work over her head is a demi-figure with mitre and crosier, the hand raised in benediction; and below is a like demi-figure, the hands joined in supplication. On the dexter side of this last is an escutcheon charged with two keys in saltire; and on the sinister side an escutcheon with three hands:-Sigillum Roberti ep’i. astencis. (?) The name of the see has not been deciphered: it may be read, Valtencis or Pascensis. It has be suggested that the seal may have been used by Robert Episcopus Gradensis, who occurs amongst the chorepiscopi, suffragans of Norwich, 1426-46, in Wharton's list.Mr. E. W. Johnson, Chapter Clerk.

Impression from the official seal of the Peculiar of the Archbishop of Canterbury at Lewes. Pointed oval, sixteenth century. The device is an angel, scen full face, wings upraised; under the feet are the words-FIAT IVSTITIA, and over the head--RVAT CÆLvm. Around the margin-SIGIL. FRAN. RINGSTED. LL. BACC. PECV. IVr. CANT. IN. COMIT. SVSSEX. COMISS.-Mr. W. Figg, F.S.A., Lewes.

The original matrix of the conventual seal of Southwick Priory, Hants, the most complicated and remarkable example of its class in this country. Its curious construction and the mode of adapting the various parts of the matrix have been explained by Sir F. Madden, with representations of every part, Archæologia, vol. xxiii, p. 374. It has been preserved with the title-deeds relating to the lands formerly possessed by the monastery.-Mr. J. Bonham Carter.

Sulphur casts, chiefly from personal seals, part of the large collections formed by the late Mr. Caley. Amongst them are the privy seal of Philippa, Queen of England, described as from the matrix ; seals of Richard, Earl of Arundel, 45 Edw. III; Humphrey, Earl of Hereford, 45 Edw. III; Henry Percy, 45 Edw. III; Hugh Courtenay, Earl of Devon, 9 Henry V; Richard, Duke of Gloucester, as Admiral of England, from a matrix in possession of Rev. James Parken, Bampton, Devon; and the first great seal of Henry VIu, being the same which had been used t. Henry VII, with a distinctive addition. Also original impressions of the great seals of Henry III and Henry IV.—Mr. R. A. C. Austen.

Brass matrix of the seal of Richard Clitherowe, admiral for the west coasts, appointed 7 Henry IV, 1406. Purchased from the Strawberry Hill collection. Walpole's Description of Strawberry Hill, page 65.-The Rev. Dr. Bliss.

A small steel seal, engraved by Simon. The impress is the severed head of Sir Harry Vane, beheaded June 14, 1662.—Mr. J. Henderson.

Impression from an hexagonal seal, taken from one in the Museum at Hastings; it is not known where the matrix exists. (See woodcut.) It is supposed to have been the seal of Lady Jane Grey, hastily made during the short period from her succession being proclaimed, July 10, 1553, until she abandoned the title of Queen, July 20. Under an arched crown between G.D., the initials of her husband Lord Guildford Dudley, are two escutcheons, one of the royal arms, the other charged with two animals grappling a ragged staff, possibly the cognizance of the Dudleys. Compare the device of John Dudley, carved in the Tower of London, where he was imprisoned; Archæologia, vol. xiii, pl. iii, p. 69. See Mr. Lower's observations on this seal, Sussex Arch. Coll. vol. IV, p. 313.-Mr. Albert Way.

Strangways.

A silver ring found on the coast of Dorset, near Abbotsbury. The hoop is wreathed; the impress is a merchant's mark terminating in a cross. Below is a leopard's (?) face, on one side, and on the other the letter i. Date about 1450.-The Hon. W. Fox

Silver matrix, thirteenth century, found in the parish of Washingboro', near Lincoln. It bears an escutcheon of these arms,-a fesse between two chevrons. SIGILLVM SECRETI. Brass matrix, the seal of Henry of Lancaster, Earl of Derby 1337, grandson of Edmund Crouchback, brother of Edward I. He was created Duke of Lancaster in 1351, and died in 1361. It was found on Lincoln Heath (see woodcut); described Arch. Journ. vol. x, p. 329. Small privy seal of brass, in form of an escutcheon, found at Quarrington, Lincolnshire. The impress is a lion leaping against a tree, behind which is a bird. On a chief are the words-FORT SV. Date, fourteenth century. Brass seal found at Spalding, the intention of which has not been ascertained. In chief is a crowned head between two fleurs de lys, in base a lion passant.*s': R: E: G: I:S: 0: N: D: 0: N. Date, fourteenth century.-The Rev. Edward Trollope.

Impressions from seven matrices preserved in the Museum at

Wisby, in the island of Gottland, in the Baltic. They comprise six large brass seals of guilds anciently existing in that town, which was a place of extensive commerce in medieval times. The seventh, a small personal seal of silver, being that of Brother Gerard of Gottland, of the Dominican order, was accidentally obtained in Candia by a Wisby trader, who received it in part payment for a freight of copper. These seals are described and figured, Arch. Journ. vol. xii, p. 256.-The Rev. F. Spurrell.

Four small brass matrices of seals, fourteenth century. A bird flying, * PRIVE SV. A ship, the mainsail furled, s': WILLELMI: CROWE. A fleur de lys, CREDE FERENTI. A bird with a branch in the beak, * SVM SINE DOLO. Also a seal of the fifteenth century, two birds on a foliated stem.-Impressions from the great seals of Elizabeth, James I, Charles I, George II, and George III; seal of the Court of Augmentations, temp. Henry VIII, and Exchequer seal, temp. Elizabeth. Impression of the seal of the Nabob of Arcot, appended to a letter addressed to George III; it is on red wax, diameter five inches; there is no device, only an inscription in oriental character.-Mr. H. W. Freeland.

A small hexagonal brass seal, fourteenth century; the device is a ship, with sail furled,-s' GVILL' COITEREL. Obtained at Lymne, Kent.—Brass signet rings, fifteenth century: one of them with a merchant's mark; on another are the initials R.M. united by a true-love knot. Impressions of the seal of Henry IV for writs of the Court of Common Pleas, "pro brevibus coram justiciariis ;" dark green wax; of the official seal of the bailiffs of Romney Marsh; the device is a church, and beneath is a blank escutcheon. Legend —ROMNY. MARSH. Engraved in Boys' Hist. of Sandwich, plate of seals at p. 806, fig. 7. The matrix, described as of ivory, is stated to be lost. Also an impression from a round matrix, found in 1806 at Hythe, three feet deep, in forming the Military Canal. It bears an escutcheon charged with four fusils in fesse, and between their points, both in chief and in base, are three bezants. s. DES. CONTRAZ: M: G: DECHEVEIGNE. Fourteenth century. This is the bearing of a family in Brittany, thus given by Palliot—“ Chevcigné en Bretagne, de sable à quatre fusées mise en fasce d'or, accompagnées de six besans de mesme." Science des Armoiries, p. 677.Mr. William Hills, Museum, Chichester.

Iron matrix, a seal of one of the Dukes of Richmond and Lennox. The shield is surrounded by a garter. It has not been ascertained

whether it were the seal of Lodovick Stuart, created Duke of Richmond in 1623; James Stuart, created duke in 1641, or Charles Stuart, who died in 1672. All of these were knights of the Garter. The seal is oval; quarterly, 1 and 4, Aubigny; 2 and 3, Stuart of Darnley; on a surtout Lennox. Without crest or supporters; a ducal coronet is placed above the garter.- Mr. A. W. Franks.

Leaden matrix, found during repairs of Stockbury Church, Kent: date thirteenth century. The device is a flower or star. (See woodcut.) s'ELIE FIL' WILLELMI PARWIKINI. (Noticed more fully in Arch. Journal, vol. x, p. 327.— Mr. R. Hussey.

Impression from a leaden seal, of pointed oval form, found in 1851 near the northern entrance of the Roman enclosure at Pevensey Castle. The device is a crescent and star; the legend * SIGILL'. MATILD'. BLOSII. It has not been ascertained whether she was of the same family as Stephen de Blos, who occurs early in the thirteenth century as a trader to Pevensey. Sussex Arch. Coll. vol. V, p. 205.-Mr. Mark Antony Lower, F.S.A.

Impression from a seal found on the site of the Cistercian monastery of Pipewell, Northamptonshire. It is of pointed oval form; the device is a fleur de lys.- s'. WILL'I. CVITEVOL'. DE PIST. The last word uncertain. Mr. Edward Richardson.

Impression from a brass matrix found in the parish of Amberley, Sussex, and now in the possession of Mr. W. Duke, at Chichester. It bears an escutcheon of these arms,-on a bend a mullet pierced; over the shield a helm with a plume of five feathers as a crest. Sup. porters, two wodewoses or wild men.-S. iohan garnon. fifteenth century.-The Rev. G. A. Clarkson, Vicar of Amberley.

Autograph Letters, Original Documents, &c.

Date,

Collection of royal autographs, comprising letters of Mary Queen of Scots, James, I, Charles I, Charles II, James II and his Queen,

Queen Anne, and correspondence on affairs of state, chiefly in the earlier part of the last century; a contemporary narrative of the Porteous riots in Edinburgh, and miscellaneous historical papers from Gordon Castle. A curious letter from Voltaire to the Duke of Richmond, in English, alluding to his having sent a presentation copy of his History of Sweden, and introducing his old freind M. Tiriot to the Duke. An autograph bill and receipt, by Angelica Kauffman, for pictures painted for the Duke of Gordon-Ulysses and Calypso, £84; Venus, £26. 5s.; a portrait of the Duke, &c.—His Grace the Duke of Richmond.

Collection of royal autographs, comprising olograph letters of Henry VIII, King of England; Elizabeth, Mary Queen of Scots, Charles I, the Emperor Charles V; John, King of France, written during his captivity in England (1356-1360; this letter is only signed by the king); Francis I, Henry III, Henry IV, and Louis XIV, kings of France, and Catherine de Medicis. The letter of Henry VIII, addressed to Anne Boleyn, was formerly, it is believed, in the collection at the Vatican; it was published, but imperfectly, in the Harleian Miscellany, vol. iii, p. 60. The letter of John King of France is an autograph of the greatest rarity, none being preserved in the National Collections, either in France or England. It is addressed to his son Charles, Duke of Normandy, who succeeded as Charles VI, and relates to "nostre amé et feal chevalier secretaire maistre Pierre de Labatut.-Donné á Windesores le xxvj. jour de Novembre." Froissart relates, that about July 1357, the captive king and his suite were established at Windsor, and had liberty to hunt and take his pleasure there. The period of his residence at Windsor is not known. In 1395 the King was imprisoned in Hertford Castle, and removed thence to Somerton, Lincolnshire. See the observations by M. Douët-d'Arcq, in his notes on the Roll of Expenses of King John, Comptes de l'Argenterie des Rois de France, p. 279.—Mr. P. O'Callaghan.

Three documents:-The duplicate copy of a grant by Henry VIII, of the manors of Kingston and Wyke, Sussex, late part of the possession of Tewksbury Abbey, to Robert Palmer, merchant of London. Dated 20 Oct. 32 Henry VIII (1540).-Probate of the will of Allan Wyatt, of Houghton, Sussex, yeoman, Jan. 6, 1593.-The Earl of Arundel and Surrey to Richard Evelyn, Esq. :-"Defeazance of a bargain and sale inrolled in Canc. of the moiety of the manors of Meeching and Brighthelmstone in Sussex." 15 Dec. 24 Car. I,