Part 10

The Romance of Jean and Blonde of Oxford, by Philippe de Reims, an Anglo-Norman Poet, of the latter end of the twelfth Century. To be edited from a Unique MS. in the Royal Library at Paris, by M. LE ROUX DE LINCY, editor of the Roman de Brut.

The Council have added the following works to the list of Suggested Publications--

A Collection of Original Letters relating to the Dissolution of the Monasteries and some other points connected with the Reformation. To be edited by THOMAS WRIGHT, Esq. M.A., F.S.A.

Specimens of the Anglo-Latin Poets from the seventh to the thirteenth century, selected from inedited MSS. and arranged chronologically, with notices of the Writers and popular Notes. To be edited by THOMAS WRIGHT, Esq. M.A., F.S.A.

Contemporary Diary of a resident in London, extending from the Year 1550 to 1563, now the Cottonian MS. Vitellius F. v. To be edited by JOHN GOUGH NICHOLS, Esq. F.S.A.

The Council have to direct the attention of the Society to the obligations conferred upon it by J. I. Blackburne, Esq. M.P. by giving the Society the use of the MS. of the Three Romances, edited by Mr. Robson.

Also by the Right Hon. Thomas Grenville, in placing in Mr. Way's hands, upon the application of the Director, his valuable early printed editions of the "Promptorium," which Mr. Way wished to use for his edition of that work; and by the Master and Fellows of Saint Peter's College, Cambridge, for the readiness with which, upon a similar application, they lent the Council, for the use of Mr. Way, a valuable MS., entitled Campus Florum.

The same exertions, in behalf of the Society, which former Councils have acknowledged, have been continued to be made by the Local Secretaries, and other friends of the Society resident in the country; and the Council trust that such exertions will not be relaxed. To diffuse a knowledge of the existence and objects of the Society tends, not merely to promote its welfare, but also to carry out the purpose for which it was established, by directing the attention of the possessors of MSS. to those collections in which there yet exist, unpublished, inestimable papers which this Society would be ready and willing to make available.

Messrs. Nichols have continued to the Council the same attentions, and have rendered them the same valuable and gratuitous assistance in the general management of the affairs of the Society, which they have given from its Institution. Nothing can be more honourable to Messrs. Nichols, or more advantageous to the Society; and the Council are assured, that it is only necessary for them to state the fact to the Members, in order to its being duly appreciated.

The Council have to regret the loss, by death, during the last year, of the Rt. Hon. THOS. P. COURTENAY, who, in addition to valuable services as a Member of the Council, was one of the Trustees of the Society, and gave much attention to its affairs. The Council have filled up the vacancy in the Trusteeship by electing to that office CHARLES PURTON COOPER, Esq. LL.D., Q.C., F.R.S., F.S.A.

The Council have also to regret the death of HENRY BOWER, Esq. F.S.A. the very zealous and efficient Local Secretary of the Society at Doncaster; and also of the following other Members:

THOMAS BARNES, Esq. GEORGE FREDERICK BELTZ, Esq. F.S.A. Lancaster Herald. HENRY EYTON, Esq. The Rev. THOMAS DUDLEY FOSBROKE, F.S.A. F. T. GRAYLING, Esq. Lieut.-Col. JOHN HARVEY. JOHN HOLMES, Esq. F.S.A. East Retford. THEODORE EDWARD HOOK, Esq. F.S.A. HENRY MITCHISON, Esq. JOHN MOORE, Esq. F.S.A. The Right Hon. the Earl of MUNSTER, F.R.S., Pr.As.S. The Rev. GEORGE FREDERICK NOTT, D.D., F.S.A. EDWARD SKEGG, Esq. F.R.G.S. JOHN SYDNEY TAYLOR, Esq. Lieut.-Gen. WILLIAM THORNTON. HENRY WOODTHORPE, Esq. F.S.A.

The Council report that the Treasurer, having found that other engagements prevented his any longer devoting to the accounts and financial correspondence of the Society the time and attention which, after an experience of three years, he found to be absolutely necessary to be given to them, submitted to the Council the propriety of their accepting his resignation, or of making some other arrangement with respect to the accounts. The Council, regarding the subject as one vitally affecting the welfare of the Society, proceeded immediately to take it into their consideration, and are happy to be able to report that they have effected an arrangement by which the accounts are now kept, and the financial correspondence is attended to, by the Secretary, the Treasurer still continuing responsible to the Society. This arrangement will put the Society to a small annual expense, which can very well be afforded, and which the Council are persuaded the Members will think well bestowed, if it has the effect of preserving accuracy in the accounts. The recent arrangements in the Post Office render it easy for country Members to transmit their subscriptions by Post Office orders, which course the Council recommend to be adopted, making the Post Office orders payable to the Treasurer.

After the lapse of four years of continuing prosperity the Council hope that the Camden Society may be regarded as having taken a permanent station amongst established publishing associations. Many societies have been founded upon similar principles, and one considerably out-numbers this Society in Members: but there is no one which can produce better evidences of stability and prosperity, or which has greater reason to be satisfied with the estimation in which its works are regarded by the public. Amongst the Candidates for admission recently entered there are many Public Libraries and other bodies, whose desire to participate in the advantages of Membership indicates the reputation of the Society, both in this and other countries; and the prices maintained by our books when copies get abroad into the market, afford encouraging proof of the demand for them on the part of collectors and literary men. In four years the Society has issued eighteen volumes, all of them works excluded from the ordinary mode of publication, and yet worthy of being published, of eminent use to historical inquirers, and likely to retain a place in the permanent literature of the country.

The forthcoming works are fully calculated to maintain, if not to increase, the reputation of the Society, and the Council see no reason to doubt but that the Society may long usefully and prosperously retain its station, and the number of its Members.

REPORT OF THE AUDITORS,

Dated 30th April, 1842.

We, the Auditors appointed to audit the Accounts of the Camden Society, report to the Society, that the Treasurer has exhibited to us his accounts, from the 27th day of April, 1841, to the 30th day of April, 1842, and that we have examined the same, together with the vouchers relating thereto, and find the same to be correct and satisfactory.

And we further report that the following is a correct Abstract of the Receipts and Expenditure of the Society during the period to which we have referred.

[Transcriber's Note:

The following Abstract was originally printed in two columns. The headings "Receipts" and "Expenditure" have been added for clarity.]

An ABSTRACT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of THE CAMDEN SOCIETY, from the 27th April, 1841, to the 30th April, 1842.

_Receipts_ £. s. d.

Balance of last year's account 393 12 2 [Sidenote: 1841, April 27th, to 1842, April 30th.] Received on account of Subscriptions of members in arrear 68 0 0 The like on account of Subscriptions due 1st May, 1841 956 0 0 Two half-year's dividends on £574. 13_s._ 8_d._ 3 per cent. consols, standing in the names of the Trustees for the Society 17 4 8 Compositions received from six members 60 0 0

Total receipts for the year £1,494 16 10

_Expenditure_

Paid for the purchase of £166. 13_s._ 4_d._ 3 per cent. consols, invested for the benefit of the Society 150 0 0 Paid for printing and paper of 1,250 copies of "The Irish Narratives" 96 12 6 The like of "Walter Mapes" 277 15 0 The like of "Nicander Nucius" 98 11 9 The like of "Metrical Romances" 109 12 0 Paid for binding copies of the past year's books, not before charged 3 6 0 The like for binding 1,200 copies of "The Irish Narratives" 48 0 0 The like for binding 1,200 copies of each of the three books published for this year 153 12 0 Paid for delivery and transmission of 1,200 copies of the "Irish Narratives," and of each of the three works for the present year--at 2d. per book, with paper for wrappers, expense of parcels, &c. 36 16 6 Paid for lithographic fac-simile, and printing paper for the same 5 4 0 Paid for transcripts and other expenses of a like kind, connected with works published and in progress 40 10 10 Paid for printing Reports, Lists of Members, Prospectuses, Circulars and other miscellaneous printing 32 5 0 Paid expenses of last general meeting 2 13 0 One quarter of a year's payment for keeping the Accounts and General Correspondence of the Society 13 2 6 Paid for stationery, postage, and various petty cash expenses 15 3 9 Cash balance, viz. Sums remaining in hand for Compositions £ 30 0 0 -- From Subscriptions and other receipts 381 12 0 -------- 411 12 0 ------------ £1,494 16 10 ------------

The Treasurer has also reported to us that the Secretary and himself have made arrangements by which they hope, during the ensuing year, almost, if not altogether, to get rid of all arrear of outstanding subscriptions. We trust that the Members will assist them in this very desirable object; and especially that Members resident in the country will transmit their subscriptions at once to the Treasurer by Post Office orders. The adoption of this course has been suggested by several of the Local Secretaries; and it is obvious that it will greatly lessen the troublesome and not very agreeable duties, which are thrown upon those officers by the present practice, will lessen the number of mistakes, and will greatly promote the prosperity of the Society.

Dated the 30th April, 1842.

(Signed)

LANCELOT SHARPE. B. CORNEY.

LAWS OF THE CAMDEN SOCIETY,

Adopted at the General Meeting, May 2, 1842.

I. That the Society shall be entitled "THE CAMDEN SOCIETY, for the Publication of Early Historical and Literary Remains."

II. That the objects of the Society shall be, First, the publication of inedited Manuscripts; Second, the reprinting of Works of sufficient rarity and importance to make Reprints desirable; and Third, the publication of Translations of Historical Works not previously rendered into English.

III. That the Society shall consist of One Thousand Two Hundred Members, being Subscribers of One Pound annually; such Subscription to be paid in advance, on or before the first day of May in every year.

IV. That the management of the affairs of the Society shall be vested in a President and a Council consisting of fifteen Members, which President and Council shall be elected annually by the Society at large, at a General Meeting to be held on the 2nd day of May, being the Anniversary of Camden's birth; or on the Monday following, when the 2nd of May shall happen to fall upon a Sunday.

V. That the President and Council shall, from amongst their own body, elect a Director, who shall act as Chairman of the Council, in the absence of the President, and also a Treasurer, and a Secretary.

VI. That the Accompts of the Receipts and Expenditure of the Society shall be audited annually by three Auditors, to be elected at the General Meetings, and that the Report of the Auditors, with an Abstract of the Accompts, shall be published.

VII. That the names of Members proposed to be elected as President, Council, and Auditors, shall be transmitted by the proposers to the Secretary, one fortnight before the General Meeting, and that notice of the persons so proposed shall be forwarded by the Secretary one week before the General Meeting, to all the Members residing within the limits of the Twopenny Post, and to all other Members who shall, in writing, request to receive the same.

VIII. That no Member shall be entitled to vote at any General Meeting whose Subscription is in arrear.

IX. That in every year one-fifth in number of the Council of the year preceding shall be ineligible for re-election; and that in case any Member of the Council shall not attend more than one-third of the number of Meetings of the Council, such Member shall be considered to be one of the retiring Members.

X. That in the absence of the President and Director, the Council at their Meetings shall elect a Chairman, who shall have a casting vote in case of equality of numbers, and shall also retain his right to vote upon all questions submitted to the Council.

XI. That the Funds of the Society shall be disbursed in payment of necessary expenses incident to the production of the Works of the Society, and that all other expenses shall be avoided as much as possible.

XII. That, after the Members of the Society shall have reached One Thousand Two Hundred, vacancies in that number shall be filled up by the Council, from time to time as they occur.

XIII. That every Member not in arrear of his Annual Subscription, shall be entitled to One Copy of every Work published by the Society during that year.

XIV. That the Members shall be invited to contribute or recommend Works for publication.

XV. That Editors of Works printed by the Society shall be entitled to Twenty Copies of the Works they edit.

XVI. That the Council shall determine what number of copies of each Work shall be printed, and that the copies over and above those required by the Members shall be sold in such manner, and at such prices, as shall be fixed by the Council, the proceeds being carried to the account of the Society.

XVII. That the Publications of the Society shall all form separate and distinct Works, without any other connexion than that which must necessarily exist between the volumes of such Works as consist of several Volumes.

XVIII. That any Member of the Society may at any time compound for his future Annual Subscriptions, by payment of £10 over and above his Subscription for the current year.

XIX. That every Member of the Society who shall intimate to the Council his desire to withdraw from the same, or who shall not pay his Subscription for the current year within three Months after his Election, or after such Subscription shall have become due, shall thereupon cease to be a Member of the Society.

XX. That the Council may appoint Local Secretaries in such places, and with such authorities as to them shall seem expedient; every Local Secretary being a Member of the Society.

XXI. That no alteration shall be made in these Laws, except at a General Meeting, nor then, unless One Month's notice of any alteration intended to be proposed at such Meeting shall have been given in writing to the Secretary.

MEMBERS OF THE CAMDEN SOCIETY, for the Fourth Year, Ending 2nd May, 1842.

_Those Members to whose names (c.) is prefixed have compounded for their Annual Subscriptions. The Members whose names are printed in Capitals were on the Council of the year._

The Right Hon. LORD FRANCIS EGERTON, M.P. _President_. H. R. H. the DUKE OF SUSSEX, K.G., F.R.S. F.S.A. The Most Rev. and Right Hon. the LORD ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. The Right Hon. LORD LYNDHURST, LL.D. F.R.S., LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR. The Most Hon. the MARQUESS OF NORTHAMPTON, D.C.L., Pres. R.S., F.S.A. The Right Hon. the EARL OF ABERDEEN, Pres. S.A., F.R.S.

Arthur Abbot, Esq. Exeter. Abraham Abell, Esq, Cork. Joseph Ablett, Esq. Llanbedr Hall, Ruthen. Right Hon. Lord Viscount Acheson, M.P. (c.) Sir Robert Shafto Adair. John Adams, jun. Esq. M.A. Christ Church, Oxford. John Adamson, Esq. Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle. _Local Secretary at Newcastle._ Rev. James Adcock, M.A. Lincoln. John Adolphus, Esq. F.S.A. Professor Dr. Adrian, Librarian of the University of Giessen (Hesse Darmstadt). John Yonge Akerman, Esq. F.S.A. Sec. Num. Soc. (c.) Edward Nelson Alexander, Esq. F.S.A, _Local Secretary at Halifax_. Robert Alexander, Esq. Q.C., F.R.S. F.S.A. Robert Henry Allan, Esq. F.S.A. Treasurer of the Surtees Society. _Local Secretary at Durham._ George Edward Allen, Esq. Bath. John Allen, Esq. Mr. William Allen. Richard Almack, Esq. F.S.A. Long Melford, Suffolk. The Vicomte Louis d'Armaille, Paris. Thomas Frederick Hill Alms, Esq. George Henry Ames, Esq. Cote House, near Bristol. Samuel Amory, Esq. THOMAS AMYOT, Esq. F.R.S. Treas. S.A. _Director_. A. P. Anderson, M.D. Alexander Annand, Esq. F.S.A. Sutton, Surrey. Thomas Chisholme Anstey, Esq. Samuel Appleby, Esq. Gray's Inn. George Appleyard, Esq. Rev. Thomas Arnold, D.D. Head Master of Rugby School. M. le Chevalier Artaud, Membre de l'Institut de France. Robert John Ashton, Esq. F.L.S. The Athenæum Club. George James Aungier, Esq. Benjamin Austen, Esq. William Ayrton, Esq. F.R.S., F.S.A. W. Scrope Ayrton, Esq. F.S.A. Barrister-at-Law.

James Bacon, Esq. Barrister-at-Law. Thomas Bacon, Esq. Redlands, Reading. Edward Badeley, Esq. F.S.A. Temple. The Right Hon. Lord Bagot, LL.D., F.S.A. James Evan Baillie, Esq. George Baker, Esq. _Local Secretary at Northampton._ Rev. Bulkeley Bandinel, D.D. Bodleian Librarian, Oxford. George Banks, Esq. St. Catharine's, near Doncaster. Rev. Richard H. Barham, B.A. Benjamin Barnard, Esq. John Barnard, Esq. Alfred Brooke Barnes, Esq. Keith Barnes, Esq. Ralph Barnes, Esq. Exeter. Charles Frederick Barnwell, Esq. M.A. F.R.S., F.S.A. Rev. John Bartholomew, Morchant. John Baron, Esq. M.D. F.R.S. Mr. J. Bartlett, Blandford. Rt. Rev. the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, F.R.S. and F.S.A. R. R. Bayley, Esq. Thomas Baylis, Esq, F.S.A. Prior's Bank, Fulham. Rev. Thomas Vere Bayne, B.C.L. Warrington. Edward Blake Beal, Esq. Henry Ridley Beal, Esq. Mr. Henry Mitchison Bealby. John Beardmore, Esq. Rev. Daniel Augustus Beaufort, A.M. His Grace the Duke of Bedford. Rev. Henry Bedford, Dunton Bassett. The Bedford Permanent Library. Alfred Beesley, Esq. Banbury. James Bell, Esq. Robert Bell, Esq. Advocate, Procurator for the Church of Scotland. Thomas Bell, Esq. F.R.S. Professor of Zoology, King's College, Lond. Charles Bellamy, Esq. D.C.L. Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford. Samuel Beltz, Esq. Mr. James Bennett, Tewkesbury. Henry Bentley, Esq. John Bentley, Esq. Birch House, near Bolton, Lancashire. Michael Bentley, Esq. Richard Bentley, Esq. P. S. Benwell, Esq. Henley. J. B. Bergne, Esq. Samuel Berridge, Esq. Leicester. (c.) The. Rev. John Besly, D.C.L. Vicar of Benton, Northumberland. J. Richard Best, Esq. Botley Grange, Southampton. Sir William Betham, Ulster King at Arms, F.S.A. M.R.I.A., _Local Secretary at Dublin_. Richard Bethell, Esq. M.P. Rise, near Beverley. M. le Comte Arthur Beugnot, Membre de l'Institut de France. John Bevan, Esq. Cowbridge. La Bibliothèque du Roi, Paris. Robert Bickersteth, Esq. Liverpool. John Bidwell, Esq. F.S.A. Leonard Shelford Bidwell, Esq. F.S.A. Thetford. Rev. George Augustus Biedermann, Rector of Dauntsey, Wilts. Rev. Edward T. Bigge, M.A. Fellow of Merton Coll. Oxford. Arthur Biggs, Esq. Bristol. Edw. Charles Bird, Esq. Southwold. Thomas Birkbeck, Esq. The Birmingham Public Library. John Black, Esq. William Black, Esq. Alexander Blair, Esq. LL.D. Bristol. Dr. Malachi Blake, Taunton. Rev. W. Blakesley, M.A. Trin. Coll. Camb. Michael Bland, Esq. F.R.S., F.S.A. Rev. George Bland, M.A. Francis Lawrence Bland, Esq. William Bland, Esq. Place House, Hartlip. Charles Blandy, Esq. Reading. (c.) John Jackson Blandy, Esq. Reading. William Blandy, Esq. Reading. Octavian Blewitt, Esq. Secretary to the Literary Fund Society. (c.) Rev. Philip Bliss, D.C.L., F.S.A. Registrar of the Univ. of Oxford. _Local Secretary at Oxford._ Bindon Blood, Esq. F.R.S.E., F.S.A. Scot., M.R.I.A. Edinburgh. Edward Blore, Esq. D.C.L., F.S.A. B. Blundell, Esq. Temple. Rev. Wm. Blunt, B.A. Under Master of Merchant-Taylors' School. Miss Bockett, Southcote Lodge, Berks. Henry G. Bohn, Esq. Rev. J. A. Bolster, M.A., M.R.I.A. _Local Secretary at Cork._ Edward A. Bond, Esq. Mr. William Boone. Mr. Lionel Booth. Rt. Hon. Sir John Bernard Bosanquet, one of the Judges of the Common Pleas, M.A. Rev. Joseph Bosworth, LL.D., F.R.S., F.S.A. _Local Secretary at Nottingham._ William Fuller Boteler, Esq. M.A., Q.C. (c.) Beriah Botfield, Esq. M.P., F.R.S., F.S.A. Norton Hall, Northamptonshire. Rev. Thomas Bowdler, Sydenham. Henry Bower, Esq. F.S.A. _Local Secretary at Doncaster._ [Died Feb. 25, 1842.] Rev. Thomas Frere Bowerbank, M.A. Vicar of Chiswick. Mark Boyd, Esq. David Bradberry, Esq. Robert Greene Bradley, Esq. Bencher of Gray's Inn. Joseph Hoare Bradshaw, Esq. George Weare Braikenridge, Esq. F.S.A. Brislington House, Som. Edw. Henry Bramah, Esq. Reading. Jonathan Brammall, Esq. Sheffield. Rev. Thomas Brancker, M.A. Fellow of Wadham Coll. Oxford. Right Hon. LORD BRAYBROOKE, F.S.A. Pres. Percy Society. Edward Wedlake Brayley, Esq. F.S.A. Henry Brice, Esq. Bristol. Rev. Thomas Edward Bridges, D.D. President of Corpus Christi Coll. Oxford. Benjamin Heywood Bright, Esq. Ham Green, near Bristol. John Bright, Esq. M.D. John Ruggles Brise, Esq. Spainshall, Finchingfield, Essex. John Britton, Esq. F.S.A. James Broadwood, Esq. Thomas Broadwood, Esq. William Brockedon, Esq. F.R.S. John Trotter Brockett, Esq. F.S.A. Newcastle. William Bromet, M.D., F.S.A. Surgeon 1st Life Guards. (c.) Right Hon. Lord Brooke, St. John's College, Oxford. Francis Capper Brooke, Esq. Ufford Place, Suffolk. Charles Bros, Esq. The Right Hon. Lord Brougham and Vaux, F.R.S. Pres. of Univ. College, London, and Member of the National Institute of France. Rev. John Brown, M.A. Vice-Master of Trinity College, Camb. Samuel Cowper Brown, Esq. F.S.A. Shillingford Cross, Devon. W. H. Brown, Esq. Rev. G. A. Browne, M.A. Fellow of Trin. Coll. Camb. Rt. Hon. Sir Jas. Lewis Knight Bruce, Vice Chancellor, F.R.S., F.S.A. JOHN BRUCE, Esq. F.S.A. _Treasurer_. Thomas Bruce, Esq. Shenfield. Mr. Leonard Bruton, Bristol. Rev. Guy Bryan, M.A., F.S.A. Rector of Woodham Walter, Essex. _Local Secretary at Maldon._ Mr. John Bryant. Rev. George Buckeridge, M.A. Fellow of Worcester Coll. Oxford. George Buckton, Esq. Oakfield. Lieut.-Gen. Sir Henry Bunbury, K.C.B., F.S.A. John Burder, Esq. F.S.A. William Burge, Esq. Q.C., M.A., D.C.L. John William Burgon, Esq. _Auditor_. James Burn, Esq. W.S. Edinburgh. Ven. Charles Parr Burney, D.D., F.R.S., F.S.A. Archdeacon of St. Alban's. John Burrell, Esq. Durham. Robert Burrell, Esq. Durham. Edmund Burrow, Esq. Decimus Burton, Esq. F.R.S., F.S.A. John Hill Burton, Esq. Advocate, Edinburgh. Septimus Burton, Esq. Rev. Thomas Byrth, M.A., F.S.A., Rector of Wallasey, Cheshire.