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commandments upside down. He had something to sa)' about the Gyde 

 memorial, but the font bearing the date 1661 did not require special notice. 

 The excellent work of Painswick stone-cutters and masons of days gone by 

 was praised, and regret was expres.=ed that so little was done to protect 

 their handiwork as displayed in the churchyard from the mischievous 

 attentions of children. 



Allusion was made to the similarity between the effigies of Dr Seaman 

 and his wife and an effigy to be seen in St. Lawrence, Stroud, and the opinion 

 was expressed that they were the work of the same pair of hands. 



On leaving the building attention was drawn to the gargoyles, which 

 were said to bear a family likeness to those more famous ones at Winch- 

 combe. 



THE COURT HOUSE 



Halting outside the churchyard, to the north of the Court House, Mr 

 Baddelev spoke of the struggle which took place on that spot between the 

 King's forces under General Vavasour and those under General Massey, who 

 had occupied the Court House and Church for the Parliament. The lieuten- 

 ant in command of the Parliamentary forces had mistaken the power likely 

 to be used against him. He fortified the big .stone house near the church, 

 by a breastwork which included the church. Sir William Vava.sour was 

 expected to arrive on the south side of the town, but appeared on the north 

 with two small canon, which lie used on the church, where soldiers had been 

 stationed. Grenadoes and torches were presently thrown through the win- 

 dows, and some men were slain in defending the place and the rest taken 

 prisoners. .Accounts differ as to the numbers. 



A move was then made to the Court House, where the party were 

 courteously received by Mr Marsland, who led the way to the terrace, and 

 pointed out certain grooves cut in the stone toijiug oi the old garden-wall, 

 which may have been used as resting-places for the firing pieces of the 

 defending soldiers. Speaking of the houae, Mr Marsland said it was an in- 

 teresting specimen of Cotteswold architecture of the late i6tl) century, and 

 early 17th. It was spoken of as a mansion house, the greater part, according 

 to Mr Baddeley, having been built about 1595, but the porch was added in 

 1604. Dr Seaman bought the house after 1608, and jnoceeded to make an 

 addition on the south. Strong buttresses, however, had soon to be erected, 

 and one of these took the form of an oriel window, now one of the most 

 beautiful features of the building. 



Entering the building, Mr Marsland led the way to the billiard room, a 

 fine oak panelled chamber, with a large stone fireplace, which had been 

 hidden behind a wooden screen, which lalt.'r the owner took down and reset. 

 Mr Baddeley said it was clear that when King Charles visited Painswick the 

 Court House was occujiied by a copyholder, the Lord of the Manor being 

 Sir Ralph Dutton, who lived at the Lodge some distance from the Court 

 House. Sir Ralph had been Sheriff of Gloucester. He was a personal friend of 

 the King, a Lord of the Iving's Bed-chauiber, and he (the speaker) had come 

 to the conclusion that it was with the Lord of the Manor the King stayed 

 when he came to Painswick, at the Lodge. Mr Baddeley passed in review 

 the movements of the King prior to and after the raising of the siege of 

 Ciloucester, and referred to the order issued by the King, which is now in 

 possession of Mr ^^■. H. Herbert " from our Court at Payneswicke," com- 

 manding that no manner of violence, injury or harm, should be done to the 

 property of his subjects by his soldiers. Mr Baddeley mentioned that a few 

 years ago he came across an entry in which General jNIassey sent a bill to 

 Parliament for £2240 for scouts, and deduced from this fact that the King 

 was worsted at Gloucester because of the superior intelligence the defending 

 General was able to obtain. He also said that Sir Ralph Dutton, the King's 

 friend and host, settled Standish Manor upon his daughter, and that the 

 Manor still belonged to the Duttons. [W.T.] 



