PROCEEDINGS OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.

The Rev. F. T. Bayly, vicar nicated a rubbing taken from an early incised slab, recently dis- covered in the church of St. Bride's, Glamorganshire. It measures in length 6 ft. 5 in., by 1 ft. 8 in. at the head, and 1 ft. 2 in. at tlie feet ; the edge, is bevelled, measuring 2 in. and a half in width, and bears the fol- lowing inscription : ^ IO)>AN : Le : BOTILeR : GIT : ICI : DeU : De : SS : 'XLXe : elT : CCCR- CI : ACDCN. He is represented vnth. his legs crossed ; he is armed in a hawberkandc/we/sse* of mail, and wears a long sur- coat, open in front. The only portion of plate armour is a small scull-cap, or cerveliere, on the front of which appears a fleur- de-lis, between two covered cups, and the shield, which hangs over the left arm, is charged with three covered cups, the bearing of Botiler. The spurs have rowels, and the feet rest on a wivern. In the right hand he holds his sword, drawn and upraised, and there appears a wavy line or ridge along the middle of the blade, wliich is of very unusual occurrence. The fashion of ornamenting the head- piece with any heraldic device is also unusual, and the only example hitherto noticed is sup- pHed by the monumental por- traiture of Geoffrey Plantagenet, who died A.D. 1149. That l)rince is represented as wearing a head-piece, similar in form to the Phrygian bonnet, and deco- JULY 7. of Brookthorpe, Gloucestershire, commu-