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Rh THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE. 197 historical note. Robert, parson of Wygan, having been " out " with Thomas of Lancaster against Edward II., and been indicted in 1324, for having sent his own son, Adam, with another horseman and four footmen, completely armed, to the Earl's aid ; and having told his parishioners in a sermon that they were the Earl's liegemen, and he would absolve all who went to his aid. Of all these charges he was found guilty, and compounded for his life by a heavy fine. William de Rymyngton, chancellor of Oxford, 1372, is described by Anthony Wood as a man, for that age, very learned, and an active opponent of Wicliffe. By Mr. Charles Long. — A rubbing from the sepulchral brass, repre- senting Sir John Lysle, 1407, in Thruxton Church, Hants. The figure is placed under a triple canopy, and is specially interesting as a very early specimen of complete armour of plate. (Engraved in Gough's Sep. Mon., vol. ii., pt. ii., pi. 7. Boutell's Monumental Brasses.) Mr. Long sent also various specimens of ancient pottery, turned up by the moles, on Puttenham Common, about two hundred yards east of the Summer Camp, called Hill- bury, facing Hampton Lodge, westward of Guildford.^ By Mr. Octavids Morgan. — A circular pyx of Limoges enamelled work (champleve, thirteenth century) marked with the letter H., the cover of conical form. Several very curious specimens of ancient Chinese enamelled work, upon yellow metal, the designs chiefly formed by slender fillets of metal, composing the outlines, and resembling the cloisonne work of the Byzantine enamellers, but the colours wholly opaque. Some portions show the champleve process. Upon one of these curious vessels on the under side are some Chinese characters in relief, produced in casting the metal, apparently identical with the mark of the dynasty on Nankin porcelain, from 1426 to 1436. — Also part of the haft of a dagger, a beautiful example of the etched work of the armourers of Nuremberg, early seventeenth century ; — a clasp-knife with haft of sculptured ivory, probably of Italian work, of the same period ; — and two objects of box-wood, dehcately carved. By Mr. Hailstone. — Three Majolica salvers, or fruit-dishes, and a globular thurible of latten metal, with the chains for suspension complete ; it is inscribed, — Sebastian mvller gregories. v. dorhen. 1653. By Mr. W. J. Berniiard Smith. — A singular combed bourguinot, formed with massive scales riveted together ; it is of enormous weight, and without any aperture for sight, whence it had been supposed to be intended for torture ; at the back of the head is a plain flat crest, like the comb of a bird, springing from the nape of the neck. It was described as brought from Florence. Also a rare piece of armour, a sccretum, or steel fi-ame used as a cap of fence, being very ingeniously fabricated and hinged together so as to be carried in the pocket, and on any sudden emergency placed in the crown of the cap or hat. Date, sixteenth century. A similar secrette was formerly in the Armory at the Chateau de RoncheroUes, in Normandy. By Sir John Pollen, Bart. — A key of gilt metal, length about 8 inches ; it had been preserved by his family, at Redenham, Hants, as a relic of interest, although the origin has not been ascertained. The wards are in the form of the monogram I H S. traversed by a cross, issuing from a heart pierced by nails : the handle is marked on both sides with a crowned R. ' See Observations upon Roman Roads, &c., (by Mr. Henry Long), p. 70.