Minutes of meeting, 24 May 1792
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SAL/02/024/049
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Minutes of meeting, 24 May 1792
Date
24/5/1792
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The following Fellows were elected: John Milton, Richard Aldworth Neville and Dr David Pitcairn.
The following Fellows were admitted to the Society: Sir James Eyre, Kt., Lord Chief Baron of His Majesty’s Court of Exchequer, and William Wilson Esq.
James Moore presented Nos. 8, 9 and 10 of “Monastic Remains and Ancient Castles in England and Wales”.
Resolutions made at Council Meeting on 17 May 1792: that the case of Caroline Schnebbelie, widow of Mr. Jacob Schnebbelie late Draughtsman to the Society, be put to the Society at its next meeting with recommendation to give her £50, for relief of distress, in addition to the private contributions of Society members.
The Secretary exhibited drawings, copied in 1785 by John Hawkins from an old MS in the Wolfenbüttel Library, of paintings by the author, Schwartz of Augsburg, of himself dressed in fashions of the times from infancy to old age, and also some Knights of greater antiquity.
Robert Riddell communicated drawings by Alexander Reid of antiquities in the County of Galloway, including a ground plan and views of Cairnholy [or Cairn Holy = Càrn na h-ulaidhe], possibly a Druidical Temple; a cromlech at Cairnholy Farm, near Kirkdale House, the tomb of Galdus in local tradition; and other standing and fallen stones in various arrangements. Mr Reid had also provided recent drawings of Castle Gower, a vitrified fort in Buittle parish, Galloway.
Rev. Samuel Ayscough communicated an account by Thomas Marriott of a remarkable instance of female resolution and courage. Located in Burdwan [also known as Bardhaman Sadar, in West Bengal] were two areas of ground with bamboo railings at Bujibulhant, being sites at which two widows had recently taken their own lives with their deceased husbands, one on a funeral pyre, the other by burial alive in a ceremony then described in detail.
Rev. Samuel Ayscough communicated an account by Thomas Marriott of a remarkable instance of female resolution and courage. Located in Burdwan [also known as Bardhaman Sadar, in West Bengal] were two areas of ground with bamboo railings at Bujibulhant, being sites at which two widows had recently taken their own lives with their deceased husbands, one on a funeral pyre, the other by burial alive in a ceremony then described in detail.
More of Dr Pegge’s account of Anglo-Saxon coins in the Cotton Library was read. Revisiting doubts on Mr. Thoresby’s famous Unic of St Edwin belonging to that King of Northumbria, he reasoned that York was not called EOFERǷIC, as shown on the coin, in his days. Further, as the cross on the reverse was so unlike other Northumbrian crosses but perfectly resembled those in use 200 years later, he opined that the coin was one of Edward the Confessor, minted at York. Nonetheless, despite not being of such great age, its radiated crown and no sceptre made it still of unique interest. Mentioning his new edition of Sir Andrew Fountaine’s Table of Coins, with commentary, Dr Pegge returned to the Heptarchical series, beginning with Essex, Sussex and East Anglia – but further consideration was postponed.
The following Fellows were admitted to the Society: Sir James Eyre, Kt., Lord Chief Baron of His Majesty’s Court of Exchequer, and William Wilson Esq.
James Moore presented Nos. 8, 9 and 10 of “Monastic Remains and Ancient Castles in England and Wales”.
Resolutions made at Council Meeting on 17 May 1792: that the case of Caroline Schnebbelie, widow of Mr. Jacob Schnebbelie late Draughtsman to the Society, be put to the Society at its next meeting with recommendation to give her £50, for relief of distress, in addition to the private contributions of Society members.
The Secretary exhibited drawings, copied in 1785 by John Hawkins from an old MS in the Wolfenbüttel Library, of paintings by the author, Schwartz of Augsburg, of himself dressed in fashions of the times from infancy to old age, and also some Knights of greater antiquity.
Robert Riddell communicated drawings by Alexander Reid of antiquities in the County of Galloway, including a ground plan and views of Cairnholy [or Cairn Holy = Càrn na h-ulaidhe], possibly a Druidical Temple; a cromlech at Cairnholy Farm, near Kirkdale House, the tomb of Galdus in local tradition; and other standing and fallen stones in various arrangements. Mr Reid had also provided recent drawings of Castle Gower, a vitrified fort in Buittle parish, Galloway.
Rev. Samuel Ayscough communicated an account by Thomas Marriott of a remarkable instance of female resolution and courage. Located in Burdwan [also known as Bardhaman Sadar, in West Bengal] were two areas of ground with bamboo railings at Bujibulhant, being sites at which two widows had recently taken their own lives with their deceased husbands, one on a funeral pyre, the other by burial alive in a ceremony then described in detail.
Rev. Samuel Ayscough communicated an account by Thomas Marriott of a remarkable instance of female resolution and courage. Located in Burdwan [also known as Bardhaman Sadar, in West Bengal] were two areas of ground with bamboo railings at Bujibulhant, being sites at which two widows had recently taken their own lives with their deceased husbands, one on a funeral pyre, the other by burial alive in a ceremony then described in detail.
More of Dr Pegge’s account of Anglo-Saxon coins in the Cotton Library was read. Revisiting doubts on Mr. Thoresby’s famous Unic of St Edwin belonging to that King of Northumbria, he reasoned that York was not called EOFERǷIC, as shown on the coin, in his days. Further, as the cross on the reverse was so unlike other Northumbrian crosses but perfectly resembled those in use 200 years later, he opined that the coin was one of Edward the Confessor, minted at York. Nonetheless, despite not being of such great age, its radiated crown and no sceptre made it still of unique interest. Mentioning his new edition of Sir Andrew Fountaine’s Table of Coins, with commentary, Dr Pegge returned to the Heptarchical series, beginning with Essex, Sussex and East Anglia – but further consideration was postponed.
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