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and other fittings came three centuries later from a house of some 

 pretentions ; * (e.g., such as might have been at Kingston Lacy), which 

 would have been pulled down to give place to a larger one. I venture 

 to think that, if this were the case, their ecclesiastical appearance 

 would suggest that they belonged to the private chapel of the mediaeval 

 house, if there was one. Or they might have been brought from the 

 decayed church of St. Stephen ; f which is supposed to have stood some- 

 where near to Kingston Lacy, and which was served by the clergy 

 attached to the Minster at Wimborne. 



BY MRS. DIXON : 



A long ribbon, which she had bought at Wincanton, 

 woven in silver with the following amatory " posy " lines : 



" Betty Porter of Henstridge this and 

 the giver is yours for ever and so 

 pray God bless us both together. 

 I am your humble servant, 

 James Huson. 1721." 



Mrs. Dixon said that she would be glad of information as 

 to the purpose of the ribbon and to know whether there 

 was any custom connected with it. 



PAPERS. 

 The following papers were read : 



(1). " Some unrecorded Deans of Wimborne," by Canon 

 FLETCHER. (Printed). 



(2). " New species of Birds observed in Dorset since the 

 publication of Mansel-Pleydell's 'Birds of Dorset,' 1888," 

 by the Rev. F. L. BLATHWAYT. (Printed). 



* The present house was built in 1660 (and the exterior faced with 

 stone, &c., in 1834) " on the supposed site of a palace of the West 

 Saxon Kings." Hutchins* Hist, of Dorset, Vol. III., p. 236. 



f The services at St. Stephen's were discontinued about the year 

 1550, as the inhabitants of the neighbourhood " wholly frequented the 

 collegiate church." 



