22 GUERNSEY CHUKCH PLATE. 



VIII.— TORTEVAL. 



About the year 1831 there appears to have been a 

 wholesale renewal of all the existing Church Vessels, with 

 one exception, and they were replaced by a munificent gift of 

 modern plate by the same donor as at St. Sampson's. The 

 sole exception was the gift of Mrs. Peter Le Mesurier, found 

 in so many parishes, and which, for some reason, was generally 

 spared in the destruction of the old plate. 



1 and 2. * Two Chalices (identical) 10 inches high. 



f? A) 



London hall mark of 1831. Maker's mark > # ( 



3. Flagon ... 13£ inches high, 



London hall mark of 1832. Maker's mark same as Nos. 1 

 and 2. 



L Alms Dish 14 inches diameter. 



London hall mark of 1832. Maker's mark (W.K.R) 



The four pieces above are all inscribed as follows : — 



Don d'Eleazar Le Mar chant Ecr., 



Jils William, 



Seigneur du Compte et dependances, 



a la Parois.se de Torteval. 



1832. 



Bevd. Edward Mourant — Becteur. 



Jean du Mont, ) n . 



William le Bay^ 0uratewrs - 



Surmounted by the Le Marchant Arms (azure, a chevron 

 or between 3 owls argent) with supporters, and motto 

 "MB MINERVA LUCET." 



5. Paten 8 inches diameter. 



No hall mark. Maker's mark | I H | and two others not dis- 

 tinguishable. 



Inscribed underneath : Don de Dame Elizabeth Lemesurier 

 veuve de feu Sr. Pierre Lemesurier de la Paroisse de St. Pierre du 

 bois de la contree des adams a V Eglise de torteval pour Le Service de 

 la comunion. 1727. 



IX.— ST. MARTIN'S. 



Here the destruction of anything old was complete, not a 

 single relic of the old plate being spared. An inscription n 

 one of the new pieces gives some clue as to the donors and 



