84 On a Chantry in the Chapelry of Alnwick. 



Michael (old style) . It is curious to trace the connexion of the 

 old parish feasts with the patron saint's day. These annual en- 

 tertainments are held on the same day in every year from gene- 

 ration to generation. By this rule the patron saint of Alnwick is 

 made out to be Saint Michael : in addition we find the effigies 

 of that saint on the public buildings ; one on St. Michael's Pant 

 and another on the church well. We also find on the ancient 

 seal of the old Saxon corporation of Alnwick the figure of St. 

 Michael (Plate No. VI.). In the preceding Licence of King 

 Henry the Sixth, the old church is expressly called " the Chapel 

 of St. Michael." The confusion that Alnwick church is dedi- 

 cated to "St. Mary/' or " St. Mary and St. Michael/' arises from 

 the circumstance, that this Chantry, founded in the ancient chapel 

 of St. Michael, was erected in honour of the Blessed Virgin. 



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