74 Recent Wiltshire Books, Pamphlets, and Articles. 
Selfe family continued in possession until the beginning of the 19th 
century, when the property passed to Richard Jenkyns, and in 1859 to 
Thomas Jenkyns Heathcote, by whom the house was sold to a building 
company, who pulledit down. A cut of the arms borne by Selfe is given. 
Records of Bratton, Quaker Birth Records, and a Calendar of Feet of 
Fines for Wiltshire are continued. The deed of surrender of Bradenstoke 
Priory by William Snow, the last Prior, and first Dean of Bristol, is printed 
in full. Mr. Kite has a very interesting paper on ‘‘ Melksham Common 
Rights,” dealing -with the dispute in 1768 as to the rights of the inhabi- 
tants of Melksham in Melksham Forest or Blackmore, with the Earl of 
Castlehaven, the then owner of Sandridge, a part of the forest. Mr. 
Kite also gives a very useful list of the existing cartularies of Wiltshire 
monasteries, with their owners in 1882. 
A History of Devizes. By E. J. Bodington, M.A., Vicar of 
Potterne. Devizes: C. H. Woodward, 1903. Pamphlet, cr. 8vo., pp. 
33. Price 6d. 
This little history of Devizes is the substance of a lecture delivered at 
Devizes, Dec. 3rd, 1902. The author starts with the view that Devizes 
is essentially a Norman town, and did not exist before the foundation of 
the castle by Bishop Roger. A short account of Bishop Roger and of 
his work at the castle follows, drawn almost entirely from the Chroniclers. 
He then passes on to the Churches, and the subsequent history of the 
castle and town, and most commendably gives chapter and verse from 
the original authorities for all his statements. Indeed, though the little 
book necessarily deals only with the most prominent incidents in the 
history of the place, it is by no means of the ordinary sixpenny ‘‘ Guide 
Book” type. There is a notable absence of the usual guide book padding, 
and of the usual repetition of what other people have said before. The 
style, moreover, is very pleasant, and anyone who wants to know what 
Devizes has been, cannot do better than expend 6d. at Mr. Woodward’s 
on this pamphlet, and spend an hour in reading it. 
Crosses, Blind Houses, Stocks, and Public Monu- 
ments in Wiltshire. 
In accordance with the instructions of the Charity and Records 
Committee of the County Council Mr. C. 8. Adye presented a report on 
January 30th, 1903, giving short notes on the remains of crosses at 
Aldbourne, in centre of village—Ashton Keynes (a) in Churchyard, (b) 
and (c) in main street, (d)in Park Place—Bradford-on-Avon (Pre-Norman 
sculptured slab)—Barford St. Martin, in village—Bremhill (a) in village 
street, (b) in churchyard—Bulkington—Bradenstoke, in village—Castle 
Combe, in village—Christian Malford, enclosed in an orchard—Colerne 
(Pre-Norman sculptured stones in Church)—Cricklade (a) and (8) in St. 
Sampson’s churchyard, (c) in St. Mary’s churchyard.—Devizes (modern) 
—Downton (a) in street, (b) in churehyard—Durrington—Enford, in 
churchyard—Lacock, in village—Latton, in village—Lydiard Millicent, 
in churchyard—Ludgershall—Maddington—Malmesbury Market Cross 

