THE

LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHJEOLOGICAL

AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY

1960

President Lieut.-Col. Sir Robert Martin, C.M.G., D .L, T.D., LLD., M.A.

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Vice-Presidents

Kathleen, Duchess of Rutland The Hon. Lady Martin The Right Rev. The Lord Bishop of Leicester, D.D. The High Sheriff of Leicestershire The Right Worshipful The Lord Mayor of Leicester The Very Rev. H. A. Jones, B.Sc., Dean of Manchester Colin D . B. Ellis, Esq., C.B.E., M.C., M.A., F .S.A. Albert Herbert, Esq., F .R.I.B.A., F.S.A. Victor Pochin, Esq., M.A., D.L. A. Bernard Clarke, Esq. Levi Fox, Esq., M.A., F.S.A. W. G. Hoskins, Esq., M.A., Ph.D. Miss K . M. Kenyon, M.A., F .S.A.

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Officers

Hon. Secretary : David T .-D. Clarke, Esq., M.A., F.M.A. Hon. Treasurer: C. L Wykes, Esq., F.C.A. Hon. Auditor: Lieut.-Col. G. L Aspell, T.D., D.L, F.C.A. Hon. Editor: Professor J. Simmons, M.A., F.R.Hist.S., F.R.S.L Hon. Librarian : G. H . Martin, Esq., M .A., D.Phil., F.R.Hist.S.

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Trustees of the Leicestershire Archceological and Historical Society

Albert Herbert, Esq., F .R.I.B.A., F.S.A. Lieut.-Col. Sir Robert Martin, C.M.G., D .L, T .D., LLD., M.A. Colin D. B. Ellis, Esq., C.B.E., M.C., M.A., F.S .A. C. L Wykes, Esq., F.C.A.

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Trustees of the Leicestershire Archceological Research Fund

Colin D. B. Ellis, Esq., C.B.E., M.C., M.A., F.S.A. Anthony Herbert, Esq., A.R.I.B.A. Professor J. Simmons, M.A., F .R.Hist.S., F .R.S.L. H. 0. Wilshere, Esq. C. L. Wykes, Esq., F.C.A.

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Committee

Mrs. F. E. Skillington (Chairman) The Hon. Secretary The Hon. Treasurer The Hon. Editor The Hon. Librarian J. E. Brownlow, Esq. F. S. Cheney, Esq. G. A. Chinnery, Esq., M.A. H. Collinson, Esq., A.R.C.A. T. H. Corfe, Esq., M.A. J. A. Daniell, Esq., A.M.A. Mrs. E. M. Dickson The Ven. I. D. Edwards, M.A. C. D. B. Ellis, Esq., C.B.E., M.C., M.A., F.S.A. H. P. R. Finberg, Esq., M.A., D.Litt., F.S.A., F .R.Hist.S. Albert Herbert, Esq., F.R.I.B.A., F .S.A. Anthony Herbert, Esq., A.R.I.B.A. J. M. Lee, Esq., M.A., B.Litt. Mrs. W. A. North L. A. Parker, Esq., B.A., Ph.D. Miss M. P. Rippin, B.A. N. Scarfe, Esq., M.A. John R. Webster, Esq. K. C. Wright, Esq.

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Sub-Committee for Lectures and Excursions

The Hon. Secretary F. S. Cheney, Esq. T. H. Corfe, Esq., M.A. E. D. Hayes, Esq. Mrs. F. E. Skillington (Executive Secretary)

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THE LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHJEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY

105th ANNUAL REPORT, 1959

Five general meetings of the Society were held, at which the following papers were read:

30 January

17 April

29 May 8 October

Hugh Collinson, Esq., ARC.A.: Leicestershire". E. Clive Rouse, Esq., M.B.E., F.S.A.: of English Medieval Wall Painting". Annual General Meeting.

"The Slate Headstones of

The Meaning and Purpose

H. M. Colvin, Esq., M.A., Hon. A.R.I.B.A.: "Medieval English Palaces".

4 December Miss P. M. Butler, M.A. (Oxon.), B.A. (Land.), AM.A.: "English Historical Portraits".

There was also a Social at the Newarke Houses Museum on 6 November.

The following meetings of the Melton Mowbray and District Branch were held:

16 January Archa:ological and Historical films. 13 February Members' evening. Miss E. Needham: "Grime's Graves"; Mrs.

M. Gill: "Excavations at Welpington"; R. C. Burnell, Esq. : "Leicester: some places of interest".

13 March J. A. Daniell, Esq., A.M.A.: "Eighteenth-Century Life in Leicester­shire".

24 April Annual General Meeting. P. E. Hunt, Esq.: "Some Melton Women".

1 May Nicholas Thomas, Esq., F.S.A.: "Excavations at the Bronze Age Cemetery on Snail Down, Wiltshire".

2 October C. D. B. Ellis, Esq., M.A., F.S.A.: "Local History does not stop". 23 October T. H. Corfe, Esq., and P. B. Vincent, Esq.: "Verulamium". 11 December J. L. Barber, Esq., M.A.: "Oakham Castle".

Mrs. C. A. B. Elliott resigned from the Committee after many years' service with it and the Excursions Sub-Committee, for which the Committee records its gratitude. Mr. Hugh Collinson and Mrs. W. A. North were elected to vacancies and Mr. J. A. Daniell was elected as the Society's representative on the Leicestershire Rural Community Council.

The Committee wish to record their gratitude to Mr. A. Thornley for his co­operation in the production of Transactions during this difficult year and also to Mrs. E. M. Dickson and Miss M. Rippin for organising tea after meetings.

Christmas cards were printed of Ha1laton church (1842) and the Chapel of the Old Wyggeston's Hospital by A. H. Paget. Both were well received.

After several years' negotiation the Inland Revenue has again undertaken to refund income tax on Deeds of Covenant to learned societies, which has resulted in a substantial balance this year. In common with similar bodies this Society is much indebted to the Society of Antiquaries and the British Academy who brought and won the test case.

Nevertheless this balance will soon be absorbed in increased printing charges and a further hundred members will alone ensure a secure and expanding economy. The Society hopes that all those who care for the history of this county will offer it their practical support. There is an ample supply of papers worthy of publication,

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but much work needs to be done in the conservation of buildings and minor monuments not protected by national sources. This year a grant has been made towards the repair of the stocks at Grimston, and a protest initiated with a view to preserving the _fourteenth-century Moat House at Appleby Magna, but much more could be achieved if more funds were available.

Proposals have been put forward by the Hon. Treasurer to change the date of the financial year from I January to 30 April for administrative convenience and the amended rules are attached.

During the summer several teams from the Melton Mowbray branch made records of tombstones for Mr. Colin Ellis's survey. The branch made representations to the Urban District Council who subsequently refurbished and re-hung the bread door in Egerton Gardens. This door, removed from "The Limes", Sherard Street, was of medieval date. The Society is grateful to the local Council for their prompt co-operation.

The Society acknowledges with gratitude a further grant of £25 from the Education Committee of the Leicester County Council.

During 1959 Mr. Brand, a member of long standing, died in his ninetieth year. Walter Brand, F.R.I.B.A., joined the Society in 1923 and served on the Committee from 1924 to 1951. For most of that time he was a member of the Excursions Sub­Committee, acting as its Executive Secretary from 1924 to 1933. All who took part in the excursions he organised will remember with lively pleasure the interest of the places visited, the erudition of the guides chosen and the detailed care for members' every comfort. Mr. Brand had a true antiquarian's eye for ancient buildings and delighted in the craftsmanship of former ages; the preservation of such artifacts was very dear to his heart.

During the year 16 new members were elected and 50 resigned or died. The total membership at the end of the year was 469.

Excursions

During the summer the usual four excursions were arranged and, by way of experiment, a short evening tour. They were, on the whole, well attended. The first, on 6 June, the only inclement day of the season, was conducted by Mr. J. A. Daniell, and was to churches in the Melton area. Members first saw Wartnaby and Ab Kettleby, simple, pleasing buildings that were beautifully clean and well kept. After tea, at the King's Head, Melton Mowbray, they went on to Wyfordby, another simple, early church, a resort of church mice, and, on the way home the party made a brief valedictory halt at the decaying building at Brentingby.

On 3 July an evening tour was organised in Leicester. A coach party assembled at 6.15 p.m. and went to All Souls' church and were welcomed by the vicar, the Rev. E. C. B. Dunford. Professor J. Simmons then spoke about G. F . Bodley, the architect, and pointed out some of the remarkable features of this, one of his last commissions. The company then proceeded to the Cathedral, where they were greeted on behalf of the Provost and Chapter by the Canon Chancellor and the Canon Treasurer. Professor Simmons then spoke about the building, with special reference to the extensive nineteenth-century restoration and rebuilding, and to some of the unusual monuments, both inside and out. The proceedings ended with coffee and water-colours at 20 Victoria Park Road.

The whole-day outing was into Derbyshire. A coach-load left Leicester in good time and reached Haddon Hall according to plan at 11.15 a.m. More than an hour was spent viewing this delectable mansion, members especially enjoying the Chapel and the Long Gallery. After a break for lunch at Bakewell, the party set out again for Hardwick and, despite an unscheduled and extended view of parts of Derbyshire, arrived on time at Hardwick Hall, where they were joined by a small party from the Melton branch of the Society. Members were tremendously impressed by the overwhelming Bess of Hardwick's overwhelming home. After a very good tea in the Great Kitchen, the company returned to Leicester through a thunderstorm.

Mr. David T.-D. Clarke conducted a party, some 70 strong, to three churches and chapels in east Leicestershire on 20 August. The first was that at_ Nosele:r, where the Hon. Edith Hazlerigg welcomed members. Although extensive repair work was in progress, members were able to enjoy a good look at this interesting

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building. They went on, an impressive cavalcade of coach and cars, through gentle, useful country to Launde, where they saw the priory chapel, once part of a larger church. After tea, at the Crown Hotel at Oakham, they proceeded to the church at Withcote, where again members were gratified to see that repairs were in progress. This was a particularly pleasant afternoon and members and their friends greatly enjoyed their Honorary Secretary's informed and racy commentary upon the buildings visited and country traversed.

On 19 September Mr. F. S. Cheney conducted a party of 40 members and friends to Belton and Pickworth in Lincolnshire. At Belton Mr. Cheney outlined briefly the acquisition of the estate by the Brownlow family, the building of the house and its subsequent alterations. The party then enjoyed a leisurely tour of the mansion and much interest was shown in the mementoes of the family's con­nections with royalty, especially with the Duke of Windsor. After tea, which was taken in the orangery, the party went into the church where Mr. Cheney drew attention to the main features and to the remarkable series of monuments to the Brownlow and Cust families. The party then drove on through several pleasant villages to Pickworth church. After indicating the various periods of the largely unrestored building and furnishings, Mr. Cheney explained at some length the interesting series of wall paintings which were uncovered and preserved by Mr. Clive Rouse in 1947.

Donations from the excursions funds were made to all the churches visited. The Melton Bowbray branch of the Society also carried out a full and successful

programme of excursions :

14 May 25 June 4 July

22 July November

Whatton-in-the-Vale church. Guide: The Rev. J. E. H . Wood. Cossington and Swithland. Guide: Mrs. F. E. Skillington. Lincoln. Guide: D . F. Petch. Stapleford Hall and church. Unknown Leicester. Guide: D . T.-D. Clarke.

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THE LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHJEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT for the Year ended 31 December 1959

£ s. To Subscriptions :

Lincoln Record Society 2 2 Council for British Archa:ology .. . 2 10 Ditto Arrears in respect of previous years 5 5 English Place-Name Society 1 5 British Record Society 2 12 Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings 1 1 Mids. Fedn. of Museums & Art Galleries 0 10 The Leicestershire Trust ... 0 10

Grant to Grimston Parish Council towards repair of the Stocks

Provision for net cost of printing and issue of Transactions, Vol. XXXV 400 0 Add Underprovision for Vol. xxx1v, per

contra 9 13

Cost of printing Christmas Cards 17 17 Less Sales, less Expenses 6 17

Library Additions, Binding and Honorarium Lecturers' Expenses ... Administrative Expenses :

Rent .. . 10 0 Fire Insurance 2 10 Printing, Stationery and Postages 60 7 Bank Charges 3 3 Melton Mowbray Branch 5 18 Sundries 0 17

Net Income for the year

GENERAL ACCOUNT d. £ s. d.

0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6

15 16 0

2 2 0

0

4 409 13 4

5 3

11 0 2 77 2 0 16 15 0

0 0 2 0 0 6

82 15 8 328 18 3

£944 2 5

By Subscriptions Income Tax repaid on Covenanted Subscrip­

tions: Amount claimed to 31 December 1957 Further claim for 1958 and 1959 ...

Income from Investments : Interest on £101 5s. 4d. Leicester Cor­

poration 3 % Mortgage Loan (gross) Interest on £150 3½ % Conversion Stock

1961 (gross)

Profit on Teas at Lectures . . . . .. Donation received for balance of the cost of

restoration of Frisby Stump Cross (charged in 1958 Accounts)

Interest, Leicester Trustee Savings Bank ...

Transactions, Vol. XXXIV

Cost of Printing and Issue, including Binding

£ s. d. £ s. d.

196 5 3 207 14 8

3 0 10

5 5 0

521 19 6

403 19 11

8 5 10 2 5 0

4 5 0 3 7 2

385 1 10 Less: Charges for bound copies

Advertisements .. . 15 18 6 9 10 0

Less : Provision made in last year's accounts

Balance to contra

25 8 6

359 13 4

350 0 0

9 13 4

£944 2 5

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THE LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHJEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT for the Year ended 31 December 1959

THE S. H. SKILLINGTON MEMORIAL FUND

To Cost of Offprints from Transactions, Vol. xxx1v, and repurchase of publications . . .

Publicity, Postage and General Expenses Balance of Fund at 31 December 1959

To Printing, Cheque Book and Bank Charges Balance of Account at 31 December 1959 .

£ s. d. £ s. d.

59 6 0 13 5 9 85 19 8

£158 11 5

By Sales: The Incised Slabs of Leicestershire and

Rutland Offprints from Transactions, Vol. XXXIV .. .

Other Publications, including back numbers of Transactions

Balance of Fund at 1 January 1959 .

EXCURSIONS ACCOUNT 14 16 6 40 18 1

£55 14 7

By Balance of Account at 1 January 1959 Excursion Receipts

Less : Expenses ...

£ s. d.

35 8 7 35 11 7

56 12 8

136 3 6 110 1 7

£ s. d.

127 12 10 30 18 7

£158 11 5

29 12 8

26 1 11

£55 14 7

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THE LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHJEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY BALANCE SHEET-31 December 1959

£ s. d. £ s. d. Accumulated Funds :

Excursion Secretary's Account The S. H. Skillington Memorial Fund Library Fund

General Account : Balance at 1 January 1959 Add Net Income for the year ...

Provision for the net cost of printing and issue of Transactions, Vol. xxxv

Sundry Creditors ...

C. L. Wykes, Honorary Treasurer.

40 18 85 19 so 0

9 6 328 18

1 8 0

176 17

4 3

338 4

515 2

400 0 13 12

£928 14

TRUSTEES OF THE LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHJEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Lieut.-Col. Sir Robert Martin, C.M.G., D.L., T.D., LL.D., M.A. Alben Herbert, Esq., F.R.I.B.A., F.S.A.

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7

4

0 0

4

Investments : £101 Ss. 4d. Leicester Corporation 3%

Mortgage Loan (value £101) ... £150 3½ % Conversion Stock 1961 (value

£98)

Current Assets : Sundry Debtors Leicester Trustee Savings Bank Cash at Bank Ditto Excursion Account Cash in hand Ditto Melton Mowbray Branch

AUDITOR'S REPORT

£ s. d. £ s. d.

101 5 4

121 4 9 222 10 1

20 9 6 533 9 1 100 0 5 40 18 1

5 0 0 6 7 2

706 4 3

£928 14 4

I have examined the Balance Sheet dated 31 December 1959 and the Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended that date and certify such accounts to be in accordance with the Books and Vouchers of the Society. I have satisfied myself that the Scrip of the above Investments is in the possession of the Bank.

5 July 1960. G. L. ASPELL, Chartered Accountant,

Honorary Auditor.

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THE LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHJEOLOGICAL RESEARCH FUND INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT for the Year ended 31 December 1959

£ s. d. To Net Income for the year

£ s. d. 72 12 10

£72 12 10

£ s. d. By Income from Investments :

Interest on £1,750 3½% War Loan (gross) 61 5 0 Interest on £ 284 19s. 9d. 4 % Consols (gross) 11 7 10

£ s. d.

72 12 10

£72 12 10

BALANCE SHEET-31 December 1959 Capital Account:

Balance at 1 January 1959 Income Account:

Balance at 1 January 1959 Add Net Income for the year .. .

876 1 2 72 12 10

1,314 19 4

948 14 0

£2,263 13 4

TRUSTEES OF THE LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHJEOLOGICAL RESEARCH FUND

C. D . B. Ellis, Esq., C.B.E ., M.C., M.A., F .S.A. Anthony Herbert, Esq., A.R.I.B.A. Professor J. Simmons, M.A., F.R.Hist.S., F.R.S.L. A. H . Leavesley, Esq. C. L. Wykes, Esq., F.C.A. H. 0. Wilshere, Esq.

Investments on Capital Account: £1,029 4s. 8d. 3½% War Loan (value £672) 1,064 19 4 £284 19s. 9d. 4 % Consolidated Stock

(value £208) 250 0 0

Investment on Income Account: £720 15s. 4d. 3½ % War Loan (value £470)

Balance at Bank

AUDITOR'S REPORT

1,314 19 4

752 9 1 196 4 11

£2,263 13 4

I h ave examined the Balance Sheet dated 31 December 1959 and the Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended that date and certify such Accounts to be in accordance with the Books and Vouchers . of the Trustees of the Research Fund. The Scrip of the above Investments has been produced to me, or I have satisfied myself that it is in the possession of the Bank.

G. L. ASPELL, Chartered Accountant, 5 July 1960. H onorary Auditor.

LIST OF NEW MEMBERS

The following new members were elected between I 'January and 31 December 1959:-

Altman, Mrs. J. M., The Homestead, Gullet Lane, Kirby Muxloe, Leicester.

Booth, Miss B. J., 91 Evesham Road, Leicester.

Bowers, R. E., The Coppice, Newton Harcourt, Leicester.

Brown, Owen, Home Barn Farm, Frolesworth Road, Sharnford, nr. Hinckley.

Daykin, Mrs. N., 37 Somerville Road, Leicester.

ASSOCIATE MEMBER Kitchen, Mrs. L., 22 Uplands Road,

Oadby, Leicester.

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Kitchen, R., B.SC., 22 Uplands Road, Oadby, Leicester.

Library, The, University of Man­chester, Manchester 13.

Needham, Miss J., 5 Forest Rise, Kirby Muxloe, Leicester.

Ranger, Miss F., Museum & Art Gallery, New Walk, Leicester.

Whal!, T. J., Warren Hill House, Warren Hill, Newtown Linford, Leics.

Wright, Miss D . M., 29 Westfield Road, Western Park, Leicester.

STUDENT MEMBER Fielding, W. E., lngarsby Road,

Keyham, Leicester.

THE LEICESTERSHIRE ARCH1£0LOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY

RULES

I. The Society shall be called "THE LEICESTERSHIRE ARCH/1'.0LOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY".

2. The objects of the Society shall be to promote the study of the history, archreology, antiquities, and architecture of the county; and to furnish suggestions for the preservation of all ancient remains considered by the Committee to be of value and importance.

3. The Society shall be composed of a President, Vice-Presidents, Secretaries, Librarian, Editor, Treasurer, Auditor, Honorary, Ordinary, and Associate Members, and Associated Societies.

4. The President and Vice-Presidents shall be elected at an Annual General Meeting of the Society.

5. The Members of the Society shall be entitled to propose new Members, either by letter or personally, to be elected at the Meetings of the Committee or at an Ordinary Meeting of the Society. The President and Vice-Presidents and the Honorary Members (who shall be persons who have rendered signal service to the Society, or are specially learned in the subjects the study of which it is formed to encourage) shall be nominated by the Committee at one of their Meetings, and proposed for election only at the Annual General Meeting of the Members.

6. The Society's year shall run from I May in one year to 30 April in the next, and subscriptions shall be due in advance on IS May in each year. Subscriptions due in January 1960 shall confer membership to 30 April I96I.

7. Each Ordinary Member shall pay an annual subscription of Twenty-Five Shillings, to be due in advance on IS May every year. Members elected before 25 May I95I may continue to pay a subscription of One Pound if they wish to do so. Each Ordinary Member shall receive a copy of the annual volume of the Society's Transactions and shall be entitled to use the Library on terms to be laid down from time to time by the Committee.

8. Any Member wishing to resign must give one month's notice of his intention, and this notice must be sent to one of the Society's Secretaries before the end of March: otherwise he shall be liable to pay the subscription for the succeeding year. If any subscribing Member is found to be more than two years in arrear his name shall, after due warning, be removed from the list of Members of the Society.

9. Persons who belong to a Member's household or who are members of an Associated Society (see Rule II below) shall be eligible for election as Associate Members. An Associate Members shall pay an annual subscription of Ten Shillings, unless he is a full time student, in which case his subscription shall be Five Shillings. Associate Members shall not be entitled to receive free copies of the Transactions. They may attend all Meetings and Excursions of the Society, and they may consult, but not borrow books from, the Society's Library.

10. The Committee shall have power, at their discretion, to extend Associate Membership to other persons, provided that they are attending an educational institution as full-time students.

II . Any society formed for the prosecution of historical or archreological research, and any educational institution, may, at the discretion of the Committee, be appointed an Associated Society or Institution. Such societies and institutions shall:

(a) pay an annual subscription of Two Pounds; (b) be entitled to receive one copy of each volume of the Transactions, as

it is issued; (c) be entitled to four passes to each lecture for their Members; (d) be entitled to propose their Members as Ordinary or Associate Members.

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Members of an Associated Society or Institution shall be entitled to take part in all Excursions on the same terms as Ordinary Members of the Leicestershire Archreological and Historical Society, provided that in any case where the Excursions Secretary decides that the total number for any particular Excursion must be limited, priority shall be given to full Members of the Society up to seven days before the closing date. Associated Societies shall be asked to offer to the Library of the Leicestershire Archreological and Historical Society a copy of any publication issued by them on the same terms as those on which it is offered to their own Members.

12. Honorary and Ordinary Members and Associated Societies shall each be entitled to one vote when present at any meeting of the Society. For this purpose, Member Societies and Institutions (whether Ordinary Members or Associated Societies) shall each be entitled to appoint a representative to act as their proxy at any meeting.

13. No Member whose subscription is more than two months overdue shall be entitled to vote until it has been paid, and no Member shall be entitled to receive his copy of Transactions until his subscription for the relevant year has been paid.

14. The Society and its Associated Societies shall arrange joint Excursions and Lectures from time to time.

15. The affairs of the Society shall be conducted by a Committee composed of the Secretaries, Librarian, Editor, Treasurer, and Twenty Members, all of whom shall be elected annually; five Members of the Committee to form a quorum.

16. The Meetings of the Society shall normally be held in each alternate month; one of such Meetings to be the Annual General Meeting, at which the Annual Report and Statement of Accounts shall be presented and the Officers and Committee for the year shall be elected, and such new Rules or alterations in the Rules proposed and made as may be thought necessary; provided always that due notice of such new Rules or alterations in Rules be given by circular to each Member of the Society at least seven days before the Annual Meeting.

17. The Committee shall have power to fill vacancies in their number, and also vacancies in the Offices of the Society.

18. The Committee shall elect each year a Chairman and shall have power to appoint such Sub-Committees as appear to it to be advisable.

19. The Members of the Committee residing in any neighbourhood may associate any Members of the Society with themselves, and form Committees for Local Purposes in communication with the Central Committee.

20. The Meetings of the Society shall be held at such times and places as shall be appointed by the Committee.

21. The Committee shall meet at the times and places that they may them­selves appoint.

22. The Secretaries shall be required, on the requisition of five Members of the Committee, to call a Special Meeting of the Society.

23. Donations of architectural, historical and antiquarian books, plans, etc., may be received. The Committee shall be empowered to make purchases and to procure casts and drawings, which shall be under the charge of the Secretaries.

24. The Society shall publish every year, for circulation among its Members, a volume of Transactions, which shall contain papers connected with the objects of the Society. The Society may also undertake the publication of other works, on the recommendation of the Committee. The Editor shall be responsible for the pub­lication of the Transactions, and of such other works as the Society may issue, subject to the approval of the Committee.

25. The Committee shall have power at any of its Meetings to make grants to further the objects of the Society, provided that if the sum proposed for any such grant shall exceed Five Pounds, notice of the proposal shall be given in the circular or advertisement calling the Meeting.

26. The Committee's decisions on the interpretation of these Rules shall be final and binding on all the Members of the Society.

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