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completing the whole was nearly 200 years, yet great care being taken in the joining and uniting of one build

mendisq pluribus emendatum. Sumptibus & expensis Johanis Gachet mercatoris librarii bene meriti juxta prefatam ecclesiam commorantis. Anno dni decimo sexto supra millesimum & quingetesimu, Die vero quinta Februarii completum atq; perfectum." With musical notes and several fine wooden cuts, folio ; no numbering to the leaves. In the possession of Dr. Ducarel. There is also one at Cambridge, and another was in Mr. West's collection. Mr. Gough has a quarto with the same title, but the date" A. D. MCCCCC tringentesimo, die vero 2da Julii." The sheets numbered.

3. "Breviarium ad usum insignis metropolitane ecclesie Eboracensis: una cum pica diligentissime accuratissimeque recognitum et emendatum: in preclara Parrhisiensi academia: in edibus videlicet Francisci Regnault impressum; ac expensis honesti viri Joannis Gascheti: in predicta Eboracensi civitate commorantis: hic suum capit exordium pro tempore hyemali. Anno nostre reparationis 1526." 8vo.

4. "Processionale completum per totum anni circulum. Ad usum celebris ecclesie Eboracensis de novo correctum et emendatum cum collectis. Impensis Joh. Gachet Librarii Ebora. 1530." 8vo. Mr: Gough has another with the same title "impressum Londini per Johannem Kyngeston & Henricum Sutton, typographos. 1555." Quarto.

5. Missale ad usum ecclesie Eboracen. tam in cantu quam in litera recognitum,congruentibus historiis adornatum, marginalibus quotationibus, prosisque ac variis additamentis locupletatum sumptibus Francisci Regnault, Parisiis moram tenentis. Anno Domini MCCCCCXXXIII. Venundantur in vico Sancti Jacobi, e regione porticus Maturinorum ad signum elephanti." Quarto. This is in the possession of Mr. Gough, and also in the library of Bryan Barret, Esq. of Melton in Berkshire. Dr. Rawlinson, in a note in his copy of this book, in the hands of Mr. Law, Bookseller, 1778, says, the monks of Scotland, who allowed a dependence on this Metropolitan See, rejected its use, and followed that of Sarum.

6. Missale ad usum celeberrime ecclesie Eboracensis optimis caracteribus impressum cura pervigili maximaq; lucubratione mendisque pluribus emendatum, atq; in forma portabili marginatum, &c. et impensis honestorum virorum Guillermi Bernard & Jacobi Cousin, biblio polarum Rothomagi degentum ante atrium librariorum majoris ecclesie atque in ipso atrio e regione curie ecclesiastice. Anno salutis Christianæ decimo septimo supra millesimum et quingentessimum, die vero vicesima sexta mensis Octobris completum," Quarto.

commanded Augustine, to whom he had then sent the pall by which he designated him Archbishop of London, to appoint a bishop at the city of York; such a person as he himself should think fit to ordain. He was also to have the dignity of the pall conferred upon him, and to be made equal in privilege with the other. It was, however, not until the year 627, that this archiepiscopal see was erected in substance; for then,what was only designed by Pope Gregory, was accomplished in the primacy of Paulinus; and Pope Honorius, in the year 634, sent this prelate the pall, and expressly granted them the mutual power of ordaining each other. The author afterwards treats of the suffragan bishops, subject to the Primate of York, and then relates the manner in which the two archbishops shall respectively' have their crosses borne in each other's province, and in parliaments, councils, and other places.

He then gives an account of the archbishops' privileges and immunities; a catalogue of the manors, &c. granted to Henry VIII, by the then Archbishop of York; a list of the several impropriations settled on the see of York, by' Henry VIII, in the 38th year of his reign, &c. ; and a summary of all the rents belonging to the Archbishoprick of York. He next treats of the dean and chapter, in their corporate capacity, and recites their charters, liberties, privileges, and immunities, and gives a list of the deans, precentors, chancellors, and treasurers of the church, and concludes this chapter with an account of the college of the Vicars Choral.

The fourth chapter gives an account of St. Mary's Abbey, from its foundation to its dissolution, with the state of the King's Manor, as it is called, at York.

There is great reason to believe, that there was à monastery standing at or near the site of this abbey, in the time of the Saxons and Danes; and there is good authority for believing, that it was built by Siward, the valiant Earl of

Northumberland. The monastery was then dedicated to St. Olave, but what order of monks resided in it, is not known. William Rufus coming to York, rebuilt this abbey, and changed its dedication to St. Mary.

The religious of the new monastery, were black monks, of the order of St. Benedict: there is one thing in their worship remarkable, for they had a Psalter or Office compiled for their devotion, which was agreed upon and published, May 30, 1390, and styled Consuetudinarium beata Maria Eborum, which book is now in the library of St. John's College, Cambridge. The abbot had the honour to be mitred, and had a seat in parliament, whence he was always styled Lord Abbot; nor were there any but this, and the Abbot of Selby, in the north of England, which had that privilege. Whenever he went abroad, his retinue was numerous and grand, and was little inferior to that of the archbishop. He had several country houses; of which, those at Deighton and Overton were the chief, both situated about three miles from York, one to the north, and the other to the south, of that city. The register of this abbey, though ill preserved, is now in the library of the

cathedral.

The author proceeds to give, from Mr. Torre, an account of the large possessions and revenues which were bestowed upon this abbey, arranged in alphabetical order, according to the names of the towns where the estates laid. He then gives a list of the abbots, of whom William Thornton, or de Dent, surrendered the abbey in 1540, to the king, and obtained a pension of 400 marks per annum for his life; after which follow the copies, from the originals, of several ancient charters and grants made to this abbey, none of which were ever before printed. This chapter concludes with the names of all towns and villages in the Liberty and Court of Records of the late abbey of St. Mary, digested under the several wapentakes and hun

dreds in the county of York, taken from a paper printed by order of the steward of St. Mary's, in 1703.

The Appendix, containing 110 pages, then follows; composed of references, additions, and emendations to the work, and has in it several curious particulars. The Index concludes the work.*

List of the Plates in Drake's Eboracum, or History and Antiquities of the City of York.

Note, Those marked l. p. are printed on the letterpress. Arms of the Earl of Burlington, Headpiece to the Dedi

cation.

Severus's Hills, near York, as they appear at the distance of about a mile from the city walls; presented by Thomas

Gough (Brit. Topogr. 2. p. 423) says, that Mr. Drake, Rector of Isleworth, Middlesex, has a copy of his father's works, with large manuscript additions, for a second edition, which he would publish, if he could recover the plates. [I have been told, that the author burned the coppers from which the engravings in this volume were printed. J. S.]

In p. 19. Mr. Drake speaks of another work which he intended for the press, as soon as this was finished; and from the manner in which he mentions it, it appears to have been on the subject of the Roman stations in Yorkshire.

An abridgment of Drake's History of the Cathedral Church of York, and of Dart's Description of Canterbury Cathedral, with the plates of each work, was published under the title of "An accurate Description and History of the Metropolitan and Cathedral Churches of Canterbury and York, from their first Foundation to this present Year. illustrated with 117 Copperplates, consisting of different Views, Plans, Monuments, Antiquities, Arms, &c.† London, 1755, folio, with an Appendix of Monuments erected after it went to press. Such of the plates in this book as relate to the cathedral church of York, and which are the same as in Drake's Eboracum, are marked with a in the list printed in p. 260, &c. of this number of The Librarian.

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In this work, p. 80, there is a plate of two bishops over the chapel of St. Michael, in this cathedral Church, which I think ought to be in Drake. J. S,

Willoughby, Esq. drawn by J. Haynes, and engraved by W.H.Toms.*

p. 14.

View of part of the Roman Road, on Bramham Moor, leading towards Tadcaster; presented by George Fox, Esq. p. 19. Haynes and Toms.

Plan of the Roman Stations of Isurium, now Aldborough, and Calcaria, now Tadcaster, p. 22.

Roman Tessellated Pavements found at Aldborough; presented by Lord Petre, p. 24. Engraved by J. Basire.† The Obelisks at Boroughbridge; presented by Bryan Fairfax, Esq. p. 28.

A Roman Camp on the Moors near Pickering; presented by T. S. Robinson, Esq. p. 36.

Map of the Roman Roads in the County of York, p. 37. Roman Altars, Urns, and other Curiosities found at York, p. 56, by J. Basire.

A Roman Tower and Wall in York; presented by the Rev. Dr. Langwith, p. 57; by W. H. Toms.

The Roman Arch in Micklegate-bar, York; presented by Wm. Drake, Esq. p. 60. Haynes and Toms.

A Roman Head of Brass; presented by Roger Gale, Esq. p. 65; engraved by G. Vertue.

William the Conqueror giving a Charter to his Nephew Alan, Earl of Britain, p. 89.

Note, This plate is the same which is in Gale's Register of the Honour of Richmond. That gentleman lent it to the author of this work.

Fac Simile of a Charter granted to the Citizens of York, by King John, in the year 1200, p. 203, l. p.

He was an engraver of architecture and perspective views, and there are a few portraits by him; among which is one of Sir Philip Percival, after Vandyck. The late Mr. Alderman Boydell learned the rudiments of engraving under this artist.

+ He was an engraver of maps, and father of the present Mr. John Basire, engraver to the Society of Antiquaries.