or GULDEFORD, a borough-town of Surrey, situated on the river Wey, 31 miles south-west of London. Near it are the ruinous walls of an old castle, this having been in the Saxon times a royal villa, where many of our kings used to pass the feastsivals. Here is a corporation consisting of a mayor, recorder, aldermen, &c. which sent members to parliament ever since parliament had a being. The great road from London to Chichester and Portsmouth lies through this town, which has always been famous for good Guillemot good inns, the cleanest of linen, and other excellent accommodations; and the affizes are often held here. Its manufactory formerly was cloth, of which there are still some small remains. Here is a school founded by King Edward VI, also an almshouse endowed with lands worth £300 a-year, of which £100 is to be employed in setting the poor at work, and the other £200 for the maintenance of a master, 12 brethren, and 8 sisters, who are to have 2s. 6d. a-week. There are, besides, two charity-schools for 30 boys and 20 girls. There were three churches in this town, but one of them fell down in April 1740. There is a fine circular course for horse-races, which begin when the Newmarket races are ended. King William III founded a plate of 100 guineas to be run for here every May, and used to honour the race with his presence, as did once King George I. The river Wey is made navigable to the town, and by it a great quantity of timber is carried to London, not only from this neighbourhood, but from Sussex and Hampshire woods, above 30 miles off, from whence it is brought hither in the summer by land carriage. This navigation is also of great support to Farnham market, corn bought there being brought to the mills on this river within seven miles distance, and, after being ground and dressed, is sent down in barges to London. The road from hence to Farnham is very remarkable, for it runs along upon the ridge of a high chalky hill, called St Catherine's, no wider than the road itself, from whence there is an extensive prospect, viz. to the north and north-west, over Bagshot Heath, and the other way into Sussex, and almost to the South Downs. The town sends two members to parliament; and gives title of earl to the North family.

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**GULLIM, JOHN,** of Welsh extraction, was born in Herefordshire about the year 1665. Having completed his education at Brazen-nose college, Oxford, he became a member of the college of arms in London; and he was made rouge croix pursuivant, in which post he died in 1621. He published, in 1610, a celebrated work, entitled the Display of Heraldry, folio, which has gone through many editions. To the fifth, which came out in 1679, was added A Treatise of Honour Civil and Military, by Captain John Logan.

**GUILLOTINE,** the name of an instrument introduced by the authors of the French revolution, for beheading those who were condemned to death. The decree for using it passed on the 20th of March 1792, by order of the national assembly. It was not a new invention, properly speaking, but the revival of an instrument known before. It seems to have been first used under the name of maiden, in the barony of Halifax in Yorkshire, and it was likewise set up in Scotland, but we have no good authority for asserting that it was ever used, although some are of opinion that Regent Morton, who brought a model of it from England, suffered by it himself. See MAIDEN.