SELBORNE SOCIETY NOTICES 
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to bear on Anne of Denmark, the Queen. At a former period the Grocers and 
Apothecaries were united, though it was a combination that did not work well. 
The Society was a trading, as well as a civic body, and for nearly three hundred 
years had manufactured in a large way, and sent drugs all over the world. In 
the year of Waterloo an Act was passed, giving to the Society powers of examina- 
tion, and it thenceforth became a scientific examining body, able to grant licenses 
and diplomas to practice in medicine, surgery and midwifery, in the same way 
as the Royal Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons. The Society was one of the 
first to grant these to ladies. About its Hall clustered historic associations, and 
the buildings in all occupied three-quarters of an acre. The site was once known 
as Cobham’s House, and on it was erected the Society’s first hall, which dis- 
appeared in the Great Fire. The existing hall was built soon afterwards and 
had undergone no subst.antial change. In it the visitors would notice the screen 
and the old trade banners, as well as the pictures and the well-preserved muni- 
ment chest, the latter dating from 166S. The massive oak staircase and kitchen, 
with its mighty fire-place and smokejack, remained in their original condition. 
In the library the book-shelves dated from 1744, and the panelling from 1681. 
The panelled Court room had suffered alterations. The picture of Gideon Delaune, 
apothecary to the Queen of James I., was presented to the Society in 1642 ; there 
was also the portrait, on a panel, of the king named ; but perhaps the gem of all 
in the Court room was Sir Joshua Reynolds’ painting of John Hunter, the famous 
surgeon. The chandelier dated from 1766, and the chairs from about the same 
period. With regard to the Physic Garden at Chelsea, this had come to the 
Apothecaries in 1673 ; there was a further grant of it to them by Sir Hans 
Sloane in 1722 ; Linnteus had visited it in 1736 ; and it was only a few years ago 
that it passed into the control of another body. The Selbornians would realise 
Mr. Upton’s interest in the Society of Apothecaries when he stated that his 
father, grandfather and great-grandfather had occupied the post of clerk 
before him. 
Mr. C. R. B. Barrett, M.A., who has written and is about to publish the 
Society’s history, also assisted in the explanations, and the proceedings ended 
with an expression of the warmest thanks to him and Mr. Upton, on the motion 
of Messrs. R. Marshman Wattson and H. Plowman. 
December 10. — A visit to the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour’s, South- 
wark, was arranged for this date, and nearly forty Selbornians met at the 
appointed time. Canon Rhodes Bristow took the party in charge and pointed 
out the beauties of the venerable edifice in all their most interesting details. 
Originally the Church was called “ St. Mary Overie,” or St. Mary by the Water- 
side,” i.e., Bankside ; but on the dissolution of the neighbouring Abbey of 
Bermondsey, the parishioners pretitioned the king to transfer the name to the 
Church near — St. Mary'. The foundation is very old, for remains of the ornamental 
work of the Saxon or Anglo-Saxon period have been discovered. It is a cruci- 
form edifice, the Lady-chapel at the extreme east end being the oldest part 
remaining. This dates from the early part of the 13th century. Some Norman 
arcades at the west end and an old Norman door are still to be seen. The 
screen is a fine piece of rich Tudor architecture, similar to those at Winchester 
and St. Albans cathedrals, minus the statues. It dates from 1520, and was 
built by Bishop Fox, whose design, the pelican, is to be seen in several places. 
The Lady-chapel has a magnificent groined roof and contains the tomb of Bishop 
Andrewes, together with a finely carved pre-Reformation altar, and a beautiful 
stained-glass window. At one time it was used as a kind of ecclesiastical court, 
for here Gardiner and Bonner tried the Marian Martyrs, Hooper, Rogers and 
others, and sentenced them to the stake. Among the accused was John Marbecke, 
a great plain-song writer, whose music is used in the Church to-day, and who 
escaped from a fiery death by reason of his “greate skill in musicke.” After the 
Marian persecutions the Church declined, and the Lady-chapel was leased to a 
baker, and for many years was used for ignoble purposes. The lofty cathedral- 
like aisles and nave possess some beautiful stained-glass windows, such as the Jesse 
Window in the south transept, one to the Marian Martyrs, and one in memory of the 
Prince Consort in the north transept, that in the east end illustrating Christ as 
our Saviour, that in the west illustrating Christ as our Creator. Besides these 
there are memorial windows to Massenger, Beaumont and Fletcher, the dramatists, 
