Ixii. BRIDIORT ANt> LYME REGIS MEETING. 



the Master of the Ship, to be in readiness to put to Sea at 

 the appointed time ; The King with the rest went to 

 their Lodgings at C hay er mouth ; and Peters to stay for 

 the Boat." 



From " Elenchus Motuum Nuperorum in Anglia, written in 

 Latin by Dr. George Bates, Principal Physician to K. Charles 

 the. I. and K. Charles II. Made English. London : printed for 

 Abel Swalle at the Unicorn, St. Pauls Churchyard 1685." 



Whilst at Ellesdon's Farm two of the members examined the 

 house to see what evidence there was for supposing that the 

 present house existed in King Charles's days. They agreed 

 that the quoins were the quoins of the original house, but it 

 seemed probable that most of the walls had been re-built since 

 that time ; the beam and joists over the kitchen were ancient, 

 but might have been re-set. 



WYLDE COURT, 



the Manor House, Hawkchurch, the next place visited, proved 

 rich in old oak panelling and carving. Notwithstanding the 

 legends to the contrary, which are due perhaps to the associ- 

 ation of the house with the Wyndham family, it is exceedingly 

 doubtful whether King Charles ever visited the place. 



A section of moulded lead shuting bears the date (possibly 

 of the building) 1593. Over the porch the Arms of More are 

 represented, and on a richly-carved overmantel in the bedroom, 

 where Charles is supposed to have slept, the Arms of More 

 impaling Wyndham, and on another escutcheon the Arms of 

 Wyndham impaling More. 



Mr. BARTELOT, who is versed in heraldry, explained to the 

 less initiated of the party the nature and significance of the 

 blazonry. The iron plate at the back of the grate bears the 

 date 1671. 





