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antique fnrnitiu'e, aho, was partly fouiKl here, and partly 

 coUected from neighbouring cottages. In one of the old 

 chests were once found some letters of Oliver Cromwell. 

 The following is a copy of one that was stolen a few years 

 ago. It is addressed to Antony Hungerford, Esq., father of 

 Sir Edward, the last owner of Farleigh. 



" Sir, — I am very sorrye my occacion will not permit 

 mee to retnme" (i. e. to reply ) " to you as I would. I have 

 not yett fiilly spoken with the gentlemen I sent to waite 

 upon you ? When I shall doe it, I shall be enabled to bee 

 raore particular, beinge unwillinge to detaine your servante 

 any longer. "With my Service to your lady and family, I 

 take leave, and rest 



" Your affectionate servante. 



" O. CROMWELL." 

 " July 30, 1652. 



" For my honoured friend, Mr. Hungerford, the eider, 

 at his house, These." 



The chapel is about sixty feet long, by twenty wide. The 

 walls towards the eastern end were stencilled in a foliated 

 pattern. On one side of the altar is a gigantie represen- 

 tation of St. George and the Dragon, and near this are 

 traces of a figiu-e of a knight kneeling, bearing on his 

 coat the arms of Hungerford. 



THE CHANTRY CHAPEL, DEDICATED TO ST. ANNE. 



This is on the north side of the principal chapel, mea- 

 suring twenty feet by fifteen. It was probably built by 

 Sir Thomas Hungerford, the purchaser of Farleigh, for 

 private use, in what was then the parish church. After 

 the suppression of chantries, it seems to have answered 

 the purpose of a mausoleum. About A.D. 1650, it was 

 embellished, and the vault underneath was enlarged, by 



