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By the Rev. T. PERKINS. 



"HEN I first suggested to your Hon. Sec. that it ^voukl 

 be -well to include "Wardour among the places to 

 be visited to-day, I hoped that you Avould have 

 had the advantage of hearing a lecture on the 

 history of this old castle from the present OAvner, 

 Lord Arundell of Wardour, the living representa- 

 tive of the family which, with the exception of a 

 few years, occupied the castle from the year 1545, 

 until its destruction in the Civil War ; but other engagements 

 stood in the way of his preparing a paper, and therefore it has 

 devolved on me to give you the necessary lecture on this occasion. 

 But before commencing it I wish to express my thanks to Lord 

 Arundell for kindly placing at my disposal books and manuscripts, 

 which have been of great use to me in preparing the short eccount 

 I am going to give you. 



This is not a very ancient castle ; it is not a large one, yet it is 

 of great interest in more ways than one. First, architecturally. 

 If you turn to that excellent Avork, Rickman's " Gothic Architec- 

 ture," you will find the following note in the "Historical Appendix 



