EXETER AND TORQUAY MEETING. 



few sentences from a beautifully -illuminated document recording the visit of 

 Clarencieux King at Arms, in 1564, in which reference is made to the troublous 

 days when " Duke " Vespasian laid siege to the city. 



Mr. Richardson heartily thanked Mr. Shorto, on behalf of the 

 Club, for the pains he had taken and for exhibiting the regalia 

 and describing it in so interesting a manner. The City of 

 Exeter was to be congratulated on having a Town Clerk of such 

 antiquarian attainments. 



Leaving the Guildhall, the party turned off into a side street 

 to see the Church of St. Mary Arches. They were kindly 

 received by the Rector, the Rev. G. M. Wilson, who pointed out 

 the chief objects of interest. 



EXETER CATHEDRAL AND LIBRARY. 



From St. Mary's Church Mr. Tait led the party to the 

 Cathedral, visiting on the way the Vicar's Hall and the Devon 

 and Exeter Literary Institution, which, Mr. Richardson stated, 

 was affiliated to the Dorset County Museum, and contained a 

 collection of 36,000 books. 



At the Cathedral the members were met by Sub-Dean 

 Bramley, who received them with much courtesy and conducted 

 them from the west end up a flight of steps to the Library, where 

 he asked the Sub-Librarian, the Rev. E. T. Foweraker, to speak 

 upon the valuable MSS. which the Library contains. 



The Rev. E. T. Foweraker first pointed to a magnificent 

 seventh century MS. (Michel. Englisch. Boc.), finely written in 

 verse in Anglo-Saxon characters, and in a perfect state of preser- 

 vation. In the course of his remarks upon it Mr. Foweraker 

 stated that this MS. is the chief treasure of the Library, and is a 

 work of authority with philologists. Its contents are mainly 

 theological. As evidence of the estimation in which it was 

 formerly held, he stated that on one of the fly leaves were 

 registered the manumissions of certain households of slaves, and 

 no book was chosen for these registers but a very valuable book 

 which was likely to live through the ages. In 1057 Leofric was 

 Bishop of Devon and Cornwall. In that year the seat of the 



