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 THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE. 293 surrounding the chief subject. Objects of this kind were very frequently decorated with sacred subjects ; on the flask above mentioned appear the martyrdom of St. Stephen, the Evangelists, &c, Mr. C. Faulkner, of Deddington, exliibited rub1)ings of monumental brasses in Hertfordshire. One was from the church of St. John's, Digswell, Figures (2 feet 3 inches high) of a man and his wife, facing each other, wrapped in winding sheets. A scroll, issuing from each of their mouths, and shield over each head, lost. Inscription : — ^ic ince't OTIiU'mS ^ohtvt quo'tJm SutJitor (!Bp'atug Wimton' a ^omi ux' ci' qui quitl'm (LEltll'm^ obitt... iJic 21" tJ'ni 01" €€€€".. . tt p'fata %ovti obttt xxbii° tJtf ffcbvuani S" tJ'ut fH" €€€€<> %xxxiiii°. q"i' aiab^ p'ptcitt' tie*. Beneath the husband are two sons, and under the wife were two daughters. The two shields at the lower corners of the stone remain, but are imperfect. Another rubbing from the church of St. Peter's, Tewin. Figure (23^ inches high) of a man, turned sideways, with short beard and mustaches, ruflp round his neck, a gown open in front reaching to the feet, and having long false sleeves, with holes near the top as an opening for the arms. Above his head is a shield bearing tlu*ee battle-axes. Inscription : — HERE LVETH BOREID THE BODY OF THOMAS PTGOTT GENT: WHOSE ANCESTORS HACE REMAYNED DWELLINGE IN THIS TOWNE THIS 300' YEARES & VPWARDS HE DIED THE 11' OF JANVARY 1610* & IN THE 70' YEARE OF HIS AGE & LEFTE BEHINDE HIM •2- DAVGHTERS REBEKAH THE WIFE OF HENRY BOLL OF IIERTFORDE GENT & ELIZABETH THE WIFB OF BECKINGHAM BOTELER OF THIS TOWNE OF TEWINGE GENT. This brass is in very good preservation, and is affixed to a slab lying under the reading desk. Neither this, nor the one from Digswell, are mentioned in the work on Monumental Brasses, by the Kev. C. Boutell; nor are they noticed in the " Manual " published by the Oxford Ai'chitectm-al Society. By Mr. Spenckr Hall. — Three rubbings from brasses at Ledbury and Ludford, Herefordshire ; and two from Lewes, in Sussex. They commemorate Thomas Capel, who died Feb. 5, 1490. (From Ledbury Church.) — William Foxe, of Ludlow, who died April 25 (?), 1.554 ; and Jane, his wife, 1500, date of decease omitted. (From Ijudford Church.) — John Hayward, of AVel- lington Court, alias Priors Court, in the county of Hereford, April 2i, 1(514. (From Ledbury Chm*ch.) — John Braydforde, Rector of St. Michael's Church, Lewes, Sussex, who died May 6, 1457. A figure, which has been designated by the name of De WaiTcn, date about 1450 (?). It is mutilated, and, probably, represents a member of the family of the Earls of Surrey. Mr. Haines, in his " Manual of Monumental Brasses," has mentioned these two at St. Michael's Church, Lewes." The following interesting account of the exhumation of the body, probably, of John Braydforde, is extracted from Horsfield's "Sussex," vol. i., p. 211, to which work it Avas contributed by Dr. Gideon Mantell : — " Permission was obtained to take up the stones bearing the brass with the Warren arms, in the hope of fiiuling a vault beneath. About 4 feet deep below the pavement, a leaden colHn was dis- - Introd. pp. 82, 86.