REPORT. Xxill 
where the Hon. Sec., at the request of Mr. Dashwood Fane, who 
had kindly prepared them, read the Notes which follow :— 
CASTLE. 
On the eastern side of the town, and of the road between the Railway Sta- 
tion and the Church, is the site of the Castle. 
Opposite to the eastern end of Potter Street is a door opening into a 
garden, within which may be seen a fragment of old wall covered with ivy, 
now the only standing remains of the Castle, the principal buildings of which 
stood to the southward of that part. 
A short distance to the northward is a long mound (now carrying a public 
footpath) which appears to have bounded the eastern side of the Castle Pool, 
now an orchard. 
The date of the erection of the Castle is not known. It was parcel of the 
Honour of Tutbury, and of the Duchy of Lancaster, and as such a royal 
possession. 
Leland (who travelled as “ Royal Antiquary,” 1533—1539) wrote ‘‘ Miel- 
burn Castille, a 2 miles from Dunnington, and is praty and in metely good 
reparation.” 
Camden (who travelled about 1580) wrote [according to Gough’s version, 
1806] ‘‘ not far from the Trent is Melbourn, a royal castle running to ruin, in 
which John Duke of Bourbon, taken at the battle of Agincourt (1415) 
was kept 9 [18] years in custody.” The duke died in 1433, the year of his 
release. 
In 1602, by order of Queen Elizabeth, a survey was made by the auditor of the 
Duchy of Lancaster. To it was attached a drawing of the Castle, from which 
an engraving was afterwards made, showing the Castle in a perfect state, with 
the Church in the background. 
James I. granted the Castle to Charles Howard, Earl of Nottingham, from 
whom it passed to Henry Hastings, Earl of Huntingdon, possessor also of 
Donington and Ashby Castles. It was suffered to fall into decay, and its 
destruction was perhaps hastened by injuries received in the contest between 
Charles I. and the Parliament. 
CHURCH. 
The Parish Church (St. Michael’s) is a cruciform structure, having a central 
and two western towers, a nave (63 ft. by 18 ft. 6 in.), north and south aisles 
(each 63 ft. by 9 ft. 6 in.), space under central tower (17 ft. 6 in. square), north 
and south transepts (each 30 ft. by 14ft. 6 in.), chancel (27 ft. 4 in. by 14 ft. 
9 in.), and west portico (44 ft. 9 in. by 9 ft. § in.) 
The nave is separated from each aisle by five stilted Norman arches, 20 feet 
high, resting on circular pillars 4 feet in diameter, on square bases, and sur- 
