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time of Sir John Nicholas, of Horseley, have been discovered by Mr. 

 E. A. Rawlence in an old oak chest, and by him presented to the 

 Surveyors' Institute. Some items from them are given in the Wilts 

 County Mirror, March 21st. Keprinted from The Times of March 17th, 

 1902.' 



Trowbridge. Visit of G-eorge III. in 1789. Some 



lines from an old MS. book on this subject are printed in Wiltshire 

 Times, Sept. 14th, 1901. r» 



The Life and Poetical Works of G-eorge Crabbe, 



by his son. A new and complete edition, with portrait and engravings. 

 Eoy. 8vo, pp. 592. London : John Murray. 1901. Trice 6s. nett. A 

 reprint of the one volume edition published by Mr. Murray in 1847. 

 Three of the steel engravings are reproduced. 

 Eeviewed Standard, July 24th, 1901. 



The Pembroke Family. A History of the family from Henry I. 

 to the present time. An article in Salisbury Journal, Sept. 14th, 1901. 



G-en. Pitt Rivers' Will. The decision of the Court of Appeal as 

 to Farnham Museum and the Larmer Grounds is given in Wilts County 

 Mirror, Jan. 31st, 1902. 



Tisbury Church. The blowing down of the spire, Jan. i6th, 1762. 

 Reprinted from London Chronicle, Jan. 21st, 1762, in Wilts County 

 Mirror, Nov. 29th, 1901. 



ZealS MailOl* Farm, Mr. John White's Famous Herd. Article in 

 Live Stock Journal. Reprinted in Wilts County Mirror, Aug. 23rd, 

 1901. 



Coate Reservoir. Article by J. Berryman in Fishing Gazette, Feb. 

 22nd, 1902, describing a day's fishing. 



The Heneage Family and the Compton Basset 



Estate. A good article, full of information, in Devizes Gazette, Dec. 

 19th, 1901, tracing descent of Compton Basset from Gilbert Basset, 

 1233, through the Despencers, on whose attainder it was forfeited to the 

 Crown. Sold by the Crown, temp. Edw. VI., to Sir John Mervyn, of 

 Fonthill, and by his descendants to Sir John Weld, who built the existing 

 house, 1663—1674. Humphrey Weld, in 1700 sold it to Sir John Hedges, 

 whose son, William, sold it to Edward Northey, Attorney-General to 

 Queen Anne. In 1761 the Northey family sold it to John Walker 

 Heneage, who died 1808. His nephew, who succeeded him — George 

 Heneage Walker Heneage, M.P. for Devizes — restored the house. Sir 

 John Walker, the purchaser of Compton in 1761, took the name of 

 Heneage. His great grandfather was Clement Walker, of Charles 



