Wilts Obituary.

Sir Henry Charles Eden Malet, third Baronet, of Wilbury Park, Wilts, died Jan. 12th, 1904, aged 68. Buried at Newton Toney. Born 1835. Son of Sir Alexander Malet. Educated at Eton. Entered Grenadier Guards 1854, served in Crimean War. Capt. and Lt.-Col. 1862. Retired 1870. Afterwards Col. Commandant of 4th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers. He was lord of the manor of Newton Toney and J.P. for Wilts. He married, 1873, Laura Jane Campbell, second daughter of John Hamilton, formerly of Hilston Park, Mon. Their only daughter, Vera Hamilton, married, 1903, Mr. Dorotheos Antoniadi. The baronetcy passes to his brother, the Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Baldwin Malet, G.C.B., G.C.M.G. Wilbury Park was purchased by Sir Charles Malet, grandfather of the late baronet, exactly one hundred years ago.

Obit. notices, Standard, Jan. 15th; Salisbury Journal, Jan. 16th; The Wilts County Mirror (with some account of the Malet family) Jan. 15th, 1904; Wiltshire Times quoting from The World, Jan. 23rd, 1904.

Rev. Henry William Pullen. Died Dec. 15th, 1903, aged 67. Born 1836. Son of the Rev. William Pullen, Rector of Little Gidding (Hunts.). Educated at Marlborough and Clare Coll., Camb. B.A. 1859, M.A. 1862. Deacon 1859, Priest 1860, Oxon. Assistant-Master at Bradfield, 1859-62. Vicar Choral of York Minster 1862; ditto, Salisbury Cathedral, 1863–75. Chaplain H.M.S. Alert in the Arctic Expedition 1875-76. Curate of Rockbeare (Dev.) 1898. Rector of Thorpe Mandeville (Northants) 1903. He was the author of the "Fight at Dame Europa's School," a skit published in 1870, which was translated into over a dozen languages and of which over 100,000 copies were sold. He also edited Murray's Handbooks to Italy and Greece. Obit notices, Times. Devizes Gazette, Dec. 24th, 1903.

Silas J. Taunton.

Died Jan. 4th, 1904, aged 58. Buried at Bemerton. Son of Silas Taunton, of Wick, Downton. Occupied farm at Odstock, and afterwards the Bemerton and Fugglestone Farms until a few years ago. Well known as an agriculturist and Conservative in South Wilts. He was the founder and the managing director of the Salisbury, Semley, and Gillingham Dairies, Ltd.

Obit. notices, Salisbury Journal, Jan. 9th; Wilts County Mirror, Jan. 8th, 1904.

Rev. Robert Blythe. Died suddenly March 5th, 1904. Buried at Ogbourne. Univ. of London 1864. Deacon 1871. Priest 1877, Oxon. Chaplain of St. Mark's School, Windsor, 1871-87; Curate of Beech Hill, Berks, 1887-89; Holy Trinity, Windsor, 1889-90. Vicar of Ogbourne St. George 1890 until his death.

Obit. notice, Devizes Gazette, March 10th. A longer notice, dealing with good work done in the parish, in Salisbury Diocesan Gazette, April, 1904.

Rev. Charles Henry Davis. Died March 2nd, 1904, aged 81. Wadham Coll., Oxon., B.A. 1844, M.A. 1847. Deacon 1846. Priest 1847. Glos. and Bristol. Minister of Chavenage Chapel, Horsley, 1846-51; Curate of Horsley, 1846-49; Chaplain of Stroud Union 1851-75; Rector of Littleton Drew 1875 until his death. He was the author of "The English Church Canons of 1604, with an Historical Introduction and Notes."

William Charles Powning.

Died April 4th, 1904, aged 60.

Buried in London Road Cemetery, Salisbury. Born Aug. 25th, 1843. A native of Cornwall, served his articles as a solicitor with Mr. Lamb, of Andover. Joined the firm of Lee, Houseman, & Powning at Salisbury 1876. Elected Town Clerk of Salisbury 1882, an office which he held until his death. He was a prominent Freemason.

Obit. notices, Devizes Gazette, April 7th; Wilts County Mirror, April 8th and 15th, 1904.

Rev. Charles Hemington. Died April 30th, aged 73 (the result of a street accident in London). Buried at the cemetery, Devizes. Born at Over (Cambs.), July 20th, 1830. Educated at a private school at Ely. Acted as pastor of Corpus Christi Chapel, Plymouth, for fifteen years, and came to the Old Baptist Chapel, Devizes, 1871, where he remained until his death. For some years he edited The Gospel Standard. He was a strong Protestant, greatly esteemed and respected in the Baptist denomination.

Long obit. notices, Devizes Gazette and Wiltshire Advertiser, May 5th, 1904.

Rev. Charles Sumner Burder. Died April 7th, 1904, aged 84. St. Mary Hall, Oxon., B.A. 1853, M.A. 1857. Deacon 1854, Priest 1856, Winchester. Curate of Privett (Hants); Rector of Ham, 1864-1900.

Lord Henry Frederick Thynne, of Muntham Court, Worthing. Died Jan. 28th, 1904, aged 71. Second son of Henry Frederick, third Marquis of Bath. Born 1832. Held a commission in Wilts Yeomanry. J.P. and D.L. for Wilts; J.P. for Somerset and Sussex. A prominent Freemason. Contested S. Wilts in 1857 unsuccessfully, but was elected

in 1859 and represented that constituency until 1885. A Conservative in politics. Treasurer of the Household and a Privy Councillor 18751880. He contested the Westbury Division but was defeated by Mr. G. P. Fuller. Married, in 1858, Lady Ulrica Frederica Jane St. Maur, second daughter of the thirteenth Duke of Somerset.

Obit. notices, Standard, Jan. 29th; Salisbury Journal, Jan. 30th; Devizes Gazette, Feb. 4th, 1904.

Mary Jane Diana, Countess Nelson. Died May 8th, 1904. Buried at Standlynch. Born May 26th, 1822. Daughter of Welbore Ellis, 2nd Earl of Normanton, and Diana, daughter of George, Earl of Pembroke. Married Earl Nelson, July 28th, 1845. She was a Roman Catholic. Devizes Gazette, May 19th, 1904.

Rev. George Pilgrim Toppin. Died June 13th, 1904, aged 68. Buried at Broad Town. Ch. Coll., Camb., B.A. 1858, M.A. 1862. Deacon 1860. Priest 1861. Bath and Wells. Curate of Vobster (Som.), 1860-62; The Lea (Glos.), 1863; Bishops Cannings, 1864-68; Compton Valence (Dorset), 1868-70; Cattistock (Dorset), 1870-76; Vicar of Broad Town, 1876 until his death. He leaves a widow and one surviving daughter, two daughters and three sons having pre-deceased him, his youngest son Miles having died of wounds received as a volunteer in the Boer War. He lived a very quiet retiring life, and suffered much from weak health. For many years past he undertook much laborious work for our Society, in the way of transcription and copying, thus rendering very material assistance in carrying on the Society's work.

Recent Wiltshire Books, Pamphlets, and Articles.

[N.B. This list does not claim to be in any way exhaustive. The Editor appeals to all authors and publishers of pamphlets, books, or views in any way connected with the county to send him copies of their works, and to editors of papers and members of the Society generally to send him copies of articles, views, or portraits, appearing in the newspapers.] A History of the Borough and Town of Calne and some account of the Villages, &c., in its vicinity. By A. E. W. Marsh, F.R. Hist. Soc., with an Introduction by the Rev. E. H, Goddard, M.A., and notes on the architecture of Calne Church, Lacock Abbey, Bradenstoke Priory, &c., by Harold Brakspear, F.S.A.

Illustrated by Mary F. May, &c., and from photographs. Calne: Robert S. Heath. London: Castle, Lamb, & Storr, 133, Salisbury Square, E.C. 83 × 53. pp. xxvi. 388. [1904.] Subscriber's edition on thick paper, limited to 75 copies, £1 1s.; ordinary edition, 10s. 6d. For this stout and valuable addition to its topographical literature the County of Wilts is indebted to the public spirit of Mr. R. S. Heath, of Calne, the publisher, and of Mr. A. E. W. Marsh, the author, both of whom have spared neither expense nor trouble in its preparation. It is to be hoped that its sale may be sufficient in some measure to recoup them. As it stands it is an important looking volume, well printed and lavishly illustrated, and it is within the knowledge of the writer of this notice that when Mr. Marsh first undertook the task of writing it, the work that he proposed to himself to compile was a very different thing from the book which has now, after an interval of several years, been published.

Starting with the idea of writing something in the shape of a popular sketchy guide book to the Calne neighbourhood he soon found that the material for the history of Calne itself which had never hitherto been dealt with was sufficient to demand a far fuller treatment than he had at first contemplated. The consequence has been that a great portion of the book has been entirely re-written, and many parts of it not once nor twice. It is indeed perhaps a pity that having departed so far from the original design he did not go a step further still and give us an entire volume devoted to Calne itself, in which points which, as it is, are but touched on, such as the history of the various families who owned property in the parish, might have been dealt with as fully as is the later history of the borough. The necessarily more superficial sketches of the neighbouring villages and other places, such as Lacock, which have really nothing to do with Calne, might with advantage have been relegated to another volume altogether. For the real value of the book lies in the 1st part, consisting of 216 pages, and in the appendices, pp. 330-377, all of which are concerned with the history of Calne itself. In one other respect, too, the book misses being quite as useful as it might have been. An index to a topographical work of this kind should contain all the names of persons or places mentioned in the book, and in this case it does not by any means do so. If it had been merely a popular compilation from works of reference already published this would not have been necessary, but when we have charters, lay subsidy rolls, lists of guild stewards, Members of Parliament, and Mayors, and of those who in 1643 swore the covenant, extents of manors, and so forth, which are to be found nowhere else in print, one cannot but regret that such a richmine of information is not made as completely available as possible by a really full index.

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Of the neighbouring places many are treated in a somewhat unsatisfying guide booky" way. At Bremhill Maud Heath's column and causeway, the Moravian settlement at East Tytherton, founded by John Cennick in 1742, and Stanley Abbey are the chief subjects touched on. At Lacock, however, Mr. Brakspear's architectural notes on Church and Abbey

give exact and accurate information, and the description of Bromham Church is also by the same hand.

Heddington is dismissed very shortly, and the Wansdyke is touched on.

Calstone and its manorial history is rather more fully dealt with, an extent of the manor taken 1 Edw. I. being printed in full. Blackland and Cherhill follow, shortly, and a page or two about the barrows. The