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Salisbury, the Statue over the High Street Gate of 



the Close. The story of this statue is given in an article on "Life 

 in Salisbury in the olden days," in the Salisbury Jourtial, Nov. 24th, 

 1906. One Hunifry Beckani, born at Salisbury, 1588, saw James I. 

 during his visit to Salisbury and made a statue of him which was set up 

 over the gate in place of one of Hen. III., which had become decayed. 

 In the latter part of the 17th century the head of Charles I. was substituted 

 for that of James I., and so the statue remained until the day appointed 

 for the coronation of Edward VII., when the first statue to be erected 

 to the King in England took its place. What became of the old statue 

 is not stated. 



" The Journal of a Wiltshire Curate." On reading Canon 



Wordsworth's paper in Wilts Arch. AJuff., xxxiv., 361, I remembered 

 seeing this story in an early immber of the Salisburj/ Journal. On 

 looking it up I found that it appeared in that paper Dec. 29th, 1766, 

 the same month in which Canon Wordsworth notes its appearance in the 

 British Mac/asine. As Benjamin Collins, the then printer of the paper, 

 was also the printer of the first edition of " 2'he Vicar of Wakefield," 

 does not this fact strengthen the probability that Goldsmith had some- 

 thing to do with the "Journal of a Wiltshire Curate? — T. H. Baker. 



Netherhamptou Treasure-Trove, in October, 1906, two 



labourers, Charles Frampton and Frank Bryant, in the employ of Mr. 

 J. R. Taunton, of Netherhamptou, whilst cleaning out a fowl run on his 

 farm, found seven silver seal-top spoons slightly buried in the ground. 

 They took them to Mr. J. S. Eambridge, silversmith, of the Canal, 

 Salisbury. He, recognising their value, communicated with Lord 

 Pembroke's agent, Mr. G. K. Kendle, the police were informed, and 

 eventually they were claimed as treasure-trove bj' the Crown, each of 

 the two finders as well as Mr. Eambridge receiving i'24 in reward for 

 their services. Generous treatment of this kind on the part of the 

 Treasury will naturally tend to the giving up to the police of valuable 

 articles found by workmen and others, who are thus likely to obtain far 

 larger sums than by selling the objects secretly to a dealer. 



The description of the spoons, which are all seal-topped, is as follows : — 



1596. Weight loz. 8dwts. with initials E.H.T.S. 



1596. Weight loz. 8dwts. with initials E.H. 



1621. Weight loz. 16dwts. with initials T.I. I.E. 



1621. Weight loz. 14dwts. with initials B.E.E.E. | 



1629. Weight loz. 8^dwts. with initials I.I.E.E. 



1629. Weight loz. 3jdwts. with initials I.S.E.E. 



1632. Weight loz. lOdwts. with initials M.A.W.E. 

 Sali.fburi/ Journal, Nov. 10th, 1906, and Wilts County Mirror, April 

 26th, 1907. 



