seyd byll of compleynt to haue been caried furth of the seyd ground / For the seyd Compleynauntes sey that the seyd trees haue been fallen and ther haue leyen and yet do there lye euer sythen Cristymas last past. without that that the seyd Bereward named in the seyd byll of compleynt ys knowen for an naturall fole or that he is a naturall fole in dede as ys vntruly allegid in the seyd Aunswer or that yf he were so that the seyd Defendaunt knowyng the same myght lawfully kepe hym in such lyberalytie to hurt hys neygbours/wherfore vppon the propre confession of the seyd Defendaunt they demaunde iudgement with theyr costes and damages. / And forasmoch as the seyd Defendaunt hath declared and confessed in hys seyd Aunswer the cuttyng of the clawes of the seid calfe to be an naughty acte and to be doon by the seyd Henry Brydges hys brother and by the seyd Bereward beyng hys seruaunt the seyd Compleynauntes prayen therof remedye and their iudgement. With out that that the restraynyng of the seyd persons named in the seyd byll of compleynt from the house and worke of the seyd Compleynauntes is only by any naughtye or deuylysshe demeanyng of the seid pleyntyffes or eyther of them as ys vntruely and sclanderously surmysed. / Or that the seyd Isabell oon of the seyd pleyntyffes hath any detestable condycions openly knowen to all the cuntrey there or otherwyse / or that she ys of any detestable condycions as ys moost vntruely malycyously and sclaunderously surmysed in the seyd Answer / And forasmoche as the seyd Defendaunt hath so openly sclaunderid the seyd Isabell and not declared in any thyng certen wherin she ys of yvyll or detestable condycions the seyd compleynauntes prayen therof theyr iudgement with theyr costes and damages. without that that the seyd Compleynauntes or eyther of them doith yvyll handle or vntruely deale with any pore men or laborers that haue worked and labored with them or with any other or that they or any of them by reason therof haue had any occasion to restrayne and not to worke with the seyd playntyffes as is moost vntruely surmysed in the seyd Aunswer./ or that any tennaunttes or other persons within the seyd lordschip dyd com and repayre vnto or dyd any worke with the seyd pleyntyffes before the commyng of the seyd Sir Edmund Brydges to the seyd lordschip for any feare because the seyd pleyntyffes were then fermers of the seyd manor and dyd rule or had in any bounden subiection all or any of the tenauntes of the seyd lordschip as ys also vntruely imagyned in the seyd aunswer. / Or that the seyd Compleynauntes do repugne or grudge at any of the seyd tenauntes or at any othir person which desyre to please and to do due seruyce to the seyd Defendaunt or that they by reason therof have caused any sclaunderous or vntrue byl to be made ayenst the seyd Defendaunt. / For the seyd Com. pleynauntes sey that they alwey haue been glade to please the seyd Defendaunt and have doon theyr due seruyce to hym contynually vntyll such tyme as he began to handle and vse them in suche maner and sort as they have declared in theyr seyd byll of compleynt. / And further they sey that the seyd Defendaunt doith thus mysuse and mysdemeane them of a develysshe malycious and vncharytable mynde to the only intent that he myght dryve awey the seyd compleynauntes from the seyd ferme and to haue it hym selfe. / Without that that any other thyng matteryall or effectuall in the lawe to be replyed vnto conteyned in the seyd aunswer not herin sufficyently replied VOL. XXXII.-No. c.

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vnto confessed and avoyded or trauersed ys true. / All which matterz the seyd Compleynaunttes ar redy to auerre and proue as thys honourable Court wyll award And prayen as they before haued prayed in theyr seyd byll of Compleynt./"

Star Chamber Proceedings, Edward VI.
Bundle I., No. 39.

"The Reioyndre of Sir Edmound Brigges Knight vnto the replicacion of Benet Joy and Isabell hys wyffe.

"The said Defendaunt saith in all and euery thyng as before he hath said and avarryd in hys said aunswer And doth averr and meynteyne all and every thyng materyall therin comprised to be good and true in maner and forme as in the said awnswer ys alleagid without that that one of the Church Wardens of the same Church of Puryton caused the said Image to be brought to the said Mancion House of the said Compleynauntes being an other of the Churchwardens as most vntruly in the said replicacion ys alleagid Or that the said Image was leyd in a woll house of the said Compleynauntes by the meanys of the said Churchwarden and the said John Ware Cunstable ther or by their comaundement And without that that the said John Precye was namyd and auctorised attorney by the said surmysed dede Indentyd to delvuer possession and seisen of the premyssez to the said Richard Margeret Ambrose Edmunde Elizabeth and Gylys or did execute the same accordingly or made any lyuery of the premisses to the dew forme and order of the lawe or that the said Elizabeth was borne at the tyme of the said surmysed lesse made or lyuery gyven Or that the said Defendaunt hath leyd any thyng in hys said awnswer to thentent to stopp parte of the many fold wronges which he hath done to the pleyntyffes or that he hath done any such wronges to the pleyntyffes as vntruly is alleagid in the said replicacion and byll And without that the said Defendaunt hath confessid the beatyng of the said Browne in his Awnswer to be in such soort as in the said bill ys alleagyd Or that he dyd otherwise therin then he mought lawfully doo. And without that that any of the trees of the said Defendauntes lye in the grounde of the said Pleyntiffes in such soort as vntruly and falsely in the said replicacion ys alleagid Or that upon any confession of the Defendaunt touching the Bereward the Compleynauntes ar at any hynderaunce or neded to susteyne any maner losse And without that that the Pleyntyffes have byn glad to please the said Defendaunt or haue done their dew and honest seruice as becomyd them to doo to the said Defendaunt Or that the said Defendaunt doth mysvse or ivell entreate the same com pleynauntes for any suche purpose or entent as most sclaunderosely ys alleagid in the said replicacion And without that that any other thyng materyall in the said replicacion not reioyned vnto trauersed or avoyded ys true All which matters &c.

Star Chamber Proceedings, Edward VI.
Bundle I., No. 29.

[To be continued.]

Notes.

The Lesser Horseshoe Bat, Rhinolophus hipposideros. On capturing a bat which had come into the house here (Clyffe Pypard) one night this autumn (1903), I found that it belonged to a species that was quite unknown to me-the "Lesser Horseshoe Bat," distinguished with its congener, the "Greater Horseshoe Bat," by the soft fluffiness of its fur and by the extraordinary leaf-like appendage on its nose. Mr. Meyrick, of Marlborough College, tells me that the College Natural History Society have no record of its occurrence. I find it stated, however, in Bell's British Quadrupeds, 1837, that "it was first taken by Montagu in Wiltshire in a hollow over a baker's oven, having entered the place through a small fissure, and afterwards in a dark old shed surrounded by high trees, at Lackham, in the same county."

E. H. GODDARD.

Skeletons of Man and Horse at Charnage. On August

16th, 1903, Mr. A. R. White, of Charnage, Mere, wrote:-"Within the last few days the men in quarrying flint on my down have come across first the skeleton of what appears to be a horse and then no doubt that of a human being. The teeth of the latter are well preserved, but the other bones are brittle. They were found in the trackway leading from Charnage Gorge to the bottom end of Well Bottom, about half way, I should think about 3ft. deep, on the top of the chalk." In answer to a letter asking for further particulars of the discovery, and in particular whether any relics of any kind were found with the bones, Mr. White wrote "I am afraid I cannot give much more information respecting the finding of the skeletons of horse and man on my down. I did not hear of the discovery until after the whole of the bones had been taken out, and I fear there was no real search made. There was no sign of any mound, in fact it was right in a trackway, which no doubt formerly was in constant use. From what I can gather from the quarrymen the human bones were found in a sitting posture."

Roman Coins at Great Cheverell. The following note. appears in the register of the Parish Church at Great Cheverell :-" A parcell (about a gallon) of Roman copper coynes of y Emperors fro Gordianus to Tacitus was found in ye ffield called ye Sand by Ed Hobbs ffebr 17 1695."

Roman Coins at Atworth,

H. E. MEDLICOTT.

Nine Roman small brass coins

found in a field at Atworth in 1902 have come into the possession of Mr. E. C. Davey, of Bath, who has kindly given the following particulars.

They consist of one of Claudius Gothicus, two of Constantine the Great, one of Theodora (?) and five of worn types of Valentinian and Gratian. They date from about A.D. 270 to 390,

E. H. GODDARD.

Roman Interment and Pottery at Deptford, Wylye. In July, 1898, two men named Smith, of Lavington, brought to the Museum a Roman vessel which they had found on the farm occupied by Mr. E. J. Lush, at Deptford, in Wylye parish, earlier in the year. Their story was that whilst digging clay for the repair of a pond they came upon the vessel here illustrated "standing in a saucer-shaped thing,"

which was broken into bits. These bits they said they threw away, and a skeleton which they found near the vessel they buried again. Mr. Lush, the occupier of the farm knew nothing of this find, but as there seemed no reason to doubt the men's word the vessel was purchased for our Museum. Among the Roman pottery already there there is nothing quite like it. It is an elegant vase or bottle-shaped vessel of good hard red ware, with a broad band of dark slate-colour round the body, ornamented alternately with upright lines and two circles, in very slightly raised white slip or colour, painted on quickly and carelessly. On the under part of the body are three rows of simple indented "engine-turned" ornament, one row of which forms the upper edge of the slate-coloured band. It measures 7in. in height and 13in. across the base, its greatest diameter being about 5in. The ware is not improbably of New Forest manufacture. E. H. GODDARD.

Wilts Obituary.

The Rt. Hon. Sir Michael Herbert, K.C.M.G., died at Davos (Switzerland), Sept. 30th, 1903, aged 46. Buried at Wilton. Born June 25th, 1857. 4th son of Sidney, 1st Lord Herbert of Lea, and Elizabeth, Lady Herbert of Lea. Educated for the diplomatic service, nominated an attaché July, 1877, appointed to Paris, 1879, promoted to third secretary 1880, second secretary 1883, transferred to Washington 1888, where he married Leila, d. of Robert Wilson, an American gentleman, became secretary of the legation 1892, transferred to The Hague 1893, secretary to the embassy at Constantinople 1894, at Rome, 1897, at Paris, 1898, and in 1902 became K.C.M.G., and a Privy Councillor, and was appointed ambassador to the United States. His widow and two sons, Sidney, born 1890, and Michael George, born 1893, survive him. The Standard, in a long obituary notice, Oct. 1st, stated erroneously that he was a Roman Catholic, a mistake copied by the Salisbury Journal of Oct. 3rd. Obituary notices also appeared in all the leading London papers of Oct. 1st, and in the Wilts County Mirror, Oct. 2nd, and the American papers published notices appreciative of his personal popularity in America and of his success as an ambassador during the short period of his tenure of the office. See also an appreciation by the American Ambassador at the Lord Mayor's banquet, Nov. 9th, 1903. Salisbury Journal, Nov. 14th, 1903.

William Frederick Holmes A'Court, 3rd Baron Heytesbury, died Aug. 15th, 1903, aged 41. Buried at Heytesbury. Eldest son of the Hon. William Leonard Holmes A'Court and Isabella Sophia, d. of Rev. Richard A'Court Beadon, Vicar of Cheddar. Born June 25th, 1862, succeeded to title on death of his grandfather in 1891, his father having died in 1885. Educated at Marlborough College and Downton Agricultural College. Married, 1887, Margaret Anna, d. of J. Nixon Harman, of Tadmarton, Oxon. He was J.P. and D.L. for Wilts, and sat regularly on the Warminster bench. He was a Conservative but took no part in politics or in public life. He was from 1897 hon. secretary of the South and West Wilts Hounds, and became joint master of the pack in 1902. He took great interest in the management and improvement of his estates, and was popular in the Heytesbury neighbourhood. Lady Heytesbury and his only daughter, Hon. Margaret Elinor Holmes A'Court, aged 15, survive him. He is succeeded in the title by his brother, Major the Hon. Leonard Holmes A'Court.

Obit. notice, Standard, Aug, 17th; Devizes Gazette, Aug. 20th; Salisbury Journal, Aug. 22nd; Wilts County Mirror, Aug. 21st, 1903.