100 THE CHUaCH GOODS OP CORNWALL 



Belles. 



Launceton, iiij. Belles, xxvj. — xiii'' — iiij' 

 Bodmyne, iij. Belles xxxvij.— x^ 

 The friers in Truro, ij Belles, vi". 

 Tywardreth, iij Belles Lxiij^ — iiij'^. 



As in comp*. deP. 

 Ttios. Arundell, 

 am*^. c & xxxj"" vij"'^ 

 As in comp*. e & 

 xxviij" & viij°^. 



Bodmyne friers ij Belles sold with the building as apereth in 

 eomp*''- Tho'"''- Arundell, iiij'' & xxxi"" — viij°^ 



St. Germans. There were iij small belles wayenge by esti- 

 maeon about xvj", whych belles John Champnon, Esquire, 

 having the house and demeans then of the gifte of Kynge 

 Henry the viii*'', did sell to a marchant in Salteash named 

 Hichins, but for what some or by what authoritie I cannot 

 learne of any man," 



In the account of J. Ayleworth of money received for Bells, 

 etc., is an entry which shows that the bells of Launceston 

 Priory were sold to Sir Gawyn Carrow, Kuyght, for Forty 

 Pounds. 



In Vol. 67 of the Miscellaneous Books of the Augmentation 

 Office, fo. 1746, is a certificate of the bells, lead, stone and 

 timber of Grlasney College. It will be found printed in No. 21 

 of the Journals of this Institution, p. 260, in Mr. Rashleigh's 

 valuable paper on "The Grlasney Cartulary." 



Such is a summary of some of the more interesting facts 

 contained in the Inventories of the church goods of Cornwall, 

 and these returns themselves bear witness to the decent furni- 

 ture of the parish churches at the time to which they refer. 



The statements made by Proude and other authors that " a 

 sweep cleared the parish churches throughout the country," 

 that the " church plate of silver was confiscated and chalices of 

 tin given in their place," and others of a similar import, are 

 found on investigation to be without foundation. 



When we consider that the total amount of silver plate paid 

 into the Jewel House from Cornwall is only 311 ounces, whilst 

 one church, St. Just in Eoseland, possessed 199 ounces, we at 

 once see what a small quantity was removed, and the letter of 



