FOR

SOMERSET AND DORSET

EDITED BY

HUGH NORRIS,

(South Petherton, Local Secretary for Somerset to the Society of
Antiquaries of London, etc.,)

AND

CHARLES HERBERT MAYO, M.A.,

(Vicar of Long Burton with Holnest, Rural Dean, author of
Bibliotheca Dorsetiensis, etc.)

In the Autumn of 1887 it occurred to some Antiquaries, resident in the Counties of Somerset and Dorset, that the time was come for the establishment of a local "Notes and Queries" for circulation in the district. After the discussion of a few preliminaries, a Committee was formed, two Editors were appointed, and the experiment was set in action, with what amount of success the public, by this time, has had an opportunity of judging.

It has been no light matter to edit, and carry safely through the Press, some 390 articles and communications, ranging over an extended field of antiquarian research, but the Editors have worked con amore, with a result, as they believe, not altogether unappreciated, and they are pleased to be able to state that many subscribers have, wholly unsolicited, been so kind as to express their satisfaction with the periodical, and the general character of its contents.

In now presenting to the subscribers, the first volume, rendered complete with an accompanying Index and Title-page, they desire gratefully to acknowledge the uniform courtesy that has been accorded them by every one connected with the undertaking,

and, while doing so, they again avail themselves of the opportunity of reminding their readers that the more extensive the circulation of the Magazine, the wider will be the field from which materials will be drawn, the more numerous the staff of contributors, and the more generally useful the contents of every page. Feeling this, they further desire to impress upon their well-wishers the need of an abundant and steady influx of articles of a choice and varied character, the nature of which may be recalled to mind by reading the Notice to Correspondents printed within the cover of each Part. If communications steadily flow in from those who are interested in the sister counties, and in the field of work to which the present periodical is devoted, the continued success of S. & D. N. & Q. is a foregone conclusion. In confident anticipation of this result, the Editors most heartily wish their kind supporters, as well as every one concerned in the welfare of this little "Quarterly,"

A Happy and Prosperous New Year.

ERRATA IN VOL. I.

P. 80, line 30, for 23 read 29.

P. 88, Footnote. The first maker's mark should be reversed. P. 214, line 13, for Centaurea read Scabiosa.

P. 226, line 26, for £2 15s. cd. read £3 15s. od. (Lot 151).

P. 243, for the Footnote substitute "The linen cloth used to cover the Sacred Elements on the Altar."

Strode of Shepton Mallet, as wei is af de jage 1 m