NOTICE.
This Paper was read before a meeting of the British Archaeological Association at Manchester, on the 24th August, 1850, presided over by the Lord Bishop of Manchester. Its favourable reception is mainly attributable to the circumstance of its being read by J. R. Planchè, Esq., and illustrated by full-sized Drawings by W. Langton, Esq. To these gentlemen I am greatly indebted for their kind and voluntary assistance at a time when my personal attendance was prevented by illness. The Illustrative Wood Cuts have been carefully rendered from my own inefficient Drawings, by the kind attention of Mr. John Bastin,
G. J. F.
