cum omnibus pertinenciis ficut fupra dictum eft predictis canonicis et eorum fuccefforibus contra omnes homines warrantizabimus et defendemus in perpetuum. In cujus rei teftimonium presenti fcripto figillum meum appofui. Hiis teftibus Domino Nicholao de Verdun; Engellard de Curfun, Will.' Pichard; Galfrido Wallarand; Willo de Stapenhull; Johanne Vincent; Oliv.' de Linton; Hugone Walle de Rependon; Henrico Le Tanner de Eadem et aliis."*

Seal, gone; but the copy hereafter mentioned fays it was of

green wax.

There is also a copy of this given under the feal of Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury, at the fupplication of the Priory, ne, cum ipfi prefatam literam in diverfis mundi partibus et præcipue Regni Anglie uti oporterent, ne, per viarum difcrimina vel aliis infortuniis deperiret, which copy, being word for word, the Archbishop orders shall be of equal force with the original.

Given at Lichfield, Nov. 5. 1400, in the 5th year of his tranflation.

Charter of Robert de Brus to the fame, 13 Edw. I.

Omnibus Chrifti fidelibus prefens fcriptum vifuris vel audituris Dominus Robertus de Brus falutem in Domino fempiternam. Noverit univerfitas veftra nos pro falute anime noftre et omnium antecefforum et fuccefforum noftrorum conceffiffe et prefenti fcripto noftro confirmaffe Deo et beate Marie et ecclefie sancte Trinitatis de Rependon et Canonicis ibidem Deo fervientibus omnes terras et tenementa cum omnibus pertinenciis fuis que fuerunt Domini Bernardi de Brus cognati noftri de feodo noftro in manerio de Rapendon fine ullo retinemento Habendas et Tenendas predictis Canonicis et eorum Succefforibus in liberam puram et perpetuam elemofinam ficut aliqua elemofina facre Religioni quietius et liberius dari potuit feu confirmari. pro quibus aut conceffione et quietâ confirmatione Robertus prior diete domus de Rependon et ejufdem loci conventus nos et uxorem noftram et omnes heredes anteceffores, et fucceffores noftros in fua fpeciali fraternitate et eorum

elemofinis et beneficiis omnibus receperunt in' perpetuum. In

* Ex Autogr. penes Dom. Rob. Burdett prædi&.-It appears that Bernard Brus and Roger de Hertifhorn gave the Priory 100 thillings rent in Repton, and lands in Hertifhorn.-Efe. Nott. et Derb. 12 Edw, I. n. 81. Tanner's Notitia,

cujus

cujus rei teftimonium prefenti fcripto figillum noftrum appofuimus. Hiis teftibus Dominis Nicholao de Verdun; Rich. de Curzon Aluered Mulny; Johanne de Meton et Waltero de Corry; Militibus. Magiftro Ad' de - - et aliis. Dat.' apud maban Natal Domini ann' regni Regis Edwardi filii

Henrici. Regis tertio decimo.

Sealed with his feal-a very beautiful one-on one fide a fhield of his arms-A Saltier and Chief, with this Circumfcription, SIGILLVM ROBERTI DE BRVS DOMINI VALLIS ANANDIE. On the reverfe, a man on horfeback richly caparifoned, in full armour, fword in hand, with clofe helmet, a fhield before him, bearing his arms, the legend broken

FORT .. IN BELLO.*

It may here be neceffary to enquire who these two Bruces were. -Robert de Brus beforementioned, who married label, coheir. of David, Earl of Huntingdon, had iffue Robert de Brus, who contended with Baliol for the Crown of Scotland, and alfo according to Collins's Peerage,† (tho' it is not mentioned by Dugdale‡) Bernard de Brus, who is there flated to have had Connington in Huntingdonshire, (from whofe heirefs thro' the Wefenhams the Bruce-Cottons are reported to be defcended) and John de Brus, from whom is defcended the present Earl of Elgin, in Scotland.

The Bernard de Brus therefore in the deed here printed may be the above Bernard. But who could the above Robert be, unless it was his nephew Robert, who afterwards fucceeded to the Kingdom of Scotland; fince to Bernard's brother Robert, the word Cognatus is of course inapplicable,

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS to CORRESPONDENTS..

Notes from Egham to Stratfield Say, &c. are received from our obliging Correfpondent W. and shall be inferted (probably with fome additions) in our next.

N. B. The Editors of this Work having obtained confiderable Col lections for Harrow, in Middlesex, of which place they intend giving an account very foon with Engravings, will be obliged to any Gentleman for his affytance as foon as poffible.

285

ties,

313

Weft-Ham Abbey, Effex,

Sedgbrook, Lincolnshire,

County,

314.

293 Blore,

317

318

298

fion,

323

324

Bridgwater Caftle, Co. Somerset, 268 Okeover, Staffordshire,

295 Pedigree of the Baffetts,

Hiftory of Bolton, in the fame Heraldrical Notes from the Man

History and Monumental Infcrip- Ditto from the Church,

Embellished with elegant Engravings of an ARCH at WEST-HAM: ABBEY the RUINS of BRIDGWATER CASTLE-and a curious BRICK TOWER at REPTON..

LONDON:

Printed for ROBSON, New Bond Street, J. WALKER, Pater nofter Row; and C. STALKER, Stationers Court, Ludgate Street; of whom may be had Vol. I. now complete, with Twelve Engravings, and a copious Index, or any fingle Numbers.

There is just published a beautiful work in 2 Vol. 8vo. A Tour thro' the Isle of Wight, with thirty Engravings in Aquatint, in the fame ftile as Gilpin's works of this kind, Price £.1 11s. 6d. boards. From the tranfient view we have yet had of it, it feems deferving of high praise, but a farther account fhall be given in future.

Mr. Nichols has also published his long expected. Lth Number of the Bibliotheca. Topographica, embellished with Nineteen Plates, containing the first part of his Collections for the Hiftory of the County of Leicester, Pr. 155.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS to CORRESPONDENTS.

Our thanks are particularly due to W. for his affiftance in our intended account of Harrow.

We are also much obliged to our old Correfpondent M. Green for his Buckinghamshire ChurchNotes.

Our Gainsborough Friend alfo receives our thanks for his Mifcellaneous Communications.

The Drawing and Account of the old Chapel at Clare, in Suffolk, demand our acknowledgments, and fhall have early infertion, if poffible.

But to M. Y. and T. B. whofe large Collections and great skill regarding the Hiftory of the County of Derby, are of the highest affiftance to us, we feel peculiar obligations, both for their private hints and public communications. Any thing regarding Tiffington, Buxton, Tidwell, Caftleton, Bakewell, and that part of our Tour, will be very acceptable, as foon as poffible.

TOPOGRAPHER,

NUM B. XIV.

FOR MAY, 1790.

Being Number V. of Vol. II.

ART. I. Continuation of the Hiftory of Repton Priory, and Town, in Derbyshire.

IN our last we left off with the Charter of Robert de Brus to the Priory. We will now begin with that of another defcendant of the Foundrefs, Edmund, Earl of Arundel, who will by this of course be proved to have fhared in the inheritance of the Earldom of Chefter, which lay hereabouts.

This Edmund was fon and heir of Richard, Earl of Arundel, fon and heir of John, Lord Fitzalan of Clun, fon and heir of John, by Isabel, fifter and coheir of Hugh de Albini, Earl of Arundel.

Grant of Edmund, Earl of Arundel, of his Wafte in Tikenbale, 5 Edw. II.

Notum fit omnibus ad quos prefens fcriptum pervenerit, quod nos Edmundus Comes Arundell dedimus, conceffimus, et hac carta noftra prefenti confirmavimus dilectis nobis in Chrifto religiofis viris Priori et Conventui de Repindon et eorum fuccefforibus totum Waftum noftrum de Tikenale quod vocatur Schadhawe cum omnibus fuis pertinenciis fine ullo retinemento: Habendum et Tenendum dictum Waftum cum omnibus pertinenciis, et aifiamentis fuis dictis Religiofis et eorum fuccefforibus de nobis et heredibus noftris liberè, quietè, bene et in pace in perpetuum

This was that Earl of Arundel who was drawn, beheaded, and hanged on a gibbet, at Briftol, with Hugh Defpencer the younger, by order of Edward the Second's Queen, in 1326. Dug. Bar. I, 316.