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 no PROCEEDINOS AT MEETINGS OF The Rev. J. Williamson communicatod a notice of the fragment of a sepulchral effigy of granite, sculptured in low relief, discovered at Sher- borne. It appears to have been the memorial of Clement, Abbot of Sherborne, about a.d. 11G3. This curious reliquc will bo noticed more fully hereaftcM-. Mr. ALnKUT Way gave a short notice of the remains of an ancient chapel, situate on the coast of Northumberland, near J-lhh's Nouli. not far south of Baniborough, and which he had lately visited with Mr. Hodgson Ilinde, by whom the site, lung forgotten and wholly covered up by drifted sand, had been laid open during the ]»ast autunni. It is situate on a small rocky promontory, known as Beadnoll Point, and about a mile from the church and hamlet of Beadnell, one of the four divisions of the parish of Bamborough. Of the remote origin of this chapel, supposed to have been dedicated to St. Ebba, nothing can be ascertained ; the remains brought to light by Mr. Hinde encourage the supposition that the building may have been raised at a very early period after Christianity was introduced into Northumbria. " Beadnell (Mr. Hodgson llinde observed) or Bedinhall, ■was held of the royal manor of ]>amboriiugli by the service of Drengage. There are two inquisitions in the Testa de Nevil which record the services incident to this teriuie ; one in the reign of John, where Thomas de Bedin- hale is called ' de Rcsinhale ' (p. 393) ; the second in that of Henry III., ■where the name appears as ' liodenhal ' (p. 380)." In the reign of Elizabeth, ' Beidtiell ' was in the crown.'' In 1GG6 it belonged to Mr. Alexander Forster, and it came by purchase before the middle of last century to the family of the present proprietor, Thomas Wood Craster, Esq. •' I know of no mention of a chapel at Beadnell, previous to l^TS ; in that year at the Chancellor's Visitation, George Patterson, curate (with- out licinsc), aTid Matthew Forster, parish clerk, presented themselves. In the following year, the cure was vacant, and no curate occurs aubso- quently. The existing chapel in the village of Beadnell, half a mile from the old site, was erected in the latter part of the last century. The ancient site is known as Ebb's Nook. In the same way, the site of an abandoned chapel of St. Giles, at AVark, in the parish of Carham, is called Gilly's Nick." St. Ebba, whose name seems thus connected with this primitive little church, and by whom it may possibly have been originally founded, was fiister of St. Oswald and of Oswi, kings of Northutiiberland in the seventh century. Oswald and his brothers, when their father Ethelfrid, king of Deira, fell in battle, in 017, took refuge in Scotland, where they were instructed in the Christian faith. When the sovereignty of Bernicia and Doira was restored to Oswald in ''>.'!, he sought to introduce Chrislianity, and obtained from Scotland a bishop and misssioiiaries for that purpose. Aidan, a monk of I(jiia, came at his request, and Oswald bestowed on liim Liiidisfarne as his episcopal seat, and, as I'lede relates, interpredd to his hui)jectH the discoursoH of Aidan, whilst the bishop was unae(|uainted with their language.'-' Churches were built in many [ilaccs and inoiias- " 111 llu; NrnlliunilnriiiiKl Tipi' HoIIh '^ LilitrlioiL Ifi I'.liz., IlodgHon's Hist, tho iiiiiiii! iH writtfii— Iti'hciilitill, ISihi iiliiil, Nortliunib. vol. iii. Ik-Miii;;liHl, Kindiiilitilii, uiid KiTiKliiiliitl, » l(e<l<-, KicL lliM. I'. III.c. .t. t'lv liutt I'cin^, (in Mr. lliiniu thiiikn,<M'r<irH.