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time of Sir John Nicholas, of Horseley, have been discovered by Mr. 

 E. A. ]lawlence in an old oak chest, and by him presented to the 

 Surveyors' Institute. Some items from them are given in the Wilts 

 County Mirror, March 21st. Reprinted from The Times of March 17th, 

 1902.' 



Trowbridge. Visit of George III. in 1789. Some 



^ lines from an old MS. book on this subject are printed in Wiltshire 



" Times, Sept. 14th, 1901. 



The Life and Poetical Works of George Crabbe, 



,^ by his son. A new and complete edition, with portrait and engravings. 



■ Roy. 8vo, pp. 592. London : John Murray. 1901. I'rice 6s. nett. A 



B reprint of the one volume edition published by Mr. Murray in 1847. 



^^ Three of the steel engravings are reproduced. 



^K Reviewed Standard, July 24th, 1901. 



^T?lie Pembroke Family, a History of the family from Henry I. 

 to the present time. An article in Salisbury Journal, Sept. 14th, 1901. 



Gen. Pitt Rivers' Will. The decision of the Court of Appeal as 

 to Farnham Museum and the Larmer Grounds is given in Wilts County 

 Mirror, Jan. 31st, 1902. 



Tisbury Clinrcll. The blowing down of the spire, Jan. i6th, 1762. 

 Reprinted from London Chronicle, Jan. 21st, 1762, in Wiltt County 

 Mirror, Nov. 29th, 1901. 



Zeals Manor Farm, Mr. John White's Famous Herd. Article in 

 Lioe Stock Journal. Reprinted in Wilts County Mirror, Aug. 23rd, 

 1901. 



Coate Reservoir. Article by J. Berryman in Fishing Gazette, Feb. 

 22nd, 1902, describing a day's fishing. 



The Heneage Family and the Compton Basset 



Estate. A good article, full of information, in Devizes Gazette, Dec. 

 19th, 1901, tracing descent of Compton Basset from Gilbert Basset, 

 1233, through the Despencers, on whose attainder it was forfeited to the 

 Crown. Sold by the Crown, temp. Edw. VI., to Sir John Mervyn, of 

 Fonthill, and by his descendants to Sir John Weld, who built the existing 

 house, 1663—1674. Humphrey W^eld, in 1700 sold it to Sir John Hedges, 

 whose son, W'illiam, sold it to Edward Northey, Attorney-General to 

 Queen Anne. In 1761 the Northey family sold it to John Walker 

 Heneage, who died 1808. His nephew, who succeeded him — George 

 Heneage W'alker Heneage, M.P. for Devizes — restored the house. Sir 

 John W^alker, the purchaser of Compton in 1761, took the name of 

 Heneage. His great grandfather was Clement Walker, of Charles 



