THOMAS CHAUCER. I. ON page 121, Vol. II. of the Antiquary, will be found a short reference to the undoubted tomb of Geoffrey Chaucer, in Poets' Corner. The tomb of his reputed son, Thomas Chaucer, is a much grander affair. It stands in Ewelme church, Oxfordshire, and covers the remains of himself and wife, who was Maude, or Matilda, daughter and heiress of Sir John Burghersh, of baronial family, with large landed estates. This tomb was erected by their only child, Alice, widow of William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, murdered in 1450. She survived till 1475, and their eldest grandson, John Earl of Lincoln, was at one time declared heir to the Crown. The first we know with any certainty of Thomas Chaucer, is his appointment as sheriff of Bucks and Oxon, in 1399. He was then a country gentleman, residing on his wife's property, and there is no evidence that he possessed anything of his own, except by subsequent acquisition. This was at the time when Henry IV. first came to the throne; when he also befriended Geoffrey Chaucer. (See Antiquary, Vol I., p. 80.) "A bend between two frets," for Despenser, impaling Burghersh. 4. Rouelt, quartering Burghersh. At the squire's feet was a unicorn couchant, which, according to some authorities, was the crest of Geoffrey Chaucer; at the dame's feet was the Burghersh lion. In front, upper range: 1. Beaufort, Earl of Somerset. 2. Richard, 3rd Duke of York, impaling Neville.† 3. Beaufort. 4. Despenser impaling Burghersh. 5. Rouelt quartering Burghersh. 6. Beaufort. 7. Montacute and Monthermer, impaling Burghersh.‡ Lower range, 1. Beauchamp, quartering Newburgh, Earl of Warwick, with Clare quartering Despenser, in an escutcheon of pretence.§ 2. Beaufort, Earl of Somerset. 3. Montacute and Monthermer, impaling Bohun of Dunster. 4. Ibid, quartering Neville for Lady Alice Montacute, stepdaughter of Duchess Alice, who married Sir Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury, obt, 1460. 5. Pole quartering Burghersh.T 6. Montacute and Monthermer, impaling Berghersh. 7. Mohun of Dunster, impaling Berghersh.** At the head: 1. Plantagenet impaling Rouelt.†† 2. Mohun of Dunster. At the foot: 1. Neville impaling Plantagenet.‡‡ 2. Percy. 3. Percy and Lucy impaling Neville.§§ 4. two lions.|||| III. Henry IV. was son to John of Gaunt, who had proved so steady a friend both of the poet and his wife Philippa. We do not know anything of Philippa Chaucer before her marriage to the poet; she may have been named Roult, but ALL this heraldic display points its own moral. In sporting the duchess conthere is no proof of it. Now, Thomas Chaucer was son of parlance, Chaucer is nowhere," as this Philippa Roult, and stood in the relationship of cousin sidered her father's family, heraldically, as parvenus. to Henry IV.'s half-brothers and sisters, the Beauforts. Thomas Chaucer bears Rouelt, his mother's arms only. He was largely employed at court in successive reigns; What had become of his own coat? This, however, may went embassies, as did Geoffrey; sat in Parliament, as did not have been done till long after his death, for his daughter Geoffrey, and he died in 1434-5, bequeathing large property | survived him forty-one years. He may have had a parternal to his daughter and her husband. His widow survived till coat for Chaucer; in his day, indeed, no person could have 1436-7, when her property also went to the duke and been classed as a gentleman without it; if he had, it is quite duchess. open for us to assume that it would be "a bend counterWe have no will of Geoffrey Chaucer, for he had nothing changed," as borne by Goeffrey Chaucer; but his daughter to bequeath; nor of Thomas Chaucer, for his property being has ignored it, and she may have done so persistently. in land it was settled by inquisition, 13 Henry VI., No. 35. There is no doubt that she was very pious, and may have We do not know who Thomas Chaucer's father was, but been trained to think the needy old poet, who offended the certainly he was a mere "nobody," if not Geoffrey. We monks, was a man to be ashamed of; just, for instance, do not know who Geoffrey's wife was, except that she was as Shakespeare's granddaughter, Lady Barnard, from named Philippa, was an attendant on royalty, and subse-puritanical motives, is said to have obliterated all remains of quently living with John of Gaunt's wife, who was then Catherine Swynford, afterwards Duchess of Lancaster. This Catherine had a sister named Philippa, and both were daughters and heiresses of Sir Payne le Roult, a herald of Hainault, who apparently accompanied Queen Philippa to England. her poet-progenitor. It is very curious that both parties stand in the same degree of relationship. Old books state that Duchess Alice lived to a great age; but I do not think that she can have been over seventy. She married thrice, but had issue by the last husband only. Her first husband, who left her quite a child, in 1415, was These coincidences might reasonably be accepted as proof, Sir John Phelp, or Philip, the owner of Donnington Castle, not legal proof; but we are not dealing with a legal ques- Berks, which in 1428 came to her third husband, but it is not tion. Here are no estates to dispose of, nor any titles to clear who held it in the interval. There is a tree there allot; we are only dealing with the materials for biography.known as "Chaucer's oak," which has been connected with II. EWELME is a retired village among the Oxford Chilterns, with a church very attractive to tourists, and a hospital or almshouse founded by Thomas Chaucer's daughter and her husband. In the church are her own gorgeous monument, and that she erected to her parents. The latter is of paramount interest to heralds, having twenty-four sculptured shields, that record the achievements and alliances of the house of Burghersh. Several are now undistinguishable, but the particulars have been duly recorded and preserved. One half may be allotted to her father's side, one half to her mother's; and we must excuse this harmless vanity in the duchess, as she was descended from a famous king-at-arms. On the top were brasses or effigies of Thomas Chaucer and Matilda his wife, with four shields, viz.: 1. "Three Catherine wheels," for Rouelt, being the armorial bearings of Sir Payne le Rouelt, a distinguished herald; here ascribed to Thomas Chaucer, son of his daughter, Philippa. 2. "A lion rampant, double queued," for Burghersh. 3.1 the poet, but as he was long dead, it may refer to Thomas Chaucer. The second husband, Thomas fourth Earl of Salisbury, died 1421; and the Duke of Suffolk, her third husband, was ruthlessly murdered by some of Jack Cade's crew, as is well told in Shakespeare's Henry VI., part 2. The name of Chaucer has not taken root in England; we now suppose it to be le chaussure hosier, Fr. Chaussard, There was a Geoffery de Chausi, temp. King John; it seems to be a corruption of Chancy for Cancellarius chancellor. There is a Cholsey, near Wallingford, and there was a family named Chawsey, of Norman extraction (cadurcis), who held Maple-Durham- Chawsey, as part of the honour of Wallingford, till 1312. They then disappeared, but may have migrated to London, as Chaucers. It is of interest to note that all these places are in the Ewelme district, where Thomas Chaucer is found in 1399, who was made constable of Wallingford Castle, by appointment of the crown; further, Maple-Durham, rightly Mapulder-ham, is close to Caversham, where lived that Nicholas Brigham who so piously gave Geoffrey Chaucer a tomb in Westminster Abbey. One must not insist too much on mere coincidences; but Thomas Chaucer must have had a father, and there is no tradition that preserves any record of his parentage, except in connection with the poet, A. HALL. June 15, 1872. REMNANTS OF ORDEAL SUPER- SUPERSTITION and belief in the powers of witchcraft, &c., still linger in the minds of many dwellers in those rural districts where peace, happiness, and contentment seem to reign supreme. Where the blooming landscape in due season teems with rich luxuriance and beauty, filling the air with ambrosial sweets, scarcely known to the inhabitants of dense and crowded cities; where often lie the ruins of some venerated pile or sacred relic of medieval ages, whose quiet secluded shade casts a charm around, rendering its precincts hallowed by those who love to contemplate, and pause and ponder" over such scenes of former grandeur. To such I would commend the sentiments of an old writer, knowing full well that the words will find accord 66 "I do love these ancient ruins : We never tread upon them, but we set Our foot upon some rev'rend history." There appears to be a secret charm in connexion with the supernatural that thrills the hearts and fires the imagination of the credulous. The most convincing arguments may be adduced to bear against their doctrines, but stanch believers are, as a rule, impervious to the shafts of ridicule, let them be uttered in a mild persuasive manner, or launched forth in angry denunciations. Impressions may seemingly be made, through interest and other causes, but, we may safely say, with Butler "He that complies against his will, Is of his own opinion still." Credulity and superstition may be regarded only as the fruits of ignorance; yet the subject is sufficient to engage our attention, if taken merely as relics of remoter ages; seeing that what is now regarded as special isolated cases, were in the days of our Saxon forefathers, and centuries later, generally practised and venerated throughout the length and breadth of the land. The strange and cruel tests, or trials of ordeal* resorted to by our ancestors, and to which those suspected of guilt were subjected, are curious in the extreme. Yet, at the present day, we hear of instances which may be classed in the same category, showing_that_credulity, though mellowed and refined by age, still exists in a certain degree, under a variety of forms and features. The belief that a murdered person would bleed at the approach or touch of the Queen Emma, the mother of Edward the Confessor, is said to have passed through the ordeal of the red-hot ploughshares, and escaped unscathed. For information concerning trials by ordeal, see Blackstone's works. murderer, still find credence with some, but thanks to Providence and the march of civilization and intellect, crime is not now so plentiful; justice is dealt with a more impartial hand, and the dread arm of the law is swift and sure in its movements, rendering the above proceeding (if efficacious) unnecessary. I recollect reading, some time ago, of a woman being thrown into a pond by a neighbour, for exercising the peculiar art of witchcraft upon him. This forcibly struck me at the time of the occurrence, recalling to mind that similar penalties were enacted when witchcraft was at its height; with the proviso, that if the person thus subjected to this treatment floated on the surface, without any visible exertion, she was adjudged guilty. But if the accused sank, acquittal of the crime followed; but no doubt, in most instances, death by drowning was the result of this mode of trial.t A very common form of trial prevalent in olden times was that by bread, which, by ancient usage and special purpose, was consecrated and called cornsed, or morsel of cursing. This piece of bread being given to the suspected person (a special prayer being added in the giving), he appealed to the "cornsed." We are told that, if guilty, it would cause paleness, or death by suffocation; but if innocent, it would tend to his benefit. A relic of this custom still exists in the language of blasphemers, given in such sentences, as, "May this bread choke me!" etc.§ Of the trial by wager of battle, derived from the Normans,|| it need scarcely be said that the ancient law remained unaltered until the year 1818. In that year, a Mary Ashford was found drowned in a pit, in a meadow. Suspicion falling upon Thornton, he was committed to stand his trial for the murder. A verdict of "not guilty" having been returned, the poor girl's relations made an appeal to have the cause tried by wager of battle. This at the time could not be refused. But in consequence of this appeal, a Bill was brought into the House of Lords by Lord Tenterden, by which the obnoxious law was abolished. J. PERRY. Waltham Abbey. Strutt, in his "Test of Guilt, or Traits of Ancient Superstition," gives a detailed description of this custom. It being, in fact, the test by which the guilt of the accused was fully established. The two suspected persons, "Henry Fitzhugh " and "Grim," are made to touch the corpse. Fitzhugh touches, and is proclaimed innocent, But | He being the real murderer. "Where Grim touch'd, the blood-gush'd afresh," account given of the application of the "test," with its attendant This is a dramatic tale; but the formalities, agrees to a certain extent with history. + Hudibras says "And like a water-witch try love; That's to destroy and not to prove." To this couplet, Mr. Bell has appended a note, the latter part of which contains these words-"It appears,' says King James, in his Dæmonology," that God hath appointed for a supernatural sign of the monstrous impiety of witches, that the water shall refuse them in her bosom that have shaken off them the sacred water of baptism, and wilfully refuse the benefit thereof."-Bell's "Butler," vol. 1. p. 185. Confessor, abjuring the death of the king's brother, his "cornsed Historians say that Godwin, Earl of Kent temp. Edward the stuck in his throat and killed him. § As an example, and a warning to blasphemers, the following may be told. A certain bargeman, when working his barge in the river Lee. uttered frightful oaths in consequence of the horse stopping to drink, While threatening what he would do to the poor animal when he got "ashore," he suddenly fell down dead. Mr. Joseph Larman, a native of this town, was, at the time of his death, landlord of the "Crown" beershop, situate in the Romelands. This man, while making use of shocking language, expired with an oath on his lips: he being of the venerable abbey. A hand-rail marks the spot, bearing an previously in good health. His body was interred in the churchyard inscription as follows:-"In the memory of Mr. Joseph Larman, who departed this life Aug. 6th, 1839. Aged 29 years. Remember me as you pass by, This is a well known epitaph, of which many variations are extant. This mode of trial, no doubt, often illustrated the proverb that "Might overcomes right." INTERESTING DISCOVERIES AT THE pottery from superficial débris; teeth and bones from Mr. CORRESPONDENCE. THE members of the Cotswold Naturalists' Field Club, accompanied by a number of other scientific gentlemen, met at the Doward Caves, near Monmouth, on the 19th ult., for the purpose of inspecting the excavations made under the supervision of the Rev. Wm. Symonds, which [The Editor solicits Correspondence on Archæological matters: have led to some very remarkable and extraordinary dis-and information of Antiquarian discoveries, with drawings of coveries. The Doward Caves are situate near the summit objects, when of sufficient interest.] of the Great Doward-hill, about four miles from Monmouth, and a mile and a half from the village at Whitchurch. EARLY DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE WY- TO THE EDITOR OF THE ANTIQUARY. Instituted. Rector. 2 Aug., 1362 Dns. John de Cler- 7 Aug., 1363 Dns. William de 7 Aug., 1369 17 May, 1435 Dns. Henry Hu- shall John Forster, Cap. Patron. Vacant. relicta Catharine Johannes de Wy. Idem. Johannes de Wy. Per mort. Per mort. The first cave inspected was one which is the property of Mr. J. Murray Bannerman, Wyaston Leys, near Monmouth, and is situate about 200 yards from a cave known as King Arthur's Cave. Before the excavations were commenced this cave was so nearly closed up with refuse matter that had apparently been washed there, that it was a difficult undertaking to obtain an entry. On removing the débris, a stalactitic floor, about six inches in thickness, was found, under which were discovered the bones of fowls, sheep, pigs, &c. About five feet below this layer was discovered a large forearm bone of an elephant, embedded in clay and vegetable matter. In this cave was also found the head of a Roman ox in contiguity with the remains of beavers, but no pebbles were found. In a cave situate between this cave and King Arthur's, a Roman ox jaw was brought to the surface, the teeth of which were in a very fine state of preservation. The party, after inspecting the various parts of the caves where these remains had been found, next visited King Arthur's Cave, which, in reality, consists of two caves or holes, with a long passage, one of which the club have named the Bear's Den, and the other the Lion's Cave. In the former, after excavating 22 feet below the surface, the bones of the beaver, badger, roedeer, wolf, and reindeer have been found. Proceeding farther inwards, for which purpose the cave was lighted up with candles, a most remarkable discovery, made by the Rev. Wm. Symonds, was pointed out to the company by that gentleman. An excaFor the will of Robertus de Wyclyf, dated September 8, vation of about 10 feet in depth had been made in the floor 1423, from the Durham Langley Register, fol. 115, see of the cave, wherein was revealed the extraordinary section "Testamenta Eboracensia" (Surtees' Society). In the suballuded to, the formation being of river sand and pebbles, sidy rolls, I Edward III. (A.D. 1327), Robert de Wyclive is situate between two stalactitic floors. Resting upon the taxed Is. 6d. at Wyclive-cum-Gyllinge; in the subsidy rolls, first floor, or upper formation, mixed with earth, were found 6 Edward III. Rogerus de Wycliff is taxed 35., and Millo the bones of extinct animals. The under formation has not de Wycliff 8d., at Wycliffe-cum-Grillington. In Baliol yet been opened, but it was stated that it would be explored College, from carta No. 34, in Pyxide Mickle Benton, it during the ensuing season. The pebbles referred to were a strange and exceptional discovery, being of trap and Silurian appears that Robert de Serby was master of Baliol, November 20, 1356. In the same pyxis is another carta, formation, and similar in character to the Wye pebbles, found which represents "Mag. Joh. de Wiclif as procurator bed of that river, which is 285 feet below the surface of the magi et scholarium die Lunæ in fest. Natal. Dui. Edw. III. 34," i.e., Monday, December 28, 1360. The presumption is, cave. In this cave were found bones of the rhinoceros, mam that John de Wiclif was then master of Baliol; for in moth, lion, Irish elk, bison, and some manufactured flint Poxide Abbotsley, Nos. 9-13, are five cartas relating to a implements, the latter discovery proving beyond doubt vacancy in the living of Abbotsley, in one of which (carta that man must have existed at that time, and must have 10), dated April 9, 1361, the "scholares" of Baliol (among entered the cave. This case was said to present the only whom appears one William de Wycliff) present, "Johnes. formation of its kind in England where the bones of extinct de Wycliff magister sive custos collegu vel Aula de Balliolo animals are "overlaid " with river sand and pebbles. In subur Oxon," to the rectory of Abbotsley, and appoint the Lion's Den, in addition to many bones already hir: the "procurator" for taking possession of the living. enumerated, were found the bones of the cave-lion. But very few traces of ice were discovered. The whole of the the rectory of Fylingham, May 14, 1361. The mention The same register for 123, shows that he was instituted to discoveries tended to prove that animals of a carniverous character had existed in the cave, and had brought their above of Henry Hugate, as presented by John de Wyclif-onprey there to be devoured, and had themselves died there in their turn. at the source of that river at Plinlimmon, and also in the the-Tees, sho A connection or friendship between the Jirgates; and that John Hugate succeeded Wy in the rstership collaterally proves that The party having visited Symonds' Yat, collecting va For Wyclif. Paliol below ged to the family on the Tees. rious botanical specimens on their way, proceeded to the The Bokynge Crown Inn, Whitchurch, where an excellent dinner was John je Wydlove, rector of Fylingham, obtained, April 13, register_mem., fol. 56, records that provided. Several cases of specimens were there exhibit, licence of non-residence for two years; and from the among which were the teeth and jaws of the rhinoceros, no same r. gister, fo. 419, it appears that, November 12 followmegaceros, or Irish elk; bisons' teeth, the teeth of a house, teeth of a young mammoth, flints associated with the re d S Vide, "The Acts and Monuments of John Foxe," Vol. ii. Part in the Lion's Den, in King Arthur's Cave; Lroken lii. pp 939-44. ing, he exchanged Fylingham for Ludgershall, on the presentation of "Frater Johannes de Pavely, Prior Hospitalis Jerusalem in Anglia." John Wycliffe, it appears, was still rector of Ludgershall November 11, 1371. arises, how came they in the place where found? We all know that prior to Edward I. becoming possessed of the land on which the town of Kingston-upon-Hull was founded, it belonged to a body of religious-the CisIn the patent rolls, 48 Edward III., and the privy seals, tercians-whose extensive possessions included the entire 48 Edward III., mention is made of a grant of royal letters, soil on which the town now stands, and contained edifices presenting Johannens de Wyclif to the rectory of Lutter- which afforded shelter to monks of the Augustine, Carworth, dated Shene VII. die Aprilis 1374. He went shortly melite, and Carthusian orders. In the early plans of the after on an embassy to treat with the Pope's envoys at town we find that the monks of the Order of St. Augustine Bruges, in Flanders. (Rymers's Fædera vii. 41.) Queen's had an establishment in Hull at the commencement of the College, Oxford, was at first a house in which three or 14th century; because we find an account was made out four students in theology, under the name of “scholars,' "of a piece of ground which, in 1303, constituted the answering to the modern "fellows," found a poor subsis-southern boundary of two shops on the east side of tence. There is no list extant of original entrances in 1340, Market-gate, and described in a grant made in that but the Bursar's Compoti for 1347-1350, and for most years year by Gilbert de Bedford and Margaret, his mother, after that, are extant wholly or in part. 1363 "ab 8o die Oct., 1363, ad 19 Oct., 1364. Item, duobus operaris circa cameram Wiclif per quatuor dies iiis." 1365 "a 21 Martii, 1365, usque ad 26 Sept., 1366. Item, de duobus annis de camera Wyclive xis." was The John Wyclif here mentioned, closely connected as he with Trevisa and Herford, Selby, and Middleworth, may fairly be presumed to have been both the reformer and the warden of Canterbury Hall. It seems fair to conclude also, that he was the same with the John de Wyclif of Baliol, who probably after vacating the mastership in consequence of accepting the rectory of Fylingham, resided sometime on his benefice, then returned to Oxford, circa, 1363, and resided at Queen's for two years, not as a fellow, but as a divinity student, maintaining himself on his rectory. John Whytcliff's will appears in the Courtney Register, fol. 207, made November 12; and from November 21, 1383, it describes him not only as rector of Horsted Kaynes, but also as prebendary of Chichester. He directs his body to be buried in the chapel of the hospital of St. Peter and St. Paul, at Maidstone. The register of Chichester cathedral does not it appears commence till 1396, so that the date of Wycliffe's collation to the prebend cannot be ascertained; but William Reade, a former fellow of Merton, as well as Archbishop Islep, was Bishop of Chichester from 1396 to 1369; and there can be no doubt that this was the John Wyk liff of Merton, who enjoyed the patronage of his fellow collegians. See the "Church History of England," Vol. II., Part II., Addenda. MONKS' MONEY. SIR,-In digging for the foundations of a new warehouse at Messrs Allison Brothers', wholesale druggists, Blanketrow, recently destroyed by fire, several coins have been excavated, all similar in size and shape, and a little larger than shilling pieces. Thinking that it might be interesting to your antiquarian readers to know something about them, through the kindness of Messrs Allison I submitted them for inspection to Mr. Sykes, of Lowgate, an acknowledged authority on ancient coins. He informs me that they are termed Abbey Pieces" or "Rosaries." There are, he says, many different types, such as crosses, globes, - as belonging to the "Eremit " Brethren of the Order of "Black Friars is mentioned. This SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES. Mr. H. M. Westropp communicated some notes on a mode of hafting bronze palstanes. Mr. R. Day exhibited a bronze cross found in the county Longford, Ireland. The ornaments on this cross were peculiarly Celtic in pattern. ABOUT twenty years since, the Kellythorpe barrow, between Driffield and Beverley, was partially examined by the late Lord Londesborough. On that occasion, by digging a Mr. H. H. Breen exhibited and presented two silver coins: funnel-shaped opening from the centre of the mound down-one of the Isles du Vent," or Windward Islands, in the wards, a huge stone cist was discovered, containing a time of Louis XV., 1731; the other of the Seven United skeleton, with a British drinking cup, bronze rivets, buckles Provinces, 1775. and dagger, and a bone implement. Experience, however, has shown that besides the primary interment, these ancient barrows frequently contain vestiges of burials at a later period. This being the case, Mr. J. R. Mortimer, of Driffield, resolved about two years since to reopen the barrow, and his success may be measured from the fact that within a short time he discovered twenty more skeletons in the surrounding portions of the mound. Conspicuous among these secondary interments was the skeleton of a man six feet high, with the iron boss of his shield remaining on his right side, and his spear, six feet long, on his left. The iron head of the spear was also visible, but the shaft being of wood had become decayed. Many ornaments belonging to both male and female skeletons were found, including necklaces, amulets, and beads of jet, amber, and glass. The character of these personal trinkets shows that the site had been extensively used in Anglo-Saxon times for | purposes of sepulture. Mr. J. Helsby exhibited, through Mr J. G. Nichols, a volume of drawings by a Swiss artist, from sketches remaining on the pillars of the church at Bethlehem, and supposed to have been left by crusaders and pilgrims of different European nations. The subjects of these sketches were chiefly heraldic, and many of them were German in character. Mr. J. T. Lucas exhibited two gold torques, found in Ireland and Staffordshire respectively. Mr. A. W. Franks exhibited a ring of pinkish agate, with a Runic inscription. This ring has already been described in the Archæologia, vol. xxi. pp. 117-119. It has also been engraved in Stephens's work on "Northern Monuments," vol. i. p. 496. În neither place, however, has the inscription been quite accurately figured. The runes read as follows: ERY RI UF MOL YR URI THOL WLES TE POTE NOL. Mr. Mortimer has within the past few weeks recommenced his examination of the Kellythorpe barrow, and five more Dr. G. Oppert, of the Royal Library, Windsor, read a skeletons have been exhumed. "The first was that of a paper, "On the Origin of the Dionysian or Christian Era." female with two children, one on each side, and along with He remarked that, although the subject was one of great her were taken up a pair of iron shears, a comb, and a few historic and scientific interest, it was one to which very little beads about the neck. The next was the skeleton of a full-attention had been given. From the investigations he had sized man, but without any articles either warlike or made, those who had attempted to settle the date of the domestic having been deposited with it. Another female Christian era had treated the subject very unsatisfactorily. skeleton was also discovered, but there was nothing remark-It was a curious fact that they all began their calculations able connected with it, except the finding of a few amber from the day of Christ's Resurrection, reckoning back to the beads. Four or five other skeletons which had been buried date of his birth. But even the day of resurrection was near the surface of the soil, and had been nearly destroyed by the action of the plough, were met with, and in the course of the diggings a knife, a few more beads, and part of a round fibula, were picked up. A singular circumstance with respect to one of the skeletons was brought to light. It was observed that the leg bone had been broken during life, and it would seem that doctors and bone-setters had been scarce in these primitive times, for the bone had been allowed to unite without ever having been set, with one end past the other, so that the fractured leg was much shorter than the other." From the number of secondary interments discovered, it is evident that the Kellythorpe barrow was more extensively used as a place of burial by the Anglo-Saxons than by not unanimously agreed on, and hence various conclusions SOCIETY OF BIBLICAL ARCHEOLOGY. The following gentlemen were nominated by the council for election as members of the society :-Edward Charlton, |