out a gap of several leaves between that and this. I have been able to identify several of the persons mentioned in this series, and probably those whose knowledge of Winchester history in the middle ages is greater than mine will easily recognise among them many familiar names. The very last name in the book is that of Roger Grundey, a monk1 at the time of the dispersal of the inmates, who received a pension of twenty-six shillings and eightpence yearly. A similar pension1 was settled on John Cooke, who occurs in another place in this work.

The seals of Hyde consist of:

1. First seal of the abbey, about 21⁄2 by 2 inches, when perfect (from charter, printed at p. 292, dating between A.D. 1181-1222); of uncertain shape. The remaining part shows, within a square niche with semicircular arch overhead, St. Peter seated on a throne; in the right hand two keys, in the left hand a book. In the field the inscription : SIGILLV'. SCI. PETRI. APL'I. Archaic style. This seal had not, I believe, been published until very recently.

2. Second seal of the abbey, 3 inches diameter, thirteenth century workmanship, ovate. Obv. St. Peter, with crown and mitre, seated on a throne in a niche with trefoiled arch and crocketed canopy; in the right hand a double key, in the left hand a book. The front of the platform or plinth is inscribed with an indistinct inscription, probably forming the first half of a rhyming hexameter verse, which is continued on the reverse in a corresponding position. Below this, the name, s' PETRVS. In a smaller niche, on either side, a king; that on the left, King

This seal has been engraved incorrectly in Dugdale, new edition, Mon. Angl. (vol. ii, Pl. XIV; cf. vol. ii, p. 435, for descriptive notes).

Edward the Elder, crowned, holding a small church, in allusion to his foundation of this abbey for secular canons. In the field, on one side of the niche, the inscription, REX EADW......; on the right, King Alfred, crowned, lifting up the right hand in benediction; in the left hand a sceptre ; in the field, outside the niche, the inscription, .....RED................ On each capital of the four columns on which the canopies are supported is an indistinct figure; those on the left are a lion (?) and a demi-angel swinging a censer towards the head of St. Peter; those on the right, an indistinct object and another demi-angel. The legend is very obscure, but appears to be :—

SIGILL'. CAPITVLI. EC'CE. S'C'I. PETRI. DE HYDA.

IVXTA. WYNTON'.

Rev. St. Barnabas1 the Apostle, with nimbus, standing in a carved niche with trefoiled arch and crocketed canopy; in the right hand a long cross, in the left hand a book. The front edge of the platform, or plinth, inscribed with an indistinct legend, probably the second half of the rhyming hexameter verse commenced in a corresponding position with this on the obv. Below this the name: S' BARNAB'. In a smaller niche on either side, a saint; that on the left, St. Grimbald, first abbot, standing and holding a book; in the field, outside the niche, the inscription, s' GRIMB'; on the right, St. Valentine, holding a head, or uncertain symbol; in the field, outside the niche, the inscription, s' VALENT'.

The legend is :

: HYDA: PATRONORVM: IVGI : PRECE: TVTA: SIT: HORVM :

3. Seal of Abbot John Suthill.- From the above mentioned charter, dating between A.D. 1181 and 1222, to which the first seal of the abbey, already described, is also

1 It will be remembered that St. Barnabas was manifested at Hyde, see p. xxxix.

appended. This measures about 24 by 11⁄2 inches, and is of the usual pointed oval style. The abbot is figured standing upon a platform, and holding in the right hand a book, in the left a crooked staff. The legend is :—

[] SIGILLVM IOHANNIS ABBATIS DE HID[A].

These seals were figured in the Journal of the British Archæological Association, vol. xlviii, p. 85, and they are reproduced here with permission of that body.

The manuscripts relating to the abbey include:

I. COTTON MS. VESPASIAN A. VIII, in the British Museum, a fine tenth-century MS., unfortunately wanting some leaves, printed in Appendix, see page 232.

2. The HYDE REGISTER, or STOWE MS. 960, which forms the text from which the volume has been printed.

3. HARLEY MS. 1761. A list of its principal contents is given in the new Monasticon, vol. ii, p. 433n. It is of the fifteenth century, and somewhat carelessly written. The transcripts of the earlier documents have been made by a scribe who could not read their texts accurately. Edwards describes this MS. at p. lxxxviii.

4. The LIBER MONASTERII DE HYDA, A.D. 455 to 1023, printed by E. Edwards in the Master of the Rolls series, in 1866, from a manuscript in the library of the Earl of Macclesfield, at Shirburn.

5. LANSDOWNE MS. 717. TRANSCRIPT of part of the LIBER DE HYDA, by John Stow, the antiquary, in A.D. 1572. This belonged to Sir Richard St. George, Clarencieux Herald, and afterwards to Sir Henry, his son. 6. COTTON MS. DOMITIAN, A. XIV, a small quarto MS. It is of the fourteenth century, and a list of the