232 ST. Michael's mount. 



Talkarn). G-oods and Chattels found in tlie priory of St. Michael's 

 Mount. In the church a chalice of the weight of 20s. lOd. 

 sterling. Item, a vestment with 2 lappets of silk worth 26s. 8d. 

 Item, a missal worth 13s. 4d. Item, in custody of the Prior and 

 monks 2 worn cloths {vestes) with 6 towels worth 20s. Item, a 

 chalice of the weight of 16s. Id. Item, one worn clerk's breviary 

 (^portiforium) worth 6s. 8d. These were left to the custody of the 

 Priory under supervision of the Sheriff. Item, in the Prior's 

 chamber 3 lavers and 1 ewer [pehes cum lavatorio) worth 3s. 6d. 

 Item, 4 chests with a coffer [forcerio) worth 6s. 8d. Item, 8 

 silver spoons weighing 8s. 4d. Item, 2 wooden cups [cipM de 

 mazero) worth 10s. Item, a silver cup, with cover of the same, 

 weighing 20s. lOd. Item, a silver cup weighing 18s. 4d. Item, 

 a silver cup, with cover, weighing 31s. 8d. Item, broken silver 

 weighing 4s. 6d. Item, a certain silver image weighing lljd. 

 Item, a silver buckle [firmaculum) weighing 6d. Item, an image 

 of St. Michael worth 13s. 4d. Item, 2 cups of wood, old and 

 broken, worth 5s. Item, 1 silver thurible weighing 35s. 8d. 

 Item, 1 old silver thurible weighing 21s. Item, 5 small and old 

 tin vases (or mugs — olle de stagno) worth 12d. Item, 4 brass 

 vases {olle ene<B) worth 6s. 8d. * * * Item, worn pans [patelle) 

 worth 2s. Item, 15 plates {disci) and 15 worn saucers {saharia) 

 worth 15d. Item, one bowl and other iron utensils worth 23d. 

 Item, in store 3 heifers {afferi) worth 10s.* Item, wooden 

 vessels worth 6s. 8d. Item, the tithes of the church of Moresk 

 are taxed at £15. Item, the tithes of the church of St. Hilary, 

 with the tithe of the chapel of St. Michael, £23 6s. 8d. Item, 

 the Prior's rents from the Vill of Treverabo with its appurten- 

 ances, £22. Item, the said Prior's rents from Penwith, 29s. 7^d. 

 Item, the tithe of the fishery at this place and the varying casual 

 oblations remain in the custody of the sheriff to account for ^ * * 

 Total £82 3s. 1 Id." It is not clear what this total is. The MS. 

 is imperfect, and perhaps this £82 3s. lid. includes the fish tithe 

 and oblations.f 



* afferi may mean horses, sheep, or oxen. 



t In the time of war it was usual to sequestrate, or, to use the more regular 

 phrase, to take or seize into the King's hands all land and moveable property 

 belonging to the alien Priories. This seizure was not a confiscation but was 

 merely temporary (see Close EoUs, Membrane 22, for an order to the Treasurer, 



