'376 Old Church Plate in Wilts. 



says that this shape prevailed until about 161 5^ after which time 

 the usual tankard pattern comes in, which has ever since been used, 

 and is so familiar. 



Besides the smaller flagon there are two larger ones in the Cathe- 

 dral of the new tankard form. These are somewhat remarkable, as 

 the date-mark is 1610, only four years later than the earlier example, 

 and eight years earlier than any specimen of this shape known to 

 Mr. Cripps. It must be presumed that the necessity for vessels 

 that would contain a larger quantity of wine was the reason for their 

 being made. These two massive silver-gilt flagons with fixed covers 

 and handles, are of the tall tankard shape which prevailed down to 

 a late period. They measure 14in. in height. The date-mark is a 

 well-defined Lombardic capital N., giving the year 1610. The 

 maker's mark is S.O. Upon each is engraved the arms of the See, 

 under which is an inscription stating that they were given by John 

 Barnston, Prebendary of Bishopstone, with his arms. Sable, /esse 

 dancettt'e erm, between six crosses crosslet fitchie or. John Barnston 

 was of Brasenose College, Oxford, and the founder of a Hebrew 

 Lecture there. He was made Prebendary of Bishopstone in 1600, 

 Canon Residentiary in 1634, and died 1615. 



A pair of large Chalices with paten-covers of silver-gilt, height 

 8|in., with covers, 10|in.; of rather heavy form, with engraved 

 bands of Elizabethan strap-work. There are no hall-marks of any 

 kind, the date is apparently very early in the seventeenth century. 

 The stems and bases of these chalices have some indications of 

 having been renewed at an early period. Canon Rich Jones, in 

 his "Chapters of Cathedral History," alludes to a charge in the 

 Cathedral accounts in 1666 for "altering the old communion plate 

 into a chalice like the former." 



A pair of large -footed Patens, 9in. in diameter, with the date- 

 mai'k apparently of 166£, and the maker's mark a shaped cup. The 

 arms of the See are engraved in the centre. On the foot is inscribed 

 " Ex done Jacobi Hyde." This was probably James Hyde, M.D., 

 Principal of Magdalen Hall, Oxford. He was baptized in Salisbury 

 Cathedral in 1617, and was the youngest son of Sir Laurence Hyde. 



A large plain Alms Dish, measuring 20|in. in diameter. The 



