The following presentations were received, and thanks voted to the donors :

"Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London," second series, Vol. V., Nos. 4 and 5: presented by the Society.

"The Archæological Journal, published under the direction of the Central Committee of the Royal Archæological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland," Nos. 114 and 115 presented by the Institute.

"The Journal of the British Archæological Association," December, 1872: presented by the Association.

แ Archæologia Cambrensis," fourth series, Nos. 13 and 14: presented by the Cambrian Archæological Association. "Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire," new series, Vol. XII.: presented by the Society.

"Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archæological Society," No. 12: presented by the Society.

"The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland," Vol. II., No. 3: presented by the Institute.

"Aarboger for Nordisk Oldkyndighed og Historie," 1871, Nos. 2, 3, and 4, and "Tillæg;" 1872, No. 1; also "Mémoirs de la Société Royale des Antiquaries du Nord," new series, 1871 and 1872: presented by the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries.

"American Journal of Numismatics, and Bulletin of American Numismatic and Archæological Societies," Nos. 59 and 60: presented by the Numismatic Society of Bos

ton.

"The Builder," No. 1631-1644 presented by the Publisher.

"The Irish Builder," Nos. 295-300; presented by the Publisher.

"The Reliquary," Nos. 51 and 52: presented by Llewellynn Jewitt, F. S. A.

"Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the late Charles O'Connor Belnagare, Esq., M. R. I. A.:" presented by Captain T. Bigoe Williams. The book belonged to Lady Morgan, and contains her autograph as "Sydney Owenson."

A large collection of photographs, comprising views of

Dover Castle, the Cromleac called "Kit's Coty House,” &c. : presented by Captain T. Bigoe Williams, Dover.

An admirably preserved silver groat of Mary, before her marriage to Philip of Spain: presented by Rev. John Lymbery, Fethard.

A drawing of a fine bronze axe or celt, 9 inches long and 7 wide at the edge, weighing 24 lbs., and ornamented down the sides by rows of pellets presented by Mr. W. J. Knowles, Cully backey, Co. Antrim.

Dr. Richard Caulfield, of Cork, sent the following

"My attention was lately directed in the Library of the British Museum to a MS. volume entitled "Monastic Records, Ireland” (6165, Plut. CLXXI. D.). "A valuation and taxation of all the possessions, spiritual and temporal, belonging to the monasteries, priories, rectories, &c., throughout Ireland in the 20th Edward I. 1292." At p. 373 of this MS. is given a full account of the property of the houses of the Knights of the Temple in Ireland at their dissolution in the first year of King Edward II. (1307), copied from the original among the Irish Records. The warrant was directed by King Edward to John Wogan, Justiciary of Ireland, "to seize all the goods, chattels, &c., as well ecclesiastical as temporal, with the charters and muniments, of the brethren, cattle, &c.; that the lands be sown out of their own profits; that the knights be not imprisoned, regard being had to their station, and that an inventory be made and returned to the Exchequer." These inventories have come down to us, and from the extreme accuracy with which they were drawn up afford an interesting insight into the internal domestic arrangements of this illustrious confraternity, who have left behind them marked traces of the influence they exercised over the medieval literature of Europe. To arrive at some definite knowledge of the nature of this Society, I shall refer to the evidence of contemporary documents. Rymer ("Fod." Vol. I., p. 27) gives an Epistle of Pope Alexander III. in 1173, addressed to the Knights Templars at Jerusalem, regarding their privileges, in which he styles them "the origin and fountain of that sacred institution and order, a religious Knighthood, that no one should be admitted to the order unless a religious and military person; that the customs instituted by the Master and brethren could not be infringed; they were to be girt with a sword, and to wear a mantle, and, after making profession, to assume the habit. On no pretext were they to preach for money unless the Master of the Temple should consent; and that they should have a separate place of burial." There are two Bulls from the the same Pope worthy of notice (ib. p. 333);—(a) grants perfect immunity from danger to those who, either by themselves or with their goods, shall seek refuge in the houses of the Templars-(b) grants confirmation of the liberties, privileges, &c., conferred on them by Kings and Princes. There is another Bull from Alexander IV., in which he orders" that no confraternity take precedence of the Knights of the Temple, when once in the year they collect alms in the parish churches." From these records

they appear to have been a military, religious, and partly a mendicant order. From the return made by Wogan, the Knights Templars appear to have had revenues out of the following places :-Co. Kildare— Naas, Rathbride; Co. Meath-Villa Reginaldi, Hilton, Hoggebretteston, Villa de Hankyneston; Co. Louth-Portlyneran, Molanery, Gernouneston, Kylsaran, Kylmedymock, Kylpatryk, Drostroyl, Kyltanelaght, Cremartyn; Co. Dublin-Ballyrothery, Balymacorisde, Clontarf; Co. Waterford-Kylbary, Crok, Kylclogan, Insula juxta Waterford; Co. Carlow Rathronan in Fetherid; Co. Kylkenny-Balygaveran; Limerick City; Co. Tipperary-Ardmoyle, Balyshythar; Co. Wexford-Kylclogan. If this be a correct return, as it professes to be, it is rather hard to account for the absence of two places in Cork, which have always been considered as preceptories of the Templars, namely, Mourne Abbey, and the church of St. John of Jerusalem, at Cork. Archdall mentions both, and cites King, who mentions one William le Chaplain, who in 1292 was Master of the Preceptory of St. John, at Cork; and the subsequent incorporation of the lands of this hospital with the Cathedral, for choral purposes, would appear to have been the origin of the arms as at present borne by this see, namely, a cross patée, gules, which was the badge of the knights of this ancient order. As the Knights Templars were in troduced here by Strongbow, it is not possible that during their short career they could have ever exercised any permanent influence on the native population, being aliens both in race and language, neither do they appear from the inventories to have been possessed of much domestic affluence or splendour. They may have shared the rude hospitality of the age. We have no mention of a library, such as is to be met amongst the inventories of other Orders. The books mentioned are merely those used for the different religious offices, if we except one, a certain part of the first book of the written law," which may have been some gloss on the Canon law. From the implements of agriculture mentioned they appear to have bestowed much care on husbandry. The names of the several articles in those records are expressed in the quaintest mediæval Latin. The meaning of some of the items are obscure, even with the assistance of Didot's edition of "Ducange." I have selected the Kilsaran inventory as being the fullest, and containing more exact particulars than the others. It will be observed that Archbishop Bykenore, in his zeal to serve his king, appears not to have been altogether unmindful of himself. Here we have particulars of the goods of the Templars and of John de Bonevill, taken into the custody of the king for certain reasons, of which Alexander de Bykenore, Archbishop of Dublin, lately Treasurer of Ireland, in his account rendered to the Exchequer, was charged, and which were likewise noted in the items of the nineteenth year of King Edward the Second, amongst the records of Michaelmas Term. was charged with 30s. for a silver chalice, 40s. for one great antiphonary, 108. for a graduale, 3s. for a processional, 5 marks for two pairs of vestments, 12 marks for a black horse, 4 marks for three silver cups, and 50s. for brazen vessels for cooking, which goods and chattels were the property of the said Templars. The Archbishop was likewise charged with 10li. for two silver vessels, which belonged to John de Bonevill, seized by the king, for debts which he owed to the king, on the day of his demise. Having examined also the rolls and memoranda aforesaid, it was found that on the 3rd day of February there were in the manor of

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the said Templars at Kilsaran, in the Co. Louth, the goods and chattels subscribed, viz.:-In the chamber of the guardian of the said house, one couch, one canvas, and two linen, coverlets, and a canopy for the couch, price half a mark. Two measures called wyteles, worth 28. One robe made of dyed wool, worth half a mark. A robe of net work, worth do. One overtunic of camelyn, worth 38. One tunic of russet, 28. One military cloak, 68. One pair of coffers and five hoods, furred, each 10d. A sack made of a hide with a cask and bench, half a mark. One basin, one lavatory, 18d. Two travelling garments, each 12d. One manuel, 6d. Two linen coverlets, 18d. Two ells of white Irish cloth, per ell 3d. Three lambs' fleeces, 9d. In the hall four tables with a trestell, one dish, four bacons and a half, 88. One carcas of beef, 38. Four carcases of sheep, each 6d. One lavatory, 10d. One flagon and a half of honey, 12d. In the cellar, one peck of oatmeal, 12d. One peck of malt, 6d. One peck of oats for brewing, 9d. One mazer, 38. Two goblets, each 6d. One travelling cloak, 12d. Three do. of canvas, 18d. Two flaketti (?), 12d. Four joustes, or liquid measures, each 1d. One handfield (?), 3s. Two axes, 10d. Four penetralia, which are called awgers, 8d. One rock of iron, 3d. One hoe, 6d. One hammer for breaking stones, 4d. A bill for cutting thorns, 2d. A large knife for cutting bread, 2d. A hamper of hides bound with iron, 16d. One empty cask, 6d. Three wedges, 18d. One barrel and seven dishes of salmon, 8d. One meskune (?), 28. A chest without the cover, 6d. In same chest, 10 pecks of oats for brewing, 28. 8d. One harrow, 2d. In the chapel, a gilt chalice, one mark. Three towels for covering the altar, each 6d. Three pair of vestments, 158. Three bordures for the vestments, 9d. One cruet of pewter, 1d. One missal, 40s. One breviare, 6 marks. A book containing the psalter and graduale, half a mark. One psalter, 28. A certain part of the first book of the written law, 58. A small image of the Blessed Virgin of Inero and one great bell, 38. A very small bell, 1d. In the chamber near the chapel, one chest in which are two pecks of oats for brewing, each peck, 6d. In the kitchen, three brazen pots, one 108., another 88., the third 48. Two vessels for washing the hands, each 12d.; one dish, 12d.; another, 2d.; a gridiron, 6d.; a tripod, 5d. In the bakehouse, two furnaces, each 108.; one mescune (?), with a trough, 5s.; three wedges, each 8d.; one bake-trough, one tub for kneading, 28.; one crannock of oats for brewing, 4s. In the grannery, eight crannocks of corn in sheaves, each 40d. Two horses, one Bayard, and the palfrey of the guardian, 208.; another horse, iron grey, 208. Ten heifers, each 38. One pottage dish, 12d, Nineteen oxen, each 38. Two carts with the irons, each 38. Six rakes, each 11d. One old two-wheeled cart, 12d. Two spades, each 2d. Ten cows, each 48. Ten oxen, each 28. Eight score sheep, each 4d. Forty-four swine, each 6d. Two bodies for the waggons, each 3d.; do. for the cart, 3d. One press for making cider, which does not act; two pairs of wheels for the waggons-one pair, 12d., another, 18d., a third, 5d. Seven selions and a half, each 5d. Fifty acres of corn sowed, 40d. per acre. Which goods and chattels were valued in the form aforesaid in the presence of brother Hugo, guardian of the said manor, and two legal men, neighbours in said places, viz.-Roger Gernoun and Roger Clerk, of Maundemleston on oath, before Benedict le Hauberge, then Sheriff of Louth, and the sum of the goods, lands, churches, and debts, 42 li. 148. 8d.

MONASTIC RECORDS, MUS. BRIT., 6165, PLUT. CLXXIX. D. PAGE 373. IRELAND, KNIGHTS TEMPLARS, THEIR POSSESSIONS.

"Tempore Bykenore Thesaurarii. Recepta de Bonis Templariorum in Hibernia, tempore Alexandri de Bykenore Thesaurarii Hiberniæ in termino Paschæ, anno regni regis Edwardi filii Regis Edwardi primo, ut patet per rotulum indentatum in Thesauro Saccarii Dubliniæ rema

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Kyldar', manerium. De Henrico ballivo de Rathbryde xlx 8. de debitis in quibus Templarii tenebantur die captionis eorundem de eodem Henrico xxvi 8. de eisdem debitis suis per fratrem Henricum de la Forde.

"Kylsaran, manerium.

De Adamo vicario de Kylmedymok xli. xviii 8. iii d. de exitibus ballivi de Kilsaran per Robertum Madowe-de eodem Adamo civ s. viii d. de eisdem exitibus per eundem Robertum. "Midia, manerium. De Roberto le Waleys proposito villæ Reginaldi lxix s. viii d. ob. de redditu ejusdem ballivi, de eodem redditu iis. vii d. per eundem Robertum.

Uriel, ecclesia. De Willielmo le Waleys et sociis suis iiii li. x s. de decimis ecclesiæ de Molanery.

"Dublin', manerium. De arreragiis redditus Henrici de Waleton in Dublinia x 8. per Monial de Hogges, de Adamo Meurioyk de Ballyrothery xs. de redditu suo termino Paschæ, de redditu Templariorum in comitatu Dubliniæ 1 s. vid. per Randulf Dandy.

"Waterford, manerium. De Stephano Fraunceys ballivo de Kylbarry vii li. vis. vd. de redditu ejusdem ballivi et antiquis debitis per Robertum Eiluard, de eodem Stephano lxxiiis. vd., de redditu ballivi de Crok de eodem Stephano viiili. x8. iiiid. ob. De redditu et aliis exitibus ballivi de Kylclogan.

"Dublin', manerium. De Jordano Banagh et Aluredo ballivis de Balymacorisde de bladis ibidem venditis et aliis exitibus xliiiis. vd. De eisdem Jordano et Awlredo ballivis ibidem de bladis ibidem venditis et aliis exitibus xls. ixd.

"Uriel, ecclesia. De Nicolao de Dromcath iiii li pro decimis quas emit de Templariis in comitatu Uriel in autumpno regni regis xxxv 8. Summa lixli. xixs. Item in termino Sancti Michælis anno regni regis supradicti secundo.

"Midia, manerium. De redditu villæ Reginaldi iiiili. viii 8. per Robertum le Waleys propositum.

"Uriel. De bonis Templariorum xli. per Nicolaum de Dromcath. Summa xiiiili. viiid. Item in termino Sancti Hillarii anno supradicto. "Lymericum, civitas. De bonis Templariorum iiiis. per Robertum de Trym.

"Caterlough, Waterford, Kyldar, maneria. De bonis Templariorum ixli. per fratrem Thomam de Lyndesye et Johannem de Egge. Kyldar', manerium. De redditu de Rathbryde xls. per Henricum clericum.

"Nass. De bonis Templariorum apud le Nass vis. per Robertum le Foreman.

"Uriel, ecclesia. De exitibus ecclesiæ de Gernouneston xx s. per fratrem Thomæ le Lyndeseye, de redditu de Kylsaran iiiis. per eundem