ROYAL ARCHEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE of ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL of the

GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND.

ANNUAL MEETING AT RIPON,

Commencing TUESDAY, July 21, 1874, and ending TUESDAY, July 28;
with a SPECIAL VISIT to YORK on WEDNESDAY, July 29.
President of the Meeting.

The Most Hon. the MARQUESS OF RIPON, K.G.
Presidents of Sections.

Antiquities-G. T. Clark, Esq., F.S.A.

Architecture-A. J. B. Beresford Hope, Esq., M.P. F.S.A.

Hatory-The Rev. W. Stubbs, Regius Professor of Modern History,

Oxford.

Director of the Museum-The Rev. W. C. Lukis. F. S. A.
Director of Excursions-Fairless Barber, Esq., F.S.A.
Hon Secretaries for the Ripon Meeting.

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GENERAL PROGRAMME.

The TOWN HALL, RIPON PUBLIC ROOMS, TEMPERANCE HALL, &c., have been placed at the disposal of the Institute.

The RECEPTION ROOM will be at the ToWN HALL, where Tickets can
be procured, and information will be given. It will be opened on
Monday, July 2, at 10 A.M. The MUSEUM will be in the RIPON
PUBLIC ROOMS. Meetings of Sections will be held in the Town Hall,
Temperance Hall, or Mechanics' Institute.

TUESDAY, July 21.-At 1 P M., Reception by the Mayor and Cor-
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course will be given by Sir G. Gilbert Scott, R A. F.S.A., and to
other objects of interest. In the Evening, an Inaugural Address
will be given by the President of the Meeting.
WEDNESDAY. July 22.-Meetings of Sections at 10 A M. In the
afternoon, Excursion to Markenfeld Hall (where a Discourse will
be given by Mr. J. H. Parker, C. B.), Fountains Abbey and Hall.

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THURSDAY, July 23.- Meeting of Members at 9 A. M. Excursion to
Kichmond and Easby Abbey. Reception by the Mayor and Cor-
poration of Richmond. In the evening, the Most Honourable the
Marchioness of Ripon will hold a Reception at Studley Royal.
FRIDAY, July 24-Meetings of Sections at 10 A.M. In the afternoon,
Excursion to Thornburgh, Tanfield, &c. Mr. Pulleine has kindly
invited the Institute to Luncheon at Clifton Castle.
SATURDAY, July 25.-Excursion to Bolton Castle, Wensley, Middle-
ham, and Jervaulx Abbey.

Concluding Meeting.

MONDAY, July 27.-Excursion to Coxwold, Byland, and Rievaulx
Abbeys (under the guidance of Mr. E. Sharpe), Helmsley, and
Gilling. Conversazione in the Museum at 9 P. M.
TUESDAY, July 28.-Meetings of Sections.
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WEDNESDAY, July 29.-Special Visit to York, in union with the
Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Association, under
the guidance of Mr. Clai k.

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Nicholas Archer of Hustropp, co. Lincoln, and of "foreign pts." His will is recorded in London. Sons, Richard Leon (qy. cont. Leonard), Nicholas, and Christopher. That they were also Cromwellites and Puritans, I think we may infer from the baptismal names of their children, when we consider the mania, at that period, for Biblical appellations among the followers of the Protector. Nathaniel, Joseph, Joshua, and Peter, are the Christian names we find bestowed on the offspring of these early Archers, and they were perpetuated in their descendants. The name of Edward appears but once amongst them; one Peter Archer, grandson of Leonard, called his son by this name, but he was born in 1703, ten years after the death of Edward Archer of 1693.

It is morally impossible that the latter could be descended from either of the three brothers, Richard, Leonard, or Nicholas, since the only member of their respective families who bore the name of Edward was born after his demise.

reason for believing that this younger Robert was
a brother of Edward of Barbadoes. That Edward
Archer's father was named Robert, I myself
believe, though I readily admit that my reasons
for this preference will not satisfy genealogists;
but, in the absence of proof, let the following fact
weigh for what it is worth. During the hurricane
of 1831, in common with many other ancient
mansions of the old settlers (or "Planters," as
they were called), the ancestral home of this
branch of the Barbadian Archers was destroyed;
beneath the foundation-stone was found, by Mr.
Edward Archer (the owner), an exquisite porcelain
cup, on which were the initials R. A. in gold. It
is necessary to explain that Mr. Edward Archer
was innocent of all genealogical precise informa-
tion, and, like many others, merely relied on a
family tradition, without any misgiving, and, at
the same time, without any interest in such
questions.
R. C.

Robert Archer, son of Anne
John Archer and Elea-Skinner.
nor Frewen, b. 1616.

1677.

The Rev. Robert Ar--*Hannah, daugh, of
cher, Parson of Castle Edw. Moore of Suck-
Morton.
ley Court.

Timothy. Edward.

disin

Edward Archer of tElizabeth.
Barbadoes, ob. 1616.

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At the present time, baptismal designations have no signification; it was not thus, however, in the days of our forefathers. Let us, then, turn from these Lincoln Archers to Edward Archer, of 1693, and his descendants. In no single instance do we find a Scriptural name amongst them, but in their stead we do find the baptismal names borne for centuries by the Umberslade Archers— Thomas, Edward, Robert, John, and Williamnames, moreover, borne by the sons of John Archer of Welland, from whom I claim descent for Edward Archer, who died in Barbadoes in 1693, either through his eldest son, Edward, of Hanley Castle, or through Robert, a younger son, born 1616. We know that the former's eldest son, John, was in "foreign pts" (see Nash); it is Robert, Edward possible, nay, probable, that his other "dispos- herited. sessed" elder sons were also emigrants. Edward, of Hanley Castle, was born June, 1600. Allowing thirty years for a generation, Edward Archer, of Barbadoes, might clearly have been his son; were he born about 1630, he would only have been sixty-three at the time of his death in 1693. That some members of the Worcestershire Archers did emigrate is an undoubted fact; for among the wills of Archers in "foreign pts" we find those of "John of Worcester," Humphrey Archer, &c. The former, I presume, was the son of Edward of Hanley. I am more disposed, however, to think that Edward Archer of Barbadoes was the son of the younger brother, Robert, son of John Archer of Welland and Eleanor Frewen of Hanley.

Robert Archer was baptized at Hanley, April, 1616. He married Anne Skinner of Ledbury, and was the father of many children. His son Robert was "Parson of Castle-Morton": he married, 1677, Hannah Moore, daughter of Edward Moore of Suckley Court. Two short tabulations will show more clearly than I can do by words my

Other children,

names

unknown.

Tho- Eliza- *Hannah,—— Ashby mas. beth.

Edward. John.

probably

called after
his brother's
wife.

A PICTURE SALE IN 1758.

It may be interesting to compare with some recent picture sales the results of a sale by auction of the collection of Sir Luke Schaub, which took place on 26th, 27th, and 28th April, 1758. The three days' sale comprised 118 lots, and the sum realized was 7,7841. 5s. Out of the 118 lots, as recorded in the Gentleman's Magazine, vol. xxviii. p. 225, &c. (1758), I shall select the names of about forty works of the most celebrated masters, with the prices and purchasers :—

First Day's Sale.

Lot 9. W. Vandevelde-A calm, 5l. 15s. 6d. Pur chaser, Governor Saunders. Lot 10. Kuyp-A landscape with rocks, 91. 9s. Pur chaser, Fitzwilliams.