

XXX Vll. 



fireplace is to be seen in the drawing-room. There is no fireplace in the hall ; 

 possibly this was heated by an open brazier of charcoal, as was the hall of St. 

 John's College, Cambridge, till recently. 



On reaching Moreton Church, after a drive of six miles, the Rector, Rev. 

 VEENON A. BUSBEIDGE, said a few words about the church, though he admitted 

 that there was nothing really old in it. 



The parish itself was interesting. They had a complete list of Rectors from 

 1298 down to himself. The old registers began in 1565 and continued to 1631 ; 

 but they were burnt in the great fire at the Rectory in 1740. Their present 

 registers began in 1741. The church had had two dedications. The first was to 

 St. Magnus the Martyr, and he still received letters thus addressed. The second 

 dedication was to St. Nicholas of Myra, in Syria. Originally the church consisted 

 of a chancel not an apse, as now nave, south aisle, and tower. Three bells, 

 with the tower, fell down in 1603. Mr. Frampton, the squire of the time, pulled 

 the old church down in 1777, and in the same year built the present one, which 

 was opened on December 21st. The north aisle was added in 1840 and the porch 

 in 1847. There were only two bells in the tower. Originally there were five, 

 but three were taken down on account of the ringers being nearly always in- 

 toxicated, and a clock was substituted for them. The clock had not been going 

 for some time, and he had ordered a new one, which would be dedicated by the 

 Bishop early in November. In the chapel was a brass dated 1523. The chapel, 

 which was dedicated to the Holy Trinity, was pulled down and rebuilt and con- 

 verted into a family pew with a comfortable fireplace. The fireplace had long 

 been unused, and the church was now very agreeably warmed by the new heating 

 apparatus. There seemed always to have been only one churchwarden for the 

 parish, who signed himself "sole churchwarden." His predecessor (the Rev. 

 Charlton Frampton) was repeatedly asked to have two, but did not like to break 

 through the old rule. The same request had been made to himself, but hitherto 

 he had evaded it. 



An adjournment was then made to Moreton House close by, where the Club 

 had been kindly invited to tea by Mrs. Baxendale. After tea on the lawn the 

 members walked through the house and grounds and inspected the pictures and 

 other objects of interest. Amongst them are landscapes by Gr. Poussiii and Sebas- 

 tian Ricci, portraits by Holbein, including one of Lady Jane Grey, and a painting 

 representing Jacob and Esau, by Ghei'ardo della Notte. There are also some 

 beautiful and curious antique dresses and other garments, which were formerly 

 lent to the Dorset County Museum by the late Mr. R. Fetherstonhaugh-Frampton, 

 and china, books, &c. ; and in one of the walls of the extensive and picturesque 

 gardens is fixed a piece of carved marble from the Castle of St. Angelo at Rome. 

 Thanks having been offered to Mrs. Baxendale for her hospitality, the party 

 left at about 5.30 for Dorchester and Weymouth. 

 NEW MEMBEES. Four were proposed. 



The meeting which it had been proposed to hold this summer at Milton Abbey 

 and in its neighbourhood had unfortunately to be given up. 



