seals; but he did the next best thing, he made rough rubbings of them, which I now beg to submit to this meeting.

Charles II's seal shows on its obverse the King on horseback, with sword erect, similar to the seal for the Denbigh group of counties, figured on Plate IV of our Journal of last year. The greyhound and the hind gorged, as supporters; the crown ensigned with orb and cross; the curved sides of the shield; the Prince of Wales' feathers; and the space between the bottom of the crown and the top of the shield proper; are all distinctly discernible upon this rough rubbing, from

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ATIA MAGNÆ·BRITANNI

which I have constructed the design of the seal as shown on the accompanying illustration, and I have no hesitation in stating my belief that this illustration gives a fairly accurate representation of what the seal itself must have been. Mr. Birch further states that the seal was 4 in. diameter, and that the document to which the impression is attached is dated at Cardiff, 29 April, anno regni 19", i.e., 1667.

The rubbing from the other seal shows the King on horseback. The position of the head and neck, and the flow of the tail of the horse, mark it out a reduction of the Great Seal of England of George I. On

the reverse, the greyhound and the hind supporters leave no doubt about this seal belonging to the Glamorgan group of counties. I here also submit my idea of the design and appearance of the seal, which Mr. Birch says was attached to a document in George I's name, bearing date the thirteenth year of his reign, i.e., 1727.

Whilst I feel that our thanks are due to Mr. Birch for his bringing these seals under our notice, I cannot refrain from expressing a hope that other seals of this series may yet be brought before us, so that by and bye the whole series may be completed.

Mr. Brock read a paper on "Lambourne Church, Berks," by Dr. A. C. Fryer, which it is hoped will be printed hereafter.

Mr. Barrett read a paper on " Riding the Stang" and "Riding Skimmington," which also, it is hoped, will find a place in the Journal.

Rev. H. T. Owen rendered a description of extensive excavations that have been effected under his direction at Valle Crucis Abbey, Llangollen. The whole of the cloister-court has been cleared of the accumulated earth, and the buried foundations revealed. They prove to be

in more perfect condition than could have been hoped for, and the entire ground-plan has been recovered.

Mr. E. P. Loftus Brock, F.S. A., Hon. Sec., exhibited some thirdbrass coins found with several others at Springhead, near Gravesend, on a site which has produced many other traces of Roman occupation. They consisted of coius of Constantine, Constans, and Valens, and were remarkable by reason of the Christian emblem, the Chi-Rho, being on the standards held by Roman soldiers on the reverse. He exhibited

also a coin of Constans, found elsewhere, on the reverse of which a soldier, or the Emperor, is represented holding a standard in each hand, the Chi-Rho being inscribed on each standard.

WEDNESDAY, 7TH MARCH 1894.

ALLAN WYON, Esq., F.S.A., V.P., HON. TREASURER,
IN THE CHAIR.

G. H. Turner, Esq., 35 Rosslyn Hill, Hampstead, N.W., was duly elected a Member.

Mrs. Skey, Roman Road, Bedford Park, W., was elected an Honorary Correspondent.

Mr. R. Earle Way exhibited a large collection of flint implements, etc., from recent excavations, accompanied by the following note:

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'Prehistoric Antiquities discovered in Southwark during Feb, and March 1894. Paleolithic Period.-Within the last two months I have collected from the drift-gravels, about 16 ft. below the surface, and in a space of about 20 yards, a number of flint implements-knives, axes, scrapers, borers, celts, and sickles-and a quantity of perforated stones, many flakes made into saws, and a number of unfinished implements; bone pins and needles, and a fine bronze fibule and ring, and many fragments of urns and other vessels in black pottery; a hammer made from the antler of a deer, horns and teeth of the Bos primigenius, tusk of wild boar, and teeth of the wolf. Some of these stones were known as thunderbolts by our forefathers.

"In the seventeenth century a flint implement was found, with a mammoth tooth, in Gray's Inn Lane. It was regarded as made by man; but its presence was explained by the theory that it was a spearhead of an early Briton who had killed a Roman elephant. This weapon is now in the British Museum.

"The discovery of so many implements in one place, as well as piles, and not more than 500 yards from the River Thames, appears to indicate that it was the site of pile-dwellings."

Mr. W. de Gray Birch, F.S.A., Hon. Sec., exhibited a squeeze of a

Roman altar at Schloss Fürstenau, on the Mümmling, in Hesse Darmstadt, inscribed

DIANE

VOTVM

VITALIS

PRO SE

ET SVOS

V..... L. M.

The Rev. J. Cave-Browne, M. A., exhibited a silver medal or badge of Charles I. On the rev., the royal arms in a garter.

The Chairman exhibited several casts and photographs of various Great Seals of England, bringing into notice a new Great Seal of Charles II, and communicating information hitherto unpublished respecting other Great Seals. The paper will be printed hereafter in

the Journal.

Mr. Birch moved, and Mr. Cave-Browne seconded, a vote of thanks to the Chairman for his paper.

British Archaeological Association.

FIFTIETH ANNUAL CONGRESS,

WINCHESTER, 1893.

MONDAY, JULY 31ST, TO SATURDAY, AUGUST 5тн.

PATRON.

HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN.

PRESIDENT.

THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF NORTHBROOK, G.C.S.I.

VICE-PRESIDENTS.