NOTICES OF THE PRIORY OF SOUTHWICK, IN THE COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
COMMUNICATED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE AT WINCHESTER, SEPTEMBER, 1845.
West Front of St Mary's Church, Portchester, A.D. 1133—1153
The stores of valuable information, connected with the history of monastic, and other ancient establishments, in these kingdoms, preserved in the muniment chambers of the chief landed proprietors of the country, are of considerable extent, and, in many instances, almost unknown, even to their possessors. It may be hoped that the periodical visits of the members of the Archæological Institute to various localities chosen as the place of their annual assembly, must tend to stimulate enquiry, as well as the disposition to preserve these, or similar memorials of every kind, and to draw forth such concealed treasures, important in a high degree to the Archæologist, as affording evidences, not merely of local or personal history, but of the customs, the habitual feelings, and earnest
