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part, but it was subsequently removed to the chancel, 

 which was its proper place. In examining tlie sacred build- 

 ing, the Rev. F. Warre observed a ehest containing some 

 ancient armour. The Vicar explained that anciently, 

 Meare sent fifteen armed men to assist the Abbots of Glas- 

 tonbury, and the ehest contained pieces of their armour. 



At this part of the proceedings, Mr. Parker was obliged 

 to leave, and Mr. Dickinson, in the narae of the Society, 

 thanked bim for his attendauce, and the valuable informa- 

 tion he had rendered. 



At Wedmore, the Rev. F. Warre conducted the excur- 

 sionists to a farm, in the occu^Dation of Mrs. Hawkins, 

 where there are two remarkable effigies, used as gate-posts. 

 Mr. Warre observed that there was a dlfficulty in assigning 

 their date. The work appeared to be that of the four- 

 teenth Century, but the armour was similar to that of the 

 early part of the fifteenth, about the commencement of the 

 wars of the Roses. The Rev. T. Hugo thought they were 

 not at all later than the fourteenth Century. The local 

 tradition was stated to be that the figures represented 

 Adam and Eve, but unfortunately for this idea, the sup- 

 posed figure of Eve appeared to have been arrayed in coat 

 armour. 



The Chuvch of Wedmore was thrown open by the Rev. 

 Mr. Kempthorne. It is a large building, and in some 

 respects was admircd by the arch^eologists, though Mr. 

 Freeman gave a verdict the reverse of approval. It con- 

 tains a splendid piece of old roofing, illuminated with 

 figures of angels. Mr. Freeman, in giving a description of 

 the exterior, said that it was a cross church, with a central 

 tower ; but there were two or three additions to the 

 ground-plan, Avhich made it somewhat complicated. The 

 porch grew into a sort of tower, as was seen on a still 



