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Longleat Papers No. 4 Continued) : By the Rev. Canon Jackson, F.S.A. 257 



Consecration of Nuns at Ambresbury, A.D. 1327 : By the Rev. Canon 

 Jackson, F.S.A 286 



On the Occurrence of some of the Rarer Species of Birds in the Neigh- 

 bourhood of Salisbury ( Continued) : By the Rev. Akthuk P. Morres, 

 Vicar of Britford 289 



A Sketch of the Parish of Yatesbury : By the Rev. A. C. Smith, M.A. 



(Rector) 3191 



Proposed Repeal of the Test and Penal Statutes by King James the 

 Second, in 1688 ; His Questions touching the same, to the Deputy- 

 Lieutenants and Magistrates in Wiltshire, with their Answers Lhereto : 

 including Confidential Returns of the Parliamentary Interests at that 

 period (from the Original State Papers and Documents in the Bodleian 

 Library) : By Sir George Duckett, Bart... 359 



Original Letters from the Wiltshire Commissioners to Cromwell in 1655 

 (extracted from the Original State Papers in the Bodleian Library): 

 By Sir George Duckett, Bart 374 



Avebury. — The Beckhampton Avenue : By the Rev. Bryan King 377 



Review of Books 384 



Illustrations* 



Extract from Seymour Pedigree, 2. Facsimile of an Aspersio written oi 

 spare leaf of a Sarum Breviary, 66. Pembroke's Portrait and Autograph, 81 

 Sketch of Wilton House, 89. Lady Pembroke's Figure, 99. 



Yatesbury Church, from the south-west, 319. Wards of a key, found in a barrow 

 at Yatesbury, 331. Blade of a hunting spear, found in a barrow at Yatesbury 

 333, Font at Yatesbury, 344 Section of the Font at Yatesbury, 344. 



