the middle lias of Northamptonshire. 
275 
The inscription is upon a plate, 18in. by 4in., and runs: 
Ibic iacet IRoblus WtUarbsep prim' wcart' ted' | JEcclie 
qui obijt £vu° bte mens' inarctt anno Dni | milTo cccc£j;un. 
cui' ate pptctetur Deus ante. 
Translation: 
Here lietli Robert Willardsey first vicar of this church 
who died the 16tli of March a.d. 1424. Whose soul God 
pardon. Amen. 
This brass was stolen at the restoration of the church, 
but was fortunately recognised in a bric-a-brac shop in London 
by the late Rev. W. Staunton, and has been replaced in S. 
Nicholas’ Church. 
(To be continued.) 
THE MIDDLE LIAS OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 
BY BEEBY THOMPSON, F.G.S., F.C.S. 
PART II. 
Palaeontology. 
(Continued from page 253.) 
The list of fossils from the “ Margaritatus" and “ Spinatus" 
Zones and the “ Transition-bed' 1 ' of Northamptonshire includes 
94 genera and 273 species. This is by no means a complete 
list, however, because I have a good number of fossils still 
awaiting identification, and Mr. E. A. Walford, F.G.S., I 
know, intends to publish a supplementary list from the 
Transition-bed at no very distant period. 
A reference to the list will show that both reptiles and 
fishes are poorly represented in Northamptonshire, as indeed 
they are everywhere in these zones, in the British Isles. 
Cephalopods are represented by 6 genera and 28 species 
at least, but so far as the Ammonites are concerned, the list 
is somewhat deceptive ; for, with the exception of the three 
belonging to the Amaltheus group, they are all Upper Lias 
forms, and are only met with at or near the junction with 
that formation, i.e., in the Transition-bed or upper part of the 
Rock-bed. Ammonites margaritatus lias a considerable vertical 
range in this district, as it has in many others, and hence is of 
very little use by itself as an indicator of the zone to which it has 
given a name. Ammonites Valdani seems a much more useful 
form on which to rely for drawing a palaeontological boundary 
between the “ Margaritatus" Zone and the beds below. This 
