WOOL, BINDON, AND LULWORTH MEETING. xlv. 



and leaving from Poole. Mr. Joseph Weld (grandfather of the present owner), 

 who won numerous challenge cups and shields in yacht racing (some of which 

 will be on view), held the estate from 1827 to 1863. He built two models of 

 yachts, one of which was exhibited at the Exhibition of 1851, and can be seen at 

 the Lake. 



Lulworth has been frequently honoured by the visits of Eoyalty. King 

 James I. was entertained here in 1615. In the year 1665, during the Plague of 

 London, King Charles II., attended by the Dukes of York and Monmouth, made 

 a short stay at the castle. In 1789 King George III., together with the Queen 

 and three elder Princesses, came by sea from Weymouth and took up their 

 residence here for a few weeks, and this monarch remained united in friendship 

 with Mr. Weld as long as that gentleman lived. In 1791 the same Royal party 

 repeated their visit by land and spent several hours at the castle. In 1792 their 

 Majesties, accompanied by the then Prince of Wales, four of the Princesses, and 

 Other members of the Eoyal Family, paid a visit to the castle. King Edward 

 VII. paid a visit to Lulworth in April, 1902. 



At the conclusion of Mr. Duke's paper the members of the 

 Club inspected many of the objects of interest in the castle, e.g. : 

 Illuminated books, a piece of linen dipped in the blood of Mary 

 Queen of Scots on the opening of her tomb "within a few 

 months after the restoration of King Charles II." with the 

 accompanying certificate, some letters dating from 1686 to 1780, 

 two receipts for delinquency money paid by Mr. Weld, ,'996, 

 dated 1647, a copy of extracts from the Minute Books of the 

 Dorset Standing Committee, 1646 to 1650, relating to Lulworth 

 Castle at the time of the Civil War, a copy of the will of John 

 Turberville, of Woolbridge, dated 1703, a portrait of Mrs. Fitz- 

 Herbert (widow of Mr. Weld) and a pearl necklace which 

 belonged to her, racing cups and shields won by Mr. Joseph 

 Weld with his fine yacht Alarm, first cutter-rigged and then 

 schooner-rigged, some miniatures, and the seal of William Weld 

 when Sheriff of London in the reign of Edward III. Downstairs 

 the party viewed the richly-carved door from Bindon Abbey 

 (see illustration). But by far the most interesting object on 

 view was the Louterell Psalter, a national relic of priceless value, 

 which, while the property of the Weld family, is on loan at the 

 British Museum, from which it had been got down especially for 

 the occasion. The pictorial embellishment of the Psalter shows 

 that the illuminators were artists of vivid perception, strong 



