Archaeological Society— Transactions, vol. viii, pts. 3, 4 ;

Feet of Fines for Essex, pt. 3. Hertfordshire Natural History Society Transactions, vol. x,

pt. i ; vol. xi, pts. 2, 3, 4. Kent Archaeological Society— Archmologia Cantiana, vol. xxv. Lancashire and Cheshire Historic Society— Transactions,Yo\.\ii. Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society-

Transactions, vol. ix, pt. 2. Liverpool Literary and Philosophical ^ooioij—Proceedings,

vol. Iv.

(3;. Part exchange. — — — — — —

Additions to the Library. 95

Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society— Proceedings^

vol. xlvi, pts. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ; vol. xlvii, pt. 1. Newcastle-on-Tyne, Society of Antiquaries of,— ArchcBohgia

^liana^ pts. 57, 58 ; Proceedings.^ vol. x, pp. 129—308 ; Registers of Elsdon^ pp. 173—212. Northamptonshire Natural History Society Journal^ vol. xi, nos. 85 — 88. Plymouth Institution and and Cornwall Natural History

Society— vol. xiii, pt. 4. Powys-Land Club Montgomeryshire Collections^ vol. xxxii,

pt. 1.

Shropshire Archa0 ological and Natural History Society —

Transactions., 3rd series, vol. ii, pts. 1, 2, 3. Suffolk Institute of ArchaBology and Natural History—Pre-

ceedings^ vol. xi, pt. 1.

Surrey ArchaBological — Collections, vol. xvi. Sussex Archseological Society- Collections, vol. xlv.

viii, pt. 2. Thoresby Society, Leeds—vol. vi, pt. 2 ; vol. Wiltshire- Archaeological and Natural History Society Maga-

zine, vol. xxxii, nos. 96, 97 ; Inquisitions Post Mortem from

reign of Henry III, pt. 1. Yorkshire Archaeological Society— pts. 64, 65. 6 Geologists’ Association Proceedings, vol. xvii, pts. — 10 ; List oj Members, February, 1902.

The Reliquary and Illustrated Arch(Eologist-—Yo\. viii, nos. 1,

2, 3, 4.

Field Naturalist s Quarterly—yo\. i, pts. 1, 2, 3, 4. New England Historic Genealogical Society Register, vol.

Ivi ; Proceedings, 1902. Essex Institute, Historical Collections (Salem, Massachusetts,

U.S.), vol. XXX viii, pt. i.

United States National Museum, Washington, U.S.A.—^vol. xxii Bulletin, ; no. 50 ; The Birds of North and Middle

America, by R. Ridgway, pt. 1.

Bureau of American Ethnology, N 2i'AnngioT[\.—Eighteenth ; —

96 Fifty-fourth Annual Meeting,

Annual Report^ pt. TextSy 1896-7, 2 ; Kathlamet by Franz Boas. Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, U.S. Proceed-

ingsy vol. liv, 1902.

PURCHASED.

Harleian vol. Lincolnshire Pedigrees Society— 1, , A—F. Early English Text Society—nos. 120, 121.

Ray Society— Michael’s British Tyroglyphidce, vol. i.

Pahaeontographical Society-—vol. Iv, 1901.

Somerset Record Society—vol. 16, Somerset Mediceval Wills (1383 — 1500); vol. 17, Feet of Fines, Edward III to

Richard II; vol. 18, Bellum Civile : Hopton s Narrative of his Campaign in the West (1642—1644). Oxford Historical Remarks and Collections of Thomas Hearne, vols. v and vi.

English Dialect Dictionary, pts. 13 to 16.

Somerset and Dorset Notes and Queries, nos. 57, 58, 59, 60.

Somerset Parish Registers, Marriages, vol. iv. Episcopal Registers, Diocese of Exeter, Thomas de Brantyng- ham, A.D. 1370 — 1394, pt. 1.

The Connoisseur, vol. i, nos. 1, 2, 3 and Index vol. ii, nos. 6,

7, 8 and Index; vol. iii, nos. 9, 10, 11, 12 and Index ; vol.

iv, nos. 13, 14, 15, 16.

The Bath and. Wells Diocesan Kalendar for 1 902.

Whitaker s Almanack, 1903. Bibliotheca Somersetensis, 3 vols., by Emanuel Green, F.S.A.

History of Northumberland, vol. vi, by J. C. Hodgson, F.S.A.

Excavations in , vol. iv, by General Pitt-Rivers, D.C.L., F.R.S. King Johns House, Tollard Royal, Wilts, ditto. Antujue Works of Art, from Benin, W. Africa, ditto. Primitive Locks and Keys, ditto.

Archceologia, vols. 36, 46, 47, 53, 54 and 55 complete; and

vol, 49, pt. 1. Additions to the Library. 97

The Sea-Board of Mendip^ by F. A. Knight. Index^ Analysis of Somerset Domesday ^ Terrce Occupaice and by Rev. T. W. Whale.

The Mynster of the He., pt. 1, by Rev. J. Street. DemrniAs Illustrated History of Arms and Armour. Davies’ Treatise of Minerals and Mininy.

Chancery Proceedinys^ voL i, “Index Library.”^ Twenty mounted Platinotype Geological Photographs, pro- duced by the British Association Geol. Photog. Committee.

Set 1. Downman’s Enylish Pottery and Porcelain. British Museum Guide (1902) to the Antiquities of the Stone Aye. Cataloyue of the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, Edinburyh.

Jubilee Address to the Soc. Antiq., Scotland, 1902.

(4). See p. 88.

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