Satysfied of the Premysses Yet because of the greate hyndderannce and afterdeale of the sayde Rowland Dye and that he went out of London and dwellyth at Grauysend the sayd Church Wardens cannot come to the perfyt knowledge what doeth Remayne. in their handes for their Accomptes Yet Remayn vn Alowed wherby they be not able to sertyfye yor lordships accordingly Item in the therd yeare of owre seyde Soveraign Lordes Raign the sayde William Anstye then beinge vpperwarden toke into his handes a greate Cloth that dyd hange before the Roode in the Lent, A Sepulture cloth of Bawdkyn wt a greate Vale that was drawen before the highe Alter in lent w dyverse other thinges as Towelles Aulter cortyns and Curtyns drawne before the paynture at the Aulter endes &c* And as Consernyng all other Ornamentes Plate Juelles Belles &c which were in the Custody of the Churchwardens in the fyrst yeare of the Raigne of or sayde Soveraigne Lorde Savinge the parcelles afore Rehersed to the sayde Churchwardens knowledge Remayne nowe in the Church as apearyth by this Inventory herevnto Annexed Without that any other thing hath bynne solde or taken awaye by any other Churchwarden Sence the sayde fyrst yeare of ower sayde Soveraigne Lordes Raigne otherwyse then is before Rehersed An Inventory of all the goodes Juelles Ornamentes Vestmentes and all other thinges belonging or apertayning to the Churche of Saynte Donstones in the Easte in London Taken by vs John Yelde Churchwarden Mayster Bacon, Mayster Thomas Warner Mr Anstye Mr Cuttell Mr Deye And Mr Thomas Hunt the xiiijth daye of July In the yeare of or Lorde god a m1 vc and ffyftye, and in Anno Regni Regis Edvardi vjth, quarto. In the vpper Vestry† In p'mis a greate Crosse of Sylver and gylt wt Berrall in the myddes with a Crucyfyx Mary and John Weing jcxvj oncz *The articles mentioned here are of much interest, as relating to English pre-Reformation ritual usages. + It would almost seem from the expression "upper vestry" that the vestry was in two stories, the upper one being probably used as the treasury. Item one gylt Bason Weying xxxti oncz Item ij Cruettes parcell gylt weyinge a leven oncz Item a ship* of Whyte Sylver Weying thre oncz Item ij Candlestyckes of sylver parcell gylt Weyinge ffyfty & two oncz Item ij Challyces one gylt w' a holy Lambe in the Patent and the other Parcell gylt w a hand in the Patent Weyinge therty and fyue oncz Item a ffote of Copper and gylt for the greate Crosse Weyinge [left blank] Doble Vestmentest Item one of Cloth of golde for a preaste deacon and Subdeacon w' thappurten ances Item a Vestment of Red velvet called Saynt' Donstones of Sattyn ffygure of golde for a preste deacon and subdeacon w' haubes and hedpeces lackyng the Apparell havinge stole and ffannells Item one of Blew velvet w' flowers of golde ffor a preste deacon and Subdeacon w thappurtenances Item one of grene Velvet w fflowers of golde for a preste deacon and Subdeacon w' thappurtenances Item one of Red Velvet for a preste deacon and Subdeacon w' fflowers of golde w' thappurtenances Item a Vestment of whyte Damaske wi fflowers of golde w' thappurtenances Item a Vestment of grene Damaske for a prest deacon and Subdeacon w' thappur Item one of Blewe damaske w' a Crosse of cloth of golde w' thappurtenances Item a Vestment of grene Sattyn w' droppes) and a Red crosse w' thappurtenances Item one of whyte damaske w' a Red crosse w small Lyons of golde w' thappurten ances Item one of grene Sattyn w starres and Crosse of mayden hedes w' thappurten ances Item a vestment of grene Sattyn of Brydges wt fflowers and the Appurtenances Item one of Red Bawdkyns (sic) w' thappur tenances Item one of Blew Velvet w' a Crosse of Red Veluet w' a Crucyfyxe wt the Ap-) purtenances Item one of grene Bawdkyns (sic) w' the) Aubes and hedpece Lackyng stole and ffannell Item a Vestment of whyte Bustyn w' fflowers) and fflower de lyces of Copper golde and thappurtenances Item one of Black worsted wt fflowers of) Vestmentes for Lent* Item ij of whyte Bustyn w' Red Crosses wt fflower delyces at the endes w' thappur tenances Item another of whyte Bustyn w' a Red] Crosse of Seye in the myddes w' thappurtenances Item another of whyte Lynnyn w' a Red) Crosse fflower delyces at the endes w appurtenances Hangynges Item one of Clothe of golde for aboue and beneth for the highe Alter w' ij Curtynst .of Red Taffita ornaments of a At first, plain, and the clerical As time went During Lent all the images and church were covered up, and hidden. white linen cloths were used for this, vestments were made to correspond. on both the cloths for covering the ornaments, as well as the vestments, were made rather more ornamental. The ground colour was generally white, but the stuff used was often, in later times, of richer material, as silk, or velvet. The cloths and vestments were often ornamented with red drops of blood, red crosses, the five sacred wounds of our Saviour, or the sacred monogram, etc. †The riddels, or costers. Item one of Blewe Cloth of golde for aboue] and Beneth for or Lady Aulter Lackyng the Curtyns Item one of Blewe Cloth of golde for aboue and beneth for Jhesus Aulter w' ij Curtyns of Blew Sarsenet Item a Hangyng of whyte Sarsenet for aboue and beneth wt the Curtyns Item a Hangyng of Red of Sylke Sendall for aboue and beneth w Challyssys paynted on them w' the curtyns Item a Hangyng of Red chamblet brodered w' fflower delyces of Copper gold for a small Aulter Item a small hangyng of Red* and blew Sarsenet w the Kynges Armes Item a small Hangyng of whyte Chamblet Item a small Hangyng of grene Bawdkyn` for aboue and beneth for a small Aulter Item a Hangyng for aboue and beneth of blew velvet w' fflower delyces of golde Hangynges for Lent Item one of whyte Bustyn for aboue and beneth for the highe Aulter w' Curtyns of the same w' Red crossis Item one of whyte Lynnyn for aboue and beneth for Jhesus Aulter w' Curtyns of the same Item a Hangyng for aboue and beneth of) stayned Cloth for or Lady Aulter wt Curtyns of ye same Item ij Hangynges of whyte Bustyn for ij small Aulters wt thre Curtyns of the same Stayned Hangynges Item one for aboue and beneth Stayned for all solne dayet w' Curtyns of the same Item a small Aulter Cloth Stayned w' Red and blewe Item ij Curtyns Stayned w' Jhus writen in ye mydes Item a stayned Aulter Cloth for aboue and Beneth w Twelue appostles w' the Curtyns Item ij Lytle stayned Clothes Copes and other thinges. Item V Copes for chyldren * The colours red and blue may be noted in connection with the King's arms, which were: Quarterly, Azure: three fleurs-de-lis or. Gules: three lions passant gardant in pale. + All Souls' Day. Item iij Cosshyns of Red Sendall and one of Bawdkyn Item a Cloth of Red sylke and golde for good frydaye for the Crosse Item a Cloth of Turkey worke for the Crysmatory Item a pece of whyte Sylke w' iiij tasselles & iiij knappes of golde threde Lyke a Coverpane Item a pece of Sypres to Cary the Sacrament in Item a gerdle of Sylke w' a Lyst of Blew & yelow Item ij Napkyns for the highe Aulter wrought w' sylke Item a fyne towell wrought w' nedle worke for the Taper on Easter Evyn Item a shete to Laye in the Sepulture Item a greate Cossyn of Cloth of golde *The Lenten Veil, the colours mentioned here are very unusual, and noteworthy. Usually the colours were white and blue, paned or striped; though white, blue, and black alone have been noted. The whole of these entries are very important. Red, it may be mentioned, was very commonly used in England as the Good Friday colour. Corporis Casis Item ij the one syde Cloth of golde and the other syde Red sendall Item one of Black Veluet Both sydes and Item xiiij dyaper towelles In the Nether Vestry Item a lytle Bason of Sylver parcell gylt Item ij Challyces one gylt the patent w' a hand in the mydes and the other parcell gylt the patent w' a hed* in the mydes weyinge therty & seven oncz thre q'ters Item a Crysmatory sylver and gylt Lackyng an Anngell for a fote Weyinge Twenty and two oncz Corporis Casis Item a greate Cloth of Tappystry worke to Lye before the highe Aulter Lyned w Canvas Item iiij old Cosshyns Banners of dyverse Sortes Item a Crosse Banner Enbrodered w1 golde w' the Crucyfyx Mary and John on the one syde and saynt Donstone on the other syde Item a Crosse Banner of grene Sarsenet w the Trynite on the one syde and Jhus on the other syde Item a Crosse Banner of grene Sarsenet wt or Lady and iij Kynges of Collyn of Both sydes In the Steople Item V greate Belles and a sannsbell Per me Thomam Bacon Endorsed on the back: Towre Warde A knife with a "Benedictio Mensæ on it. E EW subjects interested the late Mr. Henry Bradshaw more, or were wont to fire him with greater animasaying a medieval Benedictio Mense, or Grace tion, than the proper manner of before and after meat. Those who wish to know what he had to say on this subject, should refer to the Babees Book, published by the Early English Text Society, where they will find the subject dealt with by Mr. Bradshaw with all the learning and enthusiasm he was able to bring to bear upon it. In the museum at the Louvre, in Paris, there is a beautiful and curious knife, of which we give the accompanying illustration. The knife, which has an ivory handle with gilt mounts, is eleven inches in length. Along one side of the blade there is engraved an abbreviated Grace, together with the musical Home's Muse was very slow in taking the hint, if, indeed, she may be said to have ever done so, for. although many years afterwards she really did "extend her skirting wing" in the region indicated by Collins, yet the impulse is with much reason attributed to Macpherson, of "Ossian" fame; and the play of The Fatal Discovery soars far above such insignificant matters as the allusion to the pigmy folk and their bones. That allusion is explained thus in a note to the 1824 edition of Collins' poems: "One of the Hebrides is called the Isle of Pigmies, where it is reported that several miniature bones of the human species have been dug up in the chapel there." The subject is one which has engaged the attention of many other writers besides Collins, and of these the more important will now be quoted. It will be seen that there is an amusing diversity of opinion regarding the nature of the bones which Collins' delver "culled" from the "hallowed ground," and that considerable uncertainty also exists as to the very locality indicated. The account to be first cited is that given by a certain John Morrison, described as an "indweller in the Island of Lewis, who seems to have lived during the first half of the eighteenth century, if not earlier. Hist "Description of the Lewis" appears in the second volume of Macfarlane's MS. Geographical Collections relating to Scotland, a work which-preserved in the Advocates' Library at Edinburgh-was completed in 1749. Morrison's "Description," being itself undated, may therefore be of as recent a date as 1749, and almost certainly it was not written so early as the seventeenth century. From the following passage it is apparent that his mind was not cast in the same poetic mould as that of Collins. "There is a little island," he says, "hard by the coast [of Lewis] where it is said that Pigmeis lived some tyme by reason they find by searching some small bones in the earth; but I cannot give much faith to it since |