xlviii. VALLEY OF PYDEL AND BUCKLAND NEWTON. 



been the base, or a portion of the base, of a cross, and the 

 square cavity the socket into which the end of the shaft was 

 inserted. 



Mr. HAWKSLEY, addressing the Members in the church, said 

 that the first information which he had obtained about the 

 parish of Pydelhinton was that it was given to the Priory of 

 Morteyn, or de Mortano, in Normandy, so that the prior was 

 practically lord of the manor and appointed to the rectory. 

 This system went on until the year 1472, when the manor came 

 into the hands of Eton College, which had held it ever since and 

 appointed the rectors. As to the date of the church, Hutchins 

 said that it was dedicated in 1295; but he (Mr. Hawksley) 

 thought that some parts of it, probably the chancel, may have 

 been of earlier date. The first rector was instituted in 1295. 

 The church was enlarged in 1867 whether it was improved was 

 another question. The nave was lengthened and the north aisle 

 added. He called attention to three brasses of interest, the 

 oldest of the date 1445, and also to the sedilia and the little 

 piscina. There were five bells in the tower. He exhibited the 

 old Communion plate, a pewter flagon and paten, a chalice, and 

 an alms dish bearing the date 1685. The chalice had become 

 so thin that he did not use it now. Among their rectors at 

 Pydelhinton were two known to fame, namely, Philip Montague, 

 who was rector in 1751, and was a great pluralist, being Dean of 

 Salisbury, Dean of Lincoln, Provost of Eton, and Chancellor of 

 the Garter, and finally Bishop of Lincoln ; and the saintly 

 T. T. Carter, who was rector at Pydelhinton from 1837 to l8 44> 

 and who became vicar of Clewer and canon of Windsor. On 

 the north side of the chancel outside the church he invited 

 admiration of the beautiful moulded doorway. 



The PRESIDENT having thanked Mr. Hawksley, the party drove 

 on to South House, near which were pointed out the 



ANCIENT COMMONFIELD ACRES, 

 which are still clearly visible in the sloping fields. 



