28 PROCEEDINGS COTTESWOLD CLUB 1912 



HALF-DAY EXCURSION TO 



PAINSWICK AND KIMSBURY CASTLE 



Saturday, Junf 29th, 1912. 



Directors : St. Clair Baddeley and L. Richardson. 

 {Report hv W. Thompson aiifi I,. Richardson). 



The Clnb lia\-e visited Painswick on several occasions. First, when the 

 late Dr Thomas Wright. Mr W. C. Lucy, Mr Edwin Witchell and other early 

 workers in the field of geology were in the heyday of their strength, and sub- 

 sequently when Mr St. Clair Baddeley, then a new local worker in archaeology 

 and folk-lore, acted as conductor, and laid the Clnb under a debt of gratitude 

 for his interesting contribution to its transactions. A return visit was made 

 on Saturday — a half-day excursion — and we venture to think the occasion 

 will rank among the pleasantest and most profitable in the Club's history. 

 For this Members had again to thank Mr St. Clair Baddeley, who with mind 

 enriched with additional information concerning the Church, the Court 

 House, and Painswick itself, delivered several addresses of absorbing interest, 

 and also induced his friend, Mr Marsland, the owner and occupier of the 

 Court House, to enter the ranks of speakers, and justify the apprenticeship 

 which he admitted having served under the guidance of Mr Baddeley. Those 

 present included the Rev. Walter Butt (President). Mr L. Richardson (Hon. 

 Secretary). Dv R. C. Affleck, Messrs C. Bowly, C. Upton, F. H. Brctherton, 

 C. G. Clutterbuck, S. J. Coley, T. S. Ellis. G. Embrey, C. Curtis. J. M. 

 Collett, O. H. Fowler, E. P. Little, B. G. Gcidt, J. W. Skinner, A. J. 

 Stephens, A. E. Smith, W. Thompson, E. N. Witchell, etc. 



The party from Cheltenham and Gloucester were somewhat late in 

 arri\ing at Painswick, so Mr St. Claii Baddeley having drawn attention to 

 the large number of handsome tombs in the churchyard, exhibiting as they 

 do many examples of slab, altar and octagonal, decorated with garlands, 

 cherubs, shield and scroll, and mentioned that many of them were the work 

 of John Bryan, a local sculptor of great talent, invited the party to accom- 

 pany him to the stocks. Several Painswickians, including Mr Frith and the 

 Rev B. Oddv, and some ladies were also present, and evid(;ntly appreciated 

 the proceedings. Mr Baddeley said the old stocks originally stood at the 

 north gate in company with the whipping-post. The iron stocks which now 

 stand on the south side of the churchyard were removed from the former 

 site. In 1 86 1 they are locally reported to have been used for the punish- 

 ment of a man who entered the church during service the worse for drink. 

 Acting under orders, the constable took the man in custody and padlocked 

 him in the stocks. Unfortunately, the key became mislaid, and, after the 

 service, it could not be found. This resulted in unpleasant consequences to 

 the prisoner, who could not be liberated until the iron .stocks had been filed 

 through. 



THE CHURCH 



Speaking inside the church, Mr Baddeley said the story began with the 

 Domesday Book. In the entry Painswick was spoken of as Wyke, and in 

 the first instance the Church meant the Lord of the Manor, it being his 

 possession and built most probably at his expense. Walter de Laci, who was 

 prominent at the Battle of Hastings, was rewarded by the King with 62 

 manors, that of Wyke being the largest portion of his property, viz., 20,700 

 acres. Therefore it was most important that there should be a church at 

 Wyke. Possibly there was a Saxon Church before, seeing that at the neigh- 

 bouring, but less important, Miserden, both the south and north doors of the 

 Church contain Saxon work. In looking through old documents he came 



