. Wiltshire notes and queries . accordingly. In June 1639 his Alajestys command wassent to the Dean and Chapter by the Archbishop of Canterburythat all mechanics should be displaced from the Close and otherconsecrated places ; notwithstanding, many persons engaged intrade, and amongst them tailors, strangers, and no membersof the Company, have by connivance crept into the Close again,and there practise their trade, to the ruin of petitioners and theirfamilies, consisting of above 300 persons, who ever since theirincorporation have paid 6/. yearly to the Crown, besides relievingaged and impoten
. Wiltshire notes and queries . accordingly. In June 1639 his Alajestys command wassent to the Dean and Chapter by the Archbishop of Canterburythat all mechanics should be displaced from the Close and otherconsecrated places ; notwithstanding, many persons engaged intrade, and amongst them tailors, strangers, and no membersof the Company, have by connivance crept into the Close again,and there practise their trade, to the ruin of petitioners and theirfamilies, consisting of above 300 persons, who ever since theirincorporation have paid 6/. yearly to the Crown, besides relievingaged and impotent persons dependent upon them : they pray thatthe Dean and Chapter may be called upon to answer, and forconsideration and relief. On July 8th, same year, an order was apparently issued for theattendance of William Bowles and others to give evidence inthe cause ; but beyond this no further reference appears in theCak-ndar of the Papers of the House of Lords, as given by thelist. MSS. Commission. C. e^f ? .^«»;. Malnicsbury Market-Cross. Malmesbury Market-Cross.—The annexed illustration is froman old engraving published very early in the present century TheCross itself is an interesting object, and is a good examplcof thesestructures. It is of Perpendicular design of probably early i6thcentury. Leiand in his Itinerary (temp. Hen. VIII) thus describesit: Thereis a right fair and costly peace of workmanshijj in themarket-place, made al of stone, and curiously voulted for pouremarket folkes to stand dry when rayne cummeth. There be 8gret pillars, and 8 open arches; and the work is 8 great pillar in the midle beareth up the voulte. The menof the tonne made this peace of work in Jiominuni (1814) says that one of the niches on the side filled withfigures, is a representation of the Crucifixion. St. Lawrence anda mitred bishop occupy other niches. The Cross was repaired atthe end of the last century by the luirl of Suffolk and Lady North-w
Size: 1894px × 1320px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookidwiltshirenot, bookyear1893
