AT THE TIME OF THE REFORMATION. 95 



The returns for the Hundreds of East, Pydar, and Penwith 

 being missing. 



Although only the survey for the Hundred of Kerrier gives 

 a detailed list of the vestments, as well as the plate and bells, 

 the other inventories being simply abstracts, the perusal of 

 them will show that the churches of the county at this date 

 possessed a rich and varied stock of church goods. 



With regard first to the plate, we find crosses, chalices, pixes, 

 censers, paxes, and cruets of silver, most abundant. 



At Liskeard were formerly ten chalices of silver weighing 80 

 ounces ; at Lansaloes two chalices weighing 50 ounces ; at Gerens 

 was a weighty silver cross parcell gilt, of 100 ounces weight; at 

 Fowey was a censer weighing 36 ounces, and two chalices 

 weighing 5 1 ounces ; at St. Just-in-Eoseland was a massive 

 silver cross weighing 1 60 ounces ; at St. Neot a weighty censer 

 of 4 1 ounces ; and at Bodmin a double gilt cross, with Mary and 

 John.^'' Liskeard was the richest in the number of the pieces of 

 its plate, — of the churches the weight of whose ornaments is 

 given, for here, in addition to the ten chalices mentioned above, 

 were formerly a silver cross parcell gilt, two silver censers, a 

 paxe of silver and a shrine of silver, altogether weighing 165 

 ounces ; although St. Just-in-Roseland surpassed it in the weight 

 of its silver, which amounted to 199 ounces. The only instance 

 where the sacred vessels were of a baser material than silver, was at 

 Budock, where the two chalices were of latyn, — an alloy of copper 

 and brass ; no mention of a paten occurs in any of the returns. 



Passing now to the ornaments, we find crosses of silver, silver 

 parcell gilt, latyn, copper, latyn gilt, copper gilt, with banner of 

 green tafita, etc. ; pixes of silver, and of copper gilt ; paxes of 

 silver — the one at Bodmin reputed to contain a thorn of our 

 Saviour's crown ; censers of silver, brass, copper, and latyn ; 

 cruets for wine and water of silver and tin ; candlesticks of brass 

 and latyn. In the chancel at Mullion were two great candle- 

 sticks of brass ; before the high altar in Gluvias Chui-ch stood 

 two great chandlers of latyn ; and at Landewednack were two 

 prickettsf of latyn ; a ship of silver for incense was at Fowey, 

 (the only one mentioned in these Inventories for Cornwall, 



* See Inventory of Church Goods, 1539. 



f Candlesticks with a spike instead of a socket. 



