3rd Jan., 1861.

6th Dec., 1855.

P. 7th Sept., 1851.

19th March, 1863.

H.S. Lan., 1862. 23rd Nov., 1848.

3rd Dec., 1863.

8th Jan., 1852.

2nd June, 1853.

14th Jan., 1864.

23rd Nov., 1848.

1st Dec., 1855.

7th Feb., 1850.

11th Feb., 1858. 23rd Nov., 1848.

23rd Nov., 1843.

P. 16th April, 1863.

2nd May, 1850.

16th Sept., 1864.

6th Jan., 1853. 23rd Nov., 1848.

4th Dec., 1862.

12th March, 1863.

2nd Nov., 1854.
3rd Jan., 1856.

6th March, 1862.

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Samuelson, Edward, Roby.

*Sandbach, W. R., Bank buildings, Cook street, and the Cottage, Aigburth.

*Sansom, Thomas, F.B.S.E,, 18, Breckfield road South, Everton.

Satterthwaite, Edward, Lancaster.

Saunders, W. A. F., Wennington hall, Lancaster.
*Schofield, Henry D., M.D., 14, Hamilton square,
Birkenhead.

Scott, George, 53, Burlington street, Greenheys,
Manchester.

Sharp, John, The Hermitage, Lancaster.
Sharp, William, 102, Piccadilly, London.
*Sharp, William, 17, Brunswick street, and Alton
villa, Oxton, Birkenhead.

Sharpe, Edmund, A.M., Cwm Alyn, Llanrwst,
North Wales.

*Shawe, J. R., Arrowe hall, Birkenhead.
*Sherlock, Cornelius, 22, King street.
*Shute, Arthur.

Simpson, Rev. Samuel, A.M., St. Thomas's Par-
sonage, Douglas, Isle of Man.

Skaife, Thomas, 32, Sussex place, Regent's park,
London.

*SMITH, HENRY ECROYD, Aldboro' house, Egre-
mont, Birkenhead, HON. CURATOR.

Smith, James, Seaforth.

Smith, John, Langley, near Macclesfield.
Smith, William Penn, 26, Hanover street.
*Snowball, J. G., 10, Castle street, and 11, Upper
Canning street.

Somerville, Thomas, LL.D., Hawthorn hall,
Wilmslow, Manchester.

*Squarey, Andrew Tucker, Apsley villas, Lower
Bebington.

Stainer, William, Old Trafford, Manchester.
Staniforth, Rev. Thomas, Storrs, Windermere.
Stanley, the Lord, M.P., Knowsley hall, Lanca-
shire, and 23, Saint James's square, London,
S.W.

5th Feb., 1863. Steele, Alexander, Ph.Dr., Bay View house, The
Crescent, Douglas, Isle of Man.

13th Dec., 1855.

30th Dec., 1854.

5th June, 1850.

6th Nov., 1862.

P. 6th March, 1862.

4th March, 1852.

Steiner, F., Hyndburn, Accrington.

*Stewart, James Gordon, Woodlands, Clifton park, Birkenhead.

*Stock, John.

*Stone, George, 57, Ranelagh street, and 51,
Prospect vale, Fairfield.

*Stonehouse, James, 149, Phythian street.
*Sykes, James, Colonial buildings, 34, Dale street,

78, Rodney street, and Breckhouse, Poulton-
le-fylde.

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*Thompson, Henry, 153, Upper Parliament street, and 11, North John street.

Thornber, Rev. William, B.A., Blackpool.
*Thornely, Samuel, 31, Edge lane.

*Tinne, John A., F.R.G.S., Briarley, Aigburth.
*Tobin, James Aspinall, Walmer buildings, Water
street, and Eastham.

Tobin, Sir Thomas, F.S.A., Ballincollig, Cork.
*Torr, John, 15, Exchange buildings, and Eastham.
Towneley, Charles, Towneley, Burnley.

*Towson, JOHN THOMAS, F.R.G.S., 47, Upper
Parliament street, and Sailors' Home.
*Turner, Charles, M.P., 4, Lancelot's hey, and
Dingle head.

*Turner, John Hayward, 23, Abercromby square.
Turner, Edward, High street, Newcastle, Stafford-
shire.

*Tuton, E. S., 48, Lime street.

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8th March, 1854. *Underwood, Rev. Charles W., A.M., Vice-Principal Collegiate Institution.

V

23rd Nov., 1848. *Varty, Thomas, Lark hall, Penrith.

14th April, 1853. *Vose, James, M.D., 5, Gambier terrace, Hope

street.

W

Walker, Sir Edward Samuel, Berry hill, Mansfield, Notts.

Walmsley, Thomas, Preston.

Warburton, Rowland Eyles Egerton, Arley hall,
Cheshire.

Ward, John Angus, Hooton Lodge, Chester.
*Waterhouse, John Dockray, 1, Oldhall street.
*WATERHOUSE, NICHOLAS, Rake Lane.
Watt, Richard, Speke hall.

Watts, Sir James, Manchester.

Way, Albert, A.M., F.S.A., Wonham manor,
Reigate, Surrey.

*Webster, George, 6, York buildings, Dale street,
and Mosley hill, Aigburth.

Welton, Thomas A., F.S.S., 11, Almorah road,
Downham road, London, N.

Wensleydale, Rt. Hon. the Lord, Ampthill park,
Ampthill.

*Whitley, George, 5, Clayton square, and Brom-
borough.

Whitley, Rev. John, A.M., Newton rectory,
Warrington.

Whitley, Rev. William, B.A., Catsclough, Wins-
ford, Cheshire.

Wilkinson, Thomas Turner, F.R.A.S., Corr. Mem.
Lit. and Phil. Soc. Manch., Burnley.
*Willoughby, Edw. G., Marine Cottage, Tranmere.
Williams, Bell.

Wilson, G.

Wilson, J. M., Hardshaw street, St. Helen's.
Wood, Venerable Isaac, A.M., Archdeacon of
Chester, Newton, near Middlewich.

Wood, Isaac Moreton, A.M., Newton, near
Middlewich.

*Woodhouse, John George, 117, Henry street.
Worthy, George Smith, Bristol.

P.

P.

HONORARY MEMBERS.

6th Feb., 1851. Akerman, John Yonge, Hon. M.R.S.L.; F.S.A.
Newcastle; F.R.S. of Northern Antiquities;
Corr. Mem. SS. Antiq. Scot., France, Russia,
Switzerland, Rome; Hon. Mem. Roy. Acad.,
Stockholm; Somerset House, London.
Babington, Charles Cardale, A.M., F.R.S., F.S.A.,
F.L.S., Professor of Botany, Cambridge.
Blaauw, William Henry, A.M., F.S.A., Beechland,
Uckfield.

27th Sept., 1854.

6th Feb., 1851.

6th Feb., 1851.

Boileau, Sir John P., Bart., F.R.S., F.S.A.,
Ketteringham hall, Wyndham, Norfolk, and
20, Upper Brook street, Grosvenor square,
London.

27th Sept., 1854. Brewster, Sir David, K.H., D.C.L., LL.D.,
F.R.SS.L., and E., Hon. M.R.I.A., one of the
Eight Foreign Associates of the Academy of
Sciences in the Imperial Institute of France,
and Hon. or Corr. Member of the Academies
of Berlin, St. Petersburg, Vienna, Munich,
Göttingen, Turin and Modena, and Principal
of the University of Edinburgh; College,
Edinburgh and Allerly, Roxburghshire.
Brown, James, New York, U.S.A.

1st Nov., 1860.
6th Feb., 1851.

1st Feb., 1855. 19th May, 1859.

27th Sept., 1854.

27th Sept., 1854.

9th Dec., 1852.

Charlton, Edward, M.D., F.S.A., Newc., 7, Eldon
square, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Clarke, Joseph, F.S.A., Saffron Walden, Essex.
Cochet, M. L'Abbe, Inspector of Antiquities and
Monuments in Normandy, Dieppe.

Gray, John Edward, Ph.D., F.R.S., F.L.S.,
V.B.Z.S., Pres. Entom. Soc., &c., British
Museum, London.

Latham, R. Gordon, M.D, F.R.S., Greenford,
Middlesex.

MacAdam, Robert, 18, College square East,
Belfast.

P.

P.

P.

27th Sept., 1854. Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey, G.C.St.S., A.M., D. C. L., F. R. S., V. P. L. S., F. G. S., V. P. R. Georgr. S., Hon. M.R.I.A., Director-General of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and Ireland; Trust. Brit. Mus.; Hon. Mem. Acadd. St. Petersburgh, Berlin, Copenhagen; Corr. Mem. Inst. France, &c., 16, Belgrave square, London.

27th Sept., 1854.

7th May, 1851. 27th Sept., 1854.

Owen, Richard, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S., F.L.S.,
F.G.S., British Museum, London.
Pidgeon, Henry Clarke, 10, St. Leonard's terrace,
Maida hill, West, London.

Phillips, John, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., Professor of Geology, and Keeper of the University Museum, Oxford; Hon. Mem. Imp. Acad., Moscow; Société Vaudoise, &c., Oxford, 27th Sept., 1854. Rosse, the Earl of, K.P., D.C.L., F.R.S., F.S.A., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., Birr Castle, Parsonstown, Ireland.

27th Sept., 1854. Sabine, Major General Edward, R.A., D.C.L., LL.D., Pres. R.S., F.R.A.S., 13, Ashley place, London, S.W., and Woolwich.

27th Sept., 1854. Sedgwick, Rev. Adam, A.M., F.R.S., F.G.S., F.R.A.S., Hon. M.R.I.A., Woodwardian Pro. fessor, Trinity College, Cambridge.

6th Feb., 1851. Smith, Charles Roach, F.S.A., Member of the
Roy. Soc. North Antiq. Copenhagen, Hon.
Mem. SS. Antiq., France, Normandy, Scotland,
Spain, Newcastle, the Morinie, Abbeville,
Picardy, Wiesbaden, Luxemburg, Treves,
Touraine, &c., Temple place, Strood, Kent.

27th Sept., 1854. Whewell, Rev. William, D.D., F.R.S., F.G.S.,
F.R.A.S., Hon. M.R.I.A., Corr. Mem. of the
Institute of France, Master of Trinity College,
Cambridge.

6th Feb., 1851. Willis, Rev. Robert, A.M., F.R.S., Jacksonian Professor, Cambridge, and 23, York terrace, Regent's park, London.

27th Sept., 1854. Wright, Thomas, A.M., F.S.A., Hon. M.R.S.L., Member of the Institute of France; of the Roy, Soc. North Antiqs. Copenhagen; Hon. Mem. of the Soc. of Antiquaries of France; Corresp. Mem. Soc. Antiq. Normandy; of Soc. Antiqs. Scotland, &c., 14, Sydney street, Brompton. London.

TRANSACTIONS.

ON THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE CATHEDRALS AND ABBEYS OF ENGLAND.

By Nicholas Waterhouse, Esq.

(READ 5TH NOVEMBER, 1863.)

It is my intention to give, in the following paper, a short account of the Cathedrals and greater Monasteries of England, and afterwards to describe the comprehensive scheme which was drawn up, in the time of Henry VIII, for the restoration of those institutions to a state of efficiency suited to the progressive spirit of the age and to the tenets of the Reformed Church. I am, fortunately, able to give a local interest to the latter part of the subject-the charter of the mother Church of this diocese having been published in the “Blue Book” of 1854, as an example of the position and duties assigned to the Cathedrals which were then founded.

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The original purpose of a Cathedral Church," according to the Report of the Cathedral Commission of 1854 (from which I shall largely quote), "was of a missionary character—the "Bishop living together with his. associated Clergy; main

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taining the constant worship of Almighty God; educating "the young in the faith of Christ; and sending forth preachers "of the gospel into all parts of the diocese." Monasteries, on the other hand, were designed as places of retirement, "wherein persons might be brought up in a way of devotion "and learning, to fit them for further service when they "should be taken out."

The four Welsh Bishoprics are derived from the ancient