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PROCEEDINGS COTTESWOLD CLUB 



1911 



at which time the house was attached to the Abbey at Gloucester. EUzabeth 

 of York is said to have lodged here, and in 1535, King Henry VIII., with 

 Anne Boleyn his Ouecn, visited the house. There is also good reason to 

 beheve that Charles I. dined and probably slept here during the siege of 

 Gloucester, and that Prince Rupert also made it a hotise of call. The chapel, 



Fig. I. — View of the Cranham Potteries 

 (R J. Webb, photogr.) 



the drawing-room with its beautiful tapestry, the library, the billiard-room 

 weie next inspected, the articles of historic or archa;ological interest were 

 pointed out and described by the genial host. The President of the Club 

 (Mr \V. Crooke) conveyed to Mr Dyer Edwardes the cordial thanks of the 

 Club for the hospitable reception he had given them, after which the Members 

 dispersed to the various centres from which they had come. 



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