Chapter XV: Part 15

“As to myself was I possessed of any desirable qualification, and had I enjoyed the greatest affluence, I should not then hesitate a moment, but comply with whatever you will desire; but my consciousness of my own inferiority in points of fortune as well as anything else, makes me extremely fearful that you should find cause to repent, when it is too late; if this should be the case, what I must suffer from what in me is the least occasion of pain to you, is not for me to say; but be this as it will, you are and ever will be entitled to the best wishes of your most humble servant

“E. Woollat.

“My service to your father I wish I better deserved his good opinion.”

Many letters afterwards pass between the happy pair; but their course of true love runs very smoothly until all is made ready. At the beginning of September, we find Miss Woollatt coming down from London to Blackwell to be married. It would certainly have seemed more natural that she should be married from her father’s house, but that did not seem to be either possible or advisable under changed circumstances, as her father had married again, and the step-mother, as is often the case, seemed to stand rather in the way of the children being at home.

We now, therefore, see Jedediah Strutt happily settled at Blackwell, apparently ready to remain steadfast to farming, and married to the excellent and most industrious woman of his affections. It must have been, however, about the time his first child, William, was born, that a change came over the scene, and that Jedediah’s strong taste for mechanics obliged him to think of other things besides his farm.

His brother-in-law, William Woollatt, who had been assisting his father in the hosiery trade, and till the second marriage had been living at Findern, knowing Strutt’s bent for mechanics, desired his assistance in connection with an object which he had at heart, viz., the invention of a machine for making ribbed hose.

It will be best and most fitting here to give Mr. Felkin’s account of this invention.[132]

[132] _History of Machine-wrought Hosiery_, by W. Felkin, p. 88.

“Mr. William Woollatt was at that time, 1750, a hosier in Derby. His attention was directed to the question of how these ribbed hose could be made, and he brought under the special attention of his brother-in-law, Mr. Jedediah Strutt, who, though an agriculturist, had he knew been from his youth engaged in mechanical pursuits as an occupation of his mind and hands during his leisure time. The reference thus made proved to be a most successful one. The important results could not have been at first anticipated, nor even during the lifetime of Mr. Strutt were they fully understood. But they have been such as to have given him a just prominence amongst the inventors of that age, and to require the more extended personal account about to be given. The very simplicity of the plan he devised and of the mode of its application to the machine of Lee 170 years after its invention added to the fact that no historian of the trade wrote during the next fifty years preclude any very minute details of the obstacles he encountered. Such an account now would be very interesting, if it had been forthcoming. Great difficulties there must have been, for the constructive powers of mechanics in the stocking trade had not a hundred years ago been employed as they have been since; mainly as the effect of this effort of Strutt’s genius.... It was now that he, by Mr. Woollatt’s representations of the difficulty and importance of the matter then occupying the frame-work knitting world, was induced to make himself practically acquainted with the principles and the movements of a stocking frame; probably the most if not the only very complex machine he had ever seen; and this with the idea no doubt at first but a remote one of so dealing with it as to cause it to produce what had hitherto been thought to be beyond its powers. A clergyman had invented it, why should not a farmer increase its capacity for usefulness? After much labour, time, and expense, he succeeded admirably in this by making an addition to it, or rather placing in front of it so as to work in unison and harmony with it a distinct apparatus or machine; thus between them to produce the ribbed web of looped fabric; and not as popularly stated by finding out the defects of Lee’s frame and devoting himself to its improvement.

... The principle of Strutt’s Derby rib machine remains unaltered; its operation has been simplified, however, by its subordination to automatic movement, as will be at once seen on examination of power hosiery frames lately constructed.”

From this time, though he did not leave his farm at Blackwell at once, Strutt’s mind was evidently entirely occupied with his invention, and with the consideration of the best way of making use of it. Strutt’s means were, we can imagine, very small, and therefore his only plan was to try and get some other manufacturer of hosiery to take him as a partner, and share the advantage of his mechanical skill and invention. We believe there are no letters of Strutt’s to be found relating to his invention of the Derby rib machine, but in 1757 he was evidently making great efforts to start in a hosiery business.

Early in that year, Mrs. Strutt went up to London to see her kind old master, and to inquire whether he could be persuaded to advance them or lend them some of the necessary capital for starting in business. She was, we believe, successful in this object, and we know that the next child was christened George _Benson_. The account of her journey up to town gives a rather good idea of the difficulty of travelling in those days, especially for the humbler classes, who could not afford the coach, but had to go by the waggon.

Jedediah Strutt took his wife to Derby, evidently on a pillion behind him on horseback, and from there she proceeded in the stage waggon. In this their progress must have been very slow, as she writes about the journey that at Glyn, six miles from Leicester, “I was so sick I was not able to travel further, but staid behind the waggon more than an hour, and then walked five miles before I came up with it.”

In this and the following year the necessary patents were taken out, and a great many of the leading hosiery manufacturers in the neighbourhood of Nottingham were approached, and several visits to London had to be paid. The first business Jedediah Strutt started was with hosiers of the name of Bloodworth and Herford. This arrangement, though terminated happily by all parties, did not last long, and the two brothers-in-law ultimately persuaded Mr. Need, a most respectable hosier, to join them, the firm being styled Need, Strutt and Woollatt. They had works both at Derby and Nottingham. It can be readily understood that immersed as he was in this business, Strutt had found it impossible to continue to reside on the farm at Blackwell, which place he must have left about 1759, when he took his family to reside in Derby.

Before we leave the village of Blackwell, it ought to be mentioned that the farmhouse where Strutt resided is still known, and that when one of his great-grandsons visited the place only a few years ago, he was at once taken up to a long, low garret in the roof, where it is the current tradition of the place his great-grandfather had 150 years ago worked his hosiery frame and invented the Derby rib machine.

It may also be of a little interest to some of our readers to be told that one of the Strutt family was able to acquire quite recently a cradle made by Jedediah for his first child, William. This cradle, it appears, had been acquired or bought when Strutt left Blackwell by his friend Haslam, the blacksmith at Tibshelf (a neighbouring village), who had probably assisted Strutt in making his machine. It has since that time rocked four generations of the Haslam family. The cradle is of oak, and it is needless to say, like many other works of Strutt’s, of very strong and solid construction.

The hosiery manufacture of Need, Strutt and Woollatt must have been very successful, or they would not in such a few years have been able to gain the position they did. Strutt must have been the manager or moving spirit of the establishments both in Derby and Nottingham. It is interesting to learn that in the latter town, in which we believe he never resided, he received in the year 1762 the compliment of being made a freeman.

It was, we believe, in or about the year 1770 that Richard Arkwright, knowing, of course, what the demand for cotton yarn was for hosiery making in Derby and Nottingham, came to Nottingham in the hope of finding someone to help him in starting cotton mills, by which he could reap the fruits of his recent invention, the Spinning Jenny. Messrs. Wright, the bankers, not being prepared to find all the necessary capital, advised Arkwright to apply to the successful hosiery manufacturers, Messrs. Need, Strutt and Woollatt. This advice was at once acted on, and in a very short time the firm of Messrs. Arkwright, Strutt and Need was formed.

Cotton mills, driven by horse power, were at once started at Nottingham, and a few years later mills were built at Cromford, where advantage was taken of the fine water power of the river Derwent.

Strutt was now a very busy man, as he was not only part proprietor of large hosiery works and of large cotton spinning works, but he was also starting in Derby calico or weaving works. It was he, we are told, who was the first person to start the manufacture of calico all of cotton, that is to say, not of linen warp and cotton weft. This change, though it may seem to us a small one, created a revolution in the calico trade, and all the Lancashire manufacturers were up in arms against it. In the end an Act of Parliament, after much trouble had been taken, was passed, by which certain prohibitions and discriminating duties were repealed, and the new process declared to be both lawful and laudable.

The following letter from Lord Howe,[133] the celebrated admiral, who had no doubt been helping to steer this measure through the House of Commons, is perhaps of sufficient interest to insert:—

[133] Lord Howe was not created an English peer until after this date.

“Grafton Street
“August 16th 1785

“Lord Howe presents his compliments with many thanks for the piece of the new manufacture he has received from Messrs. Need & Strutt. He is very much flattered by that instance of their gallantry to Lady Howe who accepts it with equal acknowledgment, as he deems it an evidence of their obliging prejudice in his favour, tho’ conscious at the same time that the success of their application to Parliament was solely ascribable to the reasonableness and justice of their pretensions. Lady Howe will have a particular satisfaction in making the circumstances known, hoping that the elegance of the pattern and the perfection of the work will incite all her acquaintance to encourage so great an improvement in the British manufactures.”

In the year 1780, Strutt and Arkwright severed their business connection, Arkwright retaining the works at Cromford, and Strutt building works at Belper and at Milford on land that had been recently acquired. These works, as well as those at Cromford, continue to be carried on as cotton mills in spite of the enormous development of the cotton trade in Lancashire.

It is interesting, too, to know that Samuel Sclater, known in America as the “father” of the cotton spinning industry in that country, came from Belper, and was actually apprenticed for seven years to Jedediah Strutt while he was living at Milford. Samuel Sclater’s life was written in America nearly eighty years ago, and contains a view of the Belper mills, and the portrait and one or two interesting little anecdotes of his old master, Jedediah Strutt.

We must now say a few words about Strutt’s domestic and family life in the latter part of his career. In 1773 he had the misfortune to lose his wife, a loss that was irreparable to him, as she had been not only a devoted helpmate and companion to him, but a most excellent mother to their children. She died while with him on one of his many journeys to London which he made about this time. She is buried in Bunhill Fields.

We give here an extract from one of Jedediah’s letters to his children after their mother’s death:—

“At present I feel so bewildered and so lost so wanting, some how or other so but half myself that I can scarce believe things to be in the manner they are indeed it is impossible for me to describe or you to imagine how I feel. I doubt not every repetition of this kind will affect you but it will wear off especially in minds young as yours are. Other objects will make their impressions but you I trust will never forget your dear mother who loved you so well I hope you will always retain much of her goodness of temper disposition and affection; that you will imitate the example she has set you of virtue of goodness of benevolence and kindness for they are most amiable virtues and that you will study the same sentiments of sobriety temperance diligence frugality industry and economy that you observed in her. Your own recollection will bring to your minds so many things that were to be found in her worth your attention that I need not here enumerate them.”

The bereaved husband, owing to his business in London, and perhaps also to his own feelings, did not return to his family till November. The children, of whom William, the eldest, was only seventeen years of age, by their letters at any rate show how well they had been brought up. Having only one servant, a great deal of the work in the house had to be done by them, and we have proof also that both William and his sisters were making themselves of use in some of the office work of their father’s business. It is interesting, too, to find how careful their parents were in impressing upon them the importance of learning French, and to note even in their letters what trouble they took to obtain proficiency in that language.

In the letter to his son, from which we are about to make a few extracts, we can see how Jedediah felt the disadvantage of the rather humble and imperfect education and of the illiterate society he had had in early life, and was determined if possible to do his utmost to prevent his children suffering in the way he had suffered.

“London August 4th 1774

“My dear Billy

“Some time ago I happened to see some of the letters wrote by the Earl of Chesterfield to his son which pleased me so much that I determined to buy the book and on perusing it find it so full of good sense, good language and just observations that I am charmed with it. The late Lord Chesterfield was a nobleman of the first rank, had all the advantages of a learned and polite education joined to a ready wit and good understanding. He had seen and conversed and been employed in most of the countries in Europe; indeed he had spent a life of many years in the most polished and refined company that were anywhere to be met with; to all of which great advantages he added the most diligent the most careful and most just observation.”

(_From Original Painting by Joseph Wright, c. 1785._)]

After explaining Lord Chesterfield’s and his son’s position in the world, Jedediah Strutt continues:—

“I need not tell you that you are not to be a nobleman, nor prime minister, but you may possibly be a tradesman of some eminence and as such you will necessarily have connection with mankind and with the world and that will make it absolutely necessary to know them both and you may be assured if you add to the little learning and improvement you have hitherto had, the manners, the air, the genteel address and polite behaviour of a gentleman you will abundantly find your account in it in all and every transaction of your future life when you come to do business in the world.... You may believe me in this for I now feel the want of them (accomplishments) by dear experience. If I would I could describe the awkward figure one makes, the confusion and the embarrassment one is thrown into on certain occasions from the want of not knowing how to behave and the want of assurance to put what one does know into practice. I look on it now as a real misfortune that in the beginning of my life I had not sense nor judgment enough of my own nor any friend that was able or kind enough to point out to me the necessity of an easy agreeable or polite behaviour. Indeed so foolish was I that I looked on dancing and dress the knowing how to sit or attend or move gracefully and properly as trifles not worthy the least expense of time or money and much below the notice of a wise man. I observe in you a good deal of the same temper and disposition with regard to these things that I myself had when I was your age but if you will believe me as the best friend you have in the world they are wrong notions and must be eradicated and changed for those of a different nature if ever you mean to shine in any character in life whatever.”

After reading this letter of advice of the father to his son, it is interesting to know that the son, if he did not occupy any public position, did shine as an eminent scientific man, who numbered amongst his friends all the greatest scientists and philanthropists of his day, and was himself a member of the Royal Society.

Very little more remains to be told of Jedediah Strutt’s life. He married a second time about the year 1780 or 1781, Anne, the widow of George Daniels, of Belper, and daughter of George Cantrell, of Kniveton. This marriage, we learn from one or two letters, did not give satisfaction to his daughters and other members of his family, nearly all of whom were, however, married about that time or a little later.

Jedediah Strutt passed the end of his life at Milford House, which he had himself built. He did not die there, but at Exeter House, Derby, in the year 1797. He lies buried in the Unitarian Chapel at Belper.

We may perhaps be excused here for quoting what Mr. Felkin says about Mr. Strutt:—

“An intellect singularly clear and cool was combined in him with the faculty of devising inventions and improvements which he carried into effect with unwearied energy of mind and purpose, impressing themselves on the entire conduct of his establishments as they increased in magnitude. His tenacity of principle and moral fortitude resulted from his confidence that his determinations were founded upon truth. His convictions in regard to general views of society were equally strong. His political and religious opinions were adopted because he thought them sound and conclusive to the happiness of mankind.”

Mr. Strutt seems to have been singularly void of ambition for worldly distinction; he was only ambitious of the blessing that follows duty done.

Although the practice of writing your own epitaph cannot be exactly commended, the writer of this brief memoir may perhaps be excused for inserting in it the words found a few years ago amongst Jedediah Strutt’s papers, and in his own handwriting:—

“Here rests in peace J. S—— who without fortune family or friends raised to himself a fortune family and name in the world; without having wit, had a good share of plain common sense; without much genius, enjoyed the more substantial blessing of a sound understanding; with but little personal pride, despised a mean or base action; with no ostentation for religious tenets and ceremonies, he led a life of honesty and virtue, not knowing what would befall him after death, he died resigned in full confidence that if there be a future state of retribution it will be to reward the virtuous and the good.

“This I think my true character.

“J. Strutt.”

INDEX

_Abbey Square Sketch Book, The_, 212

Abbot’s Chair, The, 301

Abney Common, 197

—— James, 30

—— Manor, 183, 199

—— Moor, 50, 80, 304

Addy, S. O., 242

—— on Derbyshire Folk-Lore, 346–70

—— on Offerton Hall, 192–9

Addy’s _Household Tales_, 358

Ælfritha, 115

Æthelbald, 114, 115

Agincourt, Battle of, 14, 103

Aldulph, 116

Aldwark, 113

Alfred the Great, 5, 76, 117.

Algar, Earl of Mercia, 121

Alkmonton Hospital Chapel, 212, 251

Allestree, 214, 215, 249, 251

Allestry, Roger, 330, 337;
William, 330

Almayne Rivettes, 18

Alselin, Ralph, 7

_Anastatic Drawing Society’s Volume_, 256, 271

Andrew, W. J., 70

—— Prebendary, 214, 278, 279

_Anglo-Saxon Chronicle_, 4, 114

_Annals of Hyde_, 174

Anne of Denmark, 180

Arbor Low Stone Circle, 74, 75–8, 79, 80, 81, 86, 87

_Archæological Journal, The_, 119

Archers, 13

Archery, 323

Arkwright, Richard, 379, 380

—— Strutt and Need, Messrs., 379

Armada, The, 21

Armfield, 297, 298

Armfield, Robert, 297

Arrows, 18

Arrow-heads, 46, 47

Ash, Edward, 190

Ashbourne, 11, 34–5, 208–9, 210, 212, 232, 234–9, 249, 251–2

_Ashbourne, History of_, 326

Ashmole, Elias, 106

Ashover, 219–20, 226, 232, 248, 250, 252–3

Ashton, Isabella, 171;
Peter, 171

Assize of Arms, 18

Aston, 232

Athelstan, 6

_Athenæum, The_, 296

Auby, Thomas, 169

Avebury, 87

Babington, Anthony, 20, 152, 154;
Roland, 17;
Thomas, 253

Badow, 122

Bagshawe, Henry, 282

Bagshaw’s _Gazetteer of Derbyshire_, 368

Baine, Ralph, Bishop of Lichfield, 126

Bakelow Barrow, 59

Bakewell, 6, 97, 101, 104–7, 208, 210, 212, 215–16, 231–2, 236–8, 248,
253–4, 299

Ballidon Moor, 60

Balliol, John, 12

Bamford Moor, 80

Bar Brook, The, 80, 82

Barber, Miss, 365

—— Mr., 175

Bardolf, William de, 12

Baring-Gould, Rev. S., 357, 359

Barlborough, 139, 141–2, 316, 317, 324

Barley, Robert, 16

Barnack, 118

Barons, Rising of the, 8, 9

Barrows, 41

Barrow-upon-Trent, 232

Basingwork, The Abbot of, 301

Baslow Moor, 50, 82

Bassano, Francis, 120, 211, 270, 277

Bateman, Thomas, 44–5, 54, 59, 78, 109, 216

Beamont, Edward, 94

Beauchief Abbey, 16, 202

“Bed-churl,” 364

Bede, 4, 77

Beeston, 249

Beighton, 249

Belers, Thomas, 147

Belper, 254, 380, 381

Belvoir MSS., 22

Bemrose, Sir Henry, 327

Bennett, Gervase, 129;
Robert, 129

Beresford, James, 268;
Thomas, 15, 268

Berfurt, 116

Bernake, Gervase de, 100

Bertulph, 116

Bess of Hardwick, 23

Bigsby’s _History of Repton_, 122

Bills, 18

Birch, Walter de Gray, 116

Birgwurd Cross, The, 301

Birley Hill, 317

Black Edge, The, 165

Blackwell, 373, 376, 377

Blanc-Smith, G. le, 360

—— Wingfield Manor House, 146–63

Blore, Mr., 104, 105, 149, 161

Bodley, Mr., 257, 263

_Boldon Buke_, 193

Bolehill, 45

Bolsover, 250, 254, 324;
Castle, 8, 25, 27, 133, 136–9, 316

Bonnell, Mrs., 178

Bothe, William, 241

Bourbon, John, Duke of, 15

Bow Stone, 299

Bowden, 167, 168

Bower, Margaret de, 103;
Sir Thurston de, 103

Bowles, C. E. B., Bradshaw and the Bradshawes, 164–91

Boyleston, 29

Brackenfield, 254–5

Bradbourne, Humphrey, 19

Bradburne, John, 16

Bradshaw and the Bradshawes, 164–91

Bradshaw Hall, 133, 164–91, 294;
John, 332;
the Regicide, 31, 174

Bradshaw Family, 164–91

Bradwell, 361, 362, 365–369

—— Mr. Robert, 362–364, 368, 369

Brailsford, 7, 249

—— Henry de, 11

Brampton, York, 190

Brandreth, James, 36

Brand’s _Observations on Popular Antiquities_, 346

Brassington Moor Stone Circle, 80

Breadsall, 218, 219, 226, 232, 236, 240, 256–7

Brede Place, Sussex, 226

Bretby, 121, 122

Bretton, 182

Brewster, Thomas, 127

Brigstock, 118

_British Barrows_, 54, 55, 69

Brixworth Crypt, 119

Broad Marshes, The, 166

Bronze Age, The, 42

—— Barrows, 48–64

Bronze Implements, 56–8

Brough, 2

Brounker, Sir Henry, 23

Broxhill, 317, 323

Brydges’ _Restituta_, 353

Buckingham, Duke of, 23

Bull Ring Stone Circle, The, 75, 78–80, 88

Bullock, William, 129

Bunhill Fields, 381

Bupton Manor, 6

Burdett, Sir Francis, 30, 129;
Sir Robert, 130

Burgh, The Roman Town, 348

Burial Customs, 367–8

—— Mounds, 39, 41, 42

“Buries, The,” 117

Burton Bridge, 90, 94

Burton-on-Trent, Abbot of, 6

Butler, Humphrey, 16

Buxton, 1, 2, 20

Cadster Stone Circle, 82, 85

Cairns, 40, 41, 49

Calke, 121, 122, 144

—— Canons of, 121

Camps, 39

“Candle-rents,” 239

Cantrell, George, 383

Canute, 116

Carnarvon, Earl, 126

Cassy, Sir John, 292

Castleton, 2, 8, 243, 283, 285, 347, 348, 350, 362–3, 365, 367, 369

Cattermole, George, 211

Cave-dwellers, 364

Cave-remains, 39

Cavendish Family, 31–3, 137, 138, 199, 315

Chaddesden, 205, 206, 226, 232, 257–8

Chamberlain, The Right Hon. Joseph, 371

Chambers’s _Popular Rhymes of Scotland_, 351

Champion Cross, The, 303

Chapel-en-le-Frith, 82, 286–7

Charles I., 24–26, 289

Charles, Invasion of Derbyshire in 1745 by Prince, 31, 33–5

Charlesworth, 301

Charnells, Thomas, 129

Chatsworth, 6, 20, 27, 32, 133, 139, 150

Chaworth, Sir Thomas de, 202;
Sir William, 15

Chelmorton, 45, 205, 212, 213, 215, 291

Cheshire, John, 33

Chester, 4

Chesterfield, 2, 9, 21, 27, 97, 208, 210, 212, 218, 221, 222, 223,
231, 236, 240, 245, 249, 258–62

—— Lord, 30

—— Philipp, Earl of, 129, 131

Childers, of Carr House, 341

Child’s _English and Scottish Popular Ballads_, 350–4

Chinley, 181

“Christmas Eve,” 361

_Chronicon Abbatiæ de Evesham_, 116

_Chronicles of All Saints’_, 225

Church Broughton, 212, 262

_Church Notes_, 120

Cinerary Urns, 52, 55–6, 61, 62, 64

Civil War, The, 26–31

Clarke, Lettice, 189, 190

Clayton, Margaret, 173

Clulow, 299

Cock and Pynot, The, 33

Codnor Castle, 12

Cokayne Chapel, The, 251

Cokayne, Francis, 17;
John, 15;
Robert, 16;
Sir Aston, 30;
Sir Thomas, 16

Coke, Sir Edward, 30

Cold Eaton Barrow, 68

Coldwell Hall, 343

Colepeper MSS., 332

Colepepper, Colonel, 32

Columbell, Roger, 240

Commissioners of Array, 13

Cooper, Florence, 359

Cooper, Roger, 166

Copley, Lionel, 332

Cornere, John de la, 11

_Corpus Christi College, History of_, 327

Corselets, 18

_Country Folk-Lore_, 347

Cox, Arthur, 280

—— F. Walker, 257

—— Rev. Thomas, 365

—— Rev. Dr., on _Derbyshire Churches_, 97, 102, 105, 178, 269, 273,
275, 280, 347

—— Derbyshire Monuments to the Family of Foljambe, 97–113

—— Historic Derbyshire, 1–38

—— Plans of the Peak Forest, 281–306

—— _Three Centuries of Derbyshire Annals_, 97, 112, 183, 193

Crawford, Major-General, 156

Crecy, Battle of, 13

Creswell Caves, 1

—— Manor, 12

Crich, 205, 210, 211, 262

Cromford, 380

Cromwell, Oliver, 158;
Ralph, Lord, 137, 146, 147–8;
Thomas, 122, 123

Crosslow, 53

Croxall, 122

“Crucks,” 192, 193

“Cucking,” 361–2

Cumberford, Edward, 16

Curfew, 366

Curzon Family, 15;
John, 16, 26, 180, 315;
Francis, 19;
Richard, 9;
Sir Nathaniel, 34

Dacre, Leonard, 152

Dalby, Colonel, 157

Dale Abbey, 16, 121, 201–2, 225, 236

Danes, Invasion of the, 4–6

Daniels, Anne, 383

Darley Abbey, 16, 202, 236, 242

—— Dale, 212, 214–15

Davenport, Barbara, 183;
Sir John, 183

Davy, Thomas, 91

De Bower Chapel, 279

Deepdale, 121

Degg, Sir Simon, 342

Deincourt, Edward, 12;
Lord, 30, 318

Delves, Nicholas, 337

Demi-lances, 18

Denby, 263

Denman, The Hon. George, 131

Derby, 5, 6, 8, 12, 14, 23, 26, 27, 33–35

—— All Hallows’, 207, 212, 236, 237, 240, 245, 248

—— All Saints’, 35, 94, 207, 245, 249

—— St. Alkmund’s, 212, 263

—— St. Michael’s, 232, 263

—— St. Peter’s, 210, 211, 262, 263

“Derby Ram, The,” 347

_Derbyshire Charters_, 197-9, 348

—— _Churches_, 97, 102, 105, 178, 269, 273, 275, 280, 347

—— _Folk-Lore_, 346–70

—— Lyson’s, 328

Derwent Moor Barrow, 45, 46

Dethick, 152, 154

—— Robert, 11

Dickson, Nicholas, 169

_Dictionary of National Biography_, 373

Dilke, Sir Thomas, 189

Diuma, Bishop, 115

_Domesday Survey_, 6, 114, 117, 324

Dove Holes, 78, 295, 304

Dover, 23

Doveridge, 263

“Drinking Cups,” 55–6, 61–63

“Druidical” Circles, 50

Duffield, 175, 178, 249;
Fortress, 8, 9;
Forest, 100;
Frith, 12, 175

Dugdale’s _Monasticon_, 115, 122

Dunscar, Castleton, 361

Durdent, Walter, 122

Eadburgh, 116

_Early Renaissance Architecture in England_, 111

Earthen Vessels, 55–6

“Easter Observances,” 361–3

Ecclesbourne Valley, 5

Eccles Pike, 164, 167, 184

—— Samuel, 278

Edale, 281, 282, 285

—— Head Cross, 303

Edensor, 235

Edgar the Peaceable, 117

Edmund, Earl of Lancaster, 9

Edward I., 11, 12

—— II., 6, 12

—— III., 12

—— the Confessor, 6

—— the Elder, 5

Edwin, King, 77

Elfleda, 116

Elizabeth, Death of Queen, 22–3

Elvaston, 205–6, 209, 212, 219, 221, 231, 263–6

Emmett Carr, 324

_English and Scottish Popular Ballads_, 350, 351

Ethelbald, 4

Ethelfleda, 5

Ethelfrith, 4

Etwall, 126–7, 205, 249

Evans’ _Bronze Implements_, 69

Every, Sir Henry, 30

Evesham Abbey, 116

Exeter House, Derby, 383

Eyam, 6, 50, 78, 133, 144, 182–3, 190, 199, 249, 368

Eyre Family, 18;
Anthony, 190;
Arthur, 16;
Colonel, 29;
Dorothy, 190;
George, 30;
Jacob, 367;
Robert, 30;
Rowland, 30;
Thomas, 16, 292;
William, 101

Fairfax, General, 155, 309

Fairfield, 286, 288

“Fairy Offerings,” 369

Farr Over Close, 194

Fea, Allan, 185

Felix of Croyland, 115, 116

Felkin’s _History of Hosiery and Lace Manufacture_, 371–2, 376, 383

Fenny Bentley, 15, 209, 212, 219, 226, 267–8

Fernilee, 299

Ferrers Family, 9–12;
Henry, 7–8;
Sir Humphrey, 21;
John, 30;
Robert, 7, 9–11;
William, 9–12

Findern, 372, 376

“First Foot,” 365

Fitzherbert Family, 15, 18;
Sir Anthony, 126;
Dorothy, 126;
Henry, 11;
Sir John, 24, 155;
Nicholas, 16;
William, 30

FitzHubert, Ralph, 324

Fitzwilliam, Alice, 110;
Thomas, 110

Five Burghs, The, 5, 6

—— Wells, 43–6, 48, 60

Flagg, 291

Fletcher, J. M. J., _Tideswell Church_, 103

—— Richard, 180

Flint Arrow-heads, 46–7

—— Implements, 56

Foljambe, Monuments to Family, 97–113;
Anne, 238;
Chapel, 261;
Cicely, 168;
Sir Edward, 15;
Sir Godfrey, 17, 238;
Thomas, 11, 168

_Folk-Lore Society, The_, 347

Food-vases, 55–6, 61–2, 64

Foolow, 182

Ford, Stone Circle, 74, 80, 82–3

Foremark, 120, 122, 144

Forster’s _Alumni Oxonienses_, 175

Fox, Rev. Samuel, 225, 273

Foxbrook Furnace, 321

Foxton Wood, 325

Frances, John, 19

Franceys, Ralph, 331, 340

Francis, Sir Robert, 122

Frazer’s _Golden Bough_, 354, 356, 360, 369

Frecheville, Anker de, 13, 101;
Lord, 314, 318, 324, 330;
Robert de, 11

Friar’s Heel, The, 72, 73, 84, 86

Froggatt Edge, 80, 82

Furnival, Gerard de, 101

“Galley-balk,” The, 352

Gardiner, Dr., 326, 329

Garner House, 194

Gaveston, Piers, 12

Gell, Sir John, 26, 28, 30, 94, 155–7, 163, 292, 303

_Gentleman’s Magazine_, 111, 327

“George Inn,” Derby, 34

Gerard, Lord, 126;
Sir John, 131;
Sir Thomas, 126

Gernon Manor, 103

—— William de, 101

Gib Hill, 74–5, 78, 86–7

Giffard, Sir Thomas, 126–7

Gilbert, Henry, 30

Gill, John, 194

Glass House, The, 358–9

Glossop, 6, 282–3

—— John, 197;
Ralph, 195;
Robert, 197

Glynne, Sir Stephen, 258, 274, 277

Godstow Nunnery, 225

Golden Ball, The, 357

_Golden Bough_, 354, 356, 360, 369

Gorsey Close Barrow, 65

Gotch, J. A., The Old Homes of the County, 133–45

—— _Early Renaissance Architecture in England_, 111

Gowland, Professor, 86

Grave, William, 91

Gray Cop Barrow, 59

Great Hucklow, 361, 363

“Greavy Croft, The,” 165, 170

Greenhill, 202

Greenlow, 45–6

Greenwell, Rev. Dr., 53, 55

Grendon, Serlo de, 121

Gresley, Sir George, 27;
John, 16;
Sir William, 16

Grey, Henry de, 12;
Mr. St. George, 78;
Richard, 12, 14;
Sir John, 15

Grimm’s _Popular Stories_, 346

Grindall, Edmund, 244

Grinlow Barrow, 49

Gunson, Mr., 184

Haddon Hall, 133, 134–6, 138–9, 144, 146, 211, 224

Hadrian, 3

_Hall of Waltheof_, The, 242

Halton Family, 158, 160, 163;
Imanuel, 157

Hamilton, Duke of, 28

Harborough Rocks, 43–8

Hardwick, Bess of, 137, 139–41, 150;
Hall, 139–41, 324

Hardy’s _Miners’ Guide_, 366

Harpur, Sir John, 25, 30;
Richard, 127

Harrington, Earl of, 265

Hartington Manor, 11

Hartle Moor, 52, 59, 77

Haslam Family, 379

Hastings, George, Earl of Huntingdon, 126, 131

Hathersage, 268

Hault Hucknall, 268–9

Haverfield, Dr., 3

Hayfield, 228, 245, 248, 282–4

Hayton, Rev. E. J., 268

Heanor, 248

Heays, Mrs., 328

Henderson’s _Northern Folk-lore_, 357, 359

Henry II., 7, 18

—— III., 8, 9, 11

—— IV., 13

—— V., 14

—— VI., 131

Heriz, Mathilda de, 147

High Lane, 194

Highlow Hall, 133, 143

Hipkins, Rev. F. C., Repton: Its Abbey, Church, Priory, and School,
114–32

Historic Derbyshire, 1–38

Hob Hollin, 165

—— Hurst’s House, 50

—— Marsh, 165

Hofnerton, Eustace de, 198

Hole, William, 238

Hollington Manor, 12

Holman Hunt, 250

“Honey Spots,” 242

Hope, 242, 269, 285–6

—— Rev. W., 210–11

—— W. H. St. John, 123, 127, 203, 225

Horsley, 212, 269;
Castle, 8

Horton, Christopher, 30

Howe, Earl, 131, 380;
Margaret, 180;
Roger, 180

Hugh of Lincoln, or the Rain Charm, 348–57

Hunloke, Sir Henry, 30

Hunter, Rev. Joseph, 354

Hutchinson, Rev. Michael, 208, 224, 269

—— Colonel, 155

Ilkeston, 212, 215

Incense Cups, 55–6, 61, 68

Ingleby, 93, 122

Ingram, Sir Arthur, 113

Ireton, John, 16, 31

Isherwood, Bradshawe, 173

Jackson, John, 191

James I., 23

—— II., 31, 32

Jeayes’ _Derbyshire Charters_, 97, 197–99, 348

Jewitt, Llewellynn, 295

John, King, 8

Jordanwall Nook, 298

_Journal of Derbyshire Archæological Society_, 44, 121, 123, 127,
164–5, 175, 181–2, 184, 186–188, 195, 197, 199, 203, 278, 280

Kalc, Canons of, 121

Kedleston House, 144

Kerry, Rev. C., 175

Killamarsh, 249

Kinder Scout, 145

King’s Sterndale, 52

King Stone, The, 82

Kirk Ireton, 189, 236, 249

—— Langley, 210, 212, 216, 217, 221, 232, 269–70

Kniveton, Henry, 11;
Matthew, 17;
Nicholas, 239

Lambert’s Rising, 342

“Lampholme,” 239

Langwith, 250

“Lantern Chimney,” 197

Latham, Dr. Ebenezer, 372

Layton, Richard, 123

Leach, Sir Edward, 30;
Philip, 15;
Ralph, 16

Lead Mining, 2–3, 5, 9

Lea Hurst, 37

Lee, Thomas, 282

Leeke, Sir John, 16;
John, 109;
Nicholas, 30;
Thomas, 16, 30

Leigh, Dr. Thomas, 123

—— Family, 343–4

Leland’s _Collectania_, 115

Leo, the Jew, 356

Leofric of Mercia, Earl, 6

Lewes, Battle of, 10, 11

Lichfield, 28, 125–6, 169, 245

Lidlow, 59

Little Chester, 2

Littleover, 250

Liverpool, Earl of, 97, 102–3, 108, 110, 113

Locko Gardens, 145

Lockyer, Sir Norman, 84, 86

Lomas, Nicholas, 190

Longbows, 18

Longdendale, 281, 282

Long Eaton, 6, 193, 249, 270–1

Longford, 212, 271

—— Nicholas de, 13

Longstone, 212, 271

Loudham Arms, 108–9;
Margaret, 106–7;
Sir John, 106

Loudoun, Earl, 126

“Lovers’ Vows,” 366

“Low,” A, 42

Lowe, John, 190;
Robert, 191

Ludlam, Isaac, 36

Ludworth Moor, 298

Lund, Dr. Troels, 195

Lynaker, Robert, 16

Lysons’ _Derbyshire_, 328

Macaulay, 311–12, 335, 337, 344

Machell, Colonel, 158

Mackworth, 249–50, 271

“Maiden Stones, The,” 298

Maidstonfeld, 282

Makeney, Ralph de, 11

Malcolm, King, of Scotland, 7

Manners, John, 20

Marleberge, Thomas de, 116

Marple Hall Estate, 172–4

Marston Montgomery, 249

Marston-on-Dove, 248

Martin Side, 304

Mary, Queen of Scots, 20, 140–1, 149–55, 161

Massey, Mr. Ralph, 372

Matilda, 121

Matlock, 249

“May King, The,” 347

Measham, 122

Melandra Castle, 2

Melbourne, 8, 15, 91, 133, 145, 151, 208, 271–2

—— Adam de, 92;
John de, 92

Mellor, 249, 284, 285, 293, 298

_Memorials of St. Guthlac, The_, 116

Meynell, Chantrey, 270;
Rev. Frank, 270;
Giles de, 11

Mickleover, 6, 205, 272

Micklethwaite, Mr., 119

Middleton, Mrs. George, 364, 368;
Thomas, 174

Milford, 381

—— House, 383

Militia, The, 18, 23

Milton, 122

Mininglow, 43–6, 48, 60, 67

“Mischief Night,” 361

Molineux, Colonel Roger, 157

Monasteries, Suppression of, 16, 17

Monksbridge, 2

Monks Dale, 214, 215

Montgomery, Nicholas, 15

Monyash, 232, 273

Morewood, Anthony, 30

Morions, 18

Morley, 208, 236, 237, 249, 273

Mosborough Hall, 316

Mountjoy, Lord, 231, 251, 265

Mower, Arthur, 232

Mugginton, 212, 220, 249, 273–4

Mundy, John, 30

Musard, John de, 12

Musca, Thomas de, 121

Need, Strutt & Woollatt, Messrs., 379

Neolithic Barrows, 43–8

Nether Offerton, 198

Netherthorpe Hall, 324

Newark, 28, 93, 217

Newcastle, Duke of, 315, 324, 330, 341

Newton, Robert, 198

—— Solney, 122

Nichols’ _Collect. Topogr. et Geneal._, 97

Nightingale, Florence, 37–8;
William, 37

Nine Ladies, The, 80, 82

Norbury, 205, 206, 208, 212, 220, 226, 274

North Lees, 133, 143

North Wingfield, 133, 141, 232, 249

Northworthy, 5

Norton, 208

Nottingham Bridge, 94

Oates, Titus, 337

Ockbrook, 274

Offerton Hall, 133, 143, 192–9

—— Moor Stone Circle, 74

Oldcotes House, 139

Old Country Life in the Seventeenth Century, 307–45

Oldeffeld, William, 238

“Old Tup, The,” 347

Osmaston, 7, 248, 274

Oswin, 115

Over Haddon, 198

Over Offerton, 198

Overton, Prior, 131

Owlcotes, 324

Oxford, Brasenose College, 126

Palmer, George, 16

Pancakes, 364

Parcelly Hay, 59

Park Hall, 324

Parker, Archbishop, 244;
John, 16

Park Gate Stone Circle, 74, 80, 82

Parwich, 220, 230–1, 242, 247, 249

Peak Castle, 7, 8, 11, 133–4, 283, 285, 348

—— Forest, 9–11, 98

Peak Forest, Plans of the, 281–306

Pears, Dr., 131

Peasants, Revolt of the, 13

Pedlars, 317

Pegge, Dr., 245

Peggy with the Wooden Leggy, 359–60

Pendleton, Mr., 370

Pentrich, Insurrection of 1817, 31, 35–37

Percy’s _Reliques_, 353

Percys, Revolt of the, 14

Pett, Peter, 340

Peverel, William, 7

Pierpoint, Sir Henry, 147

_Pipe Rolls_, 7, 8, 100

Plotting Parlour, The, 33

Pole, Francis, 202;
Jervase, 30;
Peter, 170;
Richard, 19

Pontefract, 28

_Popular Antiquities_, 346

Porte, Henry, 126;
Sir John, 126–8

Posset, 364

Postage in Charles II.’s Time, 335

Potsherds, 66–7

Potter, Sarah Ellen, 350, 358

Prehistoric Barrows, Late, 64–9

Prehistoric Burials in Derbyshire, 39–69

Prehistoric Stone Circles, 70–88

Priestcliffe, 291

Prior, Dr., 120, 130

Pulpitum, The, 200–1, 205

“Pym’s Chair,” 303

Querns, 67

Radbourne Church, 202, 212, 275

Randulph, 121

Ravensdale Forest Lodge, 12, 14

Rawlins, Rev. R. R., 269, 272

Rayner, S., 211

Redfern, Emmott, 166

—— Will, 166

_Reliquary, The_, 59, 97, 175–6, 180, 182, 280, 295, 360

Renishaw, 307–345

Repton, 4, 6, 16, 91–3, 114–132, 203–5, 232, 236, 275

Repton: Its Abbey, Church, Priory, and School, 114–132

Revell, Will., 330, 331, 341

Revolution Inn, 33

—— of 1688, 31–3

Reynolds, J., 211

Richard I., 8

—— II., 13

Ridge Hall, The, 293–4

Ringhamlow, 45, 46

Risley, 223

Roadnook Hall, 330

Robin Hood’s Cross, 304

Robin Hood Picking Rods, 299

Rocester, 2

Rodes, Sir Francis, 26, 30, 142

Rodmarton, 47

Rolleston, Roger, 16;
Thomas, 16

Roman Roads and Stations, 2

Roods, Screens, and Lofts in Derbyshire Churches, 200–280

Ryknield Street, 2

Sacheverell, Sir Henry, 16, 17;
William, 331

Sadleir, Sir Ralph, 151–3

St. Guthlac, 115–16, 123

St. Valentine’s Day, 370

St. Wilfred’s Needle, Ripon, 76

St. Wystan, 116–17, 121–2

Salt, Mr., 43, 60

Sandiacre, 275

Saunders, Major, 29

Sawley, 6, 205, 209, 212, 229–30, 249, 275–6

_Saxon Chronicle_, 117

Sclater, Samuel, 381

Scott’s _Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border_, 346

Scott, Sir Gilbert, 259, 272

Seckington, 114

_Secret Chambers and Hiding places_, 185

Segrave, Nicholas de, 12

“Shakking Monday,” 363

Shallcrosse, Leonard, 182

Shaw, R. Norman, 280

Shawcross, Anthony, 181;
Emma, 181

Shawe, H. Cunliffe, 198

Ship-writs, 25

Shirley, Sir Ralph, 15

Shottle, 371

Shrewsbury, Battle of, 14

—— Countess of (Bess of Hardwick), 23

—— Earls of: George, 15, 281;
Gilbert, 138

_Shropshire Folk-Lore_, 353

Shrove Tuesday Custom, 364

Shuttlestone, 52

Simpson, William, 331

Sitwell, Francis, 326, 327;
George, 30, 313–15, 322, 325–6, 328, 338–9;
Robert, 324

—— Sir George Reresby, Old Country Life in the Seventeenth Century,
307–45

Skeat, Professor, 114

Skulls, 54–5

Sleath, Dr., 120

Sleigh, Sir Samuel, 30, 129

Smalley, 249, 276–7

Smerrill, 45

Smithard, William, Swarkeston Bridge, 89

Smith’s _Intrigues of the Plot_, 337

Smisby, 122

_Snitterton Hall_, 133, 143

Solney, Alured de, 122

“Solomon’s Temple,” 50

Somersal Herbert Hall, 133

South Normanton, 250, 371

Spateman, John, 330

Spinning Jenny, The, 379

Spondon, 205, 208, 249, 277

Stadon Stone Circle, 74, 80––1

Stafford, 5

—— Anne, 182;
Humphrey, 182

Stag-hunting, 329, 330

Standard, Battle of the, 7

“Standing Stones, The,” 301

Stanhope, Sir John, 25, 30, 188;
Sir Thomas, 126

Stanley, 248–9

Stanton, 90

—— Moor Stone Circle, 52, 58, 82, 87

—— Robert de, 91

Statham, Martha, 371

_Station Life in New Zealand_, 352

Staveley, 27, 235, 245, 277, 318, 324, 330

—— Elys, 172;
Katherine, 172

Stebbing Shaw, 114, 120, 122

Stennis Stone Circle, 76

Steveton, 113

Stonehenge, 70–3, 76, 84, 86–7

Stoneylow, 45–6

Stony Middleton, 6

Strelley, 217

—— Family, 15

Stretton, Robert de, 122

Strutt, The Hon. Frederick, on Jedediah Strutt, 371–84

—— Joseph, 371;
William, 371

Strype _Memorials_, 126

Stuart, Lady Arabella, 23

Sudbury, 139, 263, 277

Sutton, 27

Swarkeston Bridge, 35, 89–96

—— House, 139

—— Richard de, 91

Swillington, Margaret de, 147

Taddington, 205, 246, 249, 291

Talbot, Francis, Earl of Shrewsbury, 148–9;
Sir Gylbert, 16;
George, Earl of Shrewsbury, 149–55;
John, Earl of Shrewsbury, 148

Tamworth, 5

Tanner’s _Notitia_, 115

Tau-cross, 352

_Ten Years’ Diggings_, 44–5, 50, 52, 59–60, 67

Thacker, Gilbert, 19, 124, 128–30, 203;
Thomas, 124, 202–3

Thirkelow Barrow, 50

Thornehill, George, 282

Thornhill, 368

Thornsett, 298

_Three Centuries of Derbyshire Annals_, 97, 112, 183, 193

“Three Golden Balls, The,” 351

Throckmorton, Sir Nicholas, 149

Throwley Barrow, 67

Thurnam, Dr., 49

Tibshelf Church, 324

Tickenhall, 122, 249

Tideswell, 11, 14, 97–113, 212, 214, 232, 235, 243, 246, 249, 277–9,
286, 288

_Tideswell Church_, 103

Tisbury, 197

Tissington, 27, 133

_Topographer, The_, 114, 120, 122, 158

Topp, Sir Francis, 340

Treeton, 343

Trustram, Mr., 74, 79

Tumuli, 41

Tunstead, 360

—— Dicky, 360

“Turncrofts, The,” 165–6, 168

Turner, William, 36

Tutbury, 7, 23–4, 27–8, 150, 154

Twyford, 243, 270

—— John de, 13;
Thomas, 16

Tyrwhitt, Troth, 110

“Unlousing Day,” 361

Urn, The, 52

Vallance, Aymer, on Roods, Screens, and Lofts in Derbyshire Churches,
200–80

Vaughan, Dr., 131

Venables, Canon, 352

_Verney Letters_, 332

Vernon, Chapel, 253;
Dorothy, 136, 139;
Sir Edward, 24;
George, 19;
Sir George, 138;
Henry, 19;
Sir Henry, 231, 238;
William, 16

_Vestiges of the Antiquities of Derbyshire_, 44, 46, 52–3, 59, 65

_Victoria History of Derbyshire_, 2, 3, 6, 98

Wakebridge, William de, 210

Wakes, 368–9

Walpole, Horace, 135

Walsyngham, Sir Francis, 151, 154

Walton, 6, 106, 107, 113

Ward, Dr. Jeremy, 195

—— John, F.S.A., Prehistoric Burials in Derbyshire, 39–69

—— Thomas, 180

Wardlow Barrow, 45, 46

Watson, Daniel, 129

Waverley, Annals of, 354

Welbeck, 23, 27

Weston Museum, Sheffield, 216

Weston-on-Trent, 212, 279

Wet Withens, Stone Circle, 74, 75, 78–80

Wetton, 47

Whaley Bridge, 82

Whitaker’s _Craven_, 197

Whitaker, Mr. H. W., 257

Whitehall Field, 167

Whittington Moor, 33

Whittle, 298

“Whyte Maiden, The,” 299

Wigfall Family, 326, 327

Wiglaf, 116

Wigstone, Mr. Thomas, 190

Wilfrid, 296

William of Orange, 31–3

William the Conqueror, 6

Willington, 122

Willoughby, Battle of, 28

Willoughby, Sir John, 223;
Richard, 15

Wilmot, Dr. Edward, 26;
Robert, 30

Wilne, 223, 232, 249, 279

Wimund, 116

Wing Crypt, 119

Wingerworth, 226-8, 232, 235, 249

Wingfield Manor House, 20, 27, 29, 133, 137–8, 146–63

Winwadfield Battle, 115

Wirksworth, 1, 2, 8, 27, 238

Wistanstowe, 116

Wolves, 100

Woollatt Family, 372;
Elizabeth, 373–6;
William, 376

Wormhill, 98–113, 286

Wormleighton, 217, 218

Wright, Thomas, 190

Wulphere, 115

Wybersley, 174

Wyston, _see_ St. Wystan

Yonge, Prior John, 123

_Yorkshire Coiners, The_, 193

Youlgreave, 212, 279–80

Yule-loaf, 364

Zouch, Dave and Sir John, 16

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=MEMORIALS OF OLD LINCOLNSHIRE.= Edited by Canon Hudson, M.A.

=MEMORIALS OF OLD NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.= Edited by P. W. P. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L.

=MEMORIALS OF OLD SUSSEX.= Edited by Percy D. Mundy.

=MEMORIALS OF NORTH WALES.= Edited by E. Alfred Jones.

=MEMORIALS OF OLD MANXLAND.= Edited by John Quine, M.A.

=MEMORIALS OF OLD SUFFOLK.= Edited by Vincent B. Redstone.

=MEMORIALS OF SOUTH WALES.= Edited by E. Alfred Jones.

=MEMORIALS OF OLD STAFFORDSHIRE.= Edited by W. Beresford.

=MEMORIALS OF OLD MONMOUTHSHIRE.= Edited by Colonel Bradney, F.S.A., and J. Kyrle Fletcher.

OLD ENGLISH GOLD PLATE.

By E. Alfred Jones. With numerous Illustrations of existing specimens of Old English Gold Plate, which by reason of their great rarity and historic value deserve publication in book form. The examples are from the collections of Plate belonging to His Majesty the King, the Dukes of Devonshire, Newcastle, Norfolk, Portland, and Rutland, the Marquis of Ormonde, the Earls of Craven, Derby, and Yarborough, Earl Spencer, Lord Fitzhardinge, Lord Waleran, Mr. Leopold de Rothschild, the Colleges of Oxford and Cambridge, &c. Royal 4to, buckram, gilt top. Price =21/-= net.

“Pictures, descriptions, and introduction make a book that must rank high in the estimation of students of its subject, and of the few who are well off enough to be collectors in this Corinthian field of luxury.”—_Scotsman._

LONGTON HALL PORCELAIN.

Being further information relating to this interesting fabrique, by William Bemrose, F.S.A., author of “Bow, Chelsea and Derby Porcelain.” Illustrated with 27 Coloured Art Plates, 21 Collotype Plates, and numerous line and half-tone Illustrations in the text. Bound in handsome “Longton-blue” cloth cover, suitably designed. Price =42/-= net.

“This magnificent work on the famous Longton Hall ware will be indispensable to the collector.”—_Bookman._

“The collector will find Mr. Bemrose’s explanations of the technical features which characterize the Longton Hall pottery of great assistance in identifying specimens, and he will be aided thereto by the many well-selected illustrations.”—_Athenæum._

THE VALUES OF OLD ENGLISH SILVER & SHEFFIELD PLATE. FROM THE FIFTEENTH TO THE NINETEENTH CENTURIES.

By J. W. Caldicott. Edited by J. Starkie Gardner, F.S.A. 3,000 Selected Auction Sale Records; 1,600 Separate Valuations; 660 Articles. Illustrated with 87 Collotype Plates. 300 pages. Royal 4to Cloth. Price =42/-= net.

“A most comprehensive and abundantly illustrated volume.... Enables even the most inexperienced to form a fair opinion of the value either of a single article or a collection, while as a reference and reminder it must prove of great value to an advanced student.”—_Daily Telegraph._

HISTORY OF OLD ENGLISH PORCELAIN AND ITS MANUFACTURES.

With an Artistic, Industrial and Critical Appreciation of their Productions. By M. L. Solon, the well-known Potter-Artist and Collector. In one handsome volume. Royal 8vo, well printed in clear type on good paper, and beautifully illustrated with 20 full-page Coloured Collotype and Photo-Chromotype Plates and 48 Collotype Plates on Tint. Artistically bound. Price =52/6= net.

“Mr. Solon writes not only with the authority of the master of technique, but likewise with that of the accomplished artist, whose exquisite creations command the admiration of the connoisseurs of to-day.”—_Athenæum._

MANX CROSSES; or The Inscribed and Sculptured Monuments of the Isle of Man, from about the end of the Fifth to the beginning of the Thirteenth Century.

By P. M. C. Kermode, F.S.A.Scot., &c. The illustrations are from drawings specially prepared by the Author, founded upon rubbings, and carefully compared with photographs and with the stones themselves. In one handsome Quarto Volume 11-1/8 in. by 8-5/8in., printed on Van Gelder hand-made paper, bound in full buckram, gilt top, with special design on the side. Price =63/-= net. The edition is limited to 400 copies.

“We have now a complete account of the subject in this very handsome volume, which Manx patriotism, assisted by the appreciation of the public in general, will, we hope, make a success.”—_Spectator._

DERBYSHIRE CHARTERS IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIBRARIES AND MUNIMENT ROOMS.

Compiled, with Preface and Indexes, for Sir Henry Howe Bemrose, Kt., by Isaac Herbert Jeayes, Assistant Keeper in the Department of MSS., British Museum. Royal 8vo, cloth, gilt top. Price =42/-= net.

“The book must always prove of high value to investigators in its own recondite field of research, and would form a suitable addition to any historical library.”—_Scotsman._

SOME DORSET MANOR HOUSES, WITH THEIR LITERARY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS.

By Sidney Heath, with a fore-word by R. Bosworth Smith, of Bingham’s Melcombe. Illustrated with forty drawings by the Author, in addition to numerous rubbings of Sepulchral Brasses by W. de C. Prideaux, reproduced by permission of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club. Dedicated by kind permission to the most Hon. the Marquis of Salisbury. Royal 4to, cloth, bevelled edges. Price =30/-= net.