. Wiltshire notes and queries. found at Great Malvern and St. Mary Witton, nearDroitwich. The tiles from Great Bedwin are described as of themost elegant designs. Has any record been published of thefinding of this kiln, and of any tiles or fragments gathered on thespot? Rambler. Reading for life (p. 34).—Was this ever a very frequentform of trial ; and under what circumstances was it used? Atthe reference given above, the prisoner was found guilty of whathe said was a false charge, stealing a tame buck, and then was 89 put to read for his life. I take it that had he not been able toread the p
. Wiltshire notes and queries. found at Great Malvern and St. Mary Witton, nearDroitwich. The tiles from Great Bedwin are described as of themost elegant designs. Has any record been published of thefinding of this kiln, and of any tiles or fragments gathered on thespot? Rambler. Reading for life (p. 34).—Was this ever a very frequentform of trial ; and under what circumstances was it used? Atthe reference given above, the prisoner was found guilty of whathe said was a false charge, stealing a tame buck, and then was 89 put to read for his life. I take it that had he not been able toread the passage selected for him, he would have been he passed the ordeal, he was merely branded. Perhaps somelegal reader of W. N. 6° Q. can give particulars of this curiousprocedure. K. P. Image found at Warminster, 1791.—The following communi-cation, with the drawing, appears in The Gentlemans Magazinefor 1791. No explanation seems to have been forthcoming:— Annexed you have a rough sketch of a figure found a few. days since in pulling down part of a very old building in this town,that has always been known by the name of, and supposed tohave been a nunnery. It is as large as the original, and appearsto be made of earth, has a very high varnish, is very black andlight, and has lost the legs, and a small part of the bonnet on theleft side. It seems (from two holes under each arm) to havebeen suspended by a string, and may probably have been wornby the owner. If you favour it with a place in your magazine, inall probability some of your correspondents may discover what itis meant to represent. 90 Is the relic still in existence, and where was the nunneryreferred to situate? Perhaps some reader of the present day canthrow some light on the find. A. L. C. Population of Wiltshire at the time of the Domesday Survey.—This is given as 10,749, twice the population of Worcestershire,which was 4,916 only. Mr. Sharon Turner, in his History of theAnglo-Saxons, considers these
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