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the vote of thanks, said that there was much more in these deeds 

 than many would think, and he hoped that landowners would 

 add to the collection. Air. Fry then read a paper on the descent 

 of the manor of Tarrant Gunville. Before leaving the Rectory 

 the party were invited to partake of coffee and light refreshments, 

 including strawberries and cream very welcome after the drive. 



TARRANT RAWSTON. 



The party drove on to the neighbouring church of Tarrant 

 Rawston, with its ivy-mantled tower and pyramidal roof. Here 

 they were received courteously by Mr. JOHN COSSINS, of the 

 Manor House, who read a short paper on Tarrant Rawston 

 Manor, also called Tarrant Antioch, and its church, which 

 belonged originally to Shaftesbury Abbey. The PRESIDENT 

 expressed the thanks of the club to Mr. Cossins. The HON. 

 SEC. said they were glad to have been able to visit this church 

 because it had so pleasing an exterior. Mr. Weaver and he 

 thought that the encaustic tiles placed around the font might 

 originally have belonged to Tarrant Abbey. 



TARRANT MONKTON. 



Time did not admit of the party entering the church of 

 Tarrant Monkton or Monachorum, although the Vicar (the Rev. 

 .W. F. Adye) was present to show it. The whole church has 

 been rebuilt, with the exception of the tower, which is inter- 

 esting. In Tarrant Monkton, or rather in the adjoining hamlet 

 of Tarrant Launceston, which is really a part of it, was anciently 

 a fraternity, for in a schedule of legacies of Wm. Lovel, of 

 " Tarent Rawson," who died 33 Henry VIII., is included the 

 bequest of two heifers to " the brotherhood of Our Lady at 

 Tarent Monkton." Both brotherhood and house have quite 

 disappeared. 



