16 The Seventeenth General Meeting. 
family after his escape by concealment in the oak tree, at Boscobel, 
in 1651. In reference to this event a pension was granted, and is 
still paid to the Penderell family, the pension descending in the 
male line, and the ring passing down in the female line. Some of 
the English jewellery shown was interesting from its having been 
worn by the mother of Smollett, the historian. The collection of 
chatelames of French and English manufacture, of the 17th and 
18th centuries, with the watches and other appendages attached, 
was of a novel character. One of the watches possessed an additional 
interest from its having belonged to James II.; it had a revolving 
dial, with figures of the sun and moon to indicate the time. <A few 
hanaps of German workmanship, and some early chalices, were 
exhibited. 
THE SOCIETY’S DINNER. 
The Anniversary Dinner of the Society took place at the Pembroke 
Arms Hotel, at six o’clock, and was presided over by’Mr. Penrud- 
docke. Most of the ladies and gentlemen who attended the general 
meeting were present, the total number being about 125. Mr. 
Motton catered with his usual liberahty, but owing to the crowded 
state of the room, the waiting was not so good as probably it would 
otherwise have been. Lady Herbert sent a magnificent buck, and 
also a large supply of game. The dessert, which was of the best, 
was also the gift of her ladyship. 
In responding to one of the toasts, the Venerable Archdeacon 
Stanton introduced the following anecdote relating to Wilton :— 
The story went that Sir Osborne Giffard placed his affections on a 
nun, who thought proper to accompany him. Probably thinking 
it, however, an act of gross impropriety, she took a companion with 
her. The two were carried off by Sir Osborne Giffard, and the act 
led to his excommunication. The punishment inflicted upon him 
by the Archbishop of Canterbury was fourfold ; and probably they 
would not approve of one or two portions of the sentence. , The 
first was that he should never set foot in a nunnery again—a very 
safe measure, for he was evidently not a safe man to be there. The 
next was that he was to fast a certain number of months—another 
good measure, probably, for the health of his body. The next was 
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