AT THE TIME OF THE REFORMATION. 97 



Although a list of the vestments are not given in the inventories 

 for Trigg preserved in the Public Eecord Office, the lists of the 

 Church goods of Bodmin, preserved amongst the Corporation 

 papers, show that it possessed a magnificent set of vestments. 

 AVe read of copes of cloth of gold, of red and white velvet, 

 and white damask embroidered with branches of gold, of copes 

 of white and red satin of Bruges, of vestments of red, blue, and 

 purple velvet, and white damask with flowers of gold, and of 

 blue velvet branched with gold, etc. This parish also possessed 

 three Jesus coats, four tormentor's coats, and two devil's coats, 

 probably used in the miracle plays, and these vestments appear 

 to have been in use as late as the 5th year of the reign of Queen 

 Elizabeth ; and at Stratton, in the churchwardens' accounts, an 

 entry occurs in the lUth year of Elizabeth of money paid for 

 mending the vestments, clearly showing that they were worn in 

 that church as late as 1568. 



Of surplices, we only find one at Landewednack, and one at 

 Ruiin Minor. 



The colour of the copes and vestments for this hundred is in a 

 large number of cases given, and may be sumarised as follows : 



White. Red. Blue. Green. 

 Copes 12 6 



Vestments 4 4 7 1 



Erom which table we see that the colour which most frequently 

 occurs is blue ; white, red, yellow, black, tawny, green and 

 purple following in order. 



This sequence, and especially the prevalence of blue, the 

 colour of the Virgin Mary, shows that the use of ecclesiastical 

 colours was not according to the Eoman rule, but that which 

 prevailed was the Sarum use (as probably the ancient British 

 ritual) or perhaps a slight modification of it. 



Some other interesting points are deserving of attention ; thus 

 in the returns for the Hundred of West constant mention is 

 made of the sale of Church plate, for meat, drink, wages, and 

 horses, when the men of the parish went west to resist "the 

 rebellers;" and this entry occurs so often that we may assume 

 that a general levy was made to put down the commotion which 

 is commonly known as the Arundel rebellion. 



