THE HAMPSHIRE ANTIQUARY & NATURALIST. 



Flanders, and became famous for warlike actions. At 

 length, at the happy restoration of King Charles II, he was 

 by him created Captain of Sandown Castle, and, as a reward 

 for his former merit and courage, afterwards knighted him. 

 In the year 1666, being constituted Vice-Admiral of the 

 Red, he entered the Dutch port of Uly with a small fleet, 

 and having there burnt 180 ships, sailed to Schelling, and 

 destroyed by fire Bradderium, the chief town in that 

 island. For these and several other noble exploits his 

 Serene Majesty honoured him with just rewards for his 

 valour and loyalty, made him Captain Governor of the Isle 

 of Wight during Hie. Moreover, he ordered that the 

 English lion should be added to the arms of his ancestors; 

 also for his crest a mailed arm extended from a naval 

 crown, bearing a trident. These honours, which this 

 valiant man acquired by merit, he defended by his virtue, 

 patriotism, and faithfulness to his King. Sir Robert 

 Holmes died November 18, 1692. 



This monument was erected over the sepulchre of his 

 honoured uncle by Henry Holmes, Esq., Lieut.-Governor 

 ol the Isle of Wight. 



J. DORE. 



THE HAMPSHIRE L\DEI'E.\DEXT, February 8, 1889. 



THE WEATHER IN JANUARY. 



January has more than established its claim to be 

 one of the four wettest months. The average of 15 

 years is 2-75, and of the preceding 10 years 2-46 

 inches. The total fall for the month has been 3-91 

 inches, and rain fell on twenty days. No heavy fall 

 occurred, the most in 24 hours was o'5oin. on the 4th. 



There was a heavy fall in the barometer on the 

 23rd, which registered 28-83^., the lowest since 

 March, 1888, when 28-68 was recorded. The lowest 

 in 1889 was 28-98 in March. The depression in 

 January was accompanied by most destructive gales, 

 of which full details were given in the newspapers. 

 The barometer was low for four days, being 29-58 at 

 9a.m. on the igth, and only recovered to 29-56 at 10 

 p.m. on the 23rd. The weather has been unusually 

 mild ; only eight frosts occurred, the lowest reading 

 of the thermometer being 25 degrees. The maximum 

 was on eighteen days 50 degrees and above, the 

 highest being 54 degrees on the gth. 



Fordingbridge. T. WESTLAKE. 



EXPLORATIONS AT SILCHE3TER. 



A systematic and exhaustive examination of the 

 Reman station of Silchester will, it is hoped, thanks 

 to the co-operation of the Duke of Wellington, be 

 soon commenced ; it will probably prove to be one of 

 the most important archaeological enterprises under- 

 taken in England during the century. The Antiquary , 

 January, 1890. 



According to The Reliquary the plan for the exca- 

 vation has been drawn up by Mr. W. H. St. John 

 Hope and Mr. G. E. Fox, and will shortly be sub- 



mitted to the Society of Antiquaries, under whose 

 direction the work will be carried out. General Pitt 

 Rivers, Dr. John Evans (President oi the Society of 

 Antiquaries), Mr. C. D. E. Fortnum, V.P.S.A., Mr. 

 F. G. Hilton Price, F.S.A., and other well-known 

 antiquaries have promised their support. 



D'EVERCY AND DE GLAMORGAN FAMILIES. 



In the second of a series of articles on " Brympton 

 (Somerset) and its early owners " in the Western 

 Chronicle of December 20, 1889, some particulars are 

 given of these families, which were at one time con- 

 nected with the Isle of Wight. The following 

 extracts will prove interesting to local antiquarians : 



There is not much material for a history of the 

 house of D'Evercy, but it may be fairly presumed that 

 the family sprang originally from Evercy a ville in 

 Normandy situated a few miles south-west of Caen. 

 Several of the name occur as benefactors to the 

 Cistercian Abbey of Alnay or Aimay, founded by 

 Jordan de Say, about 1131. In 1222, Thomas 

 D'Evrecy (sic), Kt., by charter gave to that abbey 

 certain lands and rents at Evrecy. The seal to this 

 charter displays a female figure with her right hand 

 extended holding a branch of palm, with the legend 

 " SIGILLUM THOME DE EVRICIE " (D'anisy Cart, da 

 Calv., ii, 55), and in the same work is the seal of 

 Graveran D'Evrecy, Abbot of Aunay, an eagle dis- 

 played, standing on one leg, with the legend 

 " SIGILLUM GRAVERAN DE EBRECIO." 



We find the family in England at a very early date. 

 They seem to have been particularly connected with 

 the Isle of Wight, and were probably in the retinue 

 of the Earls of Devon, lords of the Island. In the 

 reign of Henry II " Giffard de Everci " was one of 

 the witnesses to a grant (sans date) of the ville of 

 Techmul, in Ireland, by Earl Richard FitzGilbert, 

 progenitor of the great family of Clare, and husband 

 of Rohesia Giffard, to Peter Giffard, of Chillington 

 (Proc. Brit. Arch. Assoc., vol. iii, 347), and the same 

 "Giffard de Evreci " (sic) was also witness to a 

 charter (sans date; of William de Vernon, afterwards 

 6th Earl of Devon, granting land at Piddletown, 

 Dorset, to the Abbey of Quare, in the Isle of Wight 

 (Harl. Charters, 55, D. 22). Of the same family was 

 Robert D'Everc3 r , who, 7th John, obtained confirma- 

 tion from the Crown of a grant made by him of lands 

 in Yate, in the county of Gloucester, to Ralph de 

 Willington and his issue by his wife Olympiad, who, 

 we may conjecture, was a daughter of D'Evercy 

 (Index to Chart. Rolls, p. 158) ; and who by another 

 charter (sans date) granted land at Bishopshall, in 

 Yate, to William FitzHarold in free marriage with 

 Margaret, his cousin, daughter of Robert de Meysey. 

 (The Rev. George Harbin's MSS.) 



Another D'Evercy married Annora de Albem'arle, 

 daughter of Robert de Albemarle of Gloucestershire, 

 and, 40 Hen. Ill, her son, Thomas D'Evercy (who 



