King John's House, of which Mr. Henry Wyndham, in 1778, gave an account, illustrated by plates, and published in the Archæologia, vol. v. p. 357. He supposed that these were the remains of Wilfrid's church, but the architectural character indicates a much later date. It has subsequently- been allowed to go very much to ruin, and is surrounded by trees, which hasten its decay: two only of the four pillars represented by Mr. Wyndham are now standing.
Dr. Bromet read some further remarks on the ruins at Warnford, addressed to him by Mr. Hussey, who observed, that the notion of their being the remains of Wilfrid's church is perfectly futile, and that the building had evidently been a domestic structure. The late Mr. Petrie made several drawings of these ruins some years since, and from these Mr. William Twopeny formed the conjectures regarding the original form of the roof, given in the letter-press which accompanies his Etchings of Capitals (privately printed).
April 23.
Mr. John Lean, of the Office of Ordnance, Tower, communicated a rubbing from a sepulchral brass which exists in the church of Blisland, near Bodmin, Cornwall. It is affixed to a large slab of granite, forming part of the pavement of the chancel, immediately in front of the holy table. This memorial consists of the figure of a priest, vested in the alb and chasuble; it measures nineteen inches and a quarter in length, and under the feet of the figure is the following inscription:—
Orate ꝑ aĩa Johĩs Balsam qondam Rectoris isti' Eccl'ie
qui obijt die Mẽsis Septẽbr' Anno dñi Mo CCCCo decimo.
It is singular that the date of the day of the month on which he died is not given, a blank space appearing on the brass plate, although the remainder of the legend is complete.
Mr. W. H. Clarke, of the Minster Yard, York, sent an impression in sealing-wax, from a coin recently found in Nunnery-lane in that city. It is a third brass coin of Constantine: reverse, VIRTUS EXERCIT—two captives under a trophy. Mr. Clarke stated that Roman coins have also been found near the Mount Hill, York, in the course of recent excavations which have been made for the North Midland Railway.
The Rev. Henry Hodges, rector of Alphamstone, Essex, communicated impressions in sealing-wax from two brass jetons, discovered during the recent removal of an old building, which appeared to have formed a side of a quadrangle, portion of Clees Hall, the chief manor-house in the parish. The more ancient of the two is a Rechen-Pfennig, or Nuremburgh counter, which exhibits on one side the Reichsapfel or mound of sovereignty within a trefoil interlaced with a triangle, and on the other three fleurs-de-lis and three crowns placed circularly around a rose. Several similar types are given by Snelling, in his View of the origin of jetons. See pl. 3, fig. 31, p. 10. The second is a large counter, one of those made by Wolfgang Laufer, at Nuremburgh. which relate, according to Snelling, to France. On
