2S8 Recent JSxcavoMons at Boly Island Priory. 



kole, and in the mouth two other small holes, in which, are the 

 traces of the insertion of some iron appliances ; whatever they 

 were they have disappeared. Hooks may have been attached, 

 and the fish when suspended by a line used as a lure. A groat 

 of Robert II. circa 1360, a ^ thistle groat of James YI. 1602, 

 and a number of Nuremberg tokens much used in the monas- 

 teries during the middle ages, were the only coins. 



Amongst some loose stones in the Priory Church, a medal was 

 found struck probably at the time of the Reformation ; on the 

 obverse side, the head of a Pope with his triple tiara, which on 

 being turned round foi'med the head of the Devil, with the 

 Legend: '' Ecclesia perversa tenet pactum diabolo." Reverse, 

 the head of a Cardinal, which in the same manner changed into 

 the head of a fool with cap and bells, Legend: " Rapientes 

 aliquando stulti." 



In conclusion, the writer has to express his great indebtedness 

 to Mr Clement 0. Hodges of Hexham, not only for tbe excellent 

 and accurate"' Plan which accompanies this paper, but also for 

 much valuable architectural and archaeological information 

 during the progress of the work. 



APPENDIX A. 



Raine, p. 83, gives extracts from the roll of the Priory, dated Michael- 

 mas 1328, as it shows the rents and tithes received in that year, compared 

 ■with their value when the Priory was in its most flourishing state. 





Tithes. 





£ 



S. 1). 



L'he tithe corn of Peuham 



2 



13 4 



Fenwick 



3 







Buckton 



1 



6 8 



Beyle 



2 







Goswick 







6 8 



Haggerston 



1 







Scremerston 



1 







Cheswick 



3 



6 8 



Lowlyn 







8 



Howburne 







5 



fori 



erly worth 20 



20 











14 











17 



6 



8 



20 











17 



6 



8 



16 











20 











8 











8 











* At outer portion of gateway erase the word " Barbican.' 



