418 Recent Wiltshire Books, Pamphlets, and Articles. 



Wolfhall and Tottenham, the Homes of the Sey- 

 mour and the Bmce, by W. Maurice Adams (&c, as above). 

 N.D. Pp. 55. 



The Battle Of Bedwyn, A.D. 675, by W. Maurice Adams 

 (&c, as above). N.D. Pp. 15. 



The above three articles are bound up together in a pretty red cloth 

 cover, lettered " Savernake, Wolfhall, Tottenham, and the Battle of 

 Bedwyn." 7£ X 4f. 



The whole seems to be largely compiled from Canon Jackson's papers 

 in this Magazine, as indeed is stated in the preface. The opening 

 chapters deal with the former extent of the forest and of the other forests 

 of Wiltshire, with a simple statement of the nature of forests and of 

 forest law, &c. 



The history of its grant to the Estmmys of Wolfhall as hereditary 

 bailiffs and wardens of the forest and its passage from them to the 

 Seymours and the Braces is touched on. The celebrated silver-mounted 

 ivory tenure horn is described somewhat fully, and illustrated with a 

 couple of pages of sketches. 



The extended boundaries of the forest comprising many places from 

 Shalbourne to Huish and Oare now far from its limits, in the time of 

 King John are given, and the Perambulations of the Bailiwicks of East- 

 wick or La Verne, of Bedwin or Westrigg, and of Hippingscombe, in 

 1300 are printed at length. 



The connection of Henry VIII. with the neighbourhood is touched on, 

 and the destruction of King Henry's Summer House is noted. A good 

 account is given of the "Duke's Vaunt" Oak, from the Gentleman's 

 Magazine in 1802, with sketches of its condition in 1802 and 1893, and 

 other notable trees are mentioned. The great avenue of beeches is said 

 to have been planted by Charles, third Earl of Ailesbury, in 1723. The 

 column and Savernake Lodge, or " The Ruins," have as much said about 

 them as is necessary. 



Wansdyke, the Roman Road over Crofton Hill, and near Tottenham 

 House, with the villa discovered within 100 yards of the latter, are 

 touched on. 



In the Wolfhall section Canon Jackson is again laid largely under 

 contribution. The derivation of the name, its owner at the time of 

 Domesday, Richard de Esturmy, its subsequent descent to Sir John 

 Seymour, and the marriage of his daughter Jane to Henry VIII., and 

 the use of the great barn for the festivities on the occasion and on a 

 subsequent visit of the King after the death of Jane Seymour, fill twenty- 

 eight pages very pleasantly. 



A note follows on the proposed palace and park which the Protector, 

 Duke of Somerset, proposed to build and lay out at Dodsdown, two or 

 three miles from Wolfhall, a project prevented by his fall and execution. 



Tottenham House, in the time of Henry VIII. known as " Tottenham 

 Lodge," between 1575 and 1582 was considerably enlarged, and again 



