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will appear in the forthcoming number of Proceedings, 

 details are unnecessary. 



Two valuable deeds were exhibited by Dr. Hunter, of the 

 dates respectively 1526 and 1597. The earlier one conveyed 

 the lease of the summer pasture of Hayes and Sidenham to 

 one William Cokke, by William HoUewaye, prior of the 

 Monastery and Cathedral Church of Saint Saviour, and of the 

 holy Apostles Peter and Paul. The later conveyed the lease 

 by the Exchequer Court of Queen Elizabeth of the winter 

 pasture called " Sydenham Furlong" to one Robert Williams, 

 of London, taylor. The land in question continued to be in 

 two ownerships until the present century. The summer 

 pasture became the property of the Bath family of Howse ; 

 the winter pasture formed part of Hugh Saxey's endowment 

 of Bruton Hospital. To the civility of Mr. Edward Howse the 

 Secretary is indebted for the loan of the deeds, with permis- 

 sion to copy them and print them in the Proceedings. 

 The Abbey seal attached to the earher of the two deeds 

 is very rare. 



The evening of Wednesday, Jan. 13th, was set apart for the 

 Rev. J. Earle and the Vice-President. The former described 

 the Roman Sculpture of the Sun in the Vestibule of the Insti- 

 tution, and the latter spoke of some recent discoveries in con- 

 nection with Chedworth Roman Villa. Mr. Earle's remarks 

 will be printed ; details are, therefore, unnecessary. The 

 discussion which followed is, however, worthy of notice. In 

 reply to the questions whether the history of art indicated 

 with any degree of certainty the period at which the sun was 

 represented by the human face, and under which of the 

 Roman Emperors the temple at Bath was erected, Mr. Earle 

 said that the latter was the very thing they wanted to know, 

 and he admitted it was a very difficult point With regard 

 to Mr. Rodwell's question, he must refer him to Montfaucon's 

 great work, as he was not prepared to answer it. When this 



