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THE MONKS OF MARMOUTIER. 
who knows mediaeval penmanship is aware of the similarity 
between the capitals B and G, and how common are the errors 
of transcription through the confusion of these two letters on 
the part of copyists. In the list of Heads of Holy Trinity 
given on page 68, the 18th Prior is Oliver de Bages. This 
Prior has been known for a couple of centuries, but he has 
always gone by the name of Oliver de Gages. The sole 
authority for his being put on the list of Priors is the Register 
of Aichbishop Grenefield, where there is a single entry 
respecting him. But his name there is certainly Oliver de 
Bages, the transcriber misreading and writing him down as 
Oliver de Gages, by which name he has ever since been 
known until about a year ago. 
In the document partly reproduced in Plate xviii. occur 
the words “ Garnet,” “ Gaudendum,” and “ Guidonis.” The 
words would ordinarily be read as “ Barnet,” “ Baudendum,” 
and “ Buidonis” ; but there is no doubt that the initial letter 
in each case is a G and not a B, Leonard Garnet and Guy 
Marshall being well known persons in connection with the 
old Jacob s Well Inn, and the word “ Gaudendun ” being the 
last of the usual legal triplet : “ to have, to hold, and to 
enjoy.” 
Just as in these two instances there has been a copyist’s 
error through the confusion of the two letters under considera¬ 
tion, so a similar mistake must have been made in connection 
with the Church of S. Gregory. 
I think there can be no doubt that some one in making a 
copy of the papal bull committed an error of transcription and 
wrote B instead of G, and if ever the original bull of Pope 
Alex. III. comes to light it will be found that he confirmed 
to the Priory of Holy Trinity as one of its Churches, not 
Sancti Brig., but Sancti Greg.—S. Gregory’s. I think, there¬ 
fore, that in our copies of Drake and other hooks containing 
lists of York Churches, after the brief account of S. Bridget’s 
we may write R.I.P. 
1 he palmy days of the Monks of Marmoutier in our city 
were those of the 12th century. As we have seen, they had 
a splendid commencement from a worldly point of view, and 
they soon increased their riches. But after a while their 
