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Privileges, and given them to private iudividuals. Hence 

 the difficulty of passing an Act, in whicli the rights of all 

 these persons would be involved. 



T II I R D D A Y . 



Anotlier excurslon took place this day. The route com- 

 mcnced with Nailse.v Ciiuucii and Manor-house. The 

 nianor-house is chiefly of the tune of Elizabeth, with an 

 earlier part, of the reign of Henry VIII. Sorae of the 

 rooms are handsomely panelled, and in one of thern the 

 arms of the Cole family are carved above the niantel-piece. 



Kailsea cliurch is a small Perpendicular building, con- 

 sisting of nave, chancel, Avestern tower (a fair specinien of 

 something between the Bristol and the Taunton type), 

 south aisle running part of the way along the chancel, so as 

 to foi'm a chapel, matched by one on the north side. At 

 the junction of this with the nave is a reraarkable staircase 

 to the pul[)it. The navc-piers are of a rathcr unusual 

 scction. There is no chancel-arch, but corbels with curious 

 sculpture supported the rood-beam, an arrangement found 

 also in several neighbouring churches where the chancel- 

 arch is present. 



At a Short distance from Nailsca is Chelvey. The church 

 of this parit^h has niemorials of the Aish and Tynte faniilies. 

 One of the latter is an incij^cd slab of the loth Century — a 

 mode which Mr. Parker stated is common in France, but 

 vcry rare in England, where brasscs are generally used. 

 The doorway is Norman, and thcrc are some 13th Century 

 windou-s. There is a place in the pulpit for an hour-glass. 



Chelvey Court is a mansion of the reign of James I. It 



