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 130 Tavistock Records.

��Plate, Eegisters, Ipansl) 3Saolisi, etc.,

OF THE PARISH CHURCH OF TAVISTOCK. By the Rev. D. P. Alford.

��Plate. — (i) Two silver-gilt chalices and covers : one chalice and one cover of the years 1623-4; the second cover 1634, and the second chalice 1684. On the base of the first cover is engraved ' Tavistocke Wardens J. P: W. S. 1624;' on the second, 'Wardens of Tavistock E. J: P. E. 1634.' (2) A silver paten, inscribed on the flat rim with 'Ex dono Dawbeny Williams Ar: Ecclesiae Beatas Marie Virginis et S*' Rumoni de Tavistock. Ano: 1684.' In the centre is a coat of arms — a greyhound, and three birds ; around this, in a circle, is inscribed, ' Donum Dei et Deo in Christo Salvatore meo Solum Spero dum Spiro;' and half around this, on a scroll, 'Panis Vitse Eternje Si Dignus es. Religio Protestantium.' (3) A silver flagon, 13 inches in height, and weighing 61 oz. Above are engraved the royal arms and the arms of the borough of Tavistock, and between them those of the Duke of Bedford ; under there is inscribed, ' The gift of the most noble John Duke of Bedford, &c. &c. &c. Sept. 22, 1761, being the Coronation Day of King George the Third and Queen Charlotte.' (4) A silver alms dish, the centre embossed with the symbols of the four evangelists, and on the flat rim this inscription, ' To the glory of God in Loving Remembrance of Mary Lethbridge. June 11, 1877.' (5) A handsome silver chalice and paten were presented to the new church, Fitzford, by William Duke of Bedford, November, 1867.

Peivter. — One flagon 17 inches in height, with no inscrip- tion. Another flagon i6f inches in height, inscribed, ' Thomas Poynter and Robert Cudlipp, Churchwardens of Tavistock, in Devon, 1633.' Two flagons I4f inches in height, both inscribed, ' Ralph Worth and Richard Peek, churchwardens, 1638.' One smaller flagon lof inches high, inscribed, ' Alexander Cove and John Nosworth, 1660.' This has been recently plated, for use in the new

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