148 The Fiftij-Mcond QenerriJ Mcetiiuj. 



chancel arch and the consequent unbroken line of the roof from 

 west to east. This he pointed oiit is a peculiarity not only of 

 Ludgershall but of several other Cliurches in that neighbourhood 

 along the Hampshire liorder to the soutli of it. It is, of course, a 

 well-known feature of Devonshire Churches, but is uncommon in 

 Wiltshire or the neighbouring counties. He also pointed out — to 

 condemn it — the existing three-lancet window at the east end, 

 made up partly from old stones found in the wall, to replace which 

 Mr. Pearson had destroyed the tliree-light Perpendicular window, 

 at the restoration. The remarkable tomlj of Sir Kicliard Brydges 

 and Jane his wife, also attracted a good deal of attention, with its 

 curious group of the angels receiving the soul, in the head of the 

 arch over the effigies, to l)e explained, probably by the fact that 

 the tond) was erected in Mary's reign, Sir Kichard having died 

 August 1st, 1558. 



From here the party drove on to BIDDESDEN HOUSE, just within 

 the Wiltshire border, where they were met hy MR. KNOWLES, 

 the occupier, who kindly piloted them over the house. MR. DORAN 

 WEBB drew attention to the equestrian portrait of Lt. Gen. John 

 Eichmond Weblj, in the hall.^ 



Leaving l>iddesden the route crossed the Hampshire border, just 

 beyond which lies the site of a Koman villa, one of four in this 



' Lt. Gen. John Richmond Webb was the son of John Webb. He married 

 Anne Skeit and left one son, John, and two daughters, Francis and Anne. 

 He died 1724, at which time he held the post of Military Governor of 

 Carisbrooke Castle. He had been LieutenantGeneral of the Forces, and 

 had the command of the infantry regiments in the South of England. He 

 fought and gained the battle of Wynendale, in 1708, and was wounded at 

 Malplaquet. His daughter, Francis, married Thomas Humphreys, Esq., and 

 dying in 1777 was buried at North Tedworth. Biddesden was sold to 

 Thomas Everett, Esq., in 1782. In the bell cot on the house is a bell said 

 to have been taken from a Church in Lille by the general. It bears the 

 following inscription : — 



DEUS SANCTIS FOKTIS SANCTUS IMMORTALIS 



ZU COTTES HAUS GIB ICH EIN LIEBLIOHEN 



THON BERNHARD ERNST COES MICH 



ALSO SCHON IN MINCHEN. M.D.C.L.X. 

 [In God's house I give a pleasant sound, Bernard Ernest Goes, before that 

 I was heard in Munich. 1660.] [E. Doran W^ebb.J 



