. The Archaeological journal. it debitU dejure bi cundum eorum posse per i lis duntazat excepti . Eciam volumua et constituimus quod predict! , quociens opus fuerit, licencia suorum curatorum nbtenta et benigne ^doneo confi on seculares vel reg ulares, qui, audi! ia , Pi;,:i , eo ? omnibu eorum peccatorum, exceptia pre- ere valeanti Ego que Humfridua NanfaunI miles, • (Tectum, fateor me voi tram rocipiai e olimo- THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE. 293 Miimn, et hue vestro confessorc per vos auctoritato apostolica electo perpresens scriptum certifico. Data anno domini millesima cccc10- lxxmo* octavo


. The Archaeological journal. it debitU dejure bi cundum eorum posse per i lis duntazat excepti . Eciam volumua et constituimus quod predict! , quociens opus fuerit, licencia suorum curatorum nbtenta et benigne ^doneo confi on seculares vel reg ulares, qui, audi! ia , Pi;,:i , eo ? omnibu eorum peccatorum, exceptia pre- ere valeanti Ego que Humfridua NanfaunI miles, • (Tectum, fateor me voi tram rocipiai e olimo- THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE. 293 Miimn, et hue vestro confessorc per vos auctoritato apostolica electo perpresens scriptum certifico. Data anno domini millesima cccc10- lxxmo* octavo. A seal on paper over red wax, the paper passing round to, and coveringalso the hack of, the wax, where it remains almost square in form, isattached to a slip cut half-way along the hottom of the parchment. Itbears an escutcheon, on which is a chevron ensigncd with a cross (?) betweenthree human heads (? heads of children, enfans) looking sinister in hoods ofmail, or Of the legend the name nanfan only By Mr. Aluert Way.—Impressions from a palimpsest brass escut-cdieon, found, in a very decayed condition, amongst rubbish in the church-yard at Eetcliworth, Surrey. It may have been part of a sepulchralmemorial in that church, but no slab can at present be found to which itmay have been attached. The two faces of this plate are here more ancient, possibly engraved about the commencement of the XVthcentury, presents a merchants mark, composed of the letter H., termi-nating at top in two streamers, which cross so as to resemble a W. (Com-pare marks in Norfolk Archaeology, vol. iii. pi. vii. fig. 26, pi. ix, fig. 21,pi. x. figs. 2, 28.) The up-stroke is traversed by a bar terminating in across at one end, and at the other in a symbol of frequent occurrence inthese marks, which bears resemblance to the Arabic numeral 2. has given several examples in his collection of Norwich MerchantsMarks, in the Transactions of the Norfolk Archaeologi


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