^{page 280 note *} For other examples of bronze spear-heads of this type, see Proceedings, 1 S. iv. 244, 279, 323, and 2 S. i. 125. See also, Horæ Ferales, pi. vi. fig. 30.

^{page 282 note *} Hatcher is probably the same person who, in 1618, had a grant, in conjunction with Sir Richard Young and Thomas Meautys, of fees for sealing subpoenas for thirty years (Mrs. Green's Calendar, 1611–1618, p. 548), and Dobson, the same who is mentioned in 1603 and 1610 as the Clerk of Recognizances in K.B. and C.P. (Ibid. 1603–1611, pp. 16, 591.)

page 282 note † Since this deed was exhibited to the Society several other deeds relating to the same transaction have been found by Lord Verulam. 1. A counterpart of the conveyance from Giles Marston, Johane his wife, and George Marston the son, to Sir Francis Bacon, of the lands formerly purchased from Anthony Bacon and Robert Prentyse. This deed is dated on the same 13th October as the deed exhibited. The lands were conveyed to Sir Francis, his heirs and assigns, to the use of Sir Francis and Lady Alice during their lives and the life of the longest liver, “for part of the jointure of the said Lady,” and after their decease to the use of Sir John Constable of Drumonbye in the county of York knight, John Yonge, and Thomas Mewtes, both of Gray's Inn, gentlemen, in trust for Sir Francis, his heirs and assigns. This counterpart is signed and sealed by Sir Francis and Lady Alice in the presence of the same witnesses as the deed exhibited. Bacon's seal is the same as that above described ; the impression of that of Lady Alice is a little imperfect, but has been made out by Thomas William King, Esq., F.S.A., York Herald, to bear a fesse nebuly between six fleurs-de-lis, being the arms of a family of the name of Dobson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and doubtless those of William Dobson, one of the witnesses to Lady Bacon's signature. 2. A deed poll, bearing the signature of Sir Francis Bacon and an impression of a seal with the arms of Bacon and Quaplode above mentioned, but without the crest, and with a crescent for difference. This deed declares that a statute staple for £3,000, acknowledged by Giles Marston, shall be void if Sir Francis Bacon and his wife and their assigns shall quietly enjoy the lands conveyed by the deed of the 13th October. 3. A deed poll dated the 2nd December, 1616, whereby Sir William Cooke of Hindhany [Highnam], co. Gloucester, Sir John Constable, Thomas Crewe, and Thomas Hetley, of Gray's Inn, persons trusted with the remainder of the lands of Sir-Francis Bacon, covenant with Giles Marston for farther assurance of the lands conveyed by the deed exhibited to the Society. Executed only by Bacon and Sir William Cooke, the execution of the former attested by Gr. Jones and William Hatcher, that of the latter by G. Jones and Edward Sudloe. Seals gone.