Ancient 

 of 



By W. de C. PRIDEAUX, L.D.S., R.C.S. Eng. 



PART II. 



(6.) EVERSHOT ST. OSMUND'S. 

 WILLIAM GREY. 



TTHLLIAM GREY, rector, 1524, with chalice and 

 ** host." Names. 



Position. On the floor of chancel. 

 Size. Effigy, i8in. by 5fin. ; inscription, i lin. 

 by 3fin. 



Description. The figure of William Grey has 

 the ordinary tonsure with straight short hair, 

 unlike the flowing hair and peculiarly waved line 

 of tonsure seen on brasses of a slightly earlier date, c. 1450- 

 1460. 



The Rector is represented in pre- Reformation Eucharistic 

 vestments, consisting of amice, alb, maniple, stole, and 

 chasuble ; he is holding a chalice with host (thereon a cross- 

 crosslet) between his uplifted hands an example of a so-called 

 chaliced priest. 



