326 Recent Wiltshire Books, Pamphlets, Articles, &c. 



Child ; 19, Man leaning on tool or weapon and two other figures, The 

 Shooting of Cain by Lamech, says Dr. James. 



In the inner porch the Bishop regards the figures nearest to the inner 

 door as Saints Peter and Paul respectively, the other Apostles having 

 nothing to identify them, and he mentions that these figures were carved 

 in situ, and that the outer and inner porches are of the same date, for 

 the coursing of the stones is continuous throughout. The figures, there- 

 fore, in spite of their rudeness, must be of 12th century date. 



Sarum S. Edmund, Quingeuteuary Festival. June, 



1907. Pamphlet, 7iu. X 43in., pp. 30. Price 6d. 



This little book, with four good illustrations, " St. Edmund," " Seal 

 of the College of S. Edmund," " Interior of the Church before the 

 Restoration," and "Exterior of the Church as it is now," contains a 

 great deal of useful information as to the ancient and modern, more 

 especially the modern, history of the Parish. The origin of the Collegiate 

 Church, with extracts from the Foundation Deed ; a short account of 

 some of the most notable of the Provosts and subsequent Bectors, with 

 a full list of both ; the grant of the College to William St. Barbe at the 

 dissolution ; the breaking of the window depicting the Creation by the 

 Recorder, Henry Sherfield, in 1629, and his subsequent condemnation 

 by the Star Chamber; the fall of the Tower on June 27th, 1653 ; the 

 building of the Schools under the Rev. T. H. Tooke, the restoration of 

 the Church under Canon R. G. Swayne, and the building of the Rectory 

 under the Rev. G. J. Cowley Brown, are all touched on, together with 

 the more recent history of the parish and its various Institutions. The 

 useful little pamphlet ends with notes on the architecture of the Church. 



Monumental Inscriptions within the Church of 

 St. Thomas, Salisbury, by Edward Bellasis, Lan- 

 caster Herald, edited by the Rev. F. £. Trotman, 



B. A. Salisbury : Bennett Brothers, Jonrnal Office. 



Wrappers, Sjin. X 5jin. ; pp., including title, 62. Issued, 1907, to 

 its memhers by the Salisbury Field Club. The whole of the inscriptions 

 in the Church as far as they can be deciphered are given, together with 

 notes of the heraldry, and the names and dates of many now covered by 

 the organ and seats are given at the end. A very useful record, even 

 those stones on which only a word or two can be read are given. 



Salisbury Corporation Flate and Insignia, a 



valuable article by Mr. C. Haskins is printed in Salisbury Journal, 

 July 6 and 13, 1907, in which he gives a large number of references 

 from the Corporation Ledgers and other sources of information, relating 

 to the history of the various objects, which have not hitherto been 

 printed. The present maces (Cf. W. A. M. xxviii. 46) were ordered on 

 October 4, 1749, and were finished by May 24, 1750, when the fol- 

 lowing minute occurs : — " At this Council it is agreed that the new maces 

 be accepted at the price of one hundred and eighteen pounds, and that 



