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called Athelstan’s, behind the pulpit, was evidently erected con- 
siderably after 941 when he died, though probably intended for 
his commemoration. He, and Aldhelm the first Abbot, after- 
wards first Bishop of Sherborne, were buried near the high altar, 
but the graves are now untraceable. The monument to Stumpe, 
the clothier, who gave up the church, which had for some time 
been used as a factory, to the town, in place of the parish church 
which had become ruinous, is in the vestry. An epitaph toa 
worthy lady, on the east wall of the south aisle, is also note- 
worthy. 
The Market cross, built in the reign of Henry VII., having 
been examined, the Corporation Almshouse and Manor Court 
were visited, the latter was formerly the house of John Stumpe. 
After luncheon at the ‘‘ George,” to which ample justice was 
done by the Members and their friends, the party drove to 
Charlton Park, where, by kind permission of the Countess 
Dowager of Suffolk and Berkshire, the fine picture gallery, 
drawing-room and large dining-room were inspected. There are 
some good pictures and interesting portraits, and the house itself 
is an interesting mansion of the Jacobite period, part of it being 
attributed to Inigo Jones. 
Those Members of the Club who had visited Malmesbury 
before, greatly regretted the absence of Major C. E. Davis, who 
on previous occasions had given a most interesting description of 
the Abbey, to which, however, Mr. Kemble, one of the party, 
was able to refer, and also missed the genial presence of Dr. 
Jennings, who, from his long residence in Malmesbury, was 
thoroughly acquainted with the Abbey. His recent death pre- 
vented the Club from visiting his interesting house, built on the 
site of some of the monastic buildings on the north-east of the 
Abbey. Dr. Jennings, it may be noted, declared that the curious. 
‘“‘excresence”” in the nave of the Abbey was not a watching 
chamber, minstrel gallery, &c., but merely the Mayor’s pew. 
After a refreshing cup of tea at the “ George ” the Members of 

