Mrs. Clutterbuck says, " The house formerly had simk into the 

 name of Saiutbury, but it has gone by the original name of St. 

 Mary's for more than forty years. The account handed down to 

 her thirty years ago, was, that Friar Bacon's room was the one 

 which she made the nursery, and that that room and the closet 

 adjoining, said to be his cell, has always borne the name of Friar 

 Bacon's study. She also perfectly remembers that she was told, 

 there had been a flight of steps, which communicated with the top 

 of the house, but which were taken down when the house was 

 altered, where there is still remaining a walk on the leads with a 

 stone balustrade, which tradition said was that he made use of as 

 a place for his astronomical observations." 



It may be remarked that Sir Robert Atkyns makes Friar 

 Bacon's death to have taken place A.D. 1284, which corresponds 

 to the date given by some foreign writers, but our historians place 

 the event eight years later. 



The above communication I deem sufficiently curious to be 

 preserved in the archives of our Club. C. P. 



