Minutes of meeting, 24 February 1791
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SAL/02/024/007
Title
Minutes of meeting, 24 February 1791
Date
24/2/1791
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The following Fellow was recommended for election: Rev. Francis Henry Egerton FRS.
The following Fellow was elected: Thomas Ruggles.
The following Fellows were admitted to the Society: The Rt. Hon. Lord Ducie, Lewis Majendie and James Walker.
The President nominated The Hon. Daines Barrington, Christopher Hawkins, John Peachey and Charles Townshend as Auditors of the Treasurer’s Accounts for the year 1790.
John Zachary presented “History of the Danube” in 6 folio volumes by Count Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli.
Craven Ord exhibited a facsimile of a monumental brass, representing Henry (de) Not(t)ingham and his unnamed wife, in St. Mary’s Church, Holme-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. He was an Itinerant Judge in the reign of Richard II and one of the Council of the Duchy of Lancaster. His effigy showed a livery collar about the neck and a large anelace by his side. His double pointed beard was characteristic of the period as were the flowing tresses of his wife, though fashions changed with the reign of Henry IV. The well-cut letters of the proportionately large inscription provided a specimen of late 14th century style.
Major General Roy’s description of the face of the country of North Britain in general, or that part of the island situated beyond the Roman Wall in Northumberland, was read. It was observed that, beyond his broad overview of the Scottish Lowlands and Highlands, two Highland districts received more detailed comment, one being Rannoch Moor, the other unnamed. The General also summarised his discovery of work by Richard of Cirencester (his best known “Description of Britain” later discredited as an 18th century literary forgery) and analysed why the ancient geography of North Britain had not been so well ascertained as that of southern parts, identifying contributory deficiencies: Ptolemy’s mapping compilation errors; the Itinerary of Antoninus, though satisfactory as far as it went, had limited geographical coverage as did the Notitia Imperii; shortfalls in Peutingerian and Theodosian Tables and the Ravenna Cosmography. Finally, he mentioned the contribution of monkish writers: Gildas, Bede, Nennius and, again, Richard of Cirencester.
The following Fellow was elected: Thomas Ruggles.
The following Fellows were admitted to the Society: The Rt. Hon. Lord Ducie, Lewis Majendie and James Walker.
The President nominated The Hon. Daines Barrington, Christopher Hawkins, John Peachey and Charles Townshend as Auditors of the Treasurer’s Accounts for the year 1790.
John Zachary presented “History of the Danube” in 6 folio volumes by Count Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli.
Craven Ord exhibited a facsimile of a monumental brass, representing Henry (de) Not(t)ingham and his unnamed wife, in St. Mary’s Church, Holme-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. He was an Itinerant Judge in the reign of Richard II and one of the Council of the Duchy of Lancaster. His effigy showed a livery collar about the neck and a large anelace by his side. His double pointed beard was characteristic of the period as were the flowing tresses of his wife, though fashions changed with the reign of Henry IV. The well-cut letters of the proportionately large inscription provided a specimen of late 14th century style.
Major General Roy’s description of the face of the country of North Britain in general, or that part of the island situated beyond the Roman Wall in Northumberland, was read. It was observed that, beyond his broad overview of the Scottish Lowlands and Highlands, two Highland districts received more detailed comment, one being Rannoch Moor, the other unnamed. The General also summarised his discovery of work by Richard of Cirencester (his best known “Description of Britain” later discredited as an 18th century literary forgery) and analysed why the ancient geography of North Britain had not been so well ascertained as that of southern parts, identifying contributory deficiencies: Ptolemy’s mapping compilation errors; the Itinerary of Antoninus, though satisfactory as far as it went, had limited geographical coverage as did the Notitia Imperii; shortfalls in Peutingerian and Theodosian Tables and the Ravenna Cosmography. Finally, he mentioned the contribution of monkish writers: Gildas, Bede, Nennius and, again, Richard of Cirencester.
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