Wilts Obituary. 327 



On some Palaeolithic Implements from the Plateau Gravels and their 

 Evidence concerning Eolithic Man. LIV., 291 — 296. 



He was also the Sub-Editor for Wiltshire of the portion of Boyne's 

 Trade Tokens issued in the 17th Century, revised by Williamson, two 

 vols., 1889. 



Rev. William Charles Flenderleath, died suddenly, April 



1st, 1906, aged 74. Buried at Cherhill. Born June 2nd, 1831. Wadham 

 Coll., Oxon, B.A., 1852: M.A., 1855. Ad eundem M.A., Camb., 1865. 

 Deacon, 1855 (Gloucs. and Bristol) ; priest, 1856 (Llandaff). Curate 

 of Bedminster (Som.), 1855—57; Frodsham (Ches.), 1857—60; Rector 

 of Cherhill, 1860—91 ; Rector of Mamhead (Dev.), 1891—1905, when 

 he resigned and retired to Dawlish, where he died. J.P. for Wilts. A 

 man of varied knowledge and many interests, he took, as long as he 

 lived in Wiltshire, a prominent part in the work of the Wilts Archaeological 

 Society. He acted as Local Secretary for the Society, and compiled the 

 Indices to vols. IX-XVI., and XVII.— XXIV. of the Magazine. In the 

 compiling of the index to vols. XXV.— XXXII. he also had a share. 

 He was especially interested in parish registers, and he carefully 

 indexed those of Cherhill, as well as those of his Devonshire parish of 

 Mamhead and several of the parishes in that neighbourhood. He was 

 also a careful and accurate observer of the rainfall. 



He leaves one son, Capt. Plenderleath, R.N., and three daughters, one 

 married to John Baynton Starky, and another to Major Brown, of the 

 Wiltshire Regiment. 



Obit, notice. Guardian, April 11th, 1906; Exeter Diocesan Gazette, 

 May, 1906. 



He was the author of the following works : — 



" The White Horses of the West of England, with notices of some other 

 ancient Turf Monuments. London : Alfred Russell Smith. Calne ; 

 Alfred Heath," 7iin. X 5in., pp. 41. Eleven illustrations of turf 

 monuments and coins. Re-written, with considerable additions, from 

 article in Wilts Arch. Mag., XIV. 12. 



Ditto. " Second edition, revised and enlarged. London : Allen and 

 Storr, Paternoster Square. Calne : Alfred Heath. 1892." l\m X 5in., 

 pp. 47, with fourteen illustrations. 



" A Pastoral Letter to the Parishioners of Cherhill, 1870. Printed for 

 private circulation by A. Heath, Market Place, Calne." SJin. X 5in., 

 pp. 14. 



" A Sermon on Obstacles to Catholic Reunion, preached before the 

 University at Oxford." 1875. 



" The Ancient Clerical Costume of Daily Life. An Archaeological 

 Retrospect." Paper in Exeter Diocesan Gazette, April and May, 1906, 

 vol. v., pp. 67, 68; 84—86. 



