MILTON ABBEY MEETING. Ixiii. 



"The Abbey registers, dating from le.^l, are kept in the iron chest in the 

 vestry. The old books, which are preserved in this church, and are mentioned in 

 ' Hutchins,' are not a part of Tregonwell's bequest to the Abbey church in the 

 year 1680 (Tregonwell's books are kept in the Vicarage study), but they are ' the 

 gift of John Chappell, Citizen and Staconer of London, January 1, 1G32.' These 

 consist of three elaborately-bound volumes (in black letter) of Fox's ' Acts and 

 Monuments of the Christian Martyrs,' each of which has a chain thereon and 

 also a brass plate with the donor's name. These were formerly in the Abbey 

 church. The Communion plate, which is displayed on the altar, and which 

 consists of two large silver flagons, a chalice, and a large and a small paten, was 

 given to Milton Abbey by the aforesaid ' John Chappell, Sitteson and Stationer of 

 Loudon, 16o7,' and 'Mary Savage, 1658,' and ' Mad dam Jane Tregonwell, 

 widdow, 1675.' There are also two pewter plates stamped ' Compton, London.' 

 The one with the cover was probably used for the bread for Communion, the other 

 for collecting the alms. These plates are comparatively modern, and I would 

 not have mentioned them were it not for the fact that the study of church pewter 

 is no longer despised." 



JNIr. Pentin then conducted the club to 



St. Catherine's Chapel 



on the hill above the Abbey. The legend associated with the 

 chapel is related in Vol. iv., p. 79, in the paper " On Milton 

 Church," by the Rev. R. Roberts, late vicar. Mr. Pentin gave 

 some further particulars of this chapel. 



