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appreciation of the instruction he had given them whilst wandering 
through the ruins of Caerphilly Castle. The return to Bath was 
made by the 6.30 p.m. train. 
_ Boxwell Court, May 20th, 1890.—A morning of misty rain and 
South-east wind succeeding a most thoroughly rainy day, did not 
promise well for the 18 miles drive in prospect, and probably was 
the cause of the small muster opposite the Post Office at 9 a.m. 
Thirteen members only took their seats in the break out of the 
seventeen whose names had been sent in to the Secretary. So 
soon, however, as the high Cotteswold plateau was reached the 
weather improved and glimpses of blue sky every now and then 
- were cheering. The foliage, too, of the trees in the Parks of 
Dyrham and Dodington looked their greenest and freshest after 
the rain. A short halt took place at the Cross Hands where the 
party was increased by Mr. Skrine and three visitors. After 
passing Petty France, instead of following the road to Didmarton, 
Badminton Park was left on the right hand and the main road 
taken to Boxwell Farm. Several tumuli were passed, connected 
no doubt more or less with the numerous camps which surmount 
the edge of the Cotteswolds, and indicative of many a hard 
fought fight on this border line in days gone by. A room 
at the Manor Farm was most courteously placed at the disposal 
of the members on their arrival, 11.15, by Mr. Clark, the 
tenant, and a fire was most acceptable after the somewhat breezy 
ride of the morning.: Before starting for the morning’s ramble,. 
Mr. Skrine gave a short account of the family of the Huntleys, 
former possessors of the Court. From which it appeared that 
this family had descended from a stock that came over 
with William the Conqueror from Normandy, and derived 
_ their name from the Lordship of Huntley in Gloucestershire, 
_ near the Forest of Dean, given by the King, to Wythenoc Fitz 
_ Baderon, and by him granted to his nephew, William Fitz Baderon, 
~ Baron of Monmouth, and ancestor of the Huntleys. The third 
son of this Fitz Baderon was styled Sir Walter de Huntley and 
