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XIII. A Disquisition on the Lows or Barrows in the Peak of Derbyshire, particularly that capital British Monument called Arbelows. By the Rev. Mr. Pegge
Authors: Pegge
Published: July 2016

Arbour-Lows are an ancient monument, so well known in the country, that supposing a stranger desirous of visiting it (and indeed it is well worth visiting by the curious antiquary), and once arrived at Bakewell about five miles distant from it, he will not fail of meeting with a competent direction to the place.
XV. Extract of a Letter from the Rev. Dr. Percy, Bishop of Dromore in Ireland, to the Rev. Dr. Lort, on some large Fossil Horns
Authors: Percy
Published: July 2016

Have lately purchased a pair of the largest fossil horns, I believe, ever found in Ireland, with some of the bones of that enormous race of deer which are dug up in the strata of marle that lye beneath our bogs. I do not find that they are discovered in the bogs themselves, but generally in the marle pits which are opened after the peat grass is removed, One of these horns measures from the root at its insertion in the scull to the tip of its remotest branch seven feet and one inch; the other six feet and nine inches; to which add the interval of four inches in the scull between their roots, and the distance from the tip of one horn to the tip of the other is fourteen feet four inches. The scull which is intire measures from the end to the vertebræ of the neck to the tip of the note twenty-three inches; the breadth of the forehead above the eyes is eleven inches and 1-fourth.
XXXIV. Account of a curious Pagoda near Bombay, drawn up by Captain Pyke, who was afterwards Governor of St. Helena. It is dated from on board the Stringer East-Indiaman in Bombay Harbour 1712, and is illustrated with drawings. This extract was made from the Captain's journal in possession of the honourable the East-India Company. By Alexander Dalrymple, Esq. F.R. and A.S. and communicated to the Society, Feb. 10, 1780
Authors: Dalrymple Alexander
Published: July 2016

The journalist, after stating the motives which induced him to visit the island of Elephanta, the preparations made for his excursion, the persons who accompanied him, and the precautions taken for their safety against the incursion of Caun Ainge Angery who often plundered the island, mentions his landing on the S. E. side thereof. The island takes its name from an elephant in stone. (plate XXI. fig. 1.) with another on its back which stands on a small hill and serves as a sea mark, but no tradition remains of the persons who formed or caused the rock to be formed into this shape. As they advanced towards the pagoda through a smooth narrow pass cut put of the rock, they observed another hewn figure which was called Alexander's horse (plate XXI. fig. 2.) though why so named they could not learn.
XL. Observations on an antient Sword. In a Letter from Lieutenant General Melvill, F.A.S. to the Rev. Mr. James Douglas, F.A.S.
Authors: Melvill
Published: July 2016

I have as yet no doubt but the old iron blade which you was to kind as to shew to me this morning is that of a Roman sword, and most probably a legionary gladius; for although its length is full nineteen inches, from where the cross piece of the Handle was fixed on it to the point, which is rather longer than Roman gladii appear to have been, from the greater part of bassi rilievi, yet that is by no means any conclusive proof against its being genuine, because it is highly probable that the blades of these swords were at different times made with a little variation in the length, and also in the breadth and shape; as indeed is evident from the figures of many Roman swords on antient sculptures &c. But the arguments which chiefly induce me to conclude that yours is Roman, although perhaps of the lower empire, are, 1st, that it is of iron, of which when hardened, or what is now called steel, I believe the Roman blades were generally, if not constantly made.
XLI. A Letter from the Rev. Mr. Douglas to Lieutenant General Melvill, F.A.S. on the Sword mentioned in the preceding Article
Authors: Douglas
Published: July 2016

Having been for these several days too much pressed for time to return you an answer to your obliging favour on the Roman sword in my possesion, I beg you will permit business to apologize for the delay.

I have enclosed to you a letter from Mr. Mutlow of the College Precincts, Gloucester, in answer to some queries which I directed to him on the subject of the relic in question; but as I have since received further information on the discovery of Roman remains dug out of the spot from whence the sword was taken, I here subjoin a few remarks and a concise account of them.
III. An Attempt at a Glossary of some Words used in Cheshire. By Roger Wilbraham, Esq. F.R.S. and S.A. Communicated in a Letter to Samuel Lysons, Esq. V.P. F.S.A.
Authors: Wilbraham Roger
Published: July 2016

Although a Glossary of the words peculiar to each County of England seems as reasonable an object of curiosity as its History, Antiquities, Climate, and various Productions, yet it has been generally omitted by those Persons who have undertaken to write the Histories of our different Counties. Now each of these Counties have words, if not exclusively peculiar to that County, yet certainly so to that part of the kingdom where it is situated, and some of those words are highly beautiful and expressive; many of their phrases, adages, and proverbs are well worth recording, and have occupied the attention and engaged the pens of men distinguished for talents and learning, among whom the name of Ray will naturally occur to every person at all conversant with his mother tongue, his work on Proverbs and on the different Dialects of England being one of the most popular ones in the English Language. But there is a still more important benefit to be derived from this custom, were it practised to its full extent in a publication comprising all the provincial Dialects of England, as they would when united all together form the only true and solid foundation for a work much wanted, a General Dictionary of the English Language.
VI.* Copy of an Order made by Cardinal Wolsey, as Lord Chancellor, respecting the Management of the Affairs of the young Earl of Oxford. Communicated by Henry Ellis, Esq. F.R.S. Secretary, in a Letter to Matthew Raper, Esq. V.P. F.R.S.
Authors: Ellis Henry
Published: July 2016

Among the Manuscripts which were some time ago purchased by Government of the Representatives of Mr. Francis Hargrave, and which are now deposited in the British Museum, I have laid my hand upon the Transcript of an Order made by Cardinal Wolsey, as Lord Chancellor, for the regulation of the Household Expences and general Management of the Affairs of the young Earl of Oxford, then a minor. In the 15th year of King Henry the 8th. A.D. 1524.
XIII. Further Observations on the Bas-relief, supposed to represent the Evil Eye. By the Rev. Stephen Weston, B.D. F.R.S. In a Letter to the Earl of Aberdeen, K.T. F.R.S. Pres
Authors: Weston Stephen
Published: July 2016

The curious morsel of antiquity which Mr. Millingen has laid upon the table of the Antiquaries, and an explanation of which has been read by the Secretary, I beg still farther to comment on and illustrate, and to endeavour to show that the whole is an allusion to, and representation of the sacred rites of Mithra, and the ceremonies to be observed by all those who were candidates for initiation into the Mithraic mysteries; and in doing this, I shall not detain your Lordship long, or occupy much of the time of the Society, but content myself by laying before you the testimonies of antiquity, with the proofs and authorities on which I found my opinions.
XIV. Observations on an ancient Celt found near Boston in Lincolnshire. By the Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. G.C.B. P.R.S.
Authors: Banks Joseph
Published: July 2016

Near Boston in Lincolnshire, a considerable tract of land has been, from the earliest times of which we have record, so much flooded with water descending from the higher country beyond it, as to be of little use to its proprietors. The extent of this level is 40,000 acres; the surface is higher on the west, and lower at the easternmost extremity, where the part of it called the East Fen is situate, consisting of about 10,000 acres, of which about 6000 acres were water, or shaking bog, the water from four to six feet deep, standing in pools from 50 to 500 acres in extent, and abounding in fish and wild-fowl. This fen, as well as all the others, have been drained by the skill of Mr. Rennie; and every part of all of them, even the scites of the deepest pools, are now arable, meadow, and pasture.
XVI. An Account of some Anglo-Saxon Pennies found at Dorking, in Surrey. Communicated by Taylor Combe, Esq. Sec. R.S. Director
Authors: Combe Taylor
Published: July 2016

A very interesting discovery of a considerable number of Anglo-Saxon Pennies having been made last year in the neighbourhood of Dorking, I feel great pleasure in being able to communicate an account of them to the Society of Antiquaries.
XIX. Six Original Letters addressed from Persons high in the State, in the Years 1647 and 1648, to Col. Hammond, Governor of the Isle of Wight, chiefly relating to the intended Escape of King Charles the First from the Castle of Carisbrook. Communicated by Taylor Combe, Esq. F.R.S. Director
Authors: Combe Taylor
Published: July 2016

“Deerest Robin,

“Nowe (blessed bee God) I can write and thou receaue, freely, I never in my life sawe more deepe sence, and lesse will to shewe ill unchristianly, then in that wch thou diddest write to us when wee were att Windsor, and thou in the middest of thy tentation, wch indeed (by what wee understood of itt) was a great one, and occasioened the greater, by the letter the Generall sent thee, of wch, thou wast not mistaken, when thou didest challenge mee to bee the pēner.
XXVI. Observations on the antient Military Garments formerly worn in England. By Samuel Rush Meyrick, LL.D. in a Letter addressed to Henry Ellis, Esq. F.R.S. Secretary
Authors: Meyrick Samuel Rush
Published: July 2016

The favorable reception which the Society of Antiquaries has been pleased to give to my paper on the Body-armour antiently worn in England, induces me through your means to lay before them some remarks on those parts of military Costume which were worn with it. The subject however is one of considerable difficulty, because several of the garments greatly resembled one another, and because they were worn sometimes under the hauberk, and sometimes without as armour themselves. On this account Strutt and other writers on the subject have considered them as the same, or confounded them one with another. It would be presumption therefore in me to speak positively in this attempt at elucidation, so that all I shall advance will be offered as conjecture.
XXVIII. Observations on some Ruins recently exposed in St. Martin's-le-Grand, in clearing the Ground for a new Post-Office. By J. B. Gardiner, Esq. In a Letter addressed to Alexander Chalmers, Esq. F.S.A.
Authors: Gardiner J. B.
Published: July 2016

An article having appeared in the Times newspaper of the 25th September last, relative to the ruins in St. Martin's-le-Grand, which (in consequence of sundry buildings having been taken down, in order to clear the ground for the site of the New Post-Office) had, then, lately been exposed to view; I was induced, from my natural inclination towards subjects of this kind, to visit the ruins; and I expected, from the mention of semicircular arches in the above article, to find a valuable specimen of our Saxon style of architecture, in some remnant of the College of St. Martin, recorded to have been founded there before the Norman conquest; and that the writer was mistaken in assigning the reign of Henry IIId, as the period of their erection. Upon visiting the spot, however, I found that the arches to the eastern parts were in the pointed style, and not semicircular. And as upon inspection of the western parts, I noticed sundry indications of these parts having probably been built at a much earlier period than the time of Edward the Vlth, (the date of them mentioned by the aforesaid writer,) I repeated my visits, for the purpose of taking drawings of these remains, and of examining the principles of their construction, so as to render myself better informed respecting them. The result of my labours will be explained to you by the following remarks; in the progress of which I shall introduce such extracts from the History of London, by Maitland and others (published in 1756), as may appear to me to be necessary to the historical detail. I have also prepared two explanatory drawings; See Pl. XV. and if these papers should, in any degree, meet with the approbation of your learned Society, I shall feel that the time I have, necessarily, withdrawn from the more practical employment of my profession has been advantageously expended.
XXXII. Extracts from “The Booke of the howshold Charges and other Paiments laid out by the L. North and his commandement: beginning the first day of January 1575, and the 18 yere of” Queen Elizabeth. Communicated by William Stevenson, Esq. of Norwich, F.S.A. in a Letter to Thomas Amyot, Esq. F.S.A.
Authors: Stevenson William
Published: July 2016

I send you, for the inspection of the Society of Antiquaries, two MS. volumes, entitled, “The Booke of the howshold charges and “other payments laid out by the L. North and his comandement, “beginning the first day of January, 1575, and the 18 yere of our most “gratius Soverain's (i. e. Queen Elizabeth's) raigne.” These volumes I purchased about two years ago. Though they are in general in a fair and legible state, I have thought it desirable to select and transcribe such passages as have appeared to me to be more particularly deserving of notice; including the expenses incurred during the Queen's visit to Kirtlinge in 1577
XXXIV. An Account of some Discoveries made in taking down the old Bridge over the River Teign, and in excavating the ground to the depth of fifteen feet five inches below the surface of the water. By P.T. Taylor, Esq. Communicated by Samuel Lysons, Esq. V.P. F.R.S.
Authors: Taylor P.T.
Published: July 2016

In the year 1814 the justices of the county of Devon resolved, at their quarter sessions, to rebuild the bridge over the river Teign (commonly called Teign-bridge), situated on the turnpike-road leading through Newton Abbot and Totness, to Plymouth.
XXXVI. On the Lorica Catena of the Romans. By Samuel Rush Meyrick, LL.D. F.S.A. in a letter addressed to Henry Ellis, Esq. F.R.S. Secretary
Authors: Meyrick Samuel Rush
Published: July 2016

Having asserted that the ingenious and elegant manufacture of interlaced chain-mail was not known in Europe before the middle of the reign of Henry III. of England, I think it due to the Society that I should attempt some explanation of the Lorica catena of the Romans.
XL. On the Posts anciently placed on each side of the Gates of Chief Magistrates of Cities in England. By John Adey Repton, Esq. F.S.A. in a Letter addressed to Nicholas Carlisle, Esq. F.R.S. Secretary
Authors: Repton John Adey
Published: July 2016

Permit me through your hands to lay the enclosed papers before the Society of Antiquaries, concerning an ancient custom of setting up Posts, which were occasionally to be new painted, on each side of the gates of Chief Magistrates of cities. The accompanying drawings (see Pl. XXXVI.) are taken from different houses in Elmhill near the Tomb-land, Norwich. The posts of fig. 1 are the most ancient, and are in the style which prevailed about the reign of Henry VIIIth; they are covered with red paint.
XLI. On the Lituus of the antient Romans; shewing that this name had a two-fold signification; being used to denote a sign of the highest Priesthood, and also an Augural Staff; but that the whole series of numismatic writers have considered it as applicable solely to the latter: together with some other observations, in illustration of a Jasper Intaglia Signet, bearing the sacrificial symbols of the Roman Pontifex Maximus; and recently discovered under remarkable circumstances in Cambridge. By Edward Daniel Clarke, LL. D. Member of the Academy of Sciences at Berlin; Professor of Mineralogy in the University of Cambridge; Librarian of the University, &c. &c. Communicated by the Rev. T. Kerrich, M.A. F.S.A. Principal Librarian of the University of Cambridge
Authors: Clarke Edward Daniel
Published: July 2016

There is a Symbol, which may be observed upon the medals of the Roman empire from the time of Julius Cæsar down to Gallienus, and perhaps later, resembling, as to its form, the tendril of a Vine. Its curvature is more or less convoluted in different instances; and the lower part of the stem is represented as if it had been stripped from the stock of some plant.
III. An Enquiry into the Nature and Cause of King John's Death; wherein is shewn that it was not effected by Poison. In a Letter to the Rev. Dr. Milles, President of the Society of Antiquaries, London, from the Rev. Mr. Pegge
Authors: Pegge Samuel
Published: July 2016

As the discussion of historical facts, especially such as relate to the affairs of our island, falls in with the design of your institution, I beg leave to present you with an enquiry into the nature of the death of that unfortunate prince king John, it having been attributed by some of our later chronicles to the effects of poison. After the declaration of Mons. Rapin, “that the story of the poison is very improbable, since it is not mentioned by any of the contemporary historians;” to which his learned annotator, who, I presume, was the late Mr. Philip Morant, has added, “that the poison is not mentioned by any “historian that lived within sixty years of the time,” or before A. D. 1276, one would imagine there could be no occasion for re-considering this point: but the late Mr. John Lewis of Margate, partly in vindication of his favourite William Caxton, and partly from the forwardness of his zeal against Popery, has endeavoured to puzzle the cause, and to invalidate the assertions of the judicious Frenchman, and his learned English annotator; so that it is become absolutely necessary to review this particle of our history, and to bring it to a new hearing.
IV. Illustration of a gold enamelled Ring, supposed to have been the Property of Alhstan, bishop of Sherburne; with some Account of the State and Condition of the Saxon Jewelry in the more early Ages. By the Rev. Mr. Pegge
Authors: Pegge Samuel
Published: July 2016

The ring here represented was found by a labourer on the surface of the ground, on a common, at a place called Llys faen, in the North East corner of Carnarvonshire. It is gold, enamelled, of good workmanship, and in fine preservation. It weighs above an ounce, and must be worth between 4 and 5 pounds. It is the more estimable on account of its Saxon inscription, since, if you except the legends on the coins, epigraphs conceived in that language are extremely rare.[a].
X. An Account of the Great Seal of Ranulph Earl of Chester; and of two ancient Inscriptions found in the Ruins of St. Edmund Bury Abbey. By Edward King, Esq; In a Letter to the Rev. Mr. Norris, Sec. A. S.
Authors: King Edward
Published: July 2016

By the permission of Mr. Godbold of Bury in Suffolk, I am now enabled to lay before the Society some curious Antiquities, dug up from amongst the ruins of the ancient Abbey, at that place. These ruins being in the grounds belonging to the house wherein Mr. Godbold lives, he with great care, and much trouble, traced the foundations of the building, in such a manner, as to bring to light the true and original plan of that ancient structure, an account whereof I some time ago communicated to the Society [a]: and carrying on his researches still further, he found these remains of antiquity now to be described; two of which were taken out of the Crypt, or Under-croft; and the other from under the ancient floor, or pavement, of the Great Isle of the Church; and the latter, being the most curious, I shall endeavour to give some account of in the first place.
XXII. Observations on the Apamean Medal. By the Rev. Dr. Milles, Dean of Exeter, and P.A.S.
Authors: Milles
Published: July 2016

The very learned and ingenious Mr. Bryant having directed the attention of the public to the Apamean medal, I hope it will not be thought an unacceptable or a useless attempt, to clear up some points relative to that coin; and to enquire into the proofs of its authenticity, that the learned may be better enabled to judge of the opinions which have been formed upon it [a].
II. Some Observations upon the Life of Cecily Duchess of York, Daughter of Ralph de Nevil, Earl of Westmorland and of Richmond, by Joan, natural Daughter of John Duke of Lancaster. Communicated by the Reverend Mark Noble, F.S.A.
Authors: Noble Mark
Published: July 2016

Very few persons have lived to see such great revolutions in their family as Cecily duchess of York. Her father, from a baron, became a great and puissant earl; and no less than nine of his sons were, by descent, marriage, or creation, peers of the realm, his daughters matched suitably with the first nobility or gentry.
V. A complete List of the Royal Navy of England in 1599. Extracted from an Original Manuscript in the Possession of Dr. Leith of Greenwich, exhibited to the Society of Antiquaries by William Latham, Esq. F.S.A.
Authors: Latham William
Published: July 2016

A complete List of the Royal Navy of England in the year 1599, together with the number of Brass and Cast-Iron Ordnance, of the different species then in use, viz. Cannon, Demi-Cannon, Culverins, Demi-Culverins, Sakers, Mynions, Falcons, Falconetts, Portpecehalls, Portpece-Chambers, Fowler-Halls, Fowler-Chambers, and Curtalls, on board of each, or, as it is expressed in the title-page, “At the Shippes or Navy Royall lying in harborowe as well in the Roade by Chatham in the Ryver of Medwey-waters, as also upon present occasyons by Gravesend in the Ryver of Thames. And lastly, at her Highenes Shippes then serving abroade on the Seas.” Taken by the Queen's Commission, dated at Westminster 3d of March, in the 37th Year of her Reign, and directed to William Lord Burleigh, Lord High Treasurer of England, Charles Lord Howard, Lord High Admiral of England, Henry Lord of Hunsdon, &c. &c. and subsequent Orders of the above Commissioners, the last whereof is dated April 6, 1599.
X. An Examination of an Inscription on a Barn in Kent; the Mantle Tree in the Parsonàge House at Helmdon in Northamptonshire, as described by the Professors Wallis and Ward, revised; and Queries and Remarks on the general Use of Arabic Numerals in England. In a Letter from the Rev. Samuel Denne, F.A.S. to Richard Gough, Esq.
Authors: Denne Samuel
Published: July 2016

By the kindness of the Rev. Peter Rashleigh I have it in my power to convey to you drawings, of inscriptions and shields of arms placed in the walls of buildings that are appendages to Preston Hall in Aylesford; and they will afford me an opportunity of satisfying you that the date on one of them was without sufficient grounds advanced in the hypothetical controversy respecting the time of the introduction of Arabic Numerals into this country.
XVIII. Account of Flint Weapons discovered at Hoxne in Suffolk. By John Frere, Esq. F.R.S. and F.A.S. In a Letter to the Rev. John Brand, Secretary
Authors: Frere John
Published: July 2016

I take the liberty to request you to lay before the Society some flints found in the parish of Hoxne, in the county of Suffolk, which, if not particularly objects of curiosity in themselves, must, I think, be considered in that light, from the situation in which they were found. See PL XIV, XV.
XVII. Discoveries in opening a Tumulus in Derbyshire. In a Letter from the Rev. Mr. Pegge to the Rev. John Brand, Secretary
Authors: Pegge
Published: July 2016

John Webster, a farmer at Smiril in the county of Derby, occupies some land belonging to Lord Viscount Howe, which gives him a privilege on Middleton-moor, and wanting this year to burn some lime, he dug for that purpose into a Tumulus or Low, on that part of the Moor called Garret-piece and began his work at the bottom of it, on a level with the circumjacent ground.
XX. Account of Antiquities in Lancashire. In a Letter to George Allan, Esq. F.A.S. from William Hutchinson, Esq. F.A.S.
Authors: Hutchinson William
Published: July 2016

Agreeable to my promise, I send you drawings of the Lancashire remains I mentioned to you some time ago, with a short account taken from my minutes.

In the beginning of July 1785, being upon an excursion into Lancashire, I was led to view the British remains in the parish of Warton, about eight miles from Lancaster; my curiosity being greatly excited by the accounts given thereof in conversation with Robert Gibson, Esq, who for some months in the summer makes Yelling the place of his residence, on account of the copper-works he is projecting there.
XXIII. Extract from a MS. in the Augmentation Office. Communicated by John Caley, Esq. F.A.S. In a letter to the Rev. Mr. Brand, Secretary
Authors: Caley John
Published: July 2016

“I take the liberty of sending you the inclosed for your in- “spection. It is a faithful transcript of a manuscript remaining “in the Augmentation office, which has the sign manual of “King Henry the Eighth. It contains some particulars “respecting the dresses in his reign, which may perhaps be “thought proper to accompany the collections of the Society “of Antiquaries which concern the houshold establishments of “our Sovereigns. At any rate, if you think it sufficiently “curious, I will trouble you to read it to that learned body “the first convenient opportunity.
I. Translation of a French Metrical History of the Deposition of King Richard the Second, written by a Contemporary, and comprising the Period from his last Expedition into Ireland to his Death; from a MS. formerly belonging to Charles of Anjou, Earl of Maine and Mortain; but now preserved in the British Museum; accompanied by Prefatory Observations, Notes, and an Appendix; with a Copy of the Original. By the Rev. John Webb, M.A. F.A.S. Rector of Tretire in Herefordshire, and Minor-Canon of the Cathedral of Gloucester
Authors: Webb John
Published: July 2016

The metrical Tract which it is the design of the following remarks to introduce is peculiarly valuable to the English antiquary and historian. It refers to a series of events, the chief of which, though involving the fate of the kingdom, took place in a remote part of it; but the whole of them, from the various manner in which they have been recorded by different writers, seem to have been little understood, or much misrepresented at the period in which they occurred. It is also highly interesting to the general reader; for it offers an original circumstantial account of the fall of Richard the Second, who, whatever may have been his errors, is rendered by his misfortunes an object of commiseration. It bears sufficient internal evidence of it's authenticity, is the production of an eye-witness; and, so far as we have hitherto ascertained, is the best document of that kind, relative to the above fact, which has been transmitted to posterity.
II. An Inquiry concerning the Death of Richard the Second. By Thomas Amyot, Esq. F.S.A. in two Letters addressed to Henry Ellis, Esq. F.R.S. Secretary
Authors: Amyot Thomas
Published: July 2016

There is perhaps no important event in English history which is involved in greater obscurity than the death of Richard the Second. It is much to be regretted, therefore, that so little light has been thrown upon it by the very curious contemporary narrative which you lately communicated to the Society through the medium of Mr. Webb's spirited translation. Had the writer remained in England till after the King's decease, it cannot be doubted that he would have enriched his work with such details of it as his honest diligence could not have failed to collect. As it is, we have merely his testimony that suspicions were entertained of foul play, and that he himself believed the body which was exposed to public view was not Richard's, but was that of Maudelen his chaplain; not knowing (by reason, probably, of his absence from England) that Maudelen, who is said to have counterfeited his Master in the revolt of Richard's adherents, had already paid the penalty of his fraud, by suffering public execution in a way which rendered further deception impracticable. Availing myself of the strong interest which this chronicle has attracted towards the fate of Richard, I shall not hesitate to submit to the Society a brief notice of such early authorities as have presented themselves to me on this doubtful question.
IV. Observations on the Seal of Ethilwald Bishop of Dunwich, lately discovered at Eye, in Suffolk: by Hudson Gurney, Esq. M.P. F.R.S. Vice-President. In a Letter to Henry Ellis, Esq. F.R.S. Secretary.
Authors: Gurney Hudson
Published: July 2016

By the kindness of Mr. Fenner, of Eye, I have now the pleasure of sending you the Seal, of which I before forwarded you the impression, for the inspection of the Society.

It appears to have been the Seal of Ethilwald Bishop of Dunwich, of whom the “Profession of Faith,” addressed to Celnoth Archbishop of Canterbury from A.D. 830 to 870, is referred to by Wharton in the Appendix to the Anglia Sacra, vol. I. p. 801, as existing in the Cottonian MS. Cleopatra, E. 1. in the British Museum.
V. Account of the Tomb of Sir John Chandos, Knt. A.D. 1370, at Civaux, a hamlet on the Vienne, in France: By Samuel Rush Meyrick, LL.D. F.S.A. In a Letter addressed to Henry Ellis, Esq. F.R.S. Secretary
Authors: Meyrick Samuel Rush
Published: July 2016

There exists in France a Monument which tradition ascribes to the “Flower of English Chivalry,” Sir John Chandos, who fell in a skirmish near the bridge of Lusac in the year 1370. A friend of mine, Major Smith, has lately visited this spot, and from his letter, and some other sources, I have drawn up the following, which through your means I beg leave to submit to the notice of the Society of Antiquaries. The subject seems to me interesting on two accounts; first, from the great celebrity and renown of the hero intended to be commemorated, and next for the peculiarity of the monument itself.
I. A Description of a large Collection of Pennies of Henry II. discovered at Tealby, in Lincolnshire. By Taylor Combe, Esq. Director. Sec. R.S.
Authors: Combe Taylor
Published: July 2016

A very considerable number of English Silver Pennies having been lately found in Lincolnshire, it may not be uninteresting to the Society of Antiquaries to receive a short account of them. The whole collection consisted of more than 5700 coins, which were all of the same type, namely, that usually attributed to Henry II.
II. On the word Proctor, as employed in the Will of Richard Watts, the Founder of the Rochester Alms-Houses. By Francis Cohen, Esq. F.S.A.
Authors: Cohen Francis
Published: July 2016

Some time in the reign of Elizabeth, Richard Watts Esq. built the alms-houses in the city of Rochester which continue to bear his name: and he afterwards devised the greater part of his property for the support of the charitable establishment which he had founded. Amongst the directions which he gives for the management of the alms-houses, he desires that there shall be provided “six good mattrices or flock-beds, and other good and sufficient furniture, to harbour and lodge poor travellers or wayfaring men, being no common “rogues nor proctors, and they the said wayfaring men to harbour “and lodge therein no longer than one night.”
VIII. On “St. Martin's Rings.” By Francis Cohen, Esq. F.S.A.
Authors: Cohen Francis
Published: July 2016

In the passages collected by Mr. Brand in the following note, a term occurs, the signification of which does not appear to have been hitherto ascertained.

“In ‘Whimsies; or, a new Cast of Characters,’ 12mo. Lond. 1631, the unknown author, in his description of a pedlar, Part ii. p. 21, has the following passage: Can it allude to the custom of exchanging betrothing rings? ‘St. Martin's Rings and counterfeit bracelets are commodities of infinite consequence: they will passe for current at a may-pole, and purchase a favor from their May Marian.’
XIV. Remarks on the Antiquity and Introduction of Surnames into England. By James H. Markland, Esq. F.S.A.
Authors: Markland James H.
Published: July 2016

It may possibly be considered an inquiry, rather curious than useful, to trace from the earlier periods of our history the practice of assuming Surnames and to ascertain at what time this custom became established in England. Of the various classes into which they may be divided, it is not my intention to speak, further than to notice, very briefly, the most obvious sources whence they were at first derived in this country. This branch of the subject would lead me into a much wider field than the present limits admit, and as it has already engaged the attention of different antiquaries, amongst whom Camden stands foremost, the reader, who may be tempted to inspect a minute classification of them, will find in his “Remaines” materials sufficiently copious to satisfy his curiosity.
XXI. Observations upon the Composition of the Colours found on the Walls of the Roman House discovered at Bignor in Sussex. By Sir Humphrey Davy, Knt. F.R.S. in a Letter to Samuel Lysons, Esq. V.P.
Authors: Davy Humphrey
Published: July 2016

I have examined the colours found on the walls of the Roman house discovered at Bignor in Sussex, and I find that they are similar in chemical composition to those employed in the baths of Titus at Rome, and in the houses and public buildings at Pompeii and Herculaneum.
XXX. An Account of some Customs in Husbandry, and the Prices of various Articles relating thereto, in the time of K. Richard II. Communicated by William Bray, Esq. Treasurer, in a Letter to Samuel Lysons, Esq. F.R.S. Vice President
Authors: Bray William
Published: July 2016

If you think that the following account of some customs in husbandry, and the prices of various articles relating thereto, in the time of King Richard II. will furnish any amusement to the Society of Antiquaries, you will please to lay it before them.
XXXVII. On the Origin and Antiquity, Use and Advantage of Cufic Coins. By the Rev. Stephen Weston, in a Letter to the Earl of Aberdeen, K.T. F.R.S. President
Authors: Weston Stephen
Published: July 2016

I offer to your Lordship and the Society a short Paper on the origin and antiquity, use and advantage of Cufic Coins.

Wheresoever the arms and religion of the disciples of Mahomed have forced their way, coins that have Arabic titles, whether struck in Syria, Persia, Africa, Spain, or Arabia, are called Mahometan. The most ancient of these are said to be Cufic, because their legends are written in Cufic letters, that is, in characters first used in Cufa, a city of Mesopotamia, and first employed in transcribing the Koran for the space of three hundred years, and for inscriptions on stones and coins for three hundred more, to the 13th century of the Christian æra.
XL. Observations on the Origin of the principal Features of Decorative Architecture: by Samuel Ware, Esq. F.S.A. in a Letter addressed to Nicholas Carlisle, Esq. F.R.S. Secretary
Authors: Ware Samuel
Published: July 2016

During an inquiry into the Theory of Equilibration of Arches, I had occasion to take sections of those buildings in this country most remarkable for the arcuation in them; and circumstances induced me to select Trinity Church Ely, King's College Chapel Cambridge, Westminster Abbey, Ely, Lincoln, York, and Peterborough Cathedrals. The three sections, viz. of St. Paul's Cathedral, of the Temple Church, and of Henry the Vllth's Chapel, which I have sent with this, (Pl. XXI. XXII. XXIII.) were made at a subsequent period, when I was engaged in the inquiry into the different forms of vaults, which led to the Observations published in the seventeenth volume of the Archaeologia.
XLII. Some Remarks on a Coin of Basilis, a City in Arcadia. By Taylor Combe, Esq. Sec. R.S. Director
Authors: Combe Taylor
Published: July 2016

I beg leave to offer to the Society of Antiquaries, a description of an unique Greek coin which I met with at Malta, in the year 1812, and which I have subsequently been fortunate enough to procure for the collection of the British Museum.
XLIII. Original Letters of King James I. to Sir George More, Lieutenant of the Tower, respecting the Trial of the Earl of Somerset. Communicated by William Bray, Esq. Treasurer, in a Letter to Samuel Lysons, Esq. F.R.S. V.P.
Authors: Bray William
Published: July 2016

The conduct of King James the First, respecting the trials of the Earl and Countess of Somerset, for the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury in the Tower, and his great fear, that if Somerset was brought to a public trial, some things might be told which he most anxiously wished to prevent, has been represented by Weldon in so strong a light, that the candid Rapin seems almost to doubt the truth of the representation. But I am enabled to lay before the Society copies which I have made from some original letters of the King to Sir George More, then Lieutenant of the Tower, which strongly corroborate what Weldon has said. They were written during the King's anxiety and suspense, whether Somerset could be prevailed on to confess his guilt, which would have prevented the public appearance of the witnesses, and any thing which Somerset might reveal.
IV. Explanation of a Carving over a Chimney Piece, at Speke Hall, in Lancashire, by Henry John Hinchliffe, Esq. F.A.S.
Authors: Hinchliffe Henry John
Published: July 2016

Explanation of a Carving on the Wainscot, over a Chimney Piece, at Speke Hall, in the County of Lancaster, formerly the Residence of the Norris family, from whom it descended to the late Topham Beauclerk, Esq. whose Son, the present Mr, Beauclerk, sold it to the late Richard Watt, Esq.

The Carving (Pl. III.) represents the pedigree of the Norris family for three generations, as may be collected from an inscription painted on canvas, and inserted in the compartments of the frieze, but now in a great measure effaced.
XXVI. An Inquiry respecting the early use of Rhime, by Sharon Turner, Esq. F. A. S. in a Letter to the Rev. John Brand, Secretary
Authors: Turner Sharon
Published: July 2016

As Rhime is a very distinguished ornament of modern poesy, it is an object of reasonable curiosity to inquire by whom, and how early, it has been used. If a few observations on this subject be not unworthy of the attention of the Antiquarian Society, I will beg the savour of your submitting them to its consideration.
XXXIII. Observations on the Ogmian Hercules of Lucian, and on the Derivation of the Word Ogham, by Stephen Weston, B. D. F. R.S. and F. A. S. in a Letter to the President
Authors: Weston Stephen
Published: July 2016

A dissertation has been already read to the Society of Antiquaries, on the subject of the Ogmian Hercules, by Frid. Samuel Schmidt, where he has endeavoured to show that ὄγμος has the same meaning in Celtic as in Greek, and is properly a furrow, and a boundary; for which he has been very rudely handled by Mr. Toup, who insists upon it that ὄγμιος is corrupted for ὁμόγνιος and that the Hercules of Lucian is ὁμογένιος or one of the Dii Penates, like Jupiter Gentilitius.
The Central Lettering Record
Authors: Pearse Leonora
Published: July 2016

An account of the scope, aims, and organisation of the Central Lettering Record, a photographic collection of lettering housed in the library of the Central School of Art & Design, London.
The Artist as Book Maker
Authors: d’Arbeloff Natalie
Published: July 2016

The production and distribution of a contemporary livre d’artiste
The ARLIS International Conference on Art Periodicals
Authors: Dallett Anne
Published: July 2016

Each of the 120-odd delegates to the International Conference went away with a different impression. Anne Dallet’s report draws on one of these; it will, we hope, refresh readers’ memories of their conference, as well as informing those who could not attend.

Certain themes threaded the whole weekend. The significance of the art periodical, especially in recording contemporary art in the context of its times, for that time and for times to come, was continuously reaffirmed; on the other hand, the problems of publishing and acquiring those ‘little’ magazines which can play such an important part in this process, were raised time and time again. But also, some specific proposals won the approval of the conference, and deserve to be noted here whether or not they are capable of achievement. (Some may be more likely to be translated into effective action if the spirit of the conference can be embodied by an international organisation representing art librarians everywhere). These were

(1)

that a comprehensive bibliography of art periodicals, and union lists of library subscriptions to and holdings of art magazines, should be compiled;

(2)

that art librarians should bring periodicals in need of reprinting to the notice of publishers;

(3)

that art librarians should join in persuading magazine publishers to refrain from extracting from libraries a considerably higher subscription rate than that offered to individuals;

(4)

that a periodicals subscriptions agency is needed, which will specialise in art, and with whom art librarians could confidently place all their orders (including orders for ‘little’ magazines).
Magazines for Architects in the 19th century: an annotated bibliography from an Australian point-of-view
Authors: Saunders David
Published: July 2016

A survey of the English, European, and American magazines which might have influenced 19th century architecture in Australia and other places distant from the centres of urban industrial civilisation, and of Australian architectural magazines of the same period.
The Literature of Dress: Stella Mary Newton in conversation with the Editor
Authors: Newton Stella Mary
Published: July 2016

The Times Literary Supplement on March 21st 1975 printed an article by you entitled ‘Fashions in fashion history’. Subsequently you have said that your aim in publishing that piece was ‘to try to persuade publishers to put out some useful material’, such as annotated transcriptions of important inventories listing items of dress, and a series of books dealing with changes in fashion in particular places at particular times. What do you see as the major gaps in the literature of fashion at the present time?
Viewpoint
Authors: Phillpot Clive
Published: July 2016

It has seemed to me for some time that one of my preoccupations was really only a hobby-horse, in the sense that Laurence Sterne describes that of Uncle Toby in Tristram Shandy, for it has seemed to be of ‘great singularity’ as if I ‘might have travelled from York to Dover, — from Dover to Penzance in Cornwall, and from Penzance to York back again, and not have seen such another upon the road’. I am thinking of my preoccupation with what I identified as the need for a library, or libraries, in Britain, devoted to contemporary art, and open to the public. I aired the idea in Studio International in May 1973, but received no feedback.
The National Art Slide Library at the Victoria and Albert Museum
Authors: Maxwell Bertie
Published: July 2016

Growing from modest beginnings in 1898, the collection was reorganised after the Second World War and now totals more than half a million slides. These are listed in a catalogue on site and in printed catalogues and lists which are available to libraries and individuals; slides are retrieved by accession number from electrically-operated storage units. Slides may be borrowed free of charge, in person or by post, by any resident of the United Kingdom.
The British Architectural Library: a statement on acquisitions policy
Authors: Wateren J.F. van der
Published: July 2016

A brief description of the historical origins and present policies of the British Architectural Library.
Research into practice in user education
Authors: Malley Ian
Published: July 2016

User education is a field of activity in which there are a number of problems that would benefit from detailed study, particularly because of its multidisciplinary nature. Such research must be initiated, reported upon, and not least communicated to librarians in the field who may subsequently be able to implement it.

(The text of a paper presented at the ARLIS Seminar on User Education held at Leeds Polytechnic, 7 – 8 April, 1978.)
Library instruction, individualised learning and independent learnings
Authors: Hatt Frank
Published: July 2016

Within higher education courses are being designed which emphasise the acquisition of learning skills rather than the absorption of ‘blocks’ of subject knowledge. Such courses indicate the way in which library-based learning skills can be developed alongside other learning skills, and also show the necessity of the librarian’s involvement in course design teams. This approach to library teaching has been developed most, perhaps, in art and design libraries where the demands of the ‘hidden curriculum’ have always been felt, if not overtly acknowledged.

(The text of a paper presented at the ARLIS Seminar on User Education held at Leeds Polytechnic, 7-8 April, 1978.)
Security in the art library
Authors: Smith Gaye
Published: July 2016

The nature of much material in the art library poses problems of security. Types of material at risk are discussed. Solutions to security are considered: closed access, electronic security devices, owner identification and provision of good photocopying facilities. Efficient library administration (including regular stock checking and enforcing of sanctions) is essential. Planning the library for security is considered. Security is an expensive but important responsibility of the art librarian.
Bewickiana
Authors: Rogers Gillian
Published: July 2016

The problems encountered in trying to answer queries on local artists of the past prompt an experimental attempt to find out what material by and about one of Newcastle’s better-known artists. Thomas Bewick, exists within the bounds of Newcastle upon Tyne itself. The results are not particularly encouraging. Printed catalogues of holdings are rare, although check-lists of material held by the institution concerned are rather more frequent. Some holdings are not catalogued at all. The long-term desideratum is for the compilation of a union-catalogue of all the public collections of Newcastle.
IFLA Congress, Manila 1980
Authors: Matthews John
Published: July 2016

Rather than present a commentary on the business of the Round Table of Art Librarians at Manila, this article is an attempt to provide a picture of the way in which the event is organised, and perhaps encourage others to participate actively in future meetings.

The first point to be made is that anyone may attend an IFLA Congress, whether or not they represent an institution or association. The only requirement is the payment in advance of the requisite registration fee. The meeting point for national discussion on IFLA matters in this country is the British National IFLA Committee (BNIC). This holds regular meetings throughout the year at the Library Association in Store Street. Part of the work of the Committee is to ensure that there is adequate representation at all meetings held during the Congress. The BNIC also provides details on the availability of charter travel for those wishing to attend.
A bibliography of little magazines in the arts in the U.S.A.
Authors: Gurney Susan Rothwell
Published: July 2016

A little magazine is a magazine designed to print artistic work which for reasons of commercial expediency is not acceptable to the money-minded periodicals or presses … little magazines are willing to lose money, to court ridicule, to ignore public taste, willing to do almost anything steal, beg, or undress in public — rather than sacrifice their right to print good material.

Hoffman, Frederick J. The Little Magazine; a History and Bibliography. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1947,2.