BRiDPORT AND LYME REGIS MEETING. IlX. 



exist, and it is possible to trace at the back much of the outline 

 of the court of the Inn. Mr. Beach gave some account of the 

 changes which had been made in the old building and showed a 

 picture, bought with the house and said to be ancient, repre- 

 senting Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles I., and their three 

 children, one of whom was Charles II. 



On leaving the old George Inn, the members crossed the road 

 to the Town Hall to inspect the borough records and other 

 municipal treasures. Here Mr. Udal read interesting extracts 

 from the pamphlet on the borough muniments, written by Mr. 

 T. Wainwright, formerly of Bridport, and now of Barnstaple, 

 who years ago went through the records and tabulated them, 

 embodying the results in this brochure published in 1889. It is 

 noteworthy that Bridport possesses some of the oldest wills 

 extant. One is dated as far back as the year 1269, whereas the 

 oldest laid up at Somerset House are of the considerably later 

 date of 1 3 8 r . 



The Rev. R. G. BARTELOT, Curate-in-Charge of Bridport 

 Church, in the absence of the Rector (the Rev. H. R. W. 

 Farrer), added a short statement about the wills, reading 

 portions of some of them from a translation which he had 

 made. 



On the table were the two silver maces of the Corporation, one 

 bearing the inscription " H. B. T. E. Fact. Erat. Anno Dom. 

 1675. Vivat Rex," the other inscribed " S. B. T. W. Fact. Erat. 

 Vivat Rex et Regina, Anog (sic) Dom. 1693." There was 

 also a standard corn measure exhibited of about the earlier 

 date. 



The PRESIDENT expressed the Club's appreciation of the 

 hospitable reception given by the Mayor, and also thanked 

 Mr. Bartelot for his kind assistance. The MAYOR responded, 

 and, in the course of his remarks, explained that the length and 

 breadth of the streets of the town were due to the fact that they 

 had been used originally as rope walks. 



On the way to Charmouth the Manor House of Symondsbury 

 was visited. In the library is a fireplace, the mantelpiece of which 



