• • 3b ±0 .Jlfct H WA ^ftfc. ^\* ^^ ^ ^B# ^i VHP *d»~^iB 4t A u %; * / t * Plate I. SIZE OF ORIGINAL 9'* 7 Alabaster Sculpture. Property of Rev? B.W Spilsbury, Vicar of Fmdern. f : JOURNAL OF THE DERBYSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. EDITED BY J. CHARLES COX, LL.D. VOL. VIII. JANUARY, 1886. Xon&on BEMROSE & SONS, 23, OLD BAILEY; AND DERBY. Ill CONTENTS. PAGE List of Officers v Rules - vii List of Members x Secretary's Report xxi Balance Sheet xxvi On a Pair of Ancient Ram's. Horns. By William Webb, M.D. i On the Tutbury Horn. By Rev. J. Charles Cox, LL.D. 7 A Calendar of the Fines for the County of Derby from their Commencement in the Reign of Richard I. By W. H. Hart, F.S.A. 15 On the Manor House of South Winfield. By Rev. Charles Cox, LL.D. ----- 65 J. On an Alabaster Sculpture, the property of the Rev. B. W. Spilsbury, Vicar of Findern. LL.D. By Rev. J. Charles Cox, 79 On a Charter of Darley Abbey. By W. R. Holland 92 Alsop and Other Charters. By W. R. Holland 9s Some Notes Extracted from the Pipe Rolls ok King Henry the Second. By Pym Yeatman I 3 I On a Painted Glass Window in Morley Church, Derbyshire. By George Bailey - - '43 On a Mediaeval Paten at Hartshorne. - 15° By W. H. St. John Hope, M.A., F.S.A. - _ - - On the Geology of some of the River-Scenery of Derbyshire. By A. T. Metcalfe, F.G.S. I 53 On an Interior Window of Chesterfield Church. LL.D. 160 By Rev. J. Charles Cox, On the Pre-Norman Sculptured Stones of Derbyshire. By Rev. G. F. Browne, B.D. l64 the On a Wooden Effigy and Tomb of a Secular Canon in Church of All Saints, Derby. By W. H. St. John Hope, M.A., F.S.A. - - - -185 The Roman Minor Settlements, Camps, Discoveries of Coins, etc., and Roads in Derbyshire. - 190 By W. Thompson Watkin - - - iv CONTENTS. PAGE Roman Coins in Derbyshire, Contributed by Georgiana S. Hurt, from a MS. of John Reynolds 216 A Note on the Restoration of Repton Church. By Rev. J. Charles Cox, LL.D. 231 Bird Eccentricities in Derbyshire. By Arthur Cox, M.A. ....... 237 Postscript - 240 • Index of Names of Persons - - 241 Index of Names of Places - - 250 LIST OF PLATES. PAGE I. Alabaster Sculpture, the Property of Rev. B. W. Spilsbury, Vicar of Findern - - Frontispiece. II. Ram's Horns from Alderwasley, the Property of A. F. Hurt, Esq. 1 III. Swearing on the Horns at Highgate. A Fac-simile from Woodward's Eccentric Excursions, 1796 - 4 IV. The Tutbury Horn, now in Possession of W. H. G. Bagshawe, Esq., of Ford Hall, Chapel-en-le-Frith 7 V. South Winfield Manor House. A Fac-simile from an Indian Ink Sketch by Colonel Machell, August, 1786 - 65 VI. Charter of Darley Abbey, circa 1249 - - - - 92 VII. No. 1 of the Alsop Charters 100 VIII. No. 16 of the Alsop Charters 125 IX. Ancient Window, Morley Church .... ^3 X. Mediaeval Paten at Hartshorne, Derbyshire - - 150 XI. Interior Window of North Transept Chapel, Chester- field i6 XII. Sculptured Stones found at Bakewell, Eyam, York, Chester-le-Street, and Bishop Auckland - - 184 XIII. Sculptured Stones found at Bakewell, Bradbourne, and Sheffield ^4 XIV. Sculptured Stones found at Bakewell, Blackwell, and Spondon 184 XV. Sculptured Stones found at Bakewell, Darley Dale, and Hope jg. XVI. Wooden Effigy of a Canon, All Saints, Derby - - 185 XVII. Front of Carved Oak Tomb of a Canon, All Saints, DeRBy l88 : LIST OF OFFICERS resident : THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE, K.G. Wm-^n&xbmtB : Duke of Norfolk, E.M. Sir Francis Burdett, Bart. Duke of Portland. Sir J. G. N. Alleyne, Bart. Marquess of Hartington. Sir H. S. Wilmot, Bart., Lord Vernon. V.C., C.B. Lord Scarsdale. Sir M. A. Bass, Bart., M.P. Lord Belper. Sir Andrew Barclay Walker, Lord Waterpark. Bart. Lord Howard of Glossop. Very Rev. Dean of Lichfield. Right Rev. Lord Bishop of Ven. Archdeacon Balston. Lichfield. T. W. Evans, Esq. Right Rev. Lord Bishop of Llewellynn Jewitt, Esq., Southwell. F.S.A. Hon. E. K. W. Coke. J. G. Crompton, Esq. Hon. W. M. Jervis. N. C. Curzon, Esq. Hon. Frederick Strutt. G. F. Meynell, Esq. Right Rev. Bishop Abraham. H. H. Bemrose, Esq. Right Rev. Bishop Staley. Council John Bailey. F. J. Robinson. George Bailey. W. H. St. John Hope, F.S.A. William Bemrose. Frank Campion. John Borough. C. James Cade. Cooling. Rev. J. Charles Cox, LL.D. E. Thomas Evans, F.G.S. J. Gallop. C G. Savile Foljambe, M.P., T. W. Charlton. F.S.A. E. Greenhough. Rev. M. K. S. Frith. Sir James Allport. William Jolley. W. H. Hodges. Rev. F. Jourdain. A. H. Dolman. Richard Keene. W. Mallalieu. Pan, &xmmmx Jon. Secretary: C. E. Newton. Arthur Cox. ^uoitos : James Lingard. Major Pountain. — ———— Vll RULES. I. Name. The Society shall be called the " Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society." II. Object. The Society is instituted to examine, preserve, and illustrate the Archaeology and Natural History of the County of Derby. III. Operation. The means which the Society shall employ for effecting its objects are : i. —Meetings for the purpose of Reading Papers, the Exhibition of Antiquities, etc., and the discussion ot subjects connected therewith. 2. —General Meetings each year at given places rendered Interesting by their Antiquities, or by their Natural development. 3.—The publication of original papers and ancient documents, etc. IV. Officers. The Officers of the Society shall consist of a President and Vice- Presidents, whose election shall be for life ; and an Honorary Treasurer and Honorary Secretary, who shall be elected annually. V. Council. The general management of the affairs and property of the Society shall be vested in a Council, consisting of the President, ——— — Vlll RULES. Vice-Presidents, Honorary Treasurer, Honorary Secretary, and twenty-four Members, elected from the general body of the Subscribers ; eight of such twenty-four Members to retire annually in rotation, but to be eligible for re-election. All vacancies occurring during the year to be provisionally filled up by the Council. VI. Admission of Members. The election of Members, who must be proposed and seconded in writing by two Members of the Society, shall take place at any meeting of the Council, or at any General Meetings of the Society. VII. Subscription. Each Member on election after March 31st, 1878, shall pay an Entrance Fee of Five Shillings, and an Annual Subscription of Ten Shillings and Sixpence. All Subscriptions to become due, in advance, on the 1st of January each year, and to be paid to the Treasurer. A composition of Five Guineas to constitute Life Membership. The composition of Life Members and the Admisssion Fee of Ordinary Members to be funded, and the interest arising from them to be applied to the general objects of the Society. Ladies to be eligible as Members on the same terms. No one shall be entitled to his privileges as a Member of the Society whose subscription is six months in arrear. VIII. Honorary Members. The Council shall have the power of electing distinguished Antiquaries as Honorary Members. Honorary Members shall not be resident in the County, and shall not exceed twelve in number. Their privileges shall be the same as those of Ordinary Members. IX. Meetings of Council. The Council shall meet not less than six times in each year, at such place or places as may be determined upon. Special meetings may also be held at the request of the President, or Five Members of the Society. Five Members of Council to form a quorum. ——— RULES. IX X. Sub-Committees. The Council shall have the power of appointing from time to time such sectional or Sub-Committees as may seem desirable for the carrying out of special objects. Such sectional or Sub- Committees to report their proceedings to the Council for confirmation. XI. General Meetings. The Annual Meeting of the Society shall be held in January each year, when the Accounts, properly audited, and a Report shall be presented, the Officers elected, and vacancies in the Council filled for the ensuing year. The Council may at any time call a General Meeting, specifying the object for which that Meeting is to be held. A clear seven days' notice of all General Meetings to be sent to each Member. XII. Alteration of Rules. No alteration in the Rules of the Society shall be made except by a majority of two-thirds of the Members present at an Annual or other General Meeting of the Society. Full notice of any intended alteration to be sent to each Member at least seven days before the date of such Meeting. LIST OF MEMBERS. The Members whose names are preceded by an asterisk (*) are Life Members. Bloxham, M. H., F.S.A., Rugby. Cox, Rev. J. Charles, LL.D., Enville Rectory, Stour- bridge. Hart, W. H., F.S.A., Public Record Office, Fetter Lane, London. Fitch, R., F.S.A., Norwich. i Honorary Members. Greenwell, The Rev. Canon, F.S.A., Durham. Irvine, J. T., 167, Cromwell Road, Peterborough. Watkin, W. Thompson, 242, West Derby Road, Liverpool. Wrottesley, General The Hon George, 55, Warwick Road, South Kensington, London. Abbott, S., Lincoln. Abney, Captain W. de W., F.R.S, Willesley House, Wetherby Road, South Kensington, London. *Abraham, The Right Rev. Bishop, Lichfield. Addy, S. O., George Street, Sheffield. Alexander, Rev. C. L., Stanton-by-Bridge, Derby. Alleyne, Sir John G.