WORKS OF THE CAMDEN SOCIETY.

FOR THE YEAR 1838-9.

I. The Restoration of King Edward IV. A.D. 1471. Edited by JOHN BRUCE, Esq. F.S.A.

II. «

Kyng Johan," a Play, by Bp. Bale. Edited by JOHN PAYNE COLLIER, Esq. F.S.A.

III. Poems on the Deposition and History of Richard II. Edited by THOMAS WRIGHT, Esq. M.A., F.S.A.

IV. The Plumpton Correspondence. Edited by THOMAS STAPLETON, Esq. F.S.A.

V. Anecdotes and Traditions, illustrative of Early English History and Literature. Edited by WILLIAM J. THOMS, Esq. F.S.A.

FOR THE YEAR 1839-40.

VI. Political Songs of England, from John to Edward II. Edited by T. WRIGHT, Esq. &c.

VII. Annals of the first four Years of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth: by Sir John Hayward. Edited by JOHN BRUCE, Esq. F.S.A.

VIII. Ecclesiastical Documents. Edited by the Rev. JOSEPH Hunter, F.S.A.

IX. Norden's Description of Essex. Edited by Sir HENRY ELLIS, K.H., F.R.S., Sec. S. A.

X. Warkworth's Chronicle; from 1461 to 1474. Edited by J. O. HALLIWELL, Esq. F.R.S. &c.

XI. Kemp's Nine Daies Wonder. Edited by the Rev. ALEXANDER DYCE.

FOR THE YEAR 1840-41.

XII. The Egerton Papers. Edited by JOHN PAYNE COLLIER, Esq· F.S.A.

XIII. The Chronicle of Joceline de Brakelond, Monk of St. EdmundsEdited by JOHN GAGE ROKE

bury, from A.D. 1157 to 1211.
WODE, Esq. F.R.S., Director S.A.

XIV. Narratives illustrative of the Contests in Ireland in 1641 and 1690. Edited by T. Crofton Croker, Esq. F.S.A., M.R.I.A.

XV. The Chronicle of William de Rishanger, of the Barons' Wars in the Reign of Henry III.; and the Miracles of Simon de Montfort. Edited by J. O. HALLIWELL, Esq. F.R.S., F.S.A. &c.

FOR THE YEAR 1841-42.

XVI. The Latin Poems commonly attributed to Walter Mapes. Edited by THOMAS WRIGHT, Esq. M.A., F.S.A.

XVII. The Travels of Nicander Nucius, of Corcyra, in England, temp. Hen. VIII. Edited by the Rev. JOHN ANTONY CRAMER, D.D. Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford.

XVIII. Three Early English Metrical Romances. Edited from a MS. in the possession of J. I. Blackburn, Esq. M.P., by JOHN ROBSON, Esq. XIX. The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee, and the Catalogue of his Library of Manuscripts. Edited by J. O. HALLIWELL, Esq. F.R.S., F.S.A.

FOR THE YEAR 1842-3.

XX. An Apology for Lollard Doctrines, attributed to Wicliffe. Edited by the Rev. JAMES HENTHORN TODD, D.D., M.R.I.A., F.T.C.D. XXI. Rutland Papers: Documents illustrative of the Courts and Times of Henry VII. and Henry VIII., selected from the Archives of His Grace the Duke of Rutland. Edited by WILLIAM JERDAN, Esq. F.S.A., M.R.S.L.

XXII. The Diary of Dr. Thomas Cartwright, Bishop of Chester, in 1686 and 1687 from the Original MS. in the Possession of the Rev. JOSEPH HUNTER, F.S.A.

XXIII. Original Letters of eminent Literary Men, of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries. Edited by Sir HENRY ELLIS, K.H. F.R.S., Sec. S.A. Principal Librarian of the British Museum.

XXIV. A Narrative of Proceedings against Dame Alice Kyteler, prosecuted for Sorcery in Ireland, in 1324, with an Introduction. Edited by THOMAS WRIGHT, Esq. M.A., F.S.A.

CAMDEN

FOR THE PUBLICATION OF

SOCIETY.

Ar a General Meeting of the Camden Society held at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, on Tuesday the 2nd of May, 1843.

THE RIGHT HON. LORD BRAYBROOKE IN THE CHAIR.

His Lordship having opened the business of the Meeting,

The Secretary read the Report of the Council agreed upon at their meeting of the 26th April last, whereupon it was

Resolved, That the said Report be received and adopted, and that the Thanks of the Society be given to the Council and Officers for their services.

The Thanks of the Society were also voted to Lord Francis Egerton, for the eminent services rendered to the Society by His Lordship during his Presidentship; and also to his Grace the Duke of Rutland, to the Rev. Joseph Hunter, to the Editors of the Society's publications, to the Local Secretaries, and to Messrs. Nichols.

The Secretary then read the Report of the Auditors agreed upon at their Meeting of the 29th April last, whereupon it was

Resolved, that the said Report be received, and the suggestions of the

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Auditors adopted, and that the thanks of the Society be given to them for

their trouble.

The Meeting then proceeded to the election of Officers, when
The Right Hon. Lord BRAYBROOKE, F.S.A.

was elected PRESIDENT of the Society; and

THOMAS AMYOT, Esq. F.R.S., Treas. S.A.

CHARLES FREDERICK BARNWELL, Esq. M.A., F.R.S., F.S.A.
The Rev. PHILIP BLISS, D.C.L., F.S.A.
JOHN BRUCE, Esq. F.S.A.

JOHN PAYNE COLLIER, Esq. F.S.A.

CHARLES PURTON COOPER, Esq. Q.C., D.C.L., F.R.S., F.S.A.
T. CROFTON CROKER, Esq. F.S.A., M.R.I.A.

Sir HENRY ELLIS, K.H., F.R.S., Sec. S.A.
The Rev. JOSEPH HUNTER, F.S.A.

Sir FREDERIC MADDEN, K.H., F.R.S., F.S.A.
The Rev. LANCELOT SHARPE, M.A., F.S.A.
THOMAS STAPLETON, Esq. F.S.A.

WILLIAM JOHN THOмS, Esq. F.S.A.

ALBERT WAY, Esq. Dir. M.A., S.A. and
THOMAS WRIGHT, Esq. M.A., F.S.A.

were elected as the COUNCIL, and

WILLIAM BURGE, Esq. Q.C., M.A., D.C.L.

THOMAS JOSEPH PETTIGREW, Esq. F.R.S., F.S.A., and

WM. ARCHIBALD ARMSTRONG WHITE, Esq. F.R.S., F.S.A.

were elected AUDITORS of the Society for the ensuing year.

Thanks were then voted to Lord BRAYBROOKE, for his able conduct in the Chair.

ELECTION OF OFFICERS, 1843.

Ar a Meeting of the COUNCIL of the Camden Society held at No. 25, Parliament Street, Westminster, on Wednesday the 3rd May, 1843,

The Rt. Hon. Lord BRAYBROOKE, the President, in the Chair; THOMAS AMYOT, Esq. was elected Director; JOHN BRUCE, Esq Treasurer; and WILLIAM J. THOMS, Esq. Secretary, for the Year next ensuing.

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DATED 1st MAY, 1843.

THE COUNCIL elected on the 2nd May, 1842, are pleased to be able to repeat the observations with which the Reports of all preceding Councils have commenced, namely, that the affairs of the Society continue in a condition of unabated prosperity, that the limited number of 1200 Members has been maintained, and that there are numerous Candidates for admission upon vacancies.

The investment standing in the names of the Trustees for the Society has been increased during the past year from £574 13s. 8d. Three per cent. Consols, to £606 19s. 10d.; and there is in hand a sum of £50, paid on account of Compositions, which the Council recommend should be added to the investment.

The past year has been very pleasingly distinguished by the circumstance of His Royal Highness The Prince Albert having intimated his wish to become a Member of this Society. The Council lost no time in evincing to His Royal Highness that they duly appreciated the honour of his support; and they do not doubt that the Members will agree with them in thinking that His Royal Highness's unsolicited patronage of the Society is a circumstance at once highly honourable to it, and calculated to conduce to its prosperity and stability.

Another circumstance which has happened during the past year the Council cannot announce to the Members without regret. Lord Francis Egerton, who kindly placed himself at the head of the Society at its institution, when most of all it stood in need of such support, and who shortly afterwards laid open his own private collections for the use of the Society, having found that his public duties, and the state of his health, prevented his giving such attention to the affairs of the Society as he desired, intimated to the Council his wish to withdraw from the office of President at the close of the Society's fifth year. The Council feel that it is scarcely necessary for them to recommend to the Members that by a