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Itm iiij Steple bells weyng (by estimacon) lxiiije, wherof the first weythe xije, the ijde xiiije, the iijde xvije, & the iiijth xxj, at xvs ye hundred. Sm

Jtm iiij Clapps to the same bells, weyng by estimacon C xliiijli, at id ye li

xlviijli

xiijs

In churche money in hands of Nicholas Bradde, lvs

Wherof assigned to be occupied & used in th'administracon of divine vyce ther, the iiijth bell weyng xxjc, & ij chalyces, the one of xviij ounce qt, & ye other of xvij ounce.

In Witnes wherof the sayd Comissions & others the sayd psons, have to thes psents alternately sett ther hands the day & yeare above wreten.

by me Nichs

Marshall.

By me Nycholas Browen

Bi me Robert Osbert

be me Nicholis brade

12.

Cromer. This Inventorye indented, made the ijde daye of September, in the vjth yeere of the raign of or Solaign lord Edward the sext, by the grace of God Kyng of Englond, ffrance, & Irelond, Defendor of the faythe, & in earthe of the churche of Englond, and also of Irelond, the supme heade, Betwen Willm ffayrmo', John Robsart, Xpofer Heydon, knyghts, Osbert Mundeford, Robt Barney, and John Callybutt, Esquuyers, Comissions, amongest others assigned by vertue of the kyngs mats commission to them directed, for the survey of Churche goods in Norff, on thoon ptye, and Rychard Clayte, Willm Sadler, Wm Colbek & Robert Blofeld of the sayd town on thother ptye, Wytnesseth yt ther remayneth in the custodye of the seyd Rychard,

Willm, Willm, and Robt, the daye of the date hrof, the pcells under wreten.

ffyrst, ij chalei, w' ij patens of

silv dobill gilt, wherof the first

weythe xx ounce, & ye ijde xixviiji ix
ounce, at iiijs iiijd ye ounce

Sm.

Itm one sute of red clothe of bawdkyn, vid3 a cope, a vestment, ij tunycles, & iij albys,

pryce

Itm an other sute of blak sylke,

xiijs iiijd

a cope, a vestment, ij tuny-viijs
cles, & iij albys, pres

Itm v coopes, wherof the first

of whyte sylke wt roses, pryce

iijs, ye ijde of clothe of golde, prc xxxx, the iijde of crimson lviijs viijd vellett, vjs viijd, ye iiijth of whyte damaske, iiijs, the vth of blue damaske, põe v3 Sm. Itm vij vestments, whereof the first of whyte sylke, wt roses, price ijs, ye ijde of clothe of bawdkyn, pryce iijs, the iijde of crymson vellett, vjs viijd, the iiijth of whyte damaske, iiijs, the yth of red sylke of Bryges, ijs, the vjth of red sylke. alysander, xijd, the vijth of grene damaske, va. Sm. Itm a canapye of paynted clothe,

& iiij alter clothes, & a vayle.
Sm vj. [This line is struck
out]

xxiijs viijd

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[In the margin is the following note: "Gylde Stufe-Itm iij brasse potts of lxli, at iiijd ye li. Sm. xx. Itm xl of pewter, at iiijd the 1. Sm. xiijs iiijd. Itm ij spets, weying xijli, at 1a ye li. Sm. xija. Itm a masour, wt ij ounce of silv (by estmacon pce,) vis viijd."]

Wherof Assigned to be occupyed & used in thadministracon of divine svice, both ther (sic) sayd chales of xxxix ounce & bell of xviije with the clapp.

In Wytnes wherof the sayd commissions & others, the sayd psns, pties to thes Psents, have sett ther hands the daye &

yer

above wreten.

Robert Bristow (?)

Wyllm Sadler.

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AMONGST the various documents relating to Norfolk Church Goods in the reign of Edward VI. preserved at the Record Office are six "Certificates" concerning the following Norwich churches-St. Andrew, extending over 16 quarto pages; St. Peter per Mountergate, 24; St. Martin at Palace, 20; St. Michael at Plea, 11; St. Mary of Coslany, 11; and St. Martin of Bailey, 12.

They are all dated 4th October, 6th Edward VI. (1552), and contain, first, an inventory of the money, plate, bells, goods, vestments, and ornaments, remaining in the respective churches, on the 15th of February, in the second year of Edward VI. (1548-9); secondly, an account year by year, from the 15th February, 1548-9, to the 4th October, 1552, of all such of the aforesaid goods as had been sold, with the amounts accruing, and the names of the persons to whom such sales had been made; thirdly, a similar account of the manner in which the money had been expended; and, fourthly, an inventory of the money and goods remaining at the day of the date of the certificates.

Our late secretary, Mr. Harrod, in a valuable article on

Church Goods in the 5th vol. of the Society's Papers, has transcribed a considerable portion of the first part of the St. Peter per Mountergate certificate, that is to say, of the inventory of the goods remaining, 2nd Edward VI., and he has given a few items from the St. Andrew's certificate, but not one of the six documents has been printed entire. It is, therefore, without the slightest hesitation that I place before the Society copies of two of the certificates relating to the churches of St. Andrew and St. Mary Coslany, for which I am indebted to my friend Mr. Walter Rye of Chelsea, who not only undertook the laborious task of transcribing them, but has also corrected the proofs with the originals. They contain much which cannot fail to be interesting as an illustration of a very eventful period in our history, both national and local.

These certificates are also strikingly corroborative of what Heylin in his History of the Reformation has written with reference to the orders of the Council for removing unnecessary furniture from churches. "In all great fairs and markets," he says, "there are some forestallers, who get the best pennyworths themselves, and suffer not the richest and most gainful commodities to be openly sold. And so it fared also in the present business, there being some who were as much beforehand with the king's commissioners in embezzling the said plate, jewels, and other furnitures, as the commissioners did intend to be with the king, in keeping all or most part unto themselves. . . . So that although some profit was thereby raised to the king's exchequer, yet the far greatest part of the prey came to other hands: insomuch that many private men's parlours were hung with altar cloths, their tables and beds covered with copes, instead of carpets and coverlits; and many made carousing cups of the sacred chalices, as once. Belshazzar celebrated his drunken feast in the sanctified vessel of the temple. It was a sorry house, and not worth the naming, which had not somewhat of this furniture in it,

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