HAVERHILL. S. MARY. CUP: square at bottom of bowl. Height 7 inches; diameter 4 inches; depth 34 inches; base 4 inches. Marks: leopard's head crowned; maker's mark I C; black letter capital B for 1659; lion passant. On bowl the initials A G. PATEN with foot, cover to cup. Diameter 5 inches. Marks probably exactly same as on cup but only partly readable: also A G. ALMS DISH: plated, on foot. Height 5 inches; diameter 10 inches. Inscription :-" Presented by Joseph Boreham, 1854." In the church-yard is M. 1. "In Memory of Joseph Boreham, who died Dec 13, 1854, aged 73." HAWKEDON. S. MARY. CUP: silver gilt, bowl plain, stem has a central knop, stands on an hexagonal base, with a cherub at each point. Height 10 inches; diameter 5 inches; depth barely 4 inches. On the side is engraved :"Deo Sacrum." Marks only that of maker, a hound sejant in shaped shield, scratched 36 oz. 4d. PATEN silver gilt, fits the monogram encircled with rays. height 13 inch. cup; on base of foot the sacred No marks. Diameter 5 inches; FLAGON silver gilt, tankard shape, very handsome, with lid and thumb piece, the latter and tail of handle ornamented with a cherub, the base adorned with foliage. Inscription:"Deo Sacrum:" also engraved with sacred monogram and cross. Height with lid 10 inches; diameter 4 inches; depth 7 inches. Marks: leopards' head crowned; maker's; black letter capital B for 1659; lion passant. Scratched 41, oz. 10d. The three pieces have every appearance of being a set of the same date and make. HUNDON. ALL SAINTS. CUP: plain, supported by a baluster stem. Height 7 inches; diameter 3 inches; depth 32 inches. Marks: leopard's head crowned; maker's mark G°M; small Roman o for 1749; lion passant. PATEN plain, with foot, not a cover. Height 1 inch; diameter 6 inches. Marks as on Cup. In the Churchwardens accounts is this item: "1750. For exchange of Communion plate £3 7. 0." FLAGON: plated, tankard shaped. Height 13 inches; base 52 inches; diameter at top 3 inches. Marks: E E A J W Marks London Is E, DISH: diameter 144 inches; plain. and a rose beneath a crown. CUP: plain, on baluster stem. Height 6 inches; depth of bowl 3 inches; base 3 inches. inches; diameter 3 Inscription:" For the parish of Kitton 1664." Marks: leopard's head crowned; maker's mark H; black letter capital G for 1664; lion passant. PATEN on foot, fits cup as cover, but not made by same maker. Height 1 inch; diameter 4 inches. Marks: leopard's head crowned ; ; black letter capital F for 1663; lion passant. maker's mark RP FLAGON tankard shaped. Height 10 inches; diameter at top 3 inches; depth inside 63 inches; base 5 inches. Marks leopard's head crowned; maker's mark D° P; small Roman p for 1750; lion passant. Inscription:"E dono Rogeri Kedington D.D. Hujus Ecclesiæ Rectoris Anno Domini 1750." The Sacred monogram in sun's rays. He was buried at Haverhill. POSLINGFORD. S. MARY. CUP: the bowl has a floriated band round it with border top and bottom. The knop bears an embossed pattern, with a seeded rose, of Norwich make, the only mark. Height 7 inches; diameter 4 inches; depth of bowl 4 inches. PATENS: (1) a plain disc of silver apparently ancient, but without marks or pattern; roughly mounted on a foot with a knop that seems to have been formerly ornamented. Height 1 inch; diameter 5 inches. (2) plate shaped, on foot. Height 2 inches; diameter 7 inches. Marks: Britannia; maker GR; court hand R for 1712; lion's head erased. FLAGON tankard shaped, plain with cross on top. : Height 13 inches; diameter at base 6 inches; at top 3 inches. STANSFIELD. ALL SAINTS. CUPS: (1) Elizabethan, with cover, has a short stem with plain scroll band round the bowl. Marks entirely gone. Height 6 inches; Diameter 3 inches; depth 4 inches. Weight 71⁄2 ounces av. (2) silver gilt; chalice shape, standing on a sexfoil base; no marks; modern, but bowl seems to be of earlier period, bowl screws on pedestal. Height 6 inches; diameter 2 inches; depth 13 inch. PATENS: (1) being cover to the above (1), on foot. Diameter 31 inches; weight 4 ounces, av. Only mark left I D, in a shield beneath a crown. This mark is in a table of maker's marks prior to 1697, at office of Goldsmith's Hall. (2) on foot; diameter 9 inches; height 13 inch; weight 12 ounces, av. Inscription round face:"Deo et Eccl: de Stansfield in agro Suffolk: Sacm Auct: sex unc et dimid: Ano Dni 1686." Letters Marks leopard's head crowned; maker's mark as under foot SF on (1); small black letter h for 1685; lion passant. purchased, or rather enlarged by the Parish in 1686. This was Diameter 6 (3) on foot, from shape appears to have been cover. inches; height 1 inch Marks: query Norwich sprig of rose, and crown in separate punches; two other punches, 1, head in armour or hood, and 2, castle over lion. On base" Finningham" 1666. (3) This with cup (2) was left to Stansfield Parish Church by the Rev. E. J. Phipps, 31 years Rector, who died 22 May, 1884, and was buried at Stansfield. STOKE BY CLARE. CUP with engraved band, upon which is STOKE + NEXT+CLAR. Height 6 inches; diameter 3 inches; depth of bowl 3 inches. Under base weight marked 12 oz., and letter H. Only mark a fleur-delis near lip or rim. The cup though larger is exactly like that at Denston in shape and pattern, with only mark also a fleur-de-lis. PATEN: cover to above, plain; only mark a fleur-de-lis. FLAGON: tankard shaped; lid with carved thumb piece, and plain handle; weighing 64 oz. Height 12 inches; diameter 5 inches; base 8 inches; depth 9 inches. Marks: leopard's head crowned; maker's mark CM with dots above and below within a circle; black letter capital R for 1674; lion passant. Inscription:" Stoke Juxta Clare in Com: Suff" In the Terrier it is stated this Flagon was the gift of Sir Gervaise Elwes, Bart, and that its weight is 64 oz. STRADISHALL. S. MARGARET. CUP: egg shaped. Height 8 inches; diameter 4 inches; depth of bowl 5 inches; base of foot 4 inches. Inscription:" The gift of William Rayner Jun, Esqre 1825." Marks: query leopard's head crowned; maker's mark I R within a square; Roman capital D for 1799; lion passant; sovereign's head. On the bowl is the sacred monogram within rays. : PATEN supposed to have been given at same time as Cup. IHS the same, but no inscription or date. On foot, with raised beaded rim. Diameter 8 inches; height 23 inches. Marks denote date 1694. FLAGONS: two of pewter; bearing date 1640; tankard shaped, one 12 inches, the other 9 inches in height. Inscribed :-" Parish Church of Stradishall. Gift of Richard Wigges Gent." William Proctor Rector. June 16th 1640. Coat of arms: a fess engrailed between three roundles (?) crest, a gauntlet on a torse and helmet (?). The rector believes the arms to be those of the late Sir Robert Harland, Bart., formerly patron of the living. PATEN pewter, no foot. Diameter about 4 inches. No record of any silver vessels until 1825, when a cup was presented. ALMS DISHES: two deep plates, 12 inches diameter. Inscribed on rim of both :-" Remember the poore 1638." Same coat of arms, shield only, no crest. Used now for collections. WICKHAMBROOK. ALL SAINTS. CUP has a floriated engraved band round the bowl. Height 6 inches; diameter 3 inches; at base 3 inches; depth 33 inches. No marks left. left. PATEN probably cover of Cup, on foot, quite plain, no marks FLAGON: tankard shaped with lid and thumb piece, large handle. Height to top of cover 11 inches; height open 9 inches; diameter 4 inches; at base 6 inches. Marks: leopard's head crowned; maker's mark R B; small Roman e for 1740; lion passant. Inscription:"The Gift of Mrs. Temperance Edgar Widdow, 1741." Coat of arms, see Vol. VIII., 157. WITHERSFIELD. S. MARY VIRGIN. CUPS (1) quite plain. Inscription is :-" Withersfield in Suffolk.” Height 8 inches; diameter 44 inches; base 44 inches; depth 41 inches. Marks Britannia; maker's mark A N; Court hand f for 1701; lion's head erased. (2) Has this inscription :—In memory of a Dear Mother, presented by William and Lucy Mayd, 1873. Height 8 inches; diameter 41 inches; base 4 inches; depth 44 inches. Marks leopard's head; maker's mark GH; small old English r for 1872; lion passant; head of Victoria. DH PATEN on foot, cover of above. Height 11⁄2 inch; diameter 43 inches. On base date "1702." Marks: Britannia; maker's mark A; Court hand f for 1701; lion's head erased. 10 inches diameter. A second PATEN, plated, on foot. FLAGON plated, tankard shaped. Height 10 inches; depth 63 inches; diameter 33 inches; base 5 inches. WIXOE. S. LEONARD. CUPS (1) Elizabethan, with engraved band around the bowl on the upper part. The only mark is a fleur-de-lis. Height 5 inches; diameter 3 inches; depth 34 inches. (2) The bowl is bell shaped. Height 10 inches; diameter 5 inches; depth 5 inches. Upon the bowl beneath the sacred monogram, which is surrounded by rays, is the inscription: Ex dono Hen. Berkley. Anno Dom. 1707 et Doroth Vxor ejus." Marks: Britannia; maker's mark °C. D°; court hand 1 for 1706; lion's head erased. PATENS: (1) diameter 33 inches; has no foot; fits cup (1). (2) In the shape of a waiter, and stands on four feet. Diameter 5 inches. Described in terrier as "silver waiter." Crest in centre. T Marks: leopard's head crowned; maker's mark R C; Roman capital N for 1728; lion passant. C Rev. W. A. Pywell, the present Rector, supplies the following particulars : Henry and Dorothy Berkeley are buried in the chancel here, and the entrance to the vault is marked by a slate slab, just giving their names, and stating the vault to be 10 feet square. An elaborate wall tablet of marble, white and dark, overlooks a chancel pew near the vault. The inscription is appended. There is this entry in the old Register, year 1735:-" Dame Dorothy Berkley, wife of Henry Berkley, Esq., (Lord of the Manor of Water Hall,) was buried ou the north side of the chancel, in a vault, November 22." "Water Hall" is the name of a large farmhouse in this parish, and the "Manor" is still "the Manor of Water Hall." Under the year 1751, the Register records :-" William Berkley, Esq., buried August 8th." This would seem to be a careless entry for "Henry," as it agrees with the date of Henry's death on the monument. At the top part of the monument is a coat-of-arms, coloured, surmounted by a mitre, probably because they claimed Bishop Berkeley as of their family. There are three fox or goat (?) heads in the middle of the coat-of-arms. Hence, no doubt, the fox or goat head in the middle of the "silver waiter" paten (2). Such head being the Berkeley crest presumably. On page 1 of the Register, already quoted, are the two following entries: "September the 6th 1699. "Given to this Parish Church of Wixo by the Pious and Charitable Lady, the Lady Dorothy Myddelton Patroness of this Rectory one Crimson Damask Cushion ffringed with gold and four Rich and large Golden Tazols thereunto appendant. "April ye 20th 1730. O. Cobb, Rector." "A Blew Cloath Covering, one Damask Table Cloth & one Damask Napkin were given to The Parish Church of Wixoe by Henry Berkley Esq. & Dame Dorothey Berkley Patron and Patroness of the said church. John Emerson, Rector." TABLET ON NORTH SIDE OF CHANCEL. M In a vault near lyes the body of Dorothy Berkeley wife of Henry Berkeley of Goldingham Hall in ye county of Essex Esq! Patron of this Church, daughter of S Hugh Myddelton Bart & Dame Dorothea his wife daughter of Sir William Oglander of the Isle of Wight Bart. |