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Boutell * gives ten, not mentioning Grey, or a priest, formerly 

 at North Weston. This latter is figured f holding chalice in his 

 left hand whilst raising the right in benediction. In this 

 position three examples only are known. (P. Manning, M.A., 

 F.S.A., &c.) 



Of Boutell's* ten chaliced priests, the Minns and Wensley 

 examples have chalice and paton only ; in the former brass 

 below the crossed hands ; in the latter, above them. 



The brass to Henry Denton, Priest, Higham Ferrers, 1498, has 

 in the hands chalice with host, similar to Grey, and might well 

 have been engraved by the same hand ; whilst, of rare examples, 

 the brass of Wm. Richers at Bawburgh, Norfolk, 1531, should be 

 mentioned as having the chalice and wafer supported by hands 

 issuing from clouds, the thumbs only being visible. 



Passing to the vestments. It appears fitting to describe them 

 and their manner of wearing at some length ; first, because 

 monumental brasses are of such immense assistance in tracing 

 the development of ecclesiastical vestments from the i3th to 

 the i yth centuries; second, the few priestly brasses Dorset 

 possesses are very interesting, and, as regards some of their 

 vestments, unique. J 



The apparel of the Amice is plainly seen, although the detail 

 is much worn. The ornament, probably, consisted of divisions 

 quatrefoiled, or, possibly, the peculiar four-leaved flower as on 

 brass at Hoo, Kent, 1412, characteristic of some decades before 

 our example. 



The Alb, the most ancient of the vestments, was of white 

 linen ; it is not open in front, but is girded about the loins ; 

 the sleeves are comparatively tight. In front at the foot is a 

 square of embroidery, or orphrey-work, and single floreated 

 squares are suggested at the wrists, quite unlike earlier specimens, 

 the apparels of many extending entirely around. The square 



* Monumental Brasses and Slabs, Kev. Charles Boutell, M.A. 



t Oxford Journal of Monumental Brasses, December, 1890, p. 85. 



+ Purse Caundle Maniple, Rev. Herbert Macklin, M.A. 



