The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-05-23 00:00:00

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ACCIDESTLL Poolollll46.—ku inquest was held on
Tuesday afternoon by Mn W. H. ()Arrington, on thi
body of Alfred Ernest Naylor, aged nearly 3 years, the
son of Mdward Naylor, machinist. The child had been
ill with • slow fever for the last fortnight, for which
some medicine had bran obtained from Mr. limitrick,
, chemist, of Qmsenoitreet, and on Saturday afternoon
his grandmother Mrs. Downton took, by mistake, the
bottle containing the aromatic) vinegar, which was in a
bottle similar to the one containing the child's medicine.
As soon as she diseovered the mistake she took him to
Dr. Yorks, who gave but little hopes of recovery, and h•
died on Sunday night. The jury elm ,st immediately
returned • verdiot of " Aosideotal death," and
esoneratet Mrs. Dawaton from all blame, in whuth
verdict the coroner heartily agreed.

ALBII3FORD.
Teta TlCeenoittra Doce.—Tho family of Tiohlsorne
date their possession of the present patrimony, the
maror of Tichborne so far back as 200 years before the
Conquest. When the Lidy liabelle, worn out with
age and Infirmity. was lying on her deathbed, she
besought her loving husband, as her last request, that
he would grant her the means of leaving banind bee •
charitable bequest, in a dole of bread to be distributed
to all who should apply for it annually on the Feast of
the Asinunoiation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Sir
Boger, her husband, readily acceded to her request
by promising the prosier* of as mush land as she could
go over in the vicinity of the park while a certain brand
or billet was burning. suppo.ing that, from her long
infirmity (for she had been bedridden some year.). she
would be able to go round a small portion only of his
property. The venerable dame, huSever, ordered her
attendants to convey her to the corner of the park,
where, being deposited on the ground, she seemed to
reoeive a renovation of strength, and to the surprise of
her anxious and admiring lord, who began to wonder
where this pilgrimage might end, she crawls i round
several rich and goodly acres. The field which was the
seine of Lady gabelles extraordinary feat retains the
name of "Crawls" to this day. It is situated near the
entrance of the park, and contains an area of 23 acres.
Her task being completed, she was reconveyed to her
chamber, and, summoning her family to her bedside,
predicted its prosperity while the annual dole existed,
and left her malediction on any of her descendants who
should be so mess or covetous at to discontinue or
divert it, prophesying that when such should tsetse
the old horse should fall, and the family name would
become extinct from the failure of heirs male, and that
this would be foretold by a generation of seven sons
being followed immediately after by • gen,ration of
seven daughters and no sone The custom thus founds
In the reign of Henry IL continued to be observed for
centuries, ant the 25th of March bsoamo the annual
festive day ot the family. It was not until the middle
of the last century that the custom was abused, when,
under the pretence of attending Tichborne Dole, vaga-
bonds, gipsies, and idlers of every description assembled
from ell quarters, pilfering throughout the neighbour-
hood; and at last, the gentry and magistrates im-
plaining, it was discontinued in 172 i. Singularly
enough, the baroeet of the day hiad seven sons, mid
when he was succeeded by the eldest there appeare I •
generation of seven daughters, and the apparent fulfil.
mint of the prophecy was completed, by the change of
the name of the late baronet to Doughty, under the
will of his kinswoman. (Tee allusion is to Sir Edward
Doughty, ninth baronet, who inherited the "Doughty"
estate, then Mr. Edward Tiohborue.)