pellet below the letters, (2) the lion's head erased, (3) the Britannia mark, (4) the year mark for 1717. Beneath the dish is the inscription-"Deo et Sacris Middleton, Testamento suo D.D.D. Robertus Barker, M.D., 1717 "; this bears the same coat of arms as the first named dish. Flagon.-Silver gilt, with a plain scrolied handle joined to the cylinder by a scroll. At the top of the handle is a cherub's head. Weight, 40 ozs. 3 dwts.; height, 11 ins. Marks, (1) the year mark, which appears more like the mark for 1615 than that of 1635, to which the inscription naturally guides one, (2) the lion passant, (3) the crowned leopard, (4) RS with a heart below. Inscribed "The gift of Willm Huscrofte, Vicker of Middleton in Norfō, of Jane his wife, and of Bartholomew his son, unto the Church of Middleton, An Dō 1635." -- MINTLYN. Chalice. An Elizabethan cup, 5 ins in height and 3ğ ins. in diameter, without any decipherable marks, and bearing the inscription 66 THE TOVNCHYP OF MYNTLYN." This is the only plate left from the disused church in this parish. WEST NEWTON. Chalice. An Elizabethan cup, without marks, 6 ins. in height and 33 ins. in diameter, having an inscription"THE TOWENSHYP OF WEST NEWTO." Flagon.-Small, 10 ins. high, and marked IF for I. Foligno, the lion passant, the uncrowned leopard, the year mark for 1881, and the sovereign's head. Patens. These are two plated patens, each inscribed"West Newton Church The gift of J. F. Francklin, M.A., Rector, PENTNEY. Chalice.-A cup with a cover, 5 ins. high and 31 ins. in diameter. Inscribed "THE TOUNE OF PENTNY." Only one mark is legible, the maker's mark, T C between pellets (see Cripps, p. 420). There is a roughly executed inscription on the base, "TOMAS FELTWODE" (the letter s in "Tomas" is inverted), and further round the base what looks like a false start of the inscription “+ T.” 8 Chalice.-A cup, 73 ins. high and 33 ins. in diameter, bearing the marks, (1) W B, (2) the year mark for 1818, (3) the sovereign's head, and inscribed-" Donum Johanis Lloyd, armigeri, hujus ecclesiæ patroni, 1819." Paten. Weight, 12 oz.; having the same marks as the last named chalice and bearing the inscription"Donum Roberti Hankinson, Clerici, A.M., hujus ecclesiæ ministri, 1819." Flagon.-Massive Sheffield plate. ROYDON. Chalice. An Elizabethan cup. Height, 5 ins.; diameter, 3 ins. Inscribed "THE TOWENSHYPE OF RYDEN." There are remains of only one mark, which seems to be the same as on the cups at Dersingham and South Wootton, what appears to be almost an Old English capital T in a circle. Paten.-53 ins. in diameter. Marks (1) not decipherable, (2) the lion passant, (3) the crowned leopard, (4) the year mark for 1807. Inscribed "The Township of Roydon, 1817." |