The following are extracts from the accounts
of the Church-wardens of the parish :-
"1562. Receaved of Mr Henry Aldeye Alderman for
the overpluse of the great Chalice iiij1i jjj s
"Receaved more for the Lytell Chalice wayinge
viii oz. and i qr. at vs the oz. xlj s iij d
"1595. Paide for x plate Candellstikes & iij woode
Candell-stiks xxd
"1616. Item payd for gildinge the peece of Plate
that Mr Wetenhall gave to the parish 5li 4s 0d.
"Item for a bagge to put in the Plate Mr Wetenhall
gave 0 0 4d.
"1620. Rec. of the gouldsmith for 2j ounces 3 qrs. of
silver at 5 s 2d 5li 12s 4d"
In an Inventory, dated 1684, of Church goods in some of the
City Churches in Canterbury, now preserved amongst the Tanner MSS. in
the Bodleian Library [126,97], are the following entries relating to the
Church Plate then existing at St. Andrews:-
"One Communion Cup double gilt with a cover. Walter
Southwell, John Lade, Churchwardens, at the bottom of it."
"A Silver patten wrought work double gilt with upon it
'Charles Wettenhall Major of the City of Canterbury borne in
Cheshire gave this to the parish of St Andrew for ever who died 1615.
John Gosby & Thomas White Ch.-wardens.'
"Three large pewter flagons.
"Three pewter plates to put them upon."
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Charles Wettenhall was Mayor of Canterbury in 1598.
6 and 7. Two Flagons of Sheffield Plated Ware. Height,
12 inches; diameter of mouth 3¾ inches, of foot 5¼ inches.
The lids, which are bossed up in the centre, are ornamented
with a gadroon moulding round their edge.
8 and 9. Two Pewter Plates. Diameter, 9¼ inches.
The marks are a crowned rose and.. . . tha fly.
Inscribed in script on the under side, "Edward
Jacob, William Peele, Church-wardens, 1708."
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ST. DUNSTAN'S.
1. A Chalice of Silver, gilt. Height,
7⅛ inches; diameter of mouth 4⅛ inches, of foot 3⅝
inches; weight, 10 ozs.
London Hall Marks of the year 1774. Maker's mark,  .
(?) D, (Frederic Deveer?).
Inscribed: "Given to the Parish of St Dunstan's,
Kent, By I Eliz: Allen, 1775."
A plain bell-shaped bowl with lip; the stem has a smal1
oval knop. |