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EXCURSIONS, 18096. 
NORBURY, MAY 16TH. 
Leader—R. Moxon. 
party of twenty-two travelled to Norbury by train, and were 
joined there by a few bicyclists, and also by some friends from 
the neighbourhood, including the Rev. D. Adamson, lately Curate 
at Winshill, and now Rector of Norbury. The first object to 
which attention was directed was the Old Manor House. Some 
of the most ancient and interesting features of the exterior having 
been examined, the party assembled inside, and the leader read a 
short paper chiefly dealing with the history of the family of Fitz- 
herbert. who, either as tenants of the Priory of Tutbury, or, as lords 
of the manor, possessed this property from 1125 till quite recently. 
The house was at first probably a timbered or half-timbered 
dwelling, but was rebuilt in stone on a larger scale by Sir Henry, 
the fifth lord, who came into his inheritance in 1267. The great 
hall and state rooms above still remain, though now only used as 
stabling or store rooms. There is very little domestic work left 
in England of so early a date. Extensive alterations and additions 
were made by some of Sir Henry’s successors. The most eminent 
of the family was Sir Anthony, the thirteenth lord, born in 1470, 
and made Justice of the Common Pleas in 1522. A handsome 
room on the first floor is known as ‘Sir Anthony’s Study.” The 
oak panels of this room are covered with texts taken from the 
Vulgate, believed to be in Sir Anthony’s own handwriting. Sir 
Anthony’s son, Sir Thomas, filled the principal apartments with 
coloured glass, chiefly the blazonry of his ancient family and 
their numerous important alliances, some of which still remains to 
