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The privilege appears to have been exercised for a time with con- 

 siderable vigour, Dr. Charleton being appointed, by a Resolution of 

 April 20th in the same year, " to have the care of Dissecting Bodies 

 for one year." But although there are several entries in the Council 

 Minutes relating to Anatomical Experiments, and in June, 1668, 

 Henry Howard, afterwards sixth Duke of Norfolk, gave the Society 

 a room in Arundel House for that purpose, no clear reference 



AEMS or THE ROYAL SOCIETT. 



to the privilege in question has been found later than the Minute 

 of August 29, 1666, when it was ordered " That an Amanuensis 

 should make a Copy of the W r arrant for demanding a Body for dis- 

 section, to be performed in Gresham College by some of the Fellows 

 of the Society at their own charges." Ultimately it fell wholly into 

 abeyance. 



The second Charter also granted the Society the use of arms, and 

 in August, 1663, Charles II presented the Society with the mace, 



