Recent Wiltshire Books, Pamphlets, and Articles. 73 



in N. Wilts. Mr. Kite continues the fight with Mr. Talbot over Amesbury 

 Monastery,' maintaining that the weight of evidence goes to show that 

 it was not a mixed monastery at all, but a house of nuns only, and 

 arguing that the " Brethren " mentioned in 1293-4 were chaplains, and 

 lay brethren or servants— and that the "Prior" was probably a priest. 

 Mr. Kite believes that the choir roof was removed and the lead melted 

 within the walls, and that then, probably after the first visit of the new 

 owner, the Earl of Hertford, in 1542, " the roof was certainly replaced." 

 " When finally removed by Mr. Butterfield within my own recollection 

 (in 1853) it distinctly told its own history— it had evidently been re- 

 constructed by some inexperienced workmen ; the main timbers were 

 wrongly put together, and in several places the moulding on one timber 

 did not correspond with that on the next." Mr. Kite also adheres to his 

 belief that the excavations of 1860 were on the site of the old infirmary. 



Wiltshire Notes and Queries. No. 40, Dec, 1902. 



The editor continues his valuable paper on " Paul Bush, the last Rector 

 of Edington and first Bishop of Bristol." His monument in Bristol 

 Cathedral is described with a good photo illustration, and a copy of the 

 cut in Dingley's History from Marble both of this and of the sepulchral 

 slab of Edith Bush, his wife, who was buried close by. His pedigree 

 and arms are dealt with, and his will as well as those of Paul Bush, Jun., 

 and Walter Bush are printed in full. A Calendar of Feet of Fines for 

 Wiltshire, and Quaker Birth Records are continued. Mr. Kite has a good 

 note on the will of Thomas Horton, of Iford, 1530, and Thomas Horton, 

 his nephew, of Iford, 1554, with a pedigree. In connection with Goddard 

 of Sedgehill, Mr. R. W. K. Goddard prints the wills of Elizabeth Goddard, 

 of Mere, widow, 1665; Nicholas Goddard, of Mere, 1669; Frances Goddard, 

 of Mere, spinster, 1678, with an inventory of her goods ; and also of Edward 

 Goddard, gent., of Mere, 1666. The will of Francis Trenchard, of 

 Normanton, Wilts, is printed in full and Wiltshire extracts from "The 

 Complete Peerage " are given. 



DittO, No. 41, March, 1903. 



The number opens with a short paper on "Place House, Melksham, 

 with some account of the Selfe family," containing a great deal of in- 

 formation with a plan of Place House courts, gardens, and orchard, from 

 an old map of 1734. The house was built about 1550 by Henry Brounker, 

 to whom were granted the Melksham estates of Amesbury Priory. In 

 1657 Place House was bought by Isaac Selfe, gent., of Melksham. The 



1 In this connection the Editor regrets having misrepresented Mr. Talbot's 

 argument on this point, on p. 360 of the last volume (xxxii.) of the Magazine. 

 Mr. Talbot did not say that Amesbury Priory belonged to the Gilbertine 

 order, but to the order of Fontevraud, which like the Gilbertine order, was a 

 mixed order of men and women — nor did he assume that this fact necessarily 

 accounted for the presence of the " Great Wall." 



