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By Rev. J. Charles Cox, LL.D. 





R. WEBB'S interesting paper on the Wirksworth 

 Ram's Horns naturally led him to make mention of 

 the celebrated " Tutbury Horn."* As it is by far the 

 most interesting relic of its kind in England, and unique in the 

 power it confers upon its holder, it was felt that it would be 

 highly desirable for our own county society to possess a full 

 account of this remarkable horn. Its present owner, Mr. 

 W. H. G. Bagshawe, of Ford Hall, Chapel-en-le-Frith, most 

 kindly permitted the horn to remain with Messrs. Bemrose & Sons 

 for a short time to enable Mr. Bailey to fully illustrate it, and he 

 has also been good enough to supply all information in his power. 



The first mention in print of this horn occurs in Blount's 

 Ancient Tenures, published in 1679. Under the heading of 

 Tutbury is the following : — 



" Walter Achard or Agard, claimed to hold by inheritance the 

 Office of Escheator and Coroner through the whole Honour of 

 Tutbury in Com. Staff., and the Bailiwick of Leyke. Pro quo 

 Officio nullas Evidentias, Carta, vel alia scripta proferre possit, 

 nisi tantum Cornu venatorium album argento inaurato in medio 

 et utroque fine decoratum ; Cui etiam affigitur Cingulum byssi 

 nigri fibulis quibusdam argenteis ornatum, in medio quorum 

 posita sunt insignia Edmundi secundi filii Regis Henrici tertii. 

 A white Hunter's horn, garnished with silver, inlaid with gold, in 

 the middle and at both ends. To which is fixed a girdle of black 

 silk, adorned with certain buckles of silver." 



* I am indebted to Dr. Webb for several facts in this paper, ascertained 

 through his research. 



