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night on St. Martha's, and that those who buried the coffin at Canterbury did not therein bury the archbishop.

Into the question as to the exact position of the tomb in Canterbury Cathedral, known still as Langton's, we will not enter. The arguments pro and con are by no means exhausted, and various opinions are held by competent authorities upon the question. Suffice it that we have told the local story which is still keenly and enthusiastically received in Surrey, and which we are sure will not be surrendered until some further destructive evidence has been produced. The relics to which Russell refers have mysteriously disappeared since his time. Our efforts at present to trace them are unavailing, although we hear that a sketch was made of them at the time of the discovery, and we believe the relics themselves were removed to the custody of some local collector. They are not in any way referred to at the time of the restoration in 1850, but we are pursuing our investigation, and do not despair of being able at some future time to throw a further light upon what is at least a local tradition of some remarkable interest.

this daie in obedience to the said l're the Maister and Wardens of the Pewterers weare couvented before this Courte and having heard the Maister & Wardens of the Companie of Goldsmiths what they would saie touching the said business it was thought fitt and soe ordered by this Courte That from henceforth the Pewterers shall strike but one stampe or marke uppon their Pewter as anciently hath bin accustomed and as the Lawe in that case requireth unless the buyer shall desire his owne Armes and stamp of his signe to be strucken thereupon And that the Maister & Wardens of the Pewterers shall forthwith call a Courte and cause all their Brethren of the Companie using the trade of a Pewterer to be summoned thither and cause this order to be there notified and published to the end that such of them as hereafter shalbe discouered to practise the like fraudulent invention mind not pretend ignorance of this order but be punished according to the qualitie of the offence. And it is likewise ordered that the said Maister and Wardens of the Pewterers shall diligently search and examine not onlie what stampes are already engraven and made but alsoe what Pewter is therewith marked and remayning amongst the Pewterers wh are in likento the Goldsmiths marks and take order that the same stampes be called in and delivered to the Wardens of the Goldsmiths to be defaced and alsoe that all Pewter having more than one marke resembling the marke of the silver touch which are to be sould by anie the Pewterers, be forthwith moulten down, or the same marke be defaced.

Dispute between the Goldsmiths and Pewterers in 1635.

By R. C. HOPE, F.S.A., F.R.S.L.

HE following interesting memorandum relative to the counterfeiting of the Goldsmiths' marks I have extracted from the Guildhall MSS., NN, f. 50b, of the year 1635:

Item wheras the Goldsmiths of London did of late shewe unto the Lords of his Maies most hon ble Privie Counsell a certaine plate made of Pewter having the stamps & marks upon it wh only belongeth to the Companie of Goldsmiths of London as if it had bin of silver plate of the assaye of the

said companie, whereupon their Lordships conceiving said companie, whereupon their Lordships conceiving that manie inconveniences might arise if such fraud should be permitted to passe did direct their l'rs unto this Court to take order both to restraine the said practises and to punish the same soe farre as they should appeare to deserve punishment-Nowe

Clerical Incomes in 1643.

BY REV. CANON SCOTT ROBERTSON.

OLDSMITH'S well-known description of the parson "passing rich on forty pounds a year" is well illustrated by items which are recorded as payments to clergymen from the revenues of the See of Canterbury in 1643, when Archbishop Laud was in the Tower.*

When the great tithes of a parish belonged to the See of Canterbury, it was customary for the Archbishop to make an annual payment to the "perpetual curate" who served the cure. In the case of such a curate, this payment was all the endowment his "living" possessed. The incumbents of Ash, Maidstone, Leeds, Nonington, Folkestone, and Whitstaple, were such perpetual curates. is to be presumed, however, that where the

* British Museum Additional MS. 5,489, p. 342.

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Ash Curate, William Lovelace -
*Maidstone Curate, Robt. Barrel
Leeds Curate, Wm. Francis
St. Lawrence Vicar, Wm. Dunkin
Nonnington Curate, Jo. Hathway
Folkstone Curate, Pet. Rogers
Reculver Vicar, Barnaby Knell
Alckham Vicar, Sam. Pownall
River Vicar, Edw. Parke
Postling Vicar, Edw. Emptage
Sibertswold Vicar, Wm. Newman
Kennington Vicar, Jno. Player
Hernhill Vicar, Thos. Hieron
Marden Vicar, John Wood -
St. John's in Thanet, Jo. Bankes
Loose Vicar, Jo. Aymes

Folkstone Sacristan, Wm. Angel
Whitstaple Curate, Edw. Goington
+Blackborne Vicar, Adam Bolton
Detling Vicar, Wm. Sutton

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Dolton.

Clanabourgh.

Challeigh.
Ayssheryny.
Wemorthy.
High Bebynton.
Adryngton.
Brusheford.
Eggisford.
Wynkeleigh.

27. Teynggrace.

Hewycke with the Chapel there
Kyngsteyngton.

Mourton Hempstall.

Bekyngton.

Hennocke.

Ilsyngton. Northbony. Lystleigh. Mannaton, Ideford. Bonytracy. Ayssheberton. 28. Newton Tracy. Fremyngton. Roubourgh. Westleigh. Horwode. Justowe. Towstocke. Alnerdyscote. Sci Egidii. Toryton Magna. Hunshawe.

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Wekelansford.

Brodewoodeweges.
Stowford.

Marytavy.
Chusshilton.
Yernyscomb.
Welcombe.
Hartelond.
34. Clovelley.
Wolferdesworthy.
Byttadean.
Trynshoo.
Barnestaple.

Westebuckelond.

Goodley.

Estbuckeland.

Marwoodde.

Estdowne.

Kentisbery.

Morthoo.
Westdowne.
Ilfardcomb.

35. Estaysheford.
Georgeham.
Bratton.
Fylleigh.
Beryneber.
Highannton.

Combmerten.

Braunton.

Pylton.

Stokeryvers. Lynton. Martynhoo. Charles. 36. Cholacomb. Alryngton. Highbraye. Loxhore. Paracomb. Shirwill. Brendon.

Countisbery.

Braston.

Marestowe.

Sourton.

Bratton.

Lamerton.

Kelley.

Bridestowe.

Coryton.

33. Okehampton.

Denterton.
Vyrgynstowe.
Lewtrencherd
Lydford.
Lyston.
Syddynham.

Stodeleigh.
Podyngton.

Okefforde.

Templeton.
Delbrudge.
Wolfardesworthy.
Wytherudge.
Estworlyngton.

37. Rakenford.
Nymett Regis.
Nymett Episcopi.
Wafforde Pyne.
Marleigh.

Ayssheraffe.

Crusemorchard.

Creycomb.

Chedelton,
Romansleigh.
Westworlyngton.
Chulmeleigh.
Messhute.

38. Southmolton.

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Thursday, July 10, was devoted to visits to All Souls' College; to the interesting old church and crypt of St. Peter-in-the-East, for parts of which Mr. J. Park Harrison again claimed Saxon origin; to Magdalen College, with its hall panelling brought from the dissolved Abbey of Reading; to that fine specimen of the elaborate Norman style, the church of Iffley; to the lazar house of St. Bartholomew Castle; to the keep of the castle of Oxford; and to the crypt of the chapel of St. George, found during the building of the new gaol. In the evening Mr. Bruton read a well-illustrated paper on "The Walls of the City of Oxford in the Thirteenth Century."

On Friday the members visited the fine late Norman church of Witney, Burford, Minster Lovel, and Shipton. Among the papers read in the evening were "The Saxon Church of St. Leonard, Wallingford," by Mr. J. P. Harrison ; The Anglo-Saxon Charters of Abingdon Abbey," by Mr. W. de Grey Birch; and a concluding discourse, by Mr. A. J. Butler, on the recent recovery of the old brazen nose of Brasenose College.

Excursions on Saturday, 12th, to Dorchester, Ewelm, Crowmarsh, and Wallingford concluded a most successful anniversary.

Proceedings and Publications of The first part of the thirteenth volume of the Pro

Archæological Societies.

[Though the Editor takes the responsibility for the form in which these notes appear, they are all specially contributed to the "Antiquary," and are, in the first instance, supplied by accredited correspondents of the different districts.]

THE BRITISH ARCHEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION opened its forty-seventh yearly congress on July 7 at Oxford, under the presidency of the Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham in the place of the late Earl of Carnarvon. On the opening day some of the old houses of the city were visited, under the guidance of Mr. E. G. Bruton, F.S.A., as well as the University Buildings and the Bodleian Library.

On July 8 Newton College was visited, where the Hon. G. C. Brodrick gave an address on the ancient buildings and statutes of the college. New College was the next centre of attraction, where the crozier of William of Wykeham, in a niche near the altar in the chapel, attracted much attention. Christ Church formed part of the programme for the same day. Mr. J. Park Harrison claimed a Saxon origin for parts of the cathedral fabric which have hitherto been considered Norman. At the evening meeting papers were read by Mr. J. S. Phené, F.S.A., on "Some Features of Early British History attaching to the Vicinity of British Roads and Earthworks," and by Mr. John Gilbert on "Pre-collegiate Oxford."

On July 9 the members of the association visited Banbury, Broughton Castle, Bloxham, Adderbury, and King's Sutton. Papers were read in the evening by Dr. Joseph Stevens on "A Cemetery recently discovered at Reading, probably of Saxon date," and by Mr. T. Morgan, F.S.A., "England and Castille in the Fourteenth Century compared."

ceedings of the SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES, covering the period from November 28, 1889, to April 17, 1890, has reached us. It consists of 128 pages of letterpress, with some careful illustrations, and again bears witness to the thorough way in which the parent society maintains the lead among its numerous progeny. Among the more important papers are those of Rev. J. T. Fowler, F.S.A., on “Grave Slabs in Durham Cathedral ;" of Rev. A. S. Porter, F.S. A., on the "Seals of the Archbishops of York;" of Rev. Dr. Cox, F.S. A., on "Sheriff's Precepts of Derbyshire, temp. Commonwealth ;" of Mr. Somers Clarke, F.S.A., on the " Collapse of a Portion of Seville Cathedral;" of Messrs. Fox and Hope on the "Systematic Exploration of the Site of Silchester;" of Mr. Rider Haggard on "A Unique Glass Bottle of the Roman Period from Cyprus, with Internal Threads ;" and of Mr. F. G. Hilton Price, F.S.A., on "Recent Excavations on the Saalburg, near Homburg."

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The catalogue of the special exhibits brought together at the recent presidential reception, by Dr. and Mrs. Evans, of the SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES, on June 11, is well worthy of a comment. This twenty-eight paged catalogue of a most remarkable and unique collection is sure to fetch a high price among collection in days to come. In the library were a series of tenure and drinking horns, including the ivory horn, temp. Edward the Confessor, of York Cathedral, the Pusey horn, and the tenure horn of the Honour of Tutbury; a beautiful series of rosewater basins and ewers; and the best typical examples of English plate from fourteenth to eighteenth centuries, lent by the London companies, Oriel College, etc. In addition to several other smaller collections, the meeting-room contained a fine collection of the livery collars and insignia of British orders of knighthood.

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