The Head of a Crosier's Staff; it is of Copper gilt and enamel'd, in the Form of a Serpent, the Scales of a changeable Blew, very natural, but so is not the Head, which being designed for Shew on both Sides, has a Face and two Eyes on each Side. Don. D. Sam. Smith. Part of a Priest's Habit, concealed at the Reformation in a double bottom Ark near a Chantry in Leedes: It has three Pictures of St. Peter, &c. delicately wrought in Silver and Silk of divers Colours; part of the said Vestment fell into the Hands of one who burnt it merely for the Silver's Sake, though she had too much before; but this, and a Manuscript found with it, were preserved by my Father. The Pix, or huel-bozhusel-bozhuel-boxhusel-box (a little Iron Locket) from Kirkstal Abbey for the Eucharist, or haliᵹe huelhalige husel, as I apprehend from Linwood's Const. Prov. but am since told by a Person of Honour, that it was for preserving the Relicks, which Party having been at Rome, with the last Ambassador that was sent from the Crown of England to the Pope, may well be presumed very knowing in these Matters; however it comes under the more general Notion of huel-fauhusel-fatu, or Vasa Sacra; (Wheelock's Bede, p. 98.) As also doth the Foot of a Lamp, or leoh-æleoht-faet; it is of Copper engraved in Branches, with this Inscription in old Letters, (The S in Jesus like C) Ihc. Nazarenus, rex Judeorum fili Dei Miserere mei. The Figure of St. Anthony in Padua, in an Oval Copper very well per formed in Bass-Relieve, embracing and kissing our Saviour, who in the Form of a lovely Child, sits upon his Book; (see Patrick's Reflect. p. 322.) Don. Jo. Boulter Arm. The Picture of St. Anthony the Hermit, with his Bell, Book and Pig, the Prayer to him for Cure of the Inflammation commonly called St. Anthony's Fire, may be seen in the Horæ beatæ Mariæ, before-mentioned, p. 84. b. This came from a Religious House in Derbyshire, and was given me by the Rev. Mr. Jackson Rector of Addel: It is painted upon Glass, as is also the Holy Banner, with Spes mea in Deo est; the Crown of Thorns, and other Fragments of Crucifixes, from the Windows of the Parish Church at Leedes. But what is most remarkable is a small Quarry from York-Minster, (Don. Hen. Gyles,) wherein a Goose in a Religious Habit is carrying the Crosier's Staff, &c. the Procession is made up of the like Fowls: This seems to have been made in Hatred of the Monks, whom the Secular Clergy abhorred for encroaching upon their Rights, and being now repossessed thereof, recriminate, &c.

A Bull of Pope Innocent 6. to induct Will Donke Priest into the Mediety of the Vicaridge of Rotherham, and expel Robert Maplebeck, dated at Avignon, An. 1361. which Year John Thoresby, Archbishop of Yorke, Cardinal, and Chancellor of England, laid the first Stone of the Quire of that Cathedral, his Seal is inscribed, S. S. Johis: tt: Sci: P. ad vincula Presbyteri Cardinalis. (Sigillum Johannis titulo Sancti Petri ad vincula); which Festival was Aug. 1, called also Lammas-Day from a Custom of the Tenants that held of the Cathedral of Yorke to bring a live Lamb into the Minster on that Day, in Acknowledgment of their Tenure, (Clavis Calendaria, pag. 75. Don. Jac. Torre Arm. The Seal of a Bull of Pope Nicholas the 5th, who was a great Restorer of Learning; and, Constantinople being taken in his Time, he collected, with incredible Charge, a vast Number of Greek and Latin Manuscripts. This Seal agrees with that of Innocent 6. not only in the Metal (Lead), but having the Heads of St. Paul and St. Peter, above which S. P A. S. P E. Upon the Reverse of the former is Innocentius P P V I upon the later Nicolanus P P. V. The Impression of the Seal found in a Vault in the Church at Beverley, with the Ashes of St. John of Beverley, and the Inscription recited in Dr. Gibson's Edition of the Britannia, pag. 743. Impressions of other Seals, ┼ S. Edv. Reg. Angl. ad recogn. debitor. apud Wygan. Another found at Beverley but without any Inscription; it hath the Image of a Saint or Archbishop with the Cross-Keys upon his Breast. Of that used during the Vacancy of the Archbishop of Yorke. Prerogative Court at London. Surrogate at Lincoln. Peculiar at Selby (with the Effigies of St. German, inscrbedinscribed, ┼ Sigil. Cur: Spial: sive peculiar: Jur: scti: Germani de Selby in Com. Ebor.) Another inscribed, Seel Jehan de Fontan. That of the Spanish Admiral, An. 1588: Given me by Mr. Ob. Walker, late Master of University. Col. Oxford. And to mention no more; that used in the late Times for the Approbation of Ministers, the Original Seal in Silver is 2 ½ Inches broad, is with other Curiosities in Possession of my honoured Friend Robert Parker, of Carlton, Esq;. In a Book expanded is writ, The Word of God, and round it, The Seal for Approbation of Ministers. For other Seals of Bishops, Abbots, Cities, &c. See Diploma's, and ancient Writings.

Another Edition of the English Bible in Folio, of the very same Year 1549; but by the different Character, and that Shiboleth tank for thank, it appears to have been printed beyond Sea, and, I presume, at Zurick; Mr. le Long mentioning one in Fol. Tiguri (1549 vel) 1550. This hath distinct Titles before the 2d and 3d Parts of the Bible, the Apocr. and N.T. with some Notes that are not in the former; for I have not only collated, but read over entirely both the Volumes. In the Tables of principal Matters is asserted, that the Word Masse is not in the Bible, that forbidding Marriage is the Doctrine of Devils; in both these Editions the Epistle to the Hebrews is placed after those of St. Peter and St. John, and before those of James and Jude. This later hath a register of the Names of the moost famous Persons in Scripture.

These should have been preceded by certain ancient Deeds of Gift of Lands, &c. to Kirkstall-Abbey, but that they are to be exemplified according to the respective Dates &c. if it please God to spare Life to proceed to the Historical Part. Here are also several relating to other Religious Houses that shall readily be communicated to any Gentleman that will please to oblige the World with another Volume of the Monasticon Anglicanum: As to the Abbot and Convent at Rivaulx. St. Mary's, and Convent at Malton; the Hospital of St. Peter at Yorke; the Prioress and Nuns of St. Clements; St. Mary Magdalen, and Monks at Bretton; St. John's at Pontfract, and Monks there; St. Mary's at Boulton, and Canons there. The Prioress of Thikheved. The Nuns of St. Marys at Siningthwait, to the Canons of the Premonstratensian Order of St. Mary's at Nebo; to the Prior and Convent at Drax; to the Churches of St. Cudbert at Martun, and All-Saints at Haxey. Conventio facta inter ecclesias de Kirkstall & Stæ Trinitatis Ebor.