[Illustration: THE GREAT YARMOUTH TOLHOUSE.] _The Antiquarian Magazine & Bibliographer._ EDITED BY EDWARD WALFORD, M.A., _Formerly Scholar of Balliol College, Oxford, and late Editor of “The Gentleman’s Magazine,” &c._ “Time doth consecrate, And what is grey with age becomes religion.” SCHILLER. VOLUME VI. JULY-DECEMBER, 1884. London: DAVID BOGUE, 27, KING WILLIAM STREET, CHARING CROSS, W.C. The Gresham Press. UNWIN BROTHERS, PRINTERS, LONDON AND CHILWORTH. List of Illustrations. _Page_ THE GREAT YARMOUTH TOLHOUSE 2 ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS FROM SOUTHWELL MINSTER 49 GLOVES OF SHAKESPEARE, IN THE POSSESSION OF MISS BENSON 102 SEAL OF THE BOROUGH OF SEAFORD 154 TESSELLATED PAVEMENT DISCOVERED AT THE ROMAN VILLA NEAR BRADING 206 THE OLD PALACE, RICHMOND 258 _The Antiquarian Magazine & Bibliographer._ The Great Yarmouth Tolhouse. GREAT YARMOUTH possesses a building of considerable antiquarian interest. This is known by the somewhat unsuggestive name of the Tolhouse. Its relation to the collection of tolls is referred to in many old documents; but since this was but one of many uses to which it was devoted, and far from a primary one, it is highly probable that, like the Tolbooth of Edinburgh, its name is derived from its use in a greater degree as the common prison of the town. The building is spoken of by the old local historian, Manship, in 1619, who states that it was used in his time as the Borough Gaol, and had been so used from the time of the granting of the Charter by King John to the Burgesses. There are also records, which are referred to in Palmer’s “Perlustrations of Great Yarmouth,” of the very early use of the building as a gaol by the burgesses. A gaol for prisoners was also granted by Henry III. in 1261.