CONTENTS OF VOL. XXIX. 



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■ No. LXXXVI. December, 1896. 



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Report of the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society for 



the Year July, 1895 -July, 1896 1 



The Skull of the Poet Oabbe : by Clifford W. Holgate, M.A 3 



Notes on Receut Discoveries at Lacock Abbey : by C. H. Talbot 11 



The Parish Church of S. Michael, Mere: by C. E. Ponting, F.S.A. ... 20 



Occurrence of the Cream-coloured Courser in Wilts 70 



Wilts Obituary 72 



Wilts Books, Pamphlets, Articles, &c 74 



Additions to Library 84 



Additions to Museum 86 



No. LXXXVII. June, 1897. 



Account of the Forty-Third General Meeting, at Salisbury 87 



The Ancient Sub-Chantry House formerly in the Close, Salisbury : by 



J. Harding . 95 



The Mizrnaze on Breamore Down, Hants, near Downton : by the Rev. 



A. D. Hill 98 



Passages in the History of Downton, A.D. 1138—1380; chiefly from 



the Public Records : by Rev. J. K. Floyer, M.A., F.S.A. 102 



Notes on the Heraldry of Salisbury Cathedral : by the Rev. E. E. 



Dorling 113 



Certificate of the Town Gild of Malmesbury (Public Record Office — 



Certificates, &c, of Guilds. Chancery No. 443 ) 122 



Nevil Maskelyne, D.D., F.R.S., Astronomer Royal : by T. S. Maskelyne 126 



The Fraternities of Sarum : by the late Rev. R. H. Clutterbtjck, F.S.A. 137 



Witches' Brooms : by C. R. Straton. F.E.S. 147 



Excavation of a Roman Well near Silbury Hill, July and October, 1896 : 



by J. W. Brooke and B. Howard Cunnington, F.S.A., Scot 166 



The Bristol High Cross at Stourhead, Wilts : by C. E. Ponting, F.S.A. 171 



Short Notes 178 



Recent Books, Pamphlets, Articles &c, on Wiltshire Matters 198 



Wilts Obituary 212 



Additions to Museum 218 



Additions to Library 219 



