Country House: Letters to the Editor

From J Huntley, Boxwell

Dear Sir,

I write to protest at the tone and context of Gerald Cadogan's article last weekend entitled 'from pig farm to parkland', which I would maintain was economical with the truth.

His mentor Mr Cardale did not buy 80 acres of a former pig farm - Scrubbetts Farm was a mixed farm with a pig unit, suckler cows and cereal enterprises. The farm, when sold was split between seven buyers.

Mr. Cardale bought 72 acres of typical Cotswold permanent pasture around the 550 foot contour, which has not seen a pig for the past 30 years. He also bought Conygre Wood, an ancient woodland of 6.7 acres much enjoyed by badgers.

This land has never been parkland, and has a Cotswold stone wall under the wood, restored under the Cotswold ESA.

I may be classed as a Nimby, but at least I am a countryman who would like to preserve the AONB rather than turn it into a Virginia Water type enclave with an Italianate house every 70 acres.

If Gerald Cadogan is again asked to sit on such a RIBA panel he might at least visit the site prior to acceptance to see if the development proposed has any empathy with the surrounding environment.

SOURCE:  http://website.lineone.net/~mikechallis/nothanks/CountryHouse/letter%20to%20ft.html

HUNTLEYs, of Boxwell Court

HUNTLEY, OF BOXWELL.

HUNTLEY, The Reverend RICHARD WEBSTER, A.M. of Box well Court, in the county of Gloucester, b. '2nd April, 1794, m. at St. George's, Hanover-square, 8th July, 1830, Mary, eldest daughter of Richard Lyster, esq. of Rowton Castle, M.Pfor Shropshire, and has one son,

Richard-fkeville, I. 15th December, 1833.

Mr. Huntley, late a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, served the office of proctor for that university in 1825. He succeeded his father Itith October, 1831 and is in the commission of the peace for Gloucestershire.

John Hi'ntley, of the Rye, near Gloucester, (who appears from coincidence ol name, time, and county, to be the same John Huntley who was son of Elizabeth, sister and heir of John ap Adam, son of another John, the only surviving male branch of the family of John, Lord ap Adam, whose barony became extinct in 1309,) left, by Margaret Andrewes, his wife, a son,

John Huntley, of Standish and Boxwell, living 34th Henry VIII. He married Alice, dau. and co-heir of Edmund Langley, of Siddington, and widow of Thomas Endon; and secondly, a lady named Joan, but of what family is not recorded. By the first he had two sons and a daughter, viz. I. Geok<;k, of Frocester, who died U 1680, leaving, by Catherine his wife, daughter of John Walsh, of Sodbury, a son and heir,

John Huntlev, of Frocester, who in. Jane, daughter of Sir Edward Karne, knt. of Glamorganshire, and wag t. hy his son,

Sir George Huntley, knt. of Frocester, who married Eleanor, daughter of Sir William Winter, knt. of Lindley, and died 23rd September, 1622, having hail issue,

1. William, who m. Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Edward Read, esq. of Yate, but died ». p.

2. Edward, born in 1624, died issueless.

3. George, died ,v. p.

1. Jane, m. to Giles Foster, esq. of Dronock.

2. Elizabeth, m. to John Abrahall, esq. of Juxon, county of Hereford.

3. Eleanor, living unmarried in 1634.

Sir George Huntley's sons dying all issueless, his estate at Frocester was purchased by the ancestor of Lord Ducie. II. Henry, of whom presently.

i. Ann, m. to Henry Baskerville. The second son,

Henry Huntley, esq. of Boxwell, whose will bears date 1556, wedded first, Elizabeth,daughter of William Throckmorton, of Tortworth, and had two daughters, Frances, the wife of John Bowser, of Tortworth, and Elinor. He married secondly, Eleanor, daughter of John Rufford, and had (with a daughter Margaret, and a younger son, Edmund, a military officer, who married Bridget, widow of John Nanfan, esq. of Barnsley, and daughter and heir of John Kemeys, esq.) a son and heir,

George Huntley, esq. who acquired the manor and free-warren of Boxwell, in Gloucestershire, temp. James I. by purchase from Sir Walter Raleigh, grantee from the crown. He espoused Constance, daughter and coheir of Sir Edward Ferrars, of Kivington, in the county of Warwick, and had issue,

John, who married first, Frances, dan.
of Sir John Conway, knt. and had
John, a military officer, who left no
issue. He wedded, secondly, Eliza-
beth Vaughan, but died *. p. in the
lifetime of his father.
George, buried at Boxwell, 14th April,

1.W6.

William, of Nailsworth, who married 35th July, 1600, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Morgan, esq. and widow of Richard Read, esq. and had an only daughter, Constance.

Matthew.

Constance, baptized at Boxwell, 13th
January, 1583, married first, in 1599,
Captain Nicholas Baskerville, and
had a daughter,

Mary Baskerville, married to her
first cousin, Hannibal Basker-
ville, esq. of Sunningwell. (See
vol. i. page 91.)

Mrs. Baskerville espoused, secondly, Sir John Sidney, and had issue. Elizabeth, married to Thomas Guy, esq. The youngest son and eventual heir,

Matthew Huntley, esq. of Boxwell, married twice. By his first wife, Jane Algini, he had a son, Matthew, his heir; and by his second wife, Frances, daughter of Sir George Suigge, knight. Baron of the Exchequer, George, successor to his brother, several other sons who died issueless, and four daughters—Alice, married 4th November, 1649, to John Wynyard, esq. of Westminster; Frances, who died num.; Anne, the wife of Thomas Smith, gent.; and Margaret, of George Lyte, esq. of Leighterton. Mr. Huntley died in 1653, was buried at Boxwell, 3rd October in that year, and succeeded by his son,

Matthew Huntley, esq. baptized at Boxwell in 1613, at whose decease, without issue, the estates devolved upon his brother, George Huntley, esq. of Boxwell, who wedded Silvester, dau. and heir of Edward Wykes, esq. of Wells and Shiplate, in Somersetshire, and by her, who died 25th February, 1675, had issued, Matthew, his heir; Henry, died in infancy; Wykes, LL.B. rector of Boxwell, married and had children; and Henrietta. The eldest son, Matthew Huntley, esq. of Boxwell, was summoned by the heralds at the visitation in 1682. He married Elizabeth, dau. of John Chandler, esq. of Aldermaubury, and eventually one of the coheirs of the Rt. Rev. Dr. Chandler, bishop of Durham, by whom he had issue,

I. Richard, his heir.

II. Matthew, b. in 1693.

I. Rose, 6. in 1691.

II. Elizabeth, married to T. Johnston, merchant, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

III. Mary.

The elder son and heir,

The Rev. Richard Huntlf.y, of Boxwell, baptized there in 1689, rector of Boxwell, in Gloucestershire, and of Castlecombe, in the county of Wilts, wedded Anne, daughter of Colonel Henry Lee, of the Donjon, Canterbury, and of Walsingham Abbey, Norfolk, and had issue,

Richard, his heir.

Ann, baptized in September, 1718,m.to
H. Stephens, esii?of Eastington.

Mary, baptized in January, 1722, m. to Daniel Woodward, merchant, of Bristol, and had two Bods and one daughter, viz. Daniel Henry Woodward, who married Miss Margaret Howarth; Christopher Woodward, who married Miss Mary Hinde; and Mary Woodward, the wife of the Rev. Robert Nicholl.

both died ,. p. Elizabeth, $

Mr. Huntley died 17th April, 1728, and was succeeded by his son,

The Rf.v. Richard Huntley, of Boxwell, M.A. who married Anne, daughter nnd heiress of Nicholas Beaker, esq. of Nettleton House, in the county of Wilts. and had, to survive infancy, two son* and five daughters, viz.

Richard, his heir.

Wadham, baptized 18th December, 1771, rector of Cold Aston, in the county of Gloucester.

Anne.

Catherine, m. in 1786, to the Rev. B. Spry, prebendary of Salisbury, and rector of St. Mary, Redcliffe, Bristol.

Mary.

Elizabeth.

Sarah, m. in 1796, to W. Veel, egq. of

Cotswold House.

Mr. Huntley died in 1794, and was *. by his son,

The Rev. Richard Huntley, of Boxwell, 6. 26th March, 1776, who wedded at Durslev, 3rd May, 1700, Anne, daughter and • sole heiress of the Venerable James Webster, LL.B. archdeacon of Gloucester, by Sarah, his wife, daughter and heiress of Richard Sweles, esq. of Newark, and of Elizabeth his wife, sister and heiress of William Warhurton, DD. lord bishop of Gloucester. Mr. Huntley had issue,

Richard-wf.bstf.r, his hem

James-Webster, in holy orders, vicar of Thursby, Carlisle, and of Clanfield. in the county of Oxford, who married Anne, eldest daughter of the Rev. Samuel James Goodenough, D.D. prebendary of Carlisle, and has a daughter, Anne.

Henry-Veel, R. N. married Anne, dan. of General Skinner, and has a daughter, Constance-Anne.

William-Warbnrton, captain 3rd Dragoon Guards, married Emily-Theresa, daughter of Sir Lewis Yersturme.

Edmund.

Osmond-Charles.

George-Henry.

Anne.

Clara-Jane, married to William Mill-.
esq. eldest son and heir of the late
Thomas Mills, esq. of Great Saxham
Hall, in Suffolk, high sheriff for that
county in 18U7.

Frances, married to William Bird
Brodie, esq. M.P. of the Close.
Salisbury.

Mr. Huntley died 16th October, 1831, and was succeeded by his eldest son, the present Rev. Richard Webster Huntley, of Boxwell.

Arms—Arg. on a chev. between three stags' heads erased sa. as many bugle horns stringed of the field.

Cn-st—A tullot ppr. collared and lined or.

Motto—As the hart—the water brooks.

Ettatet—In Gloucestershire; Boxwell, free-warren acquired temp. James I.; and the manor of Leighterton, possessed by the family in 1440.

Seat—Boxwell Court, Gloucestershire.

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The HUNTLEYs of Boxwell Court - Gloucestershire

The history of the town and parish of Tetbury, in the county of Gloucester ...

 By Alfred Theophilus Lee

pp 207-211

Huntley Of Box Well Court.

This family is one of the oldest in Gloucestershire.

GWYTHENOC, Or WYTHE

Noc, came from Brittany to England with William the Conqueror. He held the Castle and Barony of Monmouth. He founded the Abbey of Monmouth, and died ante 1086.

His brother Baderon, who came into England with Wythenoc, had five sons: Arms of Hnntle5r

i. William Fitz Baderon, Baron of Monmouth, mentioned in Domesday, living in 1119.

ii. J evan.

Huntley Crest

iii. Roaps or Robert, who had a son, John Fitz Robert.

iv. Pagan, who had a son, Thomas Fitz Pagan.

v. Owen the Slender.

William Fitz Baderon had issue, Badeeon De Monmouth, Baron Monmouth, living in 1128, married Roesia, daughter of Gilbert de Clare, and sister of Strongbow, Earl of Pembroke, and had issue,

i. Gilbert de Monmouth, Baron Monmouth, (died about 1290.) He married Bertha, daughter of Philip de Braose, and had issue,

i. John de Monmouth, Baron of Monmouth, married, first, Cecily, daughter and co-heiress of William Walleran; and secondly, Agnes, daughter and co-heiress of Wm. de Musgros, and had issue, i. John de Monmouth, who married, first, Maud, daughter of David, Earl of Huntingdon, and had issue, a daughter;

married, secondly, Catherine . He died

before 1274. ii. Richard de Wyesham, ancestor of the Wyeshams.

ii. James de Monmouth.

iii. Roaps or Robert.

iv. Sir Walter De Huntley, the son of Baderon de Monmouth and Roesia de Clare, married Petronilla, eldest daughter and co-heir of Walter de Musgros. He had granted .to him Huntley, parcel of the Barony of Monmouth, by John the Baron, who styles him "Consangineus p

meus." Sir Walter de Huntley, by his marriage with Petronilla de Musgros, had issue,

i. Sir Walter De Huntley, Jun., who married the daughter and co-heiress of William de Hastings, younger son of Lord Hastings.

ii. Richard de Huntley, living in 1243.

Sir Walter de Huntley, Junr., had issue, Sir Thomas De Huntley, who married the daughter and co-heiress of — Grendour, Lord of S. Brides, Netherwent. He was living in 1299, and had issue,

i. Thomas, (called Tomlyn by the Welsh.) He married Alice, daughter and heiress of Sir William Wallis, of Treowen.

ii. John Huntley, Lord of Purton, Worcestershire, 1313; and of S. Brides in 1315. He died s. p.

Thomas Huntley had issue,

i. Gwilym, or William Huntley, of Treowen, from whom descend the Huntleys of Treowen.

ii. John Huntley of S. Brides.

iii. Hugh.

iv. David, living 1382.

v. Adams ap Tomlyn, living in 1389; d. s. p.

vi. Ptobert; d. s. p., 1376.

John Huntley married Elizabeth, daughter of John ap Adam, (heir of her brother John, in 1399,) and had issue,

i. John Huntley, of S. Brides.

ii. A daughter, married to Thomas Pell, of Usk, and living in 1441.

John Huntley of S. Brides, married Jane, daughter of Sir Roger Vaughan, of Bredwardine, (who was killed at Agincourt, Oct. 25th, 1415,) and had issue.

i. John Huntley, (living in 1449,) who married Johanna, daughter and heiress of John Roufus als ap Adam, and had only female issue.

ii. Thomas Huntley, of Hadnock, who married Margery, daughter of Christopher Baynham, and had issue,

i. Hugh Huntley of Hadnock.

ii. William.

Hugh Huntley, who was living in 1526, had issue,

i. Richard Huntley, who married Margaret Owen, or Gwyn.

ii. John Huntley of Hadnock; living in 1537.

iii. Elizabeth.

iv. Catherine.

John Huntley married Margaret Andrewes, and had issue,

i. Thomas Huntley, of Hadnock, who died before 1564. He married Anne, daughter of Richard Brayne, and had issue, daughters.

ii. John Huntley, of Standish, in Gloucestershire; mentioned by Sir R. Atkyns and Rudder, living in 1545. He married Alice, sister and heiress of Edmund Langley, of Siddington, in Gloucestershire, and had issue,

i. George Huntley, of Frocester Court, Gloucestershire. He married Catherine, daughter of John Walsh, of Sodbury, and had issue, i. John Huntley, of Frocester Court, who married Jane, daughter of Sir Edward Karne, Knt., of Glamorganshire, and had issue,

i. George Huntley, of Frocester Court, who married Eleanor, daughter of Sir William Winter, and died 22nd Sept., 1622, s. p. This Sir George Huntley entertained Queen Elizabeth at Frocester Court, on her way to Berkeley Castle.

ii. William.

ii. Henry Huntley, of Boxwell Court, Gloucestershire, (will dated 1556.) He married, first, Elizabeth, daughter of Wm. Throgmorton, of Tortworth, Gloucestershire, and had issue,

i. George Huntley, of Boxwell Court, of whom hereafter.

ii. Frances, married John Bowdler, of Tortworth.

iii. Elinor.

Henry Huntley married, secondly, Anne, daughter of John Rufford, and had issue,

i. Edmund Huntley, Colonel in the army; served in the Low Countries. He was married to Anne, daughter and heiress of John Kemys, and died s. p. (Will dated 25th June, 1591.)

George Huntley of Boxwell Court, was M.P. for Cricklade in 1555, and High Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1563. He married Constance, daughter and co-heiress of Edward Ferrers, of Wood Bevington, and Baddesley Clinton, County "Warwickshire, and had issue,

i. John Huntley. He married Frances, daughter of Sir John Conway, and died vitd patris. He had issue, a son John, killed at the storming of Cirencester by Prince Rupert.

ii. George, d. s. p.

hi. William, who married Anne, daughter of Thomas Morgan, and had issue, an only child, Elizabeth.

iv. Matthew The Cavalier, (baptized at Boxwell, 1580; buried there 1653.)

v. Constance, who married, first, Richard Baskerville; secondly, Sir John Sidney. Matthew Huntley married, first, a daughter

of Algini, and had a son, Matthew, who died

young; secondly, Frances, daughter of Sir George Snigg, Baron of the Exchequer, and had issue,

i. George Huntley, born 1623, of whom hereafter, died 1670.

ii. William, d. s. p.

iii. Thomas, d. s. p.

iv. Henry, d. s. p.

v. Gabriel, d. s. p.

vi. Edmund, d., s. p.

vii. Francis, d. s. p.

viii. Alice, married to Sir John Wynniard, and died in childbed

ix. Mary, married to George Lyte, of Lyte's Cary.

x. A daughter, married to Thomas Smith, of the Inner Temple.

George Huntley, of Boxwell Court (who died in 1670, aged 47,) married Sylvester, daughter and heiress of Edward, the son of Nicholas Wekys, Esq., (she died in 1675,) and had issue,

i. George, d. a p. 1679. Buried at Boxwell.

ii. Amy, married — Guise; died in childbed.

iii. Matthew, of whom hereafter.

iv. Henry, d. s. p.

v. Edward, d. s. p.

vi. Wekys.

vii. Henrietta.

viii. Frances.

ix. Susanna.

x. Elizabeth.

xi. Anne.

xii. Alice.

xiii. Mary, married, 1st, Sir Thomas Englefield, Bart., of Englefield, County Buckinghamshire; second, Walter Allday. Matthew Httntley, of Boxwell Court, was

born in 1655, married Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of John Chandler, and niece and heiress of Edward Chandler, D.D., Lord Bishop of Durham, and had issue. He died in 1711.

i. Richard, of whom hereafter.

ii. Matthew, buried at Boxwell, 1711, d. s. p

iii. Elizabeth, d. s. p.

iv. Rose, buried in 1714, d. a p.

v. Mary, d. s. p.

vi. Elizabeth, married Thomas Johnson, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, and d. s. p.

Richard Huntley was born in 1690. He was in holy orders, Rector of Boxwell and Castle Coombe, buried at Boxwell, 1723, set. 39, married Anne, daughter of Colonel Lee, of the Donjon, Canterbury, and of Walsingham, Norfolk, and had issue,

i. Richard, who died an infant.

ii. Richard, born 1721.

iii. Dorothy, d. s. p.

iv. Elizabeth, d. s. p.

v. Anne, married Henry Stephens, Esq., of Chavenage.

vi. Mary, married Daniel Woodward, of Bristol, from whom are descended the Lee Warners of Walsingham Abbey.

Richard Huntley, born in 1721, in holy orders, Rector of Boxwell and Shipton Moyne, buried at Boxwell, 1794, set. 73, married Anne, daughter and heiress of Nicholas Beaker, of Nettleton, County Wilts, and had issue,

i. Richard, died an infant.

ii. Richard, born 1766.

iii. Wadham Huntley, in holy orders, Vicar of Aston Blank, and Rector of Eastington, died unmarried, 1844, aet. 73.

iv. Anne, married James Hardwicke, D.D., and d. s. p.

v. Mary, married, first, Thomas Hughes, surgeon; second, W. W. Darke, M.D., and d. s. p.

vL Catherine, married Rev. Benjamin Spry, from whom are descended the Skrines of Warleigh.

vii. Sarah, married William Veel, Esq., and had issue, Joseph Colbourne Veel, Esq. Richard Huntley, born in 1766, in holy orders, Rector of Boxwell and Dodington, died in 1831, sat. 65, married Anne, daughter and heiress of James Webster, LL.B., Archdeacon of Gloucester, and ultimate heir of William Warburton, D.D., Lord Bishop of Gloucester, and had issue,

i. Richard Webster, born 2nd April, 1793, at Boxwell.

ii. James Webster, in holy orders, Vicar of Thursby and of Kirklington, Cumberland. He married Anne, daughter of Samuel Goodenough, son of Samuel Goodenough, Lord Bishop of Carlisle, and has issue,

i. Anne. ii. Frances.

iii. (Sir) Henry Veel, Kt., R.N., married Anne, daughter of General Skinner, and has issue,

i. Spencer Robert, R.N.

ii. Henry Ferrers.

iii. Constance.

iv. Edmund, married Harriett, daughter of William Goode, of Brompton, Middlesex, and had issue,

i. Osmond Currie Huntley, an only son.

v. William Warburton, married Emily Theresa, daughter of Sir Lewis Versturme, Knt., d. s. p.

vi. Lee Warner, d. s. p.

vii. George, d. s. p.

viii. Osmond Charles, d. s. p.

ix. Anne, d. s. p.

x. Frances, d. s. p.

xi. Clara Jane, married William Miles, of Great Saxham Hall, County Suffolk, and has issue, two sons and six daughters.

xii. Frances, married W. B. Brodie, Esq., late M.P. for Salisbury, and has issue, four sons and four daughters.

xiii. George Henry, living unmarried in 1856. Rev. Richard Webster Huntley, M.A. and

late Fellow of All Souls, Oxford, and Proctor for that University in 1825, is Rector of Boxwell and Vicar of Alberbury. He married Mary, daughter of Richard Lyster, Esq., M.P., of Rowton Castle, County Salop, and has issue,

i. Richard Freville, born 15th Dec., 1833, of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law, of Balliol College. Oxford.

ii. Henry, born 23rd Feb., 1835, of Exeter College, Oxford.

Anns. Argent, or a Chevron sable, between three stags' heads, erased of the second, as many bugle horns of the first.

Crest. A Talbot ppr. Collared and lined or, on a wreath.

Motto. Je voul droit avoir.

Seat. Boxwell Court, Gloucestershire.

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The Huntleys of Boxwell Court

 Proceedings of the Bath Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, Volume 7

From pgs 157-160

Boxwell Court, May 20th, 1890.—A morning of misty rain and South-east wind succeeding a most thoroughly rainy day, did not promise well for the 18 miles drive in prospect, and probably was the cause of the small muster opposite the Post Office at 9 a.m. Thirteen members only took their seats in the break out of the seventeen whose names had been sent in to the Secretary. Sosoon, however, as the high Cotteswold plateau was reached the ,weather improved and glimpses of blue sky every now and then were cheering. The foliage, too, of the trees in the Parks of Dyrham and Dodington looked their greenest and freshest after the rain. A short halt took place at the Cross Hands where the party was increased by Mr. Skrine and three visitors. After passing Petty France, instead of following the road to Didmarton> Badminton Park was left on the right hand and the main road taken to Boxwell Farm. Several tumuli were passed, connected no doubt more or less with the numerous camps which surmount the edge of the Cotteswolds, and indicative of many a hard fought fight on this border line in days gone by. A room at the Manor Farm was most courteously placed at the disposal of the members on their arrival, 11.15, by Mr. Clark, the tenant, and a fire was most acceptable after the somewhat breezy ride of the morning. Before starting for the morning's ramble, Mr. Skrine gave a short account of the family of the Huntleys, former possessors of the Court. From which it appeared that this family had descended from a stock that came over with William the Conqueror from Normandy, and derived their name from the Lordship of Huntley in Gloucestershire, near the Forest of Dean, given by the King, to Wythenoc Fitz. Baderon, and by him granted to his nephew, William Fitz Baderon,. Baron of Monmouth, and ancestor of the Huntleys. The third son of this Fitz Baderon was styled Sir Walter de Huntley and from him the present life tenant of the Boxwell Estate, the Revd. Osmond Currie Huntley, is lineally descended. The Huntley's were connected by marriage with the Throgmortons, of Tortworth, and the Ferrers, of Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire. John Huntley, the grandson of George Huntley and Constance Ferrers espoused the cause of the Parliamentarians in the Civil War, was mortally wounded at the siege of Cirencester and was succeeded by his Uncle Mathew, who was an officer of Prince Eupert's Horse, and is said to have taken part in most of the great battles ,of the period, Roundeway Down in 1643, Cropredy Bridge in 1644, &c. &c. After the downfall of the monarchy he retired to Boxwell Court, but on the appearance of Charles II. he joined the royal army at the battle of Worcester, and on the defeat of the army again took refuge at Boswell with his son George and ,son-in-law, Sir John Wynyard. It was during one of the domiciliary visits to Boxwell Court in search of this determined cavalier {i.e. in 1650) that a melancholy event occurred which threw a dark shadow over the family, and gave rise to certain stories connected ,with the Court. The wife of Sir John Wynyard, who was at that time near her confinement, was so frightened at the approach of the armed searchers that she and her babe succumbed to a premature confinement. The following legend of the Cotteswold Hills describes this event:—

THE LADY CONSTANCE.

Oh! ask not who that Ladye fair
Who silent glides the Hall around,

The chamber and the stair,
And moves without a sound.

And ask not whose that gentle Child

Wrapt in her silken fold,
Whom, mother still, with aspect mild

She bosoms from the cold.

All nightly from ye storied Tomb,

While the sun goes round by north,
On a saintly errand athwart the gloom

From the Chancel she passes forth.

In haste to the Chamber away she has sped,

In haste to ye Panel has gone,
She hath stood by the Bed and uplifted her head,

And whispered " Thy will be done."

She passes to bless each loyal bed

And holy dreams to inspire,
That the sleepers may pray when the morning's sped.

For the end of their travel is nigher.

Then she waits dawn to count ye stars in the west

And see the moon retire,
When she patient retires with the babe at her breast,

For the end of their travel is nigher.

Soon after this another refugee comes to Boxwell, no less a. personage than that of King Charles II. under the guise of a groom riding before the daughter of Col. Lane, on his.road to Bristol, September 12th, 1651. The friendly shade of a wood called the "King's Walk," now the property of Mr. John Rolt, affording him concealment for a time. Tn memory of the King's, visit the Inn at Leighterton is called the Royal Oak. The losses arising from the adherence of Mathew and his son to. . the Royalists caused the lapse of several manors. The grandson of this Mathew married into the Guise family, and his wife dying without issue he married, as his second wife the niece of the Right Rev. Dr. Chandler, Bishop, first of Lichfield and then of Durham. Several other intermarriages were alluded to, and Mr. Skrine, whose great grandfather was a Huntley, concluded with the narrative of a daring burglary which occurred at the Court about the middle of last century (Circiter, 1750), and was very illustrative of those times. During the occupation of the Court by some friends and relatives, one Crewe, who kept a notorious gang of outlaws iu the neighbourhood, and one of whose strongholds was supposed to have been Robin Hood's Hill, near Gloucester, then (according to Mr. Webster Huntley's memoir from which Mr. Skrine quoted) covered with beech timber, ,obtained access to the Court one Christmastide when it was fully prepared and provisioned for the reception of numerous guests, and, having duly imprisoned the family inside their sleeping portion of the house, proceeded to pillage the plate and wellfurnished larder, at their departure leaving a note of thanks for their entertainment and the abundant stores which they had ..enjoyed. A fall of snow concealing the traces of the robbers, Crewe succeeded in escaping, and was never called to account for this outrage—which he confessed when he arrived at the natural termination of his career—the Gallows.

The narrative read by Mr. Skrine was abstracted from a MS. memoir of the Family written by the Rev. Richard Webster Huntley, late Rector of Boxwell, and illustrated by drawings and illuminations by the hand of his wife—and the volume was shown to the members.

At the conclusion of Mr. Skrine's notes the members walked through the woods to the Court, turning aside to see the great Boxwood, covering about 20 acres of ground, and the largest but one of that species of tree in England. The spring which issues from this wood gives its name to the estate, and meanders through the valley by Ozleworth, and so through the hills to the great western vale. Those who went through the house (the consent of the present tenant, Lady Guise, having been first obtained) were shown the Elizabethan chimney-piece in the dining-room, portraits by Sir J. Reynolds and Kneller, the usual four-posters, «aid to have been reposed in by Royalty, and then visited the -small Church attached to the Court at the South side. 

The Priory of Walsingham

Walsingham Village, Norfolk, England

Here Mr. Skrine gave the following account of the Manor and Church. The Church of St. Peter de Gloucestre (so states Domesday Book) held the Manor in the reign of William the Conqueror. Tha Abbey of Glo'ster held the Manor, temp., Edward III. A moiety of the lands in Boxwell—" Leighterton and Wast"—was afterwards granted to Sir Walter Raleigh, and on his attainder for high treason fell again to the crown and was..granted to Peter Vaulore, a merchant, who was Lord of the Manor, 1608. The other moiety came to the Huntleys, temp., Queen Elizabeth. The advowson of the Rectory belonged to the Priory of Walsingham, in Norfolk, founded by "Sir Geffray Favercbes Knyth " for the Black Canons. The little Church, consisting of a nave, chancel and South aisle, divided from the nave by three bays, is the mother church of the parish, and had regular services down to the latter years of the former Rector, Richard Webster Huntley, who then removed to the Rectory house of Leighterton. Many of the adjoining cottages having been pulled down, there was less reason for holding services. The Church necessarily falling into decay from damp and neglect, presented a pitiable aspect when seen two or three years ago, the rain comingthroughthe roof, and the walls often being encrusted with green damp. Through Mr. Skrine's cousin, Mr. 'Osmond Huntley, and himself, and the assistance of the Rector, this state of things has been remedied and the little church been placed in good repair, the only thing wanting now being seats, reading desk and lectern, which it is hoped will be provided ere long by the assistance of the Diocesan Church Building Society. The font, situated in the North aisle attracted attention ; it is ,octagonal in shape and rests upon eight rudely rounded short shafts and raised upon a square base. It was apparently an Early English font, since altered. The pointed arch leading into the ,chancel is of that date, as is the rather unique bell cot, which was successfully photographed by Mr. Powell (one of the members), and through the kindness of Mr. Skrine has been reproduced in Platinotype for this number. High up on the South wall were indications of a sun dial, the usual hole for the gnomon and two radiating lines cut in the masonry. Ozleworth Church was the next point of interest, and the members wound round in front of the court and down theromantic combe under the guidance of Mr. Skrine who accompanied them a portion of the way. Following the little stream from Boxwood as it found its rippling way through the wooded valley, they crossed by a little bridge at the bottom, turned to the right, and, after a pleasant walk of about 1£ mile, found themselves in front of the comfortable looking mansion belonging to. the Rolt family. The keys of the adjoining church having been obtained, the Secretary read some notes prepared by Mr. Skrine, from which it appeared that the Church, given to the Priory of Leonard Stanley by Roger Lord Berkeley, is an ancient building of singular construction, having an hexagonal tower rising up between the Nave and Chancel from Transition arches. A sharp. . pointed arch beneath the Tower exhibits highly relieved zig-zag ornament. The font is of peculiar construction somewhat resembling that at Boxwell, but whether a copy of an ancient font originally existing there or entirely new was not evident. The South porch, probably Transition, has its columns ornamented with foliage of an unusual type, but the whole structure has been so rebuilt or modernized that it is difficult to. . trace what is original and what is the freak of the so-called restorer. The Tower, however, seems to have been untouched, and is of Transition period and very interesting. Passing through the neatly kept churchyard into the garden the members were shown the latter by the gardener, and then taking a short cut through the grounds, descended through the wood, remarkable for its fine beech trees, recrossed the stream, and found their way back to the farm. After partaking of some refreshments which they had fortunately provided for themselves, and thanking Mr. Skrine for the trouble he had taken in arranging the day'sprogramme and for the notes he had prepared, the party left for Bath at 5 p.m. At the Cross Hands a short halt was made fortea, which was very acceptable after their cold ride, and Bath was reached about 7.45 p.m.

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