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overthrown at the battle of Evesham, where their great leader, Simon 

 cle Montfort, was slain. He was buried at the Priory : his arms are 

 given twice. 



" John Abbot, of this Monastery, granted license, 7. Edw. II, to Sir 

 Eobt. de Shireburne and Alice his wife, to have a chantry within the 

 oratory at his Manor house of Longton (the residence of the family at 

 that time), so as not to prejudice the rights of the Church at Pen- 

 wortham, itseK imder Evesham. The stole and manijile may have 

 come to the Shireburnes at this time. It is supposed to have been 

 sent to Leagram when that'place first came to the possession of the 

 Shireburne family, or when Richard Shireburne, father of Sir Nicholas 

 Shirebiu-ne, of Stonyhurst, Bart., endowed the Chapel at Leagram 



in 1685." 



John Weld, J. P. 



Mr. John Weld comes of an ancient and wealthy Catholic family. 

 In 1752, Leagram Hall, along with the rest of the Shireburne 

 property, passed to Edward Weld, Esq., of Lulworth Castle, Dorset- 

 shu'e. He is weU-known as a keen antiquarian, and is an exceedingly 

 intelligent ornithological observer, and contributes articles to various 

 magazines. 



For some years Mr. Wold served with the 5 th Lancashire Militia, 

 going into camp with them at Aldershot. During recent years failing 

 health has prevented him from taking any active part in public affairs. 

 He is a county magistrate, a Catholic, and in pohtics is, we believe, a 

 follower of the Marquis of Hartington. It is with feelings of the 

 deepest regret that the writer has to chronicle the death of Mr. Weld, 

 ■which took place on November 25th, 1888. Mr. Weld was born in 

 1813, and on his father's death, in 18C6, succeeded to the family 

 estate. At his funeral a justly high tribute to his memory was paid 

 by the Bishop of Salford, who spoke of his great intellectaal powers in 

 scientific research. Mr. Weld was much esteemed by his tenantry and 

 the people of the district generally. 



The Stonyhurst Magazine — to the pages of which he often contributed 

 — has the following " In Memoriam" notice of the late Mr. Weld : — 

 In Mr. Weld, of Leagram, Stonyhurst has lost another of its old familiar figures. 

 Not only as an old Stonyhurst boy and a near neighbour, but also as representative 

 of the family to which the College owes so much, he was one who could not but 



