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The Museum. 



A Case containing a lock of Queen Elizabeth's hair, together 

 with the verses and memorandum annexed. They are under- 

 stood to have been discovered a few years since, between the 

 leaves of an old book in the library. 



" This lock of Queen Elizabeth's owne Hair was presented to Sir Philip 

 Sidney by Her Majestey's owne faire hands, on which he made these verses 

 and gave them to the Queen on his bended knee. Anno Domini 1573. 



Her inward worth all outward show transcends, 



Envy her merit with regret commends ; 



Like sparkling gems her virtues draw the light, 



And in her conduct she is alwaies bright ; 



When she imparts her thoughts, her words have force, 



And sense, and Wisdom, flow in sweet discourse." 



By John Swayne, Esq., Town Clerk of Wilton: — 



MS. Will of John Fromond, Burgess of Wilton, proved 

 before the Mayor, a.d. 1348. [In this document the Churches 

 of St. Nicholas, St. Mary the Yirgin, and St. Cecilia in Wilton 

 are mentioned. The Mayor's seal is attached ; it is of a slightly 

 oval form, in good preservation, and differs in some respects 

 from the Mayor's seal now in use. Two figures are seated 

 under a double canopied niche ; the principal figure, apparently 

 a female with drapery hanging from her head, places her right 

 hand on the head of the figure in the adjoining niche, who is 

 in the attitude of prayer. In the present seal of the Mayor 

 of Wilton these two effigies are represented as crowned, and 

 of different sexes, the male holding an orb and giving bene- 

 diction]. 



MS. Freedom of Wilton to John Mundy, 4 Henry V., 1416. 

 [An impression of another and later seal of the Mayor of 

 Wilton is attached to this document ; it is slightly larger and 

 more oval than the preceding ; the workmanship is by no means 

 so good. The attitude of the figures varies slightly, but they 

 still differ materially in subject from the two royal effigies on 

 the seal now in use]. 



MS. 19 Richard II. Grant from the Prior of St. John, at 

 Wilton, to John Budell, Chaplain of the Church of St. John, 

 and of the Bolebrigge Chantry, Langford. 



