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THE HAMPSHIRE INDEPENDENT, December 20, 1890. 



ISLE OF WIGHT HERALDRY. 



Mr. Henry D. Cole, of Winchester, has just com- 

 menced the issue to subscribers of ' The Heraldic 

 Bearings of the Families and Residents of the Isle of 

 Wight, as borne by their Ancestors," which promises 

 to be a valuable contribution to heraldry. It will be 

 of great interest not only in this locality, but in far 

 distant places, for the Island families are scattered 

 over the world ; some of them are among the most 

 ancient in. the kingdom, lorthe Oglanders, Worsleys, 

 Urry.s, Hearns, Roaches and others can trace descent 

 from the time of the Norman Conquest. No such 

 collection has ever been published, for Berry's 

 " Hampshire Genealogies," published in 1833, con- 

 tains particulars of only a few of the Island families. 

 There is no one so well qualified to carry out this 

 work as Mr. Cole. Himself an Islander by birth, 

 he has been engaged for over 50 years in 

 the collection of materials, and having friends 

 and connections all over the Island has an 

 unequalled collection of genealogies and heraldic 

 bearings. These he contemplated publishing so long 

 ago as 1852, and in The Hampshire Independent of 

 January 5, 1856, were given some details of the design 

 and scope ot this work. Influential support in the 

 undertaking was secured, and the list of subscribers 

 included the late Prince Consort ; but the expense of 

 reproduction was at that time so great, that it had to 

 be abandoned. The work has now been again taken 

 up with every prospect of being successfully carried 

 out. It will be issued in about ten monthly parts, at 



EXCAVATIONS AT QUARR ABBEY. 



With the owner's permission, I have started exca- 

 vating at Quarr Abbey, with, so far, complete success, 

 on the lines laid down after a careful consideration of 

 the site. Although the stones have been removed in 

 many cases right down to the foundations, I have 

 come upon, at an average depth of four feet, the con- 

 crete on which they rested, and which varies in 

 thickness from sft. 6in. Up to the present the cost 

 has been defrayed out of my own pocket, but finding 

 so much as I have done it becomes an imperative 

 necessity to progress further. This I shall be com- 

 pelled to abandon unless I can succeed in securing 

 outside help, as the cost will be too great for a 

 " private purse." So I sincerely trust that those in- 

 terested in the " history of the past " will not allow 

 so important an archaeological work to fall to the 

 ground for want of funds. So far as I have gone, the 

 toundations discovered are apparently those of the 

 great church, the chapter-house, the warming-house, 

 and the " cellarium," or quarters of the lay brethren. 

 The cloister appears to have been of considerable 

 size, i3oft. by i2oft. One wall of the dormitory has 

 also been brought to light, and the others, I trust ( 

 will follow, as also the lines of the lady chapel to the 

 east ot the great church. The buildings near the 

 brook are those in all probability of the infirmary, 

 though they are now in a hopeless state of ruin a 

 ruin that has come about, alas ! within the last ao 

 years. Enough fragments of worked stone, however, 

 remain to reconstruct the " arcade," of which I have 

 made an accurate drawing. At present the greatest 

 impediment to my work will be the new road to 

 Quarr House, which apparently traverses the length 

 of the church from east to west. Careful drawings of 

 every bit of interest I come across, with authentic 

 restoration where necessary, as well as a correct plan 

 of the site and buildings, will be published in my 

 forthcoming book on the "Architectural Antiquities 

 of the Isle of Wight." 



To carry out my purpose at Quarr in a satisfactory 

 manner a large sum will not be necessary, ?o that any 



