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Div. 47. per Share, Carnatic Stock, First Cent.Globe Assurance, 1164 Div. 64. per per field, 131.-West India Dock, 1771, Div. 101. per cent London Ditto Shi Sha Printed by J. Nichols and Son, Red Lion Passage, Fleet Street, London. Embellished with an Interior View of the PoRCH of St. SEPULCHRE'S CHURCH, London; ished with the venerable BEDE'S CHAIR; antient TILES, RING, &c. T Mr. URBAN, June 1819. HE annexed Drawing (see the Plate), is an interior View of the Porch, at the South-West entrance of St. Sepulchre's Church, near the Old Bailey. Stow mentions, respecting this Church, that it was re-edified or new built about the reign of Henry VI. or Edward IV. One of the Pophams was a great builder there; namely, of one fair Chapel on the South side of the choir, as appeared formerly by his arms, and other monuments in the glass windows thereof, and also of the fair porch of the same Church towards the South; over, which porch his image fairly graven in stone was fixed, but now defaced and beaten down." parts of the vaulting are foliage, I Mr. URBAN, South Shields, Feb. 1. SEND you a Sketch of one of the most antieut seats in existence, the Chair of the venerable Bede (see Fig. 2.) in Jarrow Church, near to this place. The Chair is four feet ten inches high; two feet four inches wide in front; the depth of the seat is one foot six inches. The arms and backframe are solid oak, three inches and a half square. The back consists of four boards an inch and a half thick, all carved or cut with initials and dates. The arms are constantly reducing by the curious cutting small portions from this venerable relick. The whole consists of eleven pieces of wood. Mr. URBAN, J. R. Inside the Porch are at present two niches, with kneeling figures; that over er the doorway, next the street, has a male figure with flowing beard, and under the base, or small Southampton Buildplatform of the niche, is a bird with ings, Dec. 4, 1817. wings expanded, in that over the SEND you an exact copy of an opposite doorway, as expressed in Inscription and Drawing on some the Drawing, is a female figure hold tiles which are placed over the door ing a book; and under this niche is of the parish church at Stone in Woran oval shield, with a cross and dag-cestershire (see Fig. 3). I hope it ger sculptured thereon, in resemblance will meet the eye of some person who of the City arms. will be good enough to give it an explanation. On the East side are two windows, the compartments of which contain nothing remarkable; but the ribbed vaulting to the ceiling is handsome. At two of the intersections are angels supporting shields; one of them has a saltires in the tower division is a crescent, and in each of the three others, a dagger the other shield has a chevron, and a feur-de-lis in the Tower division. At one other intersection is a wreath of foliage surrounding a shield, on which is a fess, and under it a 'bird.“ In other GENT. MAG, Suppl, LXXXIX, PART II. A E. BIGG. Mr. URBAN, Pentonville, Sept. 9. be entitled to some attention, as tending to demonstrate the almost universal prevalence of Heraldry previous to the sixteenth century; I send you a sketch of two painted tiles or bricks (see Figs. 4 and 5), such as composed the beautiful and highly ornamental armorial pavements of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, and which formed, when cou nected nected and arranged, a rich and cu rious display of various design, exhibiting the arms of founders of, and benefactors to, our antient ecclesiastical edifices, such are now to be observed before the high altars of Gloucester Cathedral and Great Malvern Church; and it is believed the use of them was exclusively confined to religious structures. The examples I have inclosed show the arms of Beauchamp and of Edward the Confessor, in two colours, a dusky red and very bright yellow. In shape they are equilateral, one inch and a quarter in thickness, and five inches and a half square. This species of floor was no doubt considered as an improvement upon the Roman tesselated pavement, and it certainly may vie with the Mosaic art in the general effect produced. Yours, &c. I T. M. Great Surrey Street, Mr. URBAN, May 28. SEND you a Drawing of an antient gold Finger-Ring; also of the impression on the head of the same (see Fig. 6); which Ring was found by some labourers lately at work hoeing turnips in a field at Bayfield, near Holt in Norfolk, supposed to have been thrown up by the plough; the gold is of the purest kind, very thick, and weighs eleven pennyweights; within the interior of the circle of the Ring, in old Eng. lish characters, are cut the following words: "Al: is: God: wele." which I conceive may imply," All is, God willing." The impression on the head of the Ring is a shield with arms emblazoned, Argent, two bars, Gules, in chief a mullet pierced Sa-, ble. By a reference to the College of Arms, I find that the arms on this shield were not for the first time granted, but confirmed by Camden, then Clarenceux King at Arms, on the 22d of June, 1605, as appertaining to Sir Francis South of Fotherby and Kelsterne, co. Lincoln, Knight., From the shape of the shield, the Ring cannot be older than the time of Edward I.; but from the language and form of the letters cut within the circle of it, should refer it to that of Edward III. certainly not later than Henry V. Whether any of the de S many of your Correspondents may feel anxious to preserves the remains of our autient ecclesias... tical buildings, I hope the following hiat may find its way into your va....... luable Publication. While we are pursuing with laud, able zeal, the preservation of our Churches by timely repairs, particularly in the roofs, windows, &c., the lower part of the walls are shamefully neglected, because the earth and, rubbish are allowed to accumulate, from time to time, above the pavement, and the consequence is, that the walls are frequently damp, Bot › only to the injury of the buildings, but liable to endanger the health of those who attend divine service... have been led to this observation, by lately visiting the Cathedral of Nor wich (the inside of which, within these few years, had been completely. cleaned), where I was much struck by the appearance of the beautiful, Norman columns on the North side, of the nave, which are completely damp, owing, no doubt, to the accumulation of earth several feet: above the original level since the tinie of Bishop Herbert, the founder.. of the Church. This is most evident. from the discovery of one of the bases. of the columus below the surface of › the ground. All these defects may easily be remedied by clearing away the soil in a slanting direction, and making a drain a few inches below the pavement of the Church; and when it is. considered the heavy expence of re pairing our religious buildings, par ticularly the rottenness of the joists and floors in the pews, not forgetting the decay of pannels, owing to damp-, ness; surely the expence of clearing away the soil, and conducting the rain-water, will be considered very trifling, when compared to the great damage done to the structure by suf-> fering the earth to remain, leo risale 17 These remarks also apply to many other religious structures in various parts of the country. It is a subject which calls aloud for reformation,» and it is hoped that the Clergy and Church |