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ample materials in the publication of the Arundel Society, and in the 
paper of Mr. Holt, from which I have drawn much of their personal 
history. It is a history which shows the rise of many English families, 
and how industry and energy have raised men of humble origin to’ 
wealth and dignity. It is probable that during the great Rebellion,’ 
when the Parliamentarian forces were at Cirencester, that the windows 
of Fairford Church were taken out for the sake of their preservation, 
but soon afterwards replaced. This has been the cause of some 
damage, anc the glass as well as the fittings have received injury. 
Portions have been replaced with more recent glass, and parts of figures 
filled in with common glass. 
The elegance and taste of the original can be studied well from the 
beautiful plates engraved in the Arundel Society’s volume (published 
1872), where full information is also given respecting the subjects and 
their treatment. 
Fairford is also interesting as being the birth place of the poet and 
divine, the Rev. John Keble, whose family resided there, and who has 
left behind him a lasting memorial as the author of the “ Christian 
Year.” 
BYE EXCURSION. 
Lacock Abbey—On Tuesday, May 6th, twelve members met at 
the G.W.R. station for the 10.18 train to Corsham, en route for 
Lacock Abbey. The weather was everything that could be desired, 
the rain of the previous evening having laid the dust, and the 
three miles’ walk was a most pleasant one. Lacock Abbey, which 
is an extremely picturesque building. seems to have been founded 
by Ela, Countess of Salisbury, in 1229, in memory of her husband, 
an illegitimate son of Henry II, and was for Nuns of the Order of 
S. Augustine, and dedicated to the “ V.M.” of S. Bernard. At 
the Dissolution it fell to Sir W. Sherrington, and the following 
romantic tale is told how the Talbots became possessed of it. 
Sir W. Sherrington’s only daughter fell in love with a Talbot. 
This was against her father’s wish, and on one occasion the lady 
being on the top of the tower saw her lover below and determined 
at all risks to jump down; this she did, and escaped unhnrt. 
