By C. E. Pouting, F.S.A. 



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solidorum] Duo paria corporalium bona 

 et satis ydonea et unum altare marmo- 

 reum portabile et una pixis eburuea de- 

 pendens super altare cum eukarista et 

 alia argentea ponderis iiii solidorum ad 

 deferendum corpus Domini infirmis et 

 alia lignea depicta et duo fiolse de stanno 

 et v vexilla Vetera et unum bonum Item 

 duo panni serici ante altare et duo alii 

 ad modum tboralis et unus lineus flori- 

 bus protractus et una vetus cortina et 

 unus pannus quadragesimalis vetus et 

 attritus et tria pepla ad Mariolam co- 

 operiendam linea Item duo candelabra 

 de cupro et tburibulum eneum et est 

 ibi sacrarium sufficiens [ 3 Item Liber 

 Evangeliorum vetus et attritus] et crux 

 processionalis de cupro Item i pecten 

 eburneum. 



" 4 Haec sunt postmodum adquisita 

 iiii mantilia quorum unum est paratum 

 i crux processionalis de gagate Item i 

 alba parata de dono Margaretae de Sele 

 [ 5 Item i casula serica de dono Galfridi 

 presbiteri] Item i vexillum sericum de 



" Also 15 towels, 1 sufficient of which 

 8 or more are blessed, and 2 chalices 

 gilt, of which one is of the weight of 

 24 shillings, and the other of 19 shil- 

 lings. 



" Two sets of corporals, good and 

 sufficiently serviceable, and one portable 

 altar of marble, and one pix 2 of ivory, 

 hanging down over the altar, with eu- 

 charist ; and another of silver, of the 

 weight of 4 shillings, to carry the Lord's 

 Body to the sick, and another of wood 

 decorated with painting, and 2 cruets 

 of tin, and 5 old banners and 1 good. 



" Also two silk cloths before the 

 altar, and two others after the fashion 

 of a coverlet, and one linen, encircled 

 with flowers, and one old curtain ; and 

 one lenten cloth old and worn, and three 

 linen cloaks to cover up the image of 

 the Blessed Virgin. Also two candle- 

 sticks of copper, and a brass thurible, 

 and there is a sufficient sacring bell and 

 a cross for processions, of copper. Also 

 one ivory comb. 6 These were subse- 



1 The word towel, as used in old inventories, has three significations. First, 

 it means the rich covering of silk and gold which used to be laid over the top of 

 the altar except during mass ; secondly, it refers to linen altar cloths ; thirdly, 

 the word towel is used in its ordinary acceptation to signify linen cloths for 

 wiping the hands. 



2 Pix, in its literal sense, means a box, but it is generally understood as a 

 vessel to contain the holy eucharist. Pixes were, however, used as reliquaries, 

 and as cases for altar bread. 



3 Erased in later hand. Not given in Hoare or Baron. 

 4 All from here is in the same later hand as the marginal notes. 

 5 Not in Hoare or Baron. 

 6 " Combs were among the appurtenances of an ancient sacristy, and were 

 sometimes exceedingly beautiful in design. Durandus, Rationale, lib. iv., c. 3, 

 states that of old bishops, when about to celebrate, were wont to comb their 

 heads. This is a custom borrowed from the East, and still retained in the Greek 

 Church. (In an archiepiscopal liturgy in 1870 I saw the long back hair of a 

 Greek archbishop ritually combed out during the service). If it was a bishop 

 who pontificated, the deacon and sub-deacon combed his hair as soon as his 

 sandals had been put on his feet, while sitting on his fald-stool ; if a priest 



