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"Wearmoutli have brought to light a monumental stone ; and 
Mr. Fowler, of Winterton, Lincolnshire, has discovered another 
built into the walls of the church at Crowle, in that county ; 
all inscribed with runes. On some of these I wish to offer 
a few remarks, supplementary to my former communication. 
But, first, I would wish to draw the attention of the members 
of this Society to a most interesting relic of the past — indeed, 
one of historical importance, if it has been correctly described — 
which must be hidden in the cabinets of some one of our 
north country gentlemen, who, doubtless, would have plea- 
sure in making it, as it deserves to be, known, if aware of its 
value. 
When Professor Worsaae, of Copenhagen, visited England 
in 1847, a gentleman in the north, whose name he has for- 
gotten, showed him an ancient brooch, inscribed with two 
lines of runes. Of these he sent a copy to the late J. M. 
Kemble, Esq., who, in a letter still extant, proposed the 
following restoration and reading : — 
GUDRD MEC WORH(T) " Gudr(e)d me wrought, 
E ALCHFRITH MEC A(H) " Alchfrithme owns 
suggesting that the character of the brooch might afford a 
criterion as to the probability of its having been the personal 
ornament of King Alchfrith, the eldest son and associate of 
Oswiu, whose last appearance in our history was at the synod 
of Whitby, a.d. 664, and who probably was one of the victims 
of the pestilence of that year. 
I take this opportunity of calling attention to a relic, which, 
if it be not what Mr. Kemble suggested, is remarkable on 
palseographical and orthographical grounds also, and, there- 
fore, deserves to be better known ; and, should this notice meet 
the eye of its possessor, or be the means of its discovery by 
some member of this Society, I should highly esteem the 
privilege of an opportunity of personally examining it, or the 
