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Rh heads. The character of its sculpture seems to indicate that this singular monument was erected about the middle of the fourteenth century. A tomb, of very similar design, was discovered by the Rev. J. G. Butler, of Trim, county of Meath, at the depth of three feet, in the church-yard at that place, as communicated by him to the Committee; but in this instance, the figures of the Blessed Virgin and St. John appear, one on either side of the cross, under two other figures, possibly angels; and above the angels are the busts of the persons commemorated by the monument. The cross terminates in three trefoils. The second tomb at Bredon, of which Mr. Munn sent a drawing, is to be seen in the church-yard, on the southern side of the nave. It is an altar-tomb, the covering or upper slab of which is ridged, and fashioned apparently with the intention of representing the roof of a cruciform church. Monsieur de Caumont has given, in the "Bulletin Monumental," a representation of a similar church-yard tomb near a village church in the neighbourhood of Bayeux.

Mr. Munn also forwarded for inspection a restored view of the curious "Gesten Hall," at Worcester, and its singularly beautiful timber roof. It is stated that Prior Wulstan de Braunston built the great hall, commonly called the "Gesten Hall," in the year 1320. For many years past this interesting building had been used as the deanery-house; it was disguised by a modern casing in front, and the interior filled up with ceiled rooms, so