By Mr. Edward Kite. 31") 



on the one side, and the other on the other side of the image of Christ ; in 

 allusion to the passage in St. John's Gospel, Xixc. 26v." "Staveley'sHist."p. 199. 



In 1548, [2 Edw. VI.], these images were ordered to betaken down through- 

 out England; in 1553, [1 Mary], they were set up again, and in 1560, [3 Eliz.], 

 they were again removed and sold. 



In the Visitation Articles of Cardinal Pole, 1557, [5 Mary], he demands : — 

 " X. Item. "Whether they have a Rood in their church of a decent stature 

 with Mary and John, and an image of the patron of the same Church f" 



Itm. for oyle for the bells and the larnpe jd. 



payed for a bell rope ijs. viijd. 



for mendyng of a crewet jd. 



for mendyng of ij Albes ijd. 



The Albe [alba] was a linen garment, with tight sleeves, reaching to the 

 heels. It was fastened round the waist with a girdle, and always ornamented 

 with apparells at the wrists and feet. It has many significations, but is gene- 

 rally taken as a symbol of purity. It is a vestment of great antiquity, and the 

 origin of the surplice and rochet. "Rev. F. A. Paley's Manual of Gothic 

 Architecture," p. 273. 



for wyer about the clock jd. 



for frannkinscens jd. 



for mendyng of a surples jd. 



for the sexton's wagys xxd. 



Itm. to Syr Gyllum for his Wadgys vjs. viijd. 



for waxe for the pascall and the fonnte taper . iiijs. 



for the Sextone watching at the Sepulchre. . . iiijd. 

 Itm. for mendyng of the best cope and the grene 



banner vjd. 



for navies for the frame of the bells ijd. 



for a staple to hold the crosse in the chanselle . ijd. 



for a rope for the sannce bell xijd. 



The Sanctu, Saints, or Sannce Bell was used to give notice of the commence- 

 ment of the more solemn parts of the Mass ; especially the Tersanctus, and the 

 Elevation of the Host. It was usually placed on the gable at the east end of 

 the nave, under a small turret built expressly for it ; sometimes, however, it 

 occurs in a different situation. These turrets, or cots, are commonly found, as 

 at Beend, Kington St. Michael, See., but it is rare to find the bell itself in its 

 original position. An instance, however, occurs at Keevil 1 where it is still to 

 be wen under a turret on the eastern gable of the nave. 



In the pariah aooonnta of Steeple Ashton, Wilts, is the following : — "1609. 

 [tern, in y lower Ire greater Bella and a little sanoe Bel." 



i Tin- Conn "i tiii< bell i •omewhal maniac; it li 15 inchea in diameter, and without Uuoriptbm. 



