The Lady Antrobus Trust archive was lucky enough to receive a generous donation recently.
A family bible with the name of Sir Edmund Antrobus inside the cover has recently been donated to the “Antrobus Archive” by Mr & Mrs John Blackmore from Camberley, Surrey.
The Bible had been in their family for several years, but they did not know how, or why, it was in their possession. It had been found whilst they were clearing drawers and cupboards in preparation to move house.
They thought that perhaps it had been handed down to them by their parents. All of Mrs Blackmore's grandparents came from either Dorset, or Wiltshire and she wondered if they had acquired it whilst living in the county.
The Bible has a rather distinguished book-plate inside, showing the owner as 'Sir Edmund Antrobus Bart' Amesbury, in gold lettering on a black ground. It is difficult to know which Sir Edmund was the owner, as there were four Baronets of that name between 1752 and 1915.
The Bible itself is in very good condition and is an 1823 edition of the “Samuel Collingwood & Co. Old and New Testaments.
Mr & Mrs Blackmore were invited to visit Antrobus House to have a buffet lunch with the trustees in order to give the Bible to the trustees, which they gratefully received. After lunch, they toured the house and saw some of the artefacts that had belonged to the Antrobus family, including; books, photographs and military regalia.
The Bible will now be stored in the archive along with other books and papers that belonged to Lady Florence Antrobus.
