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400 horge, date, 13th century, found in 1843 at Flasby, near Gargrave. The family of Graindehorge, Grandorge, or de Grano-hordei, a remarkable name which existed in Craven until the last century, were settled at Flasby as early as the reign of Stephen. They were great benefactors to the abbey of Furness, which acquired by their devotion the extensive manor of Winterburn, and lands at Flasby, a township in the parish of Gargrave. Dr. Whitaker says that they bore in allusion to their name, three ears of barley, "a bearing which appears on several seals yet appendant to their charters at Bolton Abbey ." These deeds, however, must be of comparatively recent date, as the charter whereby William son of William Graindorge confirmed his father's grant of Winterburn to the monks of Furness, circa 1227, has a seal appendant with the device of a lion passant guardant, the legend being ✠. Mr. Beck has printed the charter and given an engraving of the seal, in his elaborate work on the History of Furness Abbey, p. 189. It appears highly probable that the seal in the possession of Mr. Preston, of which a cut is annexed, belonged to the same William, as it was by no means uncommon for the same individual to use seals with different devices. This William Graindorge was buried in Furness Abbey, where an incised slab which probably covered his grave yet exists. An engraving of it will be found in the Annales Furnesienses, p. 387.

Mr. Auldjo communicated facsimiles of the ornaments and inscriptions which appear upon a portion of a sculptured cross now to be seen in the Relig Orain, or Chapel of St. Orain, at Iona. It supplies a characteristic example of the decorations generally found on the tombs and sculptured remains at Iona; and it is the only remnant of a cross on which there is a date. No other fragments of this cross are now to be found, but they are probably concealed amongst the rubbish which encumbers these ruins. The inscription may be read as follows. ✠ . Beneath is seen a galley, considered to be the ancient device of the kings of Man of the Norwegian race, and retained as one of the quarterings of the coat of Mackinnon. John Mac Fingone, abbot of Iona, died A.D. 1500, and his monumental effigy lay near the altar in the cathedral church. Mr. Auldjo reported that the tombs and remains of sculpture at Iona had greatly suffered from wanton injuries, and that although precautions had been taken to put a stop to the work of destruction, much remains to be done for the preservation of these interesting ruins, some portions of the walls and arches being in a state of dangerous decay. Mr. Auldjo expressed the hope that the attention of the Duke