SOME MILTON ANTIQUITIES. igg 



In the other grave, to the west of the Abbot's, was a skeleton 

 of one who had been in priest's orders, with a chalice and paten 

 of secondary metal. The bowl of the chalice is 4 inches in 

 diameter, and its height (measured from the inside) is i inch. 



THE BTTKIAL CHALICE AND PATEN. 



The stalk, which has a plain flat pomel in the centre, is about 

 ij inches long, and the foot (partly broken) measures about 

 3 inches in diameter. The paten originally was almost flat, but 

 it is now somewhat battered. It is very slightly sunken in the 

 centre, and has two thin incised lines running round the rim. 

 The diameter of the paten is 4! inches. Neither paten nor 

 chalice has any maker's marks thereon, but they are probably of 

 the 1 4th century. 



Although these burial relics were discovered 40 years ago, the 

 photograph reproduced is the first which has ever been taken. 



THE REBUS OF ABBOT MIDDLETON. 



On the north wall of the south aisle of the Abbey Church, not 

 far from the present vestry, the rebus of Abbot William de 

 Middleton occurs over a isth century niche for a statue, of 

 which the carved canopy and mouldings have been cut off level 

 with the wall. The rebus consists of the letter W with pastoral 



