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Archaeologia
Cantiana Vol. 27 -1905
page 262
CHURCH PLATE IN KENT—NO. III. By
the Rev. C. E. Woodruff, M.A.
THE following article deals with the Church Plate of the
Cathedral and the twenty-three parishes in the Rural Deanery of
Canterbury. The sacred vessels, now in the custody of the Dean and
Chapter, are, with possibly two exceptions, all of post-Reformation
date, and before describing the some-what meagre list of Church Plate
now preserved in the Treasury, it will be interesting to take a cursory
glance at the Mediaeval Inventories detailing the wealth and splendour
of the possessions of the Prior and Convent of Christ Church. By the
labours of Dr. Wickham Legg and Mr. St. John Hope these Inventories have
recently been transcribed and printed,† and a careful study of their
contents will well repay the student of the usages of the Mediaeval
Church.
For the purposes of the present article, however, we must
confine our examination to a short summary of those portions of the
Inventories which deal with the Altar Plate. The earliest extant list
appears to be one now preserved amongst the Cottonian MSS. in the
Library of the British Museum [Galba, E. iv], and is dated 2 February
1315-16, in the days of Prior Henry of Eastry, to whom we are indebted
for the beautiful stone work screen of the Cathedral Choir.
In this Inventory six gold chalices and patens (Galices
et patene auree) are enumerated, of which the first was a great one
with gems in the knop given by King Henry III. Another was the gift of
Philip, King of France. Three others were
* Continued from Archceologia Cantiana, Vol.
XXVI., p. 266,‘
† Inventories of Christ Church, Canterbury. Transcribed
and printed by
J. Wickham
Legg, F.S.A., and W. H. St. John Hope, MA. (Westminster:
Constable
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