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him to open the gate. Said one, nudging his 

 companion, " Don't 'ee budge. Bill ; zit sdill, 

 and let's hear 'un sware a bit." Upon one 

 occasion a paragraph appeared in the local 

 paper, the Faringdon Advertiser, the author- 

 ship being attributed to a popular and hospit- 

 able parson, the Rev. E. Penwarne-Wellings, 

 who lived in the very centre of the Vale, 

 and ran as follows : " We hear that so many- 

 members of the Old Berks Hunt got into 

 Rosey brook on Monday last that the course 

 of the stream was seriously impeded. At last 

 the gallant Master himself got in, and then the 

 brook was completely dammed." On one or 

 two occasions a little difficulty was caused in 

 the hunt by this want of restraint, but the 

 difficulty was soon got over by the tact of the 

 Hunt President, Lord Barrington, aided by 

 the Hon. Sees., and the natural good sense 

 and kindness of heart of Mr. Duffield. 



Mr. T. Duffield did not long survive his 

 mastership. He died at New House in 1888. 

 Mr. Duffield had married Adela, daughter of 

 the late Mr. Theobald Theobald of Sutton, 

 Courtney Abbey, some time Master of the 

 " Craven," who survives him, and has since 

 married Colonel Blake. He left one daughter, 

 who married, firstly, Mr. John Blandy-Jenkins, 

 of Kingston Bagpuize, who died in 1901, and 



