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A Prehistoric site at Conkwell, near Bradford-on- 



Avon, by W. G. Collins. Article in A7htiquary N.S. viii., 

 pp. 380 — 387, October, 1912, with two illustrations of flint arrowheads, 

 knives, scrapers, &c. The paper deals with an arable site of about 

 twelve acres on the top of the hill overlooking the valley, about 2| 

 miles from Bradford, on which the author has found over one 

 hundred and fifty worked flint implements, besides flakes and cores. 

 One fragment of a polished celt, nine arrowheads, both barbed and 

 leaf shaped, one hundred and twenty scrapers, six borers, one fabricator, 

 two knives, in addition to more nondescript worked flakes, have been 

 found. The author notes that the patina and colour of the flint varies 

 considerably, and as he regards them as most likely (except the celt) 

 of contemporary origin, he thinks that " the patina of flints gives no 

 clue to chronology, but is rather an index of exposure." The writer 

 sums up an interesting article with the conclusion that the flints of 

 Conkwell, which much resemble those of Windmill Hill, Avebury, 

 belong to the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age. Mr. Collins is 

 much to be congratulated on his very thorough search of this, the only 

 " flint " site at present known in the immediate neighbourhood of 

 Bradford. It is by such careful study of particular sites that we may 

 hope eventually to make some advance in our knowledge of the 

 chronology of flints. 



The outfit for the Profession of an Austin 

 Canoness at Lacock, Wilts, in the year 1395, by 

 the Kev. W G. Clark-Maxwell, P.S.A. A paper in 



ArchcBological Journal, Ixix., pp. 117—124, June, 1912, with a plate 

 containing photos of a leaf of the " older Cartulary of Lacock Abbey, 

 folio 88," and " Paper memorandum attached to the older Cartulary 

 of Lacock Abbey." The memorandum is a note of the expenses about 

 the veiling of Joan, daughter of Nicholas Samborne, in 1395. Among 

 the things bought are veils and linen cloth bought of John Bartelot 

 102s., mattress 5s., coverlet and tester 12s., mantle 10s., furring of 

 Shankes (rabbit fur) for another mantle 16s., white cloth for lining a 

 mantle 6s. 8c?., white cloth for tunic 10s, furring for the pilch (under- 

 garment) 20s., a mazer 10s., a silver spoon 2s. 6d., blankets, 6s. 8d., 

 canvass for the bed 2s., worsted mantle 20s., a new bed 20s. As Mr. ; 

 Clark-Maxwell remarks the prices paid seem very high for the period. | 

 He prints also a record from the Cartulary, probably dating between i 

 1261 and 1296, "of yearly doles to the poor, and of little treats or j 

 ' pittances ' to the house on the anniversaries of their benefactors. ! 

 On the anniversaries of the foundress, her husband, and her father, tlie 

 poor were to have doles of food, and on the former the convent were 

 to eat simnels and wine. Sir Nicholas Hedinton's anniversary was 

 also to be marked by distribution to the poor. The deed of foundation 

 of the obit, of John Goudhyne, or Godhyne, on the 3rd of August, 

 preserved in the Record Office, is also printed. He was a merchant of 

 Marlborough, held land at Quidhampton and Elcombe, endowed a 

 chantry in the priory of St. Margaret's, Marlborough, 1818, represented 

 Marlborough in Parliament 1324 and 1328, represented Wiltshire 



