74 Recent Wiltshire Books, Pamphlets, and Articles. 



Selfe family continued in possession until the beginning of the 19th 

 century, when the property passed to Richard Jenkyns, and in 1859 to 

 Thomas Jenkyns Heathcote, by whom the house was sold to a building 

 company, who pulled it down. A cut of the arms borne by Selfe is given. 

 Records of Bratton, Quaker Birth Records, and a Calendar of Feet of 

 Fines for Wiltshire are continued. The deed of surrender of Bradenstoke 

 Priory by William Snow, the last Prior, and first Dean of Bristol, is printed 

 in full. Mr. Kite has a very interesting paper on " Melksham Common 

 Rights," dealing with the dispute in 1763 as to the rights of the inhabi- 

 tants of Melksham in Melksham Forest or Blackmore, with the Earl of 

 Castlehaven, the then owner of Sandridge, a part of the forest. Mr. 

 Kite also gives a very useful list of the existing cartularies of Wiltshire 

 monasteries, with their owners in 1832. 



A History Of Devizes. By E. J. Bodington, M.A., Vicar of 

 Potterne. Devizes ■ C. H. Woodward, 1903. Pamphlet, cr. 8vo., pp. 

 33. Price 6d. 



This little history of Devizes is the substance of a lecture delivered at 

 Devizes, Dec. 3rd, 1902. The author starts with the view that Devizes 

 is essentially a Norman town, and did not exist before the foundation of 

 the castle by Bishop Roger. A short account of Bishop Roger and of 

 his work at the castle follows, drawn almost entirely from the Chroniclers. 

 He then passes on to the Churches, and the subsequent history of the 

 castle and town, and most commendably gives chapter and verse from 

 the original authorities for all his statements. Indeed, though the little 

 book necessarily deals only with the most prominent incidents 'in the 

 history of the place, it is by no means of the ordinary sixpenny " Guide 

 Book " type. There is a notable absence of the usual guide book padding, 

 and of the usual repetition of what other people have said before. The 

 style, moreover, is very pleasant, and anyone who wants to know what 

 Devizes has been, cannot do better than expend 6d. at Mr. Woodward's 

 on this pamphlet, and spend an hour in reading it. 



Crosses, Blind Houses, Stocks, and Public Monu- 

 ments in Wiltshire. 



In accordance with the instructions of the Charity and Records 

 Committee of the County Council Mr. C. S. Adye presented a report on 

 January 30th, 1903, giving short notes on the remains of crosses at 

 Aldbourne, in centre of village — Ashton Keynes (a) in Churchyard, (b) 

 and (c) in main street, (d)in Park Place — Bradford-on-Avon (Pre-Norman 

 sculptured slab) — Barford St. Martin, in village — Bremhill (a) in village 

 street, (b) in churchyard — Bulkington — Bradenstoke, in village — Castle 

 Combe, in village — Christian Malford, enclosed in an orchard — Colerne 

 (Pre-Norman sculptured stones in Church) — Cricklade (a) and (b) in St. 

 Sampson's churchyard, (c) in St. Mary's churchyard. — Devizes (modern) 

 — Downton (a) in street, (b) in churchyard — Durrington— Enford, in 

 churclryard — Lacock, in village — Latton, in village — Lydiard Millicent, 

 in churchyard — Ludgershall — Maddington — Malmesbury Market Cross 



