348 Recent Wiltshire Books, Pamphlets, Articles, &c. 



for the king's protection in consequence of a reported plot to assasinate 

 William III. on the 15th February, 1695-6. It was signed by thousands 

 of people throughout the kingdom. The list of the Devizes signatories 

 is here printed. A note is given on Queen Anne's visit to Whetham in 

 1703, as the guest of John Kyrle Ernie, grandson of Sir John Ernie, 

 Chancellor of the Exchequer under Charles II. and James II. 



Wiltshire Notes and Queries, No. 66, June, 1909. 



The number begins with an article on Ruth Pierce, with a reproduction of 

 the leaflet signed by Ralph Good, mayor, on December 27th, 1760, giving 

 the inscription on a tablet placed in the Butchers' Shambles, which stood 

 in the centre of the Market Place, Devizes, until about 1790, when the 

 Landlord of the " Bear " (William Halcomb) affixed the tablet to the base 

 of the double column surmounted by the Bear (now over the doorway of 

 the Hotel) which stood in the open Market Place and was removed in 1801. 

 This original inscription is now in Devizes Museum. On the present 

 Market Cross, erected by Benjamin Wyatt, for Lord Sidmouth, in 1814, : 

 new and altered version of the inscription is fixed, of which a photograph 

 is given. Mr. Kite contributes interesting "Notes on the Churchwardens' 

 Accounts of the Parish of North Newnton," which, beginning in 1576, 

 include in the Inventory of Church Goods for that year " one Rochetc, 

 for the Clarke," " a carpet or covering of blewe for the table," " one 

 cloathe for the fonte," and " one cloth of silke for the pulpitt." An 

 abstract of the Will of Samuel Michell, of Notton, 1694, is printed, and 

 mention is made of a unique penny, of the reign of Stephen, from the 

 Dartford find, purchased at the Rashleigh Sale recently by Messrs. Earle 

 & Shirley Fox, which bears the name of Devizes on the reverse. The 

 Wiltshire references in the Genealogist, vol. xxii. — xxiv., 1905 — 1907, are 

 usefully extracted by the Editor. 



NO. 67, Sept. 1909. The principal article i 



this number, in addition to the continuations from former numbers, i 

 one by Mr. Kite on " Some old Wiltshire Clocks and Clockmakers, 

 This is a valuable contribution to the history of Wiltshire handicraft! 

 and covers ground which has not before been touched. He gives a lis 

 of sixty-eight Wiltshire clockmakers working in twenty-eight differen 

 localities in the county, chiefly in the eighteenth century. A learner 

 note on " Lenten Veils " is contributed by Canon Chr. Wordsworth 



In addition to the subjects mentioned above, the Records of Erchfo: 

 and Stert are continued in Nos. 64 and 65 ; The Calendar of Feet 

 Fines for Wiltshire in No. 65 ; The Chrysoin Book of St. Thomas, Ne 

 Sarum, in Nos. 65, 66, and 67 ; Genealogical Notes on the Houlto 

 family, with a pedigree in the last number, in 64, 65, 66 ; whilst Quakd 

 Burials in Wiltshire ; Peculiars of the Dean and Chapter of Sarum ; anj 

 Notes on the Stokes family (with portrait of Frances, Duchess of Suffol 

 and her husband, Adrian Stokes, and an illustration of the Stokes Bra: , ( 

 in Seend Church) run through all four numbers. 





