Anniversary Address. 7 



The first meeting of the Club took place at Chatton, on 

 Thursday, 15th May, 1873. There were present : — The 

 President, Dr. Stuart ; Mr. James Hardy, Secretary ; Mr. R. 

 Middlemas, Treasurer; Drs. J. Marshall, J. Robson Scott, 

 Robert Wilson ; Revs. W. Greenwell, J. S. Green, P. G. 

 McDouall ; Messrs. J. C. Langlands, W. Dickson (Wellfield), 

 Thomas Tate, Edward Allen, C. H. Cadogan, J. Heatley, R. 

 G. Bolam ; Captain J. F. McPherson ; and as visitors : — 

 Messrs. G. T. Atkinson (Wylam Hall), Chas. Green, Anthony 

 Marshall ; Revs. Henry Bell and J. Hudson. 



After breakfast, Mr. Bolam handed round a knife. The 

 handle was of brass, and on it was the figure of a man play- 

 ing the bag-pipes, the rest being occupied by a scroll 

 ornament in relief: — date about 1500. It had been found in 

 a drain near Glanton. The Rev. Canon Greenwell brought 

 for inspection an ancient gold ring of Elswitha, or Aethels- 

 with, sister of King Alfred, with her name inscribed. She 

 was married to Burhred, King of the Mercians, in 854, in 

 the royal vill called Chippenham, with profuse liberality of 

 every kind ; and died A.D. 888, on the way to Rome, and 

 her body lies at Pavia.* 



The company was then conducted by the Vicar through 

 the Church ; their attention being chiefly directed to the 

 memorial windows for Algernon, Duke of Northumberland, 

 and two windows of recent date to the memory of the Rev. 

 M. Burrell, which were executed by Messrs Hardman & Co., 

 of Birmingham, at a cost of £105, the amount being subscribed 

 in the parish. The inscription which runs along both 

 windows is, " Dedicated by the parishioners to the memory 

 of the Rev. Matthew Burrell, twenty-five years Vicar of 

 Chatton, who died 29th March, 1869." The subjects are 



* " Simeon of Durham," and " Anglo-Saxon Chronicle." — ''The circum- 

 stances attending the finding of this relic are such as may lead us lo associate 

 it with a journey known to have been undertaken by that princess. This 

 jewel was found by a countryman in, we believe, Warwickshire, and, not- 

 withstanding its weight and appearance — signs sufficient, one would think, 

 to shew that it is of gold — it was for a considerable time attached as an 

 ornament to a dog's collar." — Athenamn, October 11th, 1873. 



