son. gotten. In A Page from the History of the Reformation he has from (apparently) hardly known records done something to establish the real character of a part of that great transaction,-and at a future day he hopes to do more. Coming down to modern times, he has noted the labours of the pious Robert Nelson, and the researches (mainly on Christian art) of the lamented Mrs. JameHe has, from the Diaries of George Rose, sketched the chief men of the time of George III.; from various sources he has shewn the state of Literature in the Cabinet of Queen Victoria; and from the Voyage of the Fox, he has told the successful daring of M'Clintock. Glimpses at strange and various aspects of the human mind will be found alike in the account of the Church of St. Duilech and the Anchorites of the Middle Ages, in Pictures of Spain and the Spaniards, and of a still more stationary race in a notice of Ancient Sanskrit Literature; at a fitting opportunity he purposes to enter on the wide field of Eastern Archæology. Before he concludes this resumé of historical matters, he may be allowed to point out The House of Gournay as a most gratifying instance of devotion of talent, time, and means by a private gentleman to the illustration of the history of his family, and to express a hope that Mr. Daniel Gurney may find many imitators. In the department of ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS, SYLVANUS URBAN has, through the courtesy of the Right Hon. the Master of the Rolls, and from private sources, been able to make some not unimportant additions to the available materials for history, and his Patrons may rely that his exertions in that direction will not be relaxed. The ANTIQUARIAN AND LITERARY INTELLIGENCER has recorded, he trusts satisfactorily and in sufficient detail, the proceedings of a large number of learned Societies, and to any others that may favour him with their communications he will readily accord his space. The same offer applies to his CORRESPONDENCE and the OBITUARY, respecting which he again urges his request for that co-operation that shall more than ever justify his ancient" word," E PLURIBUS UNUM. LIST OF ENGRAVINGS. Page 12 13 103 114 ARMORIAL TILES (four) of Richard, King of the Romans (plates) Paxhill. From a Photograph by Sir T. Maryon Wilson, Bart. Chapel 120 WESTMINSTER ABBEY : Archway in the Dark Cloister. 128 Plan of the Abbey and adjoining Buildings (plate) 128 Early Norman Pillar (A.D. 1060) 131 Early Norman Capitals, with later Norman Sculpture 132 Chapel of the Pyx in its present state (1859), part of the Sub Small Window (Exterior and Interior) under the Dormitory ib. Part of the Norman Arcade of the Refectory to the Infirmary Fragments of late Norman Ornament Waltham Abbey, South Side of the Nave (plate). 137 154 WESTMINSTER ABBEY : Window at St. Maurice, York. Plan of Apse, Westminster Buttress, &c., South Side . Mural Paintings at Charlton-on-Otmoor Church, Oxon (plate) Head of St. Peter, from Chalgrove Church, Oxon (plate) Ancient View of Paris. St. Christopher (the earliest Woodcut) Wyke Church, Sepulchral Brass at The Pax of Maso Finiguerra Pax, New College, Oxford Church of St. Duilech. Ancient Buildings at St. Doulough's The Chapter-house in its present state ib. 468 Foliage over the Entrance to the Chapter-house Plan of the Mural Paintings in the Chancel of Chalgrove Church, Oxon.. WESTMINSTER ABBEY : Chapel of St. Blasius, or the Old Revestry 547 577 THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE AND HISTORICAL REVIEW. JANUARY, 1860. CONTENTS. MINOR CORRESPONDENCE.-Winton Domesday Book.-The Pilgrims of Bunyan and de Guileville.-Errata Richard, King of the Romans Literature in the Cabinet The National Style and its Critics Heraldry in History, Poetry, and Romance Sir R. H. Inglis's Medal-Task.......... ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.-Feoffment from Sir Robert de Ashton, of Manors in Wilts., Somerset, and Dorset, 1374; Marriage Settlement of Sir Richard Beaufou, of half of the Manor of Hursley, Hants., 1335; Articles to be observed in the Erecting and Ordaynyng of a Present Academye, 37; Extracts from the Chapter Books of Westminster Abbey, 1603-1680 ANTIQUARIAN AND LITERARY INTELLIGENCER.-Society of Antiquaries, 41; British PAGE 2 3 14 21 28 31 34 40 54 CORRESPONDENCE OF SYLVANUS URBAN.-Waltham Abbey Church, 55; Mr. Scott's MISCELLANEOUS REVIEWS.-Marvellous Adventures and Rare Conceits of Master Tyll OBITUARY-The Hon. Mountstuart Elphinstone, 80; Washington Irving, 82; William 85 Registrar-General's Return of Mortality in the Metropolis-Markets, 87; Meteorological BY SYLVANUS URBAN, GENT. 888 WINTON DOMESDAY BOOK. MR. URBAN,-The best answer that can be given to the query of your correspondent "Ignoramus," in this month's MAGAZINE, respecting the nature and purport of the "Winton Domesday Book," is to be found in the introductory observations of Sir Henry Ellis, prefixed to the printed copy of the work, in the Additamenta to the Liber Censualis, printed in 1816. We are there told that the MS. which is now preserved in the Archives of the Society of Antiquaries of London, consists of two distinct parts or records, both written upon vellum. The title of the first may be translated, "Book of the King's lands in Winchester, rendering land-gable [ground-rent] and burg-hote [payments for the support of castles and walls], as they were paid in the time of King Edward [the Confessor]" that of the second, "This is the Inquisition of the lands of Winchester, whoso holdeth, and how much he holdeth, and of whom he holdeth, and from what time every one hath held; taken by the command of Henry [de Blois] the bishop, in the year from the Incarnation of the Lord MCXLVIII." A rubrick, which immediately follows the title of the first portion, states that King Henry the First, desirous of ascertaining what King Edward the Confessor held in Winchester as his own demesne, ordered this survey to be made upon the oaths of the burgesses. An Inquest was accordingly taken, in the presence of William Giffard, Bishop of Winchester, among others; from which circumstance it is concluded that the survey must have been taken between the year 1107, when he was consecrated, and 1128, when he died. A few unusual words appear in these records, which are not found in the Exchequer Domesday; and the great number of surnames, which your correspondent enquires after, is very remarkable; these names were thought by Bishop Lyttleton to have been borne by Normans settled here by the King. The custom of bearing surnames, that is, names which are used in genealogical succession from father to son, like most other customs, probably made its way by degrees; but I believe there is no instance of surnames, strictly speaking, having been employed at a period prior to the Conquest; and it was not till the middle of the fourteenth century that they generally prevailed. We find, indeed, in the Domesday Book several Normans, and other peoples from the Continent, distinguished by additional names, but as these did not in all cases descend from father to son, they can hardly be considered as surnames, in the present acceptation of the word; such were Malet, Giffard, Darcy, and Lacy, and many others; and these were the persons who first set the example of a practice which is now universal among us. I am, &c. GEORGE Munford. East Winch, Dec. 14. THE PILGRIMS OF BUNYAN AND DE GUILEVILLE. MR. URBAN,-I own myself rather surprised that the writer of the paper entitled as above, in your December number, has made no mention of "The Parable of the Pilgrim," published in 1665, by the pious Symon Patrick, subsequently Bishop of Chichester and of Ely. If we are to suppose that Bunyan had any model, I conceive it is more likely to be found in this work than in any that either Mr. Hill or his reviewer have enumerated. |