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Mr. William Henry Rolfe, of Sandwich, has kindly placed in my hands, for the inspection of the Society, a variety of interesting remains, found within the last few years at Gilton, Coombe, Woodnesborough, and Richborough.
page 134 note a Ap. Paluz. T. J. p. 254, conf. capit. 6.
page 135 note a Lib. 2. cap. 6.
page 135 note b A thane of Æthelred the Second bequeathed to the king, among other valuable gifts, two swords with silvered handles:—“Ego do Domino meo 200 mancusas auri, et duos gladios cum manubriis argentatis,” &c.—Monasticon, t. i. p. 266.
page 136 note c See the Nenia Britannica.—The tumuli on Breach Downs, lately opened by Lord Albert Conyngham, contrary to those in other parts of Kent, examined by Douglas, yielded no coins, but in a small one, subsequently excavated by Mr. J. P. Bartlett, four Anglo-Saxon sceattas were found. Proceedings Num. Soc. p. 88. The importance of collecting facts before attempting to generalize is herein obvious.