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descended from John Carrington, who held lands at Chinley 

 in 1434, and grandson of Dr. Joseph Carrington, of the Queen's 

 Dragoons, and of Bridge House, Bakewell. He was custodian 

 of the muniments of Belvoir Castle, and of him the late 

 Duchess of Rutland, writing to the Queen newspaper, said : 

 " Fortunately for lovers of traditions of the past and for me, 

 there lives at Bakewell, in the neighbourhood of Haddon Hall, 

 a lineal descendant of the Vernons, possessors of that ancient 

 pile. Mr. William Carrington, whose ancestor was Sir Henry 

 Vernon of Haddon, knows more than anyone of the history 

 of Haddon. He discovered 1,400 charters relating to the 

 Hall and to its neighbourhood." Mr. Carrington was the 

 author of several works upon Haddon, Belvoir, and Bakewell, 

 and many papers to various archaeological journals. He has 

 left behind him MSS. of unique value to the history of 

 Derbyshire, which comprise nearly forty volumes of neatly- 

 written transcripts of records, charters, deeds, wills, and 

 registers — a labour of love, and now a monument to his 

 memory. 



Old Derby. — Those of us who had the privilege of hearing 

 Mr. St. John Hope's lecture to the Society in April last, upon 

 this interesting subject, will, no doubt, have looked forward 

 to the pleasure of reading it in this volume. But it is thought 

 that by postponing its publication for twelve months, anange- 

 ments may be made for a more complete series of illustrations 

 than is at present available, and this has Mr. St. John Hope's 

 entire approval. 



The Roman Fort at Brough. — The Society is indebted 

 to Mr. Garstang for results from his excavations on its behalf, 

 as described in his report and in the papers by Mr. Haverfield 

 and Professor Boyd Dawkins, which will find a place in the 

 history of Roman Britain. They, on their side, have done 

 everything that it was possible to do. Mr. Garstang has 

 spared neither time nor ability. Mr. Leslie, of Hassop, has 

 freely offered the site of the fort for the purpose of these 

 explorations. No Society, therefore, had ever a more generous 



