258 ‘Recent Wiltshire Books, Pamphlets, and Articles. 
‘male line of the Talbots of Lacock became extinct with the death of 
Sir John Talbot in 1714. The Ivory family then became the representa- 
tives, and the eldest grandson of Sir John Talbot, John Ivory, took the 
name of Talbot. His daughter Martha married Dr. Davenport, not, as 
Britton says, a physician at Bath, but a clergyman, LL.D., Rector of 
Bredon, Worcestershire. It was not Dr. Davenport, but his son William, 
a captain in the army, who took the name of Talbot. He was the 
grandfather of the present owner of Lacock. 
Wilton House. A series of the “Drawings of the Old Masters” — 
belonging to Lord Pembroke are being reproduced by Messrs. Colnaghi 
& Co., with short text by 8S. A. Strong. 
Clouds. Short notice of the house in The World, quoted in Devizes — 
Gazette, May 3rd, 1900. 
Edington Church. A pleasant article on the subject of the Church e 
and its associations (by Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice), in the Westminster 
Gazette, Dec. 7th, is reprinted in the Wilts County Mirror, Dec, 14th, 
and Devizes Gazette, Dec. 20th, and—with a good cut of the Church—in 
the Wiltshire Times, Dec. 29th, 1900. 
Devizes Charities. A full report of the enquiry into these charities — 
by the Assistant Charity Commissioner is given in the Devizes Gazette, 
Dec. 20th, 1900, and other papers. 
Bemerton in Herbert’s Time. A gossippy article in The 
Sunday at Home, by the Rev. John P. Hobson, illustrated with a picture 
of George Herbert entertaining his friends in his garden. Partially 
quoted in the Devizes Gazette, July 12th, 1900. 
Salisbury. The Lady, June 28th, 1900, has an illustrated article, en- 
titled ‘‘Round about Salisbury,” with five process illustrations: The 
Cathedral—Gateway into the Close—The Poultry Cross—The Nave of 
the Cathedral—and Stonehenge, The following remarkable statements 
are contrived by the printer and editor :—‘‘ Longford Castle, which was 
built in 1591 by St. Thomas George.” ‘‘ George Bemerton’s village and 
the golden meadows beyond are both well worth a visit, and the ruins of — 
Clanedon Palace will repay those who explore them.” 
Devizes. The Bath and County Graphic, Sept-, 1900, contains an 
article on Devizes with six illustrations: Market Place and Cross— 
Modern Castle—St. John’s Church—Bear Hotel—Moore’s Grave, 
Bromham Churchyard—and Sloperton Cottage. 
Prehistoric Funeral in Wiltshire. An imaginative picture 
of an interment in a long barrow, given in the Hvening Standard, is 
reprinted in the Wilts County Mirror, Nov. 30th, 1900. 
