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Printed by RIXON and ARNOLD, 29, Poultry. E.C.
1894

PREFACE.

In the first part of the introduction to this book I have dealt with the Acts of Parliament
which govern the City Churches, the rights which those Acts confer upon the citizens, and the
manner in which, according to my view of the case, those rights should be exercised. I am well
aware that this subject is only indirectly connected with the Church Plate, but this book has
been written not so much to record plate as to interest my fellow-citizens, laymen and clergymen
in their churches, and to induce them to combine together to fight against the Bishop of London
and his Bill for amending the Union of Benefices Act. The course I have taken in introducing
this subject at all, and the remarks I have made about it, will probably lead to adverse criticism.
If they do, so much the better. The Bill, so the Bishop told Convocation, is to be the same
as one introduced by him as Bishop of Exeter to the House of Lords in 1876 and afterwards
withdrawn in the House of Commons, which had for one of its chief objects the sweeping
away of five sixths of our City Churches. The citizens can if they choose prevent this and
any other kindred Bill from passing into law, and the more the subject is discussed the better
will the citizens realize that after the Bill has passed it will be beyond their povver to prevent
wholesale destruction of churches and alienation of endowments.
In the second part of the Introduction I have given a brief historical notice of the plate.
It is so often referred to in the parish books that for the present purpose I have confined
myself to quoting specimen extracts from churchwardens' accounts which have been published,
and are therefore easy of reference. In the analysis of the plate, I have divided the Communion
cups into nine different types, to avoid descriptive repetition in the foot-notes of the inventories.
The inventories with four exceptions are prepared from a personal inspection of the plate. At
the conclusion of the inventories I have added a page of corrections and additions which had
to be made after the inventories were in type, and I wish to draw especial attention to the
corrections in the inventories of All Hallows, Barking, S. Alban, Wood Street, S. Bride and
S. Paul's Cathedral. I have then given an index of the different articles of plate arranged
in chronological order, concluding with an alphabetical list of donors.
I am indebted to many kind friends for the assistance they have given me. And first
of all to the Dean and Chapter of S. Paul's, and to the Rectors and Churchwardens of
the parish churches for the permission they have given me to see their plate, and make
these notes about it. To the Bishop's Registrar for allowing me to have a copy of the
terrier or return of their plate made by all, or nearly all, the parishes to the Bishop. This
terrier has been prepared from a utilitarian rather than an archseological point of view, and,

PREFACE.

In the first part of the introduction to this book I have dealt with the Acts of Parliament
which govern the City Churches, the rights which those Acts confer upon the citizens, and the
manner in which, according to my view of the case, those rights should be exercised. I am well
aware that this subject is only indirectly connected with the Church Plate, but this book has
been written not so much to record plate as to interest my fellow-citizens, laymen and clergymen
in their churches, and to induce them to combine together to fight against the Bishop of London
and his Bill for amending the Union of Benefices Act. The course I have taken in introducing
this subject at all, and the remarks I have made about it, will probably lead to adverse criticism.
If they do, so much the better. The Bill, so the Bishop told Convocation, is to be the same
as one introduced by him as Bishop of Exeter to the House of Lords in 1876 and afterwards
withdrawn in the House of Commons, which had for one of its chief objects the sweeping
away of five sixths of our City Churches. The citizens can if they choose prevent this and
any other kindred Bill from passing into law, and the more the subject is discussed the better
will the citizens realize that after the Bill has passed it will be beyond their povver to prevent
wholesale destruction of churches and alienation of endowments.
In the second part of the Introduction I have given a brief historical notice of the plate.
It is so often referred to in the parish books that for the present purpose I have confined
myself to quoting specimen extracts from churchwardens' accounts which have been published,
and are therefore easy of reference. In the analysis of the plate, I have divided the Communion
cups into nine different types, to avoid descriptive repetition in the foot-notes of the inventories.
The inventories with four exceptions are prepared from a personal inspection of the plate. At
the conclusion of the inventories I have added a page of corrections and additions which had
to be made after the inventories were in type, and I wish to draw especial attention to the
corrections in the inventories of All Hallows, Barking, S. Alban, Wood Street, S. Bride and
S. Paul's Cathedral. I have then given an index of the different articles of plate arranged
in chronological order, concluding with an alphabetical list of donors.
I am indebted to many kind friends for the assistance they have given me. And first
of all to the Dean and Chapter of S. Paul's, and to the Rectors and Churchwardens of
the parish churches for the permission they have given me to see their plate, and make
these notes about it. To the Bishop's Registrar for allowing me to have a copy of the
terrier or return of their plate made by all, or nearly all, the parishes to the Bishop. This
terrier has been prepared from a utilitarian rather than an archaeological point of view, and.

iv PREFACE.

with two exceptions, the date marks and makers' marks are not referred to in it. I have
taken the liberty of adopting, in my inventories, the size, and weight of the plate as they are
given in the terrier, except that where the weight of a piece of plate is inscribed on it I give
the inscribed weight to help identification.
For the interpretation of the date marks and the identification of many makers' marks,
I am entirely indebted to the kind author of Old English Plate, and without his charming book
these inventories could not have been made. Where a maker's mark is given in Old English Plate
I have referred to the date in the Appendix of the 4th Edition, where it will be found. From
1697 onwards the makers' marks lose much of their archsological interest, for after that date
impressions from the makers' punches have been regularly taken by the Goldsmiths' Company
and preserved in books with the makers' names and addresses ; but the record of the marks
prior to that date is unfortunately lost, and it is only by the examination of inventories and
parish books that here and there a name can be put to a mark. I have therefore, as a rule,
omitted to give the makers' marks after 1697. Searching the books of a hundred and odd
parishes for the names of goldsmiths paid to make or repair plate would be a long job, but such
a search in our City books would probably be the means of identifying a good many of the
makers' marks. I am indebted to Dr. Povah, rector of S. Olave, Hart Street, and Dr. Kinns,
rector of the Holy Trinity, Minories, for the information and assistance they have kindly given
me. Fuller particulars of the plate of S. Olave, Hart Street, will be found in The Annals of
S. Olave s, Hart Street, m the City of London, with a Short Account of All Hallows Staining
published by Dr. Povah : of the plate of the Holy Trinity, Minories, in Six Htmdred Years of the
Historical Associations of the Holy Trinity, Minories, from 1293 to 1893, by Dr. Kinns; and of
S. Mary Woolnoth in the parish records and registers published by the rector, the Rev. J. M. S.
Brooke. I am also indebted to my friends, Mr. W. St. John Hope, the Assistant Secretary of
the Society of Antiquaries, for helping me to fix the dates of plate with doubtful marks. Captain
J. S. Furley, of Winchester, for helping me with some of the inscriptions, and to William Scarfe,
our beadle at S. Margaret, Lothbury, for making the occasionally very troublesome arrangements
for an inspection of the plate. During the week the greater part of it is practically inaccessible,
and the easiest way to see it is to visit the different churches on a Sunday morning after service
when the Holy Communion has been administered.
The large illustrations are from photographs taken by the London Stereoscopic Company,
and the smaller head-plates were taken by me with a hand camera ; the makers' marks are
from my drawings reduced by photography. I cannot be sure that these makers' marks are
always correctly reproduced or that my interpretation of the date marks is invariably rio-fit,
and I shall be only too grateful to any one who will trouble himself to correct the errors and
omissions which can hardly be avoided in a work of this description.

Michaelmas Day, 1894.

EDWIN FRESHFIELD, Jun.,
5 Bank Buildings, E.C

CONTENTS.

Introduction, Part I.
Introduction, Part II. . .
ixvkxtokiks : —
All H.vllows, Barking

All Hallows the Great and the Less
All Hallows, Lombard Street, with
S. Ben'et, Gracechurch,
S. Dionis, Eackchurch, and
S. Leonard, Eastcheap 
All Hallows, London Wall . . .
S. Alphage, London Wall . .
S. Alban, Wood Street, with
S. Olave, Silver ¦ Street . . .
S. x\ndrew, Holborn 
S. Andrew Undershaft . .
S. Andriav by the Wardrobe, with
S. Anne, Blackfriars 
S. Anne and S. Agnes, with
S. John Zachary ...
S. Augustine, with
S. Faith under S. Paul's . . .
S. Bartholomew the Great 
S. Bartholomew the Less
S. Bartholomew, Moor Lane
S. Ben'et, P.vul's Wharf, with
S. Peter, Paul's Wharf .
8. BOTOLPH, Aldersgate .
S. Botolph, Aldgate . .
S. Botolph, Bishopsgate .
S. Bride 
C'hristchurch, with
S. Leonard, Foster Lane . . .
S. Clement, Eastcheap, with
S. Martin Orgars
S. DUNSTAN IN the EaST .
S. DuNSTAN in the WeST
S. Edmund the King and the Martyr,
S. Nicholas Acons . .

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8 9
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12

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2021
2224
25
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31
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Inventories — continued.
S. Ethelburga
S. Giles, Crippleg.\te . . .
S. George, Botolph Lane, with
S. Botolph, Billingsgate . .
Holy Trinity, Gough Square . . .
Holy Trinity, Minories 
S. Helen, Bishopsgate, with
S. Martin, Outwich . . . . .
S. James, Garlickhithe, with
S. Michael, Queenhithe, and
Holy Trinity the Less ...
s. kath.a.rine colkjian . . .
S. Katharine Cree, with
S. James, Duke's Place 
S. Lawrence, Jewry, with
S. Mary Magdalen, Milk Street . .
S. Magnus the Martyr, with
S. Margaret, New Fish Street, and
S. Michael, Crooked Lane ...
S. Margaret, Lothbury, with
S. Christopher le Stocks,
S. Bartholomew by the Royal ExcHAXfw-.,
S. Olave, Old Jewry,
S. Martin Pomroy,
S. Mildred in the Poultry, and
S. Mary Colechurch
S. Margaret Pattens, with
S. Gabriel, Fenchurch . . .
S. Martin, Ludgate, with
S. Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street, and
S. Gregory by S. Paul
S. Mary Abchurch, with
S. Lawrence Pounteney . . .
S. Mary, Aldermanbury . , ...
S. Mary A.ldermary, with
S. Thomas the Apostle,
S. Antholin, and
S. John, Walbrook ....

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Inventories — continued.
S. Mary le Bow, with
All Hallows, Honey Lane,
All Hallows, Bread Street,
8. John the Evangelist, and
S. Pancras, Soper Lane
S. Mary at Hill, with
8. Andrew Hubbard . .
8. Marv \\'oolnoth, with
S. Mary, Woolchurch Haw . .
S. Michael Bassishaw 
S. Michael, Cornhill 
S. Michaei, Paternoster Royal, with
S. Martin in the Vintry . .
8. Michael, Wood Street, with
S. Mary Staining . . .
S. Mildred, Bread Street, with
S. Margaret Moses
S. Nicholas Cole Abbey, with
S. Nicholas Olave,
8. Mary Somerset,
S. M.VRY Mounthaw,
S. Ben'et, Paul's Wharf, and
S. Peter, Paul's Wharf
8. Olave, Hart Street, with
All Hallows Staining 
Cathedral Church of St. Paul .

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Inventories — continued.
S. Peter upon Cornhill
S. Peter le Poor, with
8. Ben'et Fink
S. Sepulchre
8. Stephen, Coleman Street
8. Stephen, Walbrook, with
S. Ben'et Sherehog
S. Swithin, with
8. Mary Bothaw
8. Vedast
Additions and Corrections .
Index : —
FlagonsCups ... . .
Patens ...
Dishes
Spoons ...
S.MALL Sets 
Small Cups ...
Secular Cups . .
Staves . . ....
Wands . . •
Miscellaneous
Index of Donors . . . .

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929495
97
99
100

106112
121 132
138 141141
142 143 145146147

8. Magnus.
Since the inventories were in type I have seen the plate of this church, and it will be found illustrated opposite the
inventory on p. 57. The two silver-gilt cups belong to type 2, and from the shape of the bowls and the ornament round the
lips I think the maker must have had in mind, the cup of 1545 at S. Margaret Pattens. The covers of the two silver cups are
misdescribed in the terrier as stands. My remarks in the footnote of the inventory, p. 58, about the omission and subsequent
insertion of " St.," apply to two of the four patens of 1653, which are all alike and footless. The mediaeval paten is illustrated
opposite p. xix, and the engraving on it is of our Saviour. I think the companion paten is of the same period, and that
it has been altered and repaired in 1625. The alms-dish of 1524 will be found illustrated opposite p. xxx. There is a
strong resemblance between the helmeted head engraved on it and the heads engraved on the cup of 1545 at S. Margaret
Pattens, and on the tazza patens at S. Giles and 8. Botolph, Aldgate. The brass alms-dishes resemble one at S. Andrew,
Holborn. The church has two pieces of secular plate, a snuff-box and a mug, both belonging to S. Michael's parish.

INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS.
Plates Facinc; Page
^ I Group of Plate exhibited at Merchant Taylors' Hall  . . viii
^ S. Magnus Paten . . ... . . . ... . ... xix
^ A Nine Cups to illustrate the nine types ...  . xxiv
^^ S. ^Magnus Alms-Dish . . . . .  xxx
^ 2 Beadle's Maces, S. Botolph, Bishopsgate, and S. Dunstan East, and the Coleman
Street Ward Mace  . . i
^ 3 Staves of S. Andrew Wardrobe, S. Peter, Cornhill, S. Michael, Cornhill, S. Anne,
Blackfriars, S. Katharine Coleman  i6
4 Staves of S. Alban, S. Helen, S. Katharine Cree, S. Mary, Aldermanbury, S.
Andrew Undershaft . . ...  . .32

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Staves of S. Bartholomew Great, S. John Zachary, S. Augustine, S. Dunstan West,
S. James, Garlickhithe . .  . . ... 48
..-- Plate of S. Magnus . . . ........ 57
6 Staves of S. Ben'et, Paul's Wharf, S. Michael, Wood Street, S. Ethelburga. 64
, — S. Michael Bassishaw Cup .  .... . ¦ ¦ 77
7 Staves of S. Olave, Hart Street, S. Botolph, Aldgate, S. Vedast, S. Alphage, S.
^largaret, Lothbury . ..... ... 80
-- Plate of S. Olave, Hart Street . . . 86
_-- 8 Staves of S. Botolph, Bishopsgate, S. Stephen, Coleman Street, S. Giles 96
9. Staves of S. Botolph, Aldersgate, S. Giles ... . . . . 104
Portions of the Plate belonging to the following churches are illustrated in the head-plates
of the inventories : — All Hallows Lombard Street, SS. Alphage, Alban, Andrew Wardrobe, Anne
and Agnes, Augustine, Botolph Aldgate, Christchurch, Clement, Dunstan West, Edmund, Giles,
Holy Trinity Minories, Helen, James, Katharines Coleman and Cree, Lawrence, Margarets
Lothbury and Pattens, Marys Aldermary, Bow and Woolnoth, Mildred, Nicholas, Peters Cornhill
and le Poor, Stephens Coleman Street and Walbrook, and S. Vedast.

INDEX TO PLATE I.
I Cup, S. Lawrence, Jewry, date 1548.
2 Cup, S. Botolph, Aldgate, date 1559, with a pre-Reformation stem.
3 Cup and cover, Christchurch, date 1560.
4 Cup and cover, S. Ethelburga, date 1 560.
5 Cup and cover, S. Olave, Old Jewry, date 1562.
6 Cup, S. Michael, Cornhill, date 1550.
7 Cup, S. Mary Abchurch, made at Antwerp, date 1581.
8 Cups and covers. All Hallows the Great, dates 1575 and 1608.
9 Paten or dish, S. Ben'et, Paul's Wharf, date 1712.
10 Ciborium, S. Bride, date 1672.
II Tankard, S. Ben'et Fink, date 1607.
12 Dish, S. Ben'et, Paul's Wharf, date 1712.
13 Tazza-paten, S. Botolph, Aldgate, date 1589.
14 Cap, S. Giles, Cripplegate, date 161 7.
15 Tazza-paten, S. Giles, Cripplegate, date 1586.
16 Beadle's arm badge, S. Giles, Cripplegate, date 1693.

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The numbers refer to the Index opposite.

INTRODUCTION.

I.
It is now rather more than fifty years since the Church ceased to minister to a very large
population resident in the City of London. A general exodus then took place to the West End
and to the suburbs in which the City clergy accompanied the laity, and from about 1840 to 1870
the parishes, and the reduced resident population, took care of themselves as best they could.
I am old enough to recollect a survival of this state of things, when the City churches open
on week days might be counted on the fingers of one hand, and when the greater number
remained bolted and barred from Sunday night until the following Sunday morning, the ministers
meanwhile betaking themselves to the seaside or the suburbs. The City livings were, In point
of fact, looked upon merely as so much preferment. I am speaking of a state of affairs which,
happily, no longer exists in the City, thanks to the energy of a new style of parson, and in
a great measure to the influence of, and to the example set by, the Dean and Chapter of
St. Paul's Cathedral during the last five-and-twenty years ; but the harm done to the Church
In the City from 1840 to 1870 has had a permanent effect, and the neglect and the lack of
Interest in Its churches have saddled the City with two Acts of Parliament, known as The
Union of Benefices Act and The City Parochial Charities Act, and of these no amount of
good work or energy In the future can possibly obtain the repeal.
The effect of the second Act has been permanently to deprive the Church of the
administration of a very large sum of money, which Is now spent, under State direction, for
purposes in the main as useless practically as they are utterly unconnected with the intentions
of the founders. This perversion Is the more distressing to Churchmen, for It could have been
avoided, and the money have been usefully spent through the Church for charitable purposes
in the poorer parts of London, if the trustees and the parishes had interested themselves, and
taken the trouble to administer their funds judiciously. Unfortunately they did not do so, and
with the passing of this Act the Church has lost for good and all the chance of doing a great
work for London.
The Union of Benefices Act has, of the two, been by far the less disastrous for the Church
in the City, and, If demolition of City churches were necessary or advisable, which is not
admitted, the Act provides a reasonable method of dealing with them. It provides shortly
that a church cannot be pulled down without the consent of the parishioners, and that, when
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INTRODUCTION.

a church is pulled down, a union of the benefice with that of a neighbouring City church
shall take place. The proceeds of the sale of the demolished church and of its site are
devoted towards building a new church elsewhere In London, and a portion of the stipend of
the united City benefices Is paid to the rector of the new church. The Act is therefore a
voluntary Act, for nothing can be done without the concurrence of the parishioners, and the
new or affiliated church is built and endowed with the consent of the citizens.
My reason for mentioning this subject here is, that the working of the Union of Benefices
Act bears directly on the church plate, for when a union takes place under the Act it is
left to the parishes to decide how much, if any, of the plate of the demolished church is
required for the City church with which the union has been effected. If the parishes decide
that none of the plate Is required, then the disposal of It rests with the Bishop and the
Ecclesiastical Commissioners, who usually present it to the new church. Let me show by the
example of our own parish, S. Margaret, Lothbury, how the Act operates, and how, by taking a
little Interest, the parishioners may direct its operation judiciously. The explanation will
necessitate a short parish genealogy for which I must ask indulgence, as it will serve to illustrate
the manner In which plate has been scattered about and melted down.
S. Margaret, Lothbury, is now the mother church of its own parish and of no less than
six other parishes — namely, S. Christopher le Stocks, S. Bartholomew by the Royal Exchange,
S. Olave, Old Jewry, S. Martin Pomroy, S. Mildred in the Poultry, and S. Mary Colechurch,
but prior to the Great Fire of 1666 each of these parishes had its own church. The
parishes themselves covered a very small area, and the churches were small in proportion,
and very similar in general appearance, for instance, to S. Olave, Hart Street, or S. Ethelburga, or
to the small parish churches of Exeter. The Great Fire lasted for three days, and at the
end of it five sixths of the churches In the City were destroyed, including the seven churches
above named. All but two, S. Martin Pomroy and S. Mary Colechurch, were afterwards
rebuilt by Wren, and these two benefices were then united, the former to S. Olave, Old
Jewry, and the latter to S. Mildred in the Poultry, so that during the eighteenth century
there were five churches for the use of the parishioners of seven parishes.
The first of these five churches to come down was S. Christopher le Stocks, demolished
by Act of Parliament in 1780 to make way for the Bank of England, and the benefice was
then united with S. Margaret, Lothbury. What sort of plate these two parishes respectively
had before the union I cannot say, but, whatever it was, it was either sold or melted down,
for I find that in 181 5 the united parishes became possessed of a set of plate, which they
have recently exchanged, consisting of a silver flagon, a thistle-shaped cup, a spoon, two alms-
dishes, and a wine strainer.
The second church to come down was S. Bartholomew by the Royal Exchange, pulled down
in 1839 under the London Bridge Approaches Act, 2 and 3 Vic. c. vii., and the parish was then
added to S. Margaret and S. Christopher. S. Bartholomew had two sets of plate, which on the
union came to S. Margaret. One set we now use, the other set was presented in 1852 by
S. Margaret to S. Bartholomew, Moor Lane, the new church built out of the proceeds of the sale
of the site of S. Bartholomew by the Exchange. The S. Bartholomew, Moor Lane, people
immediately melted their gift down and turned it into tawdry modern stuff.
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the Union of Benefices Act, and it and S. Mary Colechurch parish were united to S. Olave, Old
Jewry, and S. Martin Pomroy parish, and thereupon S. Olave became the parish church of four
parishes. In 1830 the parish of S. Mildred had melted down their plate, including pieces given
in 1594, 1632, 1643, ^i^d 1652, and had substituted modern stuff for it, and when S. Mildred was
pulled down and united to S. Olave, the parishes decided that S. Olave did not require the
S. Mildred plate, and it was accordingly presented to the church of S. Paul, Clerkenwell.
The fourth church to come down was S. Olave ; it was pulled down In 1889 under the Union
of Benefices Act, and, as I have said, S. Margaret then became the mother church of four more
parishes, making seven altogether. It was then decided by the parish of S. Olave that the
S. Olave plate was not required by the united parishes, and accordingly it was handed over to
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, who proposed to give It to the new S. Olave built at Stoke
Newington. Now the S. Olave plate happens to be very good, and it consists of two flagons of the time
of Charles I., two fine Elizabethan cups, and two dishes of the Commonwealth period. It Is also
very intimately connected with the past history of the parish, for the greater part of it was presented
by parishioners of S. Olave, one of the cups by a former vicar and one as a fine by a person for
not serving parish office, and it is repeatedly referred to In the parish books of account. For
these reasons, the parish of S. Margaret offered to provide the new church of S. Olave, Stoke
Newington, with a set of plate, on condition that the S. Olave plate should be restored by the
Commissioners to the united parishes, the offer was accepted, and the S. Olave plate has now
returned to the City.
By taking a little interest and trouble the churchwardens can do a great deal to prevent the
unnecessary scattering of links. In the case of Communion plate something more perhaps than a
mere historical link between the parishioners of to-day and their forefathers. What applies to
plate applies also to fabrics and endowments, and the real need is for the citizens, laymen, and
clergymen from the Bishop downwards, to take an increased Interest in the welfare of these City
churches. We should hear no more complaints if only half the energy which has been wasted in
devising schemes for pulling them down and alienating their endowments, had been devoted to
their support and encouragement. The citizens are expected to contribute towards the support of
the Church and of every description of diocesan work in outer London, yet nothing whatever is
done for them by way of return, unless it be that they are periodically threatened with Bills in
Parliament to sweep away five sixths of the churches they were taxed to build, and to alienate
tithes they are taxed to pay, without giving them any voice in the matter.
At present the Union of Benefices Act of 1860^ provides a voluntary, an adequate, and a
just means for disposing of such churches as may be found to be superfluous. When the Act
was introduced as a Bill, It was explained that it was to operate upon churches which had been
built by taxation, and upon endowments which had been and were provided by taxation under the
Fire Acts,^ and it was for those reasons that Parliament expressly inserted a section in the Act
which provides that no church can be pulled down and no endowment alienated without the
consent of the Vestry concerned being first obtained, on the principle that those who are compelled
1 2^ and 24 Vic. c. cxiii. for the endowment of the fifty-one churches by a rate in
" The Fire Construction Act, 22 Car. II. c. xi., provided lieu of tithe. There have been amending Acts of a later
for the rebuilding of S. Paul's and for fifty-one parish churches, date.
The Fire Endovvment Acts, 22 and 23 Car. II. c. xv., provided

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to find money should have a voice in the disposal of It. Section 24 of the Act commences
as follows : — "In order to give validity to any such scheme^ or supplemental scheme, the consent
of the Vestry of any parish shall be signified In writing under the hand of the Chairman of
such Vestry, stating that In a Vestry duly convened for the purpose of giving such consent
a resolution for giving such consent had been duly carried."
The section then proceeds to deal with the consent of the patrons of livings, which has also
to be obtained before a union can be effected.
Within a comparatively short time of the passing of the Act, the Bishops found that the
citizens were by no means ready to consent to be deprived wholesale of their churches or to pay
tithe rate for the benefit of other people, and thereupon it was alleged that the Act was difficult
to work, that the veto clause was a hindrance and a defect, because the Vestries always refused to
give the necessary consent. So far from that being the case, seventeen unions have been effected
in the City under the Act since it came into force in i860, seventeen churches have been pulled
down ; and seventeen churches in thirty-four years Is, one would think, quite enough. Unfortunately,
the work of demolition and consequent desecration has not proceeded fast enough for either the
present Bishop or his predecessor, and repeated efforts have been made by these guardians
of the interests of the Church to expedite the process of destruction, regardless of the wishes or of
the protests of the citizens.
The first attempt was by a Bill introduced at the instance of Archbishop Talt by Bishop
Temple, who was then Bishop of Exeter, in 1876. The terms of this Bill demand our immediate
and serious consideration, because the Bishop of London has recently announced to the Upper
House of Convocation his intention of reintroducing it at an early opportunity.
Bishop Jackson's Bill of 1883, the second attempt, of which I will speak presently, was
Intended to deal with the City and Metropolis of London Including Southwark only, but the Bill
of 1876 was intended for more general application, and not to apply only to London, but to
Exeter and other cities and boroughs to be named In a Schedule. But In each Bill the real
aim and object was to deprive the laity of the power of vetoing the demolition of churches and
the alienation of tithe as provided for by Section 24 of the existing Act. The means by which
this was to be done differ but slightly in the two Bills, and I will deal with the Bill of
1876 first.
The Bill was intituled—" A Bill to make better provision for the Union of Contiguous
Benefices within certain cities and boroughs." The substantial difference between it and the
Union of Benefices Act was that the veto clause was omitted altogether, and uncontrolled power
to effect a union, to demolish churches, and alienate tithe was vested in five Commissioners
appointed as follows : —
" The commissioners shall be members of the Church of England, and shall be
nominated as follows, one by the Bishop, one by the mayor of the city or borough within
which the benefices or parishes proposed to be united are situated, one by the incumbents
endowmtnt.'"''"^' ^°' ^""'"^ '^°''" '^' '^''''^' ""^''"^ '^' ^"""^'"' """^ P^°^^d^"g f°' ^he disposal of the site and the

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and churchwardens of such benefices or parishes, and two by the Incumbents of the rural
deanery within which such benefices or parishes are situated, except where the benefices
or parishes are situated in a cathedral city, in which case one of such two commissioners
shall be nominated by the last-named incumbents, and the other by the dean and chapter
of such cathedral, and such persons and corporation respectively shall make such
nomination within fourteen days after request in writing from the Bishop, and In default
such nomination may be made by the Bishop in their or his stead, and no commissioner
shall be entitled to claim or receive any salary or payment for performing the duties
imposed on him as such commissioner."
In the event of these Commissioners making a report to the Bishop favourable to a union,
certain formalities were to be observed, and the scheme prepared in their report to be
sanctioned by the Privy Council. The real object of this Bill was to sweep away the veto clause
altogether, and to substitute for the consent of the vestries and parishioners the fiat of this
unrepresentative and irresponsible Commission, in whom the fabrics and endowments of the
churches would virtually be vested, and who were, subject to formalities, to have absolute power
to unite parishes, demolish churches, and alienate tithe or rate as they pleased.
The proposed alteration would, in effect, and so far as the City of London is concerned,
make the Union of Benefices Act a compulsory instead of a voluntary Act ; it would deprive the
vestries of any voice, or, at any rate, an effective and direct voice in these matters ; and, as the
Union of Benefices Act does not relieve the citizens from paying under the Fire Acts the rate in
lieu of tithe even after their church is gone, the citizens might find themselves at any moment
churchless, and compelled by the Commission to support a parson they knew not who, for the
benefit of a church and congregation they knew not where.
This first Bill having been withdrawn in the House of Commons, Bishop Jackson introduced
another Bill in 1883, which proceeded on much the same lines, but was intended to apply to an
area of distribution covering the City of London and the Metropolitan Police District only. This
Bill also was introduced with the object of taking away the veto of the citizens, and of substituting
for the direct voice and vote of the Vestry an indirect voice through . one representative on a
Commission to be called the City Benefice Commission. It was openly avowed by the promoters
of the Bill that any provision giving the citizens the right to veto demolition of church and
alienation of tithe would ruin the measure, and the Bill shows how completely the laity were to be
deprived of any effective voice in these matters.
Bishop Jackson's Bill was intituled — "Union of Benefices Act (i860) Amendment Bill,"
and section 2 is as follows : —
" A Commission shall be constituted to carry into effect the purposes of this Act,
consisting of nine Commissioners, to be nominated or elected in the following manner ;
that is to say —
" I. One Commissioner shall be nominated by Her Majesty.
"2 & 3. Two Commissioners shall be nominated by the Bishop of London.
"4. One Commissioner shall be nominated by the Mayor, Commonalty, and Citizens
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" 5. One Commissioner shall be nominated by the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral
Church of St. Paul in London.
" 6. One Commissioner shall be nominated by the President and Fellows of Sion
College. " 7. One Commissioner shall be nominated by the Council of the Royal Institute of
British Architects.
" 8. One Commissioner shall be nominated by the Bishops of St. Albans and
Rochester. "9. And one Commissioner shall be elected by the churchwardens of the several
parishes within the City of London, In manner to be prescribed by regulations to be made
from time to time by the Bishop of London (which regulations the said Bishop is hereby
authorized to make).
" The Commissioners shall be members of the Church of England ; they shall hold
office for a period of seven years from the passing of this Act ; they shall be a body
corporate with a common seal, and shall be styled ' The City Benefices Commis
sioners.' "
The Commission, then, was to be composed of nine members, who, with the exception of
Nos. 4 and 7, would practically be nominees of the BLshop, and No. 9, with all the opportunities
the clause affords the Bishop for controlHng and rigging the election, was to be the only voice
and representation that Parliament was asked to give the citizens. It was known that Parliament
would not sanction a Bill which did not give the laity some control, and it was proposed that the
single Commissioner on the Commi.sslon constituted as above was quite sufficient.^
The promoters of Bishop Jackson's Bill knew, and the Bishop of London knows now, that
this indirect voice through a representative on a Commission would be as good as no voice at
all, and If the same or any sort of Commission scheme is to be Introduced again now, it is
idle for the Bishop to say that he Intends to respect the rights of the citizens, "as I said just
now, these Bills were framed with avowed and complete disregard of the rights of the laity, the
Commissioners were to have absolute power to pull down the churches and alienate the tithe as
they pleased, and the only persons who were to be considered at all were the retiring incumbents
and they, even after their church was gone and their ministration had ceased, were to have their
full stipend paid to them for life by rate out of the pockets of the laity, whether the laity liked
it or not.^
But though the citizens who have to pay for the maintenance of their clergy are
principally concerned in this matter, there are considerations which influence Churchmen at
large against the wholesale destruction of these churches. There is a strong, a widespread
and a growing feeling against the desecration of consecrated ground under any circumstances'
but especially when it is advocated and excused as a financial speculation, and when there is
no guarantee that the House of God will not be replaced by a tavern, an eating-house, or
a bucket shop.
1 The Bill failed at the second readine To^i > -n-n . •
2 This provision for retiring incumbents in itself a vf-rv rW % . .^^^^.^'^ J^^l'^ '^.^ ^"PP°''t o^ the City
p,.pe, one, was p.. ,„„„, % „e p™,if„f Bil.T tZ ^^ij^ i.!^i^^SZ S ""°" '""^

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The very latest union effected under the Act may be given as an Illustration of what takes
place. In July of this year the church of All Hallows the Great, Thames Street, was put
up for sale by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, of whom the Bishop is one, and the site
was sold by auction for ^13,100 to the City of London Brewery Company. The altar rails
were advertised for sale, and would have gone with the rest of the fittings to the highest
bidder but for the intervention of one of our City clergy, who, after remonstrating with the
Bishop, privately bought the altar rails and fittings out of his own pocket to save the scandal.
I do not wish to magnify all this unduly, but the fact remains that in the diocese of Bishop
Temple, who is a prominent leader in the teetotal movement, the site of a church consecrated
to the service of God was sold to a Limited Liability Company to make beer. Akin to the
feeling against this kind of desecration is the objection many have to the unceremonious
disturbance and removal of the dead which the demolition of a City church usually entails.
Others are Influenced by an architectural or artistic interest in Wren's work, or by an
archaeological interest In the seven churches which escaped the Great Fire and still survive,
and are almost all that remains to us of mediaeval London. No less a churchman than
the present Archbishop of Canterbury, in a speech to London working men on education
recommending them to cultivate the faculty of observation, said : " A great city is not the
best place for acquiring that most precious habit, but much can be done by selecting one branch,
say sculpture, of the countless treasures of the British Museum, or, for example, by a careful
and minute examination of Wren's beautiful churches in the City of London." ^
The Bishop has said, first, that it is mischievous, in general, to have very small churches in a
great city, because they are unable to do the proper work of a parish each by itself, and
secondly, that, in particular, the City churches could do the work better were the number of them
reduced by one half. With the first proposition I quite agree, but the answer to It Is, we
must try to make the best of what we have got. It Is our misfortune, not our fault, that
we have all these diminutive churches. Sir Christopher Wren's original plan for rebuilding
London after the Great Fire contemplated a cathedral with the main streets converging to It,
and six large parish churches. From a practical point of view it Is a great pity that Sir
Christopher was not allowed to have his own way. From an antiquary's point of view it is
very fortunate ; for had his plan been adopted, the whole face of the City would have
been changed, the old landmarks obliterated, and we should have a brand-new town instead
of the present one, which in ground plan is substantially that of the City before the Fire.
But the parochial feeHng was too strong for Sir Christopher, and the result was that in
place of 108 churches standing before the Fire, we had 74 after it, and of these 55
still remain. 1 do not agree that half the number of churches would satisfy either present needs or
future requirements, or do the work better than the number the City now has. With one or
two exceptions the churches are in daily and constant use, and In addition to their Sunday
and parochial work afford means for rest, for private devotion, and for public midday prayer,
and do that meritorious, necessary, and useful work in a quiet way ; and this work is not only
the best evidence of the utility of the churches, but of the increased interest and of the
improvements which have taken place in their affairs during the last few years. But there is still
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room for improvement in the way of more general opening of churches, of more frequent
daily services, and especially in the matter of the residence of the clergy. It Is not in many
things that a bishop in the Church of England can enforce compulsory discipline on his
clergy, but he can compel them to reside in their benefice. At present there are fifty-four
beneficed clergy in this city, of whom seventeen reside in their benefice ; four reside In Finsbury
Square ; fourteen reside In the Metropolis ; and nineteen reside in the suburbs, the country,
or at the seaside. Out of twenty-four clergy in the eastern deanery of the City, only four
reside in their parishes and three in Finsbury Square ; the remaining seventeen absentee
rectors include three suffragan bishops, two residentiary canons, one prebendary, two minor
canons, and the generalissimo of the Church Army. The two S. Botolphs, Bishopsgate and
Aldgate, All Hallows, Barking, and S. Magnus, where the rectors reside, are all border
parishes, and consequently the centre of the deanery is obliged to take care of itself, and the
seventeen absentees trust to their duties being performed by one or other of the resident seven
in case of emergency.^ In the matter of residence the western deanery is much better off,
for the thirteen residents are scattered over the area. The non-resident clergy will give a
dozen or more bad reasons for not residing, and some of them, I am well aware, have not
got rectory houses to live in ; but in too many instances the rectory houses exist, are let
with the Bishop's sanction, and the parson pockets the rent. It is not the clergy that I
blame for availing themselves of the system, but the Bishops for permitting it. For
the non-residence of the City clergy the present Bishop and his predecessors are directly
responsible, and it is Impossible to over-estimate the evils arising from it. An instance of the
sort of scandal the Church may be exposed to by an absentee parson was given in a pamphlet
published by my father when Bishop Jackson Introduced his Bill in 1883. My father
there says : —
" When I was a lad forty years ago, the Rector of S. Olave's, Jewry, lived in his Rectory
House in Church Court ; but he was, as I believe, the last Rector who lived there, for
there has been more than a quarter of a century of neglect, and this was the climax. The
Reverend Dr. Forbes, the last Rector, who was himself non-resident, having permission
from the Bishop to be absent from England, deputed some person to take his duty, who in
turn deputed this duty to some one else, and on the 25th of November, 1881, one Jeremiah
Murphy was apprehended and taken before Mr. D'Eyncourt upon the charge of stealing
books. He pleaded hard to be let out on bail until the following Monday, alleging, as an
excuse, that he had arranged to take the duty at S. Olave's, Jewry. This being refused,
he was sentenced to two months' imprisonment with hard labour. Dr. Forbes had deputed
some one who had deputed this person to take the duty. Is it necessary for me to say that
S. Olave's, Jewry, is practically deserted ? But where was the Bishop ? where was the
discipline ? where the Church order ? There Is no difference between S. Olave's, Jewry,
and S. Margaret, Lothbury. There are at least an equal number of persons resident in each
parish. S. Olave's Church might, but for this continued neglect, be in as flourishing a
condition as S. Margaret's is to-day ; but a quarter of a century of continued and permitted
neglect has told its tale— S. Olave's is doomed to come down."
My father. In proceeding to give the names of seven contiguous parishes in the eastern
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deanery with an aggregate congregation of 9,151 souls, and with not one resident clergyman
among the number, says : —
" Is there any other Diocese in any other Christian country or community in the whole
of Christendom — nay, heathendom — where such a system as this would be permitted for a
minute ? The Bishop of London knows this as well as I do. It was he who introduced
last year into the Flouse of Lords the Bill which has been reintroduced this year into the
House of Commons. Why ? Because with such a state of (what shall I say ?) absence of
all discipline, the laity have ceased to frequent the churches, and it seems to have occurred
to some one that the easiest way out of the difficulty was for the churches to be pulled down.
Surely the proper course is to induce a better system ; to make the Clergy attend to their
duties ; to see that the Clergy reside In their parishes ; and then will be seen that which
may be seen every Sunday in S. Edmund the King and the Martyr, Lombard Street, and
in other churches in the City, including, I am proud to say, S. Margaret, Lothbury, a
sufficient and reverent congregation composed of parishioners anxious to avail themselves of
the services of their churches — only, this way is not so easy. But does my Lord think that
Sunday is the only day upon which people go to church ? Truth be said, I once heard a
lay official In the Church of England say that he worshipped God on one day and mammon
on the other six ; but this is by no means a universal feeling. Let my Lord go to S. Paul's
on a week-day, especially to the non-choral service, or to the same S. Edmund's, or even to
S. Margaret's, and I dare say many other churches, and he will learn that this Is not the
case ; wherever a Clergyman resides there there is a well-attended church.
" The remedy for the present distress is to make the churches useful, not to pull them
down, but it's forsooth easier, after years of neglect, to have them pulled down than to induce
better order. I will never believe, till I see it, that a Parliament of laymen will sanction
such a proceeding."
" The only argument I have heard in favour of the non-residence of the Clergy is that
in some cases the livings are too poor to allow them to live without letting their Rectory
Houses, and in some cases there are no Rectories. In answer to the first case I would say,
Why did the gentlemien accept the living if they knew they could not do their duty in it ?
and to the latter I would reply, I think a house could be found for them in the City, if they
had the will to live in it. But what about the rest ? "
Things are, as I have said, very different now to what they were when this was written
in 1883. The seven parishes mentioned by my father have now been reduced to six, and
in place of seven non-residents there are now only five. In S. Olave, Hart Street, one of the
seven, the parishioners of their own accord and under the guidance of their Rector, the
Rural Dean, have made voluntary arrangements for the future support of the poor districts
affiliated to their parish. What can be done in S. Olave, Hart Street, can be done elsewhere,
and I have no doubt that as time goes on other parishes will follow the example, and
surely a voluntary system such as this is far better than the compulsory system which the
Bishop is trying to introduce.
But even suppose that for immediate purposes some five or six more churches might be
dispensed with, I do not think that even the present number will be sufficient to meet future
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possibility of wholesale demolition. There is no ground for assuming that the City will
not be again a residential quarter of London ; rather the reverse. Little by little the
trade of the port has moved down the river, and the traders have followed suit, as the
rows of empty wharves and warehouses in Thames Street testify. The result is a depreciation
in the value of the property, and this will continue and Increase in the future. The
owners have two alternatives — ^either they must allow their warehouses to lie idle and
empty, or they must accept the reduced return which dwelling-house property will yield,
and for them it is practically a question of receiving a small rent or nothing at all. If any one
will trouble himself to inquire, he will find that In the Vintry and Castle Baynard Wards
there is already a working population who now live in St. Luke's and over the water,
waiting to come and live on the spot near their work, and the same state of affairs will be
found in the outlying Wards of the City. And the returning population will be a poor one,
very different from that which left it fifty years ago, and quite unable to provide itself with
churches If the existing churches are pulled down. And try to conceive the mass of
human beings who could be stowed away even in a moderate-sized warehouse when converted
into artisans' dwellings ; why, forty out of the fifty churches could barely supply sitting room
for the inhabitants of a single house, much less for the whole parish. The return may be
deferred for a long time, but it will come some day, and in working the Union of Benefices
Act it Is a contingency which should not altogether be lost sight of.
Finally, the Parliamentary Returns on the Unions show that only a fraction of the
funds obtained by the demolition of the seventeen City churches ever reached the districts for
whose benefit the demolitions were ostensibly effected. In every case a church was lost which
can never be replaced, and, in all but a few, the funds available were barely sufficient to
provide a third-rate church, or often only a part of a church without a school, and an
insufficient endowment without a residence ; it is further open to question whether the districts
chosen were always the most needy, and whether any church has been of greater use in its
new home than It might have been in the City. I admit that a result of a sort has been
obtained by the demolition of these seventeen churches, but a meagre one compared with
the great sacrifice made to obtain It.
I conclude these remarks with two quotations. Mr. Besant, In The History of London,
p. io6, says : " The destruction of these churches ought to be resisted with the utmost
determination. You who read this page may very possibly become parishioners of such a church.
Learn that without the consent of the parishioners no church can be destroyed. A meeting
of the parishioners must be called ; they must vote and decide. Do not forget this privlleo-e.
The time may come when your vote and yours alone may retain for your posterity a church
rich in history and venerable with the traditions of the past." Thomas Carlyle said : " My
clear feeling is that it would be a sordid— nay, sinful piece of barbarism to do other than
religiously preserve these churches as precious heirlooms, many of them specimens of noble
architecture, the like of which we have no prospect of ever being able to produce again."

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II.
The churches in the City of London, like the churches all over England, lost the greater Historical.
part of their Communion plate during the times of the Reformation. The sweep made in the
City was so complete that there are only three whole pieces of undoubted pre-Reformation
church plate remaining— namely, a paten and a dish at S. Magnus, and a dish at S. Mary
Woolnoth. I say whole pieces advisedly, because the stems of one or two of the earlier cups
appear to be pre-Reformation work, as, for example, the stem of the cup at S. Botolph,
Aldgate, illustrated on Plate I.^
In the reign of Edward VI. the parishes throughout the country converted their plate into
new plate to suit the reformed service, but the reign was too short for the work of transformation
to be completely carried out, and some old plate survived. During Queen Mary's reign from
1553 to 1558 the unreformed service was revived and the old plate used to suit its requirements ;
but with Queen Elizabeth's accession the work of recasting and transforming recommenced with
renewed and increased zeal. The parish books are full of interesting entries showing how the
changes went on ; I take for example the following extracts from the parish records of S. Michael,
Cornhill. After entries In 1 548-1 550, recording the removal of the images of Mary and John
from the roodloft, of the payment of 5s. to the schoolmaster for writing the Mass in English, and
of the removal of the High Altar and the substituting of a table for it, the following entries
appear in 1551 : —
" Item p"^ for Muscadell at M' Carter's the last day of Febrwarye at y" w*"
tyme the church plate was wayed and d — d ^ to M'^ Lodge in M' Carter's
howse in the presens of dyvers M" of the pyshe ^ . . . . . ij' "
" Item p'' to M' Awsten* y^ xxvj daye of M'che to paye the Goldsmythe y'
made comnyon cup waying xxj oz & q' at xxij'' y' oz ye workmanshyp
for the w'' cup was d — d a gylt challes waing xx oz iii q" and ij' iiij'^ in
money for the overwayght. Sum'' ....... xllj' iiij

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Almost as soon as these alterations were made the King died, and in 1553 come the following
entries :—
" P** for men ryngyng at the pclaymyng of the Quene's Grace . . . ilij'^ "
" P"^ for ryngyng at y" coronation of the Quene ...... ij' iiij'*"
Her Grace, Queen Mary, was proclaimed on the 19th of July and crowned on the ist of October,
1553. With her accession came the revival of popery, and shortly after come the two following
entries : —
" Item paide for makinge of the High Awlter w' bryck and all the steppes
in the quire before the High Awlter w' dyvs other places in the
churche that wer made and mended for ij m'° of bricke . . . xviij^ vj"* "
1 And query a cup at S. Martin, Ludgate Church, which I ^ Delivered. ^ Parish.
have not seen. * One of the wardens.

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and in the same year : —
" Paide for a challyse wayinge xij ounces a hallfe and hallfe a quart at vj'
the ounce  iij" xv' iiij'' "
and in 1556 : —
" Paide to Peter the Joyner for makinge the Roode, Mary and Jhon . vlij'' x' "
Then there was a short lull until Queen Mary's death, and In 1559 comes the entry relating to
Queen Elizabeth's proclamation on the 17th of November, 1558, and
" Paide to Ringers when the Quens grace was proclaimede . . . ij' "
It will be seen that whereas the bellringers received 4d. at Queen Mary's proclamation, they got
2s. for Queen Elizabeth, or six times as much. This Increase may indicate the feelings of the
citizens, for Queen Elizabeth was very popular in the City. The result of the energy and
enthusiasm is seen a little further on in this significant entry : —
" Paide for mendinge the clapper of the great Belle .... x' "
With Queen Elizabeth's accession the Reformed service was again introduced, and in 1559
appears this entry : —
" Paide to the P — cher when the Visyters were here .... viij'" "
These were the Queen's Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and they, like King Edward's Com
missioners, were appointed to carry out reforms. Shordy after their visit there was
" Paide for removinge the smalle Orgains and the Table that stode vpon
the Hight Aulter ....  viij'' "
and " Paide for taking dowen the Roode ....... xi' "

The literature of the unreformed Church shared the same fate as the ornaments, and the S.
Michael's parish books record payments for the purchase of a Bible and chain, and for the " new
order of the service book," and for a book of the Injunctions and for a book of the Articles and
for a book called the " Whoale Book of Omeles," ^ and for " a boke called the ' Paraphrasis of
Erasmus,' " and for " Mr. Calvin's Instytucions," and for " Fox's Book of Martyrs," and also for
"a cheyne a lock and four keyes" ; but In spite of these precautions the last-mentioned book was
afterwards stolen, and one Tittle was allowed by consent of the Vestry 9' for expenses incurred
in prosecuting the thief.
The following entries from the parish records 2 of S. Mary Woolnoth and S. Mary Wool-
church Haw for 1559 relate to the same subject : —
" Receyved of Robert Tayleboys for ij Chalcyses parcel! gilt averyging
xxv ounces at x' the ounce whererin was founde iij"" of Leade so was

not of sylver xxiiij ounces

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" Payed to Robert Tayleboys for a Communion cuppe with a cover o-ilt
weyinge xxxiij ounces at vi' viij"* the ounce amounteth to . . vi" Iij» iiij
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and in 1560 : —
" Receyved of a stacyioner for the lattyn service bookes which weare sold
by consent of the perishoners ........ xxvi' viij'' "
What between the Commissioners of King Edward VI. , and of Queen Elizabeth, and the zeal of
the parishes, the marvel is that any pre-Reformation plate at all escaped destruction. King
Edward's reign was so short that the church plate made In his time is almost as scarce as the pre-
Reformation plate, and even scarcer, perhaps, in the provinces. There are nine pieces of
Edwardian ecclesiastical plate in the City : seven cups, namely, two at S. James, Garlickhithe, and
one each at S. Lawrence, Jewry, S. Peter on Cornhill, S. Mildred, Bread Street, S. Michael,
Cornhill, and S. Michael, Wood Street ; ^ and two patens without a foot, made by the same
person, one at S. James, Garlickhithe, and the other at S. Mildred, Bread Street. Queen
Mary's reign was also very short, and, as might be expected, there is no ecclesiastical plate of her
time to be found In the City. With Queen Elizabeth's accession came further alterations, and it
would seem that new church plate was bought generally all over England. There is no doubt
that this was the case In London, for the parish books bear evidence of it, and there are about
thirty Elizabethan cups and a quantity of patens and paten covers still in existence in the City.
Archbishop Laud was Bishop of London from 1628 to 1633, and about his time there
was a very large quantity of plate made, but it cannot be said that it was made subsequently
In any great quantity at any particular time. In 1648 came the Great Rebellion, and there are
not a dozen pieces belonging to that period, nor are there many more between the accession
of Charles II. and 1666. In that year occurred the Great Fire, when of 108 churches
standing on the 31st of August, only twenty-three remained on the following 5th of September.
Luckily the church plate escaped wholesale destruction, probably because the progress of the
fire was slow, and there was time to save it. There is an entry in the churchwardens'
account books at S. Lawrence, Jewry, of a payment of tos. made to a person for saving
the plate of that church, and there is the following entry In the churchwardens' account books of
the united parishes of S. Mary Woolnoth and S. Mary Woolchurch Haw under date 1666.
" Paid for removing the vestments, plate, bookes and cushings in the
tyme of the Eyre to severall places in the country and bringin
them into London againe, and then removing them to severall
places to secure them and carriage about same .... 005 ,, 06 ,, 00"
But the parishes were not always quite so fortunate ; speaking of S. Bene't Sherehog,
Stow says, " The plate, bells, and other ornaments of the church which they had before the
Fire were imbezzled by the churchwardens many years ago."
During the rest of the seventeenth century little plate was made, but the eighteenth century
contributes a considerable quantity. Of modern stuff of the nineteenth century there Is, luckily,
not much ; five sets of plate have been made to replace that which was stolen,^ and as many sets
1 And possibly a cup at S. Vedast. S. Andrew, Holborn. Stolen from the parish clerk's
2 In each of these cases the whole set of plate was house in 1799.
stolen— S. George, Botolph Lane. Stolen from the church.
S. Paul's Cathedral. Stolen from the vestry about 1810. All Hallows, London Wall. (?) Stolen from the church
S. Mary, Aldermanbury. Also stolen from the vestry in about 1830.
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and a few odd pieces are the result of parochial vandalism^ of which there has been, on the
whole, very little. The classified list of the plate arranged in chronological order in the index
at the end of the inventory will show how the plate Is spread over different periods.
Metal. The bulk of the plate Is made of silver, some of which is gilt, the latter being often mistaken
for gold. For instance, the parish of S. Michael, Cornhill, in the official terrier or return,
describe their silver-gilt plate as gold. Some of the parish authorities, quite convinced that
their gilt plate is gold plate, and on the " best authority " too, are apt to resent any expression
of doubt on the subject, and of this I give the example of another parish In the western deanery
of the City.
On the occasion of my visit to the church of that other parish, I was received by the curate
and divers parish officials, who ushered me into the vestry, where the plate was produced for my
inspection by the sexton, an ex-military man. He said, " That's the finest plate you've seen in
the City, I'll lay, and it's all gold too, every bit of it. I know it's gold because I scraped
underneath one of the cups, and found it was all yellow metal." When I came to look at it,
I found that it was not only not gold, but it was not even silver. It was copper-gilt, and on one
of the flagons appeared the following inscription: "On the 12 Jan 1799 4 flaggons 3 cups and
covers silver gilt v/ere stolen from M''' Perry's House In Shoe Lane, the parish clerk, these
2 flaggons 2 cups and covers metal gilt were provided by the Churchwardens 1799." To make
a long story short, the curate and the other officials, who relied on the sexton's diagnosis, and
who had never troubled themselves to read the inscription, reported my visit to the rector, who,
I conclude, was equally ignorant of the inscription, and equally reliant on the sexton. What
was said I don't know, but a day or two later the rector wrote me a most severe letter. I had
been to his church, he said; I had pronounced his plate to be "papier mache, or something of the
sort"; by doing so I had treated an ancient and venerable parish tradition with scorn and contumely,
and in point of fact I was to infer that the parish had no alternative but to require satisfaction of
me at the hands of their sexton, the commissionaire.
As might be expected, the silver plate, almost without exception, has been made by London
makers, and there are only two pieces with provincial marks — namely, an Exeter spoon at S.
Sepulchre, and a Norwich paten at S. George, Botolph Lane. Of foreign plate there is also very
little. A cup at S. Michael Bassishaw made at Augsburg, a cup at S. Mary Abchurch made
at Antwerp, a snuff-box and a paten at Christchurch, Newgate Street, and a dish at S. Andrew,
Holborn, are the only pieces that I know of. The snuff-box is probably Dutch, the paten is
Indian, and the dish is German brass repousse work.
The English makers always put their distinctive mark, and the earlier marks especially
are infinitely varied and quaint. I have been able to Identify nearly all the marks on the
church plate with those given In the appendix to Old English Plate. A considerable number
of them also are to be found on plate in several churches, and it would seem that certain
makers confined themselves to making particular articles ; for Instance, I.S. crowned usually
appears on spoons. Two of the marks most commonly met with are T.F. in monogram in a
plain shield, and R.S. with a heart below in a heart-shaped shield.
Each parish kept a churchwardens' account book, and these are full of entries relating
1 The worst cases of vandalism took place at— S. Ben'et, Paul's Wharf, in 1843.
S. Bartholomew, Moor Lane, in 1852. S. Mildred, in the Poultry, in 1830.

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to the manufacture or repair of parish plate. Occasionally names of workmen and particulars
of payments are given, and the marks can be identified. As an instance I quote from Mr.
Maskell's History of All Hallows, Barking, at p. 123, the following passage :—
On the 4th April, same year (1634), Walter Shute, silversmith, received for
Communion plate, viz. —
A silver and gilt chalice, weighing 24 oz.
A silver cover to it . . .8 oz.
at 65. %d. the oz. . . . . . . . . . . _;^io 13 4
Silver plate for bread . . 22 oz. . . . . . . 626
The cup and cover will be found in the inventory of All Hallows, Barking, and Walter
Shute's mark on them, W.S. with a cinquefoil below in a plain shield, is given in the margin
of the inventory. Walter Shute's mark on the salver is W.S., with a bow and arrow between
the letters, obviously a play on the name Shute. This mark will be found in the Appendix of
Old English Plate, under date 1629, in the inventories of S. Mary Abchurch and S. Botolph,
Aldgate, and on p. 103. It appears by these and other entries that from ds. to los. the ounce
was paid for silver at the end of the i6th and commencement of the 17th centuries.
With the exception of two modern cups at S. Bartholomew, Moor Lane, none of the
plate is jewelled. There are several pieces ornamented with enamel, as for instance
a cup and cover at S. Mary Aldermary belonging to S. Antholin, two flagons and a dish
at S. Stephen, Walbrook, four dishes at S. Alban, Wood Street, four very fine pewter dishes
at S. Katharine Cree, a dish at S. Olave, Hart Street, and a flagon at All Hallows,
Lombard Street. There Is a considerable quantity of pewter plate, but almost without
exception the dishes are the only pieces made of base metal.
The sets of plate consist of tankards or flagons, usually in pairs, cups with either conical
covers or combination paten covers, patens, alms dishes and spoons, and occasionally a mis
cellaneous collection of odds and ends of plate, some of it intended for very secular purposes.
For instance, there are a snuff-box, two mazers, four beakers, a posset cup, an oyster knife
and fork (the church to which they belong Is appropriately in the vicinity of Billingsgate),
a dozen teaspoons, two sugar tongs, a pepper pot, and a muffineer. With the miscellaneous
pieces should be included two fonts for private baptism, and one baptismal shell, six sets of
small Communion plate for private use, two censers, two processional crosses, a pulpit hour-glass,
a few badges, and a large and very interesting collection of beadles' staves and wands.
The flagons, as a rule, are tankards of the usual type, with a plain barrel body, a very Flagons.
broad splayed rim or foot, a lid, and an S-shaped handle. The tail of the handle is almost
invariably finished off, like the mouthpiece of a penny whistle, with a little hole. The holes
are usually circular, and I have heard it said they are put there to facilitate the operation
of casting the handle. That may be so in some cases, but as It was not uncommon after
the Reformation to adapt secular vessels to ecclesiastical uses, I think it will be found that
the parishes went to the goldsmiths and bought, as flagons, the ready-made pothouse tankard
with a whistle in the handle. This whistle v^^as used to call the potboy with, when the pot
was empty and had to be refilled, and it is the origin of the saying, " You may whistle till
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Paternoster Royal, and there are plenty of other instances. With very few exceptions the
tankards are quite plain, but S. Augustine has three with the strap pattern engraved round
the middle of the body, and S. Mary Woolnoth has a pair, made in 1587, beautifully engraved
all over with a flowing design of foliage and satyrs' heads. These two are, by a long way,
the finest flagons in the City, and they are also the oldest. The next in point of age are
the flagons at All Hallows, Lombard Street, made in 1605, and one at S. Olave, Hart
Street, 1607. S. Peter le Poor has a very pretty little tankard, the smallest in the City,
made in the same year, and illustrated on Plate I.
Our flagons at S. Margaret, Lothbury, from S. Olave, are of the average size, and I find
that each holds three quarts exactly. There Is plenty of evidence to show that our ancestors
consumed a great deal more consecrated wine than we do now. At S. Mary Woolnoth, a
very small parish, I find the following entry in the churchwarden's account book for 1590: —
" Item paide for xxiiij quarts and one pint of Muscadell for the Communion for
one whole year ending at the same time ....... xx' v'' "
There is, unfortunately, no evidence to show how much of the wine was consecrated,
how many people attended In that year, or how often the Communion was celebrated.
Different parishes had different practices, but twelve celebrations a year seem to have been
the usual number, and that would allow about two quarts for each occasion.
Of the graceful round-bellied flagons there are only three in the City — two at S. Nicholas
Cole Abbey, and one at S. Botolph, Aldersgate. A fine example, made in 1625, will, by the
way, be found at Trinity College, Cambridge. " Round-bellied " is the correct description of
this style of flagon, and I mention this for a curious reason. In July 1893, when a collection
of church plate was exhibited in Merchant Taylors' Hall, at a reception given by the London
and Middlesex Archaeological Society to the Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and the
Congres Archeologique of France, the latter were good enough to translate verbatim in their
Proceedings the short paper that I read about the plate exhibited, but Gallic susceptibility
found it necessary, In describing the S. Nicholas flagons, to paraphrase "round-bellied" into
" bien proportlonnes."
The modern flagon Is usually either a spouted and decorated edition of the common tankard,
of which the small flagon illustrated in the head plate of S. Lawrence may be taken as an example,
or a narrow-necked vessel decorated to match the cups of type 9.
cuKv I have divided the cups into nine different types or groups. The differences between
the types are, of course, only slight in some cases, but the grouping has been made to avoid
descriptive repetition in the inventories so far as possible. For this purpose the Edwardian
cups at S. Lawrence and S. Mildred have been taken to illustrate type i ; the S. Lawrence cup
will be found figured in Plate I. and the head plate of the inventory (p. 55), and the S. Mildred
cup Is also figured In the head plate of the inventory (p. 82) and as No. i. on Plate A.^ The
cups at Christchurch and at S. Olave, Jewry, now S. Margaret, Lothbury, have been taken
to illustrate type 2 ; the former will be found figured on Plate I. and in the head plate of the
inventory (cup a, p. 31), and the latter also in the head plate of the inventory (cup c, p. 60), and
1 By an inadvertence described on Plate A as of S. Lawrence, Jewry.

BLL HSLLOWS,
LOMBBRD STREET.

S. MBRY, ABCHURCH 7

S. EDMUND.

S. MHRY,
SLDERMaNBORY.

S. LAWRENCE, JEWRY,

S, MSRGKRET, LOTHBURY.

S. ANNE & S. AGNES.

ALL HALLOWS,
LOMBARD STREET.

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as No. 2 on Plate A. Another cup at S. Olave, Jewry, is taken to Illustrate type 3, and It
will be found figured on Plate I. and In the head plate of the Inventory (cup b, p. 60), and
as No. 3 on Plate A. The ,cup at S. Anne and S. Agnes is taken to illustrate type 4, and will
be found illustrated in the head plate of the inventory (cup a, p. 15), and as No. 4 on Plate
A. The cups at All Hallows, Lombard Street, have been taken to Illustrate types 5 and 6
respectively, and will be found Illustrated in the head plate of the Inventory (cups b and c,
p. 4), and as Nos. 5 and 6 on Plate A. The cup at S. Mary Abchurch is taken to Illustrate
type 7, and will be found Illustrated on Plate I. and as No. 7 on Plate A. The cup at S.
Edmund the King and Martyr is taken to Illustrate type 8, and will be found In the head plate
of the inventory (p. t,']), and as No. 8 on Plate A.
The cup at S. Mary, Aldermanbury, No. 9 on Plate A, is taken to illustrate type 9, and, as
will be seen, it Is an imitation of a late pre-Reformation chalice. The pre-Reformation chalice
was, of course, intended for the use of the priest alone, and, with the revival of the practice of the
early Church of administering the Sacrament to the laity in both kinds, the reformers had to provide
a cup large enough for the whole congregation. Not only were the cups made larger, but the
shape was altered so as to resemble, as little as possible, that which had served for the Mass. The
design of the Communion cup was therefore more or less original ; It was as unlike a chalice as it
could be, and I think on the whole it will be admitted that the style chosen by the reformers
was dignified and simple.
The cups of type i are all of them so much alike in general appearance that in describing
one I shall really be describing all, but Edwardian cups are so scarce that I may perhaps be
forgiven if I mention them separately. The cup at S. Lawrence, Jewry, is the oldest, and it was
made in 1548 — that is, in the second year of King Edward's reign. The bowl is oval and not
splayed at the lip, and so far It resembles the bowl of a mediaeval chalice. The stem is quite plain
and not divided by a knop, and what little decoration there is appears on the circular foot. The
cup at S. Mildred, made in 1569, has the same stem and foot, but the bowl is conical. The cup at
S. Peter upon Cornhill, made In the same year, also has the same stem and foot, but the bowl
Is very much splayed at the lip. For practical purposes this was a most inconvenient innovation,
but the splaying of the lip, probably introduced to make the cup more elegant, became apparently
the rule rather than the exception. The cup at S. Michael, Cornhill, made In 1550, has the same
stem and foot, but the splaying takes an extended form, and the bowl is really thistle-shaped.
It is, however, quite likely that this bowl, originally oval, has been beaten out into its present singular
shape at a later date. The cup at S. James, Garlickhithe, made in 1549 by the same maker as the
S. Mildred cup, and the cup at S. Michael, Wood Street, made in the same year, have an oval
bowl splayed at the lip, but the stems have three lines engraved round the middle. This is the
first indication of a knop, and in the last and seventh Edwardian cup, also at S. James, Garlickhithe,
the knop takes a definite shape. The bowl of this last cup is slightly conical ; it is also the first
which has a cover made for the double purpose of covering the cup, and then being used as a
paten for the bread.
The fashion for type i lasted a very short time, and the seventh and latest Edwardian cup,
made in 1552, belongs to type 2. The cup at Christchurch, illustrated on Plate I. and in the
head, plate of the inventory (cup a, p. 31), and the cup c at S. Olave, Jewry, illustrated in the
head plate of the inventory (cup c, p. 60) and on Plate A, are taken to illustrate type 2, to which
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xxvi INTRODUCTION.

the majority of Elizabethan cups in the City belong. The plain undivided stem of type i is
replaced by a smaller stem divided at the centre into two equal parts by a knop, and in that
respect the artists returned to the style of the old chalice. In the earliest Elizabethan cup the
circular foot is very flat ; in the later examples the foot is bell-shaped and much heavier,
probably to secure greater stability. This difference in the style of foot can be seen very
distinctly in the head plate of Christchurch (p. 31) by comparing cup a, made In 1560, with
cup d, made in 161 7, and in the head plate of S. Alban, Wood Street, by comparing cup b.
made in 1566, with cup c, made In 1606. The bowl of cup a at Christchurch Is a fair
example to take of the shape usually found in type 2 ; the lip is slightly splayed, the
upper part of the bowl is rather broader than the lower part, and the base Is round. But
though the makers seem to have had one common model in their minds, no two workmen
produced exactly the same article, and there is a considerable variety in minor details.
At S. Dunstan in the West, for Instance, and at All Hallows, Barking, the cups are straight-sided,
with deep bowls, and a slighdy splayed lip ; at S. Alban, Wood Street, there are two bell-shaped
cups, b and c, illustrated in the head plate of the church, which show the opposite extreme of
splaying. These bell-shaped cups are, no doubt, more graceful than those of the usual style, but
for practical purposes the extended lip Is inconvenient, and it Is very difficult to drink from them
without spilling the contents.
Type 2 continued in fashion until the end of the seventeenth century, latterly in the debased
form seen in the cups at S. Bartholomew the Less, made in 1682. In the eighteenth century it
developed into two varieties : one I have called type 8, which Is the usual style of Georgian cup,
including cups with a baluster stem ; the other variety was almost a revival of type i, andiwo
examples of it will be found in the cups at S. Bartholomew by the Exchange, Illustrated in the
head plate of S. Margaret, Lothbury (p. 59).
Unlike either the Edwardian or the seventeenth-century cups, the Elizabethan cups belonging
to type 2, especially those of the earlier half of the reign, are very frequently decorated with
engraving either round the lip or the centre of the bowl. There are a great many examples to be
found in different churches ; the finest are at S. Mary le Bow and S. Faith, and the style of
ornament, which was always the same, will be seen in the illustration given for tvpe - on
Plate A. ^ ^^ o
Type 3 Is to all intents and purposes the same as type 2, but the bowl has conical sides with
a flat or a pointed base. The example given Is a cup belonging to S. Olave, Jewry, and it will
be found illustrated on Plate I. and in the head plate of S. Margaret, Lothbury (cup b), as
well as on Plate A. Two examples of the pointed base will be found at S. Stephen, Walbrook,
illustrated In the head plate of the church (p. 97), and one of the flat base at S. Ethelburga,'
illustrated on Plate I.
The cup at S. Anne and S. Agnes figured on Plate A is given to illustrate type 4, which
must, I think, be a style of Elizabethan cup more frequently met with In the provinces than in
London, for we have only two other examples, one at S. Mary Aldermary, made in 1609 and
the other at S. Mary le Bow, made in 1559 ; both are figured In the head plates of the inventory
of the respective churches. The feature of this type is the curious pear-shaped stem with a guard
or hilt close under the bowl, obviously put for the communicant to get a firm grasp of the cup and
to hold it steady. The style of bowl usually found in these cups is, I believe, like that of type

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but the three City cups are no criterion, for the bowl of the Bow Church cup belongs to type 2, the
Aldermary cup is a compromise between type 2 and the shallow variety of type 3, and, though the
bowl of the S. Anne cup belongs to type 3, It has been added at a later date.
In Old English Plate^ the author draws attention to the similarity between the cups of this
type and those of type 5, which have the same hilt or flange under the bowl but with a trumpet
stem, and he suggests that the principal maker of type 5, whose mark was a scallop shell, must have
had some especial connexion with the principal maker of type 4, whose mark was a stag's head.
As these two makers were probably London goldsmiths, I hoped to find examples of types 4 and 5
made by them In the same church, but there is only one church, S. Helen, Bishopsgate, where the
two makers appear together, and In that instance there is a cup of type 5 made by the "scallop"
maker, and a cup made by the " stag's head " maker, but of type 2 and not type 4.
The cup at All Hallows, Lombard Street, figured as No. 5 on Plate A, and in the head plate
of the inventory of the church, is given to illustrate type 5, and there are six other examples, at
S. James, Garlickhithe, and S. Helen, which have one each, and at S. Mary Woolnoth and the
Holy Trinity, Minories, which have two each. They are all made from the same pattern, and
have a conical bowl, flat at the base and with a flange on a trumpet-shaped stem. The date
of the earliest is 1637, and the latest was made in 1 721 as a replica of it.
Type 6 is the same as type 5 without the flange, but there is the same trumpet stem and
a straight-sided bowl. The date of the earliest is 1663 — that is, after the Great Rebellion, and
the cups are peculiar for their puritanical, if not ugly, simplicity. The cup c at All Hallows,
Lombard Street, figured as No. 6 on Plate A, is given to Illustrate the type, and the five other
examples, at S. Faith, which has one, and at S. Bride and S. Bartholomew the Great, which
have two each, are exactly like it. Two cups at S. Katharine Coleman, and William Naylor's
cup at S. Mary Aldermary, also belong to this group, but they have a knop in the middle
of the trumpet stem.
The shape of type 7 I have called, for lack of a better description, the thistle shape,
and the small cup at S. Mary Abchurch, figured on Plate A and in Plate I., is given to
illustrate the type. There are four other examples of this style, two at All Hallows the Great,
and two at S. Michael, Cornhill. I am inclined to think that the last two belong to type i,
and that the bowls show an excess of splaying rather than a thistle shape. The cup at
S. Mary Abchurch was made at Antwerp in 1581, and I think it is very likely that the
type is therefore of foreign origin. The two cups at All Hallows, made by English makers
in 1575 and in 1608, appear to me to be beakers or tumblers fitted into stems, and
designed more or less after the Abchurch cup ; they are not ungraceful, and will be found
illustrated with their covers side by side on Plate I. It is almost impossible to describe the
stems of these peculiar cups, and the illustrations show what they are like better than a very
elaborate verbal description that I have vainly tried to compose and given up as Impossible.
The cups at S. Edmund the King and Martyr are taken to illustrate type 8, which, as
I have already said, is only a debased form of type 2 ; one of them is figured on Plate A,
and the pair will be found illustrated in the head plate of the inventory. This style of cup
was very common during the eighteenth century, and examples with variations will be found at
S. Giles, Cripplegate, S. Ben'et, Paul's Wharf, S. Nicholas Cole Abbey, S. Dunstan in the
1 4th edition, p. 202.

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West, and elsewhere in the City. With this type I include the cups with baluster stems, of
which there are very few. Two will be found at S. Bartholomew the Less, and two at
S. Dunstan in the West, and two beautiful engraved specimens at S. Olave, Hart Street, are
illustrated with the other plate of that church on a plate opposite to the inventory.
The cups of type 9 are imitations of the later style of mediaeval chalice, and one of the
cups at S. Mary, Aldermanbury, Is given on Plate A to illustrate it. The four cups at
S. Paul's Cathedral belong to this group, and they are very fine specimens. Other examples
will be found at S. Bartholomew, Moor Lane, which has two, and S. Botolph, Aldersgate,
which has one. They are all made of silver except the last, which is brass.
There are also the following cups rather smaller than the usual size, which were probably
intended for private use. A pair at S. Dunstan in the East, and one each at S. Bartholomew
the Less, All Hallows, Barking, S. Andrew, Holborn, S. Bartholomew the Great, S. Vedast,
S. Nicholas Cole Abbey, and S. Margaret Pattens. Of these, the cups at S. Margaret
Pattens, S. Nicholas Cole Abbey, and S. Vedast will be found illustrated in the head plates
of the inventories. The cup at S. Margaret Pattens and the two at the two churches of
S. Bartholomew belong to type 8. The cups at S. Dunstan in the East and at All Hallows,
Barking, are, in outline, like the small cup at S. Nicholas Cole Abbey, and the cup at
S. Andrew, Holborn, Is like the one at S. Vedast.
There are the following seven cups which cannot be classified under any of the nine
styles : —
I. At S. Botolph, Aldgate, a cup illustrated in the head plate of the inventory as cup a,
and In Plate I. ; the bowl is of the style of type i, and was made in 1559; the stem belongs
to a pre-Reformation chalice, but has no mark on it to fix the date. It has been suggested
that the upper part is an example of a stemless cup with a rudimentary foot. This is possible,
but the cup must have been very topheavy.
2. A cup, the only piece of ecclesiastical plate of its kind in the City, also at S. Botolph,
Aldgate, and illustrated in the head plate of that church as cup c. It is very tall, and similar
in appearance to the Edmunds cup belonging to the Carpenters' Company, but it has no
cover. The date of the S. Botolph cup is 1609, and of the Carpenters' cup 161 3. There Is
also a cup belonging to the Armourers and Braziers' Company very much in the same style.
3. A V-shaped cup, also the only ecclesiastical cup of its kind in the City, and also belonging
to S. Botolph, Aldgate, presented to that church by Robert Dow, merchant tailor, in 1606; It
will be found illustrated in the head plate of the church as cup b, and it may be compared
with the larger cup figured on p. 201 of Old English Plate.
4 and 5. Two cups at S. Margaret Pattens, illustrated in the head plate of the church, also
the only cups of their kind in the City. The smaller of the two, b, has the date mark for
1545, but the maker's mark Is, unfortunately, not distinguishable; probably it is a plant or tree
In a circular stamp. It was made, no doubt, for secular purposes, purchased by the parish,
and adapted to sacred use in the reign of Edward VI. Round the lip is a scroll ornament
with three medallions, engraved rather roughly with human heads. Two are men's heads in
profile ; one a head crowned with a laurel wreath, the other helmeted ; the third is that of a
woman, full face, with her hair done in two large nets, or bags, on each side of the head.
The other cup, c, an exact copy of the older cup, was made in 1649. A cup of the same style as

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these will be found at Gatcombe, Isle of Wight, illustrated on p. 206 of Old English Plate. The
engraved helmeted head on these cups may be compared with a similar head on the tazza patens
at S. Giles and S. Botolph, Aldgate.
6. A cup with two handles and a conical cover, at S. Helen, Bishopsgate, Illustrated in the
head plate of the church, also the only piece of ecclesiastical plate of Its kind in the City.
7. A very fine silver-gilt cup or hanap at S. Michael Bassishaw. The bowl is straight-sided,
very long and deep, with a slightly splayed lip, and flat at the base. The stem is short, divided by
a knop, swelling first into a bulb and then Into a broad foot. The cover is shallow, with a small
pedestal on the top and a statuette of S. Michael. The bowl, the cover, and the foot are elaborately
decorated with repousse work and chasing. The cup is of foreign make, of the early seventeenth
century, and there are two marks : first, two sceptres in saltire on a plain shield, and secondly, the
Augsburg pine cone. This cup is illustrated on a plate by itself, and by the kindness of the
churchwarden I have been able to give a note in the inventory of the information which has been
obtained up to the present concerning It.
The cups are usually provided with covers made to serve for patens as well as covers ; but in
a few cases, as for instance at S. Bartholomew the Great, S. Mary Aldermary, and the Holy
Trinity, Minories, the cups have proper covers, usually of a conical shape. The covers at the last
two churches will be found illustrated in the head plates, and the pretty scalloped covers of the
cups belonging to All Hallows the Great are shown on Plate I.
Every church is provided with one or more patens ; they are frequently of very large size, and Patens.
this has led to their being misdescribed as salvers or alms dishes. With two exceptions they are
all circular in shape, and may be conveniently divided Into three different classes — those without a
foot, with a foot, and on a stem. The pre-Reformation paten had no foot, and I expected to find
that the very few footless patens In the City belonged to that period ; but there is only one, at
S. Magnus, that can be said with certainty to be older than the reign of Edward VI. The
other footless patens will be found at All Hallows the Great, at S. Lawrence, Jewry, which have two
each, and at S. Mildred, Bread Street, S. James, Garlickhithe, and S. Peter-le-Poor, which have
one each. There is a footless paten belonging to S. Dunstan in the West, which has been raised
on a wire foot, and one at S. Mary-le-Bow is raised on three small knobs ; beside these there are
one or two modern examples. With these few exceptions the patens generally, and the paten
covers invariably, are provided with a foot of the usual shape, and they do not call for any
particular remark. In the case of the paten covers, the foot is used as a handle. In the case of
patens, occasionally the foot was enlarged to a stem, as in the examples at S. Katharine Cree, All
Hallows the Great, S. Vedast, and S. Margaret, Lothbury. The S. Katharine paten and .the last,
a pretty little piece raised on a baluster stem, will be found illustrated in the head plate of the
inventories of those churches.
Three of the stem patens deserve especial notice, and two of them, called tazza patens, will
be found illustrated on Plate I. ; one belongs to S. Giles, Cripplegate, and the other to S. Botolph,
Aldgate. In the centre of the bowl of each Is a medallion with a helmeted head In relief, the
general ornamentation on both is alike, and in outline they resemble the tazza paten at Egham, In
Surrey, Illustrated on p. 256 of the Proceedings of the Surrey Archceological Society, Vol. XL,
Part 2, 1893. The third will be found illustrated on Plate I., and it is, I believe, technically
termed a ciborium, and intended to hold the bread on the credence table before consecration.

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It Is the only thing of its kind in the City, and is referred to in the note on the plate of
S. Bride's Church. It is of English manufacture, made In 1671, and presented to the church by
Paul Boston, a vicar of the parish.
There are two exceptions to the general circular form of paten ; one at S. Olave, PI art
Street, made in 161 2, has a hexagonal dish raised on a high baluster stem and a circular foot,
the other, made in 1633, is a square trencher of silver at All Hallows, Barking, raised on four
small knobs. In the churchwarden's account books of S. Bartholomew, by the Royal Exchange,
which have been published by my father, mention is made of two wooden trenchers which were
used to stand the flagons on, and which were destroyed In the Great Fire. It Is quite possible
that the All Hallows salver was intended for the same purpose ; however that may be, in recent
years the salver has been looked upon as a paten and used at the credence table.
There is one paten at Christ Church which deserves a paragraph to itself. It is certainly the
only thing of its kind In London, and probably in England, and is not only exceedingly fine,
but very interesting archaeologlcally. It is a paten of the usual circular form with a foot, made
entirely of Indian filigree work and inscribed, " Gulielmi Mainstone ex Indiis Orientalibus
reversi Deo. O.M. humillimum votum 1675," and on a plate inside the foot his coat of arms.
In its way this is quite one of the most interesting pieces of plate In the City, and its happy
possessors, though they misdescribe it In their official return as a salver, have taken good care
to keep it in excellent condition.
Dishes. Comparatively few of the churches have alms dishes which deserve mention, but there are
six silver dishes, at any rate, as good as anything of the kind which the Livery Companies can
show. Two of these are at All Hallows the Great; they are as near as may be the same in size,
and both are covered with engraving and repousse work. The older and handsomer of the two,
made in 1608, was presented by Roger Snelson, dyer, in 1631. The design on the other dish
differs slightly in detail ; it was made by John Read in 1708, and is the result, partly, of parochial
vandalism and the conversion process, and, as to 14 oz., of the munificence of Lady Ann Glover.
Two other dishes, equally good, and very similar in general appearance to these, are at S. Peter le
Poor. One was made in 1607, and given by William Cockaine, Jun., in 1625. The other was
made in 1744, and given by William Iliffe. These four dishes are not unlike a rosewater salver
belonging to the Merchant Taylors' Company, illustrated on p. 267 of Old English Plate.
Two other dishes, absolutely different in design and detail, at S. Benet, Paul's Wharf, will be
found illustrated on Plate I. They are all that remain of the extensive gift of plate made by
Eleanor James to the parish in 1 712, of which a list, which I have reproduced In the footnote
of the inventory, will be found on the wall of the church. The maker's mark on the large dish
appears to be I.R.G., but there are no date marks on either pieces, and I have come to the
conclusion that they were made abroad. The workmanship is good, and both dishes are beaten
out into an elaborate design of fruit and foliage over the whole surface. The larger dish has two
cocks fighting in the centre, and the smaller a pelican plucking its breast. The fate of the rest
of Eleanor James's gift to the parish may be learned from an inscription on a commonplace set of
plate made out of it In 1843.
There are two plain silver dishes at S. Margaret, Lothbury, made In the Commonwealth and
therefore interesting ; S. Stephen, Walbrook, has a silver dish made in 16 19, with a boss decorated
with the letters S.S. In blue enamel work; S. Bartholomew the Less has a silver dish, given by

S. MAGNUS AND S. MICHAEL, CROOKED LANE.
Alms Dish made in 1524, diameter i6| inches, inscribed.
"this is S.\VNT MIHEILS BASSON FOR THE EWSE OF THE PORRE, 1 564.
See pp. ^i. and 57.

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Robert, Earl of Ailesbury in 1686 ; S. Lawrence, Jewry, has a large silver-gilt dish made in 1751,
with an engraving of the Lord's Supper ; and S. Paul's Cathedral has a still larger dish with an
engraving of S. Paul preaching at Athens. With these exceptions the silver alms dishes are
usually quite plain and artistically uninteresting.
A considerable number of alms dishes are made of pewter, and a set of four made in the early
part of the seventeenth century at S. Katharine Cree, and one at S. Olave, Hart Street, with
centre bosses decorated with the Royal Arms in enamel, are especially interesting. The boss of
one of the S. Katharine Cree dishes Is decorated with the Prince of Wales' feathers in enamel,
and the letters C.P. This church, it will be remembered, was consecrated by Archbishop Laud
when he was Bishop of London, and very likely these dishes were presented by King Charles I. The
S. Olave dish, made of brass, belonged to S. Martin Outwich, and is similar to the S. Katharine
dishes, but rather smaller. S. Alban, Wood Street, has four pewter dishes made in the middle of
the eighteenth century, also decorated with the Royal Arms In enamel on the bosses. The other
metal dishes do not merit particular mention, excepting a brass dish at S. Andrew, Holborn, with a
figure of Adam and Eve in repousse, probably German work of the seventeenth century.
Nearly every church is provided with a spoon, used either as a strainer or to remove flies or Spoon.'^
crumbs from the consecrated wine. The decoration and the detail vary according to the date,
but the great majority are of the ordinary domestic type, and the tablespoon size. In the later
examples, the bowls are perforated in whole or in part, the perforation consisting, as a rule, of
small circular holes. All Hallows the Great has a pair perforated with an elaborate pattern,
and there are one or two other examples, but decorative perforation is rare.
Examples of the older spoons with seal heads and almost circular bowls will be found at
S. Lawrence, Jewry (1639), at S. Swithin, London Stone (1631 and 1662), at S. Dunstan in the
West (1675 and 1679, misdescribed in the parish books as Apostle spoons), at S. Katharine
Cree (1631), at S. Mary-at-HIU (1684), and at All Hallows, Barking. This last spoon has no
marks, and the seal head is cut off, but it belongs to the early part of the seventeenth century.
Examples of a later type of spoon, with the form of handle called in Old English Plate the " pied
de biche," or hind's foot, and described as a flat handle divided by two clefts into three points
slightly turned up, will be found at S. Bride (1683) and S. Andrew by the Wardrobe (1694).
Of the ordinary type of spoon to which the larger number belong there Is no need to speak.
Two quaint examples of the sugar-sifter type will be found at S. Alban, Wood Street, and at
S. Peter, Cornhill. And of the common sugar-sifter examples will be found at S. Augustine,
S. Alphage, Christchurch, and elsewhere. In addition to spoons, two parishes — S. Giles, and •
S. Margaret, Lothbury — are provided with wine funnel strainers. Some churches also are provided
with silver knives to cut the bread. The knives usually belong to the end of the last or the
commencement of this century, and do not call for special notice ; examples will be found at S. James,
Garlickhithe, S. Anne and S. Agnes, S. Mary-at-HIll, and S. Magnus.
There are six small or pocket sets of plate for use at the Communion of the sick. A set Small
at S. Michael, Bassishaw, made in 1784, consists of a cup and paten, and the other five sets
each consisting of a small cup and paten, with a glass or metal bottle or flask, all made in this
century, will be found at S. Giles, S. Bride, S. Clement, Eastcheap, S. Botolph, Aldersgate, and
S. Dunstan in the West.
The miscellaneous plate, the beakers and mazers, the dozen tea-spoons, the sugar-tongs, the

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pepper-pot, and the muffineer, contemplate parochial festivity on an extensive scale. Nowadays
local boards and vestries indulge in the homely cup of tea to make business go smoothly. How
much more harmonious the proceedings must have been when the spiced ale and the treacle posset
went round.
Secular S. Giles, Cripplegate, has by far the largest collection of secular plate in the City, including
four beakers, three of silver and one of horn, a posset cup, and a mazer, all made in the end of the
sixteenth century, or the first ten years of the seventeenth century. The beakers, the posset cup,
and the mazer will be found illustrated in the head plate of S. Giles Church. The mazer will
also be found illustrated and described by Mr. W. H. St. John Hope in Archcsologia, Vol. L.,
p. 167. In addition to these, S. Giles also possesses four silver cups, two with oval bowls and
baluster stems, made in 161 2, and presented by Peter Phillips as a fine for not serving the office
of scavenger; the third, a cup, also with an oval bowl on a baluster stem, made in 161 7 ; the fourth,
a pretty cup with hexagonal bowl and foot on a baluster stem, given by James Prescot, and made
in 1617. This cup will be found illustrated on Plate I., and the Armourers and Braziers' Company
have several like it. The parish of S. Giles also possesses a very fine arm badge or plaque of
silver, with Cripplegate In relief, intended for the beadle, and a number of smaller badges with the
arms of Sir B. Maddox also In relief. The former, misdescribed In the official return as a breast
plate, will be found illustrated on Plate I. It is worn by the beadle on All Saints Day, and is very
like the barge-master's badge of the Vintners' Company.
The most singular piece of secular parish plate in the City belongs to S. James, Garlick
hithe. It is a fine wooden cup made of lignum vitae, in imitation of the cups of type 2, with a
large bowl with straight sides slighdy splayed at the lip and circular at the base, standing on a
short baluster stem with a flat foot. This cup is especially interesting because it is provided with
a rim of silver round the lip inscribed with thirteen names and the date 1670. The difficulty, of
course, is to fix the exact date of wooden vessels in the absence of names or silver mountings
bearing a date mark.
The cup was only recently unearthed from the recesses of a cupboard in the parish vestry by
the present rector, the Rev. H. D. Macnamara, to whom I am indebted for the following extract
from the Queenhithe Ward Inquest Minute Book.

't>

"The names of the Wardmote Inquest of the several parishes and precincts of the
Ward of Queenhithe elected this present year 1670, together with their several places, viz :—
I. M''- Daniell Griffith of S' Michael, Queenhithe  forman.
2. M' Thomas Irwin of S'- Mary, Somerset  treasurer.
3. M^- Edward Osgood of S'- Michael, Queenhithe .... controuler.
4. M^- William Biggs of S'- Peter, Paul's Wharf  assistant.
5. M' Giles Harris of S'- Nicholas Cole Abbey
Ma. Mounthaw  assistant.
6. M''- William Hurd of S'- Michael, Queenhithe  remembrancer.
7. M'^- Richard Grow of S'- Michael, Queenhithe  steward.
8. M'- Paul Dashwood of S'- Peter, Paul's Wharf  scribe.
9. M"'- Charles Harbord of S'- Mary, Somerset  steward.
10. M''- Isark Walker of S'- Nicholas Cole Abbey  butler.

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II. M"'- Francis Howten of S'- Michael, Queenhithe
12. M' John Johnson of S'- Nicholas Cole Abbey .
13. M'- Henry Pocock of Trinity Precinct . . .
Memorandum

butler.
. jeweller. porter.
This present year 1670 y*" Wardmote Inquest provided a bowle of

Hour
Glass.

Lignum Vitae, and garnished it with silver, and all y" names above engraven about it for
the use of the Quest for the time to come instead of a biggin lost in the late conflagra
tion, 1666."
From subsequent entries It appears that spiced ale was the beverage with which the
inquest regaled themselves out of it ; but It also seems that something beside spiced ale was
required to make the proceedings harmonious, for fines of id. or 2d. were imposed for
swearing or quarrelling at the inquest. The minute book is also full of interesting information
showing that our ancestors lived under a thoroughly paternal and Inquisitorial government, a
state of affairs to which we would seem to be reverting in this County-Council-ridden age.
S. James and S. Bride have each a small portable font for private baptism ; at the former fonts
church the font is made of silver, and at the latter church of metal plated. I was astonished
not to find more of them in the City, for our ancestors were very much given to private
baptism ; all my family, for two generations, were christened in this house, which was then
their home, and is now our office.
The hour glass at S. Alban, Wood Street, is quite unique in the City, and it will be found
illustrated and described in the note on the inventory of the church. It was, I think, made
in the middle of the seventeenth century, and It Is still in use. Nearly every church was
provided with these very useful articles, introduced, probably, during the Great Rebellion, when
the inordinate love for long discourses caused some of the parishes to pass rules limiting the
duration of a sermon to one hour.
The censers and crosses, all modern specimens, are at S. Margaret Pattens and S.
Ethelburga. It is much to be hoped that the parish church cross will be reintroduced into
our churches, if not for use, at any rate as a part of the furniture of the church. I refer
presently to a custom which has arisen of carrying the beadle's staves about the church, and
misusing them as if they were church crosses. The introduction of the church cross would
be the revival of a very old institution. Machyn In his diary describes how the parishes
adjourned to S.' Paul's Cathedral on S. Paul's Day, each parish brought its cross, and a long
procession was formed, and " Salve festa dies " sung. I had the good fortune to be present at
the Cathedral of Valencia, in Spain, when just such a ceremony took place on the occasion
of the opening of the diocesan congress ; each parish brought its silver church cross, very
fine crosses they were, and they gave great dignity and effect to the procession.
The beadles' staves may be divided into three classes : first, those with plain pear-shaped Staves
knobs ; secondly, those with statuettes, models, and other devices ; and thirdly, short maces or
wands. Of the first variety there are about a dozen examples. S. Sepulchre has no less
than four, and one of them, the oldest in the City, was made in 1677. There are some
twenty statuettes, or figures of saints, including S. Alban, a little warrior in bronze ; S. Andrew
resting on his cross ; S. Augustine, a jolly, sportive-looking person ; S. Bartholomew with a
butcher's knife ; S. Benedict ; a black friar for S. Anne, Blackfriars ; S. Dunstan with a pair

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INTRODUCTION.

of tongs ; S. Ethelburga ; S. James in pilgrim's dress, with his staff, gourd, and scallop shell ;
S. John the Baptist ; S. Michael spearing a dragon ; and a cripple for S. Giles, Cripplegate.
The staff head of the staff at S. Helen, Bishopsgate, is the figure of a woman seated ; the
design has, I think, been taken from a little stone statuette of S. Helen, probably Jacobean,
and now preserved In the south chancel aisle. The head of the staff at S. Peter on Cornhfll is
a statuette of S. Peter holding two keys, and S. Katharine Coleman has a duplicate of this
figure, but without the keys; the two staves will be found illustrated on Plate IIL The staff at
S. Michael, Cornhill, has the statuette of a woman in classical dress. The most artistic figures
are those of S. Ethelburga, S. Benedict, and the pair at S. Andrew, Holborn, the former in
silver, the three latter in metal. S. Augustine in silver is very imposing ; S. Michael (Wood
Street), In brass, is good in design, but rough in workmanship ; and the three silver models of
Cripplegate, Aldersgate, and Ludgate are very pretty. Besides these there are nine crowns,
five mitres, and four medallions with a device in relief— namely, S. Andrew (by the Wardrobe),
leaning on his cross; a cock in a hoop at S. Stephen, Coleman Street; S. Katharine Cree
and her wheel, and S. Dunstan (in the East) with his tongs. S. Bartholomew the Less has
a silver orb with a ball on it; S. Margaret Pattens a peculiar head, apparently intended to
represent a bunch of daisies ; S. Botolph, Aldgate, a swan ; and S. Alphage a Maltese cross In
silver on a pear-shaped knob.
The most interesting of the collection is also one of the oldest, and most difficult to
describe; it will be found illustrated on Plate VII. The head, made of brass, is a ring on an
orb, on the top of the ring is a small heart, and inside the ring four hands clasped crosswise.
The staff is inscribed, "May hand and heart for ever join S. Veda.st 1737." This motto has
been adopted, I think, by more than one modern trades union, and by the Capital and
Labour Clothing Company established in Southwark.
There are nine wands, or maces, and two of them ornamented with little mitres are ex
ceedingly pretty ; one is at S. Botolph, Bishopsgate, and the other at S. Dunstan in the East ;
they will be found illustrated together on Plate II. S. Edmund the King and Martyr has a silver
wand with a tubular handle and a mitre, S. Katharine Cree has an ebony stick also with a mitre,
and S. Stephen, Walbrook, has a wand also of ebony, with silver fittings, and a Maltese cross on
an orb. The four wands belonging to the vergers at S. Paul's will be found described in the
inventory of the Cathedral plate.
It has recently been the practice to carry these beadles' staves about the churches as if
they were processional crosses, but their proper place Is by the beadle's or the churchwarden's
seat, and they were intended for the use of the beadle as his badge of office when walking about
the parish officially, or standing before and after service at the church door. Though they were
not Intended to be carried about in processions inside the church, it is perhaps better they should
be misused In that way than either not used at all, or be thrown on one side and forgotten,
as they were till recently, for comparatively few of the parishes now have beadles to use them.
Acquisition The plate has been acquired in three ways — by purchase, by fine, or by the gift of individuals.
Fine. It was not at all uncommon to fine persons who did not wish to serve parish offices, and they
either presented plate in lieu of a fine, or the parish purchased plate with the proceeds of the
fine. The following instances are recorded In inscriptions on plate : at S. Giles two cups are
inscribed, "This was the fyne of Peter Phillips for being released from being scavenger 1612,"

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and a beaker, " This was the fine of R. M. Vavs for being released from being scavenger." The
office of scavenger was evidently not a sinecure. According to the old arrangement in the
City, each ward managed its own affairs, and for this purpose there was an alderman, and a cer
tain number of subordinate officials. Stow gives the following list for the ward of Cripplegate :
One Alderman and his Deputy ; within the gate, eight common councilmen, nine constables,
twelve scavengers, fifteen wardmote inquest and a beadle ; without the gate, a deputy, two
common councilmen, four constables, four scavengers, seventeen wardmote inquest and a
beadle. At S. James, Garlickhithe, a cup made In 1638 Is inscribed, " Ex dono LeonardI Hamond.
For a fine not sarvin churchwarden ; " at S. Dunstan in the West two flagons were given by
Anthony Gybes in 161 8 to be freed from office ; one of the cups of St. Olave, Jewry, was the
result of a fine ; and in 161 9, at S. Mary Aldermary, a parishioner, apparently anxious to be
quit of the task, inscribed his cup, " Ab imunitate a muneribus hoc munus, or Francis Bridges
his thankful gift."
Thanks to the munificence of the citizens, the parishes had to purchase comparatively little By Gift.
plate, a very considerable quantity of it having been given by private individuals. Christmas
and Easter were favourite seasons for the presentation of plate. The gifts are usually inscribed
with the names of the donors, and are frequently expressed to be the " free gift " or the " freewill
offering," intended to emphasize the fact that they were not the result of a fine. For instance,
John Dowse presented a pair of patens to Christ Church In 161 7, inscribed " Mentem non munus,"
which may be translated, " Tribute of his heart, not debt of his office." At S. Nicholas Cole
Abbey the plate appears to have been purchased by subscription, and " Ann Broomsgrave Widd
gave in her mite for God's glory ^10."
The donors were usually wealthy merchants and craftsmen, and I have prepared a list of Donors.
their names arranged in alphabetical order. Among them, especial mention should be made of
Elizabeth Frisdick, a maid-servant, who gave a silver dish weighing 49 ozs. to S. Mary Aldermary
in 1683 ; of Mrs. Mary Master, who gave plate to All Hallows, Lombard Street, to S. Augustine,
and to S. Botolph, Aldgate, at or about the time of the restoration of King Charles II. Her
gifts are always inscribed only with the initials " M.M.," but some one has scratched her name In
full on the foot of the cup at the first-named church. It Is very common to find initials on plate
instead of names in full, and no doubt this was done purposely to conceal the Identity of the
donor. At S. Michael, Cornhill, an alms dish made in 1698 is inscribed, "The gift of a generously
charitable person .... let none inquire after the name which the donor concealed." Among
the donors of plate mention should also be made of Col. William Legge, a Gentleman of the
Bedchamber to King Charles the Second, who gave two tankards to the Holy Trinity, Minories ;
of Vaffree, at that church, and of Vavs, at S. Giles, Cripplegate, who were probably Flemings ;
and of Paul Furre, of S. Mary Woolnoth, who is described as of the Dutch ordinary, or eating-
house. The following names also occur — four Aldermen: Anthony Abdy, 1637, Thomas Westrow,
1625, Sir Morris Abbot, 1630, and Sir George Thorold, Knt. and Bart., 1770. Eight gold
smiths: W. Hall, 1656, Francis Manning, 1660, Gilbert Harrison, 1623, John Wright, 1636,
Thomas Savadge, 1606, Evodias Inman, 1682, and Alexander Jackson, " Saymaster," 1638.
Five merchant tailors: W. Draper, 1631, Robert Hill, 1613, Edmond Plumer, 1623, Robert
Dow, 1606, and John Jones, 1639. Four grocers: John Busby, 1625, Samuel Langham, 1630,

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tions.

Charles Glascocke, 1613, and Robert Harve, 1594. Three mercers : Thomas Awdeley, 1620,
John Banckes, 1638, and Gyles Martin, 1633. John Bromsgrove, blacksmith, and Ann his wife,
1652, Hugh Hammersley, haberdasher, 1613, Samuel Atkins, clothworker, 1731, William Aspley,
stationer, 1640, Roger Snelson, dyer, 1608, Richard Johnson, woodmonger, 1640, Edward
Bradburne, silkman, 1642, and John Vernon, merchant of the Staple, 161 7. Also Captain
Nicholas Crisp, 1631, Sir Richard Beach, commissioner of the Navy, 1692, Sergeant Turner, 1678,
William Mainstone, of the East Indies, 1675, and the Rev. Jeremiah Milles, the first Treasurer
of the Society of Antiquaries, 1757. Sirs, Thomas Rich, 1697, Christopher Tolderney, 1613,
Henry Martin, 1626, B. Maddox, 1720, William Hallett, 1708, and Edward Phillips, 1618. Lord
Kensington, 1792, Robert, Earl of " AHsbury," 1686. Ladies, Ann Glover, 1768, Elizabeth
Richardson, 1735, and Margaret Savlll, 1626.
iNscRip- The names when inscribed on plate are usually accompanied by quotations from Scripture or
a short description of the donor. The inscriptions are given frequently In Latin and once in Greek,
but in nine cases out of ten in the vulgar tongue. Among the quaint examples of phonetic
spelling will be found " youse " for use; "mearsar"for mercer; " merchantalar ; " " Stewyn and
Marget hys wyff;" " praes " for praise; and "kiver" for cover. I am indebted to a friend for
the following note on the word " Editui," which occurs on plate at S. Martin, Ludgate, and at
S. Michael, Cornhill, to describe the churchwardens. " ^dituus Is used by Cicero for a
person who has charge of a temple rather as sacristan than churchwarden. The church
wardens were modest in using the term to describe their functions ; the Editui must have
been servants rather than trustees responsible for property." At S. Stephen, Coleman Street,
the name " guardian! " occurs, and at S. Giles, Cripplegate, " steward of the natives ; " these, no
doubt, were the guardians of the poor.
There are only four instances of pictorial engraving on plate — namely, a cup and paten at
S. Botolph, Aldgate, which are both engraved with a representation of Abraham offering up Isaac,
an alms dish at S. Lawrence, Jewry, with the Lord's Supper, and an alms dish at S. Paul's
Cathedral with S. Paul preaching at Athens.
I have purposely omitted to refer to the sacred monogram I. H. S., for it is no guide to the
date of plate. It is, however, to be found very frequently on plate of the eighteenth century,
and the earHest, or at any rate one of the earliest pieces with, it is Mrs. Mary Master's cup at
S. Augustine, made in 1665, but In that case, as in the case of other seventeenth-century plate,
the monogram has the appearance of being an addition of later date.
The inscriptions on plate are often not only no guide to the date of plate, but, on the contrary,
apt to be very misleading. There are three very clear instances of this. At S. Bride, a cup of
type 6, made in 1682, is inscribed "The gift of Roger Binder, 1590." Apart from the marks, it
is quite impossible that this actual cup was presented in 1590, for the very earliest examples of type
6 are not older than the Great Rebellion. The probable explanation is that Roger Finder's
original cup was worn out and recast in 1682, and this Is the more likely because a companion cup
to It was made and presented by Paul Boston, vicar of the parish, in 1672. The second instance
is at S. Michael, Cornhill, and occurs In the two cups, which are both inscribed with the name of
the church and the date, " 1608." One of them has the date mark for 1550, and is an Edwardian
cup, and the other has the date mark for 1608. The third instance will be found at S. Peter on
Cornhill ; both cups at that church have the date mark 1625 inscribed on them, and purport to be

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the gift of Thomas Symonds, but, as at S. Michael, Cornhill, one of them is an Edwardian cup
made in 1549.
Two inscriptions deserve particular notice. One at S. Michael, Wood Street, records that
the flagon was presented out of property given to the parish as far back as 1350, and this
property is mentioned by Stow. The other, on a silver alms dish at S. Helen, Bishopsgate, made
in 1780, runs, "Pursuant to the last will of M"^" Mary Parsons this plate Is given to the parish
church of S. Helen for y" use of y= communion service, and to remain there so long as y" parish
suffer y" stone that lyes over M''- Giles Dean to remain ; if removed or taken away, to goe to
y" parish church of S. Mary-le-Bow for ever."
There are only two instances of inscriptions in verse, and they are to be found on two flagons
given to S. John Zachary in 1636. The first, given by Mary Clarkson, is inscribed —
This pott for holy wine : This wine's pure blood
This blood true hfe. This life contains all good.
Not potts but soules are fitt to hould such wine
Such blood, such -life, such good. O Christ take mine.
The second, given by Francis Draxe, is inscribed —
My Saviour by an art Divine
Conveighs his blood to me in wine.
Faith spies the secrett and reveales
As much to love, love closely steales
My heart into this pott wher graven this stood.
This for thy wine, sweet Lord, This for thy blood.
It will be seen from what I have said in this Introduction, and from the inventories which
follow, that the Church in this great city is possessed of a very large quantity of plate. The
figures approximately are 137 flagons, 175 cups, 237 patens, 210 dishes, 61 spoons, 67 staves,
.8 secular cups, and about 50 miscellaneous pieces. Now a great part of the historical interest in
this plate will be gone if it is taken away from the churches to which it belongs. Take for
example the 34 cups of the sixteenth century. They were the outcome of a revival of the
practice of the Early Church of administering the Sacrament to the laity in both kinds, not one of
the least important changes effected by the Reformation. I suppose that no parish books In
England record the process of those changes more completely than our vestry minutes and
account books in the City ; in these books will be found repeated references to the sale of the pre-
Reformation plate, and to the purchase of these cups, which are still in existence and actual use
after three hundred years. Or take the case of some of the later plate, the flagons for example.
I find that 103 flagons were made between the years 1600 and 1700, and of that number seventy-
two have been given either singly or in pairs by fifty-three different persons whose names are
engraved on the plate. A reference to all, or nearly all, those people will be found in the parish
archives, and more than that ; some of them held parish office, and their handwriting and
signature will be found too.
But, as the Union of Benefices Act now works, whatever be the fate of the plate of a
demolished church, whether the City vestry decide to retain it for the united City parishes, or to
give it to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for the new church, the parish books remain in the
City as a matter of course. It follows that, unless the vestry elect to retain their plate, the

xxxviii INTRODUCTION.

records and the plate are separated, and therefore both lose much of historical interest and
association by the transaction. There is another view of the case. Is the plate more likely to be
taken care of and used with appreciation in the City or in the suburbs ? Generally, I have little
or no belief in the reverence of parsons or churchwardens for valuables or antiquities, but I would
sooner trust them to my fellow- citizens than to the parish officers of such places as Hoxton, Hag-
gerston, or Hackney. I do not by this mean to imply any disrespect to the hard-working clergy
and laity of the suburbs, but it stands to reason that they are less likely to appreciate the old
plate at its real value than the citizens whose church has possessed it for three centuries.
Elxperlence shows, too, that when the suburban clergy have got the old plate, they do not use it ;
the excuse, perhaps a reasonable one, being that it Is usually large and unhandy.
I have therefore this suggestion to make, that in future the scheme of every union of a City
benefice shall provide for the retention in the City of all the plate older than the Fire of London.
The existing Act of Parliament provides the citizens with the means of doing this, and I hope
they will avail themselves of It. I would also suggest that from time to time the Bishop should
call upon the parishes to make a return of their plate, so that their returns may be compared with
these inventories or with the official terrier.

INVENTORIES.

BEADLES WANDS.

Plate II.

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ALL HALLOWS, BARKING.

Flagons 
h'- 12 in. & ii| in.
dia''- of each 5I in.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
w'- 42 13 & 42 5

Cups and Covers ...
h'- 10^ in. & 10 in.
(ji^r. I bowl 4^ in. & 4|in
( foot 4|in. &4^in
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
w'- 25 12 & 24 4
Covers.
dia'- of each 6| in.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
w'' IG 10 & 8 7

h'- 6 in.
dia- J bowl si in.

foot 3I in.

w'- 7
Patens ...
square 8| in.
oz. dwt.
w'' 2 2 9
Dishes ...
dia''' 13I in.
oz. dwt.
w'- 26 4

Spoon dw
w'- I]
Staff

Two silver-gilt tankards, both inscribed with the weights.
The one has the date mark for 1627, and a maker's mark
W.S., with a cinquefoil below in a plain shield, and is
inscribed "The gift of Mrs. Margery Co veil Ao : 1626."
The other has the date mark for 1633, and an illegible
maker's mark, possibly a double eagle, and is inscribed with
a coat of arms, and " Christo et ecclesiae Omnium
Sanctorum Barkinge obtulit Edmundus Forster Infesto
paschatis 1634."
Two silver-gilt cups with paten covers. Both cups are inscribed
with the weights.
The one has the date mark for 1631, and a maker's mark
I.M., with a pig passant below In a plain shield, and is
inscribed " Ex dono Thoma; Crathorn 24 Decembris 1631."
The cover to it has no legible marks.
The other has the date mark for 1633, and a maker's mark
W.S., as on the first tankard, and it is inscribed, " All
Hallows Barking Anno Domini 1634." The cover to it
has the same inscription.
A small silver-gilt cup with the date mark for 1684, and inscribed
" All Saints Berkin London 1685."
A silver-gilt paten, square and on four round knobs, with the date
mark for 1633, and apparently the same maker's mark as on the
second tankard.
A silver-gilt dish with the date mark for 1633, and apparently the
same maker's mark as on the last, inscribed with the weight and
"All Hallows Barking Anno 1633."
A silver-gilt spoon, with no legible marks, probably late sixteenth
century.
A beadle's staff. The top Is pear-shaped, and made of silver, and is
Inscribed "All Hallows Barking 1800."

The tankards are of the usual type and quite plain. The cups are a pair, and belong to type 2. The bowls are
long, straight-sided, rounded below, and very slightly splayed at the lip. The bowl of the little cup is of the same
shape, but the stem is quite plain and conical, and ends in a circular foot. The square paten is unique in the City.
It is described in the official list as a salver. The spoon is early sixteenth century; the end of it, probably a seal,
has been cut off. The maker's mark, W. S., will be found in Old English Plate, Appendix A, under date 1633. The
maker's mark, I. M., will be found on plate at S. Alban, Wood Street, and S. James, Garlickhithe, and in Old English
Plate, Appendix A, under date 1639. This church is one of the few which escaped the Great Fire.

ALL HALLOWS THE GREAT

WITH

ALL HALLOWS THE LESS.

Flagons 
h' of each 13 in.
dia''- of each 4J in.
oz. oz.
w' 63 & 64

Cups

h'- of each 9 in.
^j^,.|bowl44in.&4iin I root 3"^ in. & 4 m
oz.
w'- 28 J

Patens 
dia'- of each 7^ in.
oz. oz.
w'- 7 & 7i

dia 8 in.

dia'- of each s| in.

w* II & 10

w

Si/

Two silver-gilt tankards, with the date mark for 1608, and a
maker's mark S O with a pellet above and a pellet and two
dots below in a lobed shield, inscribed with the weights and
with a coat of arms and " The gift of Thomas Kaddy. This
pott belongeth to the parish church of Great All Hallows in
Tham street London 1608."
Two silver-gilt cups and covers inscribed with the same inscription
as on the tankards. In one case street is spelt " streit " and in
the other case "streat."
The one has the date mark for 1575, and a maker's mark
H.C. separated by a hand grasping a hammer in a plain
shield. The cover to It has been mended later.
The other has the date mark for 1608 and a maker's mark
T F in monogram in a plain shield ; and the cover has the
same marks.
Two silver-gilt patens on feet ; both are inscribed
" Great All Hallows in Tham streat London 1608."
The date mark on one is for 1575, and a maker's mark a
stag's head and is inscribed " 1575."
The date mark on the other is for 1608, and a maker's mark
T F as on the second cup.
A silver-gilt paten on a high foot or stem with the date mark for
1634 and a maker's mark C C with ? a tree between, and two
pellets above in a plain shield and inscribed " The free guifte
of John Hudson unto y'' parlshe of All Hallowes y= greate
London Thames streete."
Two silver gilt patens without feet ; both have the date mark for
1608, and a maker's mark T A in monogram with a mullet
below In a scalloped shield and the same inscription as on the
tankards, and are Inscribed with the weights.

ALL HALLOWS THE GREAT with ALL HALLOWS THE LESS.

Dishes 
dia'- of each 1 6 in.
oz. dwt.
w'- 39 i6

Spoons

Two silver-gilt almsdishes.
The one has the same date and maker's marks as the
flagons, and Is inscribed " The guifte of Roger Snelson,
Dyer parishioner of this parish Ano Dom 1631."
The other has the date mark for 1708, and a maker's mark
" Re " crowned, with a fleur de lis below in a shaped shield.
This dish bears an inscription showing that Lady Ann
Glover presented 14 oz. and the rest was provided by the
parish who melted down some of their old plate to provide
this dish. It is inscribed, " All Hallows the Less London
2 October 1708."
Two silver-gilt spoons with the date mark for 17 19, and Inscribed
"All Hallows the Great 1719."

The flagons of this church are of the usual type and decorated round the rim of the lid and lip and top and base
of the foot with a small ribbed ornament. The cups are figured on plate i and belong to type 7 and are thistle-shaped.
The bowls are beakers, and the ornament on them should be compared with that on the beakers at S. Giles, Cripplegate.
Among the patens are two without feet. The spoons of this church are perforated with a very pretty pattern
instead of the plain punched holes. The almsdishes are decorated with repousse work and engraving and are very iine.
The bulk of the plate it will be noticed was made in 1608. The maker's marks S O will be found on plate at S. Alban, Wood
Street and S. Michael, Cornhill and S. Andrew Undershaft, H.C. at S. James Garlickhithe, T.F. at S. Mary-le-Bow and
S. Helen, Bishopsgate, CC. at S. Bride; and they will also be found in Appendix A of Old English Plate under
the respective dates, 1608, 1609, 1629, and T.A. i6og, and R.E. 1709 ; and H.C. in Appendix A part 2, 1579. These two
churches were destroyed in the Great Fire ; only All Hallows the Great was rebuilt by Wren, and is now about to be pulled
down under the Union of Benefices Act and united with S. Michael Paternoster Royal, by whom this plate will for the
future be kept.

ALL HALLOWS, LOMBARD STREET
WITH
S. BEN'ET, GRACECHURCH, S. DIONIS, BACKCHURCH,
AND
S. LEONARD, EASTCHEAP.

Flagon ..
h'- 12 in.
dia'-- 5^ in.
OZ, dwt.
w^- 40 1 6

r

Ml

.''K'/j^w f *frC*- '^&Mm

II.

'/fei

Sb^r-

Cups 
h'- of each g^ in.
,• , J bowl4jin.&4iin,
°'^ ¦ \ foot of each 4 in.
OZ. dwt. oz. dwt.
w'- 14 18 & 15 9

h'-9i

dia'

J bowl

\foot
OZ. dwt.
w' 14 9

I 4-1 in-

All Hallows' Plate.
(a) A silver tankard with the date mark for 1613 and a maker's
mark ? R.B. with a pellet below. The boss on the lid is
inlaid with enamel and a coat of arms. The tankard is
inscribed with the weight and
" Ex dono Christopherl Tolderney armigeri ob ministerium mensae
" Domenicae in ecclesia Omnium Sanctorum Lombard Street
London "
Two silver gilt cups both Inscribed with the weights and " The
Communion Cup of the parlshe of All Hallowes in Lumbert
Streete " and the year in which they were made. One has the
date mark for 16 12 and the other for 16 17, and they have
the same maker's mark as the flagon.
(b) A silver cup with the date mark for 1624 and inscribed with the
weight and
" Lord of thyne owne is this given thee i Chron : 29 ch : 14 ver :
" For All Hallows Lumbard Street London 1641 The free will
" offering of William Clarke "

ALL HALLOWS, LOMBARD STREET.

Cups

h'- 81 in.

dia'' <! ^"'"^ 4l in.
( foot 4f in.

oz. dwt.

Patens 
OZ. dwt.
dia''- 5 J in. w*- 5 17
dia""' 6 1 in.
QZ. dwt.
w'- 8 7
. dia'- si in-
OZ. dwt.
w'- 5 I

dia'- 7f in.

oz.

dwt.

w'-

13

13

>ISHES

dia

'12

in.

oz.

dwt.

w'-

21

15

dia

'• 10

in.

Spoon
OZ. dwt.
w'' I 5

Flagons 
h'- 14I in. & I4i in.
dia'- 6 1 in. & 6 in.
02. dwt. oz. dwt.
w'- 67 10 & 72 10

Dishes ...
dia'- 19 in.
oz. dwt.
w'' 86 10

(c) A silver cup with the date mark for 1663 and a maker's mark I.G.
with a mullet below in a heart-shaped shield inscribed with the
weight and
" The gift of M M to y"= parish church of S' All Hallows Lumbard
Streete for y"= sole use of y° sacrament ", and on the foot is
scratched " M'^ Mary Masters"
A silver gilt paten with a foot with the date mark for 1560.
(d) A silver gilt paten with a foot, with the date mark for 1597 and
a maker's mark H.B. in linked letters in a shaped stamp.
A silver paten with the date mark for 1624 and a maker's mark A. in
a diamond stamp, and inscribed with the weight.
(e) A silver paten with a foot, with the date mark for 1660 and
inscribed with the weight and the same inscription as the cup
given by M. M.
A silver gilt dish with the date mark for 1685 and a maker's mark
I.I. with a pellet below in a plain shield. It appears from an
inscription that the dish was the gift of Edward Fownes to the
parish on Easter day 1685.
Four silver plates with the date mark for 1771 and a maker's mark
W. G. in an oblong stamp ; on one dish is inscribed " weight of
the 4, 70 oz. 5."
A silver gilt spoon. The gift of William Gines, Churchwarden, 1 765.
S. Ben'et Plate.
Two silver gilt tankards inscribed with the weights and " S. Bennett
Gracechurch." The one has the date mark for 1605 and a
maker's mark LA. in a scalloped shield. The other has the
date mark for 1631 and apparently the same maker's mark as
the last, and is inscribed " Donum Johannis Raynye ad sacrum
usum 1 63 1." S. Leonard Eastcheap Plate.
A silver gilt dish with the date mark for 1 709 and a maker's mark
Pa in a lobed stamp. From the inscription it appears that this
dish was the gift of Edward Boulter, who gave .;^ioo towards
the purchase of plate in 1709.

ALL HALLOWS, LOMBARD STREET.

Dishes 
dia'- II in. oz. dwt.
w'- of the two 38 I

Two silver alms dishes with the date mark for 1706 and a maker's
mark L. E. with two objects (? pellets) above and below
and with seven dots in a circular stamp. One dish is inscribed
"weight of the two 38 oz i."
S. Dionis' Plate.
The plate of S. Dionis Backchurch is now at S. Dionis, Fulham.

The flagons of this church are of the usual type, the one belonging to All Hallows is quite plain excepting for the arms
on the boss of the lid, which are in blue enamel. The S. Benet flagons are ornamented with the ribbed pattern on the rim of
the lid and lip and on the base. The pair of cups belong to type 2. The bowls are conical, flat at the base and slightly splayed
at the lip. The cup of 1624 is taken to illustrate type 5. The cup of 1663 is taken to illustrate type 6. These cups are
in some respects similar in appearance. The base of the bowl in each case is flat and the stem is conical. The chief
difference is in the collar or hilt on the stem of the 1624 cup. There are cups at the Holy Trinity Minories, and S. Anne and
S. Agnes, similar to the 1624 cup, and at S. Augustine and S. Bartholomew the Great, similar to the 1663 cup. Paten(e) has
an unusually substantial foot. The maker's mark, R.B., will be found in Appendix A of Old English Plate under date 16 13.
I.G., H.B., and A. are pecuhar to this church, L I. will be found on plate at S. Bride. H.B., I.A., I.G., P.A., -W.G., and
L.E., will be found in Appendix A of Old English Plate under the following dates respectively — (Appendix, Part 2), 1598, 1604
i6S5> 1709. 1764. and (Appendix A Part 2) 1699. LA. will be found at S. Botolph, Aldgate. P.A. will be found on plate
at S. Margaret, Lothbury, and elsewhere in the City. L.E. will be found on plate at S. Dunstan in the East, and S. Margaret
Pattens. According to Old English Plate P.A. stands for Humphrey Payne, L.E. for Timothy Ley, and W.G. for
William Grundy. It will be seen that the bulk of the plate has been presented to the church, and among the donors is
" M.M." who gave acup and a paten about the year 1663. This person was a munificent supporter of the church, but her wish
to conceal her identity has been frustrated by some person who has scratched or pricked "Mrs. Mary Masters" on the foot of
the cup. Under the name " M.M." she gave a flagon to S. Botolph, Aldgate, and a flagon, a cup, and a paten to S. Faith
under S. Paul's. The inscription on all the plate is the same, and it is in each case given " for the sole use of the
sacrament.'' In the inscription on this cup the church is called " S." All Hallows. Seeing that the plate was given about
the time of the Restoration, when the Church clergy were reinstated, it is not unlikely that the words " sole use " and the
insertions of the "S" before All HaUows, are intentional. The Puritans for sure dropped the "Saint" and called them
"Paul's" or "Faith's" and possibly during their regime in the Commonwealth they used the plate for secular as well as
ecclesiastical purposes. William Clarke's gift is described as the free-will offering to distinguish it from a fine. All these
churches were destroyed in the Great Fire and rebuilt by Wren excepting S. Leonard, Eastcheap. All Hallows is now the
church of the united parishes, and the other churches have been pulled down under the Union of Benefices Act.

ALL HALLOWS, LONDON WALL.

Flagon 

..

h'- i6i in.

dia'- 6 in.

oz.

w'- 47

Cups 
h'- 7i in. 1
dia'- bowl ) • V
foot }4m.p
of
jact
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
w'- II 14 & II 7
Paten 
dia'- of each 8 in.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
W'- 14 12 & 14 17
Dishes 
oz.
dwt
dia'- 10 in. w*- 13
II
dia'- gi in.
An electroplate flagon inscribed " All Hallows London Wall Rev""
George Davys D.D. Rector Thomas Adey Robert Shepherd
churchwardens 18 Nov 1835."
Two silver cups with the date mark for 1833 and inscribed
" All Hallows London Wall Rev'^ George Davys D.D. Rector
Reuben Williamson Francis Phend churchwardens 2 July
1833."
Two silver patens with feet with the same date mark and
inscription.
A silver alms dish with the same date mark and inscription.
Two pewter alms dishes. 1803.
The old plate of this church was stolen in 1833. The flagon is tankard-shaped, with a spout. The cups are plain
apd belong to type 2. This church was rebuilt at the commencement of the nineteenth century
S. ALPHAGE, LONDON WALL.

Cups and Covers ...
h'-9fin. I ^f
dia'- bowl 1 • > 1
foot } 4 '"• I e^^'^-
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
w'- l8 IO & 17 6
Covers.
dia'- of each 5^ in.
oz. dwt. 02. d.vt.
w'- 9 15 & 8 17
Patens 
dia'- 7I in.
oz.
W- 13
Dishes 
dia'- 11^ in. each.
Spoon 

Staff

Two silver cups, one has the date mark for 1803 and is inscribed
" For the use of the parish church of S. Alphage London
A.D. 1803"; the other has the date mark for 1878 and
is inscribed Rev''- George Kemp, M.A., Rector, and with the
names of the churchwardens for 1878; and two silver paten
covers with feet to match the two cups.
A silver paten with the date mark for 1803 and the same
Inscription as on the cup of that date.
Two plated and two pewter alms dishes, 1777.
A silver spoon inscribed " S. Alphage 1803."
A beadle staff The head is a Maltese cross on an orb in silver.
It Is inscribed with names of the churchwardens and the
date, 1806.

The cups belong to type 8. The tower of this church is the mediaeval tower and escaped the Great Fire. The church
itse'.f is one of the wealthiest, one of the smallest, and almost the least known in the City.

S. ALBAN, WOOD STREET

WITH

S. OLAVE, SILVER STREET.

Flagons

h'- iif in. & ii4 in.
dia' of each 5^ in.
oz. dwt. 02. dwt.
w'- 37 15 & 41 13

h'- II in.
-3

dia'- 5f in.
oz. dwt.
w'- 37 10.

Cups 
h'- 7I in. & 7i in.
... fbowl4iin.&4iin.
^'^ ")foot3|in.&3iin.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
w' 10 19 & 10 17
Cover.
dia'- si in- |
oz. dwt.
w'- ¦; 10 I

(a) Two silver tankards inscribed with the weights and "The guift of
M"- Alice Pallmer to the parish of S Olive Silver Street 1630."
The one has the date mark for 1608, and a maker's mark S.O.
The other has the date mark for 1624, and a maker's mark,
W.C. with an arrow between the letters in a plain shield.
A silver tankard, with the date mark for 1625, and a maker's mark
H.S. with a sun in splendour below. Inscribed with the weight
and " The gift of John Busby, Grocer, deceased 30 March 1626."
Two silver-gilt cups and one paten cover ; the cups are inscribed
with the weights.
(b) The one cup has the date mark for 1566, and a maker's
mark A In a shaped shield and the cover to it has the date
mark for 1567.
(c) The other cup has the date mark for 1606, and a maker's
mark R.W. with a pellet below, and is inscribed
" Ex dono Thomse Savadge, aurifravi, Ao Doi 1607 Deo
et Ecclesise."

lO

S. ALBAN, WOOD STREET with S. OLAVE, SILVER STREET.

Cups 
h'- 1 1^ in.
-dia'-i^°'^^45.in- \ foot 4;^ in.
oz. dwt.
w'- 2 1 17
h'- 8| in.
dia'- 1 "^"^^^ 4-1 in.
1 foot 3f in.
oz. dwt.
w'- 17 2
Patens 
dia'- 6f in. & 7 in.
oz. dwt.
w'- of each 8 15

Spoon 
oz. dwt.
w'- I 7
Dishes 
Staff 
Miscellaneous

{d) A silver cup with the date mark for 1625, and a maker's mark
T B with ? a pellet below inscribed with the weight and " The
gift of the Lady Margaret Savlll 1626. Thomas Heyrick
Churchwarden."
{e) A silver cup with the date mark for 1630 and a maker's mark an
arrow or lance head in an oblong stamp inscribed with the
weight.
Two silver patens with feet and inscribed with the weights. The
one has the date mark for 1606 and a maker's mark R.S. in a
plain shield. The other has the date mark for 1640. and a maker's
mark I.M. with a pig passant below in a plain shield.
(/) A silver spoon with a maker's mark R.H., in linked letters
crowned.
Four metal dishes : two have the date for 1753 and two for 1760.
The bosses have the Royal arms In enamel.
{g) A beadle's staff. The top is a bronze statuette of S. Alban.
[h) An hour-glass in a bronze stand or case.

W7< f^^

^^¦1^%
The flagons of this church are tankards of the usual type. — The pair are ornamented round the rim of the lid and lip
and the foot. The older one is by the maker who made the flagons at All Hallows the Great, and the flagons of that church
are similar to these in size, shape, and ornament. The single flagon is plain. The cups 6 and c belong to type 2. The
older cup is very much splayed at the lip, and has a flat foot. The newer cup has a thick stem and the foot is bell-shaped
and very massive. Cup d also belongs to type 2. Cup e has a conical bowl with a flat base and an unusual and pretty fluted
stem divided by a slight knob. The stem is probably older than the rest of the cup. The spoon is a circular strainer, very
like the modern teapot strainer, with a short tubular handle with a ring at the end of it. Compare the alms dishes with those
at S. Katharine Cree and S. Olave, Hart Street. Enamel work is rare in the City. The hour-glass is unique in the City, the
case to it is made of bronze, and is probably early seventeenth century work. The maker's mark, S. O. will be found on
plate at All Hallows the Great, S. Andrew Undershaft and S. Michael, Cornhill, also in Old English Plate, Appendix A, under
date 1608. I. M. will be found on plate at All Hallows, Barking, and in Old English Plate, Appendix A, under date 1639 ;
and W.C, H.S., A., R.W., will be found in the Appendix, under date 1617, 1615, 1567, and 1605 respectively, and T. B.
(?) in 1627 ; and R.H. and the arrow-head are not to be found in the other churches, or in the Appendix.— These churches
were burned in the Great Fire. S. Alban only partly, so it was restored in the Gothic style by Wren and afterwards by Sir
George Gilbert Scott. S. Olave's church was not rebuilt.
S. ANDREW, HOLBORN.

Flagons 
h'- of each iif in.
dia' of each 4I in.

Cups 
h'- of each 9 in.
dia'- of bowl and foot of
each cup 4I in.'
h'- 10 in.

^j^..fbowl4|in. 1 foot 4| in.
oz. dwt.
W'- 22 10

h'- 5f in.
dia'- 2^ in.

Spoon

Dishes 
dia'- of each 15^ in.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
W- 54 13 & 52 12.

dia'-

25i m.

Staves

Two metal-gilt tankards ; on one is an inscription from which It
appears that on the 12th January, 1799, four flagons, three
cups and covers of silver-gilt were stolen from the house of
Mr. Perry, the parish clerk, in Shoe Lane, and that these
flagons, and two metal cups and covers were provided by the
churchwardens in 1799.
Two metal-gilt cups and covers, part of the set above
referred to.
A silver-gilt cup ; no marks are visible. The cup is inscribed,
" S. A. Holbornes 1624" and the silver-gilt paten cover to it
has no marks; and is Inscribed, " The guift of y= Lady Elizabeth
Richardson widdow Ano Dom° 1635 S. A. Holberne."
A small silver cup for private use with the date mark for 1777.
A silver gilt spoon with the date mark for 1795, and a small silver-
gilt tray with the date mark for 1807.
Two silver-gilt dishes with the date mark for 1724 and inscribed:
o Trajrip aov o ^Xtirav ev rw Kpvirru) airoZmaet aot tv tw cfiavepai "
A large brass dish ; in the centre are Adam and Eve and animals
and foliage round the border in repousse work.
A beadle's staff with a silver pear-shaped top, date 1727.
Two staves with metal tops. The tops are statuettes of S, Andrew
and his cross.
Two staves with metal tops. The tops are mitres, and from an
inscription it appears that they belonged to the Liberty of
Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, and Ely Place. Date, 1783.

The flagons are tankards of the usual type and from the inscription it will be seen that this is another church whose old
plate has been stolen. The silver cup belongs to type 2, and is decorated with a raised chased band at the top and bottom
of the bowl. The Adam and Eve dish is probably German seventeenth century work. This is the only instance of a Greek
inscription on the City church plate. The present church was built by Wren.

S. ANDREW, UNDERSHAFT.

Flagons 

J

h'- of each 13.', in.

dia'- of each 7^ in.

oz. dwt. 02. dwt.
w'- 76 10 & 76 4

h'- Iii in.
diay- 6| in.

[rRI

oz. dwt.
w'- 48 I

Cups 
h'- 9§ in. & ID in.
dia'- 1 bowl4|in.&5f in,
( foot 4I in. & 5;^ in.
oz. dwt. oz.
w'- 25 9 & 34
Patens
dia'- of each 6^- in.
oz. dwt. 02. dwt.
w'- 8 12 & 10 15
dia'- 9 in.
02. dwt.
W' 18 10
Dishes ..
dia'- 14-! in.
02. dwt.
w' 34 5
Spoon
oz. dwt.
w'- I 19
Staff
Two silver tankards ; both have the date mark for 1636 and are
inscribed with the weights. They were the gift of The
Worshipful Alderman Abdy and Mr. John Steward, in 1637,
respectively.
A silver tankard with the date mark for 1636 and a maker's mark
R.M. with a mullet below and inscribed with the weights and
" S.A.V." and with the arms of the church, an arrow over
a S. Andrew's cross in a plain shield.
A silver-gilt cup with the date mark for 1609 and a maker's
mark S
church.
mark S.O. inscribed with the weight and the name of the
A silver-gilt cup like the last with the same date mark and a
maker's mark LA. and inscribed with the weight and with a
coat of arms and " The gifte of Jone Cartwright Anno
1609 to S. Andrew Undershaft."
A silver paten in all respects like the last cup.
A silver-gilt paten with the date mark for 1627 and a maker's
mark R.S. with a heart below in a heart-shaped shield.
A silver paten with the date mark for 171 5 and a maker's mark
S.L. Inscribed "The gift of Mr. John Steward, S.A.V.
Anno 1637. New made with addition 1716. Mr. Francis
Smart Mr. Francis Harris churchwardens."
A silver dish with the date mark for 1672 and a maker's mark
I.R. and inscribed "S.A.V." and Francis More.
A silver-gilt spoon with the date mark for 1685 and a maker's
mark I.S. crowned in a plain shield.
A beadle's staff with a silver head. The head is a statuette of
S. Andrew leaning on his cross. Date 17 13.
The flagons are tankards of the usual type. The cups belong to type 2, the bowls are conical with flat bases and
splayed lips. The date marks R.M., S.O., LA., R.S., S.L., and I.S., will be found in Appendix A of Old Enolish Plate
under the dates respectively :-i 634, 1608, 1604, 1619, 1710, and 1679. S.O. will be found on plate at S Alban Wood
Street, and All Hallows the Great, LA. at All Hallows, Lombard Street, R.S. at S. Mary-le-Bow, and S. Katharine Cree
I.S. at S. Michael, Wood Street, and S.L. is given in Old English Plate as the mark of Gabriel Sleath. This church escaped
the Great Fire. The staff will be found illustrated in the Staves Plates.
S. ANDREW BY THE WARDROBE

WITH

S. ANNE, BLACKFRIARS.

Flagons 
h'- of each ii in.
dia'- of each 4 in.

Cups 
All four cups are the
same size.
h'- g-}j in.
dia'- -^ ^°'^^ 4i in-
\ foot 4J; in.

W

Two silver tankards with the date mark for 161 8, and a maker's
mark R.C. with a mullet below in a plain shield, and inscribed,
" Quid retribuam Domino A. B. F the Gift of T. A."
Two silver cups and paten covers with t'ne date mark for 1627, and
a maker's mark R.C. with an arrow below in a heart-shaped
shield, and are inscribed, " Mathew Johnson John Hemery
churchwardens of the parish of S Anne in the Blackefryers."
The covers are Inscribed " 1628."
Two silver cups and paten covers. The date mark on one cup is
for 1602, and on the cover to it for 1609, and the maker's marks
are respectively H.D. with a mullet below in a lobed shield,
and T.W. In monogram in a shaped shield ; the date mark on
the other cup and cover is for 1628, and the maker's mark C.B.
in linked letters In a plain shield. Both cups are Inscribed,
" This cupp was made in the yeare 1602 by Frauncis Henson and
John Clarke churchwardens of the parish of Sainct Ann in the
Black Friers London." The covers are both inscribed " 1609."

14

S. ANDREW BY THE WARDROBE with S. ANNE, BLACKFRIARS.

Patens 
dia' of each 9I in.

Spoon

Dishes 
dia'- of each gf in.

®

Staves

Two silver patens with the date mark for 1623, and the . same
maker's mark as the first two cups, and inscribed, " Richard
Elliot and Richard Adams, churchwardens of the parish of S.
Anne in the Blake freyers Anno Dom : 1624."
A silver-gilt spoon with a maker's mark (?) L u crowned, inscribed,
" Christus pascha nostrum immolatus est pro nobis. The gift
of W. Hill, clerk of S Anne Black fryers."
Two silver alms dishes with the date mark for 1 700, and a maker's
mark L u with a pellet below in a shaped shield. The one is
inscribed with the arms of the Woodmongers' Company, and
the motto, "The axe is laid to y'' root of y' tree," and "Vis
unita fortior " and " The Gift of Richard Johnson citizen and
Woodmonger of London to y= parish of S Andrew Wardrobe
1640." The other is inscribed, "To y'= parish of S Andrew
Wardrobe. The donor unknowne. Simon Sheffield William
Tomson Churchwardens 1701."
Eight metal alms dishes. Six are of pewter with the names of the
churchwardens for 1727 (S. Andrew's parish, 2), for 1766 (S.
Anne's parish, 2), for 1777 (S. Andrew's parish, 2). And two
metal dishes belonging to S. Anne's parish with the names of
the churchwardens in 1777.
A beadle's staff with a silver top. The top is a statuette of a friar.
It is inscribed, " Taft. Beadle of S Anne's Black friars Anno
1730. Repaired 1824."
A beadle's staff with a silver top. The top is a medallion with a
figure of .S. Andrew and his cross in relief on both sides.
Date, 1772.

It will be noticed that nearly all this plate belongs
with spouts. The cups belong to type 2. The silver
Company, a livery Company of the City now defunct.
The maker's marks R.C. H.D. Lu. C.B. and T.W. will
dates, 1624, 1600 (Part IL), 1699, 1606, 1607. Lu is g
at S. Swithin, London Stone, and C.B. on plate at
illustrated in the Staves Plates. Both churches were
Anne's was not rebuilt.

to S. Anne's parish. The flagons are tankards of the usual type
dishes are the same size. One was given by the Woodmongers'
The spoon has a handle known as the " pied de biche " shape.
be found in Appendix A of Old English Plate under the respective
iven as the mark of William Lukin. R.C. will be found on plate
Christ Church and S. Mary-le-Bow. The two staves will be found
destroyed in the Great Fire; Wren rebuilt S. Andrew's and S.

S. ANNE AND S. AGNES

-WITH

S. JOHN ZACHARY.

Flagons .
h'- lO;^ in.
dia'- 52- in.
oz. dwt.
W- 7 1 .S
h'- 9I in.
dia'- 4 in.
oz. dwt.
w'- 36 8

h'- 9I in.
dia'- 4 in.
oz. dwt.
w- 36 13

A silver tankard with the date mark for 1666, and a maker's mark
W.M., crowned, inscribed with a coat of arms and the weight
and " D.O.M. et ecclesiae Sarum Annse et Agnetis sacrum ex
dono Mariae Gutheram viduae," and " 20 July 1666 M.G.W."
Two silver tankards with the date mark for 1636 and a maker's mark
P.G., with a rose below in a trefoil stamp inscribed with the
weights and " S. John Zachary presented 1636" and on one
" Mary Clarkson" and
" This pott for holy wine : This wine's pure blood
" This blood true life. This life contains all good.
" Not potts but soules are fitt to hould such wine
"Such blood, such life, such good. O Christ take mine."
And on the other is inscribed " Francis Draxe " and
" My Saviour by an art Divine
" Conveighs his blood to me in wine.
" Faith spies the secrett and reveales
" As much to love, love closely steales
" My heart into this pott wher graven this stood
"This for thy wine, sweet Lord, This for thy blood."

i6

S. ANNE AND S. AGNES with S. JOHN ZACHARY.

Cups 
h'- 8-| in.
dia'- i ^°'^^ 4i in.
( foot 4i in.
oz. dwt.
w'- 1 8 14
Cover. oz. dwt.
dia'- 6f in. w'- 6 7
h'- 9^ in.

dia"

f bowl )
\ foot i 4 ^"-

OZ. dwt.
W^ 16 12

Cover.
o z . wt
dia'- 4f in. w'- 3 3

h'-

8| & 9 in

dia

'- j 4| in.

of both

w'-

OZ. OZ.
19 & 19

dwt. 5

Patens . . .

diaw'-

""¦ 7I in. & 7f in.
ot. dwt. oz.
10 8 & 10

diaw'-

'- 7| in..
oz. dwt.
7 7

dia

"'- 9 in.

w'-
oz. dwt.
10 15
Spoon
Staves
(a) A silver cup and paten cover with no marks ; the cup is inscribed
with the weight and " S. John Zachary. This cup was in use
1 591." The cover is inscribed with the weight and " This cover
belonging to the large cup was in use A.D. 1591, repaired 1826."
(b) A silver cup and paten cover with the date for 1619. The
maker's mark is illegible ; inscribed with the weights and
"Will' Small gen: unus pochian pochlae Sci : lo : Zachariae
Lond : hunc calicem cu : coopimento eccliJe cuisde paroch :
dedit eidem imppuu : reman : Ann : Dom : 161 9." The cover
is Inscribed " S' John Zachary. Gift of Will : Small gen : A.D.
1619, rep"^ A.D. 1824 " and on the foot " W.S."
Two silver cups with the date mark for 1632, and a maker's mark
R.W. with a mullet below and inscribed with the weights and
"S. Anne and S. Agnes Parish 1633."
Two silver patens with the date mark for 1 706, Inscribed with the
weights and "The Gift of Alexander Jackson, Saymaster of
Goldsmiths' Hall to the parish church of S. John Zachary London
1638. Made from a dish into two patens with addition 1706."
A silver paten with the date mark for 1706, Inscribed with the
weight and " Ex dono W. H. Ecc : Paroch : S. Johann : Zach :
London, 1636." Made from two little dishes into one 1706.
A silver paten with the date mark for 1707, and inscribed with the
weight and " S. Anne & S. Agnes parish 1707."
A silver spoon inscribed " S' I.Z."; marks Illegible.
A silver knife, inscribed " S. Anne & S. Agnes & S. John
Zachary, 18 19."
A beadle's staff with a silver pear-shaped top with the date mark for
1799, and inscribed with the names of the churchwardens for
1800.
(c) A beadle's staff with a silver head. The head is a statuette of
S. John the Baptist with the date mark for 1840. It was
presented to the parish of S. John Zachary by John Lane 19
June, 1840, and Is inscribed " Repent, for the Kingdom of
Heaven Is at hand."
The flagons are tankards of the usual type. The cup (a) belongs to type 4 ; compare the stem with those of cups
at S. Mary-le-Bow and S. Antholin (S. Mary Aldermary). The other cups belong to type 2. The staff with the statuette will
be found in the Staves Plates. These churches were destroyed in the Great Fire. S. John's church was not rebuilt. The
church of S. Anne and S. Agnes was built by Wren. W.M., the maker's mark, will be found in Appendix A of Old
English Plate, under date 1668.
DOm>
o r
m <T>
Cf>H >
< m
CO

^

.^

I
I. S. Andrew by the Wardrobe. 1772.
2. S. Peter upon Cornhill. X\'III. Centuiy.
3. S. Michael, Cornhill XVIII. Century.

4. S. Anne, Blackfriars. 1730.
5. S. Katharine Coleman. 1781.

S. AUGUSTINE

S. FAITH UNDER S. PAUL'S.

Flagons 
h' 13 1 in.
dia'- 7 1 in.
oz. dwt.
w' 72 9
h'- of each i r in.
dia' of each 5^ in.
02. dwt. oz. dwt.
w' 41 13 & 41 8

Cup 
h 10 in. bowl 4-|- in.
foot 6-^(, in.
oz. dwt.
W 29 IS

dia'

•I

Plate of S. Augustine's Parish.
{a) One large and two smaller silver-gilt tankards. The date
mark on the former is for 1637 and a maker's mark W M,
and on the two latter for 16 10 and 1630 respectively. They
are all Inscribed with the weights and " Austins parish church."
The larger one Is inscribed " The Gift of John Osborne
parishioner and his three children William, John, and Elizabeth
all three borne and christened in this parish." The second of
the smaller ones has a maker's mark I M and a pig passant
and both are inscribed " The guift of Daniell Hollingworth,
1631."
A silver gilt cup with the date mark for 1859, inscribed with the
weight and " This chalice was made out of one the gift of
Samuel Langham, grocer a.d. 1630 and a portion of another
the property of the parish of S. Augustine. W. H. Milman,
rector, A. Wilson, W\ Palmer, churchwardens, a.d. 1859."
. D

i8

S. AUGUSTINE with S. FAITH UNDER S. PAUL'S.

P.ATENS
dia' 5 in.

07. dwt.
w'- 6 2

dia'- 4h in. w'- 5

dia"-- 74 in.
OZ. dwt.
w'^ I r 16

dia'- 10^ in, \v

oz. dwt.
17 II

Dishes 
dia'- of each 9 in.
Staff 

Flagons 
h'- of both 10^ in.
dia'- of both 5y\ in.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
w'- 38 8 & 37 14

h" 13J in. & i2| in.
dia'- 8 in. & 8f in.
OZ. dwt. oz. dwt.
W'- 73 I & 67 2

^

WR

(b) A sm.all silver-gilt paten cover inscribed " The gift of Samuell
Langham, Grocer," and probably given by the donor of the
cup of 1630, referred to above.
(c) A small silver-gilt paten with the date mark for 1570 and
a maker's mark M in a plain shield and Inscribed " S.
Augustine's parish," and probably belonging to the other
parish cup referred to above.
A silver-gilt paten with the date mark for 1859 inscribed with
the weight and " This paten was made a.d. 1859 out of the
remaining portions of a chalice, 1608, the property of the
parish of S. Augustine, W. H. Milman, rector."
A silver gilt paten inscribed with weight and " The gift of Ralph
Tunstall to S. Austins church 163 1." There is no mark except
of the maker which is W R, with a bar above and a pellet
below in a plain shield.
{d) Two metal dishes inscribed " S. Augustines parish."
A beadle's staff with a silver head. The head is a statuette of
S. Augustine in his robes seated on a throne holding a staff
in his left hand. The base is inscribed " The Rev** J. W.
Vivian D.D. Rector, William Smith Esq", Isaac Lawrence
Esq" churchwardens, 1830."

Plate of S. Faith's Parish.
Two silver gilt tankards with the date mark for 1631, and a maker's
mark R C, with an arrow head below in a heart-shaped shield
inscribed with the weights and " Ecclesls S"" Fidei ex dono
Gulielmi Draperi mercator. sciss Lond : qui obljt mens Aug 22.
Ai^: Dfii 163 1."
Two silver tankards. The one has the date mark for 1640 and a
maker's mark R W, in a hexagon stamp with a mullet above,
and Is inscribed with the arms of the Stationers' Company, and
" Ecclesia parochiali Sts Fidis donavit Gulielm Aspley
stationari pra^ter 5 libras paupibs legatas qui oblit 18 Dec.
1640. The other has the date mark for 1661, and a maker's
mark G D with a rose and two pellets below in a heart-shaped
shield, inscribed " The gift of M M to y' parish church of S.
Faiths under Pauls for y' sole use of y" sacrament."

S. AUGUSTINE with S. FAITH UNDER S. PAUL'S.

19

Cups 
h'- 9I in. & 9f in.
dia'- ^t>owl4|in.&4jin,
\ foot 4 in. & 4^.
oz. dwt. 02. dwt.
w'- 17 I 14 14

h
dia'

9p in.

ia'- 1 ^°'^^ si in-
02. dwt.

foot Ss in-
dwt.
w'- 28 13

Patens 
dia'- 5^ in & T^^ in.
OZ. dwt. 02. dwt.
w'- 6 15 & 8 18

oz. dwt,
dia'- 7Yxr in. w'- 12 16

Spoon
dwt.
w'- 10

Dish
dia'- 9 in.
Staff

Two silver gilt cups inscribed with the weights. The one has the
date mark for 1568, and a maker's mark R D in monogram In
a plain shield, and is inscribed " S F-" The other has the date
mark for 1622 and a maker's mark RS with a heart below, and
is inscribed " S. Faith."
A silver gilt cup with the date mark for 1664 and a maker's
mark I G with a mullet below in a heart-shaped shield, and the
same inscription as on the flagon given by " M M." The
weight Is also inscribed.
Two silver gilt patens. The one, a paten cover, has the date mark
for 1568 and a maker's mark R D in monogram in a plain
shield as above, and is inscribed with the weight and "S.F.
1569." The other has the date mark for 1595 and is inscribed
with the weight and "S.F. 1595," and a maker's mark, a lion
sejant bearing a banner.
A silver gilt paten with the same date mark and inscription as on
the cup presented by M.M.
A silver-gilt spoon, sugar-sifter shape. The marks are not dis
tinguishable ; inscribed B. Adams, T. Malpas, churchwardens
S. Faith, 1777.
A metal-gilt dish inscribed " S. Faith's parish."
A beadle's staff with a metal pear-shaped head, gilt, inscribed "The
parish of S. Faith the Virgin."

This is almost the largest collection of plate in a City church. The flagons are all tankards of the usual type.
The three first flagons are ornamented round the middle with strap pattern. The cup given by M M belongs to
type 6. The cup made in 1859 belongs to type 9. The two cups belong to type 3, they are very fine and decorated
like the three flagons. " M M." — the donor of the flagon, cup and paten is Mrs. Mary Master, and gifts of plate were
made by her to S. Botolph, Aldgate, and to All Hallows, Lombard Street. The plate given by her to the last-named
church and to this church are by the same maker. The maker's marks, R C and I G, will be found at S. Swithin and
All Hallows, Lombard Street ; G D at Holy Trinity, Minories ; R S at S. Andrew Undershaft ; I M at All Hallows,
Barking; and I M, R C, G D, R D, R S, I G, will be found in Appendix A of Old English Plate, under dates 1639, 1624,
1637, 1552, 1619, 1655. W M and M probably are those given under dates 1648 and 1565. The staff, one of the finest
in the City, will be found illustrated on Plate 5. The Church of S. Augustine was rebuilt by Wren after the Fire.

S. BARTHOLOMEW THE GREAT.

Cups and Covers

h'-

1 each 10
' bowl I „ si
foot ) „ 4|

in.

dia

m.

m.

oz. dvKt. oz. dwt.

w'-
i8 19 & 19 12
Covers.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
w'-
8 8 & 8 9
h'-
6i in.
dia
, j bowl 3J in.
t toot 3X in.
OZ. dwt.
w'-
7 II
Patens 
oz. dwt.
dia'- J 2| in. w' 22 10
dia'- 4I in. w'- 4 4
Spoon
oz.
w'- I
Dish
dia'- 9I in.
cz. dwt,
w'- 15 12
Staff 
h'- of head 13 in.
02. dwt.
w'- 2 2 15
Two silver-gilt cups with conical covers ; both have the date mark
for 1689 and a maker's mark P M and are Inscribed " S. Bartho
lomew the Great." One Is also inscribed " Ex dono Johannis
Whiting 1690." The other is also inscribed " Ex dono Antonii
Burgesse 1690."
A small silver-gilt cup with the date mark for 1792 and a maker's
mark H C in an oblong stamp, and Is Inscribed with a coat-of-
arms and "The gift of William Edwardes Lord Kensington,
patron of this church S. Bartholomew the Great 1792."
A large silver paten with the same date and maker's marks as the
cups and inscribed " S. Bartholomew the Great."
A small silver-gilt paten with the same marks as on the small cup
and inscribed with a crest and " 1792."
A silver-gilt spoon with the date mark for 1774.
A silver-gilt dish with the date mark for 1831 and a maker's mark
A F over S G in a shaped shield and inscribed " In usum
ecclesiffi S. Barthol : Mag : D.D. M. J. Phillips Rectoris soror
et nuper Patroni Vidua 1830."
A beadle's staff with a silver head. The top is a statuette of S
Bartholomew holding a butcher's knife and has the date mark
for 1730. It is inscribed "The gift of Samuel Atkins, Citizen
and Clothworker of London to the parish of S. Bartholomew the
Great Anno Dom : 1731. Repaired and beautified 1828."
The two cups of this church are very plain ; they belong to type 6. The sides are straight, slightly splayed at the lip
and flat at the base. The stems are plain. The covers are peculiar and " conical " hardly describes them accurately. The
lower part is like an inverted saucer with a cone rising from the foot of the saucer and ending in a little knob. The small cup
has a wineglass-shaped bowl and a plain stem and foot. The beadle's staff will be found illustrated in Plate 5. The marks
PM and HC will be found in Appendi.N; A of Old English Plate, under date 1682 and 1788 respectively. The latter is
there given as the mark of Henry Chawner. P M will also be found on plate at Christ Church, Newgate Street. This
church escaped the Great Fire.
S. BARTHOLOMEW THE LESS.

Flagons 
h'- of both 1 2 in.
dia'- of both 5 in.
02. dwt. oz. dwt.
w'- 66 16 & 66 15

Cl PS 
h'- of both 9| in.
dia'- bowl si in. )
dia'- foot s} in. j
oz. oz. dwt.
w'- 27 ife 27 8
Covers.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
w'- 8 18 & 8 15
h'- gi in.
dia'- of bowl gf in.
dia'- of foot 5-I in.
02. dwt.
w'- 18 15

of
both.

h'-6f

in.

dia'- of bowl 3 J in.
dia'- of foot 3 J in.
oz.
w'-7i
Patens 
dia'- 6| in.
02. dwt. oz. dwt.
W'l2,12& 12 17

DiSII dia'-

i4f

dia'-

11^ in.

Spoon
length 7 1 in.
Staff

Wand

Two silver tankards with the date mark for 1682, and a maker's
mark LA. inscribed with the weight. The one is Inscribed
" The guift of Evodias Inman, goldsmith, and inhabitant of
this parish to the parishioners of S. Bartholomews the lesse
London 1682." And the other was given by the parishioners
out of two small flagons which were worn out.
Two silver cups and paten covers both inscribed with the weights.
The one has the same marks as the flagons, and Is inscribed,
" S. Bartholomews the less 1682." The other has the date
mark for 1703, and a maker's mark D.W. with two pellets
above and three and a cinquefoil below in a heart-shaped shield
and is inscribed " Danti In occulto reddat Deus in propatulo."
A silver cup Inscribed with the weight and " The guifte of John
Jones, citizen and marchant tailor of London Ano 1639."
A silver cup Inscribed with the weight and " S. Bartholomew the
Less for the use of the Lock in Kent street, Southwark." This
cup has a mark which belongs to the series 1736 to 1755.
Two silver patens with the date mark for 1678, and a maker's mark
S.R. with a rose below In a plain shield with an inscription
showing that they were given by the parishioners in 1679.
The weights are also Inscribed.
A silver dish with the date mark for 1685, and a maker's mark
H.P. with three pellets above, and two pellets and a cinquefoil
below in a plain shield Inscribed with a coat of arms, and an
inscription showing that it was presented by Robert Earl of
AHsbury In 1686, as a legacy.
Four pewter dishes inscribed with the names of the churchwardens,
Robert Goffe and Thomas Shrub, in 1648. The maker's mark
is H H over a heart in a crescent in a circular stamp.
A silver spoon. ? 1803.
A beadle's staff with a silver head. The head is an orb with a ball
or knob on the top, dated 181 3.
A short ebony wand with a silver crown dated 1833.

The flagons of this church are tankards of the usual type. The two cups belong to type 2. The bowls have conical
sides with a flat base. The stems are of the usual type but heavy. The other two cups have wineglass-shaped bowls with
sli-^htly splayed lip, round at the base, and baluster stems. The dish has a rim chased with floral design and four cherubs'
heads. The maker's mark S.R. and ? I A will be found in Appendix A, Old English Plate, under date 1669 (part IL), and
1674 respectively. This church escaped the Fire and is within the walls of Bartholomew's Hospital.

S. BARTHOLOMEW, MOOR LANE.

Flagon

h'- I of in.

dia'- 3I in.
07. dwt.
w'- 19 14

-UPS h'- 1 both
dia'- bowl I ,,
foot j ,,

7i in
4f in

t-'Z. oz.
w'- 18 & 17

atens
dia'- both 6 in.

02. dwt. oz.
w'- 4 8 & 4
dwt. 10
poon
dwt,
W'- 12
This church plate is modern, and consists of a flagon, two cups,
three patens, a spoon, and an almsdish. The box containing
the plate has the following inscription : " This plate was
manufactured from a service of Communion plate, presented to
the church of S. Bartholomew, Moor Lane, by the Rector and
parishioners of S. Margaret, Lothbury, and S. Bartholomew by
the Royal Exchange, 1852." One of the cups and the paten
belonging to it are jewelled with pearls and stones of not the
best quality. One paten and the almsdish are made of brass,
the rest of the plate is silver-gilt. The cups belong to type 9.
The church was built out of the proceeds of the sale of the site
of S. Bartholomew by the Royal Exchange, which stood in
Bartholomew Lane, and was pulled down in 1839, under the Act
2 and 3 Vic. cap. viii., to amend the law providing for the
making of approaches to London Bridge. The new church
was rebuilt stone for stone just outside the walls and close to
Moorgate.
This may be a convenient place to record the existence of a
set of silver-plated metal Communion plate, consisting of two
cups of type 8 and two patens without any inscription, which
are now In the possession of the Bank of England in a box
labelled " Plate of the Chapel, White's Row." The box is and
must have been for many years In a private part of the Bank,
and there is no record either of when or by whom it was
deposited there. But there can be little doubt that it was
deposited there by Archdeacon Hollingworth, Rector of S.
Margaret, Lothbury, and S. Bartholomew by the Royal Ex
change, and that he obtained it from Mr. Denton, the then
Rector of S. Bartholomew, Moor Lane, in exchange for the
plate which Is referred to on the brass label of the plate box
above mentioned. Mr. Denton Insisted on getting as much as he
could from S. Bartholomew by the Royal Exchange in general,
and the silver plate in particular, on the ground that the metal
plate of White's Row Chapel which came to S. Bartholomew's,
Moor Lane, when the chapel was pulled down was not good
S. BARTHOLOMEW, MOOR LANE. 2

J

enough. When the Archdeacon got the metal plate he no doubt
deposited it in the Bank of England, In the place where the
S. Margaret, Lothbury, plate was usually kept. White's Row
Chapel was pulled down sometime between 1840 and 1850,
probably after S. Bartholomew's Church was built. The site
of the chapel has been forgotten, and there is no reference to
it in the old City directories, but an inhabitant of the parish
told the writer that it stood about 200 yards N.E. of
S. Bartholomew's Church, and that it was a " Puseylte place."
S. Bartholomew by the Royal Exchange had at least two sets
of plate. The one presented to this church was melted down,
as appears by the inscription quoted above. Another set Is
now in use in S. Margaret, Lothbury.

S. BENET, PAUL'S WHARF,
WITH
S. PETER, PAUL'S WHARF.

Set of Plate .

Set of Plate .

Dishes...
dia'- 20 ins.

dia'- 9 ins.

Staff

A set of silver Communion plate consisting of two flagons, two
cups (type 8), three patens, and five plates, inscribed, showing
that the set was made in 1843 from a set of plate presented
by Eleanor James in 1712.
A set of silver Communion plate, consisting of a flagon, cup
(type 8), paten, and almsdish, with the date mark for 1780,
inscribed, showing that the set was presented to the Rev.
R. Bell, master of Sherburn Hospital, Durham, by his grateful
pupils, Egmore Madras. This plate came from the chapel
of S. Etheldreda, Ely Place, Holborn.
Two very fine silver-gilt repousse almsdishes, probably foreign, 171 2.
The large dish is inscribed : " This Is dedicated to the
Great God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob the Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ who has redeemed my soul and
reserved my body. His name be glorified for ever by
me Eleanor James."
The small dish, probably a paten, is inscribed : " This is
dedicated to the Eternall Immortall Invlsable God by
Eleanor James."
Four pewter dishes inscribed " S. Etheldreda Chapel, Ely Place,
Holborn, 1840. '
A beadle's staff with a metal-gilt top. The top is a statuette of
S. Benedict. The date on It is 1729.

It appears from an inscription on the wall of the church that the plate referred to presented by Eleanor James consisted
of a bason 55]- oz., a dish 40! oz., four salvers 41!- oz., 18I oz., 14] oz , 14 oz. respectively, a dish 7.V oz., a cup 61 oz two
cups without covers 22 oz., and two candlesticks. Also some altar and pulpit cloths. Of the pfate only the two dishes
referred to above now remain.
This perhaps is about the worst instance of wholesale vandalism in the City. The two dishes are certainly very fine and
they are elaborately decorated with repousse work, the pattern being flowers and fruit. Both will be found illustrated on
Plate I. The larger dish has a mark IRG. In the centre of the bowl are two cocks apparently fightin.. The smaller
dish has only foliage, flowers and fruit. The beadle's staff is very good ; observe particularly the work on the hands and
face and beard It will be found 1 lustrated on Plate 6. These churches were destroyed in the Great Fire, and S Peter s
Church was not rebu, t The umted pansh is now itself united to S Nicholas Cole Abbey for civil purposes, Lnd the church
^assigned to the Welsh CommunUy, and they have worshipped there since they moved from S eLw eda, Ely Place
The church was built by Wren. ' '

S. BOTOLPH, ALDERSGATE.

Flagon ...
h'- 14 in.
02. dwt.
w'- 61 10
h'- 9 in.

Cups
h'- ¦) each
dia'-^°^y^^ "
foot ) „
OZ.
w'- 18
h'- 7 in.
dia'- bowl 4 in.

dia' 7 in.

9f m.
4i in.
4I in.

Patens

dia'- 10 in.
oz. dwt.
w' 15 10

dia'- of each 5^ in.
02. dwt.
w'- of each 7 4
dia'- 6 in.
Spoon 
oz. dwt.
w'- I 12
DiStlES 
dia' of each gi in.
02. dwt. 02. dwt.
w' 14 16 & 15 5

dia'- 15^ in.
dia'- II in.
Small Set

Miscellaneous
oz. dwt
w'- of the twelve 8 10
oz. dwt.
w'- of the two 3 4

Staves

E>

A silver-gilt flagon with the date mark for 1761 and a maker's
mark W.C. in an oblong stamp.
A metal-gilt flagon.
Two silver-gilt cups with the same date and makers' marks as
the silver flagon,
A metal-gilt cup.
A silver-gilt paten with the date mark for 1 706 and a maker's mark
E.A. with a fleur- de-lis below in a shaped shield, inscribed
"5 Feb. 1706. The free gift of Hannah Jones widdow of
Henry Jones of the Inner Temple citizen and watchmaker."
Two silver patens with the same marks as the silver flagon.
A metal-gilt paten.
A silver-gilt spoon with the date mark for 17 10 and a maker's
mark S.C. inscribed "1710 I.K.I.S."
Two silver-gilt dishes with the date mark for 1788, one is inscribed
"1788."
A metal-gilt dish.
Four metal dishes.
A small set of silver plate for private use consisting of a chalice,
paten, and bottle with the date mark for 1853.
12 tea spoons of silver with the date mark for 18 19. t
2 silver sus^ar tongfs.
A beadle's staff with a silver head ; the head is a model of
Aldersgate.
A beadle's staff with a plain pear-shaped head.

The silver flagon is round-bellied and similar to the fine pair at S. Nicholas Cole Abbey. The silver cups belong to type
S and are similar to those at S. Edmund the King and the Martyr. The metal cup (belongs to type 9), and the metal flagon
and the metal paten make a set and they are quite modern. E.A. the mark of John Eastt, and ^Y.C. will be found in
Appendix A of Old English Plate under the respective dates 1705 and 1758. The staff with the model of the gate is very
pretty and will be found illustrated on Plate 9.

S. BOTOLPH, ALDGATE.

Flagons 
h'- \ of each 17^- in.
dia'- J „ 7! in.
OZ. dwt. oz. dwt.

w'

12&83 5

h'

9 in.

dia'- 7f in.

w'

oz. dwt.
34 14

h'

13 in.

dia'- 8| in.
' w*
oz. dwt.
7 I 12
Cui h'-
'S 8i in.
^'-{S'4'
in.
in.
w'
OZ.
31^
h'- 7i in.
dia'- 1 |?°^!l \i
j foot 3^
oz. dwt.
W'- 14 -3
in.
n.
Two silver tankards ; one has the date mark for 16 14 and a maker's
mark I A and is inscribed "The gift of Robert Hill, marchant-
taylor and Margaret his wife An° : Dm° 161 3.' The other
has the date mark for 1622 and a maker's mark FW In
monogram in a shaped shield and is Inscribed " The gift of
Margaret Morice sometimes wife of Robert Hill March 15
An° Dm 1622."
A silver tankard with the date mark for 1669 and a maker's mark
TK with a cinquefoil or fleur de lis below in a plain shield
inscribed "The gift of Mrs. Ann Sole widdow of y= parish
of S. Botolphs Aldgate 1669."
A silver tankard with the date mark for 1665 and a maker's mark
PP with a pellet below in a heart-shaped shield Inscribed "The
gift of M. M. to y^ parish church of S. Botolph Aldgate for
y sole youse of y= sacrament, wait 71 oz 12."
(a) A silver cup with the date mark for 1559 and a maker's mark (?)
a bird. On a gilt band round the bowl of the cup is Inscribed
"And he toke the cup and thanked and gave it them saylno-
drinke of It everi one for tis is mi bloud of the new testament that
shall be shed for mani for the remission of sinnes"; "31 oz hafe."
{b} A silver gilt cup with the date mark for 1594 and a maker's
mark T H inscribed " This is the gift of Mr. Robert Dow
marchant tailor 29 March 1606"; " 14 oz. 3 quarters."
S. BOTOLPH, ALDGATE.

Cups 
h'- 13J in,
J- , ( bowl s.T in.

foot s in.

oz.
w'- 23

h'- 7I in.
dia'- [ ^^'^"^ si in.
I toot 3-^ in.

w'- 30
Patens . .
h'- 6 in.
dia'- sf in.
dia'- 6f in.
oz.
w'- 9
dia'- 8| in.
oz. dwt.
W'- 12 14
Spoon
C2. dwt.
w'- 3 ID
Dish

w 10

m

dwt.

dia'- 20-1- in. w'- 65 10
Staves 

{c) A silver-gilt cup with the date mark for 1609 inscribed with
the weight, and a maker's mark (?) S F in a shaped shield.
Compare this cup with the Edmonds cup at Carpenters' Hall.
A silver cup with the date mark for 1635 and' a maker's mark
W S and with an engraving on it of Abraham offering up Isaac,
inscribed with the weight and "Videt Deus et providebit sibi
victimam S. B. A. ex dono Tho : Soli."
{d) A silver gilt tazza paten with the date mark for 1589 and a maker's
mark D in a plain shield inscribed " S. B. A. I. R. I. G. 1625."
A silver paten with the same marks, inscription and engraving as
on the cup presented by Thomas Sol.
A silver paten with the date mark for 1697 inscribed " S. Botolph
Aldgate." The maker's mark is P E in a plain shield.
A silver spoon inscribed " S. Buttalles Algeate 1665." The maker's
mark is S V.
A silver-gilt almsdish.
ie) A beadle's staff with a silver top with a swan. The top is
square, possibly intended to represent the White Tower (Tower
of London) of which there is an engraving on one side. On
the other three sides appear the names of the foreman and
constables of the manor of East Smithfield for 1748.
[f) A beadle's staff with a silver pear-shaped head. There is an
inscription with the names of the foreman and constables of
the Court Leet of the Manor of East Smithfield 1861.

This is a very fine collection of plate. The flagons are all tankards of the usual type. Cup (a) is very interesting ;
the stem has probably belonged to an old chalice. It will also be found illustrated on Plate i. Cups {b and c) are the
only ones of their kind in the City. The cup presented by Thomas Soi belongs to type 2 ; it is similar to the S. Bartholomew
cups at S. Margaret, Lothbury. Engraving of pictures on plate is very unusual in the City, and this cup and the paten
belono-ing to it are especially interesting for that reason. The most interesting piece of the whole collection, however, is the
tazza paten id). There is one like it at S. Giles, Cripplegate, and they will be found illustrated side by side in Plate i.
In the centre of the bowl of each is an embossed head, helmeted ; I expect they are similar to the tazza mentioned under
date 1579, in Appendix; A, Part 2, of Old English Plate, as "Tazza, helmeted head engraved in bowl. Loan Cat, 1862,
No. 5744.' H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge." The large paten, 1697, has a corded rim somewhat similar to one at
S Ethelburga. The staff with the swan will be found on Plate 7. The makers' marks, D., I. A. and F. W., will be found on
plate at S. Mary at Hill, All Hallows, Lombard Street, and St. Peter le Poer respectively, and P. P. on plate at S. Sepulchre,
All Hallows, Lombard Street, and S. Augustine. In the last two churches P. P. appears on plate also given by M. M.
(Mrs. Mary Masters, see note on All Hallows, Lombard Street). LA., F. W., T. K., P. P., the bird, S. F., W. S., D., P. E.,
and 's. v., will be found in Appendix A of Old English Plate under the respective dates, 1604, 1611, 1667, 1670, 1555,
607 1629 I '586, 1698, and 1654. This church has been pulled down and rebuilt several times. The present church was
built in the middle of the last century.

S. BOTOLPH, BISHOPSGATE.

Flagons ...
,¦ r i ¦ ' r of each
dia'- 7f in. j
oz. dwt. 02. dwt.
w'- 83 10 & 82 15

Cups
h'_- 9I in.
dia'- bowl

I 4|in. j

I of

foot
02. dwt. oz. dwt,
w'- 22 I2&22 2
Patens 
dia'- of each 6f in.
oz. dwt. 02. dwt.
w'- 12 8 & II 18

each.

Dish
dia'- 13 in.
Spoon
dwt.
w'- IS
Staves

Wand

oz. dwt.
w'- 46 8

Two silver tankards with the date mark for 1820.

Two silver cups with the same date mark.

Two silver patens with the same date mark.
A silver dish with the same date mark.
A silver spoon with the date mark for 1759, and inscribed " S.
Botolph Bishopsgate."
A beadle's staff with a silver head ; the head is a crown, date 1779.
A beadle's staff with a silver head ; the head Is a mitre, date 1752.
A wand of metal plated with a mitre at the end, «Vr. 1820.

The communion plate presented to this parish by Sir Paul Pinder, Knight, in the year 1633, was exchanged for the
present service in the year 1821, the Rev. Dr. Blomfield, Rector, Thomas Meymott and William Crenidge, Churchwardens.
Both the staves have the names of the Churchwardens, namely, on the mitre, Edward Hunter, John Beard, 1752 ; and on
the crown William Woodcock, Thomas Sedgwick, 1779. This information is obtained from the ofiicial list, and the plate
has not been personally inspected. The staves will be found illustrated on Plate 8 and the wand on Plate 2. It is a very
pretty piece, and the mitre is in all respects similar to one on the beadle's staff at S. Margaret, Lothbury, and was probably
made by the same person. This church was built at the commencement of the last century.

S. BRIDE.

Flagons 
h'- of each 1 1^ in.
di.-J- 8i & 8j-V in.
OZ. OZ,
w'- 73 & 74

Cups 
h'- 9A & 9i in-
dia' / '^°'^^ 4f ^' 4tf in-
I foot 4f & 4| in.
oz, dwt. 02. dwt.
w'- 30 5 & 23 4
Covers.
dia'- of each 6,-^ in.

h'- of each 9I in.
,. . / bowl 4f & 4j% in
•^'^ ( foot, both 4tI in
02. dwt. 02. dwt.
w'- 3 I 1 1 & 3 2 8
Covers.
dia'- of each 6^3- in.

Patens 
h'- 9| in.
,. , ( bowl 7| in.
'^'^ \ foot 6f in.
OZ, dwt.
w'- 55 2.
dia'- 13I in.
oz. dwt.
w'- 36 10

Dish 
02. dwr.
dia'- 2 if in. w'- 100 10

Two silver-gilt tankards ; the one has the date mark for 1672, and a
maker's mark O. S. with three pellets above, and a triangle below
In a plain shield and Is inscribed, "Ex dono Paull Boston nuper
hujus Par: Stse Brigltta; Vicarlj Anno Domini 1671." The
other has the date mark for 1675, and a maker's mark M with a
fleur de lis between two pellets below in a shaped shield
and is inscribed, " Deo de suo et ecclesiee S. Brigidie
Gasparus Needham M.D. Coll. Lond : Socius humillime
D.D.C.Q.A.D. 1676."
Two silver-gilt cups and covers. The one cup and cover have the
date mark for 1630, and a maker's mark C. C. with a tree
between them, and two pellets above in a lobed shield and are
inscribed, " The Gift of Arthur Knight Sanctae et Individuse
Trinltati." The other cup has the same maker's mark and the
date mark on the cover is for i6g6, but illegible on the cup.
The latter is Inscribed with the weight and " The Gift of Raphe
Raysinge, goldsmith to y" church of S. Brigetts London 25" die
Decem 1629."
Two silver-gilt cups and covers. The one has the date mark for
1682, and a maker's mark I. S. with a rose below in a
shaped shield, and is inscribed, " The Gift of Roger Pinder,
1590." The other cup has the same marks and inscription as
on the flagon presented by Paul Boston, and the cover to It has
the date mark for 1672.
A silver-gilt ciborium or covered paten on a stem with the same
marks and inscription as on the flagon and cup presented by
Paul Boston.
A silver-gilt paten with the date mark for 1675, and a maker's mark
(?) I. S. with a crescent and two pellets below.
A larger silver-gilt dish, the gift of John Turner Serjeant at
Law 1678,

30

S. BRIDE.

Spoons ..

( 7l|n. j 2 o
{ loj in. w'- < 4 o

II io.

Staves

Small Set

A silver-gilt spoon with the date mark for 1683. A silver-gilt
spoon with the date mark for 1701, and Inscribed, " M. C. P.
St. B." A silver-gilt spoon with the date mark for 1796, and
a very long handle like a gravy spoon, and a perforated bowl.
A churchwarden's staff with a pear-shaped knob, and a crown on it
dated 1691. And four beadles' staves of the same pattern
but larger.
A small set of plate for private use, consisting of a silver cup, paten
and glass bottle, nineteenth century.

The flagons of this church are tankards of the usual type. The first two cups belong to type 2, with straight sides
slightly splayed at the lip and round at the base. The second two cups belong to type 6. The explanation as to the cup
inscribed as given by Roger Pinder in 159° probably is that the original cup given by him was recast in 1682. No cups of
this type were made till the last half of the seventeenth century. The most interesting object, however, is the ciborium, and
it is the only thing of the kind in the City. It was used to hold the bread and placed on the credence table. It will be
found illustrated on Plate i. The round part acts as a lid and terminates above in a foot. The round part lifts off
and can then be inverted so as to stand on the foot and so make a kind of basin. Unless this was to be used as a separate
vessel it is diflicult to understand why it should terminate with a foot. The spoon made in 1701 has a handle of the
shape called " pied de biche." The maker's mark C. C. will be found on plate at All Hallows the Great, and the marks
O. S., M., C. C, I. S., will be found in Appendix A of Old English Plate under the respective dates 1675, 1672, 1629,
1687 (Appendix A, Part II. ). The last mark I.S. may be LB. and if so it will be found under date 1670. This church
was built by Wren.

CHRISTCHURCH WITH
S. LEONARD, FOSTER LANE.

Flagons 
h'- of each 13 in.
dia'- of each 6 in.
oz. dwt. 02. dwt.
w'- 43 2 & 43 II
Cups and Covers
oz. dwt.
W'- 23 12

oz. dwt.
w'- 25 6

02. dwt.
w*- 23 19

oz. dwt,
w* 23 19

W

Two silver tankards with the date mark for 161 7, and a maker's
mark, R.S., inscribed with the weights and " Donum Edi :
Phillips 1618."
Five silver gilt cups and covers, inscribed with the weights.
{a) The cup and cover have the date mark for 1560, and a maker's
mark a bird (?) ; height io|- Inches, diameter of bowl and
foot 4.^ inches.
(b) The cup and cover have the date mark for 1562, and a maker's
mark (?) as in the margin. The cover is inscribed " C. C," ;
height of cup, io|- inches, diameter of bowl 4f inches, of the
foot 4^ inches.
(c) The cup and cover have the date mark for 1593, and a maker's
mark, I. G., in monogram, in a shaped fhield. The cup is
inscribed " Christchurche T.P.I.W. 1593." The cover is in
scribed " C. C." ; height of cup io|- inches, diameter of bowl
4^ inches, of foot 4 inches.
(a) The cup has the date mark for 1616, and a maker's mark, C.B.
in linked letters In a plain shield, and Is inscribed,
"The gift of T. Harris and T. Hall to S' Leonards Foster
Lane 161 7." The cover has the date mark for 1618, and
the same maker's mark and is inscribed, " The cover Is
the gift of John Wilford 1618"; height of cup 13 inches,
diameter of bowl and foot 4.^ Inches

CHRISTCHURCH with S. LEONARD, FOSTER LANE.

Cups
02. dwt.
w'- 26 17

Patens 
dia'- of each 7 m.
02. dwt. oz. dwt.
w'- 5 5 "-^ 5 i^

dia'- 6^ in.
oz. dwt.
w'- 7 8

dia'- 10 in.
02. dwt.
w'- 41 10

Dishes 
dia'- of each 1 1 in.
oz. dwt. 02. dwt.
w'- 18 9 & 18 13

dia'- of each 1 1 in.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
w'- 22 16 & 23 7

Spoon

Staff

(e.) The cup and cover have the date mark for 1660, and a maker's
mark, R.A., with a cinquefoil between two pellets below in a
heart-shaped shield. The cover is inscribed " CC. 1662";
height of cup io|- inches, diameter of bowl 4^ inches, diameter
of foot 45- inches.
Two silver patens without feet with the date mark for 161 6, and
a maker's mark LP., with a bell below, in a shaped shield,
inscribed with the weights and " Mentem non munus Jo :
Dowse 1617. S.L.F.M."
A silver paten with the date mark for 161 7, and a maker's mark,
R.P., with a mullet below, in a shaped shield, inscribed with the
weight and " Donum Edi : Phillips 1618."
A silver filagree paten of Indian make inscribed with a coat of arms
and " Gulielmi Mainstone ex Indiis Orientalibus reversi, Deo
Optimo maximo humillimum votum 1675."
Two silver plates with the date mark for 1686, and a maker's mark,
P.M., with a mullet above and a fleur de lis below in a lobed
stamp, inscribed with the weights and on one " Ex dono
Richard Robinson " and on the other " Ex dono Richard
Robinson two pounds ten s. Rebekah Tillman five pounds."
Two silver plates belonging to S. Leonard's Church, 1822.
A silver spoon presented In 1774 by the Rev. Rowland Sandiford.
A silver snuff-box, either French or Dutch, i8th century.
The silver head of a beadle's staff. The head is a mitre on an orb,
date, 1830.

The flagons of this church are tankards of the usual type. The cups all belong to type 2. Cup a will be found
illustrated in Plate i. The stem of it differs from the others and has a collar under the bowl. The cup d illustrates the
clumsier and later design in the foot of the cups of type 2. The Indian paten is quite unique and very fine. It is of the
ordinary shape with a foot, but is described as a dish in the official list. I. G., C. B., R. A., I. P., P. M., will be found in
Appendix A of Old English Plate under dates 1591, 1606, 1660, 1617, 1682, the bird (?) under date 1567. I. G., C. B.
P. M. and the bird will be found on plate at S. Mildred, Bread Street, S. Mary-le-Bow, S. Bartholomew the Great, and
S. Botolph, Aldgate, respectively. Both these churches were destroyed in the Fire. Christchurch was rebuilt by Wren,
and is one of the largest churches in the City. S. Leonard's church was not rebuilt.

BEADLES STAVES.

Plate IV .

E ^

O

S. CLEMENT, EASTCHEAP,

WITH

S. MARTIN ORGARS.

Flagons 
h'- of each 12 in.
dia'- of each 6 in.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
W'- 43 ID & 42 12

dia'- of each

Cups 
h*- of each 9 in. ^ bowl 4 in.
foot 3I in.
02. dwt. oz. dwt. I
w'- 17 4 & 16 8 ,
Covers.
dia'- of each 5 in. j
oz. dwt. cz. dwt.
w'- 8 II & 8 9
Paten 
02. dwt.
dia'- II in. w' 32 18

Two silver-gilt tankards inscribed " S.M.O." The one has the date
mark for 1683, and a maker's mark R in a shaped shield, and is
inscribed with the weight and " The gift of Madam Martha
Thomlinson, John Bull, Robert Baines, churchwardens 1683."
The other has the date mark for 1627, and a maker's mark II
and Is inscribed with the weight and " Tymothle Cartwrlghte,
draper and Mary his wife donors hereof Ao : 1627."
Two silver-gilt cups with the date mark for 171 5, and a maker's
mark P.L., inscribed with the weights, and on one, S' C.E.C.,"
and on the other, " S' M.O."
Two silver-gilt paten covers with the date mark for 1716, and the
same maker's mark, P.L., and inscribed with the weights, and
on one, " S" C.E.C.," and on the other, " S'- M.O."
A silver-gilt paten with the same date and maker's marks as the
cups, and inscribed with the weight and " S'' M.O."

34

S. CLEMENT, EASTCHEAP, with S. MARTIN ORGARS.

Dishes ...

dia'- of each

1 1

in.

07. dwt.

02.

dwt

W' 22 IS &

23

I.

dia'- 2 1 in.

02.
w'- 6o
Spoon
Small Set
Two silver-gilt almsdishes with the date mark for 171 5, and the
same maker's mark P.L., and respectively inscribed as on the
two patens.
A large silver-gilt almsdish with the date mark for 1726, and a
maker's mark P.P., crowned, with a rose above the letters,
inscribed with the weight and, " The gift of Elizabeth and
Marie Davall spinsters, daughters of Thomas Davall late of
London merchant who lyeth intered In the parish church of
S Mary Hill in Love Lane Ano : Dom : 1727."
A small silver-gilt spoon, with no marks visible, inscribed " S.
Martin Orgars."
A small set of plate consisting of a chalice, paten and bottle for
private use. ig"" century.
It will be noticed that the bulk of this plate was made in Queen Anne's reign. The flagons are tankards of the
usual type. The cups are a debased form of type 2. The paten is unusually large, and is standing in front of the alms
dish, itself a large piece of plate. The maker's marks, R. and 1 1., will be found in Appendix A, Old English Plate, under
dates 1677 and 1619, and P. L. in Appendix A, Part 2, under date 1715, and is there given as the mark of Francis Plymley.
I have some doubt as to the mark on the large dish. The upper part of the mark, the crown and the rose, are plain enough,
but the two letters below are very much worn. They are apparently PP, but if not they may be CL, the mark of John
Clifton, Appendix A, 17 18, or SL, the mark of Samuell Lea, Appendix A, Part 2, 1721. Both these churches were
destroyed in the Fire. S. Clement's church was rebuilt by Wren. S. Martin Orgars church, dedicated to S. Martin of
Tours, was presented to S. Paul's Cathedral in 900 by Ordgarus the Dane. The church, described as a " small thing " by
Stow, was destroyed in the Great Fire and afterwards rebuilt and assigned to the French community, who had a minister
episcopally ordained and used the Liturgy translated into French.
S. DUNSTAN IN THE EAST.

Flagons 
h'- of each 14 in.
dia'- of each 6-i- in.
02. dwt.
w'- of each 61 10

h'- I of in. dia'-
02. dwt.
W'- 19 2

4-i

Cups 
h'- of each 8| in.
dia'-ofeachl^°f 4f'"
( toot 44m
oz. dwt.
w' of each 17 3
Small Cups.
h'- of each 6| in.
dia'-ofeach|^°^f 3iin
( foot 31 in,
OZ. dwt. oz. dwt.
w'- 7 7 & 9 4
Patens 
dia'- of two 9 ill.
dia'- of two 5^ in.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
w'- 17 15 16 15
614 6 I [
Dishes 
dia'- of each 14 in.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
w'- 38 15 & 39 13
dia'- iS in.
oz. dwt.
w'- 63 10

Spoon
r"- 8 in.

02. dwt.
w'- 2 12

Miscellaneous

oz. dwt.
w' 5 13

Two silver-gilt tankards with the date mark for 1628 and a maker's
mark S over W in a shaped shield, inscribed with the weight
and "S. Dunstan in the Este Ano : Dom 1628."
A modern flagon, silver-gilt, made in 1877, ^"^ Inscribed " Pascha
nostrum immolatus est Christus."
Four silver-gilt cups two large and two small. Two of the former
and one of the latter have the date mark for 171 7 and a maker's
mark L E in a circular stamp with seven dots and two
pellets, inscribed with the weights and " S'. Dunstan In the
East 1 71 7." The fourth, a small cup, has the date mark for
1865.

Four silver-gilt patens, two large and two small, inscribed with
the weights and the same date and maker's marks as the older
cups.
Two silver-gilt almsdishes ; the one has the same marks as the
patens, the other was made to match It in 1844.
A silver-gilt almsdish with the date mark for 1627 and the same
maker's mark as on the flagons, inscribed with the weight and
"Ex dono Gilberti Keate Anno Dom: 1628. S. Dunstan in
the Este."
A silver-gilt spoon with the date mark for 171 7, and a maker's mark
HO, with a fleur de lis below and a crown above in a shaped
stamp.
A silver oyster knife and fork with mother-of-pearl handles, made
in the 19th century.
A muffineer, made of cut glass, with a silver top and the date m.ark
for 1854.
A plated badge and chain for the beadle. The badge is oval.
On one side is an engraving of S. Dunstan in episcopal dress,
with a mitre on his head and tongs in his hand and the devil in
the corner. The date of it is 1802.

36

S.. DUNSTAN IN THE EAST.

Staves
oz. dwt.
w' 1 6 15

A silver top for a beadle's staff. The top is an oval medallion
on a pear-shaped knob. The medallion has the same repre
sentation of S. Dunstan as on the badge, but in relief on both
sides.
A silver wand with a fluted stem. The top is a medallion set in a
laurel wreath and surmounted by a mitre. An inscription on
the medallion records the presentation of it in 1821.

The flagons in this church are tankards of the usual type. The cups have conical bowls splayed at the lip, and with a
low stem almost as large in circumference as the bowl, and they are similar in shape to the small cup at All Hallows>
Barking. The small cups are similar to the large ones. The mark L. E. will be found on plate at S. Margaret Pattens, and
in Old English Plate, Appendix A, Part 2, under date 1699, where it is given as the mark of Timothy Ley. WS will be
found under date 1636, and H O in Part 2 of the Appendix, under date 1721. The vv-and is a pretty object and will be
found illustrated on Plate 2. The mitre is of the same design as those on the staves at S. Botolph, Bishopsgate, and S.
Margaret, Lothbury. . The oyster knife and fork, singularly appropriate to a church in the vicinity of Billingsgate, and the
muffineer point to parochial conviviality, but in that respect S. Dunstan's parish is not peculiar. At S. Giles, S. James,
Garlickhithe, and S. Botolph, Aldersgate, various cups and miscellaneous pieces of plate such as a snuff-box, tea-spoons, and
sugar tongs, all point in the same convivial direction. The business no doubt went the more smoothly for these accessories,
and the vestry meetings were not the perfunctory performances they are now.
This church was destroyed in the Great Fire, and the spire was restored by Wren. The rest of the church was rebuilt
early in this century.

S. DUNSTAN IN THE WEST.

L-^sa^:

F'lagons 
h'- of each 12! in.
dia'- of each 4 in.
02. dwt. 02. dwt.
w'- 57 II & 55 18
Cups and Covers ...
h'- of all 1 1 in.
dia'- of all / ^""^^ 5 In
dia ot all .j ^^^^ ^^ jj^_
OZ. dwt. oz. dwt.
w' 33 19 39 9 ^^^
43 16

h'- of each 10 in.
dia'-ofeach{a4^'- 02. dwt.

oz. dwt,
w'- 24 I

Patens ..

19

dwt.

dia'- 7 J in. w'- 12 10

(a) Two silver-gilt tankards; both have the date mark for 1618
and a maker's mark W.C. with an arrow between the letters in
a plain shield. They are inscribed with the weights, and were
given by Anthony Gybes, cook, to be freed from serving parish
office.
Three silver-gilt cups and paten covers inscribed with the weights.
(b) The one has the date mark for 1 599 and a maker's mark,
? a plant or tree In a plain shield, and the cover to it has the
date mark for 1598 and a maker's mark RP, as in the margin.
The second has the date mark for 1623 and a maker's mark R.C.
The cover has the same marks. They were given by Dr.
White whose arms are inscribed on the cover and " Calix
charitatis T.W." on the cup.
The third has the date mark for 1634 and a maker's mark PG
in a trefoil stamp. The cover has the same marks. They
were given by Ann Stamp in 1634.
Two silver-gilt cups. The one has the date mark for 1763 and a
maker's mark C.T.W.W., and the other has the date mark for
1808. They are inscribed with the weights and were purchased
by the parish.
A silver-gilt paten raised on a wire stem or foot with the date mark
for 1599, and a maker's mark as on the first cup. It is
inscribed with the weight.

S. DUNSTAN IN THE WEST.

Patens
dia'- of each lo^ in.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
w«- 15 13 & 15 19
Spoons 
02. dwt.
w'- of each 3 i

Dishes 
02. dwt.
w' of each 18 7

Small Set

Staves

Mace

(c) Two silver patens with the date mark for 167 1 and a maker's
mark F.G., inscribed with the weights. They were given by
Dorothy Buckley in 1671.
(d) Two silver-gilt spoons inscribed with the weights. The one has
the date mark for 1675 and a maker's mark S. crowned. The
other has the date mark for 1679 and a maker's mark S.V. as
in the margin.
Two silver almsdishes with the date mark for 1 763 and bought by
the parish in that year. They are inscribed with the weights.
Also five metal almsdishes, namely, two metal-plated, the gift
of S. Walford in 1832, used for infant school collections, two
pewter dishes on feet with a figure of S. Dunstan engraved
on them, made in 1726, and a modern metal-gilt dish.
A small set of plate consisting of a paten, chalice and bottle for
private use, date 1814.
(e) Two beadle's staves, a pair. The heads are silver statuettes
of S. Dunstan in episcopal dress with tongs in his left harfd.
Made for the parish In 182 1.
The silver-gilt mace of the S. Dunstan's precinct of the ward
of Farringdon Without. Made in 1680.

The flagons of this church are tankards of the usual type. The three old cups belong to type 2 ; the bowls are very
deep in proportion to the stems. The two cups purchased by the parish in 1763 and 1808 belong to type 8, but they have
baluster stems. The paten raised on the wire stem was originally a paten without a foot. In the parish printed inventory of
the plate the patens presented by Dorothy Buckley are mis-described as almsdishes, and the seal-headsj)Oons are mis-described
as Apostle spoons. The staff heads are good, and one of them will be found illustrated on Plate 5. This church is situated
in the Ward of Farringdon Without the Walls, and the Ward is divided into four precincts : S. Andrew, S. Bride, S. Dunstan,
and S. Sepulchre, and each precinct has its mace. These maces are of course purely secular emblems, and are carried by
the beadle before the Alderman of the Ward on official occasions. This mace was made by Sir Francis Child for the parish
in 1680. The parish had nominated Sir Francis to serve office either as churchwarden or scavenger, but he refused to serve,
and the mace was taken in satisfaction for the fine he incurred by not serving the parish. There do not appear to be any
plate marks on it. The maker's mark, WC RC and PG. will be found on plate at S. Alban, Wood Street, S. Swithin, and
S. Anne and S. Agnes respectively; and the marks W.C, R.P., R.C, C.T.W.W., F.G., and S., in Appendix A of Old
English Plate, under dates 1617, 1598,1624, 1758, 1688, and 1664 respectively. C.T.W.W. and F.G. are there given as
the marks of Whipham and Wright, and, probably, Fras. Garthorne. This church was rebuilt at the commencement of the
century.

S. EDMUND THE KING AND THE MARTYR

WITH

S. NICHOLAS ACONS.

Flagons 
h'- of each 14 in.
dia'- of each 4I in.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
w'- 46 7 «Si 47 10

Cups
h'- of each 9I in.
dia'-ofeach|^°^^4-|in. [ foot 4I in.
Patens 
dia'- of each 7|in.
oz. dwt. 02. dwt.
W'- 12 O & II 17

dia'- 7 1 in.

Spoon
r"- 8|
Staff

r"- 8| in.

Two silver-gilt tankards with the date mark for 161 7, and a maker's
mark N., with a pellet below in a shaped shield, inscribed with
the weights and a coat of arms, and " The guift of John Vernon
Merchant of the staple of England given to the parishioners of
the parish church of S. Edmonds the King Lomber Street 161 7."
Two silver-gilt cups with the date mark for 1757, and a maker's
mark RC in an oblong stamp, inscribed " Ex dono Jeremlse
Milles S.T.P. hujus Ecclesiae Rectoris."
Two silver-gilt patens with feet, both have the date mark of 1679
and a maker's mark T.C. with a dolphin above and a fleur de
lis below In a shaped shield, inscribed with the weights and
" For the use of the parish of S. Edmonds le King and S.
Nicholas Acons, London."
Two silver-gilt patens without feet, with the date mark for 1757.
A silver-gilt spoon with the date mark for 1801, and a maker's mark
S.G., with a pellet above and below in an oblong stamp.
A silver beadle's wand with a plain stem and a mitre on the top. It
was presented on the 25th December, 1803.

The flagons of this church are tankards of the usual type. John Vernon, the donor, also gave flagons to S. Michael,
Cornhill. The cups are taken to illustrate type 8, a debased form of type 2. The spoon has a grooved handle like a marrow
spoon. The maker's mark, T. C, will be found in Appendix A of Old English Plate, under date 1677. N will be found
on plate at S. Mary Woolnoth. Both these churches were destroyed in the Fire. S. Edmund's Church was rebuilt by Wren-

S. ETHELBURGA.

Flagon . .
h'- 1 1|- in.
dia'- "ji in.

@

oz. dwt.

w'- 42 4

Cup 
h'- 6| in.
-'"¦{S'
- 4i in.
oz.
w'- 13 Cover, oz. dwt.
dia'- 5^ in. w'- 5 12
Paten
dia'- 9 in.
OZ. dwt.
w'- 18 I
L^j
Spoon
oz. dwt.
w'- 2 8
Staff
oz. dwt.
W- 47 3
A silver tankard with the date mark for 1694 and a maker's mark
H.C, with 2 pellets above and a mullet and 2 pellets below,
Inscribed with a coat of arms and "The gift of Thomas Bates
of the parish of S. Ethelburga Anno Domini 1694."
A silver-gilt cup probably of the same date as the paten cover
to it. The latter has the date mark for 1560. The maker's
marks are not distinguishable.
A silver paten of the same date as the tankard and a maker's mark
R.F., in linked letters with a pellet below in a plain shield.
A silver spoon with the date mark for 1699 and a maker's mark
A.R., in a plain shield; the bowl is perforated.
A beadle's staff The top is a silver statuette of S. Ethelburga
with the date mark for 1787.
The flagon of this church is a tankard of the usual type, with a corded rim round the lid and the foot. The cup belongs
to and is taken to illustrate a form of type 3 ; it will be found illustrated on Plate i. The statuette of S. Ethelburga is one
of the best of its kind in the City, and will be found illustrated on Plate 6. This little church escaped the Great F'ire.
S. GILES, CRIPPLEGATE.

Set of Plate
Flagons.
h'- of each 17 in.
lbs. oz. lbs. oz.
w'- 6 10 & 6 8
Cups.
h'- of each 9^ in.
lb. oz.
w' of each i s^
Patens (3).
dia' of one ioin.,two 6in.
lbs. oz. oz
w'- of one 2 2, of two 1 1
Spoon. oz.
1'"- 8 in. w'- 2^
Small Set
oz.
w'- 6
Flagon . . .
h'- loi in.
Paten
h'- 5 in.
dia'- 4 in.
Part I.
A set of plate consisting of two flagons, two cups, three patens
and a spoon with the date mark for 1737 and a m.aker's
mark IS, and inscribed, "Godfrey Harrison and John Smith
inhabitants of the parish of S. Giles Cripplegate in all humility
dedicated this to God's service 1672. New wrought 1737."
A small set for private use, consisting of a silver chalice, paten, and
flask, with the date mark for 1837.
An electro-plate flagon.
A silver gilt tazza paten on a stem with the date mark for 1586 and
a maker's mark a rose in a pentagon. G
V-

S. GILES, CRIPPLEGATE.

oz. oz.

Spoon
oz.
w'- 3^ & 2
Dishes ..

Cups

9 in.

h'- 8.;

OZ.
¦ 7

h'- of each 7I- in.
oz. oz.
W' U & 9

Beakers

(^0

/ h'- 8 in.
1 dia'- of 1

p 4i in.

[b)

h'-7

in.

OZ.
W'- 12i

¦h'-7

in & 6i in

(^

^d)

dia'

3 in-

w'- 14.', & 10 J,

h'- 4^ in.
dia'- 3 in.

{e) \\" 5

A silver wine-strainer funnel with the date mark for 1847 ; and a
silver spoon with the date mark for 18 16.
A silver dish and eight pewter dishes. The diameter and weight
of the former are respectively 14 in. and 2 lbs. and the dia
meter of the latter 12 inches. Part II.
Two silver cups on stems. The one has the date mark for 161 7
and a maker's mark, ? R.C. with a cinquefoil below, and has
no Inscription. The other has the date mark for 1617 and a
maker's mark T.H., In monogram with a pellet below in a
shaped shield and is inscribed " Master James Prescot is
gifte."
Two silver cups with the date mark for 161 2 and a maker's mark
N.R. with a rose and four pellets below In a plain shield, and
inscribed, " The fyne of Peter Phillips for being released from
being scavenge 1612."
Four silver beakers. (a) A horn beaker with a silver-gilt rim on
the lip and on the base, on the latter is the date mark for
1573 and a maker's mark N. (1^) A parcel-gilt beaker with the
date mark for 1591 and a maker's mark N.R., in linked letters
with four pellets below in a plain shield and inscribed " The
gift of Helen Hodsone widowe to the Quest House of S. Giles
for whene ever Mr. Pawsone wase formane 1591." {c) A
parcel-gilt beaker with the date mark for 1602 and a maker's
mark, a double eagle in a shaped shield, and inscribed, " The
gift of William Ballye, Stranger, 1604." {d) A parcel-gilt
beaker with the date mark for 1608 and a maker's mark as
on Peter Phillips' cups and inscribed, " This was the fine of
R. M. Vavs for belnge released from beinge Scavinger."
(/) A silver cup or beaker with a handle and a cover. The cover
is modern. The date mark on the cup is for 1597 and a
maker's mark I.D., with a stag couchant below in a plain
shield with escalloped top. Inscribed " The gift of Mrs.
Elizabeth Palmer to the parish of S. Giles Cripplegate
1726."
(f) A mazer inscribed on a silver-gilt rim round the foot, "John
Bird mead this in Anno Domine 1568."

S. GILES, CRIPPLEGATE.

Miscellaneous

w'- 4I

Staves

43

A large silver oval badge or plaque with Cripplegate in relief
inscribed, " The gift of the stewards for the year 1693 Be\
Wymondesold John Ross," and a maker's mark DA crowned.

;win

Four small badges of silver with the arms of Sir B. Maddox B'
in relief.
A silver pepper-box with the date mark for 1822.
A beadle's staff with a silver head. The head is a model of
Cripplegate with a cripple walking through the arch ; inscribed
" The gift of Sir Benjamin Maddox Bart to the parish of
S. Giles Cripplegate London to be used by the stewards of the
natives of the said parish." Date, about 17 10.
A beadle's staff with a gilt metal head. The head is a figure of a
cripple. Date 1789.

The plate comprised in Part I. appears to have been used for service at the Table. The plate in Part II. has been
used for secular purposes. The flagons of the set are tankards of the usual type, and very large. The cups belong to
type 8. The pair of cups given by Peter Phillips and the cup of 1617 without inscription are alike. The bowls are wine
glass shape with baluster stems. The tazza paten will be found illustrated on Plate i, side by side with a similar piece
at S. Botolph, Aldgate (see the note on the plate of that church). James Prescott's cup will be found illustrated in
Plate I ; the bowl and foot are hexagonal and repousse. The Armourers' and Braziers' Company have a number of cups
similar to it of the same date. The beakers are prettily ornamented with engraved scrollwork and roses and chrysanthemum,
and Helen Hodsone's cup has the arms of the Vintners' Company engraved upon it. The mazer is very interesting and an
account of it will be found in Archceologia, vol. 50, p. 167. The large badge is worn by the beadle on All Saints' Day; it is'
not a breastplate but intended to be worn on the arm, and may be compared with one at the Vintners' Company worn by the
barge master. The staves will be found illustrated on Plates 9 and 8 respectively. The maker's marks, the rose, the double
eagle, and NR with the rose and four pellets below, will be found in Appendix A of Old English Plate, under dates 1581,
1597, and 1607 respectively. I was unable to make out distinctly the last mark, and it is quite possible that what I took to
be a rose is really a negro's head, as described in Old English Plate, for the mark was much worn. This church escaped the
Great Fire.

S. GEORGE, BOTOLPH LANE,
WITH
S. BOTOLPH, BILLINGSGATE.

Flagon 
h'- 12 in. dia'- 6 in.

Cup 
h'- 8 in. dia' 4 in.
Paten 
dia'- 6 in.

Dishes 
dia'- of each 12 in.

WB R5

CG,

A silver flagon with the date mark for 1807, and a maker's mark
W B R S in a square stamp.
A silver cup with the date mark for 1757, and a maker's mark C G
in an oblong stamp.
A silver paten with the Norwich marks and the date mark for
(?) 1653, and a maker's mark T S in monogram In a shaped
shield.
Two pewter almsdishes. i8th century.

The flagon of this church is a peculiar unecclesiasticaHooking object, like an old-fashioned cut glass claret decanter on
a short foot with an S-shaped handle. The cup has an egg-shaped bowl with the usual stem of type 2. The paten is of the
usual shape ; it is one of the few pieces of provincial plate in the City churches, and has the Norwich marks, (i) a rose
crowned, and (2) a castle in chief and lion passant in base. These two marks will be found in Old English Plate, 4th
edition, at p. 105. The maker's mark is given on p. 91 as that of Timothy Skottowe. The date mark is doubtful, but
belongs to the series 1638 to 1657.
This plate replaces the old plate of the church which was stolen in this century. There was a custom for the plate to
be laid out on the table on the Saturday night preceding the celebration. In these circumstances a sacrilegious burglar came
along and, to use the words of my informant, "just sneaked the bloomin' lot." Both these churches were destroyed by the
Fire, which broke out within a few yards of S. George's church. The church was rebuilt by Wren and is now about to be
pulled down and united to the parish of S. Mary-at-Hill under the Union of Benefices Act. S. Botolph's church was not
rebuilt after the Fire.

HOLY TRINITY, GOUGH SQUARE.
The plate of this church consists of an electro-plate flagon, two cups, two patens, and a
brass dish, and is of the same date as the church, which was built in the middle of the present
century.

HOLY TRINITY, MINORIES.

Flagons 
h'- of each 9f in.
dia'- of each 4f in.
02. dwt. oz. dwt.
w'- 44 3 & 45 5

Cups and Covers..
h'- of each gi in.
dia'- of each 4 in.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
vv'- 9 5 & II 7
Covers.
oz. dwt.
w'- of each 6 6

Ewer
h'- 7 1 in.
dia'- 4i- in.
oz. dwt.
w'- 1 8 5

Two silver tankards, with the date mark for 1669, and a maker's
mark, W. M., in linked letters crowned in a shaped shield,
inscribed " The guift of Col : William Legge of his Majesty's
Bedchamber 25. Dec : 1669."
Two silver cups and conical covers. The one has the date mark
for 1637, and a maker's mark, G. D., with a cinquefoil and four
pellets below in a heart-shaped shield, inscribed with a coat of
arms and " 1637." The other has the date mark for 1722, and
a maker's mark, I.B., with a mullet above and a cinquefoil
below in a lobed stamp, inscribed " Ex dono M B 1722."
A silver ewer with a spout and handle, with the date mark for 16S3,
and a maker's mark E.V. crowned in a lobed shield, inscribed
" The gift of Phillip Vaffree to y" parish church of Trinity
Minories Arthur Rowland churchwarden 20 May 1683."

46

HOLY TRINITY, MINORIES.

Patens 
dia'- of each 8 in.
oz. dwt.
w'- of each 23 6
Dishes 
dia'- of each 9I in.
oz. oz. dwt.
W'- 30 & 30 2
Spoon 
dwt.
w'- 17
Staff 

Two silver patens with the date mark for 17 19, and a maker's mark
Ma, the gift of the parish.
Two silver dishes with gilt centre bosses ; the one has the date mark
for 1730, and the other for 1808.
A silver spoon with the date mark for 1746.
A beadle's staff with a silver head. The head is an urn crowned.
The date on It is 1836.

The flagons of this church are tankards of the usual type. The cups belong to type 5 ; the covers belonging to them
are conical and are lying on the shelf beside the ewer, itself, a pretty piece of plate, and the only thing of its kind in the City
church plate. The maker's mark and a reference to this plate will be found in Appendix A of Old English Plate. IB and
Ma are given there as the marks of John Bignell and Thomas Mason respectively. There is a beadle's staff like this one at
S. Michael Bassishaw. There is a rumour that the parish is about to be united with S. Botolph, Aldgate, and that this quaint
little church is to be kept as a chapel of ease. Close to its site stood the abbey of the nuns of the Order of S. Clare called
" Minores," founded by Blanche, Queen of Navarre, and dissolved by Henry VIII. After the dissolution the mansion
house was let and called "The Minory House within the precinct of the monastery called the Minores," whence the name
Minories. Most visitors to this little church go to see a head which is kept in a glass case, said to be that of the Duke of
Suffolk, the father of Lady Jane Grey, beheaded in the first year of Queen Mary's reign.

S. HELEN, BISHOPSGATE,

WITH

S. MARTIN OUTWICH.

Flagons 
oz, dwt. oz. dwt.
w' 49 1 1 & 5 1 12
h'- 13 ins.
dia'- 4"^- ins.

Cups

h'-

H

in.

dia'- 1

bowl foot

- 2

i

OZ,

dwt.

w'
15
3'
Cover
oz.
dwt.
w'
4
17
h'-
7i
in.
dia'- 1
bowl
foot
4i in
3-1 in-
OZ.
dwt.
w'
IS
18
Cover.
oz.
dwt.
w'-
4
17
h'-
9*
in.
dia'- 1
bowl
foot
4i-
3\
in
in
OZ.
dwt.
w'-
19
I I
-M^>— ¦'
(d) Two silver tankards with the date mark for 1632, and a
maker's mark T. F. in monogram in a plain shield Inscribed
with the weights and a coat of arms and " The Gift of Sir
Martin Lumley, Knight and Alderman 1632."
[a) A silver-gilt cup and paten cover with the date mark for 1570
and a maker's mark a stag's head, inscribed with the weight
and "S' Helens 1570."
(b) A silver-gilt cup and paten cover with the date mark for 1634,
and a maker's mark, a scallop shell in a shield of the same
shape, inscribed with the weight and " Given with a cover to
the church of S' Hellins by D. W. An° : Dom 1634."
{c) A silver-gilt cup with a conical cover, with the date mark for
1778, and a maker's mark ? W. H. in an oblong stamp inscribed
with the weight and "The Gift of John Smith Esq"^' to the
parish church of S. Helen London for the use of the
Communion Service 1778."
48

S. HELEN, BISHOPSGATE, with S. MARTIN OUTWICH.

Patexs 
oz. dwt.
dia'- 5 1 in. w*- 6 3

dia"- 9 in.
02. dwt.
w'- 15 7

Dishes

dia

'16 in.

oz.

dwt.

w'

46

13

dia

' II

.Vin

OZ.

dwt.

w'

27

2

Spoon 
oz. dwt.
w'- 3 6 h'- 9 in.

Staff

A silver-gilt paten with the date mark for 1620, and a maker's mark
A. I. over W. T. in a square stamp inscribed with the weight
and " The Gift of Thomas Awdeley Mercer Anno Dommini
20.
A silver paten with the date mark for 1638, inscribed with the
weight and " In usum mensae Domenicae ST. H." The
maker's mark Is not distinguishable.
A laree silver bason with the date mark for 1647, and a maker's
mark W. M. with a seed rose and three pellets below in a
plain shield, inscribed with the weight and " The Gift of Francis
Bancroft Esq', to y" parish church of S. Hellins 1728."
A silver almsdish with the date mark for 1728, and a maker's mark
W. D. with a trefoil between, and in a trefoil stamp, inscribed
with the v/eight and " Pursuant to the last will of Mrs. Mary
Parsons, this plate is given to y° parish church of S Hellen for
y" use of y" Communion Service and to remain there so long as
y" parish shall suffer y^ stone that lyes over Mr. Giles Dean to
remain, if removed or taken away to goe to the parish Church
of S. Mary le Bow for ever."
Two pewter almsdishes.
A silver-gilt spoon with the date mark for 1732 and a maker's mark
? F. S. crowned, inscribed with the weight and " S. Helena."
A beadle's staff with a bronze head gilt. The head is a statuette of
a woman seated on a pede.stal. Inscribed " S. Helen's 1777."

The flagons of this church are tankards of the usual type. Cup a belongs to type 2 ; cup b to type 5. There is a
very interesting account given at p. 203 of Old English Plate of cups of type 5. Reference is made there to the two
makers of the stag's head and the scallop marks. Cup c is the only thing of its kind in the church plate in the City.
Observe the inscription on the dish given by Mary Parsons. The staff will be found illustrated on Plate 4. The
maker's marks, T. F., will be found on plate at All Hallows the Great, and the scallop shell on plate at S. Margaret
Lothbury. T. F. and the shell and W. M. will be found in Appendix A of Old English Plate, under dates 1609, 1635
and 1648, and W. D. in Part 2 of Appendix A, under date 1727. This church escaped the Fire. S. Martin's church was
destroyed about twenty years ago under the Union of Benefices Act.

BEADLES STAVES.

Plate V.

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5 ^-

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'X 'f. -r.
i-.rir.-l

S. JAMES, GARLICKHITHE

WITH

S. MICHAEL, QUEENHITHE, and HOLY TRINITY THE LESS.

Flagons 
h'- of each 12 ms.
dia'- ,, 6f ins.
oz. oz. d« t.
w'- 44 & 43 3

h'- iO;|- in.
dia'- "2^ in.
oz. dwt.

Cup

AND Paten

h'-

10

in.

dia

'¦¦{

rirf"

oz.

dwt.

w^-

20

19
Paten.

07..

dw.

w'-

7

4i

>FB

{a) Two silver tankards with the date mark for 1636, and a
maker's mark I. M., and a pig passant below in a plain shield
and inscribed " i Sep*"- 1636."
{b) A silver-gilt tankard with the date mark for 1661 and a maker's
mark P.B. with a crescent above and below and six pellets In
a square stamp with cut corners inscribed with the weight and a
scallop shell and " Robert Hanson, Debty, John Cocke, Depty,
Debts. Thomas Danny, Debty, Richard Smith, Debty,
Debts."
(/) A silver-gilt cup with the date mark for 1549, and a maker's
mark F. B. in a shaped shield inscribed with a scallop shell and
" S. James Garlickhithe " ; {g) and a silver-gilt paten without a
foot with the same date and maker's marks and inscribed with a
scallop shell.

H

io

S. lAMES, GARLICKHITHE.

Cups 
h'- 8i in.
dia'- i ^°''''^ 5f in-
\ foot 5 A in.
OZ. dwt.
w'- 34 13
Cover.
oz. dwt.
W'- 12 I

h'- 81 in.
J- , f bowl 1 1 ¦
'^¦^ (foot )4-^"-

w 20
Cover.
oz. dwt.
w'- 8 II

h'- 8| in.
J. , f bowl )
^"^ 1 foot J 5 '"

02.

dwt.

w'-

24

4
Cover.

OZ.

d>vf.

w'-

8

II

Patens

dia

'- 6iin.

OZ.
dwt.
w'-
6
6
dia'- 10 in.
oz. dwt.
w'- 18 12
Dishes...
dia'- of each 7 in.
oz. dwt.
w' of each 19 12
Spoons 
dwt.
w'- 5
CZ. dwt.
w' I 15
Miscellaneous
h" 5 } in.
dia'
bowl 6 in.
foot 3f in.
oz. dwt.
w'- 9 13
®
(c) A silver-gilt cup with the date mark for 1552, and a maker's
mark T. L. in monogram in a plain shield, and a silver-gilt
paten cover to It with the date mark for 1574, and a maker's
mark H. C. with a hand grasping a hammer in a plain shield,
inscribed with the weight and " 10 June 1624 the cup
340Z. 13."
(d) A silver-gilt cup wilh the date mark for 1638, and a maker's
mark W. S. with a cinquefoil below In a plain shield inscribed
with the weight and " Ex dono LeonardI Hamond For a fine
not sarvin churchwarden ;" and a silver-gilt cover to it with
the date mark for 1702, and on the outside a maker's mark
C. R. in a woolsack, and inside the maker's mark Pa. and in
scribed " Ex dono J. C. December 25, 1702.'"
(e) A silver-gilt cup with the date mark for 1641, and a maker's
mark (.'') T. F. in monogram in a plain shield, and a silver-gilt
paten cover to it with the date mark for 1648 and ? the same
maker's mark ; both pieces are inscribed with the same coat of
arms, and "James Garlickhithe" on the cup.
(h) A silver-gilt paten with the date mark for 1605, and a maker's
mark H. M. in linked letters with two pellets above and one ,
below in a shaped shield inscribed " S. M., ad R.R., LB. 1630
Panem quern frangimus nonne communio corporis XPI est
I Cor 10 16."
(z) A silver-gilt paten with the date mark for 1680, and a maker's
mark, a goose in a circular stamp, inscribed "The guift of
M" John Oliver Anno 1680."
{h.) Two silver dishes with the date mark for 1739, inscribed " The
gift of M'^ L. Preston deceased to the parish church of S James
Garlickhithe i Dec 1739."
A silver-gilt spoon, with perforated bowl and spike handle, tea-spoon
size.
(/.) A silver spoon with the date mark for 1682, and inscribed
"S. M. O."
A silver knife 8 inches long.
A silver font for private baptisms made in this Century. The
bowl Is decorated with flowers in repoussd work, and inscribed
" Ex dono Caroll Goddard hujus ecclesiae rectoris."
S. JAMES, GARLICKHITHE.

Miscellaneous
total h'- 8J ins.
h'- of bowl 5f ins.
dia'- of bowl 5^ ins
dia'- of foot 5 ins.

Staff

A cup of wood, with a large deep bowl, straight sided, slightly
splayed at the lip and round at the base, on a short baluster
stem, turned out of a single piece of wood, with a silver rim
round the lip, inscribed with the names of the Queenhithe "vvard
Inquest and the date 1670. These names and a short notice
of this cup will be found in that part of the Introduction which
deals with secular plate.
A beadle's staff with a silver head. The head is a statuette of S.
James in pilgrim's dress, mounted on a ring enclosing a scallop
shell, inscribed "The R'""* Robert Stevens, Gilbert Wilson,
Thomas Conway churchwardens 1820."

The flagons of this church are tankards of the usual type. The pair belong to S. Michael, Queenhithe parish.
Cups c, d and/ belong to type 2 ; and cup e to type 5. This church is very fortunate in possessing two Edwardian cups
(/and c) and the former has a paten without a foot of the same reign. "S. M. ad. R.R." on the paten of 1605 is S.
Michael ad Ripam Reginse, that is Queenhithe. There is one other font in the City for private use, at S. Bride, and I
am rather astonished to find only these two examples, for in the beginning of the century it appears to have been the rule
rather than the exception that children should be baptised privately. The staff will be found illustrated on Plate 5. The
makers' marks — L ISL, T L., W. S., Pa., P. B. and the goose— will be found in Appendix A of Old E?iglish Plate, under
dates 1639, 1554, 1633, 1709, 1658, and 1682, and H. C. in Part 2, Appendix A, under date 1579. L M., H. C, Pa.,
and W. S. will also be found on plate at S. Alban, Wood Street, All Hallows the Great, S. Margaret, Lothbury, and
All Hallows, Barking. Pa is the mark of Humphrey Payne and W. S. of Walter Shute. F. B. will be found on an
Edwardian cup and paten at S. Mildred, Bread Street. All these churches were destroyed in the Fire. S. Michael and S.
James were rebuilt by Wren ; the former was pulled down under the Union of Benefices Act twenty years ago, and the
latter is now the church of the united parishes. With S. Paul's Cathedral, and All Hallows, Lombard Street, this is one of
the only churches with an apse built by Wren.

S. KATHARINE COLEMAN.

Flagon .
h'- loi- in.
dia'- 6^- in.
oz.
w' 40

Cups 
h'- 8 in. & 8i in.
dia'-<(j?°"^'',e.''"^'l4'" ( foot 4^in.&4iir.
oz. dwt. oz.
W' 13 7 & 13
Patens 
dia'- of each 6f in.
oz. dwt.
w'- of each 5 12
Dishes 
fdia'- 9 in.
(a)-'. oz. dwt.
W- 13 8

'&:f)l

dia'- lof in.

(b Sc C)^. oz. oz. dwt.
I W'- 15 & 15 12
.Staff 

A silver tankard with the date mark for 1685, and a maker's mark
P. R., crowned with a cinquefoil and three pellets below In a
plain shield, inscribed with the weight and " S' Katharine
Coleman,"
Two silver cups with the same date and maker's marks and inscrip
tions and Inscribed with the weights.

Two silver patens with the same date and maker's marks and
inscriptions.
Three silver dishes and two pewter plates. Of the dishes, one was
presented by Marmaduke Westwood, 8th December, 1 743 ; the
second has the date mark for 1838; and the third was presented
by James Catling, 1846.
A beadle's staff with a metal head. The head is a statuette of a
man(?S. Peter). It is inscribed " S' Katherine Coleman 1781."

The flagon of this church is a tankard of the usual type. The cups are a compromise between type 2 and type 6.
There is one similar to them at S. Mary Aldermary. The maker's mark P. R. will be found in Appendix A of Old English
Plate under date 1685. The staff will be found illustrated on Plate 3.

S. KATHARINE CREECHURCH
WITH
S. JAMES, DUKE'S PLACE.

Flagons 
h'- of each 12 in.
dia'- of each 4 in.

oz. dwt.

w'- of each 37 5
Cups and Covers ...
h'- of each 10 in.
dia'- of each < j- . •
( foot 3 in.
oz. dwt.
w' of each 36 12
h'- 10 in.
J- . ( bowl 4^^ in.
d|of- J t-

ila'- j

toot 3 in.
oz. dwt.
31 15

Patens 
h'- 4f in.
dia'- ^ in.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
w'- 17 5 & 18 10

Two silver-gilt tankards with the date mark for 1630, and a maker's
mark R. S., with a heart below In a shaped shield, Inscribed
with the weight and "The gift of Sir Henry Martin to S'
Katherin Creechurch 1631."
Two silver-gilt cups with the date mark for 1626 and a maker's
mark R. B. as in the margin and inscribed with the weights.
A silver-gilt cup with the date mark for 1630, and the same
maker's mark, and inscribed with the weight, and in pricked
lettering " The gift of Jane Atkinson the wife of Stephen
Atkinson 1630.''
Two silver-gilt patens on high feet or stems. Inscribed with the
weights. One has the date mark for 1626, and is inscribed
" S. Katherin Creechurch 1626." The other is like it, and has
the same maker's mark, but no inscription. The flagons are
standing on the patens in the picture.

54

S. KATHARINE CREECHURCH with S. JAMES, DUKE'S PLACE.

Spoon 
oz. dwt.
w'- 3 1 6
Dishes 
dia'- of each 14^ in.

Staves

Set of Plate

A silver-gilt spoon inscribed with the weight and "S Katherin
Creechurch 163 1." There are no marks on it
Four pewter alms dishes with scalloped rims and enamel centre
bosses. One has a Tudor rose, another the Royal arms and
"C.R.," another a .sword and sceptre in saltire crowned with
a rose, thistle and harp crowned and " C.R." The fourth has
the Prince of Wales's ostrich feathers and " C.P."
A beadle's staff with a silver head. The head is an oval medallion
with a figure of S. Katharine in relief on both sides surmounted
by a diminutive Katharine-wheel, Inscribed " James Fitch
William Dobbins churchwardens 1796."
A wand of black ebony mounted with silver rings and a silver
mitre on the end inscribed " Joseph Williams George Fitch
S Katherine Cree 18 17."
Plate of S. James, Duke's Place.
A flagon, two cups, and a paten, all metal-plated, inscribed " John
Breach Sam' Meredith 18 10."

The flagons of this church are tankards of the usual type. The cups belong to type 2. The spoon is one of the earliest
in the City. The staff" will be found illustrated on Plate 4. The maker's mark, R.S., will be found in Appendix A of Old
English Plate, under date 161 9, and also on plate at S. Andrew Undershaft. The S. James's, Duke's Place, plate is very
inferior ; the flagon is of the usual type and the cup belongs to type 8. A most interesting account of the consecration of
S, James's church in 1622 will be found in Stow, and I have given an extract from it in the alphabetical list of benefactors
at the end of these inventories, under the name of Sir Henry Martin, the "Vicar-General of the Archbishop of Canterbury at
the time. The church was destroyed under the Union of Benefices Act. S. Katharine's church luckily escaped the Fire.
It was then comparatively new, for it had been built in the reign of Charles L, and was consecrated by Archbishop Laud when
he was Bishop of London. It is quite possible that the four very fine alms dishes with enamelled bosses were the gift of
King Charles.

S. LAWRENCE, JEWRY,

WITH

S. MARY MAGDALEN, MILK STREET.

i

€

^•^^ : ^

<1
y
';•¦'"'"¦¦ '¦¦ ¦"
k^''*^'i' l^^S
#
»
/
Flagons .
h'- 14I in.
dia'- 8^ in.
h'- lof in. dia'- \\ in.
Cups 
h'- 9f in. & 9I in.
J- r r u f bowl 5^in
dia'- of each jf^^^ Sfm.
h' 7 in. & 7I in.
,. , f bowl4|in.&4|in'
^^^ "i foot 4I in. of each
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
w'- 18 8 & 18 12
%
Two silver tankards with the date mark for 1633 and a maker's
mark I. B. in a shaped shield, inscribed with a coat of arms
and " The guift of Gyles Martin, Mercer to the church of S
Lawrence Jewry, 1633."
{a) A small silver-gilt flagon, made in 1873.
Two silver-gilt cups, [b) The date mark on one is for 1548, and a
maker's mark a covered cup in a shaped shield. The date
mark on the other {c) is for 1685, and a maker's mark F. G. with
a mullet below In a shaped shield, and is inscribed " For the
service of our Lord in the church of the united parishes of
S Lawrence Jewry and S Mary Magdalen Milk Street
London 1686."
id) Two silver-gilt cups. One has the date mark for 1561 and
the other {e) for 1 566. Both cups are inscribed with the weights,
and have a maker's mark, a six-pointed star in an oval stamp.
56 S. LAWRENCE, JEWRY, with S. MARY MAGDALEN, MILK STREET.

Patens ...
dia'- 6 in & 7 in.

dia' of each 9^ in.

Dishes 
dia'- of each 1 2 in.

Dish
dia'- 19I in.

Spoon
1'"- 81 in.
Shell Staff

To O o

Two silver-gilt patens without feet. The date mark on one is for
1 56 1 and the star, maker's mark, as above. The other has no
marks.
Two silver-gilt patens with feet. The date mark on both is for
1684, with a maker's mark T. I. with a scallop shell above and
below in a cross-shape stamp, inscribed with a coat of arms and
" The gift of Captain Robert Massy to the parish of S
Lawrence Jewry."
Two silver-gilt dishes with the date mark for 1684. One
has a maker's mark IH as in the margin and is inscribed
" Ad recipiendum oblationes Eucharisticas in Ecclesia paro
chiali S' Lawrence Jewry London," and on the back, " In
memoriam Annae Adam 1685." The other has the same inscrip
tions and marks as on the patens presented by Captain Massy.
A large silver-gilt dish with an engraving of the Lord's Supper, and
on the back is inscribed "The gift of M"' Sarah Scott to the
Altar in S Lawrence Jewry Church 1751." The maker's mark
is IP in an oblong stamp.
(/) A silver-gilt seal head spoon with the date mark for 1639, and a
maker's mark R. C. with three pellets above and a mullet below.
On the seal head is inscribed " M.M.M. 1639."
A shell set in silver for use at the font.
A beadle's staft" with a metal pear-shaped head inscribed, " S L M "
In monogram and 1766.

The flagons of this church are tankards of the usual type. The small flagon is a pretty little tankard of the usual type,
with a spout and a conical lid. The cup of 1548 is taken to illustrate type i, and is figured on Plate i. The companion to
it was made more than a century later. The second two cups have conical sides, slightly splayed at the lip and flat at the ,
base, and the bowls are engraved round the middle with a small belt design after the style of the Strap pattern. The
stems are plain and divided by a hilt two-thirds of the way up. The foot is like the early and flat style of the cups of type 2.
It looks as if the lower part of the stems and the feet are later than the upper parts of the cups. Pictorial engraving on
plate in the churches is rare, and the dish is interesting as being one of the few examples. The spoon is one of the earliest
in the City. The makers' marks— the cup, F. G., the star, T. I., I. B., and R. C. will be found in Appendix A of Old English
Plate, under dates 1548, 1688, 1561, 1685, 1638 and 1639. F. G. is given there as probably the mark of Fras : Garthorne.
It will be found on plate at S. Dunstan in the West. T. I. is given as probably the mark of T. Issod, and I. B. probably of
I. Buckle. This church was built by Wren. S. Mary's church was destroyed in the Fire and not rebuilt. There is an entry
in the churchwarden's account books for 1666 of a payment of 105. made to a person for saving the church plate at the Fire.

C/3

C/2ta

S. MAGNUS

with

S. MARGARET, NEW FISH STREET, and S. MICHAEL, CROOKED LANE.

Flagons 
h'- of each ii^ in.
dia""- of each 7 in.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
w'- 53 13 & 48 I

h'- 15 in. dia'- 4f in.
oz. dwt.
W'- 42 2

Cups 
h'- 9f & 8A in.
dia'- 5 in. & 4f in.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
W' 25 12 & 21 13
h'- of each 7| in.
dia'- of each 3I in.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
W' 13 4 & 12 10

Patens 
dia'- of all 8^ in.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
w'- II 16 II 16
10 17 & II II
dia'- of each 6|- in.
oz. dwt. 02. dwt.
w'- 5 12 & 5 5

Alms Dishes ...
dia'- i6| in.
oz. dwt.
w'- 50 15
dia'- of each 1 2 in.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
w'- 26 12 & 27 2

Two silver tankards. One has the date mark for 1654 and a
maker's mark H. G. with a pellet below in a plain shield, dated
1678. The other has the date mark either for 1641 or 1657
and a maker's mark W. M. with two pellets above and a
cinquefoil and three pellets below in a heart-shaped shield,
dated 1678. Both these pieces belong to S. Margaret,. New
Fish Street.
A silver flagon with the date mark for 1781, belonging to S.
Michael, Crooked Lane.
Two silver-gilt cups with the date mark for 1560; they are of
different sizes and belong to the parish of S. Magnus.
Two silver-gilt cups with the date mark for 1781 and a maker's
mark C. W., belonging to S. Michael, Crooked Lane.
Four silver-gilt patens with the date mark for 1653 and a maker's
mark W. H., belonging to S. Magnus.
Two parcel-gilt patens. The one is a pre-Reformation paten ; date
about 1500. The other is a copy of it with the date mark for
1625 and a maker's mark S. over W., both belonging to S.
Michael, Crooked Lane.
A silver alms dish with the date mark for 1524 and a maker's
mark a cross on an orb ; belonging to S. Michael, Crooked
Lane.
Two silver alms dishes. The one has the date mark for 17 19 and a
maker's mark C. L. in a heart-shaped shield. The other has
the date mark for 1720 and a maker's mark M. C. in an oblong
stamp ; both belonging to S. Magnus.

..8

S. MAGNUS.

Alms Dishes ...

Spoons 
P- 7| in. & si in-
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
w' 2 3 & I I

Four brass alms dishes.
A silver spoon for straining, with the date mark for 1730 and a
maker's mark W. P. crowned. Also a small silver-gilt spoon.
A knife with a silver handle and steel blade.

This church is closed, for the removal of the bodies from the vaults, and the plate is lodged at a bank. Permission to
see it was deferred.
I am indebted to the official return (a very meagre one) for the dimensions and weights, and to the kind author of Old
English Plate for the following information. The flagons are tankards with flat lids and splayed feet. The two cups
belonging to S. Magnus have straight-sided bowls slightly splayed at the lip, engraved bands round the lip, and rings of
moulding round the foot. The cups of S. Michael are plain and oviform. The four patens are plain. Of the other two,
one belongs to the pre-Reformation period. It has six-lobed spandrels engraved with leaves ; the central depression has an
engraving of the Almighty with hands extended sitting on a rainbow. The alms dish belonging to S. Michael has a Gothic
rim with four engraved heads in Ehzabethan medallions, and S. George or S. Michael engraved on the raised centre boss.
This also is a piece of pre-Reformation plate. C. L. and M. C. are the marks of Joseph Clare and Matthew Cooper, and
W. P. of William Petley. The makers' marks, W. H., W. P., S. over W., the cross on the orb, and W. M., will be found
in Appendix A of Old English Plate, under dates 1655, 1730 (Part 2), 1636, 1524 (Part 2), and 1648; W. H. at S. Olave,
Old Jewry ; W. M. at S. Augustine ; and S. over W. at S. Dunstan's in the East.
It is some years since I saw this plate, but speaking from recollection, I should say that the flagons are tankards of the
usual type ; the first two cups belong to type 2, and, if I remember right, they are engraven with the name of the church,
" Magnus the Martyr," but some person, with greater respect for the saints than the engraver, has punched or pricked the
letter S on one of the cups in front of "Magnus." I very much regret that the plate was inaccessible at the time this
inventory was made, particularly on account of the pre-Reformation pieces, but I hope to have an opportunity of exhibiting
and describing all the pre-Reformation plate in the City elsewhere. All these churches were destroyed in the Great Fire.
S. Margaret was not rebuilt, and the other two were rebuilt by Wren. S. Michael was destroyed under the Union of
Benefices Act.

S. MARGARET, LOTHBURY,

with

S. BARTHOLOMEW BY THE ROYAL EXCHANGE and
S. CHRISTOPHER LE STOCKS,

AND

S. OLAVE, OLD JEWRY,

with

S. MARTIN POMROY, S. MILDRED IN THE POULTRY, and
S. MARY COLECHURCH.
Plate of S. Bartholomew.

Flagons 
h'- of each 1 1 in.
dia'- at the lip | § -^^
of each ) ^*
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
w'- 37 5 & 37 7
Cups 
h'- of each 8 in.
,. , f , f bowl 4iin,
dia'- of each jf^^^ 4I in.
oz. dwt. oz.
W'- II 12 & 12
Patens 
dia' of each 7 in.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
w'- It I & 10 10

Spoon

Two silver-gilt tankards with the date mark for 17 14 and a maker's
mark Pa ; both are inscribed with the weights, and one is
inscribed with a coat of arms and " To God and the church,
S Bartholomew by the Royal Exchange 1714."
Two silver-gilt cups with the same date and maker's marks and
inscriptions as the flagons, and inscribed with the weights, and
probably given by William Bass and William Bertram.
Two silver-gilt patens with the same date mark and a maker's
mark W. I. with a two-handled jar above ; one is inscribed
with a coat of arms and " William Bass," and the other is
inscribed " I H S S Bartholomew by the Royal Exchange
1 7 14," and on the back, "William Bertram."
A silver-gilt spoon with the date mark for 1822 and a maker's
mark W. S., and inscribed with the name of the church.

6o

S. MARGARET, LOTHBURY and S. OLAVE, OLD JEWRY.

Plate of S. Olave and S. Martin.

Flagons 
h' of each 13^ in.
dia'- of each 7|- in.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
w'- 72 7 & 73 5

Cups and Covers
h'- of each 8 in.
dia'- / ^°^^ ^^ ^ 4^ in
•^'^ 1 font aI Kr Al\n

foot 4| & 4^ in.
oz. dwt
w'- 2 2 9

Patens

dia'- 5f in. & 6f in.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
w" 5 6 & 10 7

rs^

Two silver tankards; one has the date mark for 1628 and the
other for 1635 ; both have a maker's mark, a scallop shell
in a stamp of the same shape, and are inscribed " M'-
Daniell Romeny, marchant, in Christian affection to the place
of his birth bequethed to this parish S Martin Pomroy
in London being the place likewise of his buriall two silver
flagons to sacred uses Ano : Dom : 1635."
Two silver-gilt cups and paten covers. Cup b and cover have the
date mark for 1562 ; the cup has a maker's mark, a fleur de lis,
and is inscribed with the weight, and the cover has a maker's
mark F. G. stamped over an older mark, probably N. R., 1591,
as at S. Giles. Cup c and cover have the date mark for 1567
and a maker's mark H. W. Round the bowl is inscribed in
three lines "Donum JohTs Belgrave quondam vicarii hujus ecclie
Sci Olavi T veteri Judaismo cij hiis seteciis insertis benedicta sit
Sea: Trinltas atq : individua Unitas," and on the cover,
" Calicem salutaris acclpiam et nomen Domini invocabo."
Two patens, represented in the illustration, the smaller (d) standing
on the larger (e.) The former is silver-gilt and has the date
mark for 1593, and is inscribed "The gift of Robert Harve,
Grosser churchwardene 1594." The latter is silver and is raised
on a short baluster stem ; it has the same date and maker's
marks as the second flagon, and is inscribed or pricked on the
foot : " Charitas non qu^rit quee sua sunt."

S. MARGARET, LOTHBURY and S. OLAVE, OLD JEWRY.

6i

Dishes 
dia'- of each ii| in.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
W'- 17 5 & 18 2
Staff 

Flagon ..



h'- 12 in.

dia'- 7j in.

oz. dwt.

W'- 45 ID

Cup

h'- 7 in.

dia'- 4| in.

02.

w'- 12
Paten
02. dwt.
dia'- 6 in.
w* 9 10
Dishes
dia'- of each
10 in.
Spoon and
Strainer
oz. dwt.
oz.
w'- I 7 &
5
Flagons 
02. oz. dwt.
vv'- 54 & 52 4
Cups and Covers
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
w'- 43 3 S^ 32 II
Dishes .
oz.
bason 50^-
Two silver dishes with the date mark for 1655 and a maker's mark
W.. H., and inscribed with the weights and a coat of arms,
and " The guieft of Robert Bowyer merchant."
A beadle's staff with a silver-plated metal top. The top is a
mitre on an orb, and inscribed on a band round It are the
names of the churches; date about 1820.
Plate of S. Margaret and S. Christopher.
A set of silver plate, consisting of a flagon, a cup, a paten, a
spoon, and a wine funnel strainer, made between the years
18 1 5 and 1 8 18. The first three pieces are inscribed with
the names of the united parishes. This set of plate had
not been used for many years, and in 1893 it was given to
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in exchange for the set of
plate belonging to S. Olave and S. Martin. It is to be
assigned to the new church of S. Olave, Stoke Newington.
Plate of S. Mildred.
The plate of this church was melted down and " new wrought "
in 1830 and was presented in 1870, after S. Mildred's church
was pulled down, to the church of S. Paul, Clerkenwell.
Stow gives the following particulars of the plate which was
melted down in 1830.
Two silver flagons ; one given by Ann Brownel in 1630, and
the other by Henry Dixon in 1633.
Two cups and covers; one was given by Richard Hale in 1642
" for the use of the Sacrament " ; the other, of silver, was
given by William Tudman, merchant tailor, in 1657. Richard
Hale's cup was probably silver, but the metal is not specified ;
he also gave a plate, and possibly the weight, 43 oz. 3 dwt.,
includes the three pieces.
A plate was given by Richard Hale in 1642, and Michael Best
gave a silver bason in 1659.
In the Introduction I have given the history of the plate of these churches as an instance, and there is perhaps no better
example, to show how plate has been scattered about and melted down.
The flagons of S. Bartholomew are tankards of the usual type; the cups belong to type 2. This church had another
set of plate, and I have given a short account of it in the footnote of S. Bartholomew, Moor Lane, to which it was given
62 S. MARGARET, LOTHBURY and S. OLAVE, OLD JEWRY.

when S. Bartholomew by the Exchange was pulled down in 1839 under the London Bridge Approaches Act, 2 and
3 Vic, c. vii.
The flagons of S. Olave belonged to S. Martin Pomroy, one of the churches destroyed in the Fire and not rebuilt ; they
are tankards of the usual type. Cup b is taken to illustrate type 3. The stem with the divided knob is, I think, a later
addition, for close under the bowl is a hilt or guard usually found on cups with a trumpet-shaped stem, as for instance in
types 4 or 5. I have spoken of these cups in the Introduction, and an interesting account will be found of them in p. 202
of Old English Plate, 4th edition. This plate is referred to in that book, and the makers' marks are given in the Appendix.
The cup c belongs to type 2 ; the knob on the stems of the cup and cover are ornamented, which is unusual. The paten e is
a pretty little piece of plate of good shape and proportion. The dishes are among the comparatively few pieces of Common
wealth plate in the City. The staff" has a mitre made after the same model as those at S. Dunstan in the East, and
S. Botolph, Bishopsgate.
The flagon of S. Margaret and S. Christopher is a tankard of the usual type with a spout and the cup is thistle-shaped.
I expect that the set was made at the commencement of the century out of the old plate of these churches.
The history of the S. Mary Colechurch plate will be found in Mr. Milbourn's book on S. Mildred, published in 1872.
It appears from the certificate of Church goods made by the parish to the Commissioners in 1552, that the parish had
sold a quantity of old plate to one George Daulton, from whom they obtained in return a large gilt cup and paten weighing
32 oz. for which they paid at the rate of is. ^d. per oz. ; and also two small gilt cups with patens weighing 33 oz., for which
they paid 8j. 2d. per oz.
In 1613 the churchwardens' account records the existence of two cups and one plate, gilt, and a leather case to put the
plate in, weight 47! oz. ; also 2 pewter pots, one for 3 quarts, and the other for 2 quarts ; also i pewter bason with the
Queen's (Elizabeth) arms given by Mr. Taylford ; also a pewter paten given by Mr. John Cornelus ; also 2 pewter plates to
set the pots on at the Communion time, given by Mr. Nicholas Wheeler.
In 1630 the churchwardens' account records the existence of i silver and gilt plate given by Mr. Edward Chapman, 163 1,
weighing 6 oz. 2 dwt.
On the 7th June, 1713, an inventory was made, and it appears that the plate then consisted of 2 silver flagons weighing
42 oz. 19 dwt. and 42 oz. 15 dwt. given by Mr. Robert Wilson to be freed from all parish offices ; a silver cup, engraved
on it " S. Mary Colechurch, 1643," weighing 21 oz., and a cover to it weighing 7f oz. ; 2 silver patens engraved as on the cup,
and described as dishes in the inventory, and weighing 8| oz. each.
This plate no doubt subsequently got mixed up with the S. Mildred plate, and was eventually melted down, and only a
spoon or strainer was kept.
The makers' marks of these various sets of plate, Pa, the shell, the fleur de lis, W. H., H. W., and F. G., will be
found in Appendix A of Old English Plate. The shell and the fleur de lis will be found respectively on plate at S. Helen,
Bishopsgate, and S. Stephen, Walbrook ; in the latter church the mark appears in a shield. Pa, the mark of Humphrey
Payne, will be found frequently in different churches; F. G., the mark or Fras; Garthorne, at S. Lawrence Jewry and
W. H. at S. Magnus.
All these churches were first destroyed in the Fire, and afterwards, with the exception of S. Martin Pomroy and S. Mary
Colechurch, rebuilt by Wren ; those two churches were not rebuilt, but united to S. Olave and S. Mildred respectively.
S. Christopher was pulled down in 1780 by Act of Parliament to make way for the Bank of England. It stood opposite
the Mansion House, and the churchyard is now the Bank garden. S. Bartholomew's church stood on the east side of the
Bank in Bartholomew Lane and was pulled down in 1839, and these churches were united with S. Margaret, Lothbury.
S. Mildred was pulled down in 1870 under the Union of Benefices Act and united with S. Olave, and the latter was pulled
down in 1889 under the same Act, and S. Margaret is now the church of these seven parishes.

S. MARGARET PATTENS

S. GABRIEL FENCHURCH.

Flagons 
h'- of each ii|^ in.
dia'- of each 7 in.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
w' 53 12 & 47 I

Cups and Covers ...
h*- 8 in. & 8i in.
dia'-/'^°^^^'*^i"' ^ sin.
( foot 4 1 in.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
w' 17 19 & 18 12
Covers.
dia' 5f in. & 4I in.

^

Two silver-gilt tankards of the usual type ; both have a maker's
mark L. E., with a pellet above and below, and seven dots
in a circular stamp.
The one has the date mark for 1709, and is inscribed :
" The gift of Sir George Thorold, Kt. Bt. and Alderman
of the City of London, 1710," and his arms.
The other has the date mark for 1708, and is inscribed;
"The gift of the Revd. Henry Lamb, late curate of ye
parish for ye use of ye parish church of S. Margaret
Pattons, London, 1708," and his arms.
Two silver-gilt cups and covers.
(a) The one cup has the date mark for 1545, and a circular
maker's mark, indistinguishable, and the cover to it has
the date mark for 1600, and a maker's mark, a cock,
and is inscribed : " 1600."
(b) The other cup has the date mark for 1649, and a maker's
mark M., with a pellet below In a heart-shaped shield; and
the cover to it has no distinguishable marks, and is
inscribed : " 1639."

64

S. MARGARET PATTENS with S. GABRIEL FENCHURCH.

Cup h'-dia w'-

AND Cover
si in-
'- of bowl 2^ in.
oz. dwt.
12 12

Patens 

dia w'-

'- of each 8 J in.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt
i6 IO & i6 15

dia

'• 4| in.
OZ. dwt.

w^-

4 2

Dishes ...
dia
'- 17I in.
oz. dwt.
w'
72 7
dia
'- of each
I2i
in.
oz. dwt.
OZ.
dwt
w'
31 10 &
30
18
Spoon
Staff
Miscellaneous
<^
(c) A small silver-gilt cup and cover, with the date mark for 1743,
and a maker's mark S. P., and inscribed : " The gift of New-
brough Swingland, parish clerk, 1744."
Two silver-gilt patens on feet; both have the same date and
maker's marks as on the first flagon.
The one is inscribed : " The gift of Mrs. E. M. to the Parish
of S. Margaret Pattons and S. Gabriel Fenchurch."
The other has an inscription showing that it is the gift of
the parishioners.
A silver-gilt paten on three feet, with the date mark for 1738,
and a maker's mark D. W., and inscribed as on the small
cup.
A large silver-gilt alms dish, with the same date and maker's marks
as on the first flagon, and with an inscription showing that it
was presented by the parishioners.
Two silver alms dishes, with the date mark for 1702, and a maker's
mark G. A., with a mitre above, in a trefoil stamp. The
inscription on the one shows that it was the gift of Joseph
Martin, Esq., and the other by an inscription appears to have
been the gift of the parishioners.
A silver-gilt spoon, with illegible marks, probably early eighteenth
century.
A beadle's staff, with a modern brass head. Intended apparently to
represent a bunch of Marguerite daisies.
A processional cross, made of brass.
A censer, made of base metal.
The flagons of this church are tankards of the usual type. The cups are peculiar. Cup a is the oldest church cup in the
City; it was no doubt originally a secular piece of plate ; it may be compared with a cup at Gatcombe, Isle of Wight, illustrated
on p. 206 of Old English Plate. Cup /5 is a copy made in the first year of the Commonwealth. The maker's mark on the older
cup is unfortunately indistinguishable. The small cup (not a ciborium as the parochial authorities will have it) is a pretty
little piece of plate, intended probably for the Communion of the Sick. This plate is kept in the curious old stamped leather
cases frequently to be found in the City. They are in excellent preservation, and so is the plate ; and I wish I could say
that all the plate in the City is as well taken care of as that of this parish. The double case for the two cups is especially
noticeable. The makers' marks L. E. and M. will be found in Appendix A of Old English Plate under dates 1699 (in
Part 2) and 1659, and the former will also be found on plate at S. Dunstan in the East. It is the mark of Timothy
Ley. Both these churches were destroyed in the Fire ; only S. Margaret's church was rebuilt, and by Wren. I have made
especial mention of and described the two cups in the Introduction.
BEADLES STAVES.

Plate VI.

if <^ "^

(^ — - 5

S. MARTIN, LUDGATE,

WITH

S. MARY MAGDALEN, OLD FISH STREET, and
S. GREGORY BY S. PAUL.

Flagons 
h'- 1 6 in. & 1 5| in.
dia"'- of each 7 in.
02. dwt. oz.
w'- 61 15 & 62
Cups 
h' II J in. & I if in.
^;^,, rbowl5iin.&sfin,
I foot 5|in. &6|in
02. dwt. 02. dwt.
W- 35 IS & 36 5
h^- 7f in.
dia'- bowl and foot, 3I in.
Patens 
oz. dwt.
dia""- 8| in. w'- 2 i 16
oz. dwt.
dia''- 6^ in. w^ 21 16
dia''- 6 in.
Dish
dia"'- II in.

02. dwt.
w'- 15 13

Spoon
oz. dwt.
w'- I 4
Staves .

Two silver flagons Inscribed : " Deo optimo maximo In usum sacra;
Eucharlstlae sacrum S Martins Ludgate London An° Domi
1620 Samuele Purchas Rectore, Thoma Wilmer, RobertI
Smith, Edituis."
Two silver cups. One is inscribed : " This cup and cover was given
by Henry Sivedall citizen and draper of London to the
Parish Church of S Martin at Ludgate then Churchwarden."
The other is inscribed: "Stewyn Pekoe Marget his Wyff
wyche gave thys in 1610."
A silver cup Inscribed : " S' Martin Ludgate Mr. Henry Terry Mr
VVilliam Cass churchwardens 1789," and on the reverse I. H. S.
A silver paten inscribed: "S Martin Ludgate Gloria Patrl et Filio
et Spiritui Sancto."
A silver paten.
A silver paten Inscribed with a coat of arms and the date 16 10.
A silver dish inscribed : " The gift of Edward Corbet to the Parish
of S Martin Ludgate," and C. E. S. surrounded by scroll work.
A silver spoon for use as a strainer.
A staff-head on a globe of boxwood, bound with a silver band round
it, inscribed : " This gate was built a.d. 1586 and taken down
A.D. 1760 and was supposed to be built by King Lud 60
years before Christ." On the top of the globe is a representa
tion in silver of Ludgate, and on the top of that a figure of S.
Martin of Tours, to whom this church is dedicated.
Two staves belonging to S. Mary and S. Gregory.

This church is closed for the removal of the bodies from the vaults, and the plate lodged at a bank. Permission to see
it was deferred. I am indebted to the official return, a very good one, for the information given above. This is one of
Wren's churches, and with it are united the parishes of S. Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street, also a Wren church, destroyed
by a fire seven years ago, and S. Gregory by S. Paul, destroyed in the Great Fire and not rebuilt. The accumulated plate
of these parishes is now in the possession of the parish of S. Martin Ludgate.

S. MARY ABCHURCH

S. LAWRENCE POUNTENEY.

Flagons 

h'- of each 1 1 in.

dia'- of each 8 in.

02. dwt. 02. d\

vt

w'- 51 8 & 50 I

7

Cups 

h'- 81 in.
h'- of each g},- in.
dia'- of each 5 h in.
h'- 8i in.
dia'- 4] in.
Patens . . .
dia'- 5 in.
dia'- of each 6-1,-
in
dia'- 5 in.
dia'- of each 10 in.
m\o 00/
Two silver tankards with the date mark for? 1679 and a maker's
mark C. K. as in the margin, inscribed with the weights and
with a coat of arms and "The gift of M' John Pemell to y'
parish church of S Mary Abchurch London January 1679."
A silver-gilt cup with the Antwerp mark for 1581 and two other
marks much worn, all on the lip of the bowl. The name of
the church is inscribed Inside the rim of the foot.
Two silver-gilt cups with the date mark for 1686 and a maker's
mark Y. T. The one Is inscribed: "The gift of M' Thomas
Gresham," and the other : " The gift of M" Katherine
Gresham," and both " to the parish church of S Mary Abchurch
1686."
A silver-gilt cup with the date mark for 1628 and a maker's mark
a winged lion Inscribed with a coat of arms and " Ex dono
Adam Denton 1628."
A small silver-gilt paten with the date mark for 1567 and a maker's
mark a stag's head in a shaped shield.
Two silver-gilt patens with the same date and maker's marks and
Inscriptions as on the two cups ; on the foot of one is inscribed :
"S. M. A. . . K.G."
A silver-gilt paten with the date mark for 1628 and a maker's mark
WS. with a bow and arrow in a round stamp. The foot is
inscribed with the same coat of arms as on the cup given by
Adam Denton.
Two large silver-gilt patens with the date mark for 1684 and a
maker's mark E. G. and inscribed : " For the use of the
united parishes of S Mary Abchurch and S Lawrence
Pounteney London. S Math 63.4. Humbly dedicated to God
and the service In the administration of the Lord's Supper."
S. MARY ABCHURCH with S. LAWRENCE POUNTENEY.

Dish
dia'- 13 in.

Spoon

Staff

M

A silver-gilt dish with the date mark for 16S4, and a maker's mark
I. Y. with a quadruped of some kind between, In an oval stamp
inscribed : " The gift of Mr. John Poynter to the parish church
of S Mary Abchurch London 1686."
Two pewter alms dishes.
A silver-gilt seal head spoon with the date mark for 1670 and a
maker's mark I. I. with a pellet between the letters and a
mullet below on a plain shield and inscribed: "Deo et Sacrls
D. D. A. W."
A beadle's staff" with a silver top. The top Is a diminutive crown
on an orb. It was presented to the parish by Dr. Bellamy
in 1822.

The flagons of this church are tankards of the usual type. The pair of cups are a form of type 6 and very ugly ; the
stems have the appearance of being telescopic. On the other hand, the small cup, illustrated on Plate i, is perhaps the
prettiest piece of ecclesiastical plate in the City. There are three marks on it. An extended hand with a crown and
some object ? an axe head, above it. This mark on the plate, excepting the hand, is not very distinct but it is probably
the same as that given in Dr. Marc Rosenberg's " Der Goldschmeide Markzeichen," Frankfort am Main, pubhshed by
H. Keller 1890 as the Antwerp mark for 1581. The second mark is much worn, but appears to be a Maltese cross in a
plain shield, and the third mark is probably the date letter. The fourth cup belongs to type 2. The makers' marks, C. K.,
the stag's head, W. S., E. G., I. Y., and and I. I., will be found in Appendix A, Old English Plate, under dates 1679 (with
one pellet instead of three, but probably the same maker), 1551, 1629, 1685 and 1640. The maker's mark W. S. and the
bow and arrow will be found on plate at S. Botolph, Aldgate, and the stag's head at S. Helen, Bishopsgate and S. Giles,
Cripplegate. These churches were destroyed in the Fire. S. Mary was rebuilt by Wren, and has a perfect dome covered
with frescoes. It is architecturally quite one of the most interesting and picturesque churches in the City.

S. MARY THE VIRGIN.
ALDERMANBURY.

Set of Plate 
Flagon.
h'- 15 in. dia' 5f in.
oz. dwt
w' 48 14
Cups.
h'- 9 in.
dia'- of each < r , ^f • '

foot 5;| in.
07. dwt. 07. dwt.
W'- 26 2 & 25 7
Patens.
With feet.
dia'- of each 7 in.
oz. dwt. 02. dwt.
w'- I I 3 & 1 1 4
Without feet.
dia'- of each 7 in.
02. dwt. 02. dwt.
w'- 5 I O & 5 II
Dishes 

Staff

A set of silver-gilt communion plate consisting of a flagon, two
cups, two patens with feet and two without feet. The plate
is inscribed : " This plate was purchased by the parish to
replace a set of plate presented by Walter Brockley and
Walter Pell in 1658 and stolen from the church in
July 1889." Made by Messrs. Barnard & Co.

One metal dish and six pewter dishes, the latter made by H. and
Richard Joseph, with their mark : a scallop shell.
A beadle's staff with a metal plated top ; the top is a bust of a
woman, inscribed : "S Mary Aldermanbury 1756."

This is another church whose plate has been stolen. The flagon is pear-shaped, with a narrow neck and spout. The
cups belong to type 9. The staff will be found illustrated on Plate 4. This church was destroyed in the fire and rebuilt
by Wren.

S. MARY, ALDERMARY, WITH
S. THOMAS THE APOSTLE, S. ANTHOLIN, and S. JOHN, WALBROOK.

Flagons 
h'- of each 9^ in.
dia'- of each 6i in.

Cup ...
h'- 8i in.

Plate of S. Mary and S. Thomas.
Two silver tankards; both have the date mark for 1688. One has
a maker's mark I. S. with a cinquefoil below in a shaped
shield, and is inscribed : " This flagon was provided for the use
of y^ parish of S Mary Aldermary 1688 Andrew Binkes
churchwarden." The other has a maker's mark S. D., with a
pellet between and a pellet below the letters, and Is inscribed :
" This flagon was provided for the use of the parish of
S Thomas Apostle 1688 Edward Morse churchwarden."
A silver-gilt cup with the date mark for ? 1680 and a maker's
mark I. H. and a fleur-de-lis and two pellets below in a shaped
shield, and inscribed : " The gift of W^illiam Naylor to the
parish of S Mary Aldermary July y^ 5^ 1677."

70 Patens

S. MARY, ALDERMARY.

Spoon
1*- 9 in.
Dish... .
dia'- 9I in.

Flagons 
h'- of each loj- in.
dia' of each 6 in.
02. dwt.
w' of each 36 16

Cups

h'- 7.1

in.

dia'- ¦

bowl 5^ in.
foot 5|- in.

OZ.

dwt.

w'- 37

I

Cover.

dia'- 5

I in.

h'- gi

in.

dia'- ¦

' bowl ] , .
foot j 3'i 1"

02.

dwt.

w'- 20

4

Cover.

dia' 4

in.

h'- of each g^ in.

dia'- j

bowl 4i in.
foot 41 in.

02.

oz. dwt.

w' 21

& 21 12

p

Two silver-gilt patens. One is in all respects similar to the last
cup. The other has the date mark for 181 7 and is inscribed :
" The gift of Mary Ann the wife of the R"''' H. B. Wilson
B.D. to the parish of S Thomas the Aposde 21'' Dec' 181 7."
A silver-gilt spoon made In the early part of the eighteenth
century, and inscribed : " S Mary Aldermary."
A silver-gilt alms dish with the date mark for 1694 and a maker's
mark H .B. with a mullet below in a plain shield, and inscribed :
" The gift of Catharine Rawson the wife of Richard Rawson
present churchwarden to y^ parish of S Thomas y'= Apostle for
y° use of y" communion table, May y" 17 1694."
Plate of S. Antholin and S. John.
Two silver-gilt tankards; one has the date mark for 1637 and a
maker's mark W. M. as in the margin, and is Inscribed with
the weight and " Donum Johannis Larkin parochia; Sancti
Johls baptlste in Walbroke Ano Dom 163S." The other has
the date mark for 1645 and a maker's mark D. W. as in the
margin.
{a and b) A silver-gilt cup and paten cover with the date mark
for 1609 and a maker's mark W. On the foot of the paten
are the arms of England with a lion and dragon as supporters
in enamel. On a belt round the arms is inscribed : " The Body
of our Lorde Jesus Christe which was geven for y'= pserve
y" soule unto . .
A silver-gilt cup and paten cover with the date mark for 16 19 and
a maker's mark W. R., and inscribed with the weight and
" Ab imunitate a muneribus Or Francis Bridges his thanckfull
gift 1620."
(c) Two silver-gilt cups and conical covers. One has the date
mark for 1622 and a maker's mark T. E. In monogram in a
scalloped shield, and is inscribed with the weight and " In
Recordacone ChristI Crucifixi. Ex Dono Rogerl Price 1622."
The other has the date mark for 163 1 and a maker's mark H M
with a cinquefoil below In a plain shield, and is inscribed with
the weight and " In Recordacone ChristI Crucifixi. John
Bromsgrave, blacksmith and Ann his wife gave this cup 1632,"
and with the arms of the Blacksmiths' Company.

S. MARY, ALDERMARY.

Patens . .
dia'- 8J- in.

dia'- 6.', in.

Dish
dia'- 15 in.
oz. dwt.
w'- 49 9

A silver-gilt paten with the date mark for 161 3 and a maker's mark
T. F. in monogram in a plain shield. Inscribed with the
sentence used when the Bread is given and " The gift of
Hugh Hamersley, haberdasher churchwarden of the parish
of S Antholins 16 13."
A silver-gilt paten, with the date mark for 1704 and a maker's
mark F. A. in an oblong stamp.
A silver-gilt alms dish with the date mark for 1683 and a maker's
mark L. C. crowned, with a crescent and two pellets below,
in a shaped shield, and Inscribed with the weight and "The
gift of Elizabeth Frisdick maid servant to y" parish of S
Antholins for the use of the Communion Table 1685," and
also " This dish was burnished and the rest of the plate gilt
at the charge of an unknown person In the year of our Lord
I737-"

The flagons of this church are tankards of the usual type. The cups belong to type 2, with the exception of cup a,
which belongs to and is taken to illustrate type 4, and William Naylor's cup, which is a mixture of types 2 and 6; there are
two cups like it at S. Katharine Coleman. Cup a is a very interesting specimen, and the best piece of enamelled Church plate
in the City. The inscription stops short for want of space. Elizabeth Frisdick deserves especial mention for her gift. The
makers' marks, I. S., S. D., I. H., W. M., D. W., W. R., T. F., F. A., and L. C, will be found in Appendix A of Old English
Plate, under dates 1687 (p' 2), 1686, 1677, 1648, 1640, 1608, 1609, 1702, and 1686 ; I. S., D. W., W. M., and T. F. will be
found on plate at S. Bride, S. "Vedast, S. Augustine, and S. Helen respectively. There is a slight difference between the D. W.
and W. M. marks as given here and in the Appendix of Old English Plate, but probably they belong to the same person.
T. F. will be found all over the city. The maker's mark on the enamelled cup and cover is described in the printed
parish inventory as a castle. All these churches were destroyed in the Great Fire. S. Anthohn, one of Wren's most
interesting churches, was pulled down under the Union of Benefices Act. S. Mary, which was very little injured in the Fire,
was restored by Wren.

S. MARYLE-BOW

WITH

ALL HALLOWS, HONEY LANE, ALL HALLOWS, BREAD STREET,
S. JOHN THE EVANGELIST, and S. PANCRAS, SOPER LANE.

Flagons 
h'- of each 13^^ in.
dia'- of each 6-| in.
02. dwt. oz. dwt.
w'- 66 II & 68 14

14*

dia'- 61 in.

Cups 
h'- 10 in.
Ji„r. (bowls in.
"^'^ I foot si in.
OZ. dwt.
w'-32 13
Cover.
oz. dwt.
dia'- sf in. w'- 9 10
h'- of each 8| in.
,. . fbowl 4i & 4-8 in-
' ( foot of each 4^- in.
02. dwt. 02. dwt.
W'- 17 10 & 16 2
Covers.
dia'- of each 5 j in.
oz. oz. dwt.
w'- 7 & 6 9

^

(a) Two silver tankards with the date mark for 1630 and a maker's
mark R. S. with a heart below in a heart-shaped shield, inscribed :
" Rotherick Powell, Edward Darlinge, churchwardens 1630."
A pewter flagon made in the present century.
(b) A silver-gilt cup and paten cover. The cup has the date mark
for 1559 and a maker's mark a cone-shaped stamp with a
circular base and some object in the lower part of it, possibly
Intended to represent scales.

{c and d) Two silver-gilt cups and paten covers. The date mark
on one cup Is for 1568 and a maker's mark R. F. in monogram.
Inscribed : " Blessed is God in al hys giftes All Hallows Hoiil
Lane " ; the cover is inscribed : " Christe Is the Breade of lyfe.
Ano 1568." The date mark on the other is for 1626 and a
maker's mark T. F. in monogram in a plain shield ; the cover
has the same marks and is inscribed: "Ano: D. 1626."

S. MARY-LE-BOW.

11

Cups
h'- loi
dia' I

in.
bowlfoot

a\ m.

oz. dwt.
w'- 5 6

02. dwt.
W'- 2 2 1 6
Cover.
dia'- 5^ in.
h' of each 9^ in.
dia'-ofeachJ^°^yl4|in. I foot 4| in.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
w'- 18 3 & 18 II
Patens 
dia'- 6| in. 1
oz. dwt.
W' II 10

dia'- of each 6|- in.
02. dwt.
w' of the two 16 ID

dia'- 7| in. & 7| in.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
w'- 8 8 & 8 6
Dishes 
dia'- 15 in. & 14I
oz. dwt. 02. dwt.
^''' 35 13 & 34 II

dia'- wi in.

^

{e) A silver-gilt cup and paten cover with the date mark for 1623
and a maker's mark W. C. as in Appendix A of Old English
Plate under date 1633 and inscribed "Ex dono Henry
Hickford 1623."

Two silver cups with the date mark for 1698 and the maker's
mark of Edward Yorke as given in Appendix A of Old English
Plate under date 1 706.
A silver-gilt paten on four ball feet with a maker's mark I. C.
with a cock below in a plain shield. There is no date mark.
This paten was probably a paten without a foot. It is very
massive and heavy for its size.
Two silver-gilt patens with the date mark for 1623 and a maker's
mark C. B. in monogram in a plain shield, Inscribed with the
arms of the Goldsmiths Company and " Christ is the llvinge
Bread which came down from Heaven. The gift of Gilbert
Harryson of London Goldsmith All Hallows Hony Lane."
Two silver patens with the date mark for 1698 and the same
maker's mark as on the two cups of that date.
Two silver dishes with the date mark for 1684 and a maker's mark
R. C. with three pellets above and three below in a circular
stamp Inscribed with the weights and a coat of arms and on
one " The gift of Maurice Walrond to the parish church of
S' All Hallows Hony Lane 1660;" and on the other "The
gift of Mary the widdow of Anthony Smith to y'= parish
church of S'- All Hallows Honey Lane London Anno Dom
1635-"
Eleven modern pewter almsdishes.

The flagons of this church are tankards of the usual type. Cups c and d belong to type 3 with conical sides and flat
base, and are engraved round the bowl. Cup e belongs to type 2 and cup b, one of the earliest in the City, to type 4.
The paten with the maker's mark I. C. is, I think, very probably a pre-Reformation paten. The two cups of 1698 are a
debased form of type 2, not unlike those at S. Clement Eastcheap, but without the ring round the middle of the bowl.
The maker's marks R. S, R. F, T. F., C. B., will be found in Appendix A of Old English Plate under dates, 1619, 1568,
1609, and 1606 respectively. R. C. is the mark given in the same Appendix under date 16S4, and the mark of Edward
Yorke is given under date 1706 in the same Appendix. R. S., T. F., R. C, and C. B., will be found on plate at
S. Katharine Cree, All Hallows the Great, S. Michael Royal, and Christchurch respectively. All these churches were
destroyed in the Fire. All Hallows and S. Mary were rebuilt by Wren. The former was pulled down under the Union of
Benefices Act, and S. Mary is now the church of the united parishes.

S. MARY AT HILL

WITH

S. ANDREW HUBBARD.

Flagons 
h'- of each i2| in.
dia'- of each 7| in.
oz. dwt. 02. dwt.
w'- 56 10 & 56 3

Cups 
h'- 9 in. & 8 in.
^j^,,rbowl4|in.&4|in. [foot 4jm.&4|-in
oz. dwt. oz.
w'- 32 18 & 36^
Covers.
dia'- of each 5 in.

Paten
dia'- 9 in.
oz. dwt.
w'- 18 5

Dish..

dia'- 16^ in.

w'- 52
Spoon
1'"- 7i in.
oz. dwt.
w'- 3 10
Knife Plates . . .
dia'- II J- in.

i)

Two silver-gilt tankards with the date mark for 1637 and a maker's
mark a mullet over a scallop with six pellets in a plain shield
both inscribed with the weights and " For the church of
S. Mary at Hill, London 1637."
Two silver-gilt cups and covers. The one has the date mark for
1576 and is inscribed with the weight and " Thomas Lorimar,"
and " New gilt 1692 Charles Marshall, Braham Smyth." The
cover has the same date mark and is inscribed, " T. L. 1576."
The other has the date mark for 1587, and a maker's mark D.
in a plain shield and is inscribed with the weight and " Saynt
Mary att Hill." The cover has the same marks and is inscribed,
"1587."
A silver-gilt paten with the date mark for 1684, and a maker's mark
I. I. with a pellet between and a fleur de lis below in a plain
shield inscribed with the weight and with an inscription showing
that it was obtained in 1685 by exchange, with the consent of
the vestry, for a cup the property of S. Andrew Hubbard parish
which had been presented by Mathew Dequester.
A silver-gilt dish, with the same marks as the paten and show
ing that it was obtained by exchange for a cup, the property
of S. Andrew Hubbard parish, on i8th April 1674, by Henry
Loades and Henry Marsh, Churchwardens.
A silver-gilt seal head spoon, with the date mark for 1684 and a
maker's mark I. S. crowned in a plain shield inscribed with the
weight and I. H.S. on the seal.
A knife with a silver-gilt handle inscribed, " S' M. H. 1707."
Six pewter plates. Two are engraved respectively " He that
gyveth to the Pore lendlth to ye Lord " and " Blessed is he
that remembrith ye Pore and giveth to ye nedye." The others
are inscribed 1808.

The flagons of this church are tankards of the usual type. The cups belong to type 2 and are fine. The spoon has a
seal head. The maker's mark, the scallop and mullet, D., I. I., and I. S., will be found in Appendix A of Old English Plate,
under dates 1637, 1586, 1688 and 1685, and the mullet, D, and I. S., on plate at S. Benet Fink, S. Mary Woolnoth,
and S. Michael, Wood Street. These churches were destroyed in the Great Fire. S. Mary was rebuilt by Wren.

S. MARY WOOLNOTH

wn H

S. MARY WOOLCHURCH HAW.

Flagons 
h'- 15 in. & 14^ in.
dia'- of each 65- in.
oz. dwt.
w'- the pair 144 9

h'- of each 13 in.
dia' of each 5 J in.
oz. 02. dwt.
W'- 41 & 41 2

Cups 
h'- 81^ in. & 85 in.
dia'- of each/ ^^°^j | sjin.
OZ oz.
'^¦'- 4SA & 45i

(a). Two silver-gilt tankards with the date mark for 1587, and a
maker's mark T. S. with a double-headed eagle and both are
inscribed, " In the year 1697 these two gilt flagons were
exchanged by consent of the united parishes for plate that
was the guift of Thomas Rich, Merchant and M. W. to S.
Mary Woolchurch Haw, the pair 144 oz. 9 dwt."
Two silver tankards with the date mark for 161 3, and a maker's
mark N over a pellet in a shaped shield Inscribed with the
weight and " The guifte of Charles Glascocke, grocer given to
the parish of S. Mary AN^oolnoth in Lumbard Street London

lOl

J-

Two silver-gilt cups. The one has the date mark for 1626, and a
maker's mark H. B. in linked letters with a pellet below in a
shaped shield and is inscribed with the weight and a coat of
arms and "Thomas Willes 1626." The other has the date
mark for 1631 and the same maker's mark and is inscribed,
" This cup was given by Mr. Paul Forre who dyed the 24th of
February 1630 and was buried the ist March following in the
chancel of the church."

76

S. MARY WOOLNOTH with S. MARY WOOLCHURCH HAW.

Patens 
dia'- 61 in. & 61 in.
02. 02. dwt.
w'- 14 & 10 7
dia'- 8 in.
OZ. dwt.
w'- 13 13

Dishes ...
dia'' isl in.
oz. dwt.
w'- 40 18
dia'- 13I in.
02. dwt.
w'- 18 10

Spoon
1'"- 6 in.
dwt.
w'- 16

1

Two silver-gilt patens, both have the same maker's marks as the
cups. The one has the date mark for 1626, and the other has
the date mark for 1631 and is inscribed, " P. F. 1630."
A silver-gilt paten made In 1809 Inscribed with the names of the
united parishes.
A large silver dish with the date mark for 1655, inscribed, with the
weight and " S. M. W. 1655."
A silver dish with the boss and part of the rim gilt, with the date
mark for 15 18, and a maker's mark D. The boss is intended
to have a coat of arms in enamel, but the enamel is gone.
A silver-gilt spoon with the date mark for 1684 and a maker's
mark I. S. crowned in a plain shield inscribed, " S. Mary
Woolnoth 1686."

The flagons of this church are tankards of the usual type. The two which I have illustrated in the head plate are the
oldest and by far the most elaborately decorated in the churches of the City, but the engraving and the ornamental rim
above the foot and on the handles have been added at a later date. The cups belong to type 5, the hilt on the stem
is unfortunately not very visible in the photograph. Both these cups have the same maker's mark, and according to the
date marks were made within five years of one another, but it will be noticed that one has been hammered out and is
in its original state, and the other has been rolled. I expect that if the truth could be got at it would be found that
the latter being either damaged or much worn, the parish decided to have it re-made and it was thereupon handed over
to a maker who reproduced it by rolling instead of hammering, but inserted the old marks. There is no doubt that
the marks are genuine and the operation has been most skilfully performed. The small dish with the date mark for 1518
is the oldest piece of church plate I have come across in the City; the maker's mark is not very distinct. The enamel
from the centre boss is gone. The mark I. S. will be found in Appendix A of Old English Plate under date 1685, and
will be found on plate at S. Michael Wood Street. N will be found on plate at S. Edmund the King and Martyr. In
the churchwarden's account books of S. Mary Woolchurch Haw there are the following entries relating to gifts of plate.
"Sir Thomas Rich, Knt and Baronet 1639. A pair of silver flagons and a silver plate for bread." The inscription on the
two large flagons shows what became of Sir Thomas Rich's gift. Also " Mrs. Elizabeth Browneinge, the relict of the
worshipful John Browneinge, a white silver bason for the gathering of oblations [no date] and in 1658 a crimson velvet
cusheon with 4 tassels &c., for the pulpit." This bason may be the large dish inscribed "S. M. W. 1655." It also appears
from the registers that Charles Glascocke was churchwarden and died in 1613, the year when he presented the flagons.
Paul Forre's name was also written Furrey and he is described as of the Dutch "ordinary'' or eating house. S. Mary
Woolchurch was destroyed in the Great Fire and not rebuilt. S. Mary Woolnoth was demolished and the present church
built by Hawkesmore.

CUP OF S. MICHAEL BASSISHAW.
Augsburg mark, about 1600.

S. MICHAEL, BASSISHAW.

Flagon .

h'- i4i in.

dia'- 7 J- in.

oz. dwt.
w'- 89 4

Cups and
Covers
h'- of each
9 in.
dia'- of covers sf in.
h'- 10 J in.
Illustrated
on Plate X
Paten
h'- 31 in.
dia'- 81 in.
Spoon
r"- 6| in.
Small Set
Staff
A silver tankard with the date mark for 1629 and a maker's mark
R.S. with a heart below in a heart-shaped shield; inscribed
"The gifte of John Banckes citizen and mearsor A° : 1630,
Thinke and Thanke God 1638" and also the crest of the
Mercer's Company in high relief.
Two silver cups gilt inside and paten covers with the date mark
for 1738 and a maker's mark R.B. In an oblong stamp inscribed
"S. Michael Bassishaw 1738."
A silver-gilt cup and cover elaborately engraved and beaten ; with
a cover and on it a small statuette of S. Michael. The cup
has two marks ; two sceptres in saltire in a plain shield, and
a pine cone (the Augsburg mark) in a scalloped shield ; date
about 1600.
A silver paten on a baluster stem with the date mark for 1629
and a maker's mark an anchor between D.G. in a plain
shield.
A silver spoon of the Queen Anne period ; it is inscribed " S' INI.B "
and the bowl is perforated ; the date mark Is Illegible.
A silver paten and chalice with the date mark for 1784 inscribed
" S Michael Bassishaw Rev*^ John Moore, Rector."
A silver staff head for the beadle's staff. The head is an amphora
with a mitre on the top ; on one side is a medallion with
S. Michael in relief; on the other is a medallion with the
following inscription : " R"'' John Moore, Rector, Charles
Smith, W. Stewardson, churchwardens 1797." The date
mark on It is for 1797.
The flagon of this church is a tankard of the usual type. John Banckes also gave a paten to S. "Vedast and some plate
to the Mercer's Company. The cups are plain, similar to two at S. Clement Eastcheap without the rim round the bowl,
and they are a debased form of type 2. The silver gilt cup or hanap is the finest cup in the City church plate. It has a
long bowl, with straight sides, splayed at the lip and flat at the base. The bowl is decorated with chasing and repousse
work. The short stem is divided into two equal halves by a knob and ends in a chased bulb ; below the bulb is a broad
flat foot or base also chased. The cover is flat and out of the centre rises a small circular pedestal, and standing on it a
statuette of S. Michael with a shield and spear. For the marks consult Dr. Marc Rosenberg's Z>£r Goldschmeide Merkzeichen.,
Frankfort-am-Main, published by H. Keller, 1890. I am indebted to Mr. Churchwarden W. B. Passmore for the following
note on this interesting cup : — " I have never been able to discover when this article came into the possession of the parish,
it appears to have been there in 161 7 as there is an entry in the inventory in the old churchwarden's book ' i silver bowl
gilt with a cover to it.' In 1738 'Mr. churchwarden acquainted the vestry that a person unknown had offered to give two
new chalices in lieu of the two old ones which being produced and question put it was agreed to accept the same two
new chalices in exchange for the said two old ones.' This no doubt, refers to the two silver cups 9 inches high
engraved "S. M. B. 1738." I should guess that "the person unknown " got the best of the bargain. The only other
staff of this pattern will be found at the Holy Trinity, Minories. R. S., D. G., and R. B., will be found in Appendix A of
Old English Plate under dates 161 9, 1630, and 1736 respectively, and R. B. is given as the mark of Robert Brown. R. S.
will also be found on plate at S. Mary le Bow, S. Katharine Cree, and S. Andrew Undershaft. This church was destroyed
in the Great Fire and rebuilt by Wren. Bassishaw is a corruption of Basinghall.
S. MICHAEL, CORNHILL.

Flagons 
h'- of each ii.l in.
oz. dwt.
w' of each 46 4

Cups 
dia' of bowl of each 4iin
02. 02. dwt.

w'- 15 & 14 3

Patens 
dia' of each sf in.
02. dwt.
w'- of each 7 8
dia'- II in.
02. dwt.
w'- 2 1 4

Dish
dia'- i4f in.
02.
w' 38

Set of Plate 
Flagon.
h'- 7 in. dia'- 2I in.
02. dwt.
Wt. 9 3
Cup.
h'- 81 in.
dia'- ( ^°^:i \ !"¦
( foot 5i in.
oz. dw't.
w'- 17 4
Staff 

Two silver tankards with the date mark for 1616, and a maker's
mark N. with a pellet below in a scalloped shield inscribed,
" The guift of John Vernon merchant of the staple of England
given to the parishioners of the parish church of S. Michael
Cornhill London 161 7," and with a coat of arms.
Two silver-gilt cups ; one has the date mark for 1550, the maker's
mark is not distinguishable, and the other has the date mark
for 1608, and a maker's mark S.O. Both are inscribed
" Salncte Michaels in Cornehill 1608."
Two silver-gilt patens with the date mark for 1608, and a maker's
mark S.O. as above, and the same inscription as on the cups.
A large silver-gilt paten with the date mark for 1678, and a
maker's mark I.S. in monogram in a circular stamp and
inscribed "S.M.C. 1678 Fisher Dilkes, John Shirley, Philip
Harmon, churchwardens."
A large silver alms-dish with the date mark for 1698, and a maker's
mark G. A. crowned, with a crescent below in a lobed shield, and
Inscribed " The gift of a generously charitable person to the
parish of S. Michael Cornhill London to receive the alms and
oblations at the Holy Communion 1689. Let none enquire
after the name which the donor concealed. William Longland,
John Cowper, Cary Kibble, churchwardens, 1698."
A modern flagon, cup, and glass bottle.
The cup is inscribed " In loving memory of Mary Miller, died
16 March, 1881, aged 83."

A beadle's staff with a metal head. The head is a crown with a
statuette of a woman on the top of it; probably late i8th
century.

S. MICHAEL, CORNHILL. 79

The flagons of this church are tankards of the usual type and similar to those given to S. Edmund the King and
Martyr by the same donor. The cups belong to type 7 and are alike. The older cup will be found figured on Plate i. I
have fixed 1550 as the date of it, but not without some hesitation. The date letter N on it is unlike both the N given in Old
English Plate for 1550 and for 1590. N on this cup is a Roman capital letter in a plain and square stamp, not following the
outline of the letter as in the N given in Old English Plate for 1550 ; on the other hand the stamp is unmistakably square and
not a shield as in the date letter for 1590. The leopard's head does not help matters, and the maker's mark is obliterated
beyond recognition. The lion passant is not very distinct, but the lower part of the mark is straight, and apparently the
stamp is a square one. In Old English Plate the lion passant for 1550 is given in a square stamp, while the lion for 1590 is
in a stamp which follows the shape of the animal. On the whole I am inclined to fix 1550 as the date of this cup, and if I
am right, we shall be able to add it as the si.xth example of an Edwardian cup in the City. I am the more inclined for this
date as in the churchwardens' accounts for the parish in the year 1550-1551, there is a payment for converting a "gylt
challes " into a communion cup. The weight of the cup is given as 21 ozs. and a half, the cup probably included a paten
cover. The paten covers were, no doubt, remade in 1608, and weighed about 7 oz. The cup of 1608 is obviously a copy,
and rather a heavy and clumsy copy, of the older cup, but I am not at all sure that the older cup was not altered shortly
after it was made into its present thistle shape. The stem is quite plain and undivided by a knob like the usual style of type
I, found for instance in the cups at S. Lawrence, Jewry, and S. Mildred, Bread Street. The bowl of these early cups is usually
oval and very plain, and it is not unlikely that the bowl of this early cup was also of the usual form and was beaten out after
wards into its present thistle shape. The marks of the workman's tools on the metal are very distinct. The three other cups
of type 7 with thistle-shaped bowls will be found at S. Mary Abchurch, which has a cup made at Antwerp in 1580, and at
All Hallows the Great and the Less, which has two made in 1575 and 1608 respectively. S. Margaret, Lothbury, also had a
cup of this type made in 18 15, now given to S. Olave, Stoke Newington. The thistle shape style became a favourite one in
the middle of this century for athletic prize cups. The staff will be found illustrated on Plate 3, and the unakers' marks
S. O. and I. S. in the Appendix of Old English Plate under dates 1608 and 1675. N will we found on plate at S. Edmund
and S. Mary Woolnoth, and S. O, on plate at All Hallows the Great. All the silver giltiplate of this church is wrongly
described in the ofiicial terrier as gold. The church was destroyed in the Fire, and the tower is one of the few pieces of
Wren's work in the Gothic style.

S. MICHAEL, PATERNOSTER ROYAL,

WITH

S. MARTIN IN THE VINTRY.

Flagons 
h'- of each ii in.
dia'- of each 7^ in.
02. dwt. oz. dwt.
w* 51 14 & 51 10
Cups 
h'- of each 9 in.
dia'ofeachLb°^f4f!"' { foot 4^in.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
w' 17 14 & 17 13

h'- 4^ in.
dia' T,i in.

h'- 6 in. dia'- 2i in-
02. dwt.
w'- 8 8
Paten 
dia'- of two 5^ in.
02. dwt. 02. dwt.
w'- of two 7 4 & 7 3
dia'- of one 8^ in.
02. dwt.
w'- of one 14 li
dia'- 7 in.
oz. dwt.
w'- 7 8
Dishes... 
dia'- 12 in.
oz. dwt.
w'- 30 9
dia'- of each 9|- in.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
W'- I 2 I 6 & I 2 17

Two silver tankards with the date mark for 1681 and a maker's
mark R. C. as in the margin, inscribed : " Dedicated to the
service of God and the use of the parish of S Michael, Paternoster
Royal, and S Martin, Vintry London by Edward Langsdale
D' in Physick Anno Domini 1682."
Two silver cups with the date mark for 171 2 and a maker's
mark Ra, in a shaped stamp, and inscribed with a coat-of-
arms and " Dedicated to the service of God and the use
of the united parishes of S. Michael Paternoster Royal and
S. Martin Vintry by William Fellowes of Lincolnes Inn Esqre
and Mr. John Fellowes of London merchant brothers Anno
Dom : 1712."
A silver beaker ; the date mark on it is illegible. The maker's
mark is W. H. in a cross-shaped stamp as in the margin ; It
is inscribed with the weight and " S. Martin Vintry 1689."
A silver-orilt cud made in 1868.
Three silver patens, one large and two small. All have the same
date mark, maker's mark, and Inscription as the two cups, and
they are inscribed with the weights.
A silver paten with the date mark for 1675, inscribed with the
weight and "S Martin Vintry, S Michaell Roiall 1676."
Three silver dishes, one large and two small. The large dish has
the same date mark and inscription as the two cups and patens,
and Is inscribed with the weight. The two other dishes have
the date mark for 1713, and are inscribed: "John Rivers of
S. Michael Paternoster Royal and John Gumming of S Martin
Vintry churchwardens Anno Dom 1713 exchanged a parish
cup for this."

The flagons of this church are tankards of the usual type. The large cups are imitations of type i, and the small cup
of 1868 belongs to type 9. The beaker or tumbler, a quaint little object, is probably earlier than the inscribed date. The
makers' marks R. C. and W. H. will be found in Appendix A of Old English Plate under dates 1684 and 1655 respectively,
and R. C. on plate at S. Mary le Bow, and W. H. on plate at S. Margaret, Lothbury, (S. Olave). The parish of All Hallows
the Great and the Less is now united to this church, and the All Hallows plate, one of the finest collections in the City, has
come to this parish. These churches were destroyed in the Fire, and S. Michael was rebuilt by Wren. Paternoster is a
family name, and Royal or Roial is derived from the same root as the French rive and means by the strand or waterside.

BEADLES STAVES.

Plate VII.

5 5 —

S. MICHAEL, WOOD STREET,

WITH

Flagon 
h'- 14I in.
dia'' 4^ in.
dia'-. of foot 8f in.
oz.
w'- 72

Cups
h'- 9§ in.
dia'-i^°'^M5i"

foot J 41 in.
oz. dwt.
w' 20 5
h'- 9I in.
J- r f bowl ) 5 in.
dia'- < r , !- -^ = •
( foot J 4|in.
OZ. dwt.
w'- 26 18

Patens 
dia'- of each 6 ^ in.
oz. 02. dwt.
w'- 9 & 6 12

dia'- 9f in.

02,
w'- I J

Spoon
1'"- 7 fin.
02.
w'- 2
Staff

S. MARY STAINING.

A silver-gilt tankard with the date mark for 1741 and a maker's
mark JF, and inscribed : " This piece of plate was purchased by
the inhabitants of S Michael Hogan Lane, London March 1741
out of the estate left them by the Re^-^ John Ive, John Forster,
goldsmith and Peter Flkeldon, taylor in y'= year 1350. John
Abbott Rector Thos Rigbye and John Garbett churchwardens."
A silver-gilt cup with the date mark for 1549 and no maker's mark,
and inscribed : "S. Michael Wood Street."

A silver cup with the date mark for 1636 and a maker's mark RC,
and inscribed : " The gift of John Wright and Margaret his
wife 1636 S Michael Wood Street."
Two silver-gilt patens. The one has the same date mark and maker's
mark and Inscription as on the second cup, and Is Inscribed
with a coat-of-arms. The other Is inscribed with the name of
the church, and the same maker's mark as on the flagon.
A large silver-gilt paten with the date mark for 1684, inscribed :
" S Michael Wood Street." The maker's mark is not dis
tinguishable.
A silver-gilt spoon with a hind's foot handle and the same date
mark as the last, and a maker's mark IS crowned in a plain
shield, inscribed : " S. M. W."
A beadle's staff with a brass head. The head is an orb and
statuette of S. Michael spearing a dragon, inscribed " Deum
time, Regem honora. Sumptibus Parochlae Sancti MIchaelis
in Wood Street Londini, Jacobo Barrow, Roberto I. Ony,
Edituis, A.D. 1744."

The flagon of this church is a tankard of the usual type with a very broad foot. The inscription on it is interesting.
Stow says : "John Ive, Parson of this church, John Forster, Goldsmith, and Peter Fikeldon, Taylor, gave two messuages and
shops with terraces, cellars and other edifices in the same Parish and Street and in Ladle lane to the Reparations of the Church
Chancel and other works of Charity the i6th of Richard the Second." The cups belong to type 2. The cup of 1549 is one
of the seven Edwardian cups in the City, and it is in all respects similar to a cup at S. James Garlickhithe of the same
date. The spoon has half the bowl perforated. The staff is very fine, and will be found illustrated on Plate 6. IS, a
common mark on spoons, RC, and JF, will be found in Appendix A of Old English Plate under dates 1685, 1624 and 1740
respectively. JF is given there as the mark of Jonathan Fossy. RC and IS will both be found frequendy on plate in various
churches in the City. Both these churches were destroyed in the Fire. S. Michael was rebuilt by Wren. M

S. MILDRED, BREAD STREET,

S. MARGARET MOSES.

Flagons 
h'- 17I in. & 17^ in.
dia'- of each 7^ in.
oz. 02.
w'- 106^- & 103

Cups 
h'- 8f in. & Si in.
(jia^r. fbowl s-|in.&4|in.
I foot s^in. &4|in.
oz. 02.
w'- 25 J & 15I

Patens 
dia'- 7 in. & sf in.
oz. oz.
w' 7 & 3i

^ ^

{a) Two silver tankards with the date mark for 16 17 and a maker's
mark C. C. with a tree between, inscribed with a coat-of-arms
and " These pots are y'' guift of Captain Nicholas Crisp for y'^
perpetuall use of y'= Holy Sacrament of y*" Lord's Supper in y"
church of S. Mildred in Bread Street London Ano : Dom : 163 1."
Two silver-gilt cups, (b) The one has the date mark for 1549 and
a maker's mark FB in a scalloped shield, (c) The other has
the date mark for 1571 and a maker's mark IG in monogram
without a shield. Both these cups are inscribed : " This belongs
to the parish of S Mildred, Bread Street 1648."
{d and e) Two silver gilt patens without feet, belonging to, and with
the same date and maker's marks and inscription as on, the two
cups respectively.

S. MILDRED, BREAD STREET, with S. MARGARET MOSES.

Paten 

^

A

silver paten with the date mark for 1741 and a maker's mark

dia'- I of in.

H. P., inscribed : " This plate was made new with an addition

oz.
w'- 3oi

of five guineas by the R'''"' D Mangey 1741. This belongs to
S Margaret Moses London IH 1631."

Dish 
dia'- 13I in.
oz. dwt.

A
silver dish with the date mark for 1624 and a maker's mark ?
RC in a circular stamp, inscribed with the weight and " This
W'- 25 2
belongs to S Margaret Moses London IH 1631."
The flagons of this church are tankards of the usual type and very large. The cups are very fine and belong to type i.
The larger of the cups and the paten without a foot belonging to it are both Edwardian and were made by the same maker,
FB, and in the same year as a cup and paten at the neighbouring church of S. James Garlickhithe. There is another
Edwardian cup at that church and the others will be found at S. Peter Cornhill, S. Lawrence Jewry, S. Michael Cornhill,
and S. Michael Wood Street. The two patens belonging to the cups have no feet. The makers' marks CC and HP will be
found in Appendix A of Old English Plate under dates 1629 and 1750. IG has no shield, but otherwise is similar to the
same letters also in monogram in the Appendix under date 1591. The maker's mark on the dish is nearly obliterated, and
not distinguishable, but it is probably RC as in 1629 in the Appendix. CC and FB will be found on plate at All Hallows
the Great and S. James Garlickhithe respectively.
This is one of the prettiest little churches in the City. It is square, without chancel or aisles, and has a flat domed roof.
The internal arrangements are in their original condition, and the high pews are arranged to face the pulpit, a fine three-
decker with a sounding-board. I do hope that every effort will be made to preserve this little church from destruction.
These churches were destroyed in the Great Fire. S. Mildred alone was rebuilt, and by Wren.
S. NICHOLAS COLE ABBEY

WITH

S. NICHOLAS OLAVE, S. MARY SOMERSET, S. MARY MOUNTHAW,
S. BENET PAUL'S WHARF, and S. PETER PAUL'S WHARF.

Flagons 
h'- of each 13^ in.
dia'- of each 5 j^^-^- in.
oz. dwt. 02. dwt.
W'- 57 12 & 55 9
Cups 
h'- io| in. & 10 in.
dia'-ofeachj^^J^Jsin. oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
w' 26 16 & 25 10
h'- 7i in.
dia'- I "^"^^^ 4s- in-
\ foot 3I in.
OZ. dwt.
w'- 9 15
Patens 
dia'- of each 8 in.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
w'- 16 16 & 16 8

Two silver-gilt flagons with the date mark for 1715 and a maker's
mark CO.

Two silver-gilt cups with the same date and maker's mark as
the flagons.

(a) A silver-gilt cup with the date mark for 1703 and a maker's
mark Pa.

Two silver-gilt patens with the same date and maker's marks as the
two flagons.

S. NICHOLAS COLE ABBEY.

85

Dishes 
dia'- of each lOj''^ in.
02. dwt. 02. dwt.
w'19 I8&I9 16

dia'- i6| in.
02. dwt.

w'- 63 12

Two silver-gilt dishes with the same date and maker's marks as the
two flagons.
A large silver-gilt dish with the same date and maker's marks as the
two flagons, inscribed : " This sett of plate was given by Jacob
Sawbridge Esq'% Samuel Whitfield Esq^ William Besley,
Edward Gilbert Hugh Willoughby, M.D., Robert Aston,
Christopher Blackett, Joseph Ayllffe, John Grant, Messrs.
Salesbury and Blandy, Thomas Northey, Walter Wells,
Rector; Mr. Thomas Winter gave ^10. Ann Broomsgrave
Widd : gave in her mite for God's glory ^10."
Four pewter dishes inscribed : "S Mary Somerset 1732," made by
Thomas Gosling and inscribed with his initials and mark,
a goose.

The following is a note on the plate given by the Rector in the Parish Magazine for March, 1890 : —
" The altar plate is for the most part ugly and heavy, the two large chalices being quite impossible of use. The flagons,
though belonging to the same set, are beautiful : they are of a somewhat unusual style, being a survival or imitation of the old
mediaeval form. The small chalice which we always use is peculiar, both in design and ornament, the bowl seeming scarcely
to belong properly to the base, and the whole presenting several problems not easy to determine. On the case is inscribed
' Mr. William Besley his gift to the parish of St. Nicholas Cole Abbey, Ales Golden Abby, Anno Do. 1712.'
"The plate from St. Mary Somerset — all very ugly — was given with the rest of the furniture, to St. Mary's, Hoxton,
which was built out of the spoils of the destroyed church. None of it, I believe, is used.''
The flagons of this church are, with one at S. Botolph Aldersgate, the only vessels of the kind in the City, and they are
very fine pieces. The two cups are a debased form of type 2. The small cup is a curious piece. The outer casing of the
bowl is deeply escalloped. The stem and foot are quite plain. All the plate excepting this piece was presented at the same
time, as appears by the inscription on the large dish. Among the names is that of Ann Broomsgrave, Widd : at S. Mary
Aldermary John Broomsgrave, blacksmith, and Ann his wife gave a cup to that parish. The makers' marks CO and Pa
will be found in Appendix A of Old English Plate under dates 1702 and 1709, and they are there given as the marks of
Robert Cooper and Humphrey Payne. Pa will be found at S. Margaret, Lothbury. All these churches were destroyed in
the Great Fire. S. Nicholas, S. Mary Somerset and S. Benet were rebuilt by Wren. The second church was pulled down
under the Union of Benefices Act, but the tower was left standing. S. Benet's church is now assigned to the Welsh
community, and the parish, for civil purposes, is united to S. Nicholas Cole Abbey. The plate of S. Benet will be found in
the inventory of that church.

S. OLAVE, HART STREET,

WITH

ALL HALLOWS STAINING.

Flagons ...
h'- of each 13-J- in.
dia'- of each 6i in.
oz. dwt. 02. dwt.
w'- 52 13 & 55 13

Cups 
h'- of each 8^ in.
•,- ,. / bowl of each 4I in.
^'^tfoot 4&3jin-
02. dwt. 02. dwt.
w'- 15 16 & 16 16

Patens .
dia'- 6 in.
02. dwt.
w'- IS 2

dia'- of each sh in.
oz. dwt.
w'- of each 6 7
Dishes 
dia'- 104 in.
02. dwt.
w'- 17 4

dia'- 13^ in.

^

Two silver-gilt tankards. The one has the date mark for 1607 and
a maker's mark I. A., and is inscribed : "The gift of M' 
to S Olaves Church in Hart Street London 1608." The other
has the date mark for 1692 and a maker's mark R. T. with a
cinquefoil and two pellets above and below in a circular
stamp and is Inscribed : " Given by Sir Richard Beach Com
missioner of the Navy to the Parish of S Olave in Hart Street.
Delivered by his executors T. Copping, T. Coleby and
W. Prescott 25 Dec 1692."
Two silver-gilt cups apparently made as a pair at different dates.
The one has no marks. The date mark on the other is not
distinct ; the maker's mark is TF with a mullet above and
below in a spade stamp. This maker's mark appears on the
paten below which has the date mark for 1737.
A silver-gilt hexagonal paten raised on a baluster stem with the
date mark for 16 12 and a maker's mark TF in monogram
in a plain shield, and inscribed with the name of the
church.
Two silver-gilt patens with the date mark for 1737 and the same
maker's mark as on the second cup.
A silver-gilt dish with the date mark for 1691, and a maker's mark
HS in monogram in a circular stamp, and inscribed: "Given
by M'. James Hadley to the parish of S. Olave Hart Street
whereof he was clarke for many years 20 Nov. 1694."
A copper-gilt dish with a boss in the centre, with the Royal arms
and CR in enamel. There are four marks of which only one
is legible ; namely, SD in an oval stamp. This dish belonged
to All Hallows, Staining.

Li-

W
Hc«
H
K <;
O
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H <

.iaii.!

S. OLAVE, HART STREET, with ALL HALLOWS STAINING.

87

dia'- 12 in.

Spoon

oz. dwt.
W'- 2 2

Staff

Four pewter 'basons. On a boss in the centre is engraven S. O. S.
and a heart. They were made by Henry Sewdley, whose
name and arms, a double eagle, appear on the back ; date
about 1764.
A silver-gilt spoon with half the bowl perforated, inscribed :
"S.O.H." Date about middle 17th century.
A beadle's staff with a silver head. The head is a crown on an
orb in silver, inscribed : " M'. Thomas Bradley M'. Thomas
Sharpe churchwardens 18 19."

The flagons of this church are tankards of the usual type. The older one is similar to those at All Hallows the Great
and S. Alban, Wood Street. The cups belong to type 8. The bowls are rather smaller and rounder than those of S.
Edmund. They are also engraven and ornamented with four small bosses, which with the baluster stems and feet appear
to be Elizabethan. The hexagonal paten is a very pretty piece, it stands about seven inches high, the paten part of it is
quite plain and the rim slightly turned up, the foot is circular and decorated with the same pattern as the feet of the cups.
Compare the copper dish with those at S. Katharine Cree, the adjoining parish. The beadle's staff is similar to that at S.
Mary Abchurch, but the crown is larger and the orb smaller. It will be found illustrated on Plate 7. The makers' marks
I A RT., TF.,'t.F. and H.S., will be found m Appendix A of Old English Plate nndei da.tes 1604, 1691, 1609 (?) 1723, and
1684 respectively ' LA. will be' found on plate at All Hallows, Lombard Street, and T.F. in monogram in very many churches.
RT is given in the Appendix as probably the mark of R. Timbrell, and TF of Thomas Ffarrer. All Hallows church was
pulled down under the Union of Benefices Act in 1870, and the plate belonging to it, except the copper dish, has left the
City. S. Olave's church is one of the few which escaped the Fire.

THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF S. PAUL.

Flagon 
h'- II-} in. dia'- 4^ in.
Cups 
h'- 12 in.
dia'- I ^°Z^ 4|- in.
( toot s-} in.
Patens 
dia'- 7^^ in.
Spoon 

Dishes ..
dia'- 10 in.
Flagon ..
h'- 17 in.

Cups & Covers ...
h'- of each io| in.
dia'-ofeachl^°f S-f-"-
( foot 6f m.
h'- of each 9 in.
dia'-ofeach/^"^'4iin. ( foot sAin.

I.
A copper-gilt tankard of the usual type without marks inscription, or
ornament.
Two copper-gilt cups of type 7, without marks or inscription.

Two copper-gilt patens on a short stem or foot of the usual type, without
mark or inscription.
A copper-gilt spoon with a hind's foot handle, engraved with the arms of
the Dean and Chapter Inside the bowl, and outside the bowl with
letters In monogram, probably W.H.H., and with foliage and fruit on
the handle. The spoon is the size of the domestic dessert spoon. It
was presented to the Cathedral by Archdeacon Hale.
Two plain copper-gilt dishes without marks or Inscription.
II.
A large silver-gilt pear-shaped flagon with a cupola stopper surmounted
by a cross, and without handle or spout. The whole Is elaborately
decorated with floral design in relief and engraving. The foot of the
stem Is made to match the feet of the cups. It was presented in
memory of W. J. Hall, sometime Vicar of Tottenham, and senior
Cardinal of S. Paul's, by his son the present junior Cardinal of the
Cathedral.
Two large silver-gilt cups of type 9. The stems and feet are elaborately
decorated like the flagon. They were presented by Dr. W. Sparrow
Simpson, the sub-Dean of the Cathedral. The covers are plain
square thin sheets of silver gilt, and covered on one side with lace.
Two small silver-gilt cups like the last, and two covers of the same kind.
One was presented in memory of Archdeacon Hale, and the other in
memory of Canon Henry Melvlll. The covers of these four cups
were presented at a later date.

THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF S. PAUL.

89

Four

Patens .

dia'-

of two 8^ in

dia'-

of two 7 in.

Dish

dia'-

27 in.

Wands

Four silver-gllt patens without feet. The rims are decorated with foliage
in relief, and small shields with the emblems of the Passion, a Cross,
and the Paschal Lamb. These same shields with the emblems will
be found on the other plate.
A very large silver-gilt dish. In the centre is a repousse representation
of S. Paul preaching at Athens. The rim is decorated with scrolls,
and shields with scenes from S. Paul's life, and the arms of Henry
Butterworth, F.S.A., who presented the dish.
Two glass cruets, with silver-gilt stoppers, standing in a silver-gilt tray.
They were presented by the choir of S. Lawrence and S. Mary
Magdalen, Milk Street, In 1872, who had worshipped In the Cathedral
while S. Lawrence church was being restored.
Four silver wands. Three of them are plain rods thirty-four inches long,
tapering from a circular knob at the base to an acorn at the top. The
wand of the Preacher's verger has the date mark for 1781, and a
maker's mark, H.B., possibly Hester Bateman, see Old English
Plate, Appendix A, under date 1782. The Canon's and Junior
verger's wands are like it, and probably of the same date, but the
marks are effaced.
The wand of the Dean's Verger has the date mark for 1782, and a maker's
mark, B.D. It is about forty-six inches long, more substantial than the
others, and the knob at the base is rather more elaborate. In place
of the acorn at the top, there is a disc with S. Paul's In relief on one
side, and inscribed round it is " Virga Decani Ecclesise Cathedralis
Sancti Pauli Lond. John Lingard i. June 1798." On the other
side are the arms of the Dean and Chapter, the two swords in saltire,
with the letter D and the same inscription with the name of E. M.
Cummings, 1845. Round the base of the wand is inscribed " R. R.
Green, Vergifer Decani 5 July 18 71." Mr. Green Is the present holder.

The plate in Part I. replaced the old Communion Plate of the Cathedral stolen from the vestry in 18 10. In the vestry
will be found the leather cases which contained the stolen plate, and it appears to have consisted of four candlesticks, four
flagons, two cups, one large and two small patens, and two large and two small dishes. The plate in Part II. , excepting the
wands, is quite modern, and was made by Lias and Co. The altar cross was presented by the Duke of Newcastle in 1890,
and the silver-gilt altar candlesticks by the Right Honourable G. Cavendish Bentinck. It is interesting to compare the
styles of Communion Plate thought to be fitting and appropriate for a cathedral in 1810 and 1870.

S. PETER UPON CORNHILL.

Flagons 
h'- of each 15 in.
dia' of each 6f in.
02. oz.
w' 58 & 60

h' 12 in. dia'- 6^ in.
02. dwt.
w'- 39 16

Cups
h'- 9| in.

^;,r. / bowl sf in.
^'"^ \ foot 5| in.
02. OZ. dwt.
W'- 27 & 27 2

Patens 
dia'- of each 7 in.
OZ. oz.
w'- 9 & 6

dia'- 7f in.
02. dwt.
w'- 12 12

B

Two silver tankards, with the date mark for 1625 and a maker's mark,
W. S., Inscribed with a coat of arms and " The gift of the right
worshipful Thomas Westrow Grocer and Alderman of London
to y^ parish of S Petter in Cornhill Anno Do : 1625."
A tankard of silver, presented by M"- Richard Gibbs i, Dec. 1872,
with a maker's mark R. H. in a rectangular stamp.
Two silver-gilt cups, {a) One has the date mark for 1549 and a
maker's mark R. D. in monogram, and the other [b) has the
date mark for 1626 and a maker's mark T. F. in monogram,
and both are inscribed with the weights and " The gift of
Thomas Symonds, marchant to y'' parish church of S. Peter
in Cornhill 1625," and the second cup is inscribed with a
coat of arms.
Two silver patens, with the date mark for 1626 and the same maker's
mark as the second cup, and inscribed with the weights ; and
one has the same inscription as on the cups.
A silver paten, given by M'" Richard Gibbs in 1872.

S. PETER UPON CORNHILL.

91

Dish
dia'- 0
w*- 29 15

dia'- i^ in.
02. dwt.

Spoon

02. dwt
W'- 2 2

Staff

A silver dish, with the date mark for 1681 ; in the centre are
engraven the Royal arms and " C. R." and " Deo et sacris in
ecclesia parochiali Sancti Petri in Cornhill London Anno Domini
1682."
A silver-gilt spoon, with a maker's mark, B. Y., with a pellet below
in a plain shield ; inscribed with the weight and " H. W. 1639
C. W."
A beadle's staff with a metal-gilt top. The top is a statuette of S.
Peter holding his keys and standing on a crown.

The flagons of this church are tankards of the usual type. The cups belong to type i. One of them, it will be
observed, is an Edwardian cup, though it is inscribed, like its companion, with the date 1625. In the Introduction I have
quoted this cup as an instance to show that it is not always safe to fix the date of plate from an inscription, and there is
another instance of this at S. Bride. The spoon is perforated and has a circular bowl ; the handle has been cut off. The
makers' marks, R.D., T.F., B.Y., and W.S., will be found in Appendix A of Old English Plate under dates 1552, 1609, (?)
1626, and 1625, Part II. , R.D. will be found on plate at S. Augustine, and T.F. very frequently in different churches. W.S.
was probably the mark of Walter Shute. The staff will be found illustrated on Plate 3. This church was destroyed in the
Fire, and rebuilt by Wren.

S. PETER-LE-POOR

WITH

S. BENE'T FINK.

Flagons  I
h'^' of each 12 in. I
dia'- of each 6-J in.
oz. dwt. oz. dwi. '
w' 48 13 & 48 II
Cups 
h'- of each 8-^- in.
dia'- of each \ ^ . t • '
[ foot 4{r in.
02. 02.
W'- 19 & 21

Patens 
dia'- si in.
oz.
w'- I I
Dishes 
dia' of each 16 in.

w

w' 46 & 43

Plate of S. Peter's Parish.
(a) Two silver-gilt tankards, with the date mark for 1630 and a
maker's mark, C. B., In monogram in a plain shield, inscribed
with the weight and " S. Peter le Poor repaired and beautified
20 May 1792, regilt 1831."
Two silver-gilt cups and paten covers. The one (b) has the date
mark for 1561, and Is inscribed with the weight and the same
Inscription as the flagons, without the last sentence ; the cover
is Inscribed " I. C.I. P., a.d. 1571." The other (c) has the date
mark for 1620 and a maker's mark, A. I. over W. T., and the
cover is inscribed: "Ex dono Gulielmi Willaston hujus
paroecia;, regilt 1831."
A silver-gilt paten without a foot, with the date mark for 1634,
and a maker's mark, F. VV., in monogram in a shaped stamp.
Two silver-gilt alms dishes, inscribed with the weights. The one
has the date mark for 1607 and a maker's mark, I. S., with
a crescent below, and Is Inscribed : " Ex dono Gulielmi
Cockaine Junior 1625 S.P.P." The other has the date mark
for 1744 and a maker's mark, T. E., and is inscribed as on
the flagons and "Ex dono Gulielmi Ilifl"e anno 1744. S\
P. P. Richard Fenton, John Reynolds churchwardens."

S. PETER-LE-POOR with S. Bene't Fink.

93

Spoon

oz. dwt.
w' I 19

Flagons 
h'- of each iii in.
dia'- of each 7 in.
oz. dwt. 02. dwt.
w' 45 18 & 46 9

h'- 8. I in.
dia'- 3 in. & at foot 4f in

02. dwt.
W' 2 1 7

Cups 
h'- of each yi in.
J- r f bowl ] 1 .
<i'^ {foot J4i'"-
02. oz. dwt.
W'- 20 & 19 16
Covers.
dia'- of each 5 1 in.
oz. 02. dwt.
w' 6 & 6 10

Patens ...

dia' 9 in.

02.
w«- 13

Dishes ...
dia'- of each
Iii in.
oz. dwt.
w'- 26 16 &
oz. dwt
27 7
Spoon
oz. dwt.
w'- I 17
A silver-gilt spoon, with the date mark for 1786. The maker's
mark is not distinguishable.
Plate of S. Bene't's Parish.
Two silver-gilt tankards with the date mark for 1658 and a maker's
mark, G. B., over a pellet in a lobed shield, inscribed with the
weights and " George Holman Esq"= gave ^1000 to the parish
of S' Bennett Finck for the ornaments of y" church whereof
the flaggons are part for the use of the communicants Sylvanus
Morgan, Henry Medlicote Church wardens."
A small silver-gilt tankard, with the date mark for 1607 and a
maker's mark, R. M., with a pellet below in a shaped shield,
inscribed with the weight and " T M R " in a shield on the
front of the tankard.
Two silver cups and paten covers, with the date mark for 1638 and
a maker's mark, a mullet over a scallop with six pellets in a
plain shield, inscribed with the weights and " S. Bennitt Finke
1638."
A silver paten, with the date mark for 1695, and inscribed with
the weight and " The gift of Robert and Rebeckah
Stamper 1695."
Two silver alms dishes, with the date mark for 1760 and a maker's
mark (?) W. over V. P. S., inscribed with the weight and
"The gift of D' Waterland minister of the parish 1760
S Benedict Fink."
A silver-gilt spoon, with the date mark for 1684 and a maker's
mark, W. M., under a pellet, or (?) crown in a plain shield, and
inscribed " S.B.F."
The flagons of both these churches are tankards of the usual type. The small tankard is chased and very pretty ; it will
be found illustrated on Plate I. The cups of S. Peter belong to type 2, and those of S. Bene't to type 5. The dishes given
by William IHffe and William Cockaine. junior, are very finely chased. The makers' marks, C.B., F.W., F.S., will be found
in Appendix A of Old English Plate under dates 1606, 161 1, 1608, and W.M. in Part II. of the Appendix under date 1690.
The mullet mark is the same as that given under date 1637 in the Appendix. C.B. will be found on Plate at Christchurch
Newgate Street; F.W. at S. Botolph, Aldgate; the mullet mark at S. Mary-at-Hill; and A.I. over W. T. at S. Helen,
Bishopsgate. Both these churches were destroyed in the Fire, and rebuilt by Wren. S. Bene't's church was pulled down
under the Union of Benefices Act.
S. SEPULCHRE.

Flagons ...

h'-

of each i

4 in.

dia

'- of each

5 J in

w'-
02. dwt.
90 17 &
02. d
89
A-t 9
Cup
s
h'- 9f in.
,. , f bowl
•^¦=^ 1 foot
02. dwt.
w' 26 10
Sf in-
Siin.
h'- of each 1 1 in.
dia'-ofeach{f^°^^'5J:n- OZ. dwt. oz. dwt.
w'- 39 15 & 39 17
Patens 
dia'- i2i in.
dia'- 6| in. oz. dwt.
w' of each 11 9
Spoons ...
1'"- gi in.
1'"- 8| in.
Staves
Two silver-gilt tankards, with the date mark for 1668 and a maker's
mark, R. S., with a mullet above. The lid of one has been
repaired and has the date mark for 1741 ; both are inscribed
with the weight and " Deo et sacris P. S. S."
A silver-gilt cup, with the date mark for 1670 and a maker's mark,
R. N., and inscribed with the weight.
Two silver-gilt cups and covers, with the date mark for 1 742 and a
maker's mark, T. W. W. W., and Inscribed as on the flagons,
and with the weights.
A silver-gilt paten, with the date mark for 1672 and a maker's mark,
P. P., with a pellet below in a heart-shaped shield, and inscribed
" The gift of Sarah Dore widdow 1674."
Two silver-gilt patens, with the date mark for 1 743 and a maker's
mark, B. W., and inscribed with the weight and " P. S. S. Deo
et Sacris."
A silver-gilt spoon, sugar-sifter shape, with a tubular handle without
marks, and inscribed " Deo et Sacris P S S."
A silver-gilt spoon, with the Exeter mark, three castles, as given
on p. 1 24 of Old English Plate, 4th Edition, as the mark for
1 701-1720. The maker's mark is illegible.
Four beadles' staves, with silver pear-shaped heads with the
following dates: 1677, 1681, 1697, and 1724.
The flagons of this church are tankards of the usual type. The cups are a debased form of type 2, with vertical sides
slightly splayed at the lip. The spoon with the Exeter mark is one of the two pieces of church plate in the City with a pro
vincial hall mark. The maker's mark, P.P., will be found in Appendix A of Old English Plate under date 1670 and RS,
R.N.jT.W.W.W., and B.W., under dates 1651?, 1661, 1740, Part 2, and 1743 respectively. T.W.W.W. is given there as the
mark of Whipham and Wright, B.W. of Benjamin West, and P.P. will be found on plate at S. Botolph, Aldgate. This church
escaped the Fire, and has been restored.
S. STEPHEN, COLEMAN STREET.

Flagons 
h'- ii|^ in.
dia'- 6 in.
02. dwt. oz. dwt.
w'- 45 17 & 45 18
Cups
h'- of each 9 in.

dia'- of each

/bowl) ,
(foot)4i'

oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
w'- 26 6 & 26 10
h*- 9 in.
dia'- ofbowl&foot,4:^in.
oz. dwt.
W 25 3
Patens 
dia'- of all sf in.
oz. dwt.
w'- of two 6 10
w'- of one 6 16

dia'- of each 7^ in.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt.
W'- 12 4 & II 18

Two silver tankards, with the date mark for 1630, and a maker's
mark, I. A., with a mullet below in a plain shield, and inscribed
with the weights and the parish arms, a cock in a hoop, as
shown below, and S'" S. C.
Two silver cups, with the date mark for 1624 and a maker's mark,
R. C, with an arrow head below in a heart-shaped shield.
One is inscribed with the weights and " I G her gift."

A silver cup, with the date mark for 1630 and a maker's mark, T. F. ,
in monogram, and inscribed with the weight and " The guift of
Sir Morris Abbott Knight and Alderman of London."
Three silver patens belonging to the three cups. The date marks
on two are for 1624, and on the third for 1630. The two
former have the same maker's mark as the first two cups, and
the third the same maker's mark as the third cup.
Two silver patens, with the date mark for 1705, and a maker's mark,
Ja., and Inscribed with the parish arms and "Ex dono Johis ;
Ablngton gen : Rico : Lucas S. T. P. Vicar, Franco Eggleton,
R'° Trevitt, guardlani Anno 1705."

q6

S. STEPHEN, COLEMAN STREET.

ISII..

dia'- 10 in

02.

dwt

w'- 14

7

Spoon

Staff

A silver alms dish, with the date mark for 1690 and a maker's mark,
E. v., in linked letters, crowned, with a pellet below in a lobed
shield.
A silver spoon, with the date mark for 1706, and a maker's mark,
L. A., crowned, with a pellet below In a lobed shield.
A beadle's staff with a brass head ; the head Is pear-shaped with a
medallion on the top of it. On both sides of the medallion is
a cock, and on the stem Is engraved the figure of a charity
girl, and " W. L. Holden, C. Hatchett churchwardens 1736,
restored 1861."

The flagons of this church are tankards of the usual type. The cups belong to type 2. The staff will be found
illustrated on Plate 8. The makers' marks, R.C, T.F., Ja., E.V., and L.A., will be found in Appendix A of Old English
Plate under dates 1624, 1609, 17 16, 1683, and (?) 1704 respectively, and R.C. on plate at S. Dunstan in the West, T.F. in
very many churches, and E.V. at the Holy Trinity, Minories. In the Appendix of Old English Plate Ja is given as the mark
of Henry Jay, and L.A. as that of John Ladyman (?). This church was destroyed in the Fire, and rebuilt by Wren. The
parish arras, a cock within a hoop, reproduced below, are taken from a tracing of the engraving on the foot of the paten of
1630. The suggested explanation of this device is that the parish owned a tavern called "The Cock in the Hoop."

BEADLES STAVES.

Plate VIII.

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S. STEPHEN, WALBROOK,

WITH

S. BEN'ET SHEREHOG.

Flagons 
h'- of each 14 in.
dia'- of each 6 in.

Cups and Covers
h'- of each 7^ in.

dia'- of each

bowl45in.
foot 4 in.

Covers.
6^ in. and 5J in.

Two silver tankards with the date mark for 1616, and a maker's
mark, T. F. and a goose, fish, or some other object, in a shaped
shield. The handles are inscribed " 1616," and the letters S.S.
linked are inlaid in blue enamel on the boss of the lids.
[a) A silver-gilt cup and paten cover with the date mark for 1559,
and a maker's mark, a fleur de lis, in a shaped shield, and
inscribed " Praes we the Lorde with all our hartes." The
date mark on the paten cover is for 1562, and a maker's mark,
? a holly leaf as In the margin.
lb) A silver gilt cup with the date mark for 1633, and a maker's
mark, H. B., in linked letters with half a sun in splendour in a
shaped shield, and inscribed " The guift of Richard Winston
to the parish of S.S." The paten has the date mark for 1567,
and a maker's mark, a lion sejant ?, as In the margin. o

S. STEPHEN, WALBROOK, with S. BEN'ET SHEREHOG.

Dish
dia' 1 6 in

Wand

A silver dish with the date mark for 1619, and the same maker's
mark as the flagons. The centre boss has the letters S.S.
linked Inlaid in blue enamel.
A wand of ebony with a diminutive silver cross and orb. Inscribed
with the names of the parishes and the date 1826.

The flagons of this church are tankards of the usual type with little or no foot. The cups belong to type 3, a modifica
tion of type 2. The bowls are very conical and large in proportion to the stems. The flagons and dish have the letters S.S.
in blue enamel. The mark, the fleur de lis, will be found in Appendix A of Old English Plate under date 1562, and (?)
the Hon sejant on plate at S. Augustine. Stow, 6th Ed. 1754, p. 548, says, with reference to the plate of S. Ben'et
Sherehog: "The plate, bells, and other ornaments of the church which they had before the Fire were imbezzled by the
churchwardens many years ago." Whatever be the derivation of " Shere-hog," it has nothing to do with pork. Hog is
the technical term for a sheep in its second year. The adjoining parishes, it will be remembered, are S. Mary Woolchurch
haw and S. Mary Woolnoth. Both churches were destroyed in the Great Fire. S. Stephen's Church was rebuilt by Wren.

S. SWITHIN

WITH

S. MARY BOTHAW

Flagons 
h'- of each io| in.
dia'- of each 4 in.
02. dwt. 02. dwt.
W- 45 7 & 4S 8

Cups
h'- 9f in.
dia'-ofeachl^""!-^!!"-' I foot '--'-"

4tt in.

02. dwt. 02. dwt.
w' 23 S & 23 15
Covers.
dia' si in-

02. dwt.
w' 24 14

Patens . .
dia'- 8| in.
dia'- 6'1 in.
02. wl.
w'- 8 18
Dish
dia'- 15J in.
oz. dwt.
w'- 40 18

Spoons 
1*- 6,:; in. and 6| in.

Two silver-gilt tankards with the date mark for 1623 and a maker's
mark, R. S., with a heart below in a plain shield Inscribed " This
flagon pott and case was given to the Parlshe of S. Swithine
by London stone the 24 December An°. Dom., 1623 by
Edmond Plumer, citizen and Marchantalar of London."
Two silver-gilt cups and covers with the date mark for 171 1 and a
maker's mark, G. A., in monogram, and inscribed " S. Swithins
171 1." This maker's mark will be found on Communion plate,
the gift of Queen Anne, at Trinity Church, New York, U.S.A.

A silver-gilt paten with the same date and maker's marks as
the cups, and inscribed " S. Mary Bothaw."
A silver paten with the date m.ark for 1849, the gift of Mrs.
Mary Elizabeth Bennett.
A silver-gilt dish with the date mark for 1627 and a maker's mark,
R. C, with an arrowhead below in a heart-shaped shield
inscribed "S. Mary Bothaw."
Two silver-gilt spoons. One has the date mark for 1631 and a
maker's mark, D. C, in monogram in a plain shield. The
other has the date mark for 1662 and a maker's mark, I. I.,
with a pellet between the letters and a mullet below ; both
are Inscribed " S. Swithins, London, 1685."

The flagons of this church are tankards of the usual type. The cups are similar in shape and general appearance to
those at S. Clement, Eastcheap. The silver paten presented by Mrs. Bennett is a little salver or tray on three feet. It
has obviously been worked up from an old piece of plate, and on the back is the date mark, which is effaced, and the letters
A. I. M. The spoons have seal-heads. The makers' marks, R. S., G. A., R. C, I. I., and D. C, will be found in Appendix A
of Old English Plate under dates 1619, 1709, 1624, 1640, and 1604. G. A. is given as the mark of Fras. Garthorne. R. S.,
R. C, and I. I. will also be found on plate at All Hallows, Barking, S. Augustine, and S. Mary Abchurch respectively. These
churches were destroyed in the Great Fire. S. Swithin was rebuilt by Wren.

S. VEDAST WITH
S. MICHAEL LE QUERNE, S. MATTHEW, FRIDAY STREET, and
S. PETER, WESTCHEAP.

Flagons 
h'- io| in. & lof in.
dia'- of each 6| in.
02. dwt. 02.
w'- 40 9 & 40

h'- II in.
dia' 6| in.

h'- 10 in.
dia'- 6|- in.
02. dwt.
w'- 38 18

Four silver tankards. Two have the date mark for 1641, and a
maker's mark, R. M.,wlth a cinquefoil below in a shaped shield,
and are Inscribed with the weights and " The guift of John
Bancks cittizen and mercer of London 1630. Thinke and
thanke God " and the crest of the Mercers' Company, a demi-
virgin couped.
The third has the date mark for 1641, and a maker's mark, R. M.,
with a cinquefoil below In a shaped shield, and is inscribed
with the weight and "This pott was freely given by Edward
Bradborne, silkman, 1642, to the parish church of S' Vedust
als : Foster for the use of the Holy Communion there."
The fourth has the date mark for 1660 and a maker's mark, G. D.,
with a pellet below in a heart-shaped shield, and is Inscribed
with the weight and "The worshipfuU Francis Manning,
citizen, goldsmith and merchant of London, an antient Inhabi
tant of this parish of S' Vedasts alias Fosters Samuel Manning
Esq"^ his eldest sonn borne in this parish dedicates this
memoriall for his deceased parent."

S. VEDAST.

lOI

Cups and Covers ...I
h'- 9 1 in. !
,• , i bowl 5 in.
dia'- { r .. ^ . -
I foot SI in.
02. dwt.
w'- 26 10
Cover. 02. dwt.
dia' 6 in. w'- 7 12
h'- 8 in.
dia'-j?°7^4iin. [ foot 4^ in.
oz. dwt.
W'- 22 2
Cover. oz. dwt.|
dia'- si in. w'- 6 21
h'- 8| in.
,- r f bowl 1 1 •
•^^^ ifoot }4iin. I
oz. dwt. [
w' 17 16 j
Cover. 02. dwt.
dia'- s|- in. w'- 7 2
h'- 9I in.
dia'- 1 ^"'''^ 5 in.
\ foot S:|in.
02. dwt.
w'- 20 8
Paten. oz. dwt.
dia'- 6 in. w'- 7 17
h'- 3 in.
J- . f bowl 2l^in.
dia'- { r .
I foot 2 in.
Patens 

dia

¦7

I in

OZ.

dwt.

w'-

9

17

dia'

- II in.

oz.

dwt.

w^-

24

18

WH

Four cups and paten covers, (a) A silver-gllt cup, apparently
Edwardian or early Elizabethan, with a maker's mark, ? R. D.,
m monogram, and a paten cover for it with the date mark for
1 707, and a maker's mark ? what, with a trefoil below in a heart-
shaped shield, and inscribed with the weight.
(b) A silver cup with the date mark for 1559 and a maker's mark,
H. W., with a pellet above and below in a lobed stamp, and
inscribed with the weight and " This cupe and kiver xx oz. 11''"
and a cover to it with the same date and maker's mark.
(c) A silver cup with the date mark for 1630, and a paten cover to
it with the same mark and Inscribed with the weight ; the paten
cover has an elongated stem with a little bell-shaped foot. The
maker's mark on both pieces is indistinct, but it probably Is
W. C, as in the margin.
(d) A silver-gilt cup with the date mark for 1656 and a maker's
mark, C. S., with a dagger between the letters in a plain shield,
and inscribed with the weight and " The gift of William Hall,
goldsmith, to the parish of S' ffosters London y= 28"^ March
1657," and a paten to it with the same marks.
(e) A small silver cup made in 1798 or 1802 for private use
inscribed: " S' Vedast Foster and S' Michael le Quern."
A silver paten with the date mark for 1645, and a maker's mark,
D. W., with two pellets above and a mullet below in a heart-
shaped shield with the same Inscription as on the first two
flagons, and inscribed with the weight and the " armes " of
John Bancks.
A silver-gilt paten with a corded rim, with a date mark for 1664,
and a maker's mark, W. H., with a cherub's head below in a
plain shield inscribed with the weight and " Deo sacrum in
usum Ecclesiae, S" Vedasti London 1665.''

Dishes...
dia'- io| in.
oz. dwt.
w'- 18 15
dia'- of each io|- in.
oz. dwt. 02. dwt.
W' 18 2 & 17 15

A silver-gilt dish with the date mark for 1607 and a maker's mark,
A. B., in linked letters in a shaped shield inscribed with weight.
Two silver dishes with the date mark for 1650 and a maker's mark,
M.M., in monogram in a square stamp inscribed with the weight
and "The gift of Anthony Tuckney D.D. late pastor of this
church M.O. 1650."

I02

S. VEDAST.

Spoons

Staff

A silver-gilt spoon inscribed : " Sir James Halletts gift to S' Vedas
als : Foster 1708."
A silver spoon with the date mark for 1792.
A beadle's staff with a bronze top. The top Is a ring in which four
hands are clasped crosswise, and on the top of the ring is a
heart. The inscription is : " May hand and heart for ever join.
The gift of John Walker to y'' united Parishes of S. Michael
Le Quern and S. Vedast Foster 1737."

The flagons of this church are tankards of the usual type. John Banks gave plate to S. Michael Bassishaw and to the
Mercers' Company, of which he was a member. The cups belong to type 2. Only the maker's mark is visible on cup (a), and
it is apparently two letters in monogram in a plain shield, probably R. D. From the curious hyphen ornament on the knob
of the stem, usually found in early cups, I am inclined to think that this is an early Elizabethan or possibly an Edwardian
example. The maker's mark, R. D., will be found on the Edwardian cup at S. Peter le Poor. William Hill's gift, it will be
seen, was made during the Commonwealth to match cup (a) ; notice the difference in the stem. The makers' marks, R. M.,
G. D., R. D., H. W., W. C, C. S., D. W., W. H., A. B., and M. M., will be found in Appendix A of Old English Plate under
dates ? 1634, 1627, 1552, 1563,? 1633, ? 1661, 1640, 1669, 1602, and ? 1665 respectively. The staff will be found illustrated
on Plate 7. All these churches were destroyed in the Fire. S. Vedast and S. Matthew were rebuilt by Wren. The latter
was pulled down under the Union of Benefices Act.

ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS.

All Hallows, Barking. On page 123 of Maskell's book on this church there is an extract
from the parish account books recording a payment of £16 15 jr. lod. to one Walter
I  Shute, a silversmith, for making a cup and cover and a salver. His mark on the cup
\i,y and cover, which also appears on the flagon given by Margery Covell, is W. S., with a
cinquefoil or pellet below in a plain shield. His mark on the salver is W. S., with a
K^\ bow and arrow between the letters In a circular or pear-shaped stamp, obviously
^^ a play on the name Shute ; this mark also appears on the flagon given by Edmund
Forster, and it will be found on plate at S. Botolph, Aldgate, and S. Mary Abchurch,
and in Appendix A of Old English Plate, under date 1629. The maker's mark on
the small cup Is E. V. crowned, and the mark will be found on plate at S. Stephen,
Coleman Street, and the Holy Trinity, Minories. The maker's mark on the dish
^ of 1633 is R. S., with a heart and two pellets below, probably in a plain shield as on
I I-|j the flagons at S. Swithin. The maker's mark on the spoon is probably I. I., with a
^^ pellet between and a pellet below In a plain shield. If that be the mark, then for
the words "late sixteenth century" in the inventory and "early sixteenth century"
in the note read " 1640." That Is the date at which the mark will be found In
Appendix A of Old English Plate.
All Hallows the. Great. The stag's-head maker's mark on the paten of 1575 will be found
at S. Helen, Bishopsgate, S. Giles, Cripplegate, and in Appendix A of Old English
Plate, under date 1551.
All Hallows, Lombard Street. The maker's mark on the cup of 1624 Is A in a diamond
stamp, as on the paten of the same date. The date mark on this cup and paten may
be 1641. "Sacrament" Is spelt " sacrement " on M. M.'s cup.
S. Alban, Wood Street. In the inscription on the two flagons "parish" is spelt "pish."
The paten cover belonging to the cup of 1566 has the date mark for 1567 and a
maker's mark, a horse's head In a plain shield, as in Appendix A, Part 2, of Old
English Plate, under date 1570. In the inscription on the second cup for "aurifravi"
read " aurifabri." Lady Savill's name is spelt "Margeret" on the third cup; this cup
has a paten cover belonging to it with the same date and maker's marks.
S. Anne and S. Agnes. The cup inscribed "This cup was In use In 1591 " has no marks
on it, but the paten cover to It has the date mark for 1561, and that is probably the
date of the cup also. The bowl is later than the foot and stem.

I04 ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS.

S. Ben'et, Paul's Wharf. The set of plate made in 1843 includes a spoon given by
Mrs. Hall.
S. Botolph, Aldgate. The maker's mark, W. S. with a bow and arrow, on the cup and cover
given by Thomas Soi, or Solus, Is the mark of Walter Shute. See the note on
All Hallows, Barking, above.
S. Bride. Paul Boston's cup and the cover of Raphe Raysinge's cup were made by
CTr> I. S., the maker of Roger Finder's cup. The cover of Paul Boston's cup was made

by O. S., the maker of the older flagon. The triangle in the base of the mark should,
I think, be a trefoil, or possibly the mark is the same as that given In Appendix A
of Old E^tglish Plate, under date 1671. In the inscription on the second flagon, for
"Brigidie" read " Brlgld^." The paten of 1675 was given by John Clarke In 1676,
and the maker of it, I. S., with a crescent below, also made Sergeant Turner's dish
The maker's mark on the first spoon is N. C, with a mullet below in a heart-shaped
shield. There are two silver-gilt spoons made in 1701, and both have the mark of
Seth Lofthouse, as given in Appendix A of Old English Plate, under date 1705.
The portable font Is made of metal plated, and was the gift of Samuel Sabine Edklns,
sidesman, In 1830; it is 6 J inches high, 10 inches in diameter across the bowl, and
5^ Inches across the foot.

S. Giles. In quoting the inscription on Peter Phillip's cup, for "scavenge " read " scavenger."
Holy Trinity, Minories. The maker's mark, E. V., on the ewer will be found on plate
at S. Stephen, Coleman Street, and All Hallows, Barking.

M

S. Margaret, Lothbury, and S. Olave. The maker's mark on Robert Harve's paten
r^ I is D. In a plain shield.

S. Mary Abchurch. In the inscription on the two patens of 1684, for " 63, 4" read " 6, 3 and 4."
The third and fourth verses of the sixth chapter of S. Matthew refer to almsgiving,
and it has been suggested that these are alms dishes ; but I think there is no doubt,
from their shape, that they were made for patens. The maker's mark, W. S., with
a bow and arrow on the paten belonging to Adam Denton's cup, is the mark of Walter
Shute. See the note on All Hallows, Barking, above.
S. Nicholas Cole Abbey. In the last line but one of the footnote, for "civil" read
" ecclesiastical."
S. Paul's Cathedral. The copper cups belong to type 8, not to type 7.

BEADLES STAVES.

Plate I.X.

INDEX.

FLAGONS.

Date,

Maker.

Church.

Elizabeth. 1587
James I.
1605 1607 16071608 16081610 1613161316141616

I A
as above

S o
as above

I A
as in 1605
N
as in 1 6 13

S, Mary Woolnoth. (2)

All Hallows, Lombard Street.

S. Olave, Hart Street.

S. Peter le Poor.

All Hallows the Great. (2)

S. Alban, Wood Street.

S. Augustine.

All Hallows, Lombard Street.

S. Mary Woolnoth. (2)

S. Botolph, Aldgate.

S. Michael, Cornhill. (2)

Donor.

Sir Thomas Rich.

M'^ 
T. M. R.
Thomas Kaddy.
Alice Pallmer.
Daniel Hollingworth.
Sir Christopher Tolderney.
Charles Glascocke, grocer.

Robert Hill, merchant tailor and
Margaret his wife.
John Vernon, merchant of the Staple.

io6

INDEX.

Date. i6i6
1617
1617
1617
1618
1618
1620
16221623
1624
Charles I.
1625
1625
1627
1627
1628
1628

Maker.

Church.

N
as in 1613

RS
as in 16 1 7
w c
as in 1618

W

S. Stephen, Walbrook. (2)
Christchurch. (2)
S. Edmund, King and Martyr. (2)
S. Mildred, Bread Street. (2)
S. Andrew by the Wardrobe. (2)
S. Dunstan in the West. (2)
S. Martin, Ludgate. (2)
S. Botolph, Aldgate.
S. Swithin. (2)
S. Alban, Wood Street.
S. Alban, Wood Street.
S. Peter, Cornhill. (2)
All Hallows, Barking.
S. Clement, Eastcheap.
S. Margaret, Lothbury.
S. Dunstan in the East. (2)

Donor.

Edward Phillips.

John Vernon, merchant of the Staple.

Captain Nicholas Crisp.

T.A.

Fine of Anthony Gybes, cook, to be
freed from parish office.
The parish.

Margaret Morice.

Edmund Plumer, merchant tailor.

Alice Pallmer.

John Busby, grocer.

Alderman Thomas Westrow.

Margery Covell.

Timothie Cartwrlghte, draper, and
Mary his wife.
Daniel Romeny.

FLAGONS.

107

Date.

Maker.

1629 1630 1630 1630 1630

1630

1631

1631

1632 16331635 163616361636
1636
1637

RS
as in 1617
RS
as in 1 61 7

RS
as in 16 1 7

Church.

I A
plain shield

Scallop
as in 1628

S. Michael, Bassishaw.
S. Katharine Cree. (2)
S. Stephen, Coleman Street. (2)
S. Mary le Bow. (2)
S. Peter le Poor. (2)

S. Augustine.

S. Augustine. (2)

All Hallows, Lombard Street.

S. Helen. (2)
All Hallows, Barking.
S. Lawrence, Jewry. (2)
S. Margaret, Lothbury.
S. Andrew Undershaft. (2)
l^ S. Andrew Undershaft.
I M and
^ P'g S. James, Garlickhithe. (2)
as in 1630 S. Anne and S. Agnes. (2)
S. Mary at Hill. (2)

Donor.

John Banckes, mercer (" mearsor").

Sir Henry Martin, V.G.

The parish.

Daniel Hollingworth.
William Draper.
John Raynye.
Sir Martin Lumley.
Edmund Forster.
Gyles Martin, mercer.
Daniel Romeny.

Alderman Anthony Abdy and John
Stewart.

The parish.

Mary Clarkson and Francis Draxe.

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INDEX.

Date.

1637 1637
1640 1 64 1
1 64 1
1 64 1
1645

Common wealth. 1654

1658
Charles II.
16601661
16611665
1666 1668

Maker.

Church.

W M
as above

W M
as in 1637

H G

G D
as in 1660

S. Augustine.

S. Mary, Aldermary.

S. Augustine.

S. Vedast. (2)

S. Vedast.

S. Magnus.

S. Mary, Aldermary.

S. Magnus.

S. Peter le Poor. (2)

S. Vedast.

S. James, Garlickhithe.

S. Augustine

S. Botolph, Aldgate.

S. Anne and S. Agnes.

S. Sepulchre. (2)

Donor.

John Osborne and his three children.
John Larkin.
William Aspley.
John Bancks, mercer.
Edward Bradborne, silkman.

George Holman.

Francis Manning, goldsmith.

Robert Hanson and others.

Mrs. Mary Master. (" M. M.")
Mrs. Mary Master. (" M. M.")

Mary Gutheram, widow.

FLAGONS.

109

Date.

Maker.

1669 1669 1672 1675 1679 1681 1682 1682 1683 1683

James II.
1685

William and
Mary. 1688

1688

W M
as in 1666

Church.

S. Botolph, Aldgate.

Holy Trinity, Minories. (2)

S. Bride.

S. Bride.

S. Mary Abchurch. (2)

r'Cj) S. Michael Paternoster Royal. (2)

S. Bartholomew the Less.

I A
as above

1692

1694

i-yt/-!

S. Bartholomew the Less.

S. Clement, Eastcheap.

Donor.

^ Holy Trinity, Minories. (Ewer.)

S. Katharine Coleman.

S. Mary, Aldermary.

S. Mary, Aldermary.

S. Olave, Hart Street.

S. Ethelburga.

Ann Sole.

Colonel William Legge of His Majesty's
bedchamber, 25th December.
Paul Boston, Vicar.

Caspar Needham, M.D.

John Pemell.

Dr. Edward Langsdale.

Evodias Inman, goldsmith.

The parish.

Martha Thomlinson.

Phillip Vaff"ree.

The parish. Andrew Binkes, church
warden.
The parish. Edward Morse, church
warden.
Sir Richard Beach.

Thomas Bates.

no

INDEX.

Date.
Anne. 1708 1709
George I.
1714
1715
George II.
1737
1741
George III.
1761 1780
17811799 1807
18101817
George IV.
1820
William IV.
1835
The Queen.
18431852

Maker.

L E
as above

Church.

S. Margaret Pattens.
S. Margaret Pattens.
S. Margaret, Lothbury. (2)
S. Nicholas Cole Abbey. (2)
S. Giles. (2)
S. Michael, Wood Street.
S. Botolph, Aldersgate.
S. Ben'et, Paul's Wharf.
S. Magnus.
S. Andrew, Holborn. (2)
S. George, Botolph Lane.
S. Katharine Cree.
S. Margaret, Lothbury.
S. Botolph, Bishopsgate. (2)
All Hallows, London Wall.

S. Ben'et, Paul's Wharf. (2)
S. Bartholomew, Moor Lane.

Donor.

Reverend Henry Lamb, curate.

Sir George Thorold.

William Bass and William Bertram.

By subscription.

Godfrey Harrison and John Smith.

The parish, from property bequeathed
in 1350.

Pupils of R. Bell.

(metal.)

(metal.) United parishes, S. Margaret and S.
Christopher.

New wrought from Sir Paul Finder's
gift.
The parish (electroplate)

New wrought from Eleanor James' gift.
The parishioners of S. Margaret, Loth
bury.

FLAGONS.

[ 1 1

Date.

187018721873
187718811889

19th Century.

Church.

S. Paul's Cathedral.
S. Peter on Cornhill.
S. Lawrence, Jewry.
S. Dunstan in the East.
S. Michael, Cornhill.
S. Mary, Aldermanbury.

No Date.
S. Botolph, Aldersgate.
S. Giles, Cripplegate.
Holy Trinity, Gough Square.
S. Mary le Bow.
S. Paul's Cathedral.

Donor.

Rev. Minor Canon W. J. Hall.
Mrs. Richard Gibbs.

(metal.)
(electroplate.)
(electroplate.)
(pewter.)(copper.)

Note. — From 1697 onwards impressions of the makers' marks from the makers' own punches have been
regularly taken by the Goldsmiths' Company and preserved in volumes with the makers' names and addresses ;
but the record of the makers' marks prior to that date is unfortunately lost, and it is only by the examination
of inventories and parish books that here and there a name can be put to a mark. I have therefore reproduced
the markers' marks up to the end of the seventeenth century or the commencement of the eighteenth century
and omitted those of later date.

CUPS.
Note. — Cups with a star (*) have paten covers to them.

Date.

Henry VIII.
1545
Edward VI.
1548
1549
1549
1549
1549
1550
1552
Elizabeth. 1559
1559
1559

Maker.

Church.

^'S. Margaret Pattens.

S. Lawrence Jewry.

S. Peter on Cornhill.

— i S. Michael, Wood Street.

>FB

F B
as above

T

A bird

S. James, Garlickhithe.

S. Mildred, Bread Street.

S. Michael, Cornhill.

*S. James, Garlickhithe.

S. Botolph, Aldgate.

^'S. Mary le Bow.

^S. Stephen, Walbrook.

Donor.

Cover made in 1600.

Thomas Symonds gave a cup like this
one in 1625.

The parish, by the sale of their chalice.

CUPS.

1 1

Date.

Maker.

Church.

Donor.

1559

©

*S. Vedast.

1560

^

*Christchurch.

1560

?

*S. Ethelburga.

1560

p

S. Magnus. (2)

1561
d
S. Lawrence Jewry.
1!
I56I1562 1562 1566 1566 1567 1568 15681570 I57I
1575
1576
4
Star
as in 1561
H W
as in 1559
^
*S. Peter le Poor.
*ChrIstchurch *S. Margaret, Lothbury.
*S. Alban, Wood Street.
S. Lawrence Jewry.
*S. Margaret, Lothbury.
S. Augustine.
*S. Mary le Bow.
*S. Helen.
S. Mildred, Bread Street.
All Hallows the Great.
*S. Mary at Hill.
Probably for a fine. From S. Olave,
Old Jewry.
John Belgrave, vicar of S. Olave.
From S. Faith.
From All Hallows, Honey Lane.
Thomas Lorimar.
114

INDEX.

Date.

1581 1587 1591 1593 1594 1599 1602
James I.
16061608 1608
1609 160916091609 1609 1610

Church.

Donor.

S. Mary Abchurch.

*S. Mary at Hill.

*S. Anne and S. Agnes.

*Christchurch.

S. Botolph, Aldgate.

*S. Dunstan in the West.

*S. Andrew by the Wardrobe.

®

S O
as above

y

S. Alban, Wood Street.

All Hallows the Great.

S. Michael, Cornhill.

S. Andrew Undershaft.

S. Andrew Undershaft.

S. Botolph, Aldgate.

*S. Mary Aldermary.

"S. Martin, Ludgate.

^S. Martin, Ludgate.

Made at Antwerp.

Probably made In 1561.

T. P. I.W."

Robert Dow, merchant tailor.

The parish.

Thomas Savadge, goldsmith.

Made to match the cup of 1550.
Jone Cartwright.
The parish.

(Enamelled.)

Henry Sivedall.

Stewyn Pekoe and Marget his wyff.

CUPS.

115

Date. 16121612
16161617
16171617 1619 1619
1620
16221622
1623
1623
1624
1624
1624

Maker.

W

R C

Church.
All Hallows, Lombard Street.
S. Giles. (2)
*Christchurch. S. Giles.
S. Giles.
All Hallows, Lombard Street.
*S. Anne and S. Agnes.
*S. Mary Aldermary.
*S. Peter le Poor.
S. Mary Aldermary.
Q^ j S. Augustine.

Donor.

R B
as in 16 12

AIWT

<P.

*S. Dunstan in the West.

W C ! *S. Mary le Bow.

All Hallows, Lombard Street.

*S. Andrew, Holborn.

S. Stephen, Coleman Street.
(2)

RC
as in 1623

Fine of Peter Phillips for not serving
the office of scavenger.
T. Harris and T. Hall.

James Prescot.

William Small.
Fine of Francis Bridges.
William Willaston.
Roger Price.
From S. Faith.
Dr. T. White.
Henry Hickford.
William Clarke.
Lady Elizabeth Richardson.
On one " I.G. her giff."

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INDEX.

Date.

Charles I.
1625 1626 1626 1626
1626
1627
1628
1628
1630
1630
1630
1630
1630
1630

1631

Maker.

Church.

1631

163;

TB] i *S. Alban, Wood Street.

TF
as in 1608

TF
as in 1608
R C
as in 1623

C B
as in t6i6

S. Peter, Cornhill.
*S. Katharine Cree. (2)
S. Mary Woolnooth.
*S. Mary le Bow.
*S. Andrew by the Wardrobe. (2)
S. Mary Abchurch.
*S. Andrew by the Wardrobe.
S. Alban, Wood Street.
*S. Bride. (2)
*S. Katharine Cree.
S. Mary Woolnooth.
S. Stephen, Coleman Street.
*S. Vedast.
*A11 Hallows, Barking.
S. Mary Aldermary.

R W j s_ Aj^ne and S. Agnes. (2)
Mullet below I

Donor.

Lady Margaret Savlll.

Thomas Symonds.

Thomas Willes.

R B
as in 1626
H B
as in 1626
T F
as in 1608

The parish.
Adam Denton.
The parish.

Arthur Knight and Raphe Raysinge.

Jane Atkinson.

Paul Forre.

Alderman Sir Morris Abbott.

Thomas Crathorn.

John Bromsgrave, blacksmith, and Ann
his wife.

The parish.

CUPS.

1 1'

Date. 1633
1633
16341634
1635
1636
1637
16381638
1639
1641

Common wealth. 1649
1656

Charles II.
1660

Maker.

RC
as in 1623

WS
as in 1633

?T F

Church.
*A11 Hallows, Barking.
S. Stephen, Walbrook.
*S. Dunstan In the West.
*S Helen.
S. Botolph, Aldgate.
S. Michael, Wood Street.
Holy Trinity, Minories.
*S. Peter le Poor. (2)
*S. James, Garlickhithe.
S. Bartholomew the Less.
*S. James, Garlickhithe.

Donor.

G S

^S. Margaret Pattens.

*S. Vedast.

1663

^Christchurch.

All Hallows, Lombard Street.

The parish paid Walter Shute ^10
13 : 4 for this cup and cover. §
Richard Winston.

Ann Stamp,
" D. W."
Thomas Sol. or Solus.
John Wright and Margaret his wife.
Inscribed with a coat of arras.
From S. Ben'et Fink.

Fine of Leonard Hamond for not
"sarvin churchwarden."
John Jones.

Inscribed with a coat of arms.

Made to match the cup of 1545.

William Hall, goldsmith.

Mrs. Mary Master (" M. M.")

§ " History of All Hallows, Barking," by Maskell, p. 123. Walter Shute was the silversmith, and his mark W. S. is given above.

ii8

INDEX.

Date.

Maker.

Church.

I G
1664 *S. Augustine.
I as in 1663

1670 ! R N j S. Sepulchre.

1672 1680 16821682 1684
James II.
1685 1685
1686

William and
Mary. 1689
1698
Anne. 1703
1703171 1
1712

' losi I *S. Bride.

S. Mary Aldermary.
*S. Bartholomew the Less.
*S. Bride.
All Hallows, Barking.
S. Katharine Coleman. (2)
S. Lawrence Jewry.
S. Mary Abchurch. (2)

S. Bartholomew the Great. (2)
S. Mary le Bow. (2)
*S. Bartholomew the Less.
S. Nicholas Cole Abbey.
*S. Swithin. (2)
S. Michael Paternoster Royal.

Donor.

Mrs. Mary Master (" M. M.").

Paul Boston, vicar.
William Naylor.

Roger Pinder gave a cup in 1590, and
this was probably recast from It.

Probably the parish.

Made to match the cup of 1548.

Thomas and Katherine Gresham.

Anthony Burgesse and John Whiting.

William Besley.

William and John Fellowes, brothers.

§ See the note on page iii.

CUPS.

[I9

Date.

George I.

1714

—

1715

1715

—

1717

1722

George II.
1737
—
1738
—
1742
—
1743
1757
1
1757
1
George III.
1 !
)
1 76 1
—
1763
—
1778
1780
1781
1789
1792
1799 [
—
1803
1808
;
1810
1815
i
George IV.
1
1820
'
Villiam IV.
1
1833
Church.
S. Margaret, Lothbury. (2)
""S. Clement, Eastcheap. (2)
S. Nicholas Cole Abbey. (2)
S. Dunstan in the East. (3)
Holy Trinity, Minories.
S. Giles. (2)
*S. Michael Bassishaw. (2)
*S. Sepulchre. (2)
S. Margaret Pattens.
S. Edmund King and Martyr.
S. George, Botolph Lane.
S. Botolph, Aldersgate. (2)
S. Dunstan in the West.
S. Helen, Bishopsgate.
S. Benet, Paul's Wharf.
S. Magnus. (2)
S. Martin, Ludgate.
S. Bartholomew the Great.
*S. Andrew, Holborn. (2)
*S. Alphage.
S. Dunstan in the West.
S. Katharine Cree. (2)
S. Margaret, Lothbury.
S. Botolph, Bishopsgate. (2)
— All Hallows, London Wall. (2)
Donor.
William Bass and William Bertram.
One belongs to S. Martin Orgars.
By subscription of the parishioners.
"M. B."
Godfrey Harrison and John Smith.
The parish by exchange.
Newbrough Swingland, parish clerk.
Jeremiah Milles, rector.
The parish.
John Smith.
Pupils of R. Bell.
From S. Michael, Crooked Lane.
The parish.
Lord Kensington, patron.
(metal). The parish.
The parish.
(metal). From St. James.
United parishes. S. Margaret and
S. Christopher.
Exchanged for plate given by Sir Paul
Pindar in i6q^.
The parish.
I20

INDEX.

Date.

The Queen.
1843 1852 1859
1865

Church.

Donor.

187018781881 1889

Elizabethan. 1580 — 1600
Early i 7th
Century In
part.
1736— 1755
19th Century.

S. Benet, Paul's Wharf. (2)
S. Bartholomew, Moor Lane. (2)
S. Augustine.
S. Dunstan in the East.
S. Michael Royal.
S. Paul's Cathedral. (4)
*S. Alphage.
S. Michael, Cornhill.
S. Mary, Aldermanbury. (2)

No Date Mark.
*S. Vedast.
S. Michael Bassishaw.
S. Olave, Hart Street. (2)
S. Bartholomew the Less.
Holy Trinity, Gough-square. (2)
The Bank of England. (2)
S. Botolph, Aldersgate.
S. Paul's Cathedral. (2)

New wrought from Eleanor James' gift.
New wrought from the gift of S.
Margaret, Lothbury parish.
New wrought from Samuel Langham's
gift.

The parish.
In memory of Mary Miller.
The parish.

Made at Augsburg. The maker's mark
Is two sceptres in saltire.
One has no marks ; the other has the
mark of a maker of 1737. The
stems are early 17th century work.
For the Lock in Kent Street.
(Electro-plate.)Belonging probably to
Lothbury (metal).
(metal).
(copper). About 18 10.

S. Margaret,

PATENS.

Note. — Those with a star (*) are paten covers.

Date.

Maker.

Church.

Donors, etc

Henry VII.

1

1500

—

S. Magnus.

Edward VI.
1549

^

S. James, Garlickhithe.

Cup, same date and maker.

1549

FB
as above

S. Mildred, Bread Street.

Cup, same date and maker.

Elizabeth.

1559
Q
*S. Mary le Bow.
Cup, same date and ? maker.
1559
^
*S. Vedast.
Cup, same date and maker.
1560
All Hallows, Lombard Street.
1560
S
*Christchurch.
Cup, same date and maker.
1560
?
*S. Ethelburga.
Cup, same date.
1561
§
S. Lawrence, Jewry.
Cup, same date and maker.
1561
*S. Peter le Poor.
Cup, same date. " I. C. I. P."
1562
' °3
*S. Stephen, Walbrook.
Cup, 1559.
122

INDEX.

Date. 1562 1562 156715671567
1567
1568
1568
15701570 1571
15741575
1576 1586
1587
1589

Maker.

Horse's head
H W
as in 1559

Church.

Donors, etc

'^'Christchurch.

Cup, same date and maker.

*S. Margaret, Lothbury.

Cup, same date ; probably made by
N. R., and repaired by Francis
Garthorne about 1671.

*S. Alban, Wood Street.

Maker as in part 2 Appendix A, Old
English Plate, under date 1570.

*S. Margaret, Lothbury.

Cup, same date and maker.

^
0

Stag's head

%

Stag's head

D

D
as in 1587

S. Mary Abchurch.

S. Stephen, Walbrook.

"¦S. Mary le Bow.

*S. Augustine.

*S. Augustine.

^S. Helen.

S. Mildred, Bread Street.

''S. James, Garlickhithe.

All Hallows the Great.

^S. Mary at Hill.

S. Giles.

*S. Mary at Hill.

S. Botolph, Aldgate.

Probably a paten cover.

Cup, same date and maker.

Cup, same date and maker.

To a cup now melted down.

Cup, same date and maker.

Cup, same date and maker.

Cup, 1552.

Thomas Lorimar ; cup, same date.

Tazza-paten.

Cup, same date and maker.

Tazza-paten.

PATENS.

12

Date.

1591

1593

1594

1595

1597

1598

1599 1600
James I.
16051606
1608 1608
1608
1609
1609
1609

Maker.

D
as in 1587
Lion
sejant,
as in 1567

m

RS

w

0

Church.

*S. Anne and S. Agnes.

*ChrIstchurch.

S. Olave, Jewry.

S. Augustine.

All Hallows, Lombard Street.

*S. Dunstan in the West.

S. Dunstan in the West.

*S. Margaret Pattens.

S. James, Garlickhithe.
S. Alban, Wood Street.
All Hallows the Great. (2)
All Hallows the Great.
S. Michael, Cornhill. (2)
S. Andrew Undershaft.
*S. Andrew by the Wardrobe.
*S. Mary Aldermary.

Donors, etc

Cup, same date. The date mark is
probably for 1561.
Cup, same date and maker.

Robert Harve, grocer.

From S. Faith.

Cup, 1599.

Raised on a wire stem and foot.

Cup, 1545.

Thomas Kaddy.

Cup, same date and maker.

Jone Cartwright ; cup, same date and
maker.

Cup, 1602.

Cup, same date and maker (enamelled).

124

INDEX.

Date.

Maker.

Church.

l6io

1612

1613

1616

1617

ibii

1619

1619

T F
as in 1608

T F
as in 1608

W

1620 AIWT

162016231623 1623
1623 1624 1624
Charles I.
162s

A I WT

C B
as in 1618
W C
R C
as above

R C
as in 1623

S. Martin, Ludgate.
S. Olave, Hart Street.
S. Mary Aldermary.
Christchurch. (2)
Christchurch.
*Christchurch.
*S. Anne and S, Agnes.
*S. Mary Aldermary.
S. Helen's.
*S. Peter le Poor.
*S. Dunstan in the West.
S. Mary le Bow. (2)
*S. Mary le Bow.
S. Andrew bv the Wardrobe.
All Hallows, Lombard Street.
S. Stephen, Coleman Street.
S. Magnus.

Donors, etc.

Hexagonal paten.
Hugh Hamersley, haberdasher.

John Dowse.

Edward Phillips.

John Wilford ; cup, 16 16, by the
same maker.
William Small ; cup, same date.

Francis Bridges ; cup, same date and
maker.
Thomas Awdeley, mercer.

William Willaston ; cup, same date
and maker.
Dr. White ; cup, same date and maker.

Gilbert Harryson, goldsmith.

Henry Hickford ; cup, same date and
maker.
The parish.

William Clarke, cup, same date and
maker.
Cups, same date and maker.

PATENS.

12^

Date.

Maker.

1625 1626 1626 1626 1626 1626 1627 16271628 162816291630 1630 16301630 1630

1631

1631

R B
as above

Church.

Donors, etc

T F
as in 1608
T F
as in 1608

RC
as in 1623
WS
as in 1633
C B
as in 16 18

R B
as in 1626
T F
as in 1608

H B
as in 1626

S. Alban, Wood Street.
*S. Katharine Cree. (2)
S. Katharine Cree. (2)
S. Mary Woolnoth.
*S. Mary le Bow.
S. Peter, Cornhill. (2)
S. Andrew Undershaft.
S. Andrew by the Wardrobe.
S. Mary Abchurch.
*S. Andrew by the Wardrobe.
S. Michael Bassishaw.
*S. Augustine.
*S. Bride.
*S. Katharine Cree.
S. Stephen, Coleman Street.
*S. Vedast.
*A11 Hallows, Barking.
S. Mary Woolnoth.

Lady Margaret Savill.

Cups, same date and maker.

Cup, same date and maker.

Cup, same date and maker.

Thomas Symonds and the parish.

The parish.
Adam Denton (maker, W. S., and bow
and arrow as In a cup at S. Botolph,
Aldgate, 1635).
Cup, same date and maker.

Samuel Langham.
Arthur Knight ; cup, same date and
maker.
Jane Atkinson ; cup, same date and
maker.
Cup, same date and maker.

Cup, same date and maker.
Cup, same date.
Paul Forre ; cup, same date and maker.

126

INDEX.

Date.

16311633
1633
1634
1634
16341634
16351635
1635
1636
1638

1638

1639 [640
16401645

Maker.

CC
as in 1630

WS
as in 1633
A shell
as in 1634

RC
as in 1623
?

Church.

S. Augustine.
*A11 Hallows, Barking.
All Hallows, Barking (salver).
All Hallows the Great.
*S. Dunstan in the West.
*S. Helen.
S. Peter le Poor.

^

S. Botolph, Aldgate.

S. Margaret, Lothbury.

*S. Andrew, Holborn.

S. Michael, Wood Street.

S. Helen.

^S. Peter le Poor. (2)

*S. Margaret Pattens.

j^j I S. Alban, Wood Street.

Donors, etc.

S. Vedast.

Ralph Tunstall.

The cup of this cover, the cover and
the salver were bought by the
parish for ^16 155. lod. from Walter
Shute whose marks are given in
the margin. §
John Hudson.

Ann Stamp ; cup, same date and
maker.
" D. W. " ; cup, same date and maker.

Thomas Sol or Solus ; cup, same date
and maker, W. S. with a bow and

arrow.

Lady Elizabeth Richardson.

John Wright, and Margaret his wife ;
cup, same date and maker.

Cups, same date and maker.

Cup, 1649.

CU S. George, Botolph Lane. \ Made at Norwich.

John Bancks ; flagons, same maker.

History of All Halloius, £arki?ig, by Maskell, p. 123.

PATENS.

127

Date. 1648
Common wealth. 1653 1636
Charles II.
1660 1660 16641664 1671
1672 1672
1672 16751675167516781678

Maker.

?T F

GS

Church.

Donors, etc.

I G
as in 1660

WH

F G

O S
as above

(D

*S. James, Garlickhithe.

S. Magnus. (4)
*S. Vedast.
All Hallows, Lombard Street.
*ChrIstchurch. S. Augustine.
S. Vedast.
S. Dunstan in the West. (2)
S. Sepulchre.
*S. Bride.
S. Bride (Ciborium).
S. Bride.
Christchurch.
S. Michael, Paternoster Royal.
S. Bartholomew the Less. (2)
S. Michael, Cornhill.

Cup, 1 64 1, by the same maker.

Cup, same date and maker.

Mrs. Mary Master (" M. M.") ; cup,
same date and maker.
Cup, same date and maker.

Mrs. Mary Master (" M. M.")

Dorothy Buckley ; made by Francis
Garthorne.
Sarah Dore.

Paul Boston, vicar ; cup, same date and
maker.

Paul Boston, vicar.

John Clarke.

William Mainstone.

The parishioners.

The parish.

128

INDEX.

Date.

Maker.

1679 168016801682 1682 1684 16841684 1684
James II.
1685 1686

William and
Mary.

1689 1694 16951696

Church.

S. Edmund King and Martyr.(2)

S. Mary Aldermary.

S. James, Garlickhithe.

S. Bride.

*S. Bartholomew the Less.

S. Lawrence, Jewry. (2)

I;lJ i S. Mary at Hill.

S. Michael, Wood Street.

S. Mary Abchurch. (2)

S. Katharine Coleman. (2)

Voj i S. Mary Abchurch. (2)

S. Bartholomew the Great.

S. Ethelburga.

— I S. Peter le Poor.

I S *S. Bride.
as in 1682

Donors, etc

The parish.
William Naylor.
John Oliver.
Roger Pinder ; cup, same date.
Cup, same date and maker.
Captain Robert Massy.
The parish, by exchange.

Flagons, same date and maker.

Thomas and Katharine Gresham
cups, same date and maker.

Cups same date and maker.

Robert and Rebeckah Stamper.

R. Raysinge ; cup, 1629.

PATENS.

[29

Maker.

Church.

__..

Date.

f Donors, etc.

1697

PE

S. Botolph, Aldgate.

1698
l^®n)
S. Mary le Bow. (2)
Cups same date and maker.
1702
Anne.
m §
*S. James, Garlickhithe.
To Leonard Hamond's cup, 1638 ;
this cover also has the mark of
Humphrey Payne.
1703
*S. Bartholomew the Less.
Cup same date.
1704
S. Mary Aldermary.
From S. Antholin.
1705
S. Stephen, Coleman Street. (2)
John Ablngton.
1706
S. Botolph, Aldersgate.
Hannah Jones.
1706
1706
S. Anne and S. Agnes. (2)
S. Anne and S. Agnes.
Alexander Jackson, " saymaster " of the
Goldsmiths' Company.
W. H.
1707
S. Anne and S. Agnes.
The parish.
1707
*S. Vedast.
To an Elizabethan cup.
1709
—
S. Margaret Pattens. (2)
Mrs. E. M. and the parish.
1711
S. Swithin.
From S. Mary Bothaw.
1711
—
*S. Swithin. (2)
Cups same date.
1712
— ¦
S. Michael Paternoster Royal. (3)
William and John Fellowes, brothers.
George I.
1714
S. Margaret, Lothbury. (2)
William Bass and William Bertram.
1715
S. Andrew Undershaft.
John Steward, given in 1637, recast
1715-
1715
—
S. Clement, Eastcheap.
To S. Martin Orgars. 0
1715
S. Nicholas Cole Abbey. (2)
By subscription of the parishioners.
1716
*S. Clement, Eastcheap. (2)
Cups, 1715.
1717
S. Dunstan in the East. (4)
1719
Holy Trinity, Minories. (2)
The parish.
George II.
-^737
S. Giles. (3)
Godfrey Harrison and John Smith.
^737
— •
S. Olave, Hart Street. (2)
^738
S. Margaret Pattens. j
Newbrough Swingland.
§ See the note on p. in.
130

INDEX.

Date.

Church.

1738

*S. Michael Bassishaw. (2)

1741

S. Michael, Wood Street.

1741

S. Mildred, Bread Street.
1742
*S. Sepulchre. (2)
1743
S. Sepulchre. (2)
1757
— ,
S. Edmund King and Martyr. (2
1761
—
S. Botolph, Aldersgate. (2)
George III.
1780
S. Ben'et, Paul's Wharf.
1792
—
S. Bartholomew the Great.
1799
*S. Andrew, Holborn. (2)
1803
S. Alphage.
1803
—
*S. Alphage.
1809
— ¦
S. Mary Woolnoth.
1810
S. Katharine Cree.
181S
S. Margaret, Lothbury.
1817
—
S. Mary, Aldermary.
George IV.
1820
—
S. Botolph, Bishopsgate. (2)
1833
All Hallows, London Wall. (2)
The Queen.
1843
S. Ben'et, Paul's Wharf. (3)
1849
S. Swithin.
1852
S. Bartholomew, Moor Lane. (2
1852
—
S. Bartholomew, Moor Lane.
1859
S. Augustine.
1870
—
S. Paul's Cathedral. (4)
1872
S. Peter on Cornhill.
1878
1889
Donors, p:tc.
Cups same date.
Rev"* D. Mangey ; in part.
Cups same date.
Pupils of R. Bell.
Lord Kensington.
(Metal) cups same date.
Cup same date.
The united parishes.
(Metal.) From S. James.
United parishes S. Margaret and
S. Christopher.
Mrs. H. B. Wilson.
From Sir Paul Finder's gift.
The parish.
New wrought, from Eleanor James'
gift.
Mrs. Elizabeth Bennett.
The parishioners of S. Margaret,
Lothbury.
(Brass.)
*S. Alphage.
S. Mary Aldermanbury. (4)
Mrs. Richard Gibbs.
Cup same date.
The parish.
PATENS.

Date.

Maker.

1 6th Century.
19th Century.

fbd

Church.

Donors, etc.

No Date Mark.

S. Mary le Bow.

S. Lawrence, Jewry.
S. Margaret Pattens.
S. Botolph, Aldersgate.
(Metal.)
S. Paul's Cathedral. (2)
(Copper.) About 18 10.
S. Martin, Ludgate. (2)
Holy Trinity, Gough Square
(2)
(Electroplate.)
The Bank of England.
(Metal.) Belonging probably to S.
Margaret, Lothbury.
ALMS DISHES.

Date. ] Maker.

Church.

Henry VIII.
1518

1647

Cross on
1524 u
^ ^ orb

James I.
1607
16071608 1619
Charles I.
1624 1627 1627

^^33

|j] j S. Mary Woolnoth.
S. Magnus.

R C

S. Peter le Poor.

S. Vedast.

All Hallows the Great.

S. Stephen, Walbrook.

S. Mildred, Bread Street.

S. Dunstan in the East.

S. Swithin.

All Hallows, Barking.

S. Helen.

Donors, etc.

From S. Michael, Crooked Lane.

William Cockaine, Jr.

Roger Snelson ; flagons same date and
maker.

Flagons same date and maker.

From S. Margaret Moses.

Gilbert Keate ; flagons same date and
maker.

The parish.
Francis Bancroft.

ALMS DISHES.

133

Date.

1648
Common wealth. 1650 1655 1655
Charles II.
1672 1678 1681 1683 1684 1684 1684 1684 1684
James II.
i(

Maker.

M M

1685

1685

I R

W

HP

Church.

Donors, etc.

S. Bartholomew the Less. (4)

S. Vedast. (2)

S. Margaret, Lothbury.

— S. Mary W^oolnoth.

S. Andrew Undershaft.

S. Bride.

S. Peter, Cornhill.

S. Mary, Aldermary.

S. Lawrence, Jewry. (2)

S. Lawrence, Jewry.

S. Mary at Hill.

S. Mary le Bow. (2)
S. Mary, Abchurch.

Tewter.) The parish.

Anthony Tuckney, vicar of S. Michael
le Quern.
Robert Bowyer.

? Elizabeth Browning.

Francis More.

Sereeant Turner.

Elizabeth Frisdick, maid-servant.

Ann Adam.

Captain Massy.

The parish by exchange.

Maurice Walrond and Mary Smith.

John Poynter.

All Hallows, Lombard Street. \ Edward Fownes.
S. Bartholomew the Less. I Robert Earl of AHsbury.

Christchurch. (2)

Richard Robinson and Rebekah Till
man. 

134

INDEX.

Date.

William and
Mary. 1690 1 69 1
169416981700
Anne. 1702
170617081709
1709 1712

1713
George I.
171517151717

Maker.

©

(G'A)

-/©L.,

LE
as in 1706

I RG

L E
as in 1706

Church.

Donors, etc.

S. Stephen, Coleman Street.

S. Olave, Hart Street.

S. Mary, Aldermary.

S. Michael, Cornhill.

S. Andrew by the Wardrobe. (2)

S. Margaret Pattens. (2)

All Hallows, Lombard Street. (2)

All Hallows the Great.

All Hallows, Lombard Street.

S. Margaret Pattens.

S. Michael Paternoster Royal.

S. Ben'et, Paul's Wharf (2)

S. Michael Paternoster Royal.
S. Clement, Eastcheap. (2)

S. Nicholas Cole Abbey. (3)

S. Dunstan in the East.

James Hadley, clerk.
Katharine Rawson.
A generously charitable person.
Woodmongers' Company and a donor
unknown.
Joseph Martin and the parish.

Lady Ann Glover and the parish.

Edward Boulter.

The parishioners.

William and John Fellowes, brothers.

Eleanor James.

The parish by exchange for a cup.

By subscription ; flagons same date
and maker.

ALMS DISHES.

1719
1720
1724
1726
1726
George II.
1727
1728
1730

^73'^

1739
1743
1744
1751
1753
George III.
1760
1760
1763
1764
1766
1771
1777
1777 1

lagnus.

S. M;
S. Andrew, Holborn. (2)
S. Clement, Eastcheap.
S. Dunstan in the West. (2)

Elizabeth and Marie Davall.
(Pewter.)

j S. Andrew by the Wardrobe. (2) (Metal.)
S. Helen, Bishopsgate. Mary Parsons
Holy Trinity, Minories.
S. Nicholas Cole Abbey. (4)
S. James, Garlickhithe. (2)
S. Katharine Coleman.
S. Peter le Poor.
S. Lawrence, Jewry.
S. Alban, Wood Street. (2)

S. Alban, Wood Street. (2)
S. Peter le Poor. (2)
S. Dunstan in the West. (2).
S. Olave, Hart Street. (4)

(Pewter.) From S. Mary Somerset.
Mrs. L. Preston.
Marmaduke Westwood.
William Iliff-e.
Sarah Scott.
(Pewter enamelled.)

(Pewter enamelled.)
Dr. Waterland.
The j^arish.
(Pewter.)

— I S. Andrew by the Wardrobe. (2) ' (Pewter.)

All Hallows, Lombard Street. (4)
S. Alphage. (4)
S. Andrew by the Wardrobe. (4)

(Metal.)
(Metal.)
(Metal.)

§ See the note on p. m.

136

INDEX.

Date.

1780

1788

1803

1808
1808
1815
G
eorge IV.
1820
1822
W
LLIAM IV.
183I
1832
1833
The Queen.
1838
1840
1843
1844
1846
1852
1870
17th Century.
1 8th and 19th
Centuries.
Maker.
Chlrch.
S. Ben'et, Paul's Wharf
S. Botolph, Aldersgate. (2)
All Hallows, London Wall. (2)
S. Mary at Hill. (4)
Holy Trinity, Minories.
S. Margaret, Lothbury. (2)
S. Botolph, Bishopsgate.
Christchurch. (2)
S. Bartholomew the Great.
S. Dunstan in the West. (2)
All Hallows, London Wall.
S. Katharine Coleman.
S. Ben'et, Paul's Wharf ' (4)
S. Ben'et, Paul's W^harf (5)
S. Dunstan in the East.
S. Katharine Coleman.
S. Bartholomew, Moor Lane.
S. Paul's Cathedral.
No Date.
S. Katharine Cree. (4)
I S. Olave, Hart Street.
S. Andrew, Holborn.
S. Augustine. (3)
S. Botolph, Aldersgate. (5)
Donors, etc.
Pupils of R. Bell.
(Pewter.)
(Pewter.)
United parishes, S. Margaret and S.
Christopher.
From Sir Paul PInder's gift.
From S. Leonard.
M. J. Phillips.
S. Walford.
The parish.
(Pewter). From the Chapel of S.
Ethelreda, Ely Place.
From Eleanor James' gift.
James Catling.
Henry Butterworth, F.S.A.
(Pewter enamelled.) ? King Charles I.
(Metal enamelled.)
(Brass.) Probably German.
(Metal.) (Metal and one is gilt.)
ALMS DISHES.

'0/

Date.

1 8th and 19th
Centuries.

Church.

S. Botolph, Aldgate.
S. Dunstan, West, (i)
S. George, Botolph Lane. (2)
S. Giles, (i)
S. Giles. (8)
S. Helen. (2)
Holy Trinity, Gough Square.
S. Magnus. (4)
S. Martin, Ludgate.
S. Mary, Abchurch. (2)
S. Mary, Aldermanbury. (6)
S. Mary, Aldermanbury. (i)
S. Mary le Bow. (11)
S. Mary at Hill. (2)
S. Paul's Cathedral, (i)

Donors, etc

(Metal gilt.)
(Pewter.)(Pewter.) (Pewter.)
(Brass.) (Brass.) Edward Corbett.
(Pewter.) (Pewter.)
(Metal.) (Pewter.)(Pewter.)(Copper.) About 18 10.

SPOONS.

Date.

M

aker.

Church.

Charles

I.

1631
S.
Swithin.
1631
S.
Katharine Cree.
1639
RC
s.
Lawrence, Jewry.
[639
BY
1 S.
Peter, Cornhill.
Charles 1662
II.
0
Of .
s.
Swithin.
Donors, etc.
(Seal head.
(Baluster head.)
M. M. M. (Seal head.)
S. W. H. W.
(Seal head.
1665 fcyj S. Botolph, Aldgate.
1670 .II S. Marv, Abchurch.
as in 1662
A. W. (Seal head.)
1675
1679
S. Dunstan in the West.
S. Dunstan in the West.
(Seal heads.)
168:
S. James, Garlickhithe.
From S. Michael, Oueenhithe.
168'
1684
N C S. Bride.
I'tA->
^ • S. Mary at Hill.
(Hind's foot handle.
(Seal head.)
SPOONS.

139

I >An.;. I Maker.

Church.

IJoxoRS, etc.

1684
16S416S4

IS ' S. Mary, Woolnoth.
as above. I S S. xMIchael, Wood Street.
as above.

S. Peter le Poor.

James II.
1685 I S s_ Andrew Undershaft.

W^illiam and
Mary. 1699
1701
Anne. 17061708
1710
George I.
1 71 7
1719
George II.
1730
17321737
17461759
Geui<(;e III.
1765
17741774
^777
1786

as in 1684

.S. Ethelburga.

S. Bride. (2)
S. Stephen, Coleman Street.
S. Vedast.
S. Botolph, Aldersgate
S. Dunstan In the East.
All Hallows the Great. (2)
S. Magnus.
S. Helen, Bishopsgate.
S. Giles.
Holy Trinity, Minories.
S. Botolph, Bishopsgate.

(Hind's foot handle.)
(From S. Ben'et Fink.)
(Hind's foot handle.)

M. C.

Sir James Hallett.
I. K. I. S.

(Perforated with a pattern.

Godfrey Hai'rison and John Smith.

All Hallows, Lombard Street. William Gines.
S. Bartholomew the Great.
Christchurch.
S. Augustine. Parish of S. Faith.
S. Peter le Poor.

§ See the note on page iii.

I40

INDEX.

Date. 1792 1795
1796 18011803 1816 1818
George IV.
1822
The Queen.
18431852

T 7th Century.
1 8th Century.

19th Century.

Church.
S. Vedast.
S. Andrew, Holborn.
S. Bride.
S. Edmund, King and Martyr.
S. Alphage.
-S. Giles.
S. Margaret, Lothbury.
S. Maigaret, Lothbury.

Donors, etc.

With a tray in silver for it made in 1 807

(Fluted handle.)

United parishes, S. Margaret and S.
Christopher.

S. Ben'et, Paul's Wharfs Mrs. Hall.
S. Bartholomew, Moor Lane. , Parishioners of S. Margaret, Lothbury.

No Date.
All Hallows, Barking.
S. Alban, Wood Street.
S. Andrew by the Wardrobe.
S. Clement, Eastcheap.
S James, Garlickhithe.
S. Margaret Pattens.
.S. Martin, Ludgate.
S. Mary Aldermary.
S. Michael Bassishaw.
S. Olave, Hart Street.
S. Sepulchre. (2)
.S. Anne and S. xAgnes.
S. Bartholomew the Less.
S. Paul's Cathedral.

About 1640.

W. Hill.

The majority of these i8th and j 9th
century spoons are of the ordinary
shape and tablespoon size. Oc
casionally they resemble the sugar-
sifter or ladle shape.

One was made at Exeter.
From S. John Zachary.
About 1803.
Archdeacon Hale.

This spoon has been accidentally omitted from the inventory.

SMALL SETS FOR PRIVATE USE

D.\te.

Church.

1784

S. Michael Bassishaw.

1 8 14 — is. Dunstan in the West.

1837

S. Giles, Cripplegate.

1853

— 1 S. Botolph, Aldersgate.

9th Century.

S. Clement, Eastcheap.

' )

—

S. Bride.

These sets consist of a silver cup and
paten and a silver or glass bottle or
flask.

SMALL CUPS FOR PRIVATE USE.

Date.

Church.

1777
1802

S. Andrew, Holborn.
S. Vedast.

SECULAR CUPS.

Ar'iicle.

Mazer. 1568

Beaker.

D.\TE. ! Maker.

1573

1591

1597

1602

1608

Cup. 1 1670

Church.

S. Giles.

S. Giles.

S. Giles.

S. Giles.

S. Giles.

S. Giles.

S. James, Garlickhithe.

Beaker. • 1689 W. H. S. Michael Royal.

Donor.
Maker, John Bird.
(Made of horn.)
Helen Hodsone.
Elizabeth Palmer.
William Ballye.
Fine of R. M. Vavs.

A wooden cup belonging to the Queen
hithe Ward Inquest.
Maker's mark (?) as on a dish at
S. Margaret, Lothbury, 1655.

BEADLES' STAVES,

Date.

Illustrated ON Plate.

Church.

Donors, etc.

1677

—

S. Sepulchre.

1 Pear knob, silver.

1681

—

S. Sepulchre.

Pear knob, silver.

1691

—

S. Bride.

Crown on pear knob, silver.

1697
S. Sepulchre.
Pear knob, silver.
1710
IX.
S. Giles.
Cripplegate, silver.
1713
IV
S. Andrew Undershaft.
Statuette, silver.
1724
.
S. Sepulchre.
Pear knob, silver.
1727

S. Andrew, Holborn.
Pear knob, silver.
1729
VI.
S. Ben'et, Paul's Wharf.
Statuette, metal.
1730
III.
S. Andrew by the Wardrobe.
Statuette, silver.
1730
V
S. Bartholomew the Great.
Samuel Atkins ; statuette, metal.
1736
VIII.
S. Stephen, Coleman Street.
Medallion, cock in a hoop, brass.
^737
VII.
S. Vedast.
John Walker ; bronze device.
1744
VI.
S. Michael, Wood Street.
Statuette, brass.
1748
VII.
S. Botolph, Aldgate.
Swan on a tower, silver.
1752
VIII.
S. Botolph, Bishopsgate.
Mitre, silver.
1756
IV.
S. Mary, Aldermanbury.
Bust of S. Mary, metal.
1766
S. Lawrence, Jewry.
Pear I-cnob, silver.
1772
III.
S. Andrew by the Wardrobe.
Medallion with S. Andrew in
silver.
relief
1777
IV.
S. Helen, Bishopsgate.
Statuette, brass.
i
1779
VIII.
S. Botolph, Bishopsgate.
Crown, silver.
1781
III.
S. Katharine Coleman.
Statuette, metal.
1783
S. Andrew, Holborn. (2)
Mitres, metal gilt.
144

INDEX.

1 8th Century.

19th Century.
1760?

Date.

Illustrated ON Plate.

Church.

1787

VI.

S. Ethelburga.

1789

VIII.

S. Giles.

1796

IV.

S. Katharine Cree.

1797

—

S. Michael Bassishaw.

1799

—

S. Anne and S. Agnes.

1800

All Hallows, Barking.

1806

VII.

S. Alphage.

1813

—

S. Bartholomew the Less.

1819

VII.

S. Olave, Hart Street

1820

V.

S. James, Garlickhithe.

1820

VII.

S. Margaret, Lothbury.

I 82 I

V

S. Dunstan in the West. (2)

1S22

S. Mary, Abchurch.

1830

V.

S. Augustine.

1830

—

Christchurch.

1836

—

Holy Trinity, Minories.

1840

\'

S. Anne and S. Agnes.

1850

IX.

S. Botolph, Aldersgate.

1861

p. 26

S. Botolph, Aldgate.

IV.

No Date.
S. Alban, Wood Street.
S. Andrew, Holborn. (2)
S. Augustine.
S. Bride. (4)
S. Botolph, Aldersgate.
S. Dunstan in the East.
S. Gregory.
S. Margaret Pattens.
S. Martin, Ludgate.

Donors, etc

Statuette, silver.
A cripple, metal.
Medallion, silver.
Urn, silver.
Pear knob, silver.
Pear knob, silver.
A maltese cross, silver.
A ball on an orb, silver.
Crown on an orb, silver.
Statuette, silver.
Mitre on orb, metal.
Statuette of S. Dunstan, silver.
Dr. Bellamy ; crown on orb, silver.
Statuette, silver.
Mitre on orb, silver.
Urn, silver.
Statuette, silver.
Aldersgate, silver.
Pear knob, silver.

Statuette, bronze.
Statuette, bronze gilt.
Pear knob, metal.
Crown, metal.
Pear knob, silver.
Medallion, silver.
Bunch of daisies, metal.
Ludgate, silver.

STAVES AND WANDS.

145

Date.

Illustrated ON Plate.

Church.

1 8th Century.

III. III.

S. Mary, Old Fish Street.
S. Michael, Cornhill.
S. Peter, Cornhill.

Statuette, metal, circ. 1781.
Statuette, metal.

VERGERS' WANDS.

Date.

Plate

Church.

1781

S. Paul's Cathedral. (3)

For the Canons' vergers, silver.

1782

S. Paul's Cathedral, (i)
For the Dean's verger, silver.
1817
S. Katharine Cree.
Ebony stick, silver mitre.
circ. 1820
II.
S. Botolph, Bishopsgate.
Metal stick and mitre.
1821
II.
S. Dunstan in the East.
Metal stick, silver mitre.
1826
S. Stephen, Walbrook.
Ebony stick, silver cross.
1833
S. Edmund, King and Martyr.
Metal stick, silver mitre.
1833
S. Bartholomew, the Less.
Ebony stick, silver crown.
19th century.
S. Giles.
Brass stick and cross.
MISCELLANEOUS PIECES OF PLATE.

Article.

Date.

Church.

Donors, etc.

Beadle's Arm Badge.

1693

S. Giles, Cripplegate.

The stewards ; silver.

Four small Badges.

1710

S. Giles, Cripplegate.

Sir B. Maddox; silver.

Beadle's Badge and
Chain.

1802

S. Dunstan in the East.

Silver.

Baptismal Shell.

19th Century.

S. Lawrence, Jewry.

Silver mounts.

Censer.

M
»>

S. Margaret Pattens.
S. Ethelburga.

> Base metal.

Cross, processional.

»>n

S. Margaret Pattens.
S. Ethelburga.

I Brass.

Cruets.

1881

S. Michael, Cornhill.

Silver gilt.

))

1872

S. Paul's Cathedral.

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S. Anne and S. Agnes.
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1854

S. Dunstan in the East.

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Pepper Pot.

1822

S. Giles, Cripplegate.

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Snuff Box.

17th Century.

Christchurch.

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Tea Spoons (12).

1819

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DONORS OF PLATE.
Abbott, Sir Morris. 1630. S. Stephen, Coleman Street. He is said to be a brother of
Archbishop Abbott.
Abdy, Anthony. 1637. S. Andrew Undershaft. Stow mentions a memorial in the church to
him and to his wife Abigail. He was an Alderman.
Abington, John. 1705. S. Stephen, Coleman Street.
Adam, Ann. 1685. S. Lawrence, Jewry.
Ailesbury, Robert, Second Earl of. 1686. S. Bartholomew the Less.
Aspley, William. 1640. S. Augustine. He was a stationer.
Aston, Robert. 171 5. S. Nicholas Cole Abbey. §
Atkins, Samuel. 1731. S. Bartholomew the Great. He was a clothworker.
Atkinson, Jane. 1630. S. Katharine Creechurch.
Awdeley, Thomas. 1620. S. Helen, Bishopsgate. He was a mercer, admitted by patrimony
in 1592, and gave a bason and ewer to the Mercers' Company as a fine for not serving
the office of warden.
Ayliffe, Joseph. 1715. S. Nicholas Cole Abbey. §
Ballye, William. 1604. S. Giles, Cripplegate. He is described as a "Stranger."
Banckes, John. 1638. S. Michael Bassishaw, and S. Vedast. He was a mercer, and gave a
quantity of plate to the Mercers' Company.
Bancroft, Francis. 1728. S. Helen, Bishopsgate.
Bass, William. 1714. S. Margaret, Lothbury (S. Bartholomew).
Bates, Thomas. 1694. S. Ethelburga. Gave in plate to the church ^12 14^-. Stow.
Beach Sir Richard. 1692. S. Olave, Hart Street. He was a commissioner of the Navy.
Belgrave, Revd. John. 1567. S. Margaret, Lothbury. He was vicar of S. Olave, Old Jewry.
Bell Revd. R. 1780. S. Ben'et, Paul's Wharf. He was master of Sherburn Hospital, Durham,
Bellamy, Revd. Dr. 1822. S. Mary Abchurch.
Bennett, Mrs. PTIzabeth. 1849. S. Swithin.
Bertram, William. 1714. S. Margaret, Lothbury (S. Bartholomew).
Besley, William. 1715- S. Nicholas Cole Abbey. §
Blackett, Christopher. 1715. S. Nicholas Cole Abbey. §
Boston Revd. Paul. 1671. S. Bride. He was vicar of the parish and "gave plate of the value
' of ^61 " (Stow).
Boulter Edward. 1709. All Hallows, Lombard Street (S. Leonard),
§ One of the fifteen subscribeis who presented the plate to the church of S. Nicholas Cole Abbey.

148 DONORS OF PLATE.

Bowyer, Robert. 1655. S. Margaret, Lothbury (S. Olave). He was son of Francis Bowyer,
Alderman and grocer. The family came from Staffordshire (Stow).
Bradborne, Edward. 1642. S. Vedast. He is described as a silkman.
Bridges, Francis. 16 19. S. Mary Aldermary (S. Antholin).
Brockley, Walter. 1658. S. Mary, Aldermanbury.
Bromsgrave, John, and Ann his wife. 1632. S. Mary Aldermary (S. Antholin). He wr
a blacksmith.
Broomsgrave, Ann. 1715. S. Nicholas Cole Abbey. Widow. §
Buckley, Dorothy. 1671. S. Dunstan in the West.
Burgess, Anthony. 1690. S. Bartholomew the Great.
Busby, John. 1625. S. Alban, Wood Street (S. Olave). He was a grocer.
Butterworth, Henry. 1872. S. Paul's Cathedral. F.S.A
Cartwright, Jone. 1609. S. Andrew Undershaft. Stow quotes the inscription on her tomb
stone in the entrance of the choir, from which it appeared that she was the wife of
Abraham Cartwright, citizen and draper.
Cartwright, Tymothle, and Mary his wife. 1627. S. Clement, Eastcheap (S. Martin).
Catling, James. 1846. S. Katharine Coleman.
Child, Sir Francis. 1680. S. Dunstan In the West.
Clarke, John. 1676. S. Bride.
Clarke, William. 1641. All Hallows, Lombard Street.
Clarkson, Mary. 1636. S. Anne and S. Agnes (S. John Zachary).
Cockaine, William, jr. 1625. S. Peter le Poor. Stow mentions a charitable bequest of ^20
a year given by him to the parish for the benefit of poor housekeepers.
Corbett, Edward. S. Martin, Ludgate.
Covell, Margery. 1626. All Hallows, Barking. Stow quotes the Inscription on her tombstone
on the south wall of the church, from which it appeared that she was the wife of Francis
Covell, citizen and skinner.
Crathorn, Thomas. 1631. All Hallows, Barking.
Crisp, Captain Nicholas. 1631. S. Mildred, Bread Street. Stow quotes the inscription on his
tombstone on the south side of the church.
Davall, Elizabeth and Marie. 1726. S. Clement, Eastcheap. They were daughters of Thomas
Davall, who was buried in S. Mary at Hill.
Denton, Adam. 1628. S. Mary Abchurch.
Dequester, Matthew. 1685. S. Mary at Hill (S. Andrew).
Dore, Sarah. 1672. S. Sepulchre.
Dow, Robert. 1606. S. Botolph, Aldgate. He was a merchant tailor, and master of that
Company In 1578. His portrait is In the court room of Merchant Tailors' Hall. Stow
quotes his will, and the two forms of exhortation to be repeated to condemned prisoners
in Newgate, the one to be repeated by the sexton or bellman of the parish of S.
Sepulchre on the night before the prisoner was to be executed, and the other as the
prisoner passed to execution, for which and for the ringing of the passing bell on the
morning of execution he left j£i 8s. 6d. for ever.
Dowse, John. 1606. Christchurch (S. Leonard).
§ One of the fifteen subscribers who presented the plate to the church of S. Nicholas Cole Abbey.

DONORS OF PLATE. 149

Draper, William. 1631. S. Augustine (S. Faith). He was a merchant tailor.
Draxe, Francis. 1636. S. Anne and S. Agnes (S. John Zachary).
Edkins, Samuel Sabine. 1830. S. Bride. He was a sidesman.
Edwardes, William, First Lord Kensington. 1792. S. Bartholomew the Great.
Fellowes, William and John. 171 2. S. Michael, Paternoster Royal.
Forre, Paul. 1630. S. Mary Woolnoth. He is mentioned in the parish registers; his name
was also spelt Furrey and he is described as of the Dutch "ordinary" or eating
house.
Forster, Edmund. 1634. All Hallows, Barking.
Fow'NES, Edward. 1685. All Hallows, Lombard Street.
Frisdick, Elizabeth. 1685. S. Mary Aldermary (S. Antholin). She was a maidservant.
Gibbs, Mrs. Richard. 1872. S. Peter upon Cornhill.
Gilbert, Edward. 1715. S. Nicholas Cole Abbey. §
Gines, William. 1765. All Hallows, Lombard Street. He was churchwarden.
Glascocke, Charles. 161 3. S. Mary Woolnoth. He was a grocer.
Glover, Lady Ann. 1708. All Hallows the Great. Her gift was probably recast in 1708,
for she would appear, from Stow, to be the wife of Sir William Glover, Alderman and
Sheriff in 1601, and was burled at S. Stephen, Coleman Street.
Goddard, Revd. Charles. S. James, Garlickhithe. He was rector of the parish.
Grant, John. 1715. S. Nicholas Cole Abbey. §
Gresham, Thomas, and Katherine his wife. 1686. S. Mary Abchurch.
Gutheram, Mary. 1666. S. Anne and S. Agnes.
Gybes, Anthony. 16 18. S. Dunstan in the West.
Hadley, James. 1694. S. Olave, Hart Street. He was parish clerk.
Hale, Ven. W. H. 1870. S. Paul's Cathedral. He was Archdeacon of London.
Hall, William. 1657. S. Vedast. He was a goldsmith.
Hall, T. 161 7. Christchurch (S. Leonard).
Hall, Revd. W. J. 1879. S. Paul's Cathedral. Minor Canon and Junior Cardinal of S. Paul's.
Hall, Mrs. 1843. S. Ben'et, Paul's Wharf.
Hallett, Sir James. 1708. S. Vedast.
Hamersley, Hugh. 1613. S. Mary Aldermary (S. Antholin). He was a haberdasher.
Hamond, Leonard. 1638. S. James, Garlickhithe.
-Harris, T. 161 7. Christchurch (S. Leonard).
Harrison, Godfrey. 1672. S. Giles, Cripplegate.
Harryson, Gilbert. 1623. S. Mary le Bow. He was a goldsmith.
Harve, Robert. 1594. S. Margaret, Lothbury (S. Olave). He was a grocer.
Hickford, Henry. 1623. S. Mary le Bow.
Hill, Robert. 16 13. S. Botolph, Aldgate.
Hill, W. 1694. S. Andrew by the Wardrobe (S. Anne). He was parish clerk.
Hodsone, Helen. 1591. S. Giles, Cripplegate.
Hollingworth, Daniel. 163 1. S. Augustine.
Holman, George. 1658. S. Peter le Poor.
Hudson, John. 1634. All Hallows the Great.
§ One of the fifteen subscribers who presented the plate to the church of S. Nicholas Cole Abbey.

ISO DONORS OF PLATE.

Iliffe, William. 1744. S. Peter le Poor.
Inman, Evodias. 1682. S. Bartholomew the Less. He was a goldsmith.
Ive, Revd. John. 1350. S. Michael, Wood Street. This name appears with those of John
Foster and Peter Fikeldon on the flagon of the church, purchased with funds bequeathed
to the parish by these persons in 1350.
Jackson, Alexander. 1638. S.Anne and S.Agnes (S.John). He was "Saymaster" of the
Goldsmiths' Company.
James, Eleanor. 17 12. S. Ben'et, Paul's Wharf.
Johnson, Richard. 1700. S. Andrew by the Wardrobe. He was a woodmonger.
Jones, Hannah. 1706. S. Botolph, Aldersgate.
Jones, John. 1639. .S. Bartholomew the Less. He was a merchant tailor.
Kaddy, Thomas. 1608. All Hallows the Great.
Keate, Gilbert. 1628. S. Dunstan In the East. Stow mentions his benefactions to the parish.
Knight, Arthur. 1630. S. Bride.
Lamb, Revd. Henry. 1708. S. Margaret Pattens. He was curate.
Lane, John. 1840. S. Anne and S. Agnes (S. John).
Langham, Samuel. 1631. S. Augustine. He was a grocer.
Langsdale, Dr. Edward. 1682. S. Michael, Paternoster Royal.
Larkin, John. 1638. S. Mary Aldermary.
Legge, Col. William. 1669. Holy Trinity, Minories. Described as of His Majesty's
bedchamber.
Lorimar, Thomas. 1587. S. Mary at Hill.
Lumley, Sir Martin. 1632. S. Helen, Bishopsgate. He was a Knight and Alderman.
Maddox, Sir Benjamin. 17 10. S. Giles, Cripplegate.
Mainstone, William. 1675. Christchurch (S. Leonard). He is described as having returned
from the East Indies.
Mangey, Revd. D. 1741. S. Mildred, Bread Street (S. Margaret).
Manning, Samuel. 1660. S. Vedast.
Martin, Sir Henry. 1626. S. Katharine Cree church. He was the Archbishop's Vicar
General. Stow (6th Ed., bk. ii., p. 394) reproduces from the parish register book a
copy of the deed of consecration of S. James, Duke's Place. The church was consecrated
the day after New Year's Day, 1622, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Abbott, the
Bishop of London, Monteigne, and in the presence of the Lord Mayor and Corporation,
and Sir Henry Martin played a prominent part in the ceremony. It included the
baptizing of a child, for whom the Lady Mayoress, Alderman Sir William Cockaine,
and Sir Henry stood as sponsors.
Martin, Gyles. 1633. S. Lawrence, Jewry. He was a mercer.
Martin, Joseph. 1702. S. Margaret Pattens.
Master, Mary. 1663. All Hallows, Lombard Street, S. Botolph, Aldgate, and S. Augustine.
The plate is always Inscribed " M. M." Her full name has been scratched on the foot of
the cup at the first church.
Massy, Robert. 1684. S. Lawrence, Jewry.
Milles, Revd. Jeremiah. 1757. S. Edmund, King and Martyr.
Miller, Mary. 1881. S. Michael, Cornhill. Plate presented in memory of this lady.

DONORS OF PLATE. 151

Moore, The Revd. John. 1784. S. Michael Bassishaw.
More, Francis. 1672. S. Andrew Undershaft.
Morice, Margaret. 1622. S. Botolph, Aldgate.
Naylor, William. 1677. S. Mary Aldermary.
Needham, Caspar. 1676. S. Bride. He was a physician.
Northey, Thomas. 1715. S. Nicholas Cole Abbey. §
Oliver, John. 1680. S. James, Garlickhithe.
Osborne, John. 1637. S. Augustine.
Pallmer, Alice. 1630, S. Alban, Wood Street.
Palmer, Elizabeth. 1726. S. Giles, Cripplegate.
Parsons, Mary. 1728. S. Helen, Bishopsgate.
Pekoc, Stewyn and Marget. 16 10. S. Martin, Ludgate.
Pell, Walter. 1658. S. Mary Aldermanbury.
Pemell, John. 1679. S. Mary Abchurch.
Philips, Sir Edward. 1618. Christchurch.
Philips, Mrs. M. J. 1830. S. Bartholomew the Great.
Philips, Peter. 161 2. S. Giles, Cripplegate.
Pinder, Roger. 1590. S. Bride.
Finder, Sir Paul. 1633. S. Botolph, Bishopsgate. He was Ambassador to Turkey in 161 1,
and lived in Constantinople for eleven years.
Plumer, Edmond. 1623. S. Swithin. He was a merchant tailor.
Poynter, John. 1686. S. Mary Abchurch.
Prescot, James. 1617. S. Giles, Cripplegate.
Preston, L. 1739. S. James, Garlickhithe.
Price, Roger. 1622. S. Mary Aldermary (S. Antholin).
Rawson, Katharine. 1694. S. Mary Aldermary (S. Thomas).
Raynye, John. 1631. All Hallows, Lombard Street (S. Ben'et).
Raysinge, Raphe. 1629. S. Bride. He was a goldsmith.
Rich, Sir Thomas. 1697. S. Mary Woolnoth. He was an alderman.
Richardson, Lady Elizabeth. 1635. S. Andrew, Holborn.
Robinson, Richard. 1686. Christchurch (S. Leonard).
Romeny, Daniell. 1635. S. Margaret, Lothbury (S. Martin).
Salesbury and Blandy, Messrs. 1715- S. Nicholas Cole Abbey.
Sandiford, Revd. Rowland. i774- Christchurch. §
Savadge, Thomas. 1607. S. Alban, Wood Street (S. Olave). He was a goldsmith.
Savill, Lady Margaret. 1626. S. Alban, Wood Street (S. Olave).
Sawbridge, Jacob. 1715- S. Nicholas Cole Abbey. §
Scott, Sarah. 1751- S. Lawrence, Jewry.
Sivedall, Henry. 1610. S. Martin, Ludgate. He was a draper.
Small, William. 1619. S. Anne and S. Agnes (S. John).
Smith, Mary. 1635. S. Mary le Bow.
Smith, John. 1672. S. Giles, Cripplegate.
Smith, John. 1778. S. Helen, Bishopsgate.
§ One of the fifteen subscribers who presented the plate to the church of S. Nicholas Cole Abbey.

DONORS OF PLATE.

Snelson, Roger. 1631. All Hallows the Great. He was a dyer.
Soius, Thomas. 1635. S. Botolph, Aldgate.
Sole, Ann. 1669. S. Botolph, Aldgate.
Sparrow Simpson, Revd. Dr. W. 1870. S. Paul's Cathedral. He is the Sub-Dean of S. Paul's.
Stamp, Ann. 1634. S. Dunstan in the West.
Stamper, Roberc and Rebeckah. 1695. S. Peter le Poor.
Steward, John. 1637. S. Andrew Undershaft.
Swingland, Newborough. 1744. S. Margaret Pattens. He was parish clerk.
Symonds, Thomas. 1625. S. Peter upon Cornhill.
Tillman, Rebekah. 1686. Christchurch (S. Leonard).
Thomlinson, Martha. 1683. S. Clement, Eastcheap (S. Martin).
Thorold, Sir George. 1770. S. Margaret Pattens. K*- B*- and Alderman.
Tolderney, Sir Christopher. 161 3. All Hallows, Lombard Street.
Tuckney, Revd. Anthony. 1650. S. Vedast (S. Michael). He was minister.
Tunstall, Ralph. 1631. S. Augustine.
Turner, John. 1678. S. Bride. He was a serjeant-at-law.
Vaffree, Philip. 1683. Holy Trinity, Minories.
Vavs, R. M. 1608. S. Giles, Cripplegate.
Vernon, John. 1617. S. Michael Bassishaw and S. Vedast. He was a merchant of the staple.
Walford, S. 1832. S. Dunstan In the West.
Walker, John. 1737. S. Vedast (S. Michael).
Walrond, Maurice. 1660. S. Mary le Bow (All Hallows).
Waterland, Dr. 1 760. S. Peter le Poor.
Wells, Walter. 1715. S. Nicholas Cole Abbey. Rector. §
Westrow, Thomas. 1625. S. Peter upon Cornhill. He was a grocer and Alderman and
Sheriff of London.
Westwood, Marmaduke. 1742. S. Katharine Coleman.
White, Dr. T. 1623. S. Dunstan in the West.
Whitfield, Samuel. 171 5. S. Nicholas Cole Abbey. §
Whiting, John. 1690. S. Bartholomew the Great. He was in the Ordnance Department during
the reigns of Charles 1 1., James II., William and Mary, and Anne.
Wilford, John. 1618. Christchurch (S. Leonard).
Willaston, William. 1620. S. Peter le Poor.
Willes, Thomas. 1626. S. Mary Woolnoth.
Willoughby, Dr. Hugh. 1715. S. Nicholas Cole Abbey. §
Wilson, Mary Ann. 181 7. S. Mary Aldermary (S. Thomas).
Winston, Richard. 1633. S. Stephen, Walbrook.
Winter, Mr. Thomas. 1715. S. Nicholas Cole Abbey. §
Wright, John and Margaret. 1636. S. Michael, Wood Street. He was a goldsmith,
§ One of the fifteen subscribers who presented the plate to the church of S. Nicholas Cole Abbey.

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