xl. CERNE AND MINTERNE MEETING. 



He was a man of many parts. He was Master of the Rolls, Archbishop, Chan- 

 cellor, and Cardinal, and, besides being a clergyman and a lawyer, he was also a 

 bit of a soldier, and was present at the battle of Barnet. It was from there that 

 he hurried down to Weymouth and brought Queen Margaret of Anjou to Cenie 

 for a short time. In these days, when income tax was Is. 4d. in the , it was 

 hard to work up enthusiasm about Cardinal Morton, since he appears to have 

 been the originator of that tax. 



The Rev. W. Miles Barnes called attention to a quaint oak 

 screen between the nave and the tower. He thought the 

 screen was Jacobean, but it was not easy to fix the date 

 definitely, as most of the ornament which had formerly de- 

 corated the top of it, and might have enabled him to do so, 

 had disappeared. 



The various features of interest in the church were then 

 pointed out, and the members, having examined these and 

 admired the heraldry displayed in the tinctured shields which 

 decorated the east window, went outside. 



At the east end of the church Mr. H. Moule remarked that 

 the breadth and tracery of the window seemed to him to be out 

 of proportion to its length. He said there was a tradition that 

 this window had been removed from the old Abbey, and, as 

 evidence of a reduction from its original length, he called 

 attention to the cill, which appeared to him to be the transom 

 of a larger window, for there were clear indications beneath it of 

 the continuation of the mullions. 



The Rev. W. M. Barnes concurred. He thought the evidence 

 Mr. Moule had pointed out was conclusive on the point that the 

 window was not originally made for the position it now occupied, 

 but that it was the upper portion of a larger window. 



THE ABBEY. 



Leaving the church, the Vicar led the way to S. Austin's Well, 

 the water of which is supposed to have curative properties. 

 Thence, passing the old Manor House, formerly belonging to 

 Lord Holies, the party visited the remains of the Abbey, of 

 which very little is now standing. The noble entrance gateway 

 to the Abbot's residence a tower in three stages built by 



