THE COMMUNION PLATE OF THE PARISH CHURCHES MTHE COUNTY OF LONDON M': Yale Center for British Art and British Studies PRINTED PRIVATELY] THE COMMUNION PLATE OF THE PARISH CHURCHES IN THE COUNTY OF LONDON BY EDWIN FRESHFIELD, Jun., M.A., F.S.A. Eontifln Printed by RIXON and ARNOLD, 29 Poultry, E.C 1895 PREFACE. This book is intended to be a companion to City Churck Plate, and as soon as the third of the series is published, on the Church plate of the County of Middlesex, an index will be prepared to cover the three volumes. The inventories in this book relate only to the mother churches of the civil parishes of the metropolis, and to certain new churches which have acquired plate from the City under the provisions of the Union of Benefices Act. In the first part ofthe Introduction the principle upon which the churches have been selected is explained ; the alienation of City plate to these new churches, and the recent publication of the second Parliamentary Return on the working of the Union of Benefices Act, have afforded me a reason for again discussing the demolition of our City churches. In the Preface to City Clmi^ck Plate I have given my apology for introducing the subject, and it is unnecessary to repeat it here. In the second part of the Introduction I have given a short notice of the County plate as a collection ; it is of necessity not so interesting as that of the City, for the plate is not so ancient, and there is less of it. The inventories are arranged in four groups ; for London East, North, and West, and for the new churches, and in each group the parishes are arranged in alphabetical order. At the conclusion of the inventories there is an index of the plate classified according to the various articles and arranged chronologically, and art alphabetical list of donors and parish officers whose names are engraven on the plate. I am indebted to the Bishop's Registrar for his kindness in supplying me with copies of the official terrier, or returns, which I have used for checking the sizes and weights ; where the weight is engraven on plate I prefer to give it because it helps identification. I am indebted to the rectors and churchwardens for the facilities they have given me, and to some of them for the personal trouble they have taken in showing me their treasures, especially to Mr. Hunt, the churchwarden of S. Margaret, Westminster; to the sub-dean of S. Paul's, the Revd. Dr. W. Sparrow Simpson, for the valuable help he gave me as to the Church Building Acts ; to the author of Old English Plate, whose book must always be the foundation of every work of this description ; to my father for the note on the Greek dish at S. George-in-the-East ; a 2 iv PREFACE. to Mr. W. H. St. John Hope for helping me to identify some of the doubtful marks and coats of arms, and to William Scarfe, our beadle. I am also indebted to the Cambridge Antiquarian Society and to their secretary, Mr. Atkinson, for allowing me to examine the interesting collection of plate exhibited at the Fitzwilliam Museum in the spring of this year. The illustrations are taken by the London Stereoscopic Company, and the makers' marks from my drawings reduced by photography. I cannot be sure that they are always quite accurately reproduced, or that my interpretation of the date marks is invariably correct, and I must again ask for indulgence for the many errors and omissions which can hardly be avoided in a work of this description. EDWIN FRESHFIELD, Junpx., 5 Bank Buildings, E.C. Michaelmas Day, 1895. CONTENTS. Introduction, Part I. . . . Introduction, Part II. Inventories, East London-. — Bethnal Green . Bow ... . . Bromley, S. Leonard S. George-in-the-East Limehouse Poplar . Shadwell . . . Shoreditch Spitalfields . Stepney . . . The Tower of London W.APPING . . , Whitechapel . Inventories, North London : - Clerkenwell, S. James Clerkenwell, S. John . Hackney . . Hampstead Highgate Hornsey . . . Islington . . . S. Luke S. Pancras, new church . S. Pancras, old church . Stoke Newington . . Inventories, West London : — Bloomsbury ... Chelsea . . .... Covent Garden Fulham S. George, Hanover Square S. Giles-in-the-Fields . . . PAGE ix I 2 34 6 7 8 10II 13IS 16 18 1920 2224 252627 2829 3° 32 33343638 40 41 Inventories — continued. Hammersmith . . . .42 Holborn 44 Kensington . . 45 S. Martin-in-the-Fields . 48 Marylebone . . . . 52 Paddington . .... • ¦ 53 Soho .... . . 54 Strand, S. Mary . . 55 Westminster, S. James, Piccadilly ... 58 Westminster, S. John 60 Westminster, S. Margaret . ... 62 S. Clement Danes 65 Inventories, Churches built under the Union of Benefices Act : — All Hallows, Bromley-by-Bow . . 67 Christchurch, Stepney ... 68 S. Dionis, Fulham . . .... 69 S. Mary, Hoxton . . . 70 S. Olave, Stoke Newington 70 S. Paul, Clerkenwell . . -71 Additions and Corrections . . . . . . 72 Index : — Flagons . ,' 73 Cups . . . . 78 Patens . 84 Dishes ... . . . . 91 Spoons .... . . . . . . 96 Small Cups .... 99 Small Sets ... . . -99 Staves . . . . .... 100 Wands . . . . . . 102 Miscellaneous . ... . . . -103 Index of Donors .... . . . . . 105 INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS. Plates Facing Page 1 Beadles' maces : Wapping, Shadwell, Whitechapel, S. George in the East, Spitalfields . . . . . ix A Nine Cups to illustrate the nine types ... xxiii S. James, Piccadilly : Alms-Dish . . . xxvi 2 Beadles' Staves : S. George-in-the-East, Covent Garden, Limehouse . xxxiv Bromley, Two Cups . ... . . . .3 S. George-in-the-East : Dish . .... 4 3 Beadles' Staves: Whitechapel, Wapping, S. Mary-le-Strand, Bethnal Green . 10 Stepney: Group of Plate ... ... 13 The Tower of London : Group of Plate ... 15 4 Beadles' Staves: Shadwell, S. John, Clerkenwell, Spitalfields, Wapping. . . 18 Hampstead : Cup . . . . 24 5 Beadles' Staves : Bloomsbury, S. George-the-Martyr, S. Giles-in-the-Fields. . 26 S. Pancras : Group of Plate. ... . . . . 29 6 Beadles' Staves : The Tower of London, Poplar ... . 32 Fulham. : Group of Plate. . . .38 7 Beadles' Staves : Hammersmith, S. John, Westminster, S. Pancras, S. James, Clerkenwell, Hackney . .... . 40 Hammersmith: Group of Plate. . . . 42 Kensington : Group of Plate ... 46 8 Beadles' Staves : S. James, Piccadilly, S. Luke, Old Street, Stepney, S. James, Clerkenwell, S. Pancras. . . . 52 S. Mary-le-Strand : Group of Plate . . . ... 56 S. James, Piccadilly : Group of Plate . . . . 58 9 Beadles' Staves : Stepney, S. James, Clerkenwell ... 64 10 Beadles' Staves : Paddington, Islington, Kensington, S. George, Hanover Square, Chelsea ........ ... 68 1 1 Beadles' Staves : S. Clement Danes, S. Martin-in-the-Fields, S. Margaret, Westminster .... ... . 72 I 2 'J-.*#^ DOm > DrmCO CO -\ >^7,6oo ; balance unaccounted for, ;^3,i4i 14^-. yd. 8. All Hallows, Bread Street, built by Wren after the Great Fire at a cost of ^'3,348 ys. 2d., was pulled dowm, and Its parish for ecclesiastical purposes was united to S. Mary le Bow. The sale of the site and fabric realised ^32,254 ii^-. lod. nett. Of this sum (I.) ^9,000 was spent on the fabric of All Hallows, East India Docks, the new church built in the Metropolis for a parish of 10,497 souls ; (ii.) ^4,000 was taken to provide an endowment fund for the new church ; (HI.) ^^4,000 was spent in the City, on repairing S. Mary le Bow (^3,000), and on a rectory house for the united City benefices {^"1,000). The rector of S. Mary le Bow, by the way, does not reside in his parish. Out of this union, therefore, the City retained .7^4,000, or about an eighth of the proceeds of sale of the site and xvi INTRODUCTION. fabric of the demolished City church. The amount spent in removing and reburying the bodies from the City church is not given. Summary: Amount realised, ^32,254 ii.s-. 10^.; amount appropriated as appears by the three items given above, /i 7,000; balance unaccounted for, ^15,254 11^. lod. 9. S. Dionis Backchurch, buHt by Wren after the Great Fire at a cost of ^5,737 los. 8d., was pulled down, and its parish for ecclesiastical purposes was united to All Hallows, Lombard Street. The sale of the site and fabric was not completed when the first Return to Parliament was made, and the information, which must now be available, Is not supplied In the second return ; but from the appropriations made by anticipation and the situation of the church I assume, for the present purpose, that the sum realised was ^18,000. Of this sum (I.) /io,ooo was to be spent on the fabric of S. Dionis, Fulham, the new church built in the Metropolis for a parish of 6,500 souls ; (Ii.) none was apparently to be taken to provide an endowment fund for the new- church ; (Hi.) .i^f 4,500 was to be spent in the- City, on erecting a parish muniment room (.2^4,000), and on a rectory house for the united City benefices (.^500). Out of this union, therefore, the City retained ^4,500 or about a fourth of the proceeds of sale of the site and fabric of the demolished City church. The amount spent in removing and reburying the bodies from the City church is not given. Summary: Amount realised, say ^18,000 ; amount appropriated as appears by the two items given above, ^14,500; balance unaccounted for, £i,Soo. 10. All Hallows Staining, a mediaeval church which escaped the Great Fire, was pulled down, and Its parish .for ecclesiastical purposes was united to S. Olave, Hart Street. The sale of the site and fabric realised ^12,418 35. 4d. nett. Of this sum (I.) ^10,189 8s. 2d. was spent on the fabric of All Hallows, Bromley by Bow, and ^2,228 i^s. 2d. on the fabric of S. Anthony, Stepney, the two new churches built in the Metropolis for parishes of 11,304 and 6,066 souls. This case was specially dealt with under Lady Slaney's Trust Act, and no further particulars are given in the return. It is stated that the balance of the proceeds of sale was to be devoted towards the fabric of S. Anthony, Stepney. The amount spent In removing and reburying the bodies from the City church is not given. Summary : Amount realised, ^12,418 3.?. 4d. ; amount appropriated as appears by the one Item given above, .;if 10, 189 8s. 2d. ; balance, ^2,228 155. 2d., which was to be spent on S. Anthony, Stepney. II. S. Matthew, Friday Street, built by Wren after the Great Fire at a cost of ^2,301 8^-. 2d., was pulled down, and Its parish for ecclesiastical purposes was united to S. Vedast. The sale of the site and fabric realised ^21,399 i 7^-. 8^. nett. Of this sum (I.) ^7,420 17^-. od. was spent on the fabric of S. Thomas, Finsbury Park, the new church built in the Metropolis for a parish of 6,000 souls ; (ii.) .1^8,395 ijs. 2d. was taken to provide an endowment fund for the new church; (HI.) ^5,179 ys. lod. was spent in the City, on repairing S. Vedast (.1,^1,500), and on a rectory house for the united City benefices (^^ 1,500), on church expenses at S. Vedast (.^1,000), and on removing and reburying the dead (;^i,i79 7.5-. lod.). Out of this union, therefore, the City retained .^5.179 ys- ^od., or about a fourth of the proceeds of sale of the site and fabric of the demolished City church. Summary: Amount realised, ^21,399 i7.s-. 8^. ; amount appropriated as appears by the three items given above, ^20,996 2s. od. ; balance unaccounted for, .^403 15^. 8d. 12. S. Olave, Old Jewry, built by Wren after the Great Fire at a cost of .^5,580 4.5-. lOrt'., was pulled down, and its parish for ecclesiastical purposes was united to S. Margaret, Lothbury. The INTRODUCTION. xvH sale ofthe site and fabric realised ^21,698 155. iid. nett. Of this sum (i.) ^10,000 was spent on the fabric of S. Olave, Stoke Newington, the new church built in the Metropolis for a parish of 4,036 souls ; (ii.) ;^2,ooo was taken to provide a parsonage for the new church ; (Hi.) ^6,674 18s. lod. was spent in the City, on repairing S. Margaret, Lothbury (^1,500), on a rectory house for the united City benefices (^2,200), and on removing and reburying the dead (^2,974 i8i-. lod.). Out of this union therefore the City retained ^6,674 i8.s-. lod., or about a third of the proceeds of the sale of site and fabric of the demolished City church. Summary : Amount realised, ^21,698 i^s. iid. ; amount appropriated as appears by the three items given above, ^18,674 185. lod. ; balance unaccounted for, .1^3,023 lys. id. 13. S. Mary Magdalen, Knightrider Street, built by Wren after the Great Fire at a cost of ^4,291 12s. g\d. was destroyed by fire, and its parish for ecclesiastical purposes was united to S. Martin, Ludgate. The sale of the site and fabric realised ^12,326 i3,s'. nett. Of this sum and the insurance moneys ;^5,684 3.S'. id., making together _;^i8,oio i6.f. id., say (i.) ^6,000 wHl be spent on the fabric of a new church to be built in the Metropolis : (ii.) none is taken to provide an endowment fund for the new church; (HI.) .^16,356 1 1^-. ^d. Is to be spent in the City, on repairing S. Martin, Ludgate (;^7,262), and on a rectory house for the united City benefices (^7,000), and on the removal and reburial of the dead (^2,094 iis. 4d.). Out of this union therefore the City retains ^16,356 11,5-. 4d., or about five-sixths of the proceeds of sale of the site and fabric of the demolished City church. Summary: Amount realised, ^18,010 16s. id.; amount appro priated as appears by the three items given above, .2^16,356 115. 4d. ; deficit, .^4,345 iS-s-. T,d., which will be a charge against the " pool" fund created by sec. 22 of the Union of Benefices Act. 14. All Hallows the Great, built after the Great Fire, was pulled down, and its parish for ecclesiastical purposes was united to S. Michael Paternoster Royal. The sale of the site and fabric realised ^13,129 165-. gross, or say (allowing .1^300 for expenses) ^12,829 nett. Of this sum (i.) say ^6,000 will be spent on the fabric of All Hallows, North S. Pancras, the new church built in the Metropolis for a parish of 3,550 souls; (Ii.) none Is taken to provide an endowment fund for the new church ; (iii.) .^^6,140 los. 8d. is to be spent In the City — on repairing S. Michael Paternoster Royal (^1,000), and on a rectory house for the united City benefices (^4,000), and on the removal and reburial of the dead (^1,140 los. 8d.). Out of this union therefore the City retains ^6,140 105. 8d., or about half of the proceeds of sale of the site and fabric of the demolished City church. Summary: Amount realised, ^12,829; amount appropriated as appears by the two items given above, ^12,140 los. 8d. ; balance unaccounted for, say, ^688 gs. 4d. Now let us see what results can be deduced from this information. The analysis of the expenditure account gives the following result: — (i.) ^148,654 15^-. 8^^, has been appropriated directly, and (ii.) ..^35,387 8.$-. lod. indirectly, or in other words, from the fund created by sec. 22 of the Act (which I call the "pool" fund), for fabrics of churches and parsonages and general purposes of the new parishes ;i (Hi.) .^f 4,345 i5-^- 3«'- the excess of funds appropriated over funds realised from the sale of S. Mary Magdalen, Knightrider Street, I have treated as a charge on the "pool" fund. These three items taken together make up ^188,387 19^-. gd., which is the sum the new parishes in outer London have got ofthe total. The rest of the expenditure is made up of— (iv.) ^81,594 is. 2d., which has been appropriated for the benefit of City parishes in restoring fabrics, buHding parsonages, and general purposes ; 1 See note A to the first return where the items of this appropriation are given. xviu INTRODUCTION. (v.) ^^7,843 I05-. appropriated temporarUy to pay certain annuities in the case of S. Martin Outwich; (vi.) .^7,389 8s. 8d. appropriated for the removal and reburial of the dead in the four cases specified in the second return ; (vii.) ^18,473 11s. 8d which I calculate must have been expended in removing the dead in the other ten cases. No particulars of this expense, which is a first charge on the " pool " fund, are given, but the average expenditure in the four cases where particu lars are given is, / 1,847 7^- 2d., and this figure multiplied by ten gives the result above. These four Items make ^115,300 lis. 6d., whichis the share the City has got of the total, or something about 33 per cent. The amounts therefore realised nett produce a total, according to my calculation, of close on ^320,292 12^. Of this .^188,387 igs. gd. has been spent for the benefit of the new parishes; ^115,300 lis. 6d. on the parishes in the City; and ,zfi6,6o4 os. gd. is about the balance which, according to my calculation, should be in the hands of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. We have been told over and over again that the Union of Benefices Act works badly ; that untH the control of the parishioners Is taken away, and the Bishop has a free hand to demolish churches wholesale, desecrate sites, and confiscate endowments, unions of London benefices cannot be a success. I hope that with the publishing of the returns we have heard the last of this. The truth of the matter Is that the Act is a very good Act, but the Bishop and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners do not give themselves the trouble to work it properly. From a number of instances In which the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have wasted time, I give the case of S. Olave, Old Jewry. The scheme for uniting that benefice with S. Margaret, Lothbury, came into force on the 26th November, 1886. It took no less than seven years to provide the parish of S. Olave, Stoke Newlngton, with a church ; and, though nine years have now elapsed, the rectory house which the Commissioners were directed to build for the united City benefices is not yet habitable. In ignoring the Interests of the laity in the City the Bishop is only following in the footsteps of his predecessor. It Is, as I have said, not in many things that a Bishop can enforce compulsory discipline on his clergy, but he can, if he chooses, compel them to reside on their benefices. Out of the fifty-six churches now standing in the City only twenty-three have rectory houses ; yet no less than fifteen out of these are let, and the minister is non-resident. But the returns show that the matter Is even worse ; and now it appears that in certain schemes funds have been appropriated at the instance of the City parishioners for the purpose of providing the City parishes with rectory houses, and after all the rector does not reside. I cannot conceive any possible excuse for this ; more especially as in four cases where provision Is made for a rectory and the minister is non-resident, the unions were effected over nineteen years ago. I have not the least doubt that every one of the fifteen gentlemen who has a rectory house and lets It permanently, will say that he cannot afford to live In the City because of the expense. Then why did he accept the living if he could not fulfil the duty ? I am, however, less Inclined to 'blame the clergy for availing themselves of the system than the Bishop for permitting it. It is alleged by the Bishop that the Act is unworkable because the citizens invariably oppose the working of it ; but so far from that being the case seventeen unions have been effected since the Act came into force in i860, and that is on an average one in every two years. There is not a single Instance in which, where a union is really needed, the citizens have stood in the way, but they have stood in the way of anything like wholesale demolition, and that is just the very thing the Bishop is trying to obtain. INTRODUCTION. xix Assuming that an Act is needed, then the Union of Benefices Act provides a reasonable and just method of uniting City benefices. It gives the citizens, who are the persons chiefly concerned, ao opportunity of deciding whether they are prepared to have their church pulled down and their ancestors dug up, and it also gives them the means of securing a proper proportion of the fund realised by the union for the use of the united City benefice. The result of a union is to saddle the City benefice with an additional parish, or sometimes two ; in the case of S. Margaret, Lothbury, no less than four parishes were added to the benefice in one union. It is hardly necessary to say that the addition in area increases the pecuniary liabihty of the benefice, and to meet this liability the Act contemplates that proper provision shall be made from the proceeds of the sale of the demolished church. The returns show what has been done in this respect, and that about thirty per cent, of the total amount realised has been devoted to City purposes. I should not be surprised to hear that the spoliators of the City churches look upon every farthing of this thirty per cent, as money wasted ; yet in spite of the money so obtained the remaining City churches are very inadequately provided with funds to maintain either fabrics or services. In nearly every parish considerable sums which were devoted to these purposes, were first confiscated by the Charity Commissioners under the City Parochial Charities Act, and then handed to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, who, I believe, receive about ^5,000 a year from this source, and will receive more as time goes on. The City churches are therefore now really very poor, and if no provision Is made in future for the mother churches of compound parishes, the result will be to cripple and hamper the Church and Church work in the City ; and in this connection It seems to be forgotten that the Act was passed for the general good of the Church In London and not to benefit one section of the community at the expense of the other. The returns show, In my view of the case, that the Act has to a considerable extent fulfilled the purpose for which it was intended. The new churches, it is true, are neither beautiful nor very original in conception, the designs are poor, the work is rough, Jacobean furniture is fitted into Gothic fabric, and the churches have the general appearance of being, as indeed they were, buHt by contract ; still, no doubt the eminent architect, the late Mr. Christian, according to his lights, did the best he could with the fund available, and the poor congregations for whom the churches are intended will not be over critical in these matters. I question whether it was good policy to scatter a number of small churches with very moderate endowments in the poor part of London, and the Bishop has told us that it is a mistake to have a number of small parishes, because they are not able each by itself to develop the parochial system to the best advantage. The questions underlying all this are whether the Church In London has really benefited by all these demolitions, and are these new churches of any greater use or better attended than the demolished City churches might have been if they had been properly looked after. This has not yet been proved, and, until it is, every obstacle should be put in the way of anything like wholesale demolition. I conclude these remarks with a quotation from the protest addressed by the Dean and Chapter of S. Paul's to the Bishop of London on the 1 3th December, 1 89 1 . The protest is signed by the late Dean, Dr. Church, the present Dean, Dr. Gregory, the late Dr. Liddon, the late Bishop Claughton, and the present Bishop of Oxford : — " We ask your Lordship to allow no single building to be destroyed until it has been proved that this buHdlng cannot be made of spiritual service to the surrounding population ; and, secondly, that there is no religious work of more general XX INTRODUCTION. scope to which it might be applied with advantage to the spiritual wellbeing of this great City. .... Once removed these churches are gone for ever. Once demolished they can never be replaced in this part of the Metropolis, and the advantages which they afford of coping with some especial want of the population of London will be for ever forfeited." II. The destruction of church plate in the county during the times of the Reformation was so complete that there Is not a single piece of mediaeval church plate left. The Elizabethan and Jacobean plate has also nearly all disappeared through theft, parochial vandalism, or the " conver sion " process. The plate, therefore, taken as a whole is of little Interest archaeologically, and it is unfortunately of equally little interest artistically, for simplicity in design and absence of ornament are the characteristic features of the church plate of the eighteenth and early nineteenth century, in which the greater part of this collection was made. There is a good quantity of modern plate of the nineteenth century, and, since the revival of medisevalism, the pre- Reformation types of plate have again come into fashion. This new plate is usually copied from the rare pieces of old plate which escaped the Reformation and still exist in different parts of the country ; there is very little variety in it, and, in nine cases out of ten, where the artist has tried to improve on the old model, with design or detail of his own invention, the result is a failure. As might be expected the greater part of both the City plate and the County plate is made by London goldsmiths, but whereas in the City the more interesting pieces are Jacobean or Elizabethan and the makers' marks are not known, in this collection nearly all the plate was made in the eighteenth century, and the records of the Goldsmiths' Company give the key to the marks. Certain familiar unknown marks appear in the small quantity of early plate, as for instance T F in monogram in a plain shield, the scallop and mullet mark, and R S with a heart below. I am sure that a diligent search In the old parish account books of some of our City churches would be the means of identifying many of these unknown stamps. The search would, however, be a very long and troublesome business, and at present I can only give a single instance in which parish books have been the means of identifying a mark with a maker ; the instance is that of Walter Shute, from whom the parish of All Hallows Barking purchased plate in 1634, and whose mark, a bow and arrow (a play on the name), occurs in this collection at Stoke Newington. The following makers in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries are represented in both the County and the City : — Bateman, Hester, 1789, S. Paul's Cathedral, S. Paul, Covent Garden, and S. John, Westminster. Buckle, J.. 1635, S. Lawrence Jewry and Bromley. Clare, Joseph, 17 16, S. Magnus and Shadwell. Darker, William, 1728, S. Martin in the Fields and S. Helen, Bishopsgate. Garthorxe, Francis, 1725, S. Dunstan in the West, S. Lawrence Jewry, S. Margaret, Lothbury, S. Swithin, Wapping, Stoke Newington, and Christchurch, Stepney. Grundy, William, 177 1, All Hallows, Lombard Street, and S. Paul, Covent Garden. Ley, Timothy, 1706, All Hallows, Lombard Street, St. Dunstan in the East, S. Margaret Pattens, and S. Mary le Strand. Read, J., 1722, All Hallows the Great and the Less, S. Paul, Covent Garden, and S. Mary le Strand. INTRODUCTION. XXI Shute, Walter, 1635, All Hallows Barking, S. Botolph, Aldgate, St. James, Garlickhithe, S. Mary Abchurch, S. Peter on Cornhill, and Stoke Newington. Sleath, Gabriel, 1713, S. Andrew Undershaft, Stepney, Highgate, Bloomsbury, and Hammersmith. TiMBRELL, Thomas, 1789, S. Olave, Hart Street, and Wapping. Whipham and Wright, 1758, S. Dunstan in the West, S. Sepulchre, Bethnal Green, and S. Dionis, Fulham. The following in the County : — Allen, Thomas, 1679, Soho. Barrier, A,, 1773, Highgate. Bodington, J., 1708, Bromley. Crump, Francis, 1769, Limehouse. Creswell, S. and J., 1770, Fulham. Ducommier, L, 1773, Highgate. Eckfourd, j., 1670, S. Mary le Strand. Ffarrer, Thos., 1729, S. George in the East. Ffawdery, Willm., 17 18, Bow. GiGNAC, Benj., 1770, Hampstead. Hannet, Paul, 1725, S. John, Westminster. The following in the City : — Brown, Robt., 1738, Bassishaw. Chawner, Henry, 1792, S. Bartholomew the Great. Clifton, John, 1718, S. Clement, Eastcheap. Cooper, M., 1720, S. Magnus. Cooper, R., 1715, S. Nicholas Cole Abbey. Eastt, John, 1706, S. Botolph, Aldersgate. FossY, Jonathan, 1741, S.Michael, Wood Street. IssoD, J., 1684, S. Lawrence Jewry. Jay, Henry, 1705, S. Stephen, Coleman Street. Ladyman, j., 1706, S. Stephen, Coleman Street. Lamerie, Paul, 1746, S. Martin in the Fields. Leeke, Ralph, 1683, S. James, Piccadilly. Ley, Petley, 1700, Hornsey. Makepe.ace, R., 1777, Marylebone. Rampart, W., 1758, Hornsey. RuGG, Richard, 1760, Wapping. Smith, Joseph, 1731, S. Mary le Strand. Scofield, John, 1776, Limehouse. Tweedie, Walter, 1793, Hammersmith. Wastell, Sam., 1705, S. George, Holborn. ZoucH, Richard, 1729, S.John, Westminster. Lea, Samuel, 1721, S. Clement, Eastcheap. LuKiN, William, 1700, S. Andrew by the Wardrobe. Mason, Thomas, 17 19, Holy Trinity, Minories. Payne, Humphrey, 1709, S. Nicholas, S. Margaret, Lothbury (S. Bartholomew), S. James, Garlickhithe, and All Hallows, Lombard Street. Plymley, Francis, 17 15, S. Clement, Eastcheap. iSkottowe, Timothy, 1653, S. George, Botolph Lane. West, Benjamin, 1743, S. Sepulchre. Yorke, Edward, 1706, S. Mary le Bow. As in the City, so here, there is very little provincial plate. Sheffield is represented at S. Paul, Clerkenwell, Birmingham at Limehouse, and Newcastle at S. Giles in the Fields. Of foreign plate there is also little, but what there is is very good. Late sixteenth-century Nuremberg work is represented by a fine cup at Bromley,^ very like the cup at S. Michael, Bassishaw, and by a still finer cup at Fulham.^ Augsburg contributes a cup to Bromley,- and a little goblet to S. Mary le Strand.^ At the latter church there are also two flat patens,^ made at Hamburg in the seventeenth century. The marks of Amsterdam will be found on a late eighteenth-century salver at S. Martin in the Fields, of Liibeck on a paten ^ at Kensington, and of Schemnitz in Hungary on a spoon ^ at Fulham. Schemnitz, otherwise Selmecz Banya, is a mining town about fifty miles due north of Gran. No parish in the County has been rash enough to follow the example of S. Michael, Cornhill, and describe its plate as made of gold. The greater part of the plate is made of silver, or silver gilt, and brass, pewter, and other base metals were, as a rule, used only for alms dishes and collecting plates. Glass is frequently used for modern jugs, flagons, or cruets, and there are two 1 Of Norwich. 2 These are illustrated in the Plates opposite the Inventories. xxH INTRODUCTION. quaint modern chalices of the same material at S. John, Clerkenwell, made in 1871, very much like the modern tinted German hock glass. There is much less jewelled plate than I expected to find, and what there is is poor ; the jewels, to start with, are not of the finest quality, and, after a while, the filigree work, with which they are set, tarnishes, and the effect is anything but satisfactory. The sets of plate consist of tankards or flagons, usually In pairs, cups with paten covers, or here and there a conical cover, patens, alms dishes, spoons, and a miscellaneous collection of plate, including a pair of candlesticks at S. Anne, Soho, funnel wine strainers, processional crosses, and baptismal fonts or bowls. With the small collection of secular parish plate, chiefly represented by snuffboxes, must be included a number of beadles' staves and wands, at any rate as interesting as those to be found in the City of London. FLAGON.S. There is more variety in the shape of the flagons in this collection than in that of the City. Fine examples of the ordinary large tankard with a lid and S-shaped handle will be found at Stepney and S. George in the East, and there are two monsters at Fulham. There are, also, many examples of the smaller tankard, which came into fashion at the commencement of the eighteenth century, of which we have two typical examples at S. Margaret, Lothbury. The general appearance of these later tankards was improved by substituting a domed lid, with an acorn or knob on the top, in place of the plain flat lid. In the end of the eighteenth and the beginning of the present century, the large tankards came into fashion again, and the examples, which are usually very massive and clumsy, were decorated with spouts, octagonal or circular, barrels, and splayed feet decorated with shallow lobes, as for instance, at S. Giles in the Fields. A diminutive example of this style of flagon Is Hlustrated in the head plate of S. Lawrence Jewry.^ With the re-introduction of the mediaeval style in the cups of type 9, came also the " pilgrim bottle " flagon with a spout, narrow neck, a handle, and a six or eight-lobed foot. In very recent days these flagons have given way to small glass bottles or cruets, like the ordinary domestic article. The prettiest cruet I have seen, and which I suggest as a good model for reproduction, will be found Illustrated in the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries for 1895, P- 337- L is a silver parcel-gilt cruet of English workmanship, made about 1530-35, belonging now- to S. Peter Port, Guernsey. This pretty piece was lent for exhibition to the Society, by the Rev'^. G. E. Lee, the rector of the church, and was described by ]Mr. W. H. St. John Hope. It is really a diminutive round-bellied flagon, and Its lineal descendants, so to speak, wHll be found at S. Nicholas Cole Abbey in the City, at S. Margaret, Westminster, S. John, Westminster, S. Martin in the Fields, and S. George, Bloomsbury. A set of three handsome eighteenth-century e.xamples of the round-bellied flagon at S. James Piccadilly, illustrated In the Plate opposite the Inventory, are very fine and w-orthy of notice. The rcpoussi' \'';oxk is very good, especially the cherubs' heads. A handsome tankard-flag-on will be found at Kensington, Illustrated in the Plate opposite the Inventory, but as a rule the church tankards are very plain, and the only other specimens in London will be found at S. INlary Woolnoth. Exceptino- these and two tankards of an unusual shape at S. Pancras New Church, o-iven in 1822 bv the Duke of York, the flagons are not very interesting, and do not merit particular attention. The largest are those at S. Martin In the Fields and Fulham. Of very small examples, such, for instance? as that at S. Peter le Poor in the City,- there are none In this collection. In passing, I may mention that 1 City Churcli Plate, p. 55. ¦ city Chimh Plate, Plate i. HLL HKLLOWS, LOMBSRD STREET, 6 S. MHRY, HBCHURCH. 7 S. EDMUND. S. MHRY, HLDERMINBURY. ;5 S. MILDRED. BRESD STREET. S. MHRGHRET, LOTHBURY. S. SNNE & S. HGNES, ALL HHLLO¥S, LOMBHRD STREET. INTRODUCTION. .xxIH there are three little flagons almost exactly like the one at S. Peter le Poor, given by Archbishop Parker to Trinity Hall, Corpus Christi, and Gonvllle and Caius Colleges, Cambridge, in 1571, 1572, and 1571 respectively. I have divided the cups into nine different groups or types, and Plate A, which served to Cups. illustrate them in City Chtirch Plate, is reproduced again here. Type i is represented in it by the Edwardian cup at S. MHdred, Bread Street ; types 2 and 3 by two cups belonging to S. Olave Jewry ; type 4 by one at S. Anne and S. Agnes ; types 5 and 6 by two cups at All Hallows, Lombard Street ; type 7 by one at S. Mary Abchurch ; and type 8 by one of a pair at S. Edmund the King and Martyr. 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 the late pre-Reformation chalice. Type I was the first variety of Cup introduced after the Reformation. The design of these cups was an entirely new departure, and quite unlike that of the chalice which had served for the Mass. The fashion for this early type, in London at any rate, lasted a very little while, and in the City all the examples were made In the reign of Edward VI. ; but the single example in this collection, at Old S. Pancras, was made in 1563, in the reign of Elizabeth. The features of this type are, a plain bowl, generally oval and not splayed at the lip though splaying sometimes occurs, a plain stem undivided by a knop, and a flat circular foot, with a little decorative pattern, usually the '' ^^^ and tongue" moulding, round the edge. The S. Pancras example, being of later date, is rather more ornate, and is decorated in the ordinary style of an Elizabethan cup, with engraving round the bowl. This ornamentation was always the same, and can be seen in the cup illustrating type 3 on Plate A. One of the cups at S. Olave Jewry, taken to illustrate type 2, is figured on Plate A as No. 2, and to that type the majority of Elizabethan and Jacobean cups in London belong. The plain undivided stem of type 1 was replaced by a stem divided into two equal parts by a knop, and, in that respect, the form of the old chalice was revived. In the earlier cups of the type the foot was flat as in the Edwardian cups ; In the later examples a dome shape was Introduced, probably to make the lower part of the cup heavier, and to secure greater stability. The bowls of the cups belonging to this type are at least as large as those of type i, but at an early date it apparently became the fashion to splay the lip ; this splaying was sometimes exaggerated to such an extent that it is difficult, or indeed almost impossible, to drink from them without spilling the contents. This excess of splaying, which gives the bowl the appearance of a vase or bell, wHl be seen in two very pretty cups at S. Alban, Wood Street, in the City, but there are no examples of It in this collection. In describing the cups of type 2 in this general way it will of course be understood that no two cups are exactly alike, and that though they were apparently made after one common model, each artist introduced variety of detail and ornament according to his own fancy. What the common model was, and by whom it was invented and where it was first made, we shall probably never know. The question has been thoroughly gone into by the author of Old English Plate, and so far, I am sorry to say, I have found nothing in London which will help to answer these questions. Type 2 continued in fashion until the end of the seventeenth century, latterly in the debased form seen in the cups at Shadwell made in 1670. In the eighteenth century it developed into two varieties : one I have called type 8, which is the usual style of Georgian article, of which the cup (5) at xxiv INTRODUCTION. Kensington is a good example ; the other variety was a mixture between types i and 2, of which there are none in this collection. There are no examples in the County of type 3, which is the same as type 2, but with a V-shaped bowl with flat or pointed base instead of a circular base. The cup at S. Anne and S. Agnes is taken to illustrate type 4, a pretty style, of which there are unfortunately very few examples. The feature in it is the curious pear-shaped stem, with a guard or hilt under the bowl, obviously put for convenience in holding the cup. There are three examples of this type in the County, two at S. Margaret, Westminster, and one at Stepney ; the latter is illustrated In the Plate opposite to the Inventory. Type 5 was, so to speak, the lineal descendant of type 4, and a cup at All Hallows, Lombard Street, figured on Plate A as No. 5, is given to illustrate it. There are no true examples of this type in the County. Two cups at Stoke Newington, in which the flange or hilt, the characteristic feature of the type, is missing, may be taken as illustrating the transition from type 5 to type 6. An interesting cup of type 5, to which a spout has been added so as to convert it into a flagon, will be found at Fen Ditton church, in Cambridgeshire, made in 1690. Type 6 is very much like type 5, but the trumpet stem has no flange and the bowl is straight- sided. This style of cup, which was always the same, and of which there are a few examples in the County, was introduced after the Great Rebellion, and the cups are peculiar for their puritanical, If not ugly, simplicity. A cup at All Hallows, Lombard Street, is taken to illustrate the type, and examples will be found at S. Paul, Covent Garden, S. Margaret, Westminster, and S. Dionis, Fulham. Type 7 is, I think, of German origin, for the cup at S. Mary Abchurch, made at Antwerp in the end of the sixteenth century, is the earliest example I have seen In England. This style came into fashion again in the early part of this century, and examples will be found at S. Olave, Stoke Newington, and S. Pancras, made in 1815 and 1822 respectively. There is not very much to be said about type 8, the common type of Georgian cup ; with it are included the cups with baluster stems, of which there are ornate examples at S. James, Piccadilly,^ and a plain example at Kensington.^ There are plenty of examples of the cups of type 9, which are Imitations of the late mediaeval chalice, but few are as good as that at S. Mary Aldermanbury, illustrated as No. 9 on Plate A. It is a great pity that In making these cups the artists have not copied the ancient models more closely. Judging by the examples I have seen, I have come to the conclusion that decoration with jewels is, from an artistic point of view at any rate, a very great mistake. It is strange that enamel, especially the beautiful transparent Indian "Jeypore" variety, has not been used since the Middle Ages for decorating English ecclesiastical plate. The following cups require especial mention : — I. At Bromley, a sIlver-gHt cup, illustrated as No. i on the Plate opposite the Inventory. This beautiful cup has two marks, (i.) N In a square stamp, the Nuremberg mark, and (ii.) K B in an oval stamp, the mark of the maker Kasper Bauch, 1567-83 ; this maker's name and mark will be found on p. 247 of Rosenburg's Der Goldschmeide Merkzeichcn, published in 1890 by Keller at Frankfort on the Maine. From an Inscription it appears that it was the gift of the women of Bromley in 161 7. In general appearance the cup is very like one at S. Michael Bassishaw, made at Augsburg about 1600, but rather larger ; the bowl is deep, narrow, considerably 1 Illustrated in the Plate opposite the Inventory. 2 c^,-, ^_ INTRODUCTION. xxv splayed at the lip, and hammered into conventional scroll and medallion pattern, with cherubs' heads, fruits and flowers ; the stem, three female half figures back to back, ends in a chased bulb and a flat circular foot, as in the Bassishaw cup. The cover Is an ordinary paten cover of the usual type. 2. Another silver-gilt cup, also at Bromley, is figured on the Plate opposite the Inverttory as No. 2. It has two marks, (i.) the Augsburg pine-cone mark, and (ii.) I G in a circular stamp. The cup is inscribed, " The gift of David Annan, ex-churchwarden 1887." The bowl is straight sided, splayed at the lip, flat at the base, and hammered into simple scrolls and foliage. The plain baluster stem ends in a bell-shaped foot, similar in outline to the lower part of the stem and the foot of the Edmonds cup belonging to the Carpenters' Company, of which I shall speak presently. 3. The two silver cups at S. George in the East, made in 1729, and classed under type 8, have this same peculiar bell-shaped foot, of which an exaggerated example will be found in the tall cups at S. Botolph, Aldgate, and Hampstead. 4. Two glass cups at S. John, Clerkenwell, with hemispherical bowls and trumpet stems. 5. A very fine silver-gilt cup at Hampstead, also like the Edmonds and S. Botolph cups, and with the same peculiar foot and stem. Is illustrated on a Plate opposite to the Inventory. This cup, made In 1629, and presented to the church by Mrs. Susanna Weedon in 1747, is of a very common and familiar pattern. The author of Old English Plate noted no less than four belonging to the Carpenters' Company, two to the Armourers' Company, one at the Imperial Treasury, Moscow, and several In use as chalices In different places in England, all made in the .first thirty years of the seventeenth century. To this group must be added six other specimens at the following colleges in Cambridge : (I.) Corpus Christi, 1608 ; (H.) Trinity Hall, Bishop Barlow's cup, 1609; ('ii-) Corpus Christi, 1609; (Iv.) Sidney, Earl of Kent's cup, 1610; (v,) Emmanuel, 1619, and (vi.) Christ's, Earl of Manchester's cup, 1629.^ 6. The silver-gilt Fulham cup, by far the finest piece of church plate in London, illustrated In the Plate opposite the Inventory, has two marks, (i.) the Nuremberg letter N, and (ii.) the maker's mark T W in monogram in a circular stamp, given in Rosenburg's book, p. 285, as the mark of Tobias Wolf, 1604. It is not unlikely that this is one of the models from which the Carpenters' cup and the others of the same type were copied. There are the same bell-shaped foot, the brackets on the stem, and the cover with the triangular spire. As a work of art, this is, I need hardly say, by a long way the finest piece of church plate in London. 7 and 8. Two silver-gilt English cups, also at Fulham, and Hlustrated in the Plate opposite the Inventory. The design of these cups is taken from the grace cups 01 the period; the stems are plain balusters, with three little brackets ; the bowls are circular, and the lids dome-shaped, with the same triangular spire as on the German cup. One of them has the date mark for 161 5, and the London maker's miark A B in linked letters in a shaped shield ; the other has no marks. 9. A silver-gilt cup at Kensington, illustrated in the Plate opposite the Inventory. This is a peculiar cup and looks at first sight as if it were a made-up piece. The V-shaped bowl Is ornamented with scallop shells, not seen very distinctly in the Plate, which has been taken with too much regard to focussing the flagon and too little regard for the other pieces. The bowl is 1 The makers' marks on these cups will be found in the (i.) T W in monogram, 1607 ; (ii.) T C, 1613 ; (iii.) I S, 1608 ;. Appendix A of Old English Plate under the following dates : (iv.) W R, 1608 ; (vi.) T F in monogram, 1609. d XXVI INTRODUCTION. Paten Covers. Patens. Alms Dishes. joined to the baluster stem by a collar and the hilt or flange usually found in the cups of type 4. The knop of the stem is decorated with the peculiar scratches, called the hyphen ornament, usually found on the stems of early Elizabethan chalices. The stem ends in a flange, and the foot, engraved with scallop shells, is bell-shaped like those of the Edmonds cup type. The date mark is for 1599, and the maker's mark, a squirrel in a plain shield. Three other cups at Kensington, illustrated on the Plate, deserve a passing word of notice. No. 3, a peculiar little object, has a foot made in 1683, and a bowl made in 1769. No. 4 is a quaint little specimen of type 6, and No. 5 a large and fine example of the common Georgian cup of type 8. The cups are usually provided with covers made to serve also for patens ; in one or two cases the covers are conical and made merely for ornament, as for Instance at Wapping and Fulham. Every church is provided with one or more patens, and in the City these are occasionally so large that they have been mistaken for alms dishes or salvers, and are so described in the Bishop's terrier. They are usually circular, and either (i.) flat, or (Ii.) on a short foot, or (iii.) raised on a stem. The pre-Reformation paten belonged to the first class, but though there are two Edwardian footless patens and one or two early Elizabethan examples in the City, it seems that the foot was introduced at a very early date, and the paten was usually made to fit on to the cup and serve as a cover, the foot being then used as a handle. The earliest footless paten in the County is at S. Margaret, Westminster, made in 1624, and there are, of course, a number of modern specimens belonging to sets of plate made after mediaeval models. The following patens deserve particular mention : — 1. A paten at Kensington, made at Liibeck in the end of the sixteenth century. This object is illustrated in the Plate opposite to the Inventory. The ornaments round the bowl I take to be little pilgrim's gourds, though in the illustration they look like diminutive loaves of bread. I am more inclined to think they are intended for the pilgrim's gourd bottles, usually associated with S. James, because the cup to which the paten belongs, though of English manufacture, is covered with scallop shells, also emblems of the same saint. What the history of the paten is I do not know, but there was a foreign colony in the adjoining parish of Fulham, and possibly it came through some of the immigrants. 2. Two flat patens or salvers, presented by Eleanor James to S. Ben'et, Paul's Wharf, and now at S. Mary le Strand, illustrated in the Plate opposite the Inventory, deserve mention. They were made at Hamburg, and are prettily ornamented with very graceful and decorative repoussd work. With these exceptions the patens are not very interesting, and the Indian filigree paten at Christchurch, Newgate Street, in the City, will keep its place as the handsomest in London. In passing I should mention that there is a similar filigree paten, misdescribed as an alms dish and rather smaller than the London one, at King's College, Cambridge, presented by Thomas Page, a Fellow, in 1673. The alms dishes in the County, on the whole, are very poor. The best, at S. James, Piccadilly, is illustrated opposite, and there is another like it, but not so good, at S. Margaret, Westminster. Modern dishes of brass, pewter, electro-plate, and other base metal abound. A set of German dishes, of the sixteenth or seventeenth century, decorated with repoussd work, at S. Maro-aret, Westminster, and a brass dish at Kensington deserve mention. The former are of the familiar hammered type, decorated with representations of Adam and Eve, the Return of the Spies, the >^ J ^ I— ( Q JD O r- n >-i ^¦a c -a rt g -)- •^ \D w r^ 00 c . (U t?5 '^ o r^ ,^< rt r-- w o i .J -c c ^ '^ rt ^ ^i%% >i &|« rt rt CO „. S ^k g (/i i^l J= rt rt u-t ^SS -d c/i CO CO Ci SPITALFIELDS. CHRIST CHURCH. Flagons h'- 13^ in. dia'- 4^ in. lb. oz. W'- 2 3 h'- 10 in. dia'- 3^- in. Cups h'- of each 8n- in. dia'ofeach{f^°J{l4^'^;^^ 07. w'- of each 14 Patens dia'- of each 8 in. oz. w'- of each i o dia'- of each 8 in. 07. w'- of each 13 Dishes dia'- 15 in. dia'- II in. Spoon 1'"- 9 in. Staff A metal pear-shaped flagon, with the following marks, none of which are very legible (i.) R & B, (ii.) S, (iii.) CP, and (iv.) ? a fleur de lys. A glass jug with metal mounts on which are two marks (I.) H & H, and (Ii.) a bird. Two metal cups with neither marks nor Inscription. Two silver patens with no marks and a raised boss in the centre ; inscribed: " Christ Church Middlesex 1799." Three metal patens with the same marks as the flagon ; one Is on a foot, the other two are flat ; inscribed : " Hoc est corpus meum." A metal alms dish with the same marks as the flagon ; Inscribed : " Date et dabitur vobls." A brass alms dish. Five pewter alms dishes with the maker's mark of Langford ; Inscribed : " Christ Church Middlesex." A silver spoon with a perforated bowl ; inscribed : " Christ Church Middlesex 1799." A beadle's staff with a silver head. The head has the date mark for 1817, and a maker's mark W L or W R in a rectangular stamp, and is a model of Spitalfields market hall, surmounted by an eagle ; Inscribed: "The j^evd West Wheldale, Rector, Joseph Coulden, Robert Clements, churchwardens, Christ Church Middlesex, Thomas Symonds, sides man. c 2 12 SPITALFIELDS. CHRIST CHURCH. Wands 1'"- 37 in- F- 31 in. A verger's wand with a wooden handle and a silver head ; the head is a mitre, with the date mark for 18 17, and a maker's mark W L in a rectangular stamp ; inscribed : " The R'"'' West Wheldale, Rector, John Pittard, Joseph Coulden, churchwardens, Edward Justins, sides man 1817." A beadle's mace made of copper silvered, with a mitre at the head, and an acorn at the base ; below the mitre is a globe inscribed with the names of the Continents; Inscribed: "The R^""^ West Wheldale, Rector, James White, John Homes, Churchwardens, David Prichard, sidesman, Christ Church Middlesex, 5 Nov. 1806." This deplorable collection of plate replaces that which was stolen at the commencement of the century, and on the principle of once bitten twice shy the parish authorities apparently got the most unattractive and un-realizable stuff they could lay hands on. The flagon is pear-shaped, with a spout and handle. The cups belong to type 9, with hexagonal feet and stems. The bossed patens are peculiar ; similar specimens will be found at S. Mary, Whitechapel, the adjoining parish. The staff will be found illustrated on Plate 4, and the wands on Plate i. The weights of the plate are taken from the terrier, where they are given in avoirdupois. This, one of the finest, if not the finest, church of its size in London, was built in 1729 by Hawksmoor, and the parish was taken in 1728 from Stepney. -T'ir' 167s 1631 1692 1SS9 PLATE AT STEPNEY. 1634 S 1^ E P N E \^ S. DUNSTAN. Flagons h'- 13 in. & i2| in. dia' 8| in. & 8f in. oz. dwt. oz. dwt. w'-72 4&72 12 Cups h*- of each 8 f in. & 9 ^r in. dia'- |bowl4|^in.&4fin. (foot 4jin. &5 in. oz. d«t. oz, w'- 20 4 & 25 Patens dia 7^ in. & 6 in. oz. dwt. OZ- dwt- w'- 10 4 & 6 14 dia' 14:^ in. 07. dwt- w'- 32 18 Two silver flagons. One has the date mark for 1675 and a maker's mark P P with a pellet below in a heart-shaped shield ; Inscribed with the weight and a coat of arms, and " Mary Masters" and " 1676," and " The gift of M. M. to y'^ parish church of Stepney for y'= sole use of the Sacrament " ; the other has no date mark and a maker's mark I C with a mullet below in a trefoil stamp, repeated four times In two places; made about 1681 ; Inscribed with the weight and the name ofthe church and : " Bought with church money of y" parish of S Dunstan Stepney In y'' County of Middlesex, Anno Dmni 1687, for y" sole use of y" sacrament, y° gift of y" Parish of Stepney Richard Owen, Henry Russell, Joseph Rolfe, W'" Grammar, Edward Head, Robert Wells, Richard Oakey, Churchwardens." Two silver gilt cups. One has the dale mark for 1559 and a maker's mark, a mullet without a shield ; inscribed with the weight and the name ofthe church ; the other has the date mark for 1631 and a maker's mark J B in monogram In a plain shield ; inscribed with the weight and the name of the church and " Not unto us O Lord but unto thy Name geue the glory. I will pay my voues unto y^ Lord in the presence of all his people." Two sUver gilt patens. One has the same marks as the second cup, and is inscribed with the weight and " S Dunstan Stepney for the use of the Holy Sacrament" ; the other has the date mark for 1713 and a maker's mark S L with a pellet below in a shaped shield; inscribed with the weight and " W. I." and the same inscription as on the first paten. A large silver paten and foot, with the date mark for 1686 and a maker's mark D B with a sun In splendour above and an inverted crescent below in aquatrefoH stamp; Inscribed with the weight and : " Bought atte y'= charge and for y'^ use of S. Dunstan Stepney Church, 87, 8. Richard Owen, Henry Russell, Robert Wells, Joseph Rolf W" Cramer, Richard Holt, Richard Oakley, churchwardens." u Dishes . dia'- 15 in. oz. dwt. w'- 6 J 17 STEPNEY. S- DUNSTAN. Spoon Staves A dish (? silver), without marks, with the same inscription and names as on the large paten. A modern brass alms dish. A fine specimen of a communion spoon, silver gilt, with the date mark for 1692 and a maker's mark I. W., crowned, with a mullet below in a quatrefoll stamp ; inscribed : " Robert Hopkins, churchwarden of the parish of S Dunstans Stepney 1693. Henry Humphry s, Henry May, Richard Flowers, Robert Walker, Nathaniel Owen, John Lekenx, Luke Sapford." A beadle's staff with a silver head ; the head is a medallion crowned, with a ship in full sail in repousse on one side and the Tower of London on the other side ; made in 1784. A beadle's staff with a silver pear-shaped head; inscribed : " The Hamlet of Ratcliff. 1752." A verger's wand of the usual type of metal, plated, with a mitre ; inscribed : " Thomas Taylor, churchwarden of the hamlet of Ratcliff, 1784-" In addition to this plate there are also three modern glass jugs of different sizes and shapes used as cruets, and the chapel of ease of S. Faith has a cup of type 9 and a paten without a foot, of silver gilt, made in 1890, with a maker's mark C. K in a rectangular stamp. The flagons of this church are tankards of the usual type. The cups of 1559 and 1681 belong to type 4 and type 2 lespectively. The spoon is the largest and most massive communion spoon I have as yet come acioss in London. All these pieces are illustrated on the plate opposite, and the first staff is illustrated on Plates 8 and 9. The makers' marks, J. B., S. L., I. C., P. P., D B., and I W., will be found in Appendix A of Old English Church Plate, under dates 1631 (part 2), 1710, 1681, 1670, 1685, and 1682 respectively. S L, the mark of Gabriel Sleath, will be found on plate at Hammersmith, and P. P. at S. Botolph, Aldgate, on plate given by Mrs. Mary Masters. This lady, whose name is generally concealed under the initials " M. M," was a munificent supporter of the Church. She gave plate to S. Botolph, Aldgate, S. Augustine with S. Faith, and All Hallows, Lombard Street. A short notice of the various pieces given by her will be found in the note on the communion plate of the last-named church on p, 6 of City Church Plate. I have given a short account of this ancient parish in the Introduction. o p 2;o OoH WH THE TOWER OF LONDON S. PETER AD VINCULA. Cups h'- 8J- in. & 7-| in. dia'-<'^°^^4 in. &4i \ foot 4;|in. &4^ Patens .. dia'- 6i in. dia'- II in. X Spoon Staff Two silver gilt cups ; one has the date mark for 1559 and a maker's mark C C in linked letters as in the marg-In ; inscribed : " This cup was made at the charges of the Inhabitants of the llbertie of the Tower and Is for their use at the Communion Table Anno, 1629"; the other has the date mark for 1637 and a maker's mark C C with a tree or other object between in a lobed shield. Inscribed as on the other cup and " Thomas Sapp, Thomas Collins, beinge then overseers." Two silver gilt patens without feet ; one has the date mark for 1629 and a maker's mark C C as on the second cup and an inscription as on the first cup ; the other has the date mark for 1638 and the same maker's marks as on the second cup, inscribed as on the first cup and " Thomas Collines and Edward Walker, beinge then overseers, Ano Domony 1638." A silver gilt paten on a foot with the date mark for 1682 and a maker's mark F W with a cinquefoll and two pellets below in a plain shield ; inscribed : " Given for the use of the chappell of S Peters within the Tower of London bye Edward Conyers Esq'", keeper of his Ma"^' Stores of Ordnance, Armour &c Anno Dom : 1682." A modern sHver gilt spoon. A staff with a silver head ; the head Is a model of the white tower ; it has the date mark for 1778 and a maker's mark W S In a rectangular stamp ; inscribed : " Liberty of the Tower of London. Thomas Allen Smith, David Price, overseers." The cups of this church belong to type 2. All the plate is referred to and the makers' marks will be found in Appendix A of Old Efiglish Plate. The staft", illustrated on Plate 6, must not be confused with the civic ward mace of the Tower Ward illustrated in Old English Plate. So much has been written about this celebrated church, that I do not think it is necessary for me to say anything about it here. WAPPING. S. JOHN Flagons h'- of each 13-V in. dia'- of each lip 5 in. OZ- dwt. oz. dwt. w'- 64 2 & 64 8 h'- 7 in. Cups and Covers h'- of each 8-| in. dia'- of each I bowl 4f in. (foot 4-|in. oz. dwt. oz. dwt. w'- r8 17 & ig 16 Patens . dia' II in. oz. dwt. W ¦ 24 5 dia'- of each 10 in. oz. w' 17 dwt. 07. dwt- I & 16 17 R-R Dish dia'- 104 in. Spoon ... 1'"- 7f in. oz. dwt- gr. w'- 2512 Staff ¦¦¦ (^ Two silver flagons with no date mark, and a maker's mark F G with a mullet below in a shaped shield, inscribed with the weights and an engraving of S. John and " John Smallwood, Churchwarden, 1725." A modern diminutive glass jug with metal mounts, for water. Two silver cups and conical covers with the date mark for 1695, and a maker's mark I. H crowned in a shaped stamp, inscribed with the weights and an engraving of S. John as on the flagons. A silver paten on a foot with the date mark for 1760 and a maker's mark R. R in a square stamp, inscribed with the weight and a figure of S. John on the front as on the cups and flagons and "S John Wapping 1760." Two silver patens without feet with the date mark for 1824 and a maker's mark R H In a square stamp, inscribed with the weights and " Dr. John Parsons, Rector, Thomas Spence, Charles Curtis, churchwardens, 1825, S. John's Wapping." A modern brass alms dish. A silver spoon made about 1700 ; none of the marks are legible. The bowl is round and half is perforated with a pattern ; on the handle is inscribed : " In usum Eccles. S'' Johannis de Wappin, Johanne Russell, Rectore, Anno Salutis MDCCXVII." A beadle's staff with a silver head ; the head is a medallion on a pear- shaped knob with a figure of the Duke of Marlborough on horseback In relief on both sides, inscribed : " Great Marl borough " ; on the pear is inscribed : " This staff was bought by Mr. Robert Spencer Churchwarden in the yeare 1789." The maker's mark, partly obliterated, is that of Robert Timbrell. WAPPING. S. JOHN. Staff Wand P"- 39 in. Mace A beadle's staff with a silver head ; the head Is a statuette of S. John on a pear-shaped knob, inscribed : " S. John Wapping ex dono the churchwardens and constables for the year 1705-1706 and other inhabitants of the said parish to John Kenner beadle," and with an engraving of the Duke of Marlborough, and of the White Tower in the Tower of London, and "In memory of the battle of Rammelles, 1 706." A silver verger's wand with the date mark for 1706, and a maker's mark E. D. in a rectangular stamp, inscribed : " The gift of the subscribers to the organ of S. John Wapping 1760. W''"' Brack- ston, Geo. Jacobs, Churchwardens." A parish constable's mace of the usual type with an ivory handle and silver top crowned, with the date mark for 1829, and a maker's mark W K in a rectangular stamp, inscribed : " S. John Wapping, 1829." The flagons of this church are tankards of the usual type. The cups belong to type 8 with thick stems, and may be compared with the stems of the cups at S. Clement, Eastcheap, illustrated on p. 33 of City Church Plate ; the covers are conical and plain. The rest of the plate does not require particular mention. The verger's wand is like those of S. Paul's Cathedral. The constable's mace is of the usual type, and another like it will be found in Shadwell parish. The makers' marks F G, I H, RR, and T E will be found in Appendix A of Old English Plate, under dates 1688, 1692 (Part 2), 1760^ and 1715 respectively. F G, which will also be found on plate in the City churches of the late 17th century, is given as the mark of Francis Garthorne, R R of Richard Rugg, and T E of Thomas Timbrell. The staves will be found illustrated on Plates 3 and 4 respectively, and the mace on Plate i. This church was built in the commencement of the present century. The original church was a chapel of ease to Stepney, and consecrated as a church in 16S4 when the hamlet of Wapping was made a separate parish. WHITECHAPEL. S. MARY MATFELON. Set OF Plate... Flagon. •• h'- 15 in. dia • of lip 4^ in. Cups. h'- of each g} in. Hia' ofeachi^°^^l 5 in. \ foot 4-2 in Paten. dia' 8 in. Spoon. 9 in. Cup and Patens .. Paten dia' 9 in. 07. dwt. w'- 15 10 Set of Plate Flagon. h'- 12 in. Cups. Large. Small. h^ Sin. 6Mn. ^;^, I bowl 4i in. 3|in. , / bowl I foot 5|in. 4|in. Patens. dia'- 7.} in. & 61 in. Dish Small Set Staves . . . Wand A metal flagon, two metal cups, a silver paten without a foot with a raised boss in the centre, and a silver spoon with the date mark for 1 797 and a maker's mark R C in a rectangular stamp, all inscribed : " S. Mary Whitechapel 1797." A metal cup and two metal patens without feet ; the former is inscribed : " Whitechapel Society." A silver paten without a foot made in 1865 by Hunt and Roskell, and presented in memory of the Rev. W. W. Champneys, for 23 years a rector of the parish. A silver flagon with the date mark for 1872 and a maker's mark A S in a rectangular stamp, two large and two small sHver cups with the date mark for 1876 and a maker's mark J above and below E B W in a quatrefoll stamp, and two small silver patens without feet, and two large silver patens with feet with the same marks as the cups. Weights : flagon, 28 oz. 15 dwt. ; cups, 150Z. 5 dwt., 15 oz. 15 dwt., 9 oz. 17 dwt., 9 oz. 12 dwt.; patens, 5 oz. 7 dwt., 5 oz. 7 dwt., 12 oz. 12 dwt., and 12 oz. 15 dwt. A modern brass alms dish. A small set for private use with the date mark for 1770 and no maker's mark, inscribed : " For the use ofthe sick Communicants in y= parish of White chapel." Cup,ht. 51 ins. ; diar. of bowl and foot, 2I ins. ; Paten, diar. 3 ins. Two beadle's staves with silver heads. The heads are medallions crowned ; on one side the Tower of London, and on the other George II. in relief. One is inscribed : " The gift of the gentlemen inhabitant in the precinct of Rosemary Lane in the parish of S Mary White Chapell to H W." An ebony verger's wand with silver mounts and a mitre at the end, inscribed : " The gift of James Spalding. S. Mary Whitechapel." and the s-r. 'T r "T '"'' '"'^ ''' '''''' '^^^^^ ^^ pear-shaped. The metal cups belong to type 8, and the silver cups to type 9. Compare the paten with a boss with one at Spitalfields. The staves are illustrated on Plate 3, and the wand on Plate i. This is one of the ancient parishes ; the church is modern BEADLES STAVES. Plate IV. CO OO ^ -1 M "d "5 'rt - m c a. c . S 'J'' ¦£. r: -£ _- &. -^ tu .J2 « C . — < '^ ^~.. c/i c -g c" . o -'i o ir, ' ' p ' "O r/-; '_) c/i i-< n r*^ ..^ NORTH LONDON. CLERKENWELL. CLERKENWELL. HACKNEY. HAMPSTEAD. HIGHGATE. HORNSEY. ISLINGTON. S. LUKE. S. PANCRAS. S. PANCRAS. STOKE NEWINGTON. CLERKENWELL. S. JAMES. Flagons 1 h'- 9 in. dia' 4 in. h'- of each 9 in. dia'- of each 3I in. \ 1 1 Cups h'- of each yl in. dia'ofeachj^Y^3|in. { foot 34 in. h'- of each 7| in. dia'ofeach/^"^l3iin. I foot 3iin.; Patens ^ dia'- 9I in. 1 Two metal flagons inscribed with the names of the church and of the churchw^ardens in November 18 17. in a dia'- 9 in. Dishes dia'- 9 in. Staves A silver flagon with the date mark for 1879 and a maker's mark G A __ „ rectangular stamp; Inscribed: "George Blackie, G. B. Meyer, churchwardens. Four metal cups ; inscribed : " F. K. King, William Blogg, churchwardens, S. John Clerkenwell, 1857." Two silver cups with the same marks and inscription as on the silver flagon. A large metal paten on a foot ; Inscribed : " S. James Clerkenwell, Edmond Garland, Eli Baylie, churchwardens, 1835." A silver paten on a high stem with the same marks and inscription as on the silver cups and flagon. Two silver dishes with the same marks as the silver cups, flagon, and paten, and inscribed showing that the silver Communion service was purchased from a portion of a fund of ^100 presented to the Rev. Robert Maguire, D.D., by H. W. Johnson, to be expended for church purposes. A beadle's staff with a silver head ; the head is a tower with statuettes of S. James and S. John standing back to back, with inscriptions showing that the staff was repaired in 1722, 1825, and 1849. A beadle's staff with a metal head ; the head is an orb with a dove and olive-branch on it ; it was apparently made in 1785, repaired in 1825, 1842, 1850, and 1857, and was at one time appropriated for use at the Pentonville chapel of ease. The metal flagons of this church are tankards of the usual type. The silver flagon is also a tankard with a spout and fluted body. The metal cups belong to type 8, and are similar in general appearance to but plainer than those at S. Alphage, illustrated in City Church Plate, at p. 8. The silver cups are thistle-shaped. The silver staff" is very fine, and will be found illustrated on Plates 8 and 9. The metal staff" is illustrated on Plate 7. This is an ancient parish ; the church was built in 1788-92 by James Carr. D 2 CLERKENWELL. S. JOHN OF JERUSALEM. Flagons . h'- 12 in. dia"'- 4i in. h'- IO in. A metal tankard of the usual type with no marks or inscriptions ; made in the nineteenth century. A glass jug with silver mounts with the date mark for 1873, and a maker's mark S S in a square stamp. h'- 7 in. A glass bottle with a glass .stopper in the form of a cross. Cups h'- of each <)-} in. dia'- of each \ , .. • ' ( foot 4 in. h'- 61 in. dia'ofeach|^^:'3fin. ( foot 3 1 in. Two metal cups with no marks or inscriptions. Two glass cups with silver mounts round the lips and the feet, with the date mark for 187 1, and a maker's mark G F in a woolsack-shaped stamp and I H S engraved in monogram on the bowls. Patens . . dia'- 6 in. dia'- 7| in. A metal paten without a foot, with neither marks nor inscriptions. A metal paten on a foot, inscribed : "The gift of Mr. Josiah Bartholomew A.D. 1836," and the names ofthe rector and churchwardens. dia'- 5^ in. A silver paten with the date mark for 1883, and a maker's mark F B. Dishes dia''- iii in. Eight pewter alms dishes inscribed : " S John Clerkenwell, Josiah Bar tholomew and William Mean, churchwardens 18 16." dia'- 9 in. Two pewter basins on feet, possibly made for patens, inscribed with " I. H. S." in the centre of the bowls, and the same inscription as on the dishes A modern brass alms dish. CLERKENWELL. S. JOHN OF JERUSALE^I. 21 Staff A beadle's staff with a silver head. The head, originally pear-shaped, has been cut in half, and the upper half replaced by a pedestal with a statuette of S. John, inscribed : " This staff and silver head was made at y*^ charge of y^ inhabitants of y= east liberty of S. John of Jerusalem Anno Dom. 1685. Ann" g. Regni Regis Jacobi [illeg.j... Augo : primo," and " S. John Clerkenwell, William Jackson, George Godson, churchwardens." Miscellaneous ... A processional cross of brass on a wooden stick; made in the nineteenth century. h'' 4i in. A baptismal bowl made of lignum vitee and garnished with a brass rim and ^^'^'' 92 in. lined with iron. The rim is inscribed : " S. John Clerkenwell Deo et sacris. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved." The flagon of this church is a tankard of the usual type ; the metal cups have straight-sided bowls, very much splayed at the lip and round at the base, on baluster stems. The two glass cups have plain hemispherical bowls on trumpet stems, and are both much broken. The fine staff will be found illustrated on Plate 4. Compare it with one at S. Anne and S. Agnes, illustrated on Plate 5 of City Church Plate. I can only describe this plate as a ramshackle lot of stuff fit only for a second-rate antiquary's shop. It is quite unworthy of this ancient church, with its historical associations as the Priory church of the Order of S. John of Jerusalem in England. The Order, which was dissolved at the Reformation, has recently received a new charter from the Queen, and has taken up its quarters in the old gateway of the Priory, close to the church, the gateway being unfortunately now all that remains of the ancient Priory of the Order. It was apparently intended in the i8th century to make this a separate parish; but for some reason this intention was never carried out, and it is still part of the civil parish of S. James, Clerkenwell. HACKNEY. S. JOHN OF JERUSALEM. Flagons h'- of each 13 in. dia'- of each 8|- in. oz. dwt- 07- du-t. w' of each 74 7 & 74 12 Cups AND Covers.. li'- of each 8 J in. dia-ofeachh°^/4in. I foot 4 in. 07. dwt. w' of each 14 3 Covers. 07. w' of each 5 Patens dia'- of each 8 in. oz. dwt. oz. dwt. w' 9 3 & 10 13 Dishes dia'- 14 in. oz. w' 27-^ Two silver gilt flagons with a date mark of the series 1638-57, and an illegible maker's mark ; inscribed : "Ex dono Georgii Vyner Mil : & Baronet." Two silver gilt cups and paten covers, with the date mark for 1637, and a maker's mark R B with a mullet below in a shaped shield ; inscribed with the name of the parish. HN A silver gilt paten with the date mark for 1663, and a maker's mark H N with a bird below ; inscribed : " Ego sum panis vitae qui venit ad me nequaquam T. J. T. B. Vic : 1664." esuriet. loan : 6.35. Ex dono A silver gilt paten with the date mark for 1781, and a maker's mark R. ,E. E. B. in a quatrefoll stamp ; inscribed : " He was known of them in breaking of bread. Presented for the use of the Communicants in Hackney Church by the Revd. Archdeacon Watson D.D. Easter 1822." A silver gilt dish with the date mark for 1671, and a maker's mark R. H. with a cinquefoll and two pellets below in a plain shield ; inscribed : " The gift of Mrs. Katherine Cheney wife of Richard Cheney Esq 1671." Four electroplate dishes made in 1822 and one modern brass dish. Twenty-six pewter alms dishes ; the oldest has a gilt centre boss with the Royal Arms, and is inscribed " H 1758 ; " maker ? William Rampart ; two small dishes are plain with the same inscription and by the same maker. Of the other twenty-three, seven are made in 1 797, and the rest are modern. HACKNEY. S. JOHN OF JERUSALEM. S^'OO^ rpjn A silver gilt spoon with a seal head and the date mark for? 1641, w'°3 ty^ and a maker's mark I I with a mullet below in a plain shield; inscribed: " S John at Hackney." Staves ; Two staves with metal heads. The heads are orbs decorated with repousse work and crowned ; Inscribed : " Hackney Parish, 1830. Samuel Fox, Churchwarden." The flagons of this church are tankards of the usual type. The cups belong to type 2. The spoon, a very fine specimen of seal-head spoon, should be compared with those at S. Dunstan-in-the-West, illustrated on p. 37 of City Church Plate. The boss in the large pewter alms-dish belongs, I think, to an older dish, and has been fixed, very clumsily, into its present position. A fine collection of bossed alms-dishes will be found at S. Katharine Cree and S. Alban, Wood Street, and there is a single specimen at S. Olave, Hart Street, illustrated on the Plate opposite to p. 86 of City Church Plate. One of the staves will be found illustrated on Plate 7. The makers' marks R B. H N. and R H. will be found in Appendix A of Old English Plate under dates 1624, 1656, and 1670, respectively. R B. will be found on plate at S. Vedast, 1 1, will found on a spoon at Kensington, and R E E B. will be found on plate at S. Mary, Stratford Bow. This is an ancient parish, and the church was built in 1792-97 by James Spiller. HAMPSTEAD. S. JOHN. Flagons h'- of each lo in. oz. w'- of each 46 Cups h*' of each 9 in. dia'-ofeach|^°^:^4in. I^foot 3 in. 07. dwt. w' of each 17 8 h'- 13 in. dia'- of bowl 5 in. oz, w'- 45 h'- of cover 7 in. Patens dia'- 7 in. 07. dwt. w'- 8 4 dia'- 4 in. & 8 in. oz. 07. w'- 4 & 20 Staves % Two silver gilt flagons with the date mark for 1747, and a maker's mark W. W. with a pellet between, and a cinquefoll above and below in an oval stamp; inscribed: "The gift of Mrs. Ann May hew to Hampstead Church In y'- year 1747." Two silver gilt cups with the date mark for 1770, and a maker's mark B G with a pellet between, and four hearts above in a lobed stamp ; inscribed : " The gift of Christopher Arnold Esq to Hampstead Church In the year 1771." A silver gilt cup and cover with the date mark for 1629, and a maker's mark R B with a mullet below in a shaped shield ; inscribed : " The elft of Mrs. Susanna Weedon to Hamstead Church 1747." A silver gilt paten with the date mark for 1628, and a maker's mark T F in monogram In a plain shield ; Inscribed : " The gift of Mrs. Mary Newton to the parish church of Hamsted, 20 April 1701." Two silver gilt patens ; one has the date mark for 1640 and a maker's mark W C with three pellets below In a heart-shaped shield ; Inscribed : " This belongs to Hampstead Church 1747." The other has the same date and maker's mark as on the flagons, and is inscribed with the same Inscription. Two beadle's staves with metal heads, made in the eighteenth century. The head of one is an orb with a bunch of flame rising from it, and the other has a crown. The flagons of this church are tankards of the usual type. The two cups belong to the S. Clement, Eastcheap, variety of type 2, without the rims round the bowls. The large cup and cover are very fine, and may be compared with the Edmonds cup belonging to the Carpenters' Company, illustrated on p. 290 of Old Etiglish Plate, and to one at S. Botolph, Aldgate, illustrated on p. 26 of City Church Plate. The makers' marks R B, B G, and T F will be found in Appendix A of Old English Plate under dates 1624, 1750, and 1609, respectively. B G is there given as the mark of Benjamin Gignac. T F., a very common mark, will be found in many churches, and R. B, will be found at Hackney and at S. Vedast. This parish, founded as a chapelry about 1461, was settled as a parish about 1598. The church was built by Flitcroft in 1745. "'-'s^safi*"— ' ¦ HAMPSTEAD. 1620 HIGHGATE. S. MICHAEL. Flagon h'- i2iin. dia'- of base 7-J- in. oz. dwt w'- 49 10 Cups h'- of each 7^ in. J- , r u fbowl 3i in. dia'- of each J J- ^ •'4 . [foot 3^ in, OZ. dwt. oz. dwt. w' II 15 & 10 15 ATENS . dia'- of each 5f in oz. w'- 7 & 07. dwt. 6 6 dia'- I of oz. w' 19 in. Dish dia'- II in. Spoon oz. dwt. w'- 2 8 (#) LHJ A silver gilt flagon with the date mark for i mark W M crowned In a shaped shield. and a maker's Two silver gilt cups ; one has the date mark for 1830, and a maker's mark C P in a shaped stamp ; inscribed : " The gift of William Barron and Michael Grayhurst Churchwardens AD. 1837." The other has the date mark for 1842, and a maker's mark J A J A in a quatrefoll stamp ; inscribed : " The gift of Joseph Gardiner and Peter Poland churchwardens AD 1842." Two silver gilt patens ; one has the date mark for 1636, and a maker's mark P G with a rose below in a trefoil stamp ; the other has the same marks as on the second cup. A silver gilt paten, date about 17 10 with the maker's mark S L and some object above in a lobed stamp; inscribed: "The gift of Mr. William Thatcher to Highgate Chappell in the parish of Hornsey." A silver gilt alms dish with the date mark 'for 1872, and a maker's mark T C E C. ; inscribed: "What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits ? " On the back are inscriptions referring to the Lake family, the donors. In the year 1872. A silver gilt spoon with the date mark for 1773, and a maker's mark A B L D ; inscribed : " Highgate Chappell January ist 1774." . The flagon of this church is a tankard with a spout. The cups belong to type 2 with baluster stems. William Thatcher also gave plate to Hornsey Church. The makers' marks, W M. S L. and A B. L D. will be found in Old English Plate, Appendix A, under dates 1668, 17 10, and 1778 (part 2), where the two last are given as the marks of Gabriel Sleath and Abraham Barrier and Louis Ducommier. P G. and \V JM. will be found at S, Anne and S. Agnes in the City, and S L. in many churches. This parish was created by an Order in Council passed on August ist, 1832, under the Act 59 Geo. Ill, c. 134. The church was built by Vulliamy. HORNSEY. S. MARY. Flagons h'- of each lo^ in. dia'- base 6| in. 07. dwt. w'- of each 40 1 1 Cups h'- 9 in. .,• , f bowl ) „ • ^'^ 1 foot } 5 in- OZ. dwt. W^' 2 2 2 h'- 7i in. ,. , ( bowl 4 in. ( foot 3^ in. oz. dwt. w'- II 17 Patens dia'- 7f & 8 in. OZ- dwt. oz. dwt. w'iii7&ii 8 Dish.. Two silver flagons with the date mark for 1624, and a maker's mark a mullet, a shell, and six pellets in a plain shield ; inscribed : " The gift of the Lady Musters to the church of Harnesey." A silver cup with the date mark for 1634, and a maker's mark R S with a heart below in a shaped shield. A silver cup with the date mark for 1806, and a maker's mark C. F. in a rectangular stamp. Two silver patens on feet ; one has the date mark for 1700 and a maker's mark, ? Le, and is inscribed : " The gift of William Thatcher to y^ church of Hornsey." A modern brass alms dish. The flagons of this church are tankards ofthe usual type. The first cup belongs to type 2 ; the second has an egg-shaped bowl with a trumpet stem. William Thatcher also gave plate to Highgate Church, which was then a chapelry of Hornsey. The maker's marks R S, the mullet and shell and Le, will be found in Appendix A of Old English Plate under dates 16 19, 1637, and 1715 respectively. Le, is there given as the mark of Petley Ley. RS, will be found on plate in many City churches, and the mullet and shell mark at S. Mary-at-Hill and Islington. The ancient and the modern church stand side by side in the churchyard ; the latter was built by James Brooks, and consecrated in November, 1889. BEADLES STAVES. Plate V. S 5 ifi ._ ^^ §^^- = ll O O .c '-^j co" S ISLINGTON S. MARY. Flagons h'- of each 1 1 in. dia'- of lip of each 4^ in. 02. dwt. oz. dwt. w*- 52 I & 52 7 Cups h'- of each 9 in. dia'ofeachf^°f 4iin. (^ foot 4 in. Patens dia'- 7f in. Dishes dia'- of the silver dishes 9 in. 02. dwt. dwt. & 10 17 Staff oz. dwt. w'- 39 9 BE Two silver flagons with the date mark for 1637, and a maker's mark, a scallop shell and mullet with annulets and pellets In a plain shield ; inscribed : " S. Mary Islington." Four silver cups with the date mark for 1843, and a maker's mark B S in a shaped stamp ; the weights of these cups are : 11 oz. 13 dwt., iioz. 15 dwt., iioz. 18 dwt., and 12 oz. Two silver patens on feet; one has the date mark for 1636, and a maker's mark R W with a mullet above and below In a lozenge stamp, and is inscribed with the arms of Sir Thomas Fowler, K'- and Bart. ; the other has a date mark belonging to the same series as the last, and an illegible maker's mark, and is inscribed with the arms of Thomas Coventry, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal. Two silver and two metal dishes ; the former have date mark for 1783, and a maker's mark E F with a pellet between the letters in a rectangular stamp ; inscribed : " The gift of Mrs. R. Marshall to the parish church of S. Mary Islington 1783." The metal dishes are plain, and inscribed : " S. Mary Islington 1843." A beadle's staff with a silver head. The head is a fluted orb with a silver-gilt statuette of the Virgin holding our Saviour ; date mark for 1807; maker's mark T G, I G, I C in a rectangular stamp ; inscribed : " S. Mary Islington ; R'"''- George Strahan, D.D., Vicar, Edward Flower, James Cross, Steventon Pepys, churchwardens, Robert Oldershaw, vestry clerk, 1808." The flagons of this church are tankards of the usual type. The cups are similar to those at S. Alphage illustrated in City Church Plate, p. 8. The fine staff, one of the best in London, is illustrated on Plate 10. The maker's mark— the scallop and mullet— 4ill be found in Appendix A of Old English Plate under date 1637 and in many churches. RW will be found at S. Augustine by S. Paul's. Further information as to the donors of this plate will be found in the index of bene factors I am indebted to Mr. W. H. St. John Hope for identifying the arms on the patens. This is one of the ancient parishes, and the church, built by Dowbiggin between 1751 and 1754, cost £y,Z4o. The items of the cost will be found in the Introduction. S. LUKE. OLD STREET. Flagons h'- of each iij in. dia'- 4 in. & 4^ in. 07- dwt. oz. dwt. w'- 59 II & 59 I Cups and Covers ... h'- of each 10 in. dia' ,. f bowl 4^ in. [ foot 4 m. 07. dwt. grs. 07. dwt. grs. w'15 15 12&15 6 12 Covers. dia'- of each 5 in. 07- dwt. grs. oz. dwt. grs. w'- 5 13 12 & 5 II 12 i Dishes dia'- of each 10 J in. oz- dwt. grs. OT. dwt. w' 1 9 O I 2 & 1 9 2 Staves Two silver flagons with the date mark for 1733, and a maker's mark I S with a cinquefoll below in a lobed stamp ; Inscribed with the weights and: "S Luke Middlesex 1733." Two silver cups and paten covers with the same marks and in scriptions as the flagons, and inscribed with the weights. Two silver plates with the same marks and inscriptions as the flagons and cups, and inscribed with the weights. Four staves with metal heads ; the heads are statuettes of S. Luke with the ox by his side The flagons of this church are tankards of the usual type with splayed feet. The cups belong to type 8 ; the bowls are large and bell-shaped, and the stems similar to those of the cups at S. Clement, Eastcheap. One of the staves will be found illustrated on Plate 8. This church was built in 1733 by James under the Act 9 Anne passed for building fifty new churches. The parish was taken from S. Giles, Cripplegate. PLATE AT S. PANCRAS. S. PANCRAS. NEV^ CHURCH. Flagons h'- i8 in. dia'- of base sf in. 02- dwt. oz. dwt. w'- 115 8 & 112 18 Cups h'- of each 9^ in. dia'- of each < , , 5^ [ foot 5 in. 02. dwt. 02. dwr. W- 35 3 & 35 9 Patens dia'' of each 8J in. 02. dwt. 02. dwt. w'- 17 3 17 4 & 21 10 Dishes dia'- of one 24 in. dia'- of two i4§ in. 02. oz. oz. w'- 194 61 & 5b Spoons and Knife Staves Wand Two silver gilt flagons with the date mark for 1822, and a maker's mark P S in a rectangular stamp. Two silver gilt thistle-shaped cups of type 7, with the same date and makers' marks as the flagons. Three silver gilt patens with the same date and makers' marks as th and flaofons. e cups Three silver gilt dishes with the same date and makers' marks as the cups, flagons, and patens. Two silver gilt spoons and a knife with a silver gilt handle ; the spoons have the same marks as the rest of the plate ; one has a perforated bowl and the other is plain. Two beadle's staves with metal heads ; the heads are brass statuettes of S. Pancras made In 1774 and 18 12. A silver verger's wand with a cross at the top made In 1822. This very beautiful set of plate was presented to the church by the Duke of York in 1822. It is illustrated on the plate opposite. The flagons are of an unusual shape and very fine. The cups are thistle-shaped and rather clumsy ; two others like them were melted down in 1853 by Hunt and Roskell, and converted into four smaller cups of t3'pe 8. These small cups are 8| inches high, 4^ inches in diameter at the lip, and 4f inches in diameter at the base. Two weigh 14 oz. 10 dwt. and two weigh 15 oz. The dishes and patens are decorated with a beautiful classical design, in which the pretty conventional honey. suckle plays a conspicuous part. One of the staves is illustrated on Plate 8 and the " sacerdotal " mace on Plate 7. This church, now the parish church of S. Pancras, was built in 1819-1822 by William Inwood S. PANCRAS. OLD CHURCH. F'lagon h'- i2| in. dia '• 61 m. OZ. dwt. w'- 51 3 Cup AND Cover h'- 7f in. dia f t bowl 4J in. [ foot 4f in. oz. dwt. w^- 12 19! Cover. dwt. Patens . dia'- 7f in. oz. dwt. w'- 14 16 dia'- 8| in. 07- dwt. w*- 14 7 Dishes ... dia'- 11 -J- in. dia'- of each 5f in. OZ- dwt. w'- of each 4 2 Spoon I'"- 6 in. dwt. w'- 19 RD A silver flagon with the date mark for 1631, and the maker's mark F W in monogram in a shaped stamp ; inscribed, with a coat of arms and " S Pancras, Isabell Nicolls her guyft for the only use in the Administration of the Sacrament A° Dom' 1632 '' A silver cup and paten cover. The cup has the date mark for 1563 and a maker's mark which is not distinguishable; the bowl is inscribed: " S. Pancras in feyldes " and the foot: " William OUerenshaw " The cover has the date mark for 1729, and a maker's mark ? T I with a pellet between and a rose below in a plain shield ; inscribed : " S Pancras in the Fields " A silver paten on a foot with the date mark for 1632, and a maker's mark P B with a crescent above and below in a lozenge stamp ; inscribed : " The gift of Rose Knightly to S Pancras alias of Kentish Towne to the Sacrament for ever" A silver paten with a foot with the date mark for 1717, and a maker's mark ? B O ; inscribed : " The gift of John Shoppens Esq'^ of y'= parish of S Pancras a.d. 1728" A brass alms-dish. Two silver saucers with a small circular projecting flap or handle. One has the date mark for 1674, and a maker's mark R. D. with a mullet or ? a comet below in a plain shield ; the other has the date mark for 1823 and no maker's mark. A silver spoon with a circular bowl perforated and a pied de biche handle, with a maker's mark I C with a cinquefoll and two pellets below in a plain shield ; date about 1688. S. PANCRAS. OLD CHURCH. Small Set h'-6| in. dia'- ^ [ bowl 3 in. [foot 3iV m Cover. 02. dwt. w'- 3 17 Miscellaneous A silver cup and paten cover with the date mark for 1716, and a maker's mark which is not distinguishable. The cup is in scribed : " A.D. 1727. This with the cover given by a well disposed person to the present minister of S Pancras Middle sex and his successors for private Communions in this parish " A glass flagon with silver foot and silver stopper, and a water cruet of glass with silver stopper. A modern processional cross of brass. The flagon of this church is a tankard of the usual type. The cup belongs to type i, and has the usual ornament on two bands round the bowL The small cup for private use is similar to those at S. Clement, Eastcheap, but without the ring on the bowl (see City Church Plate, p. 33). The small alms basons, if alms basons they be, are very quaint. The makers' marks, F W and I C, will be found in Appendix A of Old English Plate under dates 16 11 and 1688. F W will also be found on plate at S. Botolph, Aldgate. This small church, now much restored, was the parish church of S. Pancras till 1822, when the new S. Pancras was built in the Euston Road, and became the parish church. STOKE NEWINGTON S. MARY. Flagon h' ni in. dia'- 7 in. 02- w'- 50 Cups h'- 0 dia'- of each < r ,. , f- h'- of each 8J in. ( foot 4^in oz. dwt. oz. w'- 16 5 & 17 Patens dia'- sf in. & 6f in. oz- dwt. oz. dwt. w' 7 8 & 7 4 Dishes ., dia'- 13 in. oz. dwt. w'- 33 II dia'- 12 in. Spoon oz. dwt- w' I 2 A silver parcel-gilt flagon with the date mark for 1638, and a maker's mark ? W S as below ; inscribed : " Ex dono Gulielmi Stevens 1639 belonging to Stoke Newington " Two silver-gilt cups ; one has the date mark for 1634, and a maker's mark W S with a bow and arrow In a circular stamp ; in scribed : " Ex dono Gullelmus Stevens to the parish Stoake Newlngton 23 Male 1634" ; the other has the date mark for 1656 and an illegible maker's mark; inscribed : " Bought for y^ parish of Stoake Newington June y° 2nd 1657 J. Wyn churchwarden " Two silver-gilt patens ; one has the same marks as the first cup ; the other has the date mark for 1657. A silver parcel-gilt alms-dish with the date mark for 1710, and a maker's mark G. A. in a shaped shield ; inscribed with the weight and "The gift of the Rev'^ John Milllngton DD to the parish of Stoke Newlngton at Easter 1711." Two metal alms-dishes ; inscribed : " Thomas Hill, Jn° Scott, churchwardens of Stoake Newington 1713." A silver spoon; inscribed: " S. Mary Stoke Newington D. D. Blomfield. Jackson, MA 1882." The flagon of this church is a tankard of the usual type. The cups are very pretty and similar in shape to those of type s without the flange or hilt. The marks W S and G A will be found in Appendix A of Old Efiglish Plate under dates 1629 and 1709. The latter is given as the mark of Francis Garthorne. The former is the mark of Walter Shute (see City Church Plate, p. xxiii.). These marks will be found at All Hallows, Barking, and S. Swithin, London Stone, respectively. This parish has two churches, the old and the new, standing side by side. The former is the mediaeval church ; the latter was built by Sir G. Gilbert Scott, in 1858. BEADLES STAVES, Plate VI. H WEST LONDON. BLOOMSBURY. CHELSEA. COVENT GARDEN. FULHAM. S. GEORGE, HANOVER SQUARE. S. GILES IN THE FIELDS. HAMMERSMITH, HOLBORN. KENSINGTON. S. MARTIN IN THE FIELDS. MARYLEBONE. PADDINGTON. SOHO. STRAND, S. MARY- rS. JAMES, PICCADILLY. WESTMINSTER 16 13 17 4 & 1 7 3 Covers. OZ- dwt. 02. dwt. w' 6 4 & 6 I OZ- dwt. w' 14 12 w" 33 P.\ten dia'- 9 in. Dish dia'- 13-^- in. Spoon OZ- dwl. w' 2 I Small Set Chalice and Paten. OZ. dwt. w'- 3 7 Staves Wand LCJ BLOOMSBURY. S. GEORGE. Two silver gilt flagons with the date mark for 1730 and a maker's mark G S with some object below in a shaped stamp, inscribed with the weight and a coat of arms and " The gift of the Most Noble Wriothesley, Duke of Bedford to the church of S. George Bloomsbury Ano : 1731." Two silver gilt cups and paten covers inscribed with the weights and the marks, coat of arms, and inscription, as on the flagons. Two silver gilt cups without covers with the date mark for 1844 and a maker's mark R G H In a rectangular stamp, inscribed with the weights and " The gift of Richard Smith Appleyard to the parish church of S George Bloomsbury Anno Domini 1844." A silver gilt paten without a foot with the same marks and in scriptions as the two flagons and inscribed with the weight. A silver gilt dish with the same marks and inscriptions as on the two flagons and inscribed with the weight. A silver gilt spoon with the date mark for 1774 and a maker's mark I C in a rectangular stamp. A small set for private use, consisting of a silver chalice and paten and a glass bottle Inscribed : " S' George Bloomsbury, R''^''^ John Lonsdale, WiUiam Hill, Thos: Brown, churchwardens 1830." Two beadle's staves wlth^sllver tops. The tops are models of the church spire; one has the date mark for 1774 and the same maker's mark as the spoon; inscribed: "This staff was pre sented to the parish of S George Bloomsbury 25 May 1775. John Page, William Ward, churchwardens. G. Bustin, P*" Vincent, sidesmen." The other has the date mark for 1779 and a maker's mark L. P In a rectangular stamp ; Inscribed : " S George Bloomsbury, Thos : Adcock Grindall, Nicholas Cade, churchwardens. John Wright, Jonathan Raine, sidesmen." A verger's wand with an ebony stick and metal statuette of S. George, Inscribed with the names of the churchwardens as on the second staff. The flagons of this church are round-bellied and similar in form to, but less graceful than, those at S. Nicholas Cole Abbey, illustrated on p. 84 of City Church Plate. The bowls of the cups belong to type 8 and the stems to type i. They are very good specimens of simple and dignified cups. The spoon is of the tablespoon size, with half the bowl perforated. The staves will be found illustrated on Plate 5. G S, the mark of Gabriel Sleath, and I C of John Carter (?), will be found in Appendix A of Old English Plate, under dates 1730 and 1770. This church was built by Hawksmoor under the Act of Queen Anne passed for building fifty new churches. The parish was taken by Act of Parliament in 1730 from S. Giles in the Fields. V CHELSEA. S. LUKE. Flagons h'' of each 9^ in. dia'- of base. 7 in. 02. dwt. oz- w'- S3 2 & 52 Cups h'- of each 7| in. dia'ofeachC^°^^^3|in. (foot 3|-in. oz. w'- about 1 2 each. Patens oz. dwt dia'- 5^ in. w'- 5 5 dia'- 12 in. 02. dwt. w'- 25 5 dia'- 8i in. Dishes Spoon Strainer... 3 Plate of the New Church. Two silver gilt flagons with the date mark for 1680 and a maker's mark IB with three pellets above, a pellet between the letters, and a crescent and two pellets below in a plain shield ; in scribed : "Anna Morgan, Aprill 3, Anno Domini i68t." Two silver gilt cups with the date mark for 1778 and a maker's mark WE or WL in a shaped shield. A silver gilt paten cover with the date mark for 1624 ; the maker's mark is not distinguishable. A silver gilt paten on a foot with the date mark for 1676 and a maker's mark FS in a plain shield, inscribed with a coat of arms and " Dedicated to y= use of the Communion Table in Chelsey church In memory of M'" Elizabeth Bateman who dyed In y' parish the 2"'' of August 1675, Etat sue -17." A silver gilt paten on a foot with the date mark for 1893 ^""^ ^ maker's mark AS in a rectangular stamp. Four electro-plate and four pewter dishes made in this century ; two pewter dishes, inscribed: " S. Luke Chelsea 1764"; and a pewter dish with an engraving of S. Luke seated in a chair, writing, with the ox by his side, inscribed : " Ex dono Roberti Nicholson, Rob' Gale, John Gill, churchwardens 1726." Also a large brass alms dish. A silver gilt spoon with the date mark for 1698 and no maker's mark ; inscribed: "The gift of the Rev"^' Charles Sturges 1797." A funnel wine strainer made in 1837 and inscribed: "S Luke Chelsea 1837, Francis Chalmer, Benj" Davis, churchwardens." CHELSEA. S. LUKE. Staves 70 & 64 Set of Plate.. Flagons. h'- 10 in. dia'- ofbase 5 in. Cups. h'- 8 in, bowl 4 in. foot Patens. dia'- 9 in Staff dia'- 4i in- j:) Two beadle's staves with silver parcel gilt heads ; the heads are statuettes of S. Luke holding a pen in his hand and standing on an orb. One has the date mark for 1797 and a maker's mark IT in a rectangular stamp; the other has the date mark for 1829 and a maker's mark CF In a rectangular stamp. Plate of the Old Church. A set of plate consisting of two flagons, two cups, two patens on feet and two alms plates, all made of electro-plate in the com mencement of this century, and given to this church to replace the old plate which was transferred to the new church. A beadle's staff in all respects similar and the companion to the older staff at the new church. The flagons of the new church are tankards of the usual type, and those at the old church are spouted and decorated in the usual early nineteenth century style. The cups at both churches belong to type 8. The makers' marks, IB and FS, will be found in Appendix .\ of Old English Plate, under dates 1680 and 1676. One of the staves will be found illustrated on Plate 10. The new church was built by James Savage in 1820, and then became the parish church in place ofthe old church, which is still one ofthe most picturesque buildings in London. The parish is ancient. F 2 COVENT GARDEN S. PAUL. Flagons h'- of each i2-| in, dia'- of each 8^ in, oz. dwt. oz. dwt- w'- 84 10 & 85 13 h'- of each 1 if in. dia'- of each 7 J in. oz. oz- w'- 59 & 54 Cups h'- of each 9I in. dia'- of each ( ^"^'^ Sfin- I foot 4|in. oz. dwt. oz. dwt. w' 34 6 & 34 3 h'- of each 7^ in. dia'ofeach|^°^l4^§!"' I loot 4|in oz. dwt. 02. dwt. -W' 14 16 & 14 18 Patens dia'- of each io| in. 02. dwt. oz. dwt- w' 18 II & 18 4 dia'- of each 8f in. OZ. dwt. oz. w'- 10 14 & ir Dish dia'- i8g in. OZ. dwt. w'- 54 rs Two silver gilt flagons ; both have a maker's mark I C with a mullet below In a heart-shaped shield ; one has the date mark for 1669 and the other for 1670; both are inscribed with the name of the church, the date of their manufacture, and with the weights. Two silver gilt flagons smaller than the above ; one has the same maker's mark, IC, but no date mark or inscription ; the second has the date mark for 1661 and a maker's mark RN with a mullet above and below in a plain shield, and is in scribed : " The gift of M'^ Elizabeth Anderson to the Parish of S Paul Coven Garden Church Anno 1661." Both are inscribed with the weights. Two silver gilt cups, with the date mark for 1655 and a maker's mark FW in a circular stamp ; inscribed with the weights and " The gift of M" Elizabeth Anderson to the parish of Covent Garden Anno 1656." Two silver gilt cups ; one has the date mark for 1784 and a maker's mark RE E B in a quatrefoll stamp ; the other has the date mark for 1789 and a maker's mark H.B. in a shaped stamp. Both are inscribed with the weights. Two silver gilt patens on feet with the date mark for 1668 and a maker's mark MA, crowned, in shaped outline ; inscribed with the weights and " 1668 " on the feet. Two silver gilt patens on feet with the date mark for 1655 and the same maker's mark as the first two cups, and inscribed with the weights. A silver gilt dish with the date mark for 1668 and a maker's mark I C as on the flagons ; Inscribed with the weight and " S* P.C. 1668 " and a scallop shell. COVENT GARDEN. S. PAUL. 0/ Spoon Staves oz. dwL. oz. dwt. w'- 34 i8 & 36 3 A silver gilt spoon with the date mark for 1722 and a maker's mark R.E., crowned, with a fleur de lys below in a shaped shield ; inscribed : " S. Pauls Covent Garden 1722" Two beadle's staves with silver heads. The heads are statuettes of S. Paul on chased orbs ; one has the date mark for 1 764 and a maker's mark WG in a shaped stamp, the other has the date mark for 1765 and the same maker's mark; both are inscribed with the weights and " Purchased by the parishioners of S Paul Covent Garden Anno 1765." The chased orbs bear the Bedford family arms. The flagons of this church are tankards of the usual type. The cups all belong to type 6. The dish is probably a christening bason. The staves will be found illustrated on Plate 2. The makers' marks, IC, RN, FW, HB, RE, and WG, will be found in Appendix A of Old Efiglish Plate, under dates 1668, 1661, 1655, 1782, 1709, and 1764 respectively. HB is there given as the mark of Hester Bateman, Re of John Read, and WG of William Grundy. Re and WG will be found on plate at All Hallows the Great and AU Hallows, Lombard Street, respectively. The original church, built by InigQ Jones, was injured by fire, and rebuilt in 1798. The parish was created as an independent parish in 1645 hy an ordinance ofthe Parliament, subsequently confirmed by Charles II. FULHAM. ALL SAINTS. Flagons h'- of each 14 in. dia'- of each 9-I in. 02. dwt. oz. dwt. w'- 105 5 & 104 10 Cups and Covers ... h' 15 in. dia'- j ^°":^ 4i in. 1 foot 5 1 in. 02. dwt- w'- 28 15 Cover. oz. dwt. h'- 7|- in. w'- 6 5 h'- of each gi in. dia'ofeach]^°":l4i!n- 1 foot 3^in. 02- dwt. oz. dwt. W' II 16 & II 12 Covers h'- of each 61 in. oz. dwt. oz. dwt. w' 6 15 & 6 3 Patens .. dia'- 10 in. 02 dwt. w'- 25 3 dia'- of each 7| in. 02. dwt. 02. dwt. w'- 9 II & 9 4 Dishes ... 02. dwt. dia'- 9f in. w'- 12 6 dia'- 15 in. © re Two silver flagons with no date mark and a maker's mark G.D., with a cinquefoll below In a heart-shaped shield ; inscribed with the weights and "The gift of Katharine Hues gentlewoman and made in the year 1663 Henry Marsh being churchwarden." A silver gilt cup and cover with the Nuremberg mark N in a circular stamp and a maker's mark TW in monogram in an oval stamp ; inscribed : " The gulft of Benjamin AUben Esq'^ to the parish church of Fullam, John Webb churchwarden 1689." Two silver gilt cups and covers; one has the date mark for 1615 and a maker's mark AB in linked letters in a shaped shield ; the other has no marks. A silver paten, inscribed : " The gulfte of Mistress Anne Winter to y'^ church of Fulham 24 June 1684." Two silver patens ; both have the date mark for 1683 ; the maker's marks are not distinguishable ; one is inscribed : " The gulft of Henry Lord BIshopp of London to the parish church of Fulham 1684." The other has a maker's mark Ma (?) and is inscribed : " Belonging to the parish church of Fulham 1684". A silver dish with the date mark for 1770 and a maker's mark SC over I C with a mullet between the letters in a square stamp. A modern brass alms dish, inscribed: "All Saints Church 1878. J. S. Hodgklns, W. H. Weaver, churchwardens." 1663 i6i5 Allben's Cup. 161 5 PLATE AT FULHAM. 1663 FULHAM. ALL SAINTS. 39 Spoon I'"- 7i in. oz. dwt. w'- I IO Strainer 02. dwt. w' 6 19 Staff A silver "apostle" spoon with two marks; (i) two hatchets or flags in saltire under "S" and over the figure "13" in a trefoil stamp, the seventeenth century mark of Schemnitz in Hungary; (2) capital letter D; inscribed: "By thy cross and passion good Lord deliver me in Memorlam H. M. B." A silver funnel wine strainer, inscribed : " All Saints Church Fulham Easter 1861." A beadle's staff with a silver head ; the head is a statuette of a man — ? a sailor — on a pear-shaped knob ; inscribed : " The gift of M'' Barry Si cker, M' Thomas and M"" Limpany for a beadle"" staf on Fulham side for ever." A modern processional cross. This is an extremely fine and very interesting collection of church plate. The flagons are tankards ofthe usual type. The large cup — a magnificent piece of plate — will be found illustrated in the plate opposite. The two smaller cups are magnified editions ofthe pretty "grace" cups, of which there is but a single specimen in the City churches, at S. Giles' Cripplegate {City Church Plate, Plate I.). The spoon has a circular bowl and an apostle head; the beadle's staft" will be found illustrated in the group. The makers' marks, AB, GD, and SC IC, will be found in Appendix A of Old English Plate, under dates 1602, 1637, and 1764 respectively. The last is given as the mark of Septimus and James Creswell. AB will be found on plate at S. Vedast, and GD on plate in various City churches, S. Augustine among the number. The marks on the Nuremberg cup will be found in Rosenberg's Der Goldschmeide Merkzeichen, p. 285. TW is given there as the mark of Tobias Wolff", entered in 1604. The mark on the Hungarian spoon will be found at p. 475 of the same book. Schemnitz, otherwise Selmecz Banya, is a celebrated mining town in Hungary, about fifty miles north of Gran. There was, I believe, a foreign colony at Fulham in the seventeenth century, and it is possible that this foreign plate was obtained from the foreigners. This ancient parish has a pretty mediaeval church. S. GEORGE, HANOVER SQUARE. Set of Plate Flagons. h' of each i6J in. dia'- of each 7^ in. oz. dwt. w*- of each 87 13 Cups. h'- of each 9 in. dia'- of each \ ^ .. ?• ' I foot 4fin. 02. w'- of each 36 Patens. dia'- of two 8^ in. oz. W'- of two 2 5 Dishes. dia' 20j in. & 12^^ in. oz. dwt- oz. dwt- w'- 181 10 & 532 Flagon h'- 1 1^ in. dia' 45- in. oz. W' 2 2 Cups h'- of each 7-} in. dia'- of each < .- .. f- ' ( toot 4^m. oz- dwt. w'- of each 15 10 Paten dia'- si in. Spoon 1'"- 7I- in. Staves oz. dwt. w'- 3 13 OZ. dwt. w'- 3 6 This set of plate consists of two silver gilt flagon-tankards of the usual type with spouts and lids, two silver gilt cups, two silver gilt patens without feet, and two silver gilt alms dishes with the date mark for 1803 and a maker's mark BL with three ostrich feathers above in a lobed rectangular stamp; Inscribed: "S George Hanover Square, 1804, R""^ Robert Hodgson, Rector, A.M., Benjamin Keene Esq'", The Right Honourable Lord Viscount Chetwynd, churchwardens, M' Henry McLaughlin, Mr. John Pool, sidesmen." A modern silver gilt pear-shaped flagon. Two silver gilt cups with the date mark for 187 1 and a maker's mark RH ; inscribed : " Presented to the Parish Church of S George Hanover Square by George Pickett after serving the office of sidesman during a period of six years and churchwarden two years, 1872." A small modern silver gilt paten without inscription. A fine silver gilt seal-head spoon with the date mark for 1844. Two silver gilt staves with the date mark for 1803, inscribed : "S George Hanover Square 1804." The heads are silver orbs with statuettes of S. George on horseback spearing the dragon. This set of plate, made in 1804, should be taken with the set at S. Pancras, as illustrating the style of the early nineteenth century. The latter set, however, is by far the finer of the two. In the former the decorative aJ'J>li?ue work has been fixed on to the alms dishes and patens clumsily by means of screws. The cups belong to type 8. One of the beadle's staves will be found illustrated on Plate 10. This chuich was built in 1725 by John James under the Act of Queen Anne for building fifty new churches. The present parish, one of the largest in London, was a part of the old parish of Westminster. BEADLES STAVES. Plate VII. ^ o C/2 CO o ffi 5 -^ S S. GILES IN THE FIELDS. Flagons h' 12 in. dia'- ofbase yh in. oz. w'- 42 h'- llf in. Cups h'- gi in. ,. fbowl 4| in. ^^^ Ifoot 4iin. oz. w'- of each 18 h'- 7i in. ,• , (bowl 4 in. dia'- ]r .. — tn lAtn PADDINGTON. S. MARY. S. JAMES. Plate belonging to S. Mary. A modern metal flagon. A silver cup with the date mark for 1887 and a maker's mark W.J.B. in a heart stamp ; inscribed : " To the glory of God and in loving memory of Mary Anne Cooper." This cup belongs to type 9. Two small metal cups and one large metal cup similar to those at S. Alphage, London Wall, made in this century and belonging to type 8. Two metal patens belonging to the metal cups. A modern brass alms dish. A beadle's staff with a silver head ; the head is a statuette in silver of S. Mary on an orb ; Inscribed : " To S. Mary Paddington. The gift of Mr. Martin John Geayes 1774." Plate belonging to S. James. The plate belonging to this church consists of a silver flagon, 1 2 inches hlo-h 6 inches in diameter at the base, weighing 42 oz., and inscribed with the name of the church and the date, 1843 ; four silver cups, helo-ht 9^ Inches ; diameter of bowl and foot 4 Inches ; weight 49 oz. I dwt., inscribed with the name of the church, and on two the date, 1843, and on two 1859; two small silver patens, 8 Inches in diameter, inscribed with the name of the church and the date 1843 ; a metal paten 9^ inches in diameter, inscribed with the name of the church and the date, 1859 ; a brass alms dish ; a silver spoon, weight 17 dwt. A beadle's staff" with a silver head ; the head is a statuette in silver of S. James on an orb ; inscribed : " S. James Paddington 1845." Flagon . . . h'- 11 in. dia'- of lip 3-_ J in. Cups h'- 6i in. ,. , ( bowl d'^'- i foot 4 in 6 in Of two. h'- 6^ in. ,. , "fbowl d^^ Ifoot 3 in. 24 n Of one. 9-1 in. 4 in. 33 in- Patens . . . dia'- 8 in. . Dishes .. dia'- 15 in. Staff . Set of Plate . . Staff „, . . ,i..^;^„ nf nintp and does not call for remark. The staves are illustrated on plate 10. S. Mary, the „^';irc;':r:„rrrdr/rr„i, =..„* „„ ..„..,.,. o,».. >. is . „.„ ....le «.!„. .»« w«.™,^ the old parisn enure p^traordinary and the pulpit stands on an archway over the chancel gangway. The church :^\:i;:r.r4T w.;ho.rr;t'° .t .»* cU™ -4. s, j.»es, ,.= p„.h c„»* „r P,..„g,„„,is , was Duiit in lyy^^y V / 1 .pj parish of Paddington is ancient. large Gothic buildmg, built in 1881 by G. E. btieer. n i SOHO. S. ANNE. Set of Plate Flagon. oz- dwt. h' 10^ in. w'- 40 10 Cups. h'- of each 7^- in. ,. , , , f bowl 4 in. dia of each < r .. 7t- \ foot 6^in. oz. w'- of each 1 6 Patens. dia'- of each 7I in. 02. dwt. w'- of each 7 5 Alms Dish oz. dwt. dia'- 12 in. w'- 32 2 Small Set Miscellaneous dia'- 6J in. Staves The plate of this church is quite modern, and consists of a fine glass jug with silver gilt mounts ; two silver gilt cups of type 9 with knops decorated with various stones, and plain trumpet stems with circular feet decorated with applique work ; two silver gilt patens without feet; all made in 1872. A plain silver gilt alms dish with the date mark for 1813, and a maker's mark W P in an oval stamp, without inscription. A small set for private use made of silver, inscribed : " S Annes Westminster 1843." A saucer made of metal gilt, quite modern and intended apparently for the ablutions of the celebrant Two silver candlesticks with fluted columns and square feet, about eight inches high, with the date mark for 1679, and a maker's mark TA with three pellets above and three below in a circular stamp ; inscribed : " The gifft of Alvia De Veux to y'= parish of S Ann' Westminster 1722." Two beadles' staves with silver heads ; the ¦ heads are orbs with diminutive classical urns on the top, with the date mark for 1783; inscribed: "S Anne Westminster, J"" Allison, Geo: T": Soward, Church Wardens, 1783." The candlesticks are the only pieces of plate in this collection which are of any interest. The saucer is the only thinc^ of its kind I have yet come across; it is misdescribed in the official list as a paten. The mark on the candlestick is the same as that given in Appendix A of Old English Plate under date 1694, as probably the mark of Thomas Allen. This church was consecrated on the 21st March i68s, and is said to have been built by Wren. The spire and tower were rebuilt by Cockerell in 1802. The parish was taken from Westminster in 1678 by Act of Parhament. STRAND, S. MARY. Flagons h'- of each 8J in. dia'- of each 4^ in. oz. dwt. 02. dwt. w'- 42 15 & 42 18 h'- of each 9 in. dia'- of each 4J in. dwt. 44 & 45 4 Two silver gilt flagons, with the date mark for 171 1 and a maker's mark L.E., with two cinquefolls and seven pellets in a circular stamp ; inscribed with the weights, and on the lid : " This through providence given to S Bennet Doctors Commons for what reason God knoweth best by me Elinor James 171 1 " and on the barrel: "To the Immortall and Invisiable God, let all praise and glory be given to him that lives in all things and yet not anything can comprehend him except his divine Majestie reveals himself by Inspiration. O that I might obtalne favour in thy sight to accept my offerings and to sanctlfie them that they may be instruementall to thy glory. Sanctlfie this vessel and let thy blessing come upon them that make use of it and pardon the sins of thy people and be reconclld to them that they may receive y'= blessing of thy blessed Sacra ment, bless all thy people I beseech thee but more especially this congregation that through thy providence has thought fit to bestow this gift upon them ; for it was not I that gave it for I had wholly resigned up to the Almightys pleasure being the church was not built where I should be buried which I thought to give it to, so I did not know where to bestow it, so I verily think it was Gods will to have It here though I was much blamed for it and has been promised great things if I would remove it, but I would not do anything to get a kingdom or loose a kingdom against Gods will. O that they may bring it forth the fruits of righteousness and live to all Eternity, the Lord grant it. Amen. Elinor James." Two silver gilt flagons, with the date mark for 1670 and a maker's mark E.C, inscribed with the weights and "The gift of Edward Barker to the parish church of the Savo)'." 56 STRAND. S. MARY. Cups h'- 9i in. bowl dia'- -j in. foot s in. 02. dwt. w'- 24 14 h'- of each 8 in. dia'-ofeach|^°^l3|in- I foot 3|in, 02. dwt, 02. dwt. w'- II 10 & II 6 Covers. 02. dwt. 02. dwt. w'- 4 18 & 4 19 h'- 7i in. dia'- I ^°"'' 3f in- \ foot s in. Patens dia'' 7 in. oz. dwt. w'- 7 17 dia'- 9 in. 02. dwt. 17 3 w Dishes dia'- of each 10 in. 02. dwt. 02. dwt. w'- 7 1 1 & 7 1 9 A silver gilt cup, with the date mark for 1711 and a maker's mark RE, crowned in a shaped shield ; inscribed with two weights in two places, and " O Lord I humbly entreet thy divine Majestie to sanctlfie this cup and give thy people sincerity and humility that they may become worthy partakers of thy Holy Sacrament. O that thou would be pleased to sanctlfie their hearts that they may hear thy heavenly voice when Christ shall call. Come ye blessed and inherit y'= Kingdom prepared for you for I was an hungered and ye fed me. I was thirsty and ye gave me drink. I was naked and ye clothed me. Now will I clothe you with my righteousness and you shall be filled with my spirituall dalntis and drink of the fountain of life and you shall live in the glory of my Father for ever and ever world without end. Amen. This is desier of my heart, the Lord grant it. Amen, Amen. I rest your supplicant, Elinor James." Two silver gilt cups and paten covers with the date mark for 1702, and the same maker's mark and Inscription as the second pair of flagons, and Inscribed with the weights. A brass cup of type 9 made In this century. A silver gilt paten on a foot made as a paten cover, with the same date and maker's marks as the cup of 1711, inscribed: "O Lord I beseech Thee accept my offring and sanctifie me that I may be acceptable in thy sight, for Thou only knowest y'= sincerity of my heart, thou hast made it large and bountifull and I humbly intreete thy Divine Majesty to bless my offring and not to suffer the evill spirit to bring a scandall upon it for thy power can subdue evill, the Lord Grant it. Amen. Elinor James 1712." A silver gilt paten on a foot with same date and maker's marks and inscription as on the two cups given by Edward Barker. Two silver gilt dishes with repousse rims, with two marks, (i.) as in the margin, and (ii.) a man-at-arms holding a halberd ; inscribed with the weights, and " This is dedicated to y= God of Charity by which man is in hope to attain eternall salvation. O blessed IS the man that Is endowed with that heavenly gift. I rest Elinor James." I and Cup and Paten, presented by F.leanor James in 1711. 3. Cup for private use; made at .'\ugsburg. XVl II. Century. 4. Knife. .K\'lll. Century. 5. Dishes, presented by Eleanor James. Made at Hamburg ; XVll. Century. PLATE AT 8. MARY-LE-STRAND. STRAND. S. MARY. 57 Dishes dia'- lOg in. oz. dwt. w'- IO s dia'- of each 9 in. oz. 02. dwt. w'- 14 & 14 18 Small Cup h'- 2 in. dia'- 2 5 in. Spoon oz. dwt. w'- 2 8 Knife Cross -Staff A silver gilt dish with the date mark for 1681, and maker's mark S.H. in linked letters in a circular stamp; inscribed " E.I. to E.B. 171 1 " "I.T.E." and with the weight Two silver dishes with fluted sides ; nineteenth century. A small bowl or cup for private use, without foot or stem, with the Augsburg pine cone mark and a maker's mark IW in a rectangular stamp ; inscribed : " S Mary le Strand 29th Sep' 1761." A silver gilt spoon with the date mark for 1732, and a maker's mark IS in a circular stamp ; Inscribed : "S Mary le Strand." A steel knife with a silver handle without marks; inscribed: "S Mary le Strand " A modern processional cross made of brass. A beadle's staff with a silver head. The head is an orb with a sword rising from it ; inscribed : " This staff" was bought by the parish of S Mary le Strand for the use of the beadle 1796, Mr. Charles Savlgnac, Mr. Edward Knight, churchwardens." This is a very fine collection of plate. It will be noticed that this church has two sets, one given by Edward Barker about 1700, the other by Eleanor James in 171 1. In the introduction I have given an account of the plate presented by Eleanor James to S. Bene't Paul's Wharf, which I beheve was either sold or presented to this parish about 1843. Of this, however, I have so far been unable to obtain any satisfactory evidence. The cup and paten and the dishes given by Eleanor James are illustrated in the Plate opposite. The flagons are tankards of the usual type. Barker's cups belong to type 2, and are similar to those at S. Clement, Eastcheap, without the rings on the bowls, illustrated on p. 33 of City Church Plate. Eleanor James's cup is an exact reproduction on a larger scale of William Besley's cup at S. Nicholas, Cole Abbey, illustrated -on p. 84 of City Church Plate. The paten cover to it is a pretty piece. The two dishes with repousse work are very fine. The third dish made in 168 1 is part of Eleanor James's set ; the rim is decorated with chasing of scrolls, floral designs, and birds The little cup made at Augsburg is the only thing of its kind I have seen in London. The knife has a curious blade shaped like a scimitar ; it is, I observe, described in the terrier as a paper knife ! The beadle's staff" will be found illustrated on plate 3 ; notice the grotesque masks carved on the stick. The maker's marks LE, EC, Re, SH, and IS will be found in Appendix A of Old English Plate under dates 1684, 1699, part 2, 1720, 1709, and 1731 lespectively, and are there given as the marks of Timothy Ley, John Eckfourd, of Red Lion Court, Drury Lane, John Read, and Joseph Smith. LE will be found at S Dunstan in the East, Re at All Hallows the Great, and SH at S. Olave, Hart Street. The castle mark on the ¦two dishes will be found in Rosenberg's Der Goldschmeide Merkzeichen at p. 178, No. 781, as the Hamburg mark for the seven teenth century. The other mark is no doubt the maker's private mark. The marks on the small cup, (i) the Augsburg pine cone, (2) LW., are figured on p. 63 ofthe same book. This church was built in 1717 by Gibbs, and cost;£ 16,341 i^. 2d. It is,' in its way, perhaps the most beautiful ofthe small churches in the metropolis. WESTMINSTER. S. JAMES, PICCADILLY. Flagons h'- iSMn. dia'- of base 7 in. 02. w'- 104 02. w'- of each 61 Cups h'- of each lof in. dia'-ofeach/^°«^l5|in. 1 foot 5f m. oz. dwt w'- 32 15 Patens ... dia'- 7i in. 02. dwt. w' II 10 w* 51 Dishes oz. dia'- 231} in. w'- 137 Spoon Knife Small Cups Miscellaneous A large silver gilt flagon with the date mark for 1683 and a maker's mark RL with a fleur de lys below in a scalloped shield. Two small silver gilt flagons with the same marks as the last. Four silver gilt cups with the same marks as the last. Four silver gilt patens on feet with the same marks as the last. A large silver gilt paten on a foot with the same marks as the last. A silver gilt alms dish of the same date as the rest of the set with a representation of the Lord's Supper in high relief. Ten brass alms dishes ; eighteenth century. A silver gilt spoon made about 1700-1 715 with a maker's mark LI and four pellets, and a fleur de lys below in a plain shield. A silver gilt bread knife with the date mark for 1804. Three small silver gilt cups and paten covers ; one cup and cover have the date mark for 1683 and a maker's mark CK as in the margin ; the others have the date mark for 1693 and a maker's mark RC as in the margin, inscribed "S' James Westminster, 26 March 1694." One is Inscribed " Y*^ curates priv : Communion Cup" and the other " Y rectors priv : Communion Cup." A square wooden gilt box, with an open top and a handle at the back, for collecting alms. AI — I o< oul-H fin tnW< tn te O W H -< Oh WESTMINSTER. S. JAMES, PICCADILLY. 59 Staves Six beadles' staves with silver heads. The heads are orbs with a statuette of S. James on the top; date 1750-1800; the maker's mark is apparently JB in a plain shield; inscribed, " S. James Westminster." This very fine collection of plate will be found illustrated on the plate opposite, and the dish on a plate in the Introduction. Compare the stems ofthe cups with those at S. Olave, Hart Street. The cups belong to type 8. All the plate is very beautifully chased and engraven. The private cups are very pretty, and are like those at S. Clement Eastcheap {City Church Plate, p. 33.) Each has a glass bottle for wine. The spoon has a pied de biche handle on a flat stem covered with engraving. The beadles' staves are in very bad condition ; three have lost their tops, and the others look as if they had been to the -wars or used pretty freely on the heads ofthe faithful. One is illustrated on Plate 8. The makers' marks R L, C K, and R C will be found in Appendix A of Old English Plate, under dates 1680, (?) 1679, part 2, and 1684, and R L is there given as the mark of Ralph Leeke. R C will be found on plate at S, Mary le Bow. This church was built in 1685 by Wren. The parish was taken from Westminster. 1 2 WESTMINSTER. S. JOHN THE EVANGELIST. Flagons h'- of each 13^ in. dia'- of base 4I in. o2- dwt. 02. dwt. w'- 62 II & 62 8 Cups and Covers ... h'- of each 10 in. dia'-ofeach|^°^l4|in. I foot 4 m. 02. dwt. 02. dwt. w' 22 I I & 22 6 Covers. 02. dwt. oz. dwt- w'- 8597 h'- 8f in. dia'- of each \ r .. i ' foot Sgin. ll'- 7|- in. ^;^, jbowUiin. foot 4,^ in. Pate.vs ... dia'- ¦]-} in. Dishes dia'- 14I in. oz. dwt. w'- 52 10 dia' 9^ in. f 2. dwt. w'- iS 18 dia'- of each 13I in. 02. dwt. oz. dwt. w' 45 3 & 45 1° dia'- of each 13 in. Two silver gilt flagons with the date mark for 1731 and a maker's mark FY, with a pellet below, in a plain shield ; inscribed with the weight and "The gift of Sir Richard Grosvenor and Sir Thomas Crosse, Baronets, the two first churchwardens of this parish." Two silver gilt cups and paten covers, with the same marks and Inscriptions as the flagons, and inscribed with the weights. Two silver cups with the date mark for 1883, and a maker's mark JG, crowned in a plain stamp. A silver gilt cup with the date mark for 1886, and the same maker's mark. Two silver patens with the same date and maker's marks as the cups of 1883, presented in memory of Lionel Charles Thynne, and a silver gilt paten with the same marks as the cup of 1886. A silver gilt dish with the same marks as on the flagons presented by the executor of Mrs and inscribed with the weight. A small silver gilt dish with the same marks as on the flagons, and inscribed with the weight. Two silver gilt dishes with the date mark for 1784, and a maker's mark HB in a shaped stamp ; inscribed -wdth the weights. Two metal gilt dishes ; nineteenth century. WESTMINSTER. S. JOHN THE EVANGELIST. 6i Small Set h'- 5^ in. I bowl 2 fm. ^'^ Ifoot Paten. dia'- 3 in. Spoon Miscellaneous Staff A cup and paten cover, for private use, with the date mark for 1729, and a maker's mark RZ with a mullet above in a lobed stamp ; inscribed " The gift of Mr. Joseph Harding gent : to y^ ¦ church of S John the Evangelist Westminster." A silver gilt spoon, made about 1725, with a maker's mark PH with an acorn above In a lobed stamp, presented by Paul Hannet A knife with silver gilt handle and steel scimitar blade ; i8th century. Two modern glass cruets. A beadle's staff with a silver head, with the date mark for 1789, and maker's mark HB In a plain stamp, as above. The head is an orb with a medallion and a figure of S. John in relief on each side ; inscribed with the name of the church and "J"° Groves, Rob' Clarke, churchwardens " The older plate is engraven with the arms of the donors. The flagons of this church are round bellied and similar to those at S. Nicholas, Cole Abbey, City Church Plate, p. 84. The old cups and the cup for private use belong to type 8. The modern cups belong to type 9, and the patens belonging to them are flat with six lobes. The modern plate is poor stuff as usual. The spoon is very prettily perforated and engraven ; the knife has a scimitar blade. The beadle's staff will be found illustrated on Plate 7. The maker's marks R Z, H B, and P Hwill be found in Appendix A of Old English Plate, under dates 1738, 1784, and 1725 respectively, and are there given as the marks of Richard Zouch, Hester Bateman, and Paul Hannet respectively. The second mark will be found frequently in different churches. This church, a most extraordinary edifice, was built in 1 721-1738 by Archer, Vanbrugh's pupil. The parish was taken from Westminster. WESTMINSTER. S. MARGARET. Flagons ... h'- I li in. dia'- 7^ in. OZ- oz. dwt. w'- 60 & 60 10 h'- 13?,- in, dia'- 8-J- in. OZ. dwt. oz. dwt. w'- 74 IS & 74 13 h'- r4| in. dia'- si in. OZ. oz. dwt w'- 71 & 73 12 Cups h'- 9I & lo' in. dia'- /bowisf &6iin. foot sf & 5|in. oz. 02. w'- 36 & 41 h'- of each ig| in. 02. w'- of each 3 s Sf in. h'- of each 8 in. dia'- fbowl4f&4|in. [ foot 5 & 4f m. oz. dwt. oz. dwt. w'- 16 14 & 17 7 Covers oz. dwt. oz. dwt. w'- 6 1 1 & 6 6 h'- gl in. dia'- 1^°'"^ sfin- \ foot siin- oz. dwt. w'- 20 6 COVEK. 02. dwt. w'- 8 1 7 i;ij w Two silver gilt flagons with the date mark for 1693, and a maker's mark R L with a fleur de lys below in a plain shield ; inscribed with a coat of arms and " The guift of y' most Noble Sarah, late Duchess Dowager of Somerset to the Parish Church of S. Margaretts Westminster in y" year of our Lord 1694." Two silver gilt flagons with the date mark for 1695, and a maker's mark I I with a pellet between and a fleur de lys below in a lobed stamp ; inscribed : " Synaxi Sacrum. Given to the use of the New Church in Westminster A.D. 1695." Two silver gilt flagons with the date mark for 1583, and a maker's mark, a flag in a shaped shield ; inscribed with a coat of arms and " S. Margarett Westminster, Gilt at y" charge of Rene Mattheue 1673. I will pay my vowes before all people and I will receive the cup of Salvation," and on the foot " John Bradshawe, an William Conham Church-wardens 1584." Two silver gilt cups with the date mark for 1551, and a maker's mark a stag's head in a shaped shield ; inscribed with a coat of arms and " S. Margaret Westminster." Two silver gilt Cups with the date mark for 1624, and a maker's mark R C with a trefoil below in a heart-shaped shield ; inscribed with a coat of arms and " S. Margaret, West minster." Two silver gilt cups and covers with the date mark for 1661, and a maker's mark T D with a fleur de lys in a shaped stamp; inscribed : " Given to the New Church in Westminster in the yeare 1661." A silver gilt cup and cover with the date mark for 1695, and a maker's mark I I as on the second pair of flagons ; inscribed : "Synaxi Sacrum. Given to the use of the New Church in Westminster A.D, 1695." WESTMINSTER. S. MARGARET Cups h'- 6| in. dia'- i^°^^3fin dia'- •! ; ,- ' \ foot 3 oz. dwt. w' IO 15 h*- 4f in. I in. j-„r. I bowl 3 in. ^'^ \foot2|in. Patens dia'- of each 6| in. 02. dwt. oz. dwt. w'll 13 12 10 12 II & 12 8 dia'- of each 6| in. 02. dwt. w'- of each 12 10 dia '¦ of each 6 |in. oz. dwt. w'- of each 11 10 dia '- io|^ in. 02. w'- 18 dia'- 6| in. OZ. dwt. w'- 6 10 Dishes ... dia'- 15 J in. 02. dwt. w'- 43 5 dia'- I sfin. & isf in- OZ. dwt. w*' of each 48 lo dia*"- 23!- in. OZ. dwt. w*- 134 5 HR .D A silver gilt cup with the date mark for 1624, and a maker's mark R C as on the cups of the same date ; inscribed with the name of the church. A very small silver gilt cup with the date mark for 1723 and a maker's mark which is illegible ; inscribed : " The gift of M''* Francis Clanbergh to S. Margaret Westminster." Four silver gilt patens with the date mark for 1699, and a maker's mark Tr with a pellet below in a shaped shield ; inscribed : " Given to the New Church in Westminster A.D, 1700, Synaxi Sacrum." Two silver gilt patens with the date mark for 1693, and a m.aker's mark R L with a fleur de lys below in a plain shield as above ; inscribed with a coat of arms and " The guift of the Most N ob e Sarah late Dutchess Dowager of Somerset to the Parish church of' Margaretts Y^estmlnster in y' year of our Lord 1694." Two silver gilt patens with the date mark for 1624, and a maker's mark R C as on the cups above ; inscribed with a coat of arms and a scroll and " S. Margarett Westminster." A silver gilt paten with the date mark for 1665, and a maker's mark H R with three pellets above and three below in a plain shield inscribed with a scroll and coat of arms. A silver gilt paten without a foot with the date mark for 1586, and a maker's mark D in a plain shield; inscribed with a scroll, cherub, and coat of arms and " S. Margaret Westminster." A silver dish with the date mark for 1722, and a maker's mark BN with a fleur de lys below In a heart-shaped shield ; inscribed : " The gift of Dame Martha Collins and W. Martha Collins 1723-" Two silver gilt dishes with the date mark for 1693, and a maker's mark RL with a fleur de lys below in a plain shield as above ; inscribed as on the other plate given by the Duchess of Somerset in 1694. A very large silver gilt dish with a representation of the Lord's Supper, with the date mark for 1 691, and a maker's mark F G with a pellet below in a lobed shield. 64 Alms Dishes ... Nos. I, 2, and 3, dia'- 17 in. Nos. 4, s, and 6, dia'- 16 in. No. 7. dia'- IS in. WESTMINSTER. S. MARGARET. Spoons ... 1'"- 7f in. 1'"- 6 in. Miscellaneous AL h'- 4I in. (hy bowl 7;} in. foot si in. oz. dwt. w'- 2 I 18 PAVES . . \jc oz. dwt. 02. dwt. WL w'- 38 ID ,5 >: 36 19 37 16 .S -^ 37 19 Seven brass alms dishes, inscribed respectively,— i. "Live well, die never. Die well, Hve ever, 1644." i- " He that giveth to the poor lends unto the Lord W S," and a coat of arms. 2. Repre sentation of Adam and Eve in relief 3. Representation of the Annunciation, also in relief 4. Representation of the Return of the Spies, also in relief. 5. Representation of S. Sebastian, also in relief 6. Heraldic rose in the centre. 7. Quite plain. Nos. 2, 3, 4, and 5 are German. Two silver rat tail spoons with the date mark for 1707, and a maker's mark B U with a cinquefoll and two pellets above and a pellet below in a shaped shield. A silver straining spoon with the date mark for 17 19, and a maker's mark A L in a rectangular stamp. A fluted baptismal bowl made of silver with the date mark for 1792, and a maker's mark HC in an oval stamp; inscribed: "S. Margarets Westminster 1835, R''' H. H. Milman, minister, Robert Bryan, Henry Lucas Churchwardens." Four beadles' staves with silver gilt heads. The heads have the date mark for 1758, and a maker's mark W C in a rectangular stamp ; inscribed with the Westminster coat of arms, the name of the church and the date 1758 and "William Rusted, Sam' Person, Churchwardens." The heads are orbs with a statuette of S. Margaret, The first two pairs of flagons are tankards ofthe usual type. The pair made in 1583 are round-beUied after the style of the S. Nicholas Cole Abbey flagons {City Church Plate, p. 84). They are the oldest parish flagons in London, the next in point of age being the pair at S. Mary Woolnoth, made in 1587 {City Church Plate, p. 7s). The two Edward VI. cups belong to type 4, and are very interesting ; they are not quite the same height, but in other respects are exactly alike. The other Edwardian cups in London will be found at S. Lawrence Jewry, 1548, S. Peter upon Cornhill, 1549, S. Mildred, Bread Street, 1549, S. Michael, Wood Street, 1549, S. Michael, Cornhill, 15S0, S. James, Garlickhythe 2, 1549 and ISS2. The thiee cups of 1624 belong to type 2. The small cup is an interesting piece because it is unusual to find small cups for private use at so early a date. The cups of 1661 are light and poor examples of type 6, and the covers are in a bad condition. The cup of 169s belongs to the late form of type 2, seen in the cup d, at S. Vedast, illustrated on p. 100 of City Church Plate. I have assigned 1723 as the date of the cup given by Mis. Francis Clanbergh, but I am not at all sure that the date is right. The punches are very indistinct, .md the date letter H might be either for 1723 or 1803. The geneial appearance of the cup and the work certainly look as if it belonged to the earlier date. The following note on the punches of 1720-1729 is taken from the date mark index of Old English Plate. "From 172010 1729, the punches are of uncertain shape ; some looked like old damaged punches of before 1697 brought into use again." The cup has a straight-sided bowl with a round base and a little stumpy baluster stem. It was obviously intended for the communion of the sick. The oldest paten is flat, the rest are of the usual type with a depression in the centre. The small spoon is like one at S. Alban, \Vood Street {City Church Plate, p. 9). The alms dish with the representation of the Lord's Supper is not as good as one like it at S. James, Piccadilly; the German brass alms dishes are very curious. One of the beadles' staves will be found illustrated on Plate 11, particulars of this plate and the marks are given in the Appendix to Old English Plate. This is an ancient parish and a medieval church. BEADLES STAVES, Plate IX. Stepney. 1784. S. James, Clerkenwell. X\'lll. Century. S. CLEMENT DANES. Flagons h'- of each 1 1 in. dia'- of each 6}^ in. oz. dwt. w'- of each 46 8 Cup h'- 9 in. dia'- I ^°^^ 5 in- I foot in. oz. dwt. w' 23 3 Patens dia'- 10 in. oz. dwt- oz. dwt. w'- 12 7 & 13 8 Dish dia'- 1 1 }f in 02. dwt. w'- 20 18 Staves Miscellaneous Two silver flagons with the date mark for 1672, and a maker's mark O S, with some object below in a plain shield ; inscribed with the weights and " Given to y= church of S. Clement Danes Middlesex by M^ Robert Blanchard Inhabitant of the same parish, 18 March 1672, John Holland, churchwarden." A silver cup with the date mark for 1652, and a maker's mark R S, with a mullet above and below in a plain shield ; inscribed with the weight and " John Cobden, John Petley, churchwardens, S. Clement Danes." Two silver patens. One has the same marks and inscription as the cup of 1652. The other has the same maker's mark R S and the date mark for 1657, and is inscribed with the weight and a coat of arms and "The gift of Mrs. Ellenor Courthrop widdowe to y' parish of S. Clement Danes." A silver alms dish with the date mark for 1691, and a maker's mark I M in a dotted circle on a circular stamp ; inscribed with a coat of arms and " Israel Sawyer." Four beadles' staves. The silver heads of two are urns with gilt anchors and stars, and two are orbs with similar devices. The former have the date mark for 1789 and a maker's mark H G in a rectangular stamp, and one has an Inscription showing that it was presented to Humphry Brown, the beadle. The two latter were made about 1700. Three silver snuff boxes. One, presented by the gentlemen of the parish on the 28th June 1827, and known as the Hendon box, is circular, about 8 inches in diameter ; the Royal arms and names of numerous parish officers appear upon it ; a false inner lid has also been added for the purpose, apparently, of providing more space for the inscription of names. The other two are oval pocket snuff boxes ; one, the gift of William Jarman in 1680, is inscribed with the device of the parish, an anchor ; the other, rather more elaborately chased, has the same device, and was the gift of Lancelot Burton In 1826. K 66 S. CLEMENT DANES. Miscellaneous A small wooden box about 20 inches long, and 6 inches deep and broad. On the lid is a brass plate engraved with an inscription showing that the box was made in 1660, for " Wrightings that doe belong to the poore of the Parish of S Clement Danes." Two wooden hammers made of box i wood mounted with silver mounts, for the use ofthe chairman at parish meetings ; the faces of both are carved with a representation of the Tudor rose crowned, the anchor, the letters " E. R.", and on one the date 1577, and on the other 1598. I am indebted to the good rector of this parish for allowing me to see this plate. It appears from the official list, a very meagre one, that there are three other cups of the same size and weight as the cup given above, a smaller cup 7 inches high and 4^ inches in diameter, a paten 4i inches in diameter, two flagons 12 inches high and 7i inches in diameter at the base, two alms dishes 8|- inches in diameter, all made of silver, and two spoons. This other plate is in the custody of the churchwardens who have lost the key of the plate chest or, in the alternative, have a conscientious objection to allowing it to be seen. The flagons are tankards of the usual shape ; the cup belongs to type 6. One of each of the pair of staves will be found illustrated on Plate i. The hammers are very interesting; they are kept at the vestry hall. The maker's marks OS, R S, and IM will be found in Appendix A of Old English Plate under dates 1675, 165 1, and ? 1681. OS will be found on plate at S. Bride, and R S at S. Martin in the Fields. This is an ancient parish, and the church was built by Wren in 1680. CHURCHES BUILT UNDER THE UNION OF BENEFICES ACT ALL HALLOWS, BROMLEY BY BOW. CHRISTCHURCH, STEPNEY. S. DIONIS, FULHAM. S. MARY, HOXTON. S. OLAVE, STOKE NEWINGTON. S. PAUL, CLERKENWELL. ALL HALLOWS. BROMLEY BY BOW. Flagon h'- 13 in. dia'- 4 in. Cups h'- 8J in. dia'- of each < ."Z .i-' ( foot 4iin. Patens Spoon P"- 8 in. A silver flagon with the date mark for 1803, and a maker's mark IR in a rectangular stamp; inscribed: "All Hallows Staining Mark Lane London 1804." Two silver cups and paten covers with the same marks and inscription as the flagon. There is no paten with this set at the present time. A space in the plate chest is vacant which from the size was probably intended for an alms dish. The paten covers no doubt did duty for patens. A silver spoon with the date mark for 1808, and a maker's mark B C over GS in a square stamp. The bowl is perforated with a pretty pattern. The flagon of this church is a tankard of the usual type. The cups have plain bowls and baluster stems, and belong to type 8. This church was built under the Union of Benefices Act, i860, from the proceeds of the sale of the site of All Hallows, Staining, demolished about twenty years ago. The parish of All Hallows, Staining, is now united with that of S. Olave, Hart Street, and on the union taking effect the set of plate belonging to Staining parish was assigned to this church. Flagon h'- 1 2 in. dia'- 4 in. Cups h' of each 9 in. J- r c u i bowl S-^in- dia'- of each < .- ^ -"* { toot 4 m. Paten dia'- 9 in. Dish dia'- 16 in. Spoon 1'"- 8 in. ET CHRISTCHURCH STEPNEY. A silver tankard flagon of the usual type with neither marks nor inscription, made in the 19th century. Two silver gilt cups with the date mark for 1697, and a maker's mark G A in monogram in a shaped shield; inscribed: "S. Martin Outwich 1809." A silver paten on a foot with the date mark for 17 10, and a maker's mark W I ; inscribed : " S Martin Outwich 1809." A silver dish with the date mark for 1795, and a maker's mark E.T. in a rectangular stamp ; inscribed : " S. Martin Outwich 1809." A silver spoon with the date mark for 1809, and a maker's mark D W, with a cinquefoll below in a lobed shield ; inscribed : " S. Martin Outwich 1809." The flagon of this church is a tankard of the usual type. The cups belong to type 8, and have very large oval bowls on baluster stems with small feet. The makers' mark G A and W I will be found in the Appendix A of Old English Plate under dates 1709 and 1708 respectively. The former is there given as the mark of Francis Garthorne, and will also be found on plate at S. Swithin's, London Stone {City Church Plate, p. 99). The latter is probably the mark of John Wisdome. This church was built under the Union of Benefices Act 1S60, from the proceeds ofthe sale of the site of S. Martin Outwich, demolished about twenty years ago. The parish of S. Martin Outwich is now united wilh that of S. Helen, Bishopsgate, and on the union taking effect the set of plate belonging to S. Martin Outwich was assigned to this church. BEADLES STAVES. Plate X. -o H n C O bjO IJ ." ^ c C s t:!^ t/i >. >, rt o s s -o Tj tn HH fl fO S. DIONIS, PARSON'S GREEN. FULHAM. Flagons h' 12 in. & I if in. dia'- of each 5^- in. oz, dwt. oz. w'- 39 2 & 37^- Cups and Covers .. h'- of each 8|- in. dia- of each|^°^l S i". 1 foot 5 in. oz. dwt. oz. dwt. w'- 17 3 & 16 19 h'- of each 9 in. dia'-ofeach|!'«^:l4in. [ foot 4 in. oz. dwt. oz, dwt- W'- 12 16 & 13 3 € m Dish dia'- 15! ir 02. dwt. w'- 35 2 Spoon oz. dwt. W' I I 9 Two silver flagons. One has no marks, and is Inscribed, " The guift of Edward Cooke Apothecarie to S Dionis Backchurch Ann" Dom 1632." The other has the date mark for 1642, and a maker's mark ? a fish; inscribed: "The guift ofv^ Reverend Father in God John Warner Bishop of Rochester late parson of this parish of S Dionis Backchurch 1642." Two silver cups and paten covers. One has the date mark for 1 67 1, and a maker's mark I D, with a pellet between in a shaped shield ; inscribed : " This chalice with a paten and spoone is dedicated to be used for the service of the Lords supper in S Dionis Backchurch 1671." The other has the same date mark, and a maker's mark C M, with three pellets below in a shaped -stamp; inscribed: " The gift of Mr. Peter Hoet to the parish of S Dionis Back-church London the 6th day of June 1674." Two silver cups and paten covers with the date mark for 1769, and a maker's mark C W as in the margin ; inscribed : " The gift of Mrs. Frances Say to the parish of S Dionis Backchurch daughter of Miles Wisken late parish clerk to this parish." A silver dish with the date mark for 1674, and a maker's mark T L in a plain shield ; inscribed : " The gift of Mr. Peter Hoet the elder of the parish of S DIonys Backchurch London 6 June 1674. A silver spoon with the date mark for 1671, and a maker's mark I K, with a cinquefoll and two pellets below in a plain shield ; the gift of Mr. Peter Hoet This is a very fine set of plate. The flagons are pretty little tankards of the usual type. The larger cups belong to the usual style of type 6. The smaller cups belong to type 8 ; they are very pretty with graceful baluster stems. The spoon has half of the bowl perforated and a pied de biche handle. The makers' marks I D, C M, C W, T L, and I K, will be found in Appendix A of Old English Plate, under dates 1671, 1675,? 1772, 1675, and 1667 respectively. C W is there given as the mark of C. Wright. This church was built under the Union of Benefices Act, i860, from the proceed of the sale ofthe site of S. Dionis Backchurch, demolished about fifteen years ago. The parish of S. Dionis Backchurch is now united with that of All Hallows, Lombard Street, and on the union taking effect the set of plate belonging to S. Dionis Backchurch was assigned to this church. S. MARY, HOXTON. Cup h'- 8f in. dia'- 1^0^14 in [foot 4? m- Paten dia'- 8 in. A metal cup, inscribed: "S Mary Somersett and S Mary Mounthaw 1805." A metal paten without a foot with the same inscription as the cup. The cup of this church belongs to type 8. According to an inventory in the possession of the vicar, this is all the plate that came to this church on the demolition of S. Mary Somerset in 1874. S. Mary Somerset and S. Mary Mounthaw were destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666. S. Mary Mounthaw was not rebuilt and S. Mary Somerset was built by Wren. The latter church was demolished under the Union of Benefices Act, i860, all but the beautiful tower, which is still standing in Thames Street. The parishes were united to S. Nicholas Cole-Abbey. S. OLAVE, STOKE NEWINGTON. Set of Plate Flagon. h'- 12 in. dia'- 7 J in. oz. dwt. W'- 45 ID Cup. h'- 7 in. dia'- 4f in. oz. W'- 12 Paten. oz. dwt. dia'- 6 in. w'- 9 10 Spoon & Strainer. OZ- dwt. oz. w'- I 7 & 5 A set of silver plate consisting of a flagon, a cup (type 7), a paten, a spoon, and a funnel wine strainer, made between the years 1815 and 1818. The first three pieces are inscribed with the names of the united parishes of S. Margaret, Lothbury, and S. Christopher le Stocks. This set of plate was presented by the parish of S. Margaret, Lothbury, to this church when S. Olave, Old Jewry, was pulled down and united with S. Mary, Lothbury. Two silver dishes, each 10 inches in diameter, were retained by S. Margaret, Lothbury. There is no trace of the history of this set of plate. It was probably made out of the old plate of S. Margaret and S. Christopher le Stocks when the latter was pulled down in 1780 and united to S. Margaret (see p. 61 of City Church Plate). The plate of S. Olave, Jewry, and the beadle's staS' were retained by the parish of S. Margaret, Lothbury, for use in the City. S. PAUL, CLERKENWELL. Flagons h'- I r| in. dia'- 4 in. oz. dwt. w'- 56 I h'- 12 in. Cups h'- of each 8| in. dia'- of each/^°'^l 4fin. [foot 4 in. oz. dwt. oz. dwt. w'- 20 5 & 20 II h*- of each 7-^- in. dia'-ofeach|^°":l3fin. Ifoot 4iin. Paten h'- 6 in. dia'- 12 in. Dishes dia'- gi in. oz. dwt. oz. dwt. w'- 19 I & 18 14 Spoon Miscellaneous A silver flagon with the Sheffield marks for 1829, and a maker's mark RG in a rectangular stamp ; inscribed with the weight and "S Mildred the Virgin and S Mary Colechurch 1830." A metal flagon ; 19th century. Two silver cups with the same marks and inscriptions as the silver flagon. Two metal cups ; 19th century. A silver paten on a stem with the same marks as the silver cups and flagon ; inscribed with the weight and "This service of Communion plate, consisting of a salver, two chalices one flagon and two plates weighing 183 oz 5 dwt was provided in lieu of ancient plate the donations of Richard Hale 1594, Ann Brownel 1630, Robert Wilson 1632. W" Tudnam 1643, Henry Dixon 1652, Michael Best 1659 ; churchwardens John Haggitt of S Mildred the Virgin, George Ledger of S Mary Colechurch, W. H. Pepys overseer 1630." Two silver plates with the same marks and Inscription as the silver flagon. A modern metal gilt spoon. A trowel of silver with ivory handle, with an inscription showing that It was given to Lord Shaftesbury on 27th June, 1874, on the occasion of his laying the foundation stone of the church. The flagon of this church is a fluted tankard of the usual early 19th century type with a spout. The metal flagon is a pear-shaped vessel with a spout and handle. The cups belong to type 2. They are not ungraceful, and the lower parts of the bowls are decorated with scalloping after the style of the thistle-shaped cups. The metal cups belong to type 9. The spoon, a poor affair with a perforated bowl, has a little figure of a lamb on the handle. The metal plate is used for un- fermented wine, which is consecrated and served with the ordinary wine. The reader is referred to the inventory of S. Margaret, Lothbury {City Church Plate, p. 61), where the silver plate is mentioned, and their case given as one ofthe worst instances of wholesale parochial vandalism. This church was built in 1874 under the Union of Benefices Act, i860, from the proceeds of the sale of the site of S. Mildred in the Poultry. The parishes of S. Mildred and S. Mary Colechurch, which had not been rebuilt after the Great Fire of 1666, were united first to S. Olave, Jewry, and S, Martin Pomroy, and afterwards the four parishes were united with S. Margaret, Lothbury. When the first union was eff"ected the plate was assigned to this church. ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. Bow. The proper title of this church is S. Mary, Stratford le Bow, S. George in the East. The date ofthe first staff should be 1822, not 1882. HacK-NEY. The parish church is dedicated to S. John, but not of Jerusalem. It is officially styled S. John at Hackney. There is a district church of Hackney dedicated to S. John of Jerusalem. Highgate. The mark of Gabriel Sleath on the paten given by William Thatcher should be as in the margin and not as in the inventory. u Westminster, S. John the Evangelist. The spoon was made by Paul Hannet Westminster, S. Margaret. An account of the tobacco box will be found on p. xxviii of the Introduction. BEADLES STAVES. Plate XI. INDEX. FLAGONS. Date. Elizabeth. 1583 James I. 1619 1624 Charles I. 1631 16341635 1637 (Seriesy 1638-57 1638 1642 Charles II. 1661 Maker. m w ¦R5 Mullet and scallop as above Church. Donor. '^v^-S ' Westminster, S. Margaret. The parish. Kensington, S. Mary Abbots. (Very beautifully chased.) Hornsey, S. Mary. (2) ' Lady Musters. S. Pancras, Old Church. Isabell Nicholls. S. Dionis, Parson's Green, Fulham. Edward Cooke. S. Martin in the Fields. Bethnal Green, S. Matthew. INIajor W. Leech. Islington, S. Mary. (2) Hackney, S. John. (2) Sir George Vyner, Knight and Baronet Stoke Newington, S. Mary. William Stevens. S. Dionis, Parson's Green, Fulham. John Warner, Bishop of Rochester. Covent Garden, S. Paul. Mrs. Elizabeth Anderson. 74 INDEX. Date. Maker. Church. 1663 1668 1669 1670 16701670 1672 1675 1680 1683 1684 James II. 1687 (H^ Fulham, All Saints. (2) \y^l ¦ Highgate, S. Michael. I C) Covent Garden, S. Paul. ^ ^ . Covent Garden, S. Paul. as above Shadwell, S. Paul. Donor. Katharine Hues. m Strand, S. Mary. (2) b°5 S. Clement Danes. (2) \P^ Stepney, S. Dunstan. Chelsea, S. Luke. (2) Westminster, S. James, Piccadilly. (3) Kensington, S. Mary Abbots. Stepney, S. Dunstan. William and Mary. i RL 1693 I as above Westminster, S. Margaret The parish. The parish. The parish. Edward Barker. Robert Blanchard. Mary Masters. Anna Morgan. The parish. The parish. Duchess of Somerset. 1695 1700 Anne. 1705 1705 \w Westminster, S. Margaret. S. Martin In the Fields. Holborn, S. George the Martyr. S. Martin in the Fields. 'A Lady Mason. The parish. Long Acre Chapel. FLAGONS. 75 Date. 17081708 Maker. Church. Donor. Ll Hammersmith, S. Paul. (2) The parish ^ Bromley, S. Mary. (2) 171 1 (^ Strand, S. Mary. (2) George I. 1718 1725 1726 George II. 1729 1730 1731 1733 ^ 1745 0 1746 (ef Strand, S. Mary. *Shadwell. The Verney family. Edward Barker. Elinor James. S. George In the East. (2) J. Crowcher. /GSj * Bloomsbury, S. George. (2) 1 Duke of Bedford. I iJ : *Westminster, S. John. (2) ] Sir Richard Grosvenor and Sir Thomas ! Crosse, Barts. 1-5J i *S. Luke, Old Street (2) *Bethnal Green, S. Matthew. 1 Abraham Preou. .? F K S. Martin in the Fields. m r u\ *Limehouse, S. Anne. (2) ? two cups. *S. Dionis, Parson's Green, Mrs. Frances Say. Fulham. (2) The parish. CUPS. Date. Maker. 1770 1777 1778 1784 17891797 1803 § 18031805 1806 1813 1815 1822 182218271829 1830 Church. Donor. RE E B as above Hampstead. (2) Marylebone. (2) Chelsea, S. Luke. (2) Covent Garden, S. Paul. Covent Garden, S. Paul. Christopher Arnold. The parish. Whitechapel, S. Mary. (2) j (Metal.) I R *A11 Hallows, Bromley-by-Bow. B L S. George, Hanover Square. (2) S. Mary, Hoxton. C F Hornsey, S. Mary. *Bow, S. Mary. S. Olave, Stoke Newington. From All Hallows, Staining. From S. Mary Somerset. CF PS BP RG The parish. Parish of S. Margaret, Lothbury. *Poplar, All Saints. (2) S. Pancras, New Church. (2) ' Duke of York S. Giles in the Fields. (2) S. Paul, Clerkenwell. (2) C P j Highgate, S. Michael. The parish. Parishioners. William Barron, Michael Grayhurst, churchwardens. m 82 INDEX. Date. i Maker. 1842 1843 1843 1844 18521853 18571858 ¦859 1870 1871 1871 1872 18761878 1879 JAJA BS Church. Donor. RGH Highgate, S. Michael. Islington, S. Mary. (4) Paddington, S. James. (2) Bloomsbury, S. George. (2) Joseph Gardiner, Peter Poland, church wardens. Richard Smith Appleyard. S S W N , S. Giles in the Fields. (2) The parish. Hunt and S. Pancras, New Church. (4) Roskell Made from two of the cups which w^ere made in 1822, and presented with the rest of the plate by the then Duke of York. Clerkenwell, S. James. (4) The parish. (Metal). J K Shoreditch, S. Leonard. — Paddington, S. James. (2) T P I Shoreditch, S. Leonard. (2) John Keith, the maker. GF RH J EB W J G A Clerkenwell, S. John. (2) S. George, Hanover Square. Soho. (2) Whitechapel, S. Mary. (4) Kensington, S. Mary. (2) Clerkenwell, S. James. (2) 1S83 I J G Westminster, S. John. (2) The parish. Made of glass with silver mounts. George Pickett. H. W Johnson. CUPS. Date. 1886 1886 1887 AIaker. I F JG Church. Donor. Limehouse, S. Anne. Westminster, S. John. Bromley, S. Mary. 1887 WTB : Paddington, S. Mary. David Annan ; made at Augsburg. In memory of Mary Anne Cooper. 1 8th Century. i 18th Century. 19th Century, 19th Century. [ 19th Century, j i 19th Century. !i 19th Century. \ 19th Century. [ No Date. Spitalfields, Christchurch. (2) Whitechapel, S. Mary. Chelsea, S. Luke Old Church. (2) S. Paul, Clerkenwell. (2) S. Giles in the Fields. (2) Strand, S. Mary. Marylebone. (2) Clerkenwell, S. John. (2) (Metal). " Whitechapel Society." (Metal). Given to replace the old plate which was transferred to the new church. (Electroplate). (Metal). (Metal). (Metal). (Metal). (Metal). § See the note on p. M 2 PATENS. Note. — Those with a star (*) are paten covers. Date. 1586162416241624 1628 162916291631 1632 16341635 1636 1636 Maker. Church. ® w T F as above Westminster, S. Margaret Westminster, S. Margaret. (2) Chelsea, S. Luke. ^Bow, S. Mary. Hampstead. ^Hampstead. Stepney, S. Dunstan. S. Pancras, Old Church. Stoke Newlngton, S. Mary. Bromley, S. Mary. Highgate, S. Michael. Islington, S. Mary. Donor. Mrs. Mary Newton in 1701. Mrs. S. Weedon. The Tower of London, S. Peter, j The parish. Rose Knightly. Sir Thomas Fowler, Kt. and Bart. PATENS. 85 Date. 1618-37 1638 1640 16521655 1656 16571657 1661166316651668 1670 1670 1671 16711674 Maker. Church. Donor. CC as above Islington, S. Mary. The Tower of London, S. Peter. Hampstead. S. Clement Danes. Covent Garden, S. Paul. (2) W ' Hammersmith, S. Paul. (2) Thomas Coventry, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal. The parish. R S S. Clement Danes. as above i Stoke Newington, S. Mary. •¦Westminster, S. Margaret HR Hackney, S. John. Westminster, S. Margaret. Covent Garden, S. Paul. (2) Shadwell, S. Paul. *Shadwell, S. Paul. *S. Dionis, Fulham. *S. Dionis, Fulham. S. Pancras, Old Church. The parish. James Smith. Mrs. Ellenor Courthrop. T. J. T. B., vie. The parish. The parish. From S. Dionis Backchurch. Peter Hoet. (A saucer). 86 INDEX. D.-^te. 1676 1681168116821682 1683 16831683 16831684 16861691 1691 1693 16951697 1699 Maker. RL as above Church. Donor. Chelsea, S. Luke. S. Giles in the Fields. In memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Bate man. The parish. *Bethnal Green, S. Matthew. I Ebenezer Mussel. The Tower of London, S. Peter. S. Martin in the Fields. Bow, S. Mary. Fulham, All Saints. (2) Westminster, S. James, Piccadilly. Westminster, S.James, Piccadilly. (4) Edward Conyers. Prisca Colburn. Henry Compton, Bishop of London. — Fulham, All Saints. Stepney, S. Dunstan. *S. Martin in the Fields. Anne Winter. D as above RL as above The parish. /.4...1.....V mx S. Martin in the Fields. Westminster, S. Margaret (2) j Sarah, Dowager Duchess of Somerset. i Westminster, S. Margaret. |! Kensington, S. Mary Abbots. Elizabeth Knightly. I1 S. Martin In the Fields. \ Long Acre Chapel. PATENS. sy Date. 1699 1700 1702 1702 1705 1708 1710 1710 171 1 1713 1716 1717 1717 1726 1729 1729 1730 Maker. Church. Donor. frj I Westminster, S. Margaret (4) ' i i Hornsey, S. Mary. \ William Thatcher. i 'Strand, S. Mary. (2) j Edward Barker. E C as above 1ml U Strand, S. Mary. Holborn, S. George the Martyr. Hammersmith, S. Paul. (2) Christchurch, Stepney. S L Highgate, S. Michael. as above i Strand, S. M£^ry. (5 (J Stepney, S. Dunstan. (PT) ' Shadwell, S. Paul. i .'' Bethnal Green, S. Matthew. Edward Barker. CB(75 S. Pancras, Old Church. C-^. From S. Martin Outwich. William Thatcher. Elinor James. W. L. The parish. Robert Browne, dyer. John Shoppens. \f^ I *S. Martin in the Fields. (4) j Two are covers. TI *S. Pancras, Old Church. S. George in the East. (2) J. Crowcher. /GthDS *Bloomsbury, S. George. (2) \ Wriothesley, Duke of Bedford. 88 INDEX. Date. 1730 1731 ^y2,z 1745 1747 1760 17691769 ^yyi1776 1776 1777 1781 1797 1799 1803 § 1803 Maker. GS as above Church. Ml m m m ESI m RMRC REEB as below RC Bloomsbury, S. George. *Westminster, S. John the Evangelist (2) *S. Luke, Old Street. Bethnal Green, S. Matthew. Hampstead. Wapping, S. John. *S. Dionis, Fulham. *Limehouse, S. Anne. (2) Limehouse, S. Anne. Marylebone.Marylebone. Marylebone.Hackney, S. John. Whitechapel, S. Mary. Donor. Wriothesley, Duke of Bedford. Sir Richard Grosvenor and Sir Thomas Crosse, Barts. Abraham Preou. Mrs. Ann Mayhew. Mrs. Frances Say. The parish. Edward Greaves, churchwarden. — Spitalfields, Christ Churc h. (2) BL IR S. George, Hanover Square. (2) *A11 Hallows, Bromley-by-Bow. (2) Archdeacon Watson. The parish. From All Hallows, Staining. PATENS. 89 Date. 1805 Maker. Church. 1835 1836 1842 1843 1858 1859 1865 1870 1872 1876 1813 (^ I8I5 RG 1815 I8I6 1822 PS 1822 CF 1822 i CF 1823 1 1824 1 RH 1829 BP 1829 RG — S. Mary, Hoxton. *Bow, S. Mary. S. Martin in the Fields. (3) S. Olave, Stoke Newington. Clerkenwell, S, John.f S. Pancras, New Church. (3) Poplar, All Saints. *Poplar, All Saints. (2) S. Pancras, Old Church. Wapping, S. John. (2) S. Giles in the Fields. (2) S. Paul, Clerkenwell. Clerkenwell, S. James. Clerkenwell, S. John. Highgate, S. Michael. Paddington, S. James. (2) Shoreditch, S. Leonard. Paddington, S. James. Whitechapel, S. Mary. Shoreditch, S. Leonard. (2) Soho. (2) JAJA JK Hunt and Roskell TP J E B W I Whitechapel, S. Mary. (4) J I Donor. (Metal) from S. Mary, Somerset The parish. The parish. Parish of S. Margaret, Lothbury. The parish (metal). Duke of York. (A saucer.) The parish. Parishioners of S. Mildred in the Poultry ; made at Sheffield. The parish (metal). Josiah Bartholomew (metal). The parish. J. Keith. (Metal.) In memory of W. W. Champneys, rector of the parish. The parish. t These may be dishes. 90 INDEX. Date. Maker. 1878 1879 GA 1883 FB 1883 JG Church. Donor. 188618861893 17th Century. 1 8th Century. 19th Century. 19th Century. 19th Century. 19th Century. 19th Century. 19th Century. 19th Century. p 19th Century. JG IF AS Kensington, S. Mary. (2) Clerkenwell, S. James. Clerkenwell, S. John. Westminster, S. John the Evangelist (2) Westminster, S. John the Evangelist. Limehouse, S. Anne. Chelsea, S. Ltike. No Date. Kensington, S. Mary Abbots. Whitechapel, S. Mary. (2) Chelsea, S. Luke, Old Church. (2) Clerkenwell, S. John. S. George in the East. S. George, Hanover Square. Hornsey, S. Mary. Paddington, S. Mary.§ Spitalfields, Christ Church. (3) S. Clement Danes. Westminster, S. John the Evangelist (2). H. W. Johnson. Made at Liibeck. " Whitechapel Society " (metal.) Given to replace the old plate which- was transferred to the new church. (electroplate.) (Metal.) (Metal.) Metal ; same marks on flagon. In memory of Lionel Charles Thynne. § See note on p. 77. DISHES. Date. 1656 1668 1671 1674 1677 16811683 1690 1 69 1 1691169417011705 Maker. Church. J© m RL as above S I |"R5| S. Martin-in-the-Fields. 'A Covent Garden, S. Paul. Hackney, S. John. S. Dionis, Parsons' Green, Fulham. Shoreditch, S. Leonard. (6) Strand, S. Mary. Westminster, S. James, Piccadilly. Kensington, S. Mary. Westminster, S. Margaret. S. Clement Danes. Westminster, S. Margaret. Bromley, S. Mary. Holborn, S. George the Martyr. (2) Donor. Mrs. Katherine Cheney. Peter Hoet. (Pewter.) E.I. to E.B.' Israel Sawyer. Duchess of Somerset Lady Benson. 92 INDEX. Date. Maker. 1708 1710 1710 17121713 1716 17201722 172617301731 '731 17331749 174917581764 U E Y as above Wick William Rampart Church. Donor. Hammersmith, S. Paul. Shadwell, S. Paul. Stoke Newington, S. Mary. Strand, S. Mary. (2) Stoke Newington, S. Mary. (2) Shadwell, S. Paul. S. Martin-in-the-Fields. Westminster, S. Margaret. Chelsea, S. Luke. Bloomsbury, S. George. Westminster, S. John the Evan gelist (2) Westminster, S. John the Evan- g-elist S. Luke, Old Street. (2) The parish. Revd. John Milllngton, D.D. Elinor James ; made at Hamburg. The parish (metal). The parish. Elizabeth Pocock. Martha Collins. (Pewter.) Duke of Bedford. Presented by the executor of Mrs. Sir Richard Grosvenor and Sir Thomas- Crosse, Baronets. The first church wardens of the parish. Bethnal Green, S. Matthew. (4) (Pewter.) Bethnal Green, S. Matthew. Hackney, S. John. (3) — j Chelsea, S. Luke. (2) (Pewter.) (Pewter.) (Pewter.) DISHES. 93 D.vte. 1767 1770 1783 1784 1795 1797 1803 1803 1813 1816 18221822 1827 1829 1836 18431863 1872 1878 18791887 Maker. Church. Donor. 1_C EF ET § JEB L WP PS B P Bethnal Green, S. Matthew. Fulham, All Saints. S. Mary, Islington. (2) iTP'pl Westminster, S. John the Evan- Christchurch, Stepney. Hackney, S. John. (7) Hammersmith, S. Paul. (2) S. George, Hanover Square. (2) Soho. Clerkenwell, S. John. (8) S. Pancras New Church. (3) Hackney, S. John. (4) S. Giles-in-the-Fields. (4) R G ' S. Paul, Clerkenwell. (2) ORGS I Bow, S. Mary. (4) — S. Mary, Islington. ] K I Shoreditch, S. Leonard. T C E C : Highgate, S. Michael. Fulham, All Saints, Clerkenwell, S. James. (2) Bromley, S. Mary. GA Pewter. Mrs. Rosamond Marshall. From S. Martin, Outwich. (Pewter.) The parish. The parish. The parish (pewter). Duke of York. (Electroplate.) Parishioners ; made at Sheffield. By subscription. (Metal.) Made from old plate. The Lake family. The parish (brass). H. W. Johnson. David Annan. § See the note on page 77. 94 INDEX. Date. Maker. Church. No Date. 19th Century. — Bethnal Green, S. Matthew. 19th Century. — Chelsea, S. Luke. (4) 19th Century. — Chelsea, S. Luke, Old (2) Church. 19th Century. — Chelsea, S. Luke. (4) 19th Century. Chelsea, S. Luke. 19th Century. Clerkenwell, S. John. 19th Century. S. George in the East. 19th Century. S. George in the East 19th Century. — S. George in the East. (5) 19th Century. — Hackney, S. John. (16) 19th Century, — Hackney, S. John. 19th Century. — Hammersmith, S. Paul. 19th Century. — Hornsey, S. Mary. 19th Century. Kensington, S. Mary (2) Abbots. 19th Century. Kensington, S. Mary (181 Abbots. 1 8th Century. — 1 S. Martin-in-the-Fields. 19th Century. — Marylebone. 19th Century. — Paddington, S. James Mary. and S. 19th Century. — S. Pancras, Old Church 19th Century. — 1 Poplar, All Saints. 19th Century. Poplar, All Saints. (2) Donor. (Brass.) , (Electroplate.) (Electroplate.) (Pewter.) (Brass.)(Brass.)(Brass.) With a Greek inscription. (Pewter.) (Pewter.)(Brass.) (Electroplate.) (Brass.) 12 electroplate, 6 pewter. Made at Amsterdam. Copper. One brass dish at each church. (Brass.) DISHES. 95 Maker. Church. Shadwell, S. Paul. (7) Date. Donor. 19th Century. - (Pewter.) 19th Century. Shadwell, S. Paul. (Brass.) 19th Century. — Shoreditch, S. Leonard. (Brass.) 19th Century. Langford Spitalfields, Christ Church. (5) (Pewter.) 19th Century. Spitalfields, Christ Church. (Metal.) 19th Century. Spitalfields, Christ Church. (Brass.) 19th Century. Stepney, S. Dunstan. (Brass.) 17th Century. Stepney, S. Dunstan. The parish. 19th Century. — Strand, S. Mary. (2) 19th Century. Wapping, S. John. (Brass.) 1 8th Century. — Westminster, S. James, Piccadilly. (10) (Brass.) 19th Century. — ¦ Westminster, S. John Evangelist. (2) the (Metal.) 1 6th and 17th Centuries. — Westminster, S. Margaret. (7) Four of these dishes are German. 19th Century. Whitechapel. (Brass.) SPOONS. Date. 1 64 1 1657 167116881692 1698 1700 1705 1707 1700— I 71 5 1719 17221725 Maker. Church. Donor. I I as above Hackney, S. John. Seal head. Kensington, S. Mary Abbots. Seal head. S. Dionis, Parson's Green, Fulham. Peter Hoet ; " pied de biche " handle. S. Pancras Old Church. Stepney, S. Dunstan. Chelsea, S. Luke, Wapping, S. John. Holborn, S. George the Martyr. iDjjt I Westminster, S. Margaret. (2) Westminster, S. James, Piccadilly. Westminster, S. Margaret. Pied de biche " handle. The parish ; a very large spoon. Revd. Charles Sturges. John Russell, rector. AL " Pied de biche " handle. Like a spoon at S, Alban, Wood Street. j^^ I Covent Garden, S. Paul. t ^Z I Westminster, S. John the Evan- li-ul j gelist. Date. 1732 '^733 1757 ^yy3 1774 1793 1797 1798 1799 1808 1809 1818 1818 1822 1823 1844 Maker. I L LD m WT RC IB BCGS DW and a cinquefoll below GW PS C F SPOONS. Church. Strand, S. Mary. S. Giles in the Fields. S. Martin in the Fields. Highgate, S. Michael. Bloomsbury, S. George. Hammersmith, S. Paul. Whitechapel, S. Mary. Marylebone. Spitalfields, Christ Church. All Hallows, Bromley-by-Bow. Christchurch, Stepney. Bow, S. Mary. S. Olave, Stoke Newington. S. Pancras, New Church. (2) Poplar, All Saints. 97 Donor. Made at Newcastle ; sugar sifter. Sugar sifter. — S. George, Hanover Square. The parish. Parish of S. Margaret, Lothbury. Duke of York. Seal head. § See the note on p. 77. 98 INDEX. Date. 1870 1882 Maker. 1 8th Century. 19th Century. 19th Century. 19th Century. 19th Century. 19th Century. Church. T P [ Shoreditch, S. Leonard. i Stoke Newington, S. Mary, No Date. Fulham, All Saints. Hammersmith, S. Paul. Kensington, S. Mary Abbots. Paddington, S. James. S. Paul, Clerkenwell. The Tower of London, S. Peter. S. Clement Danes, Donor. Rev. Blomfield Jackson. In memorlam H. M. B. ; made at Schemnitz. (Metal.) KNIVES. Date, 19th Century Church. Donor. S. Giles in the Fields. Scimitar steel blade Westminster, S. James, Piccadilly. S. Pancras, New Church. Strand, S. Mary. S. Martin in the Fields. Westm.inster, S, John the Evan gelist Kensington, S. Mary Abbots. These three knives also have scim.itar steel blades. SMALL CUPS FOR PRIVATE USE. Date. Maker. Church. Donor. 1683 ® ^Westminster, S. James, Picca dilly. (2) One is for the rector and the others for 1683 # Westminster, S. James, Picca dilly. the curates. 1729 Westminster, S. John. Whitechapel, S. Mary. Joseph Harding, cup and paten. 1770 Cup and paten. 1783 * S. Martin in the Fields. 1 8th Century. I w Strand, S. Mary. Made at Augsburg ; inscribed " 1761." SMALL SETS FOR PRIVATE USE. Date. Maker. 1716 ? 1830 1843 19th Century. 19th Century. Church. *S. Pancras, Old Church. Bloomsbury, S. George. Soho. S. Giles in the Fields. Limehouse, S. Anne. Donor. Parishioners. Made at Birmingham. o 2 BEADLES' STAVES. Date. Illustrated ON Plate. Church. 1683 4 Shadwell. 1685 4 Clerkenwell, S. John. 1690 2 6 Bethnal Green. 1700 1 1 S. Clement Danes. (2) 1704 Hammersmith. 1705 n 3 Wapping. 1709 4 Wapping. 1723 4 Shadwell. 1725 5 Holborn, S. George. 1727 5 S. Giles in the Fields. 1738 5 Holborn, S. George. 1740 3 Whitechapel. (2) 1743 II S. Martin In the Fields. (6) 1750 8 Westminster, S. James, Picca dilly. (6) 1752 Stepney. 1758 1 1 Westminster, S. Margaret (6) 1764 — Marylebone. (2) 1764 ] 1765 / 2 Covent Garden. 1774 8 S. Pancras. 1774 5 Bloomsbury. 1774 10 Paddington. Silver statuette S. Paul. Silver statuette, S. John. Silver medallion, the blind beggar. Silver anchors. Metal pear knob. Silver medallion, Duke of Marlbro'. Silver statuette, S. John. Silver statuette, S. Paul. Silver statuette, S. George. Metal statuette of " Time." Silver device, the " Garter." Silver medallions, the Tower and George II. Silver statuettes, S. Martin. Silver statuettes, S. James. Silver pear knob. Silver statuettes, S. Margaret. Silver statuettes, S. Mary. Silver statuettes, S. Paul. Brass statuette, S. Pancras. Silver model, the spire. Silver statuette, S. Mary. Date. Illustrated ON Plate. BEADLES' STAVES. Church. lOi 1776 1778 177917831784 178517891789 1792 1796 1797 18031807 18121817 18171820 1820 1822 1829 1830 1845 18th Century. 18th Century. 6 5 8 and 9 7 1 1 7 10 '> o 10 10 10 46 7 10 P- 39 Limehouse. Tower of London. Bloomsbury. Soho. (2) Stepney. Clerkenwell, S. James. S. Clement Danes. (2) Westminster, S. John. Kensington. (2) Strand, S. Mary. Chelsea. (2) S. George, Hanover Square. Islington. S. Pancras. Spitalfields. Poplar. S. George in the East. Hammersmith. S. George In the East. Chelsea.Hackney. (2) Paddington. No Date. Fulham. 7 and 9 Clerkenwell, S. James. Silver device, the church and royal arms. Silver gilt model, the White Tower. Silver model, the spire. Silver urns. Silver medallion, a ship and the Tower. Metal dove on orb. Silver anchors. Silver medallion, S. John. Silver crown and statuette, S. Mary. Silver sword on orb. Silver statuette, S. Luke. Silver statuette, S. George. Silver statuette, S. Mary. Metal statuette, S. Pancras. Silver model, the markethouse. Silver model, the dock gates. Silver crown on orb. Silver crown on orb. Silver medallion, S. George. Silver statuette, S. Luke. Metal crown on orb. Silver statuette, S. James. Silver statuette, a soldier. Silver statuette, SS. James and John. I02 INDEX. D.ate. 1 8th Century. 1 8th Century. 19th Century. Illustrated ON Plate. Church. Hampstead. (2) S. Luke, Old Street. (4) Bromley, S. Leonard. (2) Metal crown and orb. Metal statuette, S. Luke. Metal statuettes, a bishop. VERGERS' WANDS. Date. 17061733 1775 1784 1785 180618171817 1822 1828 1829 1833 1 8th Century. 1 8th Century. 19th Century. Illustrated ON Plate. 1 1 II I 7 I Church. Wapping. Shadwell. S. Martin In the Fields. (2) Stepney.S. George In the East. Spitalfields.Spitalfields.Poplar. S. Pancras. Shadwell.Wapping. Marylebone. No Date. Bloomsbury. Whitechapel. Marylebone, Thomas Taylor. John Bristow. Constable's hand mace. Constable's hand mace. Metal crown. Probably made in 1779. James Spalding. MISCELLANEOUS. Article. Date. 1 8th Century. j : Church. Material. Baptismal Bowl. S. John, Clerkenwell. Lignum Vitas. ?' 1792 S. Margaret, Westminster. Silver. o ' ng. 1 8th Century. S. James, Piccadilly. Wood. Box, for Deeds. 1660 S. Clement Danes. Bottles. 19th Century. S. John, Clerkenw^ell. Glass. >) >' S. Pancras, Old Church. Candlesticks. circ. 1690. S. Anne, Soho. ( Silver. Cruets. 1 8th Century. S. John, Westminster. (2) Glass. ) ) 19th Century. S. Pancras, Old Church. ) ) Crosses, Processional ''• S. John, Clerkenwell. Brass. J 5 " Fulham. >) " '. S, Pancras, Old Church. J' ) J ' J S. jNIar)- le Strand. J» Hammers. i577and 1594. S. Clement Danes. (2) Boxwood and silver mounts. Jugs. 19th Century. Wapping. Glass. i ; J Spitalfields. n Saucer. J ) Soho. Brass. Snuff Boxes. i 1680 S. Clement Danes. Silver. .. 1826 S. Clement Danes. iJ .. 1827 S. Clement Danes. ; J y 1 1873 Clerkenwell, S. John. , . Trowel. 1874 i S. Paul, Clerkenwell. 5' Wine Strainer. 1815 S. Olave, Stoke Newington. 1 1 ) 1 1837 Chelsea, New Church. ,, ' 1861 ,' Fulham. 1 ») DONORS OF PLATE.^ Abbott, John. 1725. S. George the Martyr, Holborn, parish constable. Allben, Benjamin. 1689. Fulham. Gave a cup made at Nuremberg. Allison, John. 1783. Soho, churchwarden. Anderson, Mrs. Elizabeth. 1656, Covent Garden. Annan, David. 1887. Bromley, churchwarden. Gave a cup made at Augsburg. Ansell, Thomas. 1S37. Bow, churchwarden. Appleyard, Richard Smith. 1844. Bloomsbury. Arnold, Christopher. 1771. Hampstead. Baker, James. 1864. Shoreditch, churchwarden. Bank, Henry. 1713. Shadwell, churchwarden. Barber, Charles. 1792. Kensington, churchwarden. Barker, Edward. 1670. Strand, S. Mary. The plate was given to the "parish church of the Savov." Barratt, Richard. 1738. S. George the Martyr, Holborn, churchwarden. Barron, William. 1837. Highgate, churchwarden. Bartholomew, Joseph. 1836. Clerkenwell. Bateman, Mrs. Elizabeth. 1675. Chelsea. Baylie, Eli. 1835. Clerkenwell, S. James, churchwarden. Bazeley, T. T. 1857. Poplar, rector. Bazley, John. 1864. Shoreditch, churchwarden. Beatham, Mrs. Ann. 1746. Kensington. Bedford, Wriothesley, Duke of. 1731. Bloomsbury. This was the third Duke of Bedford, he was born in 1708, succeeded in 171 1, and died in 1732. Benson, The Lady. 1701. Bromley. Berry, Walter. 1733. Shadwell, churchwarden. Best, Michael. 1659. S. Paul, Clerkenwell. Birch, Charles. 1828. S. Giles in the Fields, churchwarden. Blackie, George. • 1879. Clerkenwell, S. James, churchwarden. Blanchard, Robert 1672. S. Clement Danes. Blogg, William. 1857. Clerkenwell, S. James, churchwarden. Brackstone, William. 1760, Wapping, churchwarden. Bradshawe, John. 1584, S. Margaret, Westminster, churchwarden. Brett, Charles. 1818. Bow, churchwarden. Bristow, John. 1785. S. George in the East. ^ Plate on which the donor is described as a parish officer has generally been purchased at the expense of the parish. P io6 DONORS OF PLATE. Brow^n, Humphry. 1789. S. Clement Danes, beadle. Brown, Thomas. 1S30. Bloomsbury, churchwarden. Browne, Robert. 1746. Bethnal Green, dyer. Brownel, Ann. 1630. S. Paul, Clerkenwell. Bryan, Robert. 1835. S. Margaret, Westminster, churchwarden. Burke, Stephen. 1679. S. Giles in the Fields. Burnham, John. 1679. S. Giles in the Fields. Burton, Lancelot 1826. S. Clement Danes. Bustin, G. 1775. Bloomsburj-, sidesman. Buttery, Charles. 1723. Shadwell, churchwarden. Cade, Nicholas. 1779. Bloomsbury, churchwarden. Capel, Henry. 1775. S. Martin in the Fields, churchwarden. Chalmer, Francis. 1857. Chelsea, churchwarden. Champneys, Revd. W. W. 1865. Whitechapel, rector. Cheney, Mrs. Katharine. 1671. Hackney. Chet\vynd, Viscount. 1804. S. George, Hanover Square, churchwarden. Churchman, Charles. 1775. S. Martin in the Fields, churchwarden. Clanbergh, Mrs. Frances. 1723. S. Margaret, Westminster. Clarke, Robert 1789. Westminster, S. John, churchwarden. Clements, Robert. 181 7. Spitalfields, churchwarden. Cobden, John. 1652. S. Clement Danes, churchwarden. Colburn, Prisca. 1683. Bow. This lady was a munificent parishioner. " The value of the sums left by her to the parish for religious and charitable purposes was estimated a few years since as being equivalent to a capital sum of ^14,000. Her maiden name was Prisca Forster. She was born in 1622, was the daughter of one of the ministers of the parish, and married a brewer." (^Memorials of the PaiHsh Church of Bow, by W. P. Insley, rector. 1885.) Collins, Dame Martha and Mrs. Martha. 1723. S. Margaret, Westminster. Collins, Thomas. 1629. Tower of London, overseer. Conham, William. 1584. S. Margaret, \"\'estminster, churchwarden. Conyers, Edward. 1682. Tower of London. He was the keeper of his Majesty's Stores of Ordnance. Coke, Edward. 1632. S. Dionis, Fulham, apothecary. Cooper, James. 1710. Shadwell, churchwarden. Cooper, Mary Anne. 1887. Paddington, S. Mary. Couldek, Joseph. 1817. Spitalfields, churchwarden. Courthrop, Eleanor. 1657. S. Clement Danes. Coventry, Thomas, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal. 1636. Islington. Cross, James. 1807. Islington, churchwarden. Crosse, Sir Thomas, Bart. 1731. Westminster, S. John, churchwarden. Crowcher, Joseph. 1729. S. George in the East churchwarden. Curtis, Charles. 1825. Wapping, churchwarden. Davey, John. 1727. S. George the Martyr, Holborn, headborough. DONORS OF PLATE. 107 Davis, Benj". 1837. Chelsea, churchwarden. Dennis, Henry. 1683. Shadwell, churchwarden. De Veux, Alvia. 1722. Soho. Dilkins, John. 1685. Kensington, churchwarden. Dixon, Henry. 1652. S. Paul, Clerkenwell. Dorr, Thomas. 1725. S. George the Martyr, Holborn, constable. Edwards, John. 1792. Kensington, churchwarden. Enderson, Elizabeth. 1726. S. Martin in the Fields. Evans, Revd. Thomas Simpson. 1864. Shoreditch, vicar. Fletcher, Joseph. 1820. Shadwell, churchwarden. Flower, Edward. 1807. Islington, churchwarden. Flowers, Richard. 1693. Stepney. Fortescue, John. 1727. S. Giles in the Fields, churchwarden. Fowler, Sir Thomas, Kt and Bart. 1636. Islington. Fox, Samuel. 1830. Hackney, churchwarden. Frombler, John. circ. 1800. S. Martin in the Fields. Gave plate made at Amsterdam for the use of Oxendon Chapel. Gadsden, John. 1813. Bow, overseer. Gale, Robert. 1726. Chelsea, churchwarden. Gardiner, Joseph. 1842. Highgate. Garland, Edmond. 1835. Clerkenwell, S. James, churchwarden. Geaves, Martin John. 1774. Paddington, S. Mary. Gibson, Johnson. 1837. Bow, churchwarden. Gill, John. 1726. Chelsea, churchwarden. Godson, George. 1685. Clerkenwell, S. John, churchwarden. Gomme, James. 1820. Hammersmith. The churchwarden who received Queen Caroline on the occasion of her visit to the church. Gramer, or Grammar, William. 1687. Stepney, churchwarden. Grayhurst, Michael. 1837. Highgate, churchwarden. Greaves, Edward. 1773. Limehouse, churchwairden. Grindall, Thomas Adcock. 1779. Bloomsbury, churchwarden. Grosvenor, Sir Richard, Bart. 1731. Westminster, S. John, churchwarden. * Groves, John. 1789. Westminster, S. John, churchwarden. Haggitt, John. 1630. S. Paul, Clerkenwell. Hale, Richard. 1594. S. Paul, Clerkenwell. Harding, Joseph. 1729. Westminster, S. John. Harris, Edward. 1828. S. Giles in the Fields, churchwarden. Harris, Thomas. 1828. S. Giles In the Fields, churchwarden. Harrison, Revd. Hamlet 1813. Bow, rector. Hatley, John. 1727. S. George the Martyr, Holborn, constable. Head, Edward. 1687. Stepney, churchwarden. Hill, Thomas. 1713. Stoke Newington, churchwarden. Hill, William. 1830. Bloomsbury, churchwarden. io8 DONORS OE PLATE. House, William. Howell, Richard. Huss, Katharine. Hodgkins, J. S. 1878. Fulham, churchwarden. Hodgson, Revd. Robert 1804. S. George, Hanover Square, rector. Hoet, Peter. 167 1. S. Dionis, Fulham. Holland, John. 1672. S. Clement Danes, churchwarden. Holt, Richard. 1687. Stepney, churchwarden. Homes, John. 1806. Spitalfields, churchwarden. Hopkins, Robert 1693. Stepney, churchwarden. 1726. S. Martin in the Fields, churchwarden. 1804. Hammersmith, churchwarden. 1663. Fulham. Hulett, John. 1727. S. George the Martyr, Holborn, constable. Hulse, Richard. 1777. S. Marylebone. Humphreys, Henry. 1693. Stepney. Jackson, Revd. Blomfield. 1882. Stoke Newlngton, rector of S. Bartholomew, Moor Fields. Jackson, William. 1685. Clerkenwell, S. John, churchwarden. Jacobs, George. 1760. Wapping, churchwarden. James, Eleanor. 171 5. S. Mary le Strand. This lady gave a quantity of plate to S. Bene't, Paul's Wharf; a list will be found on the west wall of the north aisle of S. Bene't's church. In 1843 the rector and churchwardens purchased new plate, and either sold or disposed of Eleanor James's plate excepting two dishes which are still in the city church. How the rest of the plate got to S. Mary le Strand, I have not been able to ascertain. The inscriptions on the plate are very interesting, and the city church is described as " S. Bennett, Doctors' Commons." ARMAN, William. 1680. S. Clement Danes. Shadwell, constable. Clerkenwell, S. James. Bow, churchwarden. Spitalfields, sidesman. 1804. S. George, Hanover Square, churchwarden. Shoreditch, goldsmith. Kenner, John. 1705. Wapping, beadle. King, F. K. 1857. Clerkenwell, S. James. Knight, Edward. 1796. Strand, S. Mary, churchwarden. Knightley, Elizabeth. 1698. Kensington. Knightly, Rose. 1632. S. Pancras. Lake, The Family of 1872. Highgate. Lambe, Revd. Dr. Henry. 1718. Bow, minister. Lambert, William. 1813. Bow, overseer. Ledger, George. 1630. S. Paul, Clerkenwell. Leech, Major W. 1635. Bethnal Green. Lekenx, John. 1693. Stepney. Litchfield, Revd. C. F. 1837. Poplar, curate. Limpany, Mr. circ. 1700. Fulham. EPSON, William. OHNSON, H. W. owERS, Francis. USTINS, Edward. Keene, Benjamin Keith, John, i 1729. 1879.1813. 1817. DONORS OF PLATE. 109 Lonsdale, Revd. John. 1830. Bloomsbury, rector. Lucas, Henry. 1835. Westminster, S. Margaret, churchwarden. Mackworth, Sir Herbert, Bart. 1777. S. Marylebone. Maguire, Revd. Robert. 1879. Clerkenwell, S. James. Marriott, Matthew. 1727. S. Giles in the Fields. Marsh, Henry. 1663. Fulham, churchwarden. Marshall, Mrs. Rosamund. 1783. Islington. Martin, John. 1727. S. Giles In the Fields, churchwarden. Mason, Lady. 1705. S. Martin in the Fields. Ma.sters, Mrs. Mary. 1676. Stepney. This lady was a member of the Kentish family of Masters. She also gave plate to three city churches. See the note In the Introduction, part ii, Mattheue, Rene. 1673. Westminster, S. Margaret. May, Henry. 1693. Stepney. Mayhew, Mrs. Ann. 1747. Hampstead. McLaughlin, Henry. 1804. S. George, Hanover Square, sidesman. Meacock, Thomas. 1820. Hammersmith, overseer. Mean, William. 18 16. Clerkenwell, S. John. Meyer, G. B. 1879. Clerkenwell, S. James, churchwarden. MiLLiNGTON, Revd. John, D.D. 171 1. Stoke Newington. Millott, George. 1820. Hammersmith, overseer. Milman, Revd. H. H. 1835. Westminster, S. Margaret, minister. Morgan, Anna. 1681. Chelsea. Munden, William. 1685. Kensington, churchwarden. Mussel, Ebenezer. 1746. Bethnal Green. Musters, Lady. 1624. Hornsey. Natt, Anthony. 1746. Bethnal Green. Newton, Mrs. Mary. 1701. Hampstead. Nicholls, Isabel. 1632. S. Pancras Old Church. Nicholson, Robert. 1726. Chelsea, churchwarden. Oakey, or Oakley, Richard. 1687. Stepney. Oldershaw, Robert. 1807. Islington, vestry clerk. Ollerenshaw, William. 1563. S. Pancras. Owen, Nathaniel. 1693. Stepney. Owen, Richard. 1687. Stepney, churchwarden. Page, John. 1774. Bloomsbury, churchwarden. Parker, W. 1828. S. Giles in the Fields, churchwarden. Parsons, Revd. John. 1825. Wapping, rector. Pepys, Steventon. 1807. Islington, churchwarden. Pepys, W. H. 1630. S. Paul, Clerkenwell. Person, Samuel. 1758. Westminster, S. Margaret, churchwarden. Petley, John. 1652. S. Clement Danes, churchwarden. Pickett, George. 1872. S. George, Hanover Square, sidesman. no DONORS OF PLATE. Pittard, John. 1817. Spitalfields, churchwarden. Pocock, Elizabeth. 1746. S. Martin in the Fields. Poland, Peter. 1842. Highgate, churchwarden. Pool, John. 1804. S. George, Hanover Square, sidesman. Poole, Vallantlne. 1624. Bow. Preou, Abraham. 1749. Bethnal Green, churchwarden. Price, David. 1778. Tower of London, overseer. Prichard, David. 1806. Spitalfields, sidesman. Raine, Jonathan. 1779. Bloomsbury, sidesman. Robins, Joshua. 181 3. Bow, churchwarden. Rolfe, Joseph. 1687. Stepney, churchwarden. Russell, Henry. 1687. Stepney, churchwarden. Russell, Revd. John. 171 7. Wapping, rector. Rusted, William. 1758. Westminster, S. Margaret, churchwarden. Sapford, Luke. 1693. Stepney. Sapp, Thomas. 1629. Tower of London, overseer. Savignac, Charles. 1796. Strand, S. Mary, churchwarden. Sawyer, Israel. 1691. S. Clement Danes. Say, Mrs. Frances. 1769. S. Dionis, Fulham. She was the daughter of Miles Wisken, parish clerk of S. Dionis Backchurch. Scott, John. 171 3. Stoke Newington, churchwarden. Sheldrake, James. 1690. Bethnal Green, headborough. Shelton, Christopher. 1770. Limehouse, churchwarden. Shoppens, John. 1728. S. Pancras. Sicker, Barry, circ. 1700. Fulham. SowARD, Thomas. 1783. Soho, churchwarden. Smallwood, John. 1725. Wapping, churchwarden. Smith, James. 1657. Hammersmith. Smith, John. 1727. S. George the Martyr, Holborn, beadle. Smith, Thomas Allen. 1778. Tower of London, overseer. Somerset, Sarah, Duchess of 1694. Westminster, S. Margaret. Spalding, James. Eighteenth Century. Whitechapel. Spence, Thomas. 1825. Wapping, churchwarden. Spencer, Robert. 1709. Wapping, churchwarden. Steinmetz, John. 1770. Limehouse, churchwarden. Stevens, William. 1638. Stoke Newington. Strahan, Revd. George. 1807. Islington, vicar. Sturges, Revd. C. 1797. Chelsea. Sudgwick, William. 1690 Bethnal Green, overseer. Symonds, Thomas. 1817. Spitalfields, sidesman. Tayler, William. 1690. Bethnal Green, headborough. Taylor, Thomas. 1784. Stepney, churchwarden of the hamlet of Ratcliff". Th.^tcher, William. 1710. Highgate and Hornsey. DONORS OF PLATE. m Thomas, Mr. circ. 1700. Fulham. Thompson, John, 1820. Shadwell, churchwarden. Titelo, Peter. 1690. Bethnal Green, headborough. Tomson, Francis. 17 10. Shadwell, churchwarden. Tudnam, William. 1643. S. Paul, Clerkenwell. Turner, Walter. 1726. S. Martin In the Fields, churchwarden. Tyler, J. E. 1828. S. Giles in the F"ields, rector. Vaughan, Revd. R. C. 1857. Poplar, curate and lecturer. 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