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 TPIE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE. 301 lords of the Manor of Quorum Mounceaux, near the village of Winsford. There is also an old encampment to the west of the church, called Ilawk- ridge Castle. The living of Ilawkridge is Rectorial, in the Deanery of Duuster. In 1292, this living, with that of Withypool, the adjoining parish, was valued at 12 marks." The Rev. J. Peliiam Dale, at the Chairman's request, gave a short account of the valuable collections for a " Monasticon " of North Britain, formed by the late General Hutton. From these he had selected some objects of interest, by the kind permission of the Rev. Henry Ilutton, tlie present possessor, consisting of documents, with seals appended, impressions from Scottish seals, of which a very extensive collection had been formed by the General, and specimens of the very interesting drawings, plans, <fec., chiefly by his own hand, forming a series of valuable materials for the illustration of monastic antiquities in North Britain. Mr. Dale related the singular manner in which this important collection, which, for many years after the decease of General Hutton in 1827, remained almost forgotten, had been brought to light in consequence of a fire at the Residentiary House, St. Paul's. Allusion is made to the formation of this collection in the brief Memoir of the General, given in the Gentleman's Magazine, Dec, 1827, p. 561. It comprises, with numerous original deeds, twenty- six volumes of transcripts of Chartularies and evidences relating to Scottish monasteries ; a voluminous assemblage of correspondence on the same subject ; and four portfolios of drawings, in great part representing remains which have subsequently perished. The series of casts from monastic and personal seals, almost wholly Scottish, is highly curious. There are also two volumes of drawings of seals ; the entire collections having been the result of indefatigable research, prosecuted under very advantageous cir- cumstances during a long succession of years. Mr. Dale announced that it is the generous intention of the present possessor, the son of the General, to deposit them in some public institution, where they may be best available as sources of valuable information, and where the General's services to history and archaeology may be honourably appreciated. Stii John Boileau, in proposing a vote of coidial thanks to Mr. Hutton, for permitting this interesting collection to be brought before the Institute, as also to Mr. Dale for the gratification which he had kindly procured for the Society, observed that they must regard with lively satisfaction the generous purpose of the possessor to divest himself of those precious heir- looms, for a purpose of such essential public advantage. He hoped that Mr. Hutton's example might stimulate other persons, amongst whose family stores any similar documents might be discovered, to bring them under the notice of Societies, such as the Institute, devoted to the pursuit of historical and antiquarian research. Mr. Patrick Chalmers stated, that having been permitted to examine the Hutton Collections, he could fully bear testimony to their value and importance. The singular devotion of General Ilutton to the subject of his research was not unknown to Scottish antiquaries ; an extensive collection of his correspondence, filling many volumes, exists in the Advocates' library. It was to be regretted that the present discovery had not ocoui-rcd at an earlier period ; the greater part of the Monastic Chartularies had recently been printed by various literary Scottish clubs ; but the large assemblage of original deeds, as well as the general collections, and especially the plans and drawings which he had inspected, formed a mass of material of most