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heretofore it hathc been accustomed." But, after that year, coniniciiciiig with 1587,^ (and the handwriting, it is to be observed, continues the same, arguing that it was not the fancy of a difterent steward), the form is changed, and runs to this effect — " that the late officers have dehvered over the somme of — of lawful Inglishe money, to be kepte to the use of the said Company e and Incorporacyon as hearetofore it hathe bene accustomed." But after all, this phrase may have no particular meaning either way, and be a more fafo?i de parlcr. The Company have a silver awl, which is quite modern ; and their corporate seal, an engraving of which has been given in page 159, is of no antiquity, having been made in 1680, at a cost of xlvij^ while for the old one was received " in chainge" vij^ All inquiries for an impression of this have been unsuccessful. The present seal is of silver, oval, measur- ing 1| by 1^ inches ; and the arms engraven on it are, Argent, a chevron sable, between three goats' heads erased. Crest, a goat's head erased.^ From the arms of Companies given in Stowe's London, it appears that the goats' heads were borne by the craft generally, and not in Oxford alone ; and this heraldic charge may have been allusive to the material from which the cordovan was originally prepared. The writer cannot conclude these notices, without express- ing his sincere acknowledgments to John Crews Dudley, Esq., the present Steward of the Company, by whose politeness and liberality he has been enabled to draw them up. J. WILSON. ' 15. 9t. ■ -E. sub anil. mycs. His coat is thus, w"^*" some thing •^ The following extract from an unpub- resembles the Shoemakers amies, who lished letter of Aubrey to A. Wood, dated give 3 goates heades, as you may see in London, Vigil St. Peter iSc Paul, Uifil, the sign without Bocardo. This coate of may be interesting on this subject. He Moreton is in a West Chamber of the says, " In my last I gave you some me- Katherine VVheele lime at great Wiecomb moirs of Cardinal Moreton": and that the in Buciis, w (as I remember) the Cardi- tradie'on of y"= country people in Dorset nal's cappc." The arms, drawn with a wlien I was a schoolboy at Blandford pen, are, Quarterly 1 & 4, a single goat's there was, tliat he was a shoemaia'r's son head, erased. of Bere in Com" predict, but Sir W'". Dug- The original letter is in the Ashmolean dale (who desires to be remembred to Museum, Oxford ; from which a copy has you, and begins to recover) sayes by no been communicated by Mr. W. Kirtlaud, mcancs, I must not putt in writing Hear- Deputy Keeper. In the " Collectanea " of the late Mr. Thomas War ton, from the Pipe Rolls, is the following note, p. 95 : " Corvesarii de Oxinford r. c. de xv sol. pro j niicia auri pro gilda sua. Et hi castaniento numerandi ct ponderandi. Thesaurum apud inton. apud Natalc. 33 Hen: "2." N.H. — In the liist imit of this memoir, at pase 1;V>* of the former .liiurniil. the following corrections should he made: In V2i line from top, /«)■ "o(oncl," remi "oh." VM Ww. for " hele,'" rcaii '• hole." Last line, ./'or " Toosdnyc," read " .Soundcye."