[23]Bede informs us that St. Paulinus baptized a number of people in the Rivers Glen (= Bowent) and Swale, in Yorkshire. ("Eccles. Hist.," Book II, Chap. xiv.) The latter of these incidents is supposed to be here depicted.
[23]Bede informs us that St. Paulinus baptized a number of people in the Rivers Glen (= Bowent) and Swale, in Yorkshire. ("Eccles. Hist.," Book II, Chap. xiv.) The latter of these incidents is supposed to be here depicted.
[24]Dr. Thompson gives a selection from the long list of subscribers, which includes, besides nobility and clergy, many of the leading actors, dramatic critics, and novelists of the day—showing the widespread interest taken in the memorial.
[24]Dr. Thompson gives a selection from the long list of subscribers, which includes, besides nobility and clergy, many of the leading actors, dramatic critics, and novelists of the day—showing the widespread interest taken in the memorial.
[25]Edmund Shakespeare is described in the Burial Register as "a Player," to which the Monthly Account adds that he was "buried in the church with a forenoon knell of the great bell," costing 20s.(VideDr. Thompson's "History.")
[25]Edmund Shakespeare is described in the Burial Register as "a Player," to which the Monthly Account adds that he was "buried in the church with a forenoon knell of the great bell," costing 20s.(VideDr. Thompson's "History.")
[26]The present elevation of the altar at St. Saviour's has been criticised as above the level which a strict adherence to precedent, here and elsewhere, required.
[26]The present elevation of the altar at St. Saviour's has been criticised as above the level which a strict adherence to precedent, here and elsewhere, required.
[27]E.g., Christ Church Priory, St. Alban's Abbey, All Souls', Oxford, and Winchester Cathedral.
[27]E.g., Christ Church Priory, St. Alban's Abbey, All Souls', Oxford, and Winchester Cathedral.
[28]See an interesting article signed "E.I.C." (E.J. Carlos), in the "Gentleman's Magazine" for 1834, Part i, pp. 151-154.
[28]See an interesting article signed "E.I.C." (E.J. Carlos), in the "Gentleman's Magazine" for 1834, Part i, pp. 151-154.
[29]In Pennant "History of London" (1790), and Moss and Nightingale's "History and Antiquities of St. Saviour's Church" (1817-1818), the retro-choir is spoken of as "The Chapel of the Virgin Mary," in distinction from that then known as "the Bishop's Chapel."
[29]In Pennant "History of London" (1790), and Moss and Nightingale's "History and Antiquities of St. Saviour's Church" (1817-1818), the retro-choir is spoken of as "The Chapel of the Virgin Mary," in distinction from that then known as "the Bishop's Chapel."
[30]In Seymour's "History" (1734), written when the figure was standing upright, it is described as "new painted and flourished up, and looking somewhat dreadful."In Pennant's "History of London" (vol. i, edit. 1801), it is said to have been removed from the north transept to make room for the Lockyer monument (1672), and then set up against the north wall.
[30]In Seymour's "History" (1734), written when the figure was standing upright, it is described as "new painted and flourished up, and looking somewhat dreadful."
In Pennant's "History of London" (vol. i, edit. 1801), it is said to have been removed from the north transept to make room for the Lockyer monument (1672), and then set up against the north wall.
[31]For full particulars of the organ the reader is referred to the specification in the Appendix, as furnished by the builders, Messrs. Lewis and Co., Limited, Ferndale Road, Brixton, S.W.
[31]For full particulars of the organ the reader is referred to the specification in the Appendix, as furnished by the builders, Messrs. Lewis and Co., Limited, Ferndale Road, Brixton, S.W.
[32]The veneration in which her name is held is further attested in the parish, where the old street in the Borough, till recent years known as King Street, has been renamed Newcomen Street.
[32]The veneration in which her name is held is further attested in the parish, where the old street in the Borough, till recent years known as King Street, has been renamed Newcomen Street.
THE DIOCESE OF SOUTHWARK.THE DIOCESE OF SOUTHWARK.ToList
THE DIOCESE OF SOUTHWARK.ToList
The two dioceses with which St. Saviour's Church and parish have hitherto been associated are Winchester and Rochester. The former was originally one of the largest in England, extending as it did in one direction from the south of London to the Channel Islands; the latter the smallest of all, covering only a portion of the county of Kent. Various changes have been made from time to time in the area of both in attempts to equalise the duties of their Bishops, and to meet other altering conditions. Of these changes the first that concerns us was that made in August, 1877, when the parishes wholly or partly within the parliamentary divisions of East and Mid Surrey (with two exceptions) were transferred from the dioceses of Winchester and London to Rochester. The Borough of Southwark, including St. Saviour's Church, was thus brought from the jurisdiction of the first to the last of these dioceses. In the following year the portion of Surrey included in the transfer was formed into the new Archdeaconry of Southwark; and a few months later (August, 1878) the patronage of the benefices thus transferred, and hitherto held by the Bishops of London and Winchester, was vested in the Bishop of Rochester. In 1879, in 1886, and again in 1901, the Rural Deaneries of Rochester were rearranged, thus shifting more or less the boundaries of the Southwark Archdeaconry. But the area of the Rochester Diocese was left undisturbed till 1904, when "the Southwark and Birmingham Bishoprics Act" of that year allowed the Diocese of Southwark to be formed out of it. St. Saviour's had been popularly known as apro-Cathedral for some years previous to 1905, when it was formally constituted the Cathedral of Southwark. The architecture of the fabric, with its long history and associations, had long pointed to this fine church for the purpose, for which itwas further prepared by Sir Arthur Blomfield's restoration, begun in 1890.
Dr. Anthony Wilson Thorold was appointed to the See of Rochester in 1877, and translated to Winchester in 1891. It was, therefore, in his time that the first diocesan changes affecting St. Saviour's were made, and the restoration of the church was actively taken in hand. By far the most important part of this work was the rebuilding of the nave, which he had the satisfaction of seeing well advanced before his translation. Some of his predecessors had become alive to the necessity of reducing the onerous duties of the See, but it was left to him to give effect to their wishes by the creation of the Archdeaconry of Southwark, with an eye to its forming the nucleus of a separate diocese. His successor, Dr. Randall Thomas Davidson, now Archbishop of Canterbury, lent his full energies to the work thus begun, in which he was ably supported by the Suffragan Bishop of Southwark, Dr. Huyshe Yeatman-Biggs, consecrated in 1891 and promoted to the See of Worcester in 1905 in consequence of the episcopal changes brought about by the Act of Parliament just mentioned. Before Dr. Davidson's removal to Winchester in 1895, besides supervising the restoration of Rochester Cathedral, he was able to do a good work more directly concerning the Southwark Diocese, in the erection of the Bishop's House by Kennington Park. The funds were provided by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners from the sale of Danbury Palace, hitherto the residence of the Bishops of Rochester, but now disposed of as inaccessible and otherwise inconvenient. In place of it the new house was built in the heart of the most thickly peopled part of the diocese, within the Southwark Archdeaconry, and probably in view of its ultimately becoming the residence of the Bishop of Southwark. Dr. Davidson himself was not destined to occupy it, as it was not finished till he was on the eve of translation. On 12th November, 1895, Edward Stuart Talbot was enthroned as his successor in the See of Rochester, and at once took up his abode at Kennington, where he will continue to live at this easy centre of communication between him and his people now that he is Bishop of Southwark.
It will be seen from the accompanying map that the new diocese has been made to include the whole of the county of London south of the Thames, and the Archdeaconry of Kingston, thus reducing the area of Rochester to about halfits previous size and relieving it of its most thickly crowded portion.
The population of the diocese of Rochester at the census of 1901 was 2,254,947. The population of the Southwark Diocese at the present time is roughly estimated at 2,000,000, rather more than less. It consists of 294 parishes, ministered to by 687 licensed clergy, or about one to every 3,000 people, except in South London, where the proportion is about one to every 4,000.
Bounded on the north by the Thames, on the east, south, and west by the dioceses of Canterbury, Chichester, and Winchester respectively, the space enclosed presents an irregular figure varying from some three miles in breadth, in its central portion, to about thirteen along its southern frontier, and about twenty in its widest part towards the north. Its greatest length in a straight line from London Bridge to Felbridge is about twenty-five miles. Geographically the map suggests a couple of small continents joined together by a sort of isthmus in the middle, where the breadth is narrowed by the sweeping bays, or inlets, formed by the encroaching dioceses on the right and left.
By Letters Patent, dated 17th May, 1905, Dr. Edward Stuart Talbot, previously Bishop of Rochester, was appointed to the newly-founded See of Southwark. For its better organisation he lost no time in applying to the Crown for the appointment of two Suffragan Bishops, suggesting one for Woolwich, as a place of great national importance and a centre of vigorous municipal and industrial life; the other for Kingston, as representing the ancient and rural side of the diocese. By the approval of His Majesty the appointments were made in the same month, viz.: the Rev. John Cox Leeke, Hon. Canon of Rochester Cathedral and Rural Dean of Woolwich, to be Bishop Suffragan of Woolwich; and the Rev. Cecil Hook, Vicar of All Saints', Leamington, and Hon. Canon of Worcester Cathedral, to be Bishop Suffragan of Kingston-on-Thames.
In one sense the most important difficulty to be overcome in the formation of the new diocese was the raising of the capital to provide for the endowment, asine qua nonto the Parliamentary sanction. The requisite sum was provided by voluntary contributions, great and small, throughout the undivided diocese of Rochester, and throughout the country; not the least interesting item being the "shilling fund," promoted by the Rev.T.B. Dover, Vicar of Maiden, which resulted in an Easter offering of exactly £2,200. The capital was brought up to £109,000 by the time the new appointments were made. It is intended to provide a minimum income of £3,000 for the Bishop of Southwark, and a house for his successor in the See of Rochester, in lieu of the house at Kennington Park, transferred from the old to the new diocese. The funds of the latter have since been augmented by a grant of £25,000 from the Bishop of London, out of the compensation money (£100,000), paid by the City and South London Electric Railway Company for undermining the City Church of St. Mary Woolnoth in order to build a station. This sum of £25,000 is specially destined for church extension, and Dr. Talbot set apart £2,000 of it, directly it was granted, for that purpose in the Woolwich area.
Mr. Harry Lloyd, of Woodlands, Caterham, is acting as Hon. Treasurer to the fund which has been opened for the complete equipment of the diocese.
The Cathedral Church of St. Saviour is as yet without endowment, and depends entirely upon voluntary offerings for its expenses. These were estimated on the average at about £2,500 till last year, when the cost of maintenance amounted to £3,096, besides which about £350 was required for the College of Clergy. Attention was called to this matter by the Ven. Archdeacon Taylor during his Visitation held in the Cathedral on 25th May, 1905, when he made an earnest appeal to the church people of the diocese for their help and sympathy on behalf of the Cathedral, the Bishop and his Suffragans, and all concerned in the work.
The duties before them, in the arrangement and control of the various elements of which the diocese is composed, will obviously not be light, but ought to be extremely interesting and rewarding. They will have to deal with extremes, which may there be said to meet, in a combination of rural and urban, ancient and modern, commercial, industrial, and aristocratic life, a variety in unity such as the Catholic Church itself presents, of which the diocese may be regarded as a miniature.
"In veste varietas sit: scissura non sit."
THE PRIORY SEAL.THE PRIORY SEAL.OBVERSE. REVERSE.ToList
THE PRIORY SEAL.OBVERSE. REVERSE.ToList
List of the Priors of St. Mary Overie
Appointed.1.Aldgod11062.Algar11303.Warin11324.Gregory11425.Ralph11506.Richard11547.Valerianus11638.William de Oxenford11899.Richard de St. Mildred120310.William Fitz Samari120511.Martin120612.Robert de Oseney121813.Humphrey122314.Eustachius124015.Stephen125316.Alan126617.William Wallys128318.Peter de Cheyham130619.Thomas de Southwark132620.Robert de Welles133121.John de Peckham134822.Henry Collingbourne135923.John Kyngeston139524.Robert Weston139725.Henry Werkeworth141426.John Bottisham145227.Henry de Burton146228.Richard Briggs148629.John Reculver149130.Richard Michell149931.Robert Shouldham151232.Bartholomew Linstede (aliasFowle)1513
The last-named surrendered the Priory to Henry VIII in 1540, when he was granted a pension of £100 per annum, and the use of a house within the close. The aggregate granted to the other annuitants (eleven in number), amounted to £70. The pensions were to be paid half yearly. The annual value of the Priory at the surrender was estimated at £656 10s., from which "Reprisals," amounting to £32 3s.6d., were deducted by the Commissioners, leaving £624 6s.6d.net.
The Priory Seal
The impressions given (p. 103) are taken from a fine, but imperfect, sulphur cast in the British Museum (4050 lxxii, 66 and 67) of the Seal in use in the twelfth century. It is circular, about 2-3/8 inches in diameter, and contains, within a vesical compartment, a figure of the Blessed Virgin, seated on a carved throne, holding a fleur-de-lis in her right hand, and supporting with her left the Infant Saviour upon her knee. The Holy Child is distinguished by a cruciform nimbus, while that of the Virgin is a plain circle. The Child is raising the right hand in benediction, and holds in the left an orb. The vesica is bordered with a double dotted line, containing the salutation: "Ave: Maria: gracia: plena: Dñs: tecum: benedicta." A similar border, immediately within the circumference, holds the legend: "Sigillum ecclesie sancte Marie de Suthewercha."
The space between the circumference and the vesica is occupied on each side by two angels, with expanded wings, those above issuing from waves, those below kneeling.
The reverse contains a small counterseal, 1-3/8 inch in diameter. The figure is an angel, with nimbus and expanded wings, issuing from waves, with (probably) an orb in the hands.
The inscription: "Ave: Mater: Misericordie."
It may be mentioned that the design of the seal varied with different Priors. The British Museum possesses several casts, and an original in red wax (attached to a deed), the design on which is indistinguishable. The specimen chosen appears to be the most interesting and elaborate, though not the most ancient, of those in the collection.
List of the Chaplains of St. Saviour's
(Compiled by the Rev. Dr. Thompson, and here reproduced by his permission.)
Appointed.1.Rev. Kelle15632.James Holyland15643.Harman15654.Styles15785.Smythe15826.Pattersle15857.Hansonne15858.Thos. Rattdcliffe15859.M. Ed. Philips158910.Butterton159911.Marberry160112.Currie160313.Knapp160414.Snape160415.Church160516.Symonds160517.Francis160618.James Archar161419.Dr. Thomas Sutton161520.Harris162321.P. Micklethwaite162522.Rev. Nicolas Morton162723.Stephen Watkins165424.Robert Knightly165625.Dr. William Hoare167826.Dr. Samuel Barton168727.Dr. H. Sacheverell170528.Dr. Thomas Horne170929.Wainford172430.Dr. Benj. Slocock172531.John Smith172932.Thomas Jones175333.William Day176234.Sambrook Russell176835.Philip Batteson176936.W. Winkworth179437.W. Mann180438.Thomas Bird180739.Dr. W. Harrison180840.W. Curling183341.S. Benson184342.Dr. W. Thompson1879
Note.—An interval of over twenty years will be noticed between Nos. 24 and 25, during which the names of other "Ministers" appear in the Registers.
It was the rule for two Chaplains to be in office at once till 1881, when Dr. Thompson was made sole Chaplain. In 1885 he was appointed Rector, and in 1897 Canon and Chancellor of the Collegiate Church.
The Rev. Mr. Kelle was dismissed in January, 1564, for refusing to wear a surplice at the Communion; but in consideration of his old age he was presented with the sum of £4, "by the good wyllys" of the Vestry and Churchwardens.
Messrs. Holyland and Harman were then elected, as of a more compliant temper, their "wages" being fixed at £20 a year "and not the christenings, and to leave at a fortnight's warning." Mrs. Holyland was to receive "for her wages" ten shillings.
By far the most prominent in the list is Dr. Sacheverell. The two sermons which led to his impeachment were preached at the Derby Assizes on 15th August, and at St. Paul's Cathedral on 5th November, 1709. These, with his published Answer and the Speech in his Defence, delivered at Westminster Hall on the 7th March, 1710, are still exciting reading.
Vestments, Plate, and Ornaments at St. Saviour's[33]
An examination was made on the 20th October, 1552, by the agents "assigned and appointed by the Commissioners, and by them sworn truly to enquire and find out the whole of all such plate, jewels, and ornaments, as since the beginning of the King'sreign that now is belonged to the Church of Saint Saviour in Southwark, as far as in them lieth."
The duty of the agents involved a comparison of the goods which they actually found in the church with the existing inventories, the most important of which was the inventory made on 26th February, 1548, by the retiring Wardens, and handed to their successors in office with the property transferred to their care at the same time. The contents of this inventory are as follows; the entries, however, have been shortened and the spelling modernised:
Two principal copes of blue tissue "with priest, deacon, and sub-deacon, with all their apparel."[34]Three other principal copes of the same material withut supra.Three principal copes of red tissue withut supra.A cope of cloth of gold withut supra(lacking two albes and two head-pieces).[35]A cope of blue velvet embroidered with flowers withut supra.Three copes of white camlet embroidered with flowers withut supra(lacking two head-pieces and two "fannelles").[36]Three copes of white damask, with holy-water "sprynkes" withut supra.A cope of white damask with flowers.A cope of blue tinsel.A cope of red worsted with flowers, and his vestment of the same, and a deacon of red damask, lacking an albe.A cope of blue worsted with l. and x.A cope of silk "bawdekyn"[37]for Sundays.A cope of black worsted with priest, deacon, and subdeacon, with all their apparel.Two "desk-cloths"[38]of blue with x. and l.Two "desk-cloths" of silk with images.A cope of white tissue given by "Maister Fowle."[39]
Two principal copes of blue tissue "with priest, deacon, and sub-deacon, with all their apparel."[34]
Three other principal copes of the same material withut supra.
Three principal copes of red tissue withut supra.
A cope of cloth of gold withut supra(lacking two albes and two head-pieces).[35]
A cope of blue velvet embroidered with flowers withut supra.
Three copes of white camlet embroidered with flowers withut supra(lacking two head-pieces and two "fannelles").[36]
Three copes of white damask, with holy-water "sprynkes" withut supra.
A cope of white damask with flowers.
A cope of blue tinsel.
A cope of red worsted with flowers, and his vestment of the same, and a deacon of red damask, lacking an albe.
A cope of blue worsted with l. and x.
A cope of silk "bawdekyn"[37]for Sundays.
A cope of black worsted with priest, deacon, and subdeacon, with all their apparel.
Two "desk-cloths"[38]of blue with x. and l.
Two "desk-cloths" of silk with images.
A cope of white tissue given by "Maister Fowle."[39]
Workday Vestments.[40]
A vestment of red damask with an albe.A vestment of red velvet with a green cross.[41]A vestment of blue velvet with x. and l. and his albe.A vestment of red velvet embroidered with moons and stars.[42]A vestment of satin of Bruges, with a green cross, and a picture of Our Lady and her Son.A vestment of red "bawdkyn," with a lion of gold.A vestment of "bawdkyn," with a crucifix.A "cross-cloth"[43]of purple damask, with an image of the Trinity of gold.A "cross-cloth" of the same material, with St. Margaret.A "cross-cloth" of green sarcenet, with the Assumption of Our Lady in gold.Two "lawnes" for the cross,[44]one blue and one white, both fringed with gold.Two "canabye-cloths,"[45]one of cloth of gold, the other of blue velvet with flowers of gold, both fringed.Seven corporas-cases.[46]A fore front of cloth of tissue.Two pieces of blue velvet, with flower-de-luces.A fore front of white damask embroidered.Two cloths of tissue for the High Altar.A fore front of red worsted.A cloth of red and blue to hang over the table of the High Altar.[47]A veil for Lent in the chancel.Two hangings for Our-Lady altar (above and beneath) of red tissue.Hangings for the same altar[48](above and beneath) of white and green damask embroidered with flowers.Hangings of the Trinity altar, of red damask with flowers of gold.Hangings of red silk for the same altar, with a picture of the Trinity and Our Lady.Another hanging of white taffata, with the Passion of Christ.A black hearse-cloth[49]of worsted, with a white cross.
A vestment of red damask with an albe.
A vestment of red velvet with a green cross.[41]
A vestment of blue velvet with x. and l. and his albe.
A vestment of red velvet embroidered with moons and stars.[42]
A vestment of satin of Bruges, with a green cross, and a picture of Our Lady and her Son.
A vestment of red "bawdkyn," with a lion of gold.
A vestment of "bawdkyn," with a crucifix.
A "cross-cloth"[43]of purple damask, with an image of the Trinity of gold.
A "cross-cloth" of the same material, with St. Margaret.
A "cross-cloth" of green sarcenet, with the Assumption of Our Lady in gold.
Two "lawnes" for the cross,[44]one blue and one white, both fringed with gold.
Two "canabye-cloths,"[45]one of cloth of gold, the other of blue velvet with flowers of gold, both fringed.
Seven corporas-cases.[46]
A fore front of cloth of tissue.
Two pieces of blue velvet, with flower-de-luces.
A fore front of white damask embroidered.
Two cloths of tissue for the High Altar.
A fore front of red worsted.
A cloth of red and blue to hang over the table of the High Altar.[47]
A veil for Lent in the chancel.
Two hangings for Our-Lady altar (above and beneath) of red tissue.
Hangings for the same altar[48](above and beneath) of white and green damask embroidered with flowers.
Hangings of the Trinity altar, of red damask with flowers of gold.
Hangings of red silk for the same altar, with a picture of the Trinity and Our Lady.
Another hanging of white taffata, with the Passion of Christ.
A black hearse-cloth[49]of worsted, with a white cross.
St. John's Altar.
Hangings, above and beneath, of cloth of gold.Two hangings of blue damask embroidered.Two hangings of white chamlet embroidered with flowers.Hangings of russet sarcenet embroidered with "iij levyd gresse."[50]One hanging of "dornyx."
Hangings, above and beneath, of cloth of gold.
Two hangings of blue damask embroidered.
Two hangings of white chamlet embroidered with flowers.
Hangings of russet sarcenet embroidered with "iij levyd gresse."[50]
One hanging of "dornyx."
Banner-cloths.
Two streamers of sarcenet, one blue, the other green.Fourteen "cross-cloths," banner-cloths of all sorts, good and bad, silk and other.
Two streamers of sarcenet, one blue, the other green.
Fourteen "cross-cloths," banner-cloths of all sorts, good and bad, silk and other.
Altar-cloths, etc.
Eight altar-cloths of diaper, and four plain.Nine surplices.Three towels—two of diaper and one plain.A cushion of green silk.[51]A carpet[52]before the high altar.
Eight altar-cloths of diaper, and four plain.
Nine surplices.
Three towels—two of diaper and one plain.
A cushion of green silk.[51]
A carpet[52]before the high altar.
Latten.
One holy-water pot.Two pair of great standards.[53]One pair of small [standards].The best hearse-cloth of St. Katherine.[54]The Trinity hearse-cloth.[55]Two other hearse-cloths, good and bad.[56]
One holy-water pot.
Two pair of great standards.[53]
One pair of small [standards].
The best hearse-cloth of St. Katherine.[54]
The Trinity hearse-cloth.[55]
Two other hearse-cloths, good and bad.[56]
Plate.
A monstrance of silver and gilt,[57]with a "burrall" (= beryl).Two candlesticks of silver and parcel gilt.[58]A pax of silver and gilt, with a "burrall."[59]Two basons of silver and parcel gilt.[60]A pair of censers of silver parcel gilt.[61]A ship[62]of silver parcel gilt.A single cross of silver parcel gilt.A "maser" with a border and a "knop" of silver all gilt.[63]Two pieces of silver "knoppis which was in the brest of the image of the Resurrection."
A monstrance of silver and gilt,[57]with a "burrall" (= beryl).
Two candlesticks of silver and parcel gilt.[58]
A pax of silver and gilt, with a "burrall."[59]
Two basons of silver and parcel gilt.[60]
A pair of censers of silver parcel gilt.[61]
A ship[62]of silver parcel gilt.
A single cross of silver parcel gilt.
A "maser" with a border and a "knop" of silver all gilt.[63]
Two pieces of silver "knoppis which was in the brest of the image of the Resurrection."
Other lists follow, and contain goods and ornaments that were missing, or that had been sold by various churchwardens since the beginning of the reign of Edward VI.
From these we learn that the church had also possessed such vestments and ornaments as the following:
"Item a vestment of blewe velvyt with a crosse of redde velvyt sprenged with gold with all thinges perteyninge to the same."
"Item a vestment of blewe velvyt with a crosse of redde velvyt sprenged with gold with all thinges perteyninge to the same."
"All thinges perteyninge to the same" here includes the vestments for the assistants, and the stoles, maniples, and apparels.
"All thinges perteyninge to the same" here includes the vestments for the assistants, and the stoles, maniples, and apparels.
"Item a vestment of white bustyan, with a redde cross and all thinges perteyninge to the same."
"Item a vestment of white bustyan, with a redde cross and all thinges perteyninge to the same."
Evidently vestments of coarse white stuff such as were universal in England during the first four weeks of Lent, cf. the "ash-coloured," or white vestments still worn on weekdays in Lent in the South of France.
Evidently vestments of coarse white stuff such as were universal in England during the first four weeks of Lent, cf. the "ash-coloured," or white vestments still worn on weekdays in Lent in the South of France.
"Item an altar cloth hanginge afore the altare of redde silke with a crucyfix."
"Item an altar cloth hanginge afore the altare of redde silke with a crucyfix."
This was probably the frontal used in Passiontide,i.e., from Passion Sunday until Easter. Other Lenten ornaments were the following:
This was probably the frontal used in Passiontide,i.e., from Passion Sunday until Easter. Other Lenten ornaments were the following:
"Item iiij paynted clothes for altar clothes in Lent.""Item iij paynted clothes to hange upon saynt Katerynes and saynt Margarettes in Lent."
"Item iiij paynted clothes for altar clothes in Lent."
"Item iij paynted clothes to hange upon saynt Katerynes and saynt Margarettes in Lent."
The following is an interesting description of a panelled or striped frontal and frontlet:
The following is an interesting description of a panelled or striped frontal and frontlet:
"Item an altar cloth for the frontur of thalter of redde velvyt and yelowe & redde damask in paynes with Kateryn wheles in the bordour above."
"Item an altar cloth for the frontur of thalter of redde velvyt and yelowe & redde damask in paynes with Kateryn wheles in the bordour above."
The sales are quoted as realising in all £165 17s.8d., but an addition of the separate items does not result in this total.The difficulties in the way of an exact calculation are (1) lax or ambiguous entries,e.g.:
The sales are quoted as realising in all £165 17s.8d., but an addition of the separate items does not result in this total.
The difficulties in the way of an exact calculation are (1) lax or ambiguous entries,e.g.:
"Item iiij chalyces wayng liiij onz. wherof ij communyon cuppis were made by the said Calton (purchaser of a previous lot) waynge but lij onz.... xvijs viii.d"
"Item iiij chalyces wayng liiij onz. wherof ij communyon cuppis were made by the said Calton (purchaser of a previous lot) waynge but lij onz.... xvijs viii.d"
(2) The omission of prices, and (3) the disappearance of articles quoted as "myssinge at the praysement of the vestry stuff," or (4) "myssinge and not delyveryd to the now Churche wardens neither sold or accompted for to thuse of the Churche."The conclusion arrived at by the representatives of the parish is thus stated: "And where yt is a parcell of our othe to present howe and to what use the moneye cummynge of the sale of our ornamentes and plate is employd and in what place of our church it is bestowed, to that we saye yt is not in our wyttes to tell ... and surly yf there be not moche more reparacyons done upon the said churche shortly yt will utterly dekay."The list of "plate and other things" left in the church is as follows:
(2) The omission of prices, and (3) the disappearance of articles quoted as "myssinge at the praysement of the vestry stuff," or (4) "myssinge and not delyveryd to the now Churche wardens neither sold or accompted for to thuse of the Churche."
The conclusion arrived at by the representatives of the parish is thus stated: "And where yt is a parcell of our othe to present howe and to what use the moneye cummynge of the sale of our ornamentes and plate is employd and in what place of our church it is bestowed, to that we saye yt is not in our wyttes to tell ... and surly yf there be not moche more reparacyons done upon the said churche shortly yt will utterly dekay."
The list of "plate and other things" left in the church is as follows:
Two communion cups with a cover all gilt.Nineteen albes and six amices, lacking all their apparel, "whereof the wardens have made sixteen surplices for the choir, which was all that could be made of them."Towels and tablecloths, good and bad, diaper and plain xij.A cushion of green silk.Three hearse-cloths, one of Our Lady, another of Saynt Katheryne, and one of blue and red velvet.Six "bells of accorde" and one small bell.Which bells the parish bought of the late king of famous memory king Henry the eight at the purchesing of the hole church.A bible and a paraphrases.Three communion books and four psalters printed.Two pair of good organs furnished.A chest with two locks for the alms for the poor.Five "great pieces of leed squayr lyeinge upon the bellowes."
Two communion cups with a cover all gilt.
Nineteen albes and six amices, lacking all their apparel, "whereof the wardens have made sixteen surplices for the choir, which was all that could be made of them."
Towels and tablecloths, good and bad, diaper and plain xij.
A cushion of green silk.
Three hearse-cloths, one of Our Lady, another of Saynt Katheryne, and one of blue and red velvet.
Six "bells of accorde" and one small bell.
Which bells the parish bought of the late king of famous memory king Henry the eight at the purchesing of the hole church.
A bible and a paraphrases.
Three communion books and four psalters printed.
Two pair of good organs furnished.
A chest with two locks for the alms for the poor.
Five "great pieces of leed squayr lyeinge upon the bellowes."
This is followed by aMemorandum, which is not without a touch of humour under the circumstances, pointing out that "it appears in the accounts of Nycholas Stokbrige and his companions (Wardens of the first and second year) that they have not charged themselves in their book a good carpet and a chapel bell."(Signed by)Thomas Dyson,Roger Pylfold, andThomas Dowman.
This is followed by aMemorandum, which is not without a touch of humour under the circumstances, pointing out that "it appears in the accounts of Nycholas Stokbrige and his companions (Wardens of the first and second year) that they have not charged themselves in their book a good carpet and a chapel bell."
(Signed by)Thomas Dyson,Roger Pylfold, andThomas Dowman.
The Inventories are givenin extensoamong the "Inventories of the Goods and Ornaments of the Churches in the County of Surrey in the reign of Edward VI," carefully edited by J.R. Daniel Tyssen, Esq., F.S.A., for the "Surrey Archaeological Collections," from the original documents in the Public Record Office.