The Antiquary, Vol. 24
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Excerpt from The Antiquary, Vol. 24: A Magazine Devoted to the Study of the Past, July-December The Conference of Archaeological Societies in union with the Society of Antiquaries for 1891 will be held on July 23 and 24. The arrangements are not quite completed as we go to press, but they promise to be both attractive and useful. It is hoped that General Pitt-Rivers will draw the attention of the archaeologists to the Ancient Monuments Preservation Act and to its extension, and that Mr. G. E. Fox, F.S.A., will discourse on the excavation of Roman remains. In addition to a variety of practical questions that will come before the congress, the delegates will be specially received in one of the archaeological galleries of the British Museum. With an attractive programme of this description, the congress ought certainly to prove a success. The last association that has entered into "union" with the Society of Antiquaries is the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. The royal visit to Derby on May 21, when her Majesty laid the foundation stone of the new infirmary, was in every way a memorable success, chiefly owing to the liberality and other excellent qualities of the mayor. Sir Alfred Scale Haslam (the Antiquary begs to congratulate him on his knighthood) is an archaeologist, and keenly interested in the history and antiquities of his county. It was therefore suitable, and we welcome it as a pleasing innovation, that the address of the Corporation to the Queen departed from the beaten path of stereotyped declarations of loyalty, and gave a fairly correct historic retrospect of previous royal visits over a period of twelve hundred years, which are thus enumerated: "Derby was a place of importance in Saxon times, as attested by the Venerable Bede writing in 666, and was visited by King Edwin about the year 627. In 874 King Alfred the Great constituted it the Metropolis of the county, and honoured it with his presence. About that time his brave daughter Athelfleda was in command of the forces and defeated the Danes in 918. In Domesday Book Derby is described as a Royal Borough of Edward the Confessor, and privileged with a Mint. Derby was made a corporate town by Henry I., who granted a charter about the year 1100. This charter was renewed and enlarged by Henry II., and confirmed about 1327 by King Edward III. In the year 1217 King John visited Derby, and granted a most important charter to the town, conferring great powers thereupon. In 1264 King Henry III. and his son, Prince Edward, visited the town. King Edward II. about 1322 visited the town with his army. In 1422 King Henry VI. granted a charter to the town. In 1466 King Edward IV. confirmed the charter. In 1483 King Richard III. also confirmed the said charter. In the year 1553 Queen Mary granted the town a charter. On January 13, 1585, Mary Queen of Scots stayed a night in Derby. In 1624 James I. and Prince Charles were also a night in the town, and the King confirmed the Old Town Charters. In 1635 and 1641 King Charles I. visited Derby, and in 1637 that monarch granted it a charter, and in or about 1680-82 King Charles II. granted the town our present and latest charter." We say "fairly correct," for this historic retrospect of royal visits might have been materially enlarged with regard to the visits to Derby of the earlier monarchs. It is, too, a little misleading to mention that Mary Queen of Scots stayed "a night" in Derby as though that was her only visit. The captive Queen slept at Derby on February 3, 1569, as well as on January 13, 1575. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
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