the road at Kentford, crossing Great Cameron Bridge, we leave Disnage Lodge on our left, and go on to Saxham White Horse, proceeding from which towards Great Saxham, we pass BARROW. This was anciently the lordship and seat of the Countess of Gloucester. Robert, the son of John de Tybetot, died seized of Barewe in the 46th of Edward III; afterwards it belonged to Lord Badlesmere, who adhering to the Earl of Lancaster against Edward II, was taken prisoner in Yorkshire, and afterwards hanged. In the church is the monument of Sir Clement Higham, the last Roman Catholic speaker of the house of commons in the time of Queen Mary. Here, too, Mr. Gough observes, "The turnpike road from Bury to Newmarket is, unfortunately for the repose of some brave warriors, carried through a tumulus or barrow, in which human bones may at any time with very little trouble be discovered." SAXHAM MAGNA. This lies at some distance from the high road, and the manor with the advowson of the church, which belonged to Bury abbey, was granted by Henry VIII. to Sir Richard Long and his wife. For several descents it was in the family of Eldred, one of whom built the house so long known by the name of Nutmeg Hall, in the reign of James I. In 1641, his son, Revet Eldred, was created a baronet. The estate continued in this family till about 1750, when it was purchased by Hutchinson Mure, esq. who greatly improved and embellished the whole. In 1779 the old house was accidentally burned down, and a new one erected north-west of this from a plan by Mr. Adam. At the upper end of the chancel on the south side of the church, is a bust as large as life, of painted stone, and underneath this singular inscription: Memoriæ Sacrum John Eldred. New Buckingham in Norfolk was his first being; in Babilon he H spent some part of his time; and the rest of his earthly pilgrimage he spent in London, and was alderman of that famous cittie. Under the bust of a raised monument, with a black marble on the top, very neatly inlaid in brass, is the figure of a man, about two feet long, with a ruff and furred gown, well engraven with the arms of Eldred, Revett, city of London, East India, Turkey, and Russia companies. At his feet, on three brass plates, are the following: Curriculum vitæ peregre mercando peregi, Nati, divitiæ, perenne nomen. Felix grandævus morior; longissima quamvis Might all my travels me excuse For being deade and lying here; Or if my riches well to use, For life, to death might me endeare; I had my fate or quite outgone, Or purchased death's compassion; But riches can no ransom buy, Nor travels pass the destiny. In Hackluyt's collection, an account is given of the voyage of this traveller to Tripoli in Syria, and his journey thence to Babylon in 1583. His son, Revett Eldred, being created a baronet, he thought he could not do too much for his father's memory in the monu mental way. He married Anne Blackwell, and died without issue. In Olivers, the family seat of the Eldred family in Essex, many years since, was the portrait of an old man, with a ruff, short beard, and whiskers, supposed to represent this gentleman. This was sold with two other curious old paintings. A lady Ann Eldred left several charities to Saxham Magna in 1671. Saxham Magna is now the seat of Thomas Mills, esq. SAXHAM PARVA lies nearer to Bury. This was formerly the seat of the family of Lucas and Crofts. Several individuals of the Crofts received the honour of knighthood, and one of them, in the 36th of Queen Elizabeth, was high sheriff of the county. His grandson William, having been brought up from his youth at court, was appointed captain of the guard to Henrietta, queen of Charles I., gentleman of horse to the Duke of York, and gentleman of the bed-chamber to Charles II. He was a great sufferer by his adherence to the Stuart family. During his exile at Brussels, this monarch created him a peer of the realm, by the title of Lord Crofts of Saxham; but dying in 1677, without male issue, the title became extinct. His monument, and that of his lady, who died in 1672, are to be seen in this church, where several other individuals belonging to that family are interred. The east window contains various coats of their arms in painted glass, and many of these, put up by the father of Colonel Rushbrook, had by him been removed to Rushbrook Hall. This church is remarkable for one of those round towers commonly ascribed to the Danes, 56 feet high and 59 in circumference. The upper part of this tower is embattled, and beautifully ornamented with window frames. The mansion-house, to which Lord Crofts had added a grand apartment for the reception of Charles II. was of brick, and probably built in the reign of Henry VII. It was pulled down in 1771, when it appeared as sound as at its first erection. The painted glass in the church was removed thither from this edifice. WESTLEY brings us within three miles of Bury. This place was anciently a lordship of the abbot of Bury, by the gift of Bishop Alfric, surnamed the Good, but granted by Henry VIII, to Sir Thomas Kitson. RISBY is about a mile distant from the road on the left. King Edward the Confessor gave this manor to Bury Abbey, and Henry VIII. granted it to Sir Thomas Kitson. Risby is at present only remarkable on account of the form of the church steeple, which being round, has been conjectured to be of Danish erection. EXCURSION III. From Bury St. Edmund's through Barton, Ixworth, Stanton, Hepworth, Snape Green, Botesdale, to Sturston. BARTON, OF GREAT BARTON, SO called to distinguish it from Little Barton, or Barton Mills, was the estate of the ancient family of the Cottons at Nacton Hall. The present mansion here was built by Audley, esq. and was the seat of the Rev. Sir William Bunbury, bart. and afterwards much improved by his son, Sir Thomas Charles Bunbury, one of the representatives of the county in nine parliaments, who built the fine large room which forms part of this mansion. About two miles from Barton, and about a mile to the right of the road, is situated |