impression from a ring, having a tun surmounted by a dove,—a rebus for Doveton or Douton.

Mr. Carline, of Lincoln, drew the attention of the Association to the following particulars: "It has often occurred to me that too little notice has been taken of what are called 'moat-gardens'. There are many in Shropshire, but the most complete I know, is at Penley in Flintshire. The moat round it is five yards wide, and, within the area, is forty-five yards square. The approach to this site, in 1846, when I visited it, was complete. The public road or highway passed about three hundred yards east of the spot. The approach turned off, at right angles, west, quite straight, the three hundred yards, and flanked on each side with yew hedges from three to four yards thick, and deep and wide ditches. Nearly at the end of this road, the approach turns again at right angles, northwards, forty to sixty yards, down to the east side of the site, running on the edge, and half the length of the moat, and then turning abruptly across it, over the draw-bridge. About two years before I saw it, one half of the moat had been mudded, when one hinge of the draw-bridge was found, and a curious bronze seal of a bishop, designated D. G., etc., etc. These letters are uncommon. Can there be any doubt these gardens are the sites of very old houses, probably of wood, and not unlikely to be Saxon? If this conjecture is right, as the times were lawless, subjecting the peaceable inhabitants sometimes to pillage, but more commonly to fire, and murder, or slavery,—may not we imagine the matron of a family, under such calamity, on the first of the attack, seizing her pouncetbox, cup, or other plate, carrying it to the opposite side to the attack, and as quietly depositing the same in the moat as possible; and, if fortunate enough to escape with life, a sure depositary to find again during more peaceable times; but more frequently terminating unfortunately, still remaining there for these more peaceable times, for the diligent antiquary of our day."

Mr. Carlyle, of Albury, favoured the Association with some particulars respecting the family of Carlyle. (See Original Documents, pp. 174-181, ante.)

Mr. Bateman forwarded the following remarks in relation to a sepulchral inscription mentioned page 91, ante: "On looking over the Journal, I find a sepulchral inscription commemorative of Onesimus, the son of Domitius Elainus, described at page 91, which appears, from an observation on the next page, to be partly considered as not unlikely to have been discovered in the city excavations. I well remember having it sent on approbation, with other objects, by a well-known dealer in town, to this place, either in 1848 or 1849; and that you may be sure I am correct, I will just state that I took a cast from it, which is now in my museum."

JUNE 8.

The following associates were elected :

Robert Lockhart, esq., Glasgow.

Rev. David Carson, M.A., 12, Chesterfield-street.

Thanks were voted for the following present:

From the Author. The History of the Parish of the Holy Trinity, Minories. By the rev. Thos. Hill, M.A. Lond., 1851. 4to.

Mr. Lott exhibited several interesting articles from his own collection, of which the following is an enumeration:-1. A very fine and perfect spur, of iron, the rowel having eight large, broad, spear-shaped points: temp. middle of the sixteenth century. 2. Two chasings, in latten, 5 inches high, by 4 inches wide; the first representing Christ's agony in the garden of Gethsemane. Beyond the kneeling figure of our Saviour is a hill, and on its summit, a cup with a decorated foot, like the sacra mental chalices in use in the fifteenth century. In the right hand corner of the foreground lie the sleeping figures of St. Peter, St. James, and St. John; the first-named apostle having a broad-bladed falchion in his hand. In the distance, Judas Iscariot is seen entering the enfenced garden through a gate. The second chasing represents our Lord's ascension. These chasings are of Flemish workmanship, executed circa 1660, and have probably served as panels to the doors of a small cabinet. 3. An exceedingly curious article of the Eastern toilet,—a lady's paint-box, of bronze. It may be described as a straight-handled, round-bowled spoon, having a flat cover moving on a pivot; and, on the cover, a small and very shallow round box, also provided with a lid opening with a hinge. In the smaller box appear to be traces of a white pigment. The top of the lid, and the under side of the box, are richly decorated in a style of ornament which brings to mind some of the circular fibulæ of the Teutonic tribes discovered in this country. The above specimens were purchased by Mr. Lott, about twenty years back, at a sale at Southgate's auction room. Mr. Lott also exhibited a very elegant little figure of Ceres, a cast in brass, 2 inches high. The goddess is habited in the Roman costume (or such as was called Roman by the artists of the period), and holds a large sheaf of corn in her right arm. It is evidently a production of the close of the seventeenth century, and is believed to have once formed an ornament of a clock. The party from whom this figure was purchased, stated that it had lately been found near Bow church; but a member of the Association well remembers having had the same specimen offered to him for sale some time back.

Mr. T. Gunston exhibited a youthful female head, in glass, which had once formed the upper portion of the stem of a goblet. It was of Vene

tian workmanship, of the sixteenth century, and was formerly in the collection of the late E. B. Price, esq.

FEMES. PES. DE. LY. DIEU. DE

Mr. Gunston also exhibited some brass rubbings "obtained during temporary repairs to the north aisle of the fine old church at Chinnor, Oxon; and it is but justice to state that the Association is much indebted to the churchwarden, Mr. W. Halton, in offering every facility for taking these interesting impressions, necessity requiring them to be again concealed from view. They commemorate sir Reginald de Malyns and his two wives, and lie upon the floor of the aisle. The lady upon the right is entirely covered by pews; and that on the left, partly so. They afford good examples of costume of the latter part of the fourteenth century, and are in good preservation. Of the inscription, the following words only remain, MONS. REYGNALD. DE. MALYNS. GIST. ICI. I. CES. DEVX. The plates are not so skilfully joined together as usual, and the shields of arms are lost. The knight wears a bascinet, camail, and jupon, with plate-armour on the limbs, and has no dagger. The first lady has the reticulated head-dress, and is enveloped in a loose super-tunic, reaching to the feet, partially open in front, with buttons throughout its entire length. It has no waist-cincture, and the sleeves terminate below the elbow, displaying the closely-buttoned mitten sleeves of the kirtle, the clasped and uplifted hands being partly bare. Upon the arms, lines are introduced, apparently as a species of shading, as is the case in the Berkhampstead and Hellesdon brasses. The shoes are very pointed, and at the left foot lies a small dog, to the collar of which is attached a bell. The reticulated covering for the hair, in the second memorial, is arranged in a manner rarely met with, and has a couvrechef falling down at the back of the head. The long, loose tunic, with buttons throughout, has tight sleeves, buttoned below, and continued, to cover the backs of the hands, and open in front, from the waist downwards. The demi figures, in No. 2, are from the nave of the above church, to the memory of sir Esmond de Malyns, son of sir Reginald de Malyns, chevalier, and Isabel his wife. The knight is of the camail period; and the lady habited in a close kirtle, buttoned to the waist. Over this is a mantle, secured by a cordon drawn across the breast. The reticulations of the head-dress are not continued down the sides of the face, part of the hair being allowed to escape, but are renewed on the shoulders. No. 3, Reginald Malyns, esq., 1430, from the same church. This mutilated effigy is armed as the steel panoply was first worn. The taces are nine in number."

Mr. Charles Spence, of Devonport, exhibited a fac-simile of the matrix of the well-known seal of Milo of Gloucester (the original having been, for some time, in his charge), with a very perfect impression taken from it. The scal has been very frequently, but very inaccurately, engraved;

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and the fine preservation of the original could have been little imagined from the representations hitherto given of it.

The rev. Thos. Hugo exhibited an encaustic tile found some feet above the sarcophagus lately exhumed in Haydon-square; and then proceeded to read his paper on this discovery. (See pp. 161-167, ante.)

Mr. G. Vere Irving read an elaborate paper on the ancient standard weights and measures of the kingdom of Scotland, which will appear in a future Journal.

The public meetings were then adjourned over to Wednesday the 23rd of November; but the chairman announced that there would be a meeting, held for the further examination of some of the city antiquities, in the ensuing month; and that the tenth annual Congress would be held at Rochester, during the last week in July, commencing on the 25th and concluding on the 30th.

THE JOURNAL

OF THE

British Archaeological Association.

OCTOBER 1853.

INAUGURAL ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE ROCHESTER CONGRESS.

BY RALPH BERNAL, ESQ., M.A., PRESIDENT.

NEARLY ten years have elapsed since the rise of the British Archæological Association, and time has now sufficiently tested the solidity of its foundations, and the value and utility of its researches and proceedings.

In addressing you upon the present occasion, I am sensible of the disadvantages under which I labour. Having but very recently become a member of your body, it has not been my good fortune to benefit by the zeal, talents, and activity of those who have been long and honourably connected with it, or to improve my small stock of antiquarian information by intercourse or cooperation with them in their duties and exertions.

The selection of your president for the year having, however, been made, I must trust to your indulgent forbearance to overlook any unintentional errors and defects, which the want of experience and ability on my part may generate. Believe me, deficient as I may, in your eyes, justly appear to be in some qualifications which should of right belong to him who has the honour of being your president, I do hope that you will not find me wanting, either in a warm attachment to archæological pursuits, and in the energy (health permitting) indispensable in following them up, or in that sincerity and community of feeling which, when reciprocated with a kindred spirit, cements the bonds of any association, and adds grace and strength to every part of its structure.

The objects of the science of archæology, and the views

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