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The History of the noble House of Stourton, of 

 Stourton, in the County of Wilts, compiled from 

 original Official Documents, and other Additional 

 Sources, under the instructions and supervision 

 of Charles Botolph Joseph, Lord Mowbray, Sea- 

 grave, and StOUrton. Two vols. 4to. Privately printed. 

 Eliot Stock. 1899. Only one hundred copies printed. 



Vol. I. Pp., including title, viii. and 566. Plates 26. Cuts in the 

 text, 29. 



Vol. II. Pp. 567 to 1101, with xlviii. pp. at the end, index, and list of 

 illustrations. Plates 34. Cuts in the text, 27. 



The illustrations connected with Wiltshire are (with the two exceptions 

 of Aubrey's sketches of the Six Wells at Stourton, and the Stourton Arms 

 in the windows of Stourton Church) all to be found in the first volume. 

 They are as follows :— The Arms of Stourton (coloured) — The Six Wells 

 Bottom, Stourton — Aubrey's Sketch of Stourton House (from Hoare) — 

 The South Prospect of Stourton House founded on Aubrey's Sketch (from 

 Wilts Arch. Mag.) — The upper part of the old Chimneypiece formerly 

 in Stourton House, and afterwards fixed up in the "King's Arms," 

 Shaftesbury — Stourton Church (from Hoare) — Crest of Stourton (coloured) 

 Ancient Gateway at Stourton (two views) — Two Seals of Sir John Stourton 

 — Mere Church — Stourton Church — Tomb of Edward, 6th Lord Stourton, 

 in Stourton Church — Effigies of Edward, 6th Lord Stourton, and his 

 Wife (from Hoare) — Armorial Bearings from the Tomb of Edward, 6th 

 Lord Stourton — Little Langford Church — Plan of the neighbourhood of 

 Stourton and Kilmington — Last remaining piece of the Wire which used 

 to hang over the tomb at Salisbury — Tomb attributed to Charles, Lord 

 Stourton, in Salisbury Cathedral — Grant of Livery of Lands to Edward, 

 10th Lord Stourton — Mary, d. of William, 11th Lord Stourton, wife of 

 Sir John Weld, of Compton Bassett, from a Painting at Lulworth Castle 

 — Seal attached to will of William, 2nd Lord Stourton — The Armorial 

 Bearings of the Lords Stourton. In addition to these there are many 

 coats of arms in the text. 



The contents of the first 726 pages of these stout and sumptuous volumes 

 are thus stated by the author: — "Briefly to sum up the history within 

 these pages, it has been shown that unvarying and reiterated tradition 



