MEMORIAL WINDOW TO BISHOP TANNER. 



It is a praiseworthy custom of the present day to erect Memorials, where none 

 exist, to eminent men of the past : and a parish church being very suitable for 

 such purposes, its Restoration is a convenient moment for supplying omissions 

 of this kind. 



Such an opportunity is now presented at Market Lavington, where the 

 Church is undergoing considerable alteration : that parish being able to reckon 

 among its Natives, one of the most distinguished of English Antiquaries — Dr. 

 Thomas Tanner, Bishop of St. Asaph. He was the son of the Rev. Thomas 

 Tanner. Vicar of the parish : was born there A. D. 1674, and died A.D. 1735. 



The Bishop's vast industry and ability were exercised for many years on the 

 production of a Work of National importance, and now of the highest reputation, 

 the " Notitia Monastica : " being an Account of all the Monasteries, Abbies, 

 Priories, Colleges and Hospitals founded in this country before A.D. 1540. No 

 Book is more useful, or is more used by Topographers and County Historians, 

 especially on account of the ample references which it contains, to the Public 

 Records and all other known sources of information from which the history of 

 any Religious House is to be collected. 



It is hoped that, by subscription, means may easily be raised for associating 

 with the place of his Birth the memory of so great a Benefactor to English 

 Literature. A tribute of this kind has lately been paid to the merits of John 

 Aubrey and John Britton, in the Church of their native village, Kington 

 St. Michael. The claims of Bishop Tanner to a similar Memorial are cer- 

 tainly not less than theirs. 



The expense is estimated at £50. 



The Committee of the Wiltshire Archaeological Society, will engage to carry 

 out the undertaking in a manner satisfactory to Subscribers ; and Donations in 

 furtherance of the design may be paid by Post Office Order or otherwise, to a 

 General or Local Secretary, or at the Bank of Messrs. Locke, Olivier and 

 Tug-well, Devizes, whose London Bankers are Sir John Lubbock and Co., 

 Mansion-House Street. 



General Secretaries, 



The Rev. CANON JACKSON, F.S.A., Leigh Delamere, Chippenham. 

 The Rev. A. C. SMITH, Yatesbury Rectory, Calne, 



assistant Secretary 



Mr. EDWARD KITE, Devizes. 



district attti Hocal Secretaries. 



G. ALEXANDER, Esq., Westrop 



House, Highworth. 

 Mr. CUNNINGTON, Devizes. 

 Rev. ARTHUR FANE, Boyton, 



Warminster. 

 N. JARVIS HIGHMORE, Esq., 



M.D., Bradford-on-Avon. 

 G. C. KENRICK, Esq., Melksham. 

 Mr. J. N. LADD, Calne. 

 Rev. Chancellor LEAR, Bishop- 



ston, Salisbury. 



T. B. MERRIMAN, Esq., Marlboro'. 

 Rev. E. MEYRICK, Chiseldon, 

 Swindon. 



J. E. NIGHTINGALE, Esq., Wil- 

 ton. 



Mr. W. OSMOND, Jun., Salisbury. 

 H. J. F. SWAYNE, Esq., Nether- 



hampton House, Salisbury. 

 Mr. R. E. YARDY, Warminster. 

 Rev. E. WILTON, West Lavington, 



Devizes. 



