362 CAEDINHAM ANTIQUITIES. 



At the time of their discovery I briefly referred to them in this 

 Journal^*. 



INSCRIBED TABLETS. 



The three stonesf upon which the inscriptions occur, are muti- 

 lated portions of two tablets of different lengths. One tablet 

 contained an inscription in 4 lines : the ends of these remain. 

 The other contained a longer inscription, 4 entire lines of which are 

 preserved ; two of them being the concluding lines. The original 

 position of the tablets is not known, as they have been utilized 

 by Early English builders in constructing the triple sedilia, and 

 have been cut up for that purpose. 



One is placed aslant to form part of the arch of the eastern- 

 most recess ; the other two are set on end as mullions between 

 the recesses of the sedilia. Most of the letters have been des- 

 troyed without compunction in making the chamfer required 

 upon them as building stones in their altered position. The con- 

 sequence is, that few of the words remain, and these are so placed 

 that it is difficult to obtain a reading of them. 



All that have been found, however, I have succeeded in copy- 

 ing accurately, and they are the following : — 



VESTIAEI 

 SOI : lOR 

 . . . ET 



s 



ITVTVS : IN : ECCA I DE : CARDINA 

 DIE : SCE : EIDIS : AN : DNI : MOO 



TAM : SCI : MEVBREDI | MART : 

 PATRONI : PEELIBATE : ECCE \ 



Extended, these words would be 



" . . . . jv vestiari § . . . . sancti Jor || . . . . et s." 



and these 



[? ins]titutus in ecclesia de Cardina [n ?] die Sanctse Fidis,^ 



Anno Domini MCC. 



tam Sancti^Meubredi Martyris Patroni prselibatse Ecclesise." 



* Vol IV, p. 58. 



t Illustrations of these stones, which I drew on the wood, were published by 

 the Society of Antiquaries, London, in their Volume of " Proceedings " for 1872-3. 



X Perhaps u • or i iv i 



§ " Vestiarium " would be wardrobe, or " Vestry." 



II Perhaps " Jordani :" (See Sanctus Jordanus, Feb. 13, Germ. Cal. Husen- 

 beth, p. 251) but as the latter part of the name has been destroyed, identification 

 is uncertain. 



^ St. Faith or Fides, Virgin, and her companions ; Martyrs, 4th century, Oct. 

 6 (Chamb. Bk.of Days) 



