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drawn between the prior and sacrist does not appear, nor the 
date when ; only that it happened in the reign of Hen. VI. This 
transaction probably took place when Bernes entered on his 
office ; and there is the more reason to suppose that to be the 
case, because the hst consists of vestments and implements, and 
relics, such as belonged to the church of the Priory, and fell 
under the care of the sacrist. For the numerous items I shall 
refer the curious reader to the Note, and shall just mention the 
relics, although they are not all specified ; and the state of the 
live stock of the monastery at that juncture. 
" Item 2. osculator. argent. 
"Item 1. osculatorium cum osse digiti auricular.—Sa. Johannis 
Baptist (B* 
"Item 1. parvam crucem cum V. reliquiis. 
"Item 1. anulum argent, et deauratum St. Edmundi.f 
" Item 2. osculat. de coper. 
" Item 1. junctorium St. Ricardi.J 
"Item 1. pecten St. Ricardi.^'§ 
The staurum, or live stock, is quite ridiculous, consisting only 
of " 2 vacce, 1 sus, 4 hoggett. et 4 porcell.^' viz. two cows, one 
sow, four porkers, and four pigs. 
shasshobe Item i securim Item ii scabell. de ferro pro cancell Item i plane Item i cistam sine 
cerura Item xiiii sonas Item xix taperes ponder xiii % et dimid. Item ii torches ponder xxtti 
Item XII lb cere el dimid. Item de candelis de cera ponder vi lb Item i lb de frank et sence 
Item I lagenam oiei Item ix pondera de plumbo (Vide de stauro in tergo) et in tergo 
scribuntur haec, " ii vacce i sus iiii hoggett et iiii porcell." 
* How the convent came by the bone of the little finger of St. John the Baptist does not 
appear ; probably the founder, while in Palestine, purchased it among the Asiatics, who were at 
that time great traders in relics. We know from the best authority that as soon as Herod had 
cruelly beheaded that holy man, " bis disciples came and took up the body and buried it, and 
went and told Jesus." Matt. iv. 12. — Further would be difficult to say. 
t November 20, in the calendar, Edmund king and martyr, in the 9th century. See also a 
Sanctus Edmundus in Godwin, among the archbishops of Canterbury, in the 13th century ; his 
surname Rich, in 1234. 
t April 3, ibid. Richard bishop of Chichester, in the 13th century ; his surname De la Wich, 
in 1245. 
Junctorium, perhaps a joint or limb of St. Richard ; but what particular joint the religious 
were not such osteologists as to specify. This barbarous word was not to be found in any 
dictionary consulted by the author. 
§ *' Pecten inter ministeria sacra recensetur, quo scil. sacerdotes ac clerici, antequam in 
ecclesiam procederent, crines pecterent. E quibus coUigitur monachos, tunc temporis, non 
omniuo tonsos fuisse." — Du Fresne. 
The author remembers to have seen in great farm houses a family comb chained to a post for 
the use of the hinds when they came into their meals. 
