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Two pieces of silver "knoppis which was in the brest of the image
of the Resurrection."

Other lists follow, and contain goods and ornaments that were
missing, or that had been sold by various churchwardens since
the beginning of the reign of Edward VI.

From these we learn that the church had also possessed such
vestments and ornaments as the following:

"Item a vestment of blewe velvyt with a crosse of redde
velvyt sprenged with gold with all thinges perteyninge to
the same."

"All thinges perteyninge to the same" here includes the vestments
for the assistants, and the stoles, maniples, and apparels.

"Item a vestment of white bustyan, with a redde cross and all
thinges perteyninge to the same."

Evidently vestments of coarse white stuff such as were universal in
England during the first four weeks of Lent, cf. the "ash-coloured,"
or white vestments still worn on weekdays in Lent in the South of
France.

"Item an altar cloth hanginge afore the altare of redde silke
with a crucyfix."

This was probably the frontal used in Passiontide, _i.e._, from
Passion Sunday until Easter. Other Lenten ornaments were the
following:

"Item iiij paynted clothes for altar clothes in Lent."

"Item iij paynted clothes to hange upon saynt Katerynes and
saynt Margarettes in Lent."

The following is an interesting description of a panelled or striped
frontal and frontlet:

"Item an altar cloth for the frontur of thalter of redde
velvyt and yelowe & redde damask in paynes with Kateryn
wheles in the bordour above."

The sales are quoted as realising in all L165 17_s._ 8_d._, but
an addition of the separate items does not result in this
total.

The difficulties in the way of an exact calculation are (1) lax or
ambiguous entries, _e.g._:

"Item iiij chalyces wayng liiij onz. wherof ij communyon
cuppis were made by the said Calton (purchaser of a
previous lot) waynge but lij onz.... xvijs viii.d"

(2) The omission of prices, and (3) the disappearance of articles
quoted as "myssinge at the praysement of the vestry stuff," or (4)
"myssinge and not delyveryd to the now Churche wardens neither sold or
accompted for to thuse of the Churche."

The conclusion arrived at by the representatives of the parish is thus
stated: "And where yt is a parcell of our othe to pres