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modern. The roof is fan-shaped and composed of thin layei*s of wood hung on 

 to a frame-work above, an invention of William of Wykeham. Owing to the 

 increase in the numbers of the school the Chantry Chapel, a loth century build- 

 ing, situated in the cloisters, and hitherto used as a library, has recently been 

 converted into a secondary chapel for the use of about 100 of the younger boys, 

 the library being removed to the scriptorium above it. The school, erected in 1687, 

 and till 1886 used for its original purpose, still bears the painting with the in- 

 scription " AUT DISCE AUT DISCEDE MANET SOES TERTIA C^DI," though its 



present use is a concert room ! After a slight inspection of " Meads," the 

 College Museum, and other buildings, the party were kindly entertained to tea by 

 Dr. and Mrs. Fearon. 



They then proceeded to Wolvesey Castle close by, an ancient Saxon palace, 

 where Mr. N. Nisbett gave an address, of which the following is the sub- 



From very early times this Castle appears to have been a stronghold of 

 importance, but only a few portions of the walls and keep now remain above 

 ground. It was the palace of some of the Saxon Kings, but in later times 

 became the residence or headquarters of the Bishops of Winchester, and has 

 belonged to them ever since. It played an important part in the troublous times 

 of Stephen, and was much strengthened by Bishop Henry de Blois for military 

 purposes. Much of the building appears to have been done with materials taken 

 from the palace which William the Conqueror built for himself in the centre 

 of the town, near the market cross. A portion of this palace was burnt, and 

 when De Blois became Bishop he claimed the palace and used the fragments for 

 building and strengthening Wolvesey. In several of the walls round pillars, 

 evidently taken from another building, have been built in and used as bonding 

 stones. These pillars and other stones are evidently of the Norman period. The 

 castle at the other side of the town was held for Queen Matilda in the struggle 

 between her and Stephen, in whose time anarchy was rampant. The foundations 

 of this castle of De Blois have been traced by Mr. Nisbett and others so as to 

 enable an accurate ground plan to be prepared showing its dimensions and 

 design. The stone generally used in the building appears, like that used in the 

 construction of the Cathedral, to have been obtained from the Isle of Wight. The 

 castle withstood a severe siege in the time of Stephen's wars, but was dismantled 

 by Henry II. and Henry III., and destroyed by Cromwell in 1646. The Norman, 

 work is plainly visible in places, and also one of the earliest uses of the pointed 

 arch. 



On the way back to the Hotel a short visit was made to the Guildhall Museum, 

 where the members of the Club were received by the Mayor (Mr. J. Marks), and 

 shown the very fine and noted Eosehill collection of prehistoric stone implements 

 and the many other curious and interesting contents. 



After dinner, at which several local guests were present, an evening meeting 

 was held at the Hotel, and a most interesting address on " Fragments 

 from the History of Winchester" was given by Mr. W. T. WARKEN, illustrated by 



