Notes on the Church Plate of Wilts. 327 
Octob'. 158 Anno 1653. It appearing to me by the Certificate abovewryten 
that M'. Bartholomew Tookey is chosen the Parrish Register for Collingbourne 
Ducis in the Countye of Wilts, these are therefore to sattisfie the said Parrish & 
all other that may be concerned in it that the said M', Tookey came the day above 
wryten before me one of the Justices of the Peace for the Countye aforesaid & 
did take his oathe in the forme as by the late Acte of Parlym* is required, & this 
I testifye under my hand the day & yeare first abovewryten. 
Wii™ Bissett. 
This Register book for the Parrish of Collingbourne Ducis was bought of John 
Hamond of Marleborough by Edmond Batt and John Browne Churchwardens of 
the said Parrish in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand six hundred fifty 
three 1653 : the price of the Booke was xiiij’. 
BarrHoLomew TookIE 
Parish Reg’. 
The earliest marriage entry is as follows :— 
The purpose of Marriage between William Bevis of the parrish of Collingborne 
Kingston in y* County aforesaid on y* one part and Elizabeth Harle daughter to: 
Rowland Earle of this parrish was published in this parrish Church on y* 25th of 
June 24 July and on the 9" of July 1654. 
William Bevis ‘and Elizabeth Earle married by Will™ Blissett, Esq'*. one of 
the Justices of this County on y° xvij™ of July 1654. 
‘Hotes on the Church Blate of Uiilts. 
By the Rev. E. H. Gopparp. 
OY the kindness of Miss Nightingale I am enabled to give 
illustrations here of several of the more important pieces of 
plate which came to light during the gathering of the materials for 
the “ Church Plate of Wilts,” lately published. Mr. Nightingale 
himself has given in a previous number of the Magazine—vol. xxi., 
p. 355—some account of the more remarkable pieces then known to 
him in South Wilts, and I have endeavoured to do the same for the 
north of the county in a short paper in vol. xxv., p. 886. So that 
a few words as to each of the pieces now illustrated will suffice. 
The oldest is of course the curious bowl preserved at Wilton 
House. It is of bright yellow metal, which Mr. Nightingale says. 
has been tested and found to be an alloy with a certain percentage 
