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DittO, No. 33, March, 1901. 



The number begins with a solid paper by Mrs. Light on the " Goodenoughs 

 of Sherston," and identifies Eichard Goodenough, Under Sheriff of London, 

 who was implicated in the Rye House Plot in 1683, was appointed Secretary 

 of State to the Duke of Monmouth, and after the rout of Sedgmoor saved 

 his life by turning King's evidence against his fellow rebels, retiring 

 afterwards to Ireland, as in all probability the son of Richard Goodenough, 

 attorney-at-law, of Sherston, who is mentioned in the will of Thomas Gore, 

 the antiquary, in 1683. A reproduction of a snfall oil portrait of " Councillor 

 Goodenough" — almost certainly the conspirator — is given. Various wills, 

 letters, and amusing extracts from diaries of other Goodenoughs are also 

 given. The Records of Bratton— a Calendar of Feet of Fines for Wiltshire 

 and Quakerism in Wiltshire are continued, and Mr. Kite begins " Some 

 Notes on the Delamere family and their chantry at Market Lavington," 

 giving much early and valuable information as to this important family. 

 A review of "Alfred and the Chroniclers," by Edward Conybeare, dealing 

 more especially with the Wiltshire sites mentioned therein, by T.S.M., 

 concludes a good number. 



DittO, No. 34, June, 1901. 



In this number Mr. Kite concludes his valuable Notes on Amesbury 

 Monastery." He traces the descent of the property and mansion through 

 John, fourth Duke of Somerset, to Elizabeth Seymour, his niece, who 

 married Thomas, second Earl of Ailesbury, in 1676, and so conveyed the 

 estate to the Bruce family. Charles, Lord Bruce, their son, sold it to his 

 uncle, Henry Boyle, Lord Carleton, in 1720. Lord Carleton, dying 1724, 

 left it to his nephew, Charles, third Duke of Queensberry. His cousin, 

 William Douglas, fourth Duke, succeeded him, and was created a British 

 Peer by the title of Baron Douglas of Amesbury. He died 1810. The 

 property passed to Archibald James Edward, first Baron Douglas. In 1824 

 it was purchased by Sir Edward Antrobus, first baronet, whose nephew, Sir 

 Edmund William, second baronet, almost entirely re-built the mansion house 

 of 1660 with the two new wings added about 1750. In 1860, whilst these 

 works were going on, the excavations at the back of the present house revealed 

 walls and entire floors of encaustic tiles which evidently formed part of the 

 monastic buildings — the tiles, of which Mr. Kite gives admirable plates, 

 representing no less than forty-six different patterns, were of thirteenth 

 century date, and singularly excellent design. Mr. Kite gives plans of the 

 portions of walls uncovered, and drawings of a very curious font-like 

 "Lavatory" — three remarkable " Mortars " of stone and Purbeck marble — 

 a yellow glazed crest tile — a two-handled vessel of unglazed ware — Norman 

 capitals, and later mouldings — and a general plan of the site of the monastery. 

 These buildings were 1000ft. distant from the north transept of the existing 

 Church, Mr. Kite therefore concludes that they could not have belonged to 

 any of the principal buildings of the monastery, which would have been 

 grouped round the cloister adjoining the Church. The nuns' cemetery he 

 places to the east of the present mansion where stone coffins have been 



