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plate is often to be noticed. Benevolent parishioners gave for 



sacred use vessels obviously intended for secular purposes, and 



several specimens are found with the arms of the donors 



engraved, sometimes with heathenish mottoes. Given with 



the best of intentions, it does appear incongruous that a 



beautiful little vessel obviously intended as a domestic cream 



jug without any ecclesiastical appearance should be used for 



sacred purposes, or that a salver, such as we find in domestic 



use nowadays, should be used as a paten, but we shall find 



them in the review of the various pieces in the churches. 



.\ The author of these notes is indebted to Cripps' Old English Plate for 

 the information as to the St. Sampson's Chalice and the indentification of 

 some of the maker's marks, and the letters E P. in brackets will be found, 

 where he has made use of this work. 



I.—ST. PETER-PORT. 



The whole of the plate has been recently acquired and 

 with the exception of the Guille cruet or ampulla is of modern 

 manufacture. 



In March, 1847, the parishioners decided to have the 

 whole of the plate then belonging to the Church melted down 

 and replaced by modern vessels. 



The plate melted down at that time was as follows : — 

 A flagon. 



Three cups or chalices. 

 A large dish, 17 inches in diameter. 

 A paten, 10| inches in diameter. 



A covered vessel like a coffee pot, which was used for 

 the administration of Holy Baptism. 

 On one side of the flagon was the inscription " A la 

 Paroisse de St. Pierre Port en Guernesey." On the other side 

 was a view* of the outside of the Town Church taken from the 

 east. Underneath was engraved " Elie de Fresne Recteur. 

 Samuel Le Gocq, Samuel Bonamy, Curateurs, 1752" 



Under the foot of two of the cups was the inscription : " A 

 la Paroisse de St. Pierre-Port, du Don de James et Judith de 

 Beauvoir" 



The third cup, which was of different shape, bore the 

 words : " Don de Monsieur Josias Le Marchant. Pour VEglise 

 de St. Pierre Port." 



On the border of the large salver was the inscription : " Don 

 fait ci-devant a VEglise de St. Pierre-Port en Visle dc Gnernese 

 en coupes par Mr. Jean de Quetteville senior Mr. James et 

 Dlle. Judith de Beauvoir, et Dlle. Jeanne Bouchet, changees en 

 ce plat" 



* Rubbings of this may be seen among the Lukis papers in the Lukis 

 Museum, made at the time of the sale of the plate. 



