258 Recent Wiltshire Books, Pamphlets, and Articles. 



male line of the Talbots of Lacock became extinct with the death of 

 Sir John Talbot in 1714. The Ivory family then became the representa- 

 tives, and the eldest grandson of Sir John Talbot, John Ivory, took the 

 name of Talbot. His daughter Martha married Dr. Davenport, riot, as 

 Britton says, a physician at Bath, but a clergyman, LL.D., Eector of 

 • Bredon, Worcestershire. It was not Dr. Davenport, but his son William, 

 a captain in the army, who took the name of Talbot. He was the 

 grandfather of the present owner of Lacock. 



Wilton HOllSe. A series of the "Drawings of the Old Masters" 

 belonging to Lord Pembroke are being reproduced by Messrs. Colnaghi 

 & Co., with short text by S. A. Strong. 



ClOlldS. Short notice of the house in The World, quoted in Devizes 

 Gazette, May 3rd, 1900. 



EdingijOIL CllUrcll. A pleasant article on the subject of the Church 

 and its associations (by Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice), in the Westminster 

 Gazette, Dec. 7th, is reprinted in the Wilts County Mirror, Dec, 14th, 

 and Devizes Gazette, Dec. 20th, and — with a good cut of the Church — in 

 the Wiltshire Times, Dec. 29th, 1900. 



Devizes Charities. A full report of the enquiry into these charities 

 by the Assistant Charity Commissioner is given in the Devizes Gazette, 

 Dec. 20th, 1900, and other papers. 



Bemerton in Herbert's Time, a gossippy article in The 



Sunday at Home, by the Eev. John P. Hobson, illustrated with a picture 

 of George Herbert entertaining, his friends in his garden. Partially 

 quoted in the Devizes Gazette, July 12th, 1900. 



Salisbury. The Lady, June 28th, 1900, has an illustrated article, en- 

 titled "Bound about Salisbury," with five process illustrations: The 

 Cathedral — Gateway into the Close — The Poultry Cross — The Nave of 

 the Cathedral — and Stonehenge, The following remarkable statements 

 are contrived by the printer and editor : — "Longford Castle, which was 

 built in 1591 by St. Thomas George." " George Bemerton's village and 

 the golden meadows beyond are both well worth a visit, and the ruins of 

 Clanedon Palace will repay those who explore them." 



Devizes. The Bath and "County Graphic, Sept., 1900, contains an 

 article on Devizes with six illustrations : Market Place and Cross — 

 Modern Castle — St. John's Church — Bear Hotel — Moore's Grave, 

 Bromham Churchyard — and Sloperton Cottage. 



Prehistoric Funeral in "Wiltshire. An imaginative picture 



of an interment in a long barrow, given in the Evening Standard, is 

 reprinted in the Wilts County Mirror, Nov. 30tb, 1900. 



