February 12.
Mr. Jolin Adey Repton presented a series of drawings of piscinas, of various dates, comprising a representation of an example recently brought to light, by Mr. Repton, in Springfield church, Essex, which had been wholly concealed. He supposes it to be of the time of Edward I. or Edward II. The large piscina in Tiltey church, Essex, erected probably as early as the reign of John, is furnished with two basins, one circular, the other octangular. The other examples are from St. Laurence, Ramsgate, and a chapel near Coggcshall, Essex, assigned to the early part of the reign of Henry III., having round-headed trefoiled arches; towards the latter part of the same reign this feature was superseded by the pointed trefoil, as at Laxton, Northamptonshire, which appears to be a very early specimen. Mr. Repton sent also a drawing of the triplet window of the chapel near Coggeshall, remarkable as being wholly constructed of brick. The bricks measure 1212 inches by 614, and 2 inches thick.
Mr. Charles Roach Smith exhibited a piece of needle-work, communicated by Mr. John Dennett, of New Village, Isle of Wight, who, in alluding to Mr. Hartshorne's paper on embroidery, remarked that in this instance the black velvet, which serves as the ground-work, has been cut out in those parts where the pattern was sewn on. It is a portion of a complete suite of furniture for a half-tester bed, formerly in the old house of Appuldurcombe, and is said to have been the Avork of the ladies of the Worsley family. The ornaments are much raised, and the thickness of the hangings, the lining included, were so considerable that they must have been almost bullet-proof. The date 1616 was worked in the centre of the head-cloth. Mr. Dennett sent also a rubbing from a sepulchral brass in Arreton church, Isle of Wight. It is a figure in plate armour, date about 1430, the head is lost, and when perfect it measured about 2 feet 6 inches. The inscription is on a plate under the feet, and deserves notice as an early example of the disuse of the Latin legends which commonly accompany the memorials of the fifteenth century.
Here is y byried. under this grave
Harry Hawles. his soule god save
Longe tyme steward. of ye yle of Wyght
Have m'ey on hym. God ful of myght
Beneath was an escutcheon, now lost. The ancient name De Aula, Mr. Dennett remarks, seems now to be preserved in the name Hollis.
Mr. Smith laid before the Committee a rubbing of another sepulchral brass, found at the east end of the north aisle in the church of Yealmpton, nine miles from Plymouth, and communicated, with notes of other memorials there, by Mr. Charles Spence. It is a figure in armour, measuring in length 2 feet 9 inches, and under the feet is the following legend:—Hic jacet Joh'es Crokker miles quonda' ciphorarius Ac signifer Illustrissimi regis edwardi quarti qui obijt xiiij die marcij Anno dn'i milli'o qui'ge'testimo octauo. Four escutcheons, one on either side of the head, and two at the
