REPORTS OF PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY, FROM THE CROYDON. THE THIRD ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING was held at Croydon, on Thursday, the 12th of June, 1856. The proceedings took place in a building once forming part of the ancient palace of the Archbishops of Canterbury, but now used as a girls' industrial school. Shortly after eleven o'clock, Sir WILLIAM G. HYLTON JOLLIFFE, Bart., M.P., a Vice-President of the Society, was called to the Chair. After a few introductory remarks from the CHAIRMAN, the Hon. Secretary, G. Bish Webb, Esq., proceeded to read the Minutes of the second Annual General Meeting at Guildford, June 28th, 1855, and of the Special General Meeting at Southwark, October 30th, 1855, which were both duly confirmed. The following REPORT of the Council was then read : In accordance with the rules, the Council have the pleasure of presenting a brief statement of the proceedings of the Society during the past year. Two General Meetings have been held, one at Guildford, the other in Southwark. Ample reports of these Meetings being comprised in the first part of the Transactions which has just been issued, it becomes unnecessary to refer to them more particularly upon the present occasion. It is with great regret that the Council have to record the loss sustained by the Society by the decease of His Grace the late Duke of Norfolk, one of its earliest patrons, and president of the Society from its formation. By the lamented decease, also, of Sir William Molesworth, member for Southwark, the Society has sustained the loss of one of its distinguished vice-presidents. The Council have the high gratification of announcing that His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has been pleased to honour the Society by becoming its Patron. Thirty-one Members have been added to our list since the date of the last Report, and the numbers are at present 430, of whom 58 are Life Members by composition. During the year, the London and Middlesex Archæological Society and the Cambrian Institute have been added to the list of Societies in union with this Society. Several contributions of interest and value have been made to our Library and Museum, copious lists of which are given in the Transactions. The Council regret that it becomes their duty again to invite serious attention to the large amount of subscriptions in arrear. They must beg Members to bear in mind, that one of the most important of our rules is that which provides that subscriptions become due in advance, on the 1st of January in each year, and that if this rule be neglected to the extent hitherto prevailing, the prosperity of the Society will be greatly endangered. On the motion of the Chairman, the Report was adopted. The Balance-sheet and Report of the Auditors were also read. They were as follows [see pp. xi. xii.] Eight Members of the Council, whose retirement by rotation was announced, were unanimously re-elected. Several new Members were elected, and the Office-bearers for the ensuing year appointed. The following Papers were then read : ~ 1. An Architectural Notice of the Hospital of the Holy Trinity, Croydon, founded by John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury. In the absence of the author, W. Petit Griffith, Esq., F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A., this Paper was read by the Rev. C. Boutell, M. A., Hon. Member. 2. On the Monuments in Croydon Church. This Paper was read by M. H. Bloxam, Esq., the author, Edward Westall, Esq., being unavoidably absent. 3. On the Derivation and Meaning of the word COLD-HARBOUR, as applied to various Localities in Surrey, and elsewhere. By Cuthbert W. Johnson, Esq., F.R.S. 4. On the Antiquities of Streatham. By the Rev. Walter Field, M.A., F.S.A. 5. On the Monumental Brasses of Surrey, especially those in the vicinity of Croydon. By the Rev. C. Boutell, M.A. This Paper was illustrated by a number of rubbings from brasses in the Churches of Croydon, Beddington, Lingfield, and Crowhurst, which were suspended on the walls of the schoolroom. 6. John Wickham Flower, Esq., then laid before the Meeting an Account of a valuable parcel of ancient deeds and documents, very lately discovered by him in the Muniment-room of Whitgift's Hospital. Among the collection was the "Barker Deed," which was exhibited to the Meeting, and has since appeared in lithographic fac-simile in Part I. of the second volume of the Society's Transactions. Votes of thanks were unanimously passed to the Authors of the above-named Papers. A vote of thanks to the Chairman, for his courteous and able conduct in the Chair, was carried by acclamation. The Chairman returned thanks, and the Meeting was formally adjourned. Balance-Sheet of the Surrey Archæological Society, 1856. (From 28th June, 1855, to 6th June, 1856.) per Cents. The amount of Stock standing in the names of the Trustees of the Society is £222. 14s. New 3 Report of the Auditors, 1856. The Auditors have examined the Accounts, and find a balance of £106. 13s. 11d. in favour of the Society. They have to express a regret that the large sum of £45. 10s. remains unpaid for the years 1854 and 1855; and they would suggest to the Council and Members the desirableness of adopting some plan for the obtaining these subscriptions, and for the retirement of such Members as continue two years, or beyond a certain period, in arrear. (Signed) T. J. S. E. R. As on former occasions, a Collection of Objects of Antiquarian and Artistic Interest had been formed and arranged in the Meeting-room. The following deserve particular notice : Seal of the Hospital of the Holy Trinity; Facsimile, in colours, of ancient fresco, North wall St. John's, Croydon; Sepia Drawing of Ancient Timber House, Bell-hill, Croydon; Antique Pocket Clock, about the time of the Commonwealth; History of Croydon, with manuscript and other addenda; the Umbo, or Boss, of a Saxon Shield, found at Mitcham. By Sir W. H. Jolliffe, Bart.: A Bassinet, or Head-piece, and a Partizan once belonging to John Tatnall, of Nethern, in the parish of Merstham, Yeoman of the Guard to Queen Elizabeth. By J. W. Flower, Esq. A curious old Roman Camp Kettle, found in Pethwell Pen, Norfolk, in the year 1850, under 10 feet of peat; an Urn, taken up while digging several feet under the surface at the Chelsea Water-works, then in formation at Kingston-uponThames; a large and very fine Roman-British Cinerary Urn of sun-baked clay, found between Brandon and Lakenheath, Suffolk, near the banks of the Little Ouse, more than twenty others being found in the same place, calcined, and placed with the mouths or openings inverted; and an interesting collection of Ancient British Dagger-knives, Bride-knives, Bronze Handle of a Vase, Ring, Money, Keys, &c.; and also a British Sword and Spear-head by permission of A. Kirkman, Esq., to whom they belonged. By the Rev. James Hamilton: An Antique Brass Ring found at Beddington; a Saxon Shield; and several Ancient Arms. Mr. C. Lashmar: A Skull found, with a number of other human remains, Iron Weapons, Sword-blades, &c., at the bottom of St. George'sstreet, Croydon; Keys and Coins found at Bermondsey. Among the miscellaneous Articles were: Roman Coins found at Kingston, and also at Merton, between Croydon and Wimbledon, on the making of the railway; ancient Pottery (by Mr. Stedman, Tulsehill); encaustic Tiles; part of an Iron Sole of a Shoe, used by the labourers in the iron-works at Maresfield, Sussex; specimens of Ring-money; Ancient Fetterlock; Roman Bracelet; Antique Defensive Armour; curious old Nutcrackers; specimens of Stained Glass; Seals of the corporate Towns of Surrey; specimens of ela- Amongst the books, a volume On the Ceremonials for the Healing of Diseases practised in the time of Henry VII.; Anderson's Monuments and Antiquities of Croydon Church; and several other rare works. Parties were formed for the inspection of the Parish Church of Croydon, dedicated to St. John; of the very considerable remains of the ancient palace of the archbishops of Canterbury (exchanged for Addington in 1780); and of Whitgift's Hospital, situated in the centre of the A considerable number of the Members and their friends also proceeded to Beddington, where the parish church, and the Hall, the ancient seat of the Carews, were thrown open for their inspection. town. At half-past six, a collation was served at the Greyhound Hotel, Cuthbert W. Johnson, Esq., F.R.S., in the Chair. After the usual loyal and occasional toasts, the health of the local Committee was proposed. The Committee comprised the following gentlemen: The Rev. J. G. Hodson, M.A., vicar of Croydon; Rev. James Aitken, M.A.; Rev. Jonathan Cape, F.R.S.; Rev. George Capel, M.A.; Jonah Cressingham, Esq.; John Drummond, Esq., F.S.A.; George Engström, Esq.; Rev. James Hamilton, M.A.; C. W. Johnson, Esq., F.R.S.; Rev. George Randolph, M.A.; Edward Westall, Esq.; Richard Yates, Esq., F.S.A.; to whose joint exertions the proposer took occasion to attribute much of the success of the day. The two local Secretaries, Messrs. W. S. Masterman and S. Lee Rymer, together with the late lamented Hon. Secretary G. Bish Webb, Esq., obtained their fair share of congratulation on the satisfactory result of the Meeting. LAMBETH. A GENERAL MEETING was held on Friday, October 31st, 1856, at Lambeth Palace. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury had kindly granted the use of the Dining-hall, or Guard Chamber, for the purpose of the Meeting. The RIGHT REVEREND THE LORD BISHOP OF WINCHESTER, D.D., F.R.S., a Vice-President, took the Chair at noon. The Chairman opened the proceedings with a short address, in the course of which His Lordship said as follows: "The place in which we are assembled ought to suggest many most interesting observations, — observations, at least, full of importance, full of usefulness, full of instruction, I may add, to those who look back upon history, not as an old almanack, but as a school from which at the present day we may derive advantages, by looking at the lights which |