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BURTON ABBEY DISSOLUTION INVENTORIES. vis 
vestments one of grene damaske, the other of whyte, iij 
Copes one of blewe velvet an other of whyte damaske the 
thyrd of grene dornycks, iiij albes wth ther Amyses, ij fronte 
of the alter one of whyte Damaske now used as a carpett 
for the lord’s table and the other of lynen clothe steyned, 
ij table clothes and iij towels, ij bells wth one sans bell.” 
This last 1tem is curious, for in the grant to Sir Wm. 
Paget (Patent roles 37 Hen. VIII pt. 16 m 15) the King 
reserves to himself the church of the late college with the 
lead and bells; the only inference to be drawn is that the 
three bells were bought from the King for the use of the 
Parish Church, but here we have his son laying hands on 
them again. 
The inventory is most intsresting, first and foremost it 
shows us that since the great plundering of the Church by 
Henry VIII, the following vestments had been secured for 
the Parish Church:—3 copes, one of blue velvet, one of 
white damask, and one of green. I may note that it is 
curious that Sir Robert Bennett bought a blue velvet and 
a white damask cope at the sale. These may have been 
given back to the church by him, or bought from him. I 
can find no trace of a green damask cope in the inventory, 
so that may have come from another source; the Parish 
Church had also secured a green damask vestment, this 
was also amongst the spoils, and also bought by Sir Robert. 
There were also 3 albes and 3 amices added to what had 
been given back to the Church of Burton, and an Altar 
frontar of steyned linen cloth. We also find ‘the sute of 
whyte damaske vestments”? and “the whyte damaske auter 
ffront”” (now used as a carpet for the Lord’s Table) which 
were given back to the Church of Burton mentioned, but 
“the canope of redd sylke ffowryd with collores” “the 
lecterne of brasse and the ij peyr of organes” are not 
mentioned. There is another thing I should like to draw 
your attention to: in the Rubric of our Prayer Book it 
