had already begun his perversions. Mr. Xevill suggested that per- 

 versions began much earher, in fact at the commencement of 

 scholarship, the Ven. Bede being a very bad example of the practice 

 of explaining Celtic or earlier names by Saxon meanings. 



The Secretar)' explained that the delay in publishing Mr. Gomme's 

 General Index and certain faults found with the Annual Index arose 

 from the neglect of Messrs. Constable, Jind he was authorized to write 

 to them and endeavour to secure the prompt publication of the 

 General Index. 



Mr. W. P. \V. Phillimore gave an account of the recently-formed 

 Canterbury and York Society which had already obtained sufficient 

 support to justify it in proceeding vigorously with the publication 

 of the Bishops' Registers of various Dioceses ; these would be given 

 in extended form. Some discussion arose as to whether it would 

 be possible to obtam the Registers of separate Dioceses at increased 

 prices. 



After lunch Mr. K. W. Hrabrook, C.H., took the Chair; Mr. 

 Round mentioned that the Prpe Roll Society had been revived and 

 would probably arrange to issue its productions in separate counties. 

 Mr. Green stated that the Latin was to be extended. 



Mr. E. S. Prior, with the help of a large number of lantern 

 slides gave an account of his attempt to produce a system of classi- 

 fying effigies. His idea was that effigies, of which England possessed 

 some 2,000 examples, could be divided into the three main classes 

 of Purljeck, Freestone and Alabaster, and that they were the pro- 

 duction of local trade centres where these materials prevailed, the 

 use and fashion of material being in the order indicated which corres- 

 ponded roughly to the 13th to 14th, the 14th to 15th, and the 15th 

 to i6th centuries. Mr. Hope gave some corroborative particulars 

 as to the use of alabaster for tombs, deduced from contracts that 

 had been found. 



Votes of thanks to the Society of Anticjuaries for the use of their 

 room, and to the Chairmen, were carried by acclamation. 



RALPH NEVILL, F.S.A., 

 Hon. Sccrctarv. 



C.XSTLE HllJ., 



GUILDFOKD. 



ui Sons, I'yir.tis in Otdinaty tj Ilii M.ijcsty, St. Murtiiis Lane. 



