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France, Lord of Ireland, to all manner of our subjects, as well of 

 spiritual preeminence and degnitie as of tempovale auctoritie, these our 

 letters, hering or seeing, greeting. For as moche as wee be credibly 

 enformed that our well beloved Robert Morgan, Esquire, for diverse 

 infirmities which he hath in his hedde, cannot convieniently, without his 

 grete danger, be discovered of the same; thereupon we, in tendre 

 consideration thereof, have by these presents lycensed hym to use and 

 M ere his bonnet on his head at al tymys as wel in our presence as else- 

 where at his libertie. We therefore wol and commaunde you and every 

 one of you to permyte and suffer hym soe to doo without challenge or 

 interrupcion to the contrary as ye tender our pleasure given under our 

 signet at Morende the 25th day of July in the third year of our reigne. " 

 The property came through the female line to the family of Brodrepp, 

 which seemed to have derived its name from Bawdrip, a village near 

 Bridgwater. From the Brodrepps the property came to Mr. Compton's 

 family by a Miss Eleanor Brodrepp marrying George Richards, of Long- 

 bredy, his (Mr. Compton's) great grandmother being a Miss Richards. 



Mr. J. S. Udal then supplemented this paper by a description of the 

 armorial bearings of former owners contained in or upon the walls of the 

 house and in the stained glass windows of the church adjoining. As this 

 heraldic sketch was chiefly drawn from the account contained in 

 "Hutchins' History of Dorset" it is only necessary to notice it here. A 

 question was asked as to the Court Rolls of the Manor, which was stated 

 in Hutchins to have been preserved from the 18th year of Edward I. 

 The Rev. P. Compton said he knew nothing of their existence. The 

 President then proposed a vote of thanks to the Rev. Paulet Compton 

 on behalf of the Society for allowing them to pay a visit to his 

 interesting house. Refreshments were previously provided by Mr. 

 Compton, and the church adjoining was subsequently visited. 

 After leaving Mapperton the route lay to Beaminster, which was reached 

 soon after 2 p.m. Here luncheon was provided at the White Hart 

 Hotel, the members present being slightly over 50. Twelve new 

 members were elected to the Club. After luncheon some of the 

 members paid a hurried visit to the parish church, dedicated to the 

 Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is built in the Perpendicular 

 style. The tower, probably the finest in Dorset, nearly 100 feet high, 

 contains eight bells, and is adorned -with well executed images of the 

 Virgin, the Crucifixion, the Resurrection, and Ascension. 



Pamham Manor House, the seat of Lady Oglander, was reached on 

 foot from Beaminster. This fine old house, which has been considerably 

 altered both within and without, is well situated in a fine park. A short 



