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PLATE I. 
 
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PREFACE 
 
 ® WISH to express my cordial thanks for the unfailing 
 ® kindness and help accorded to me personally by 
 ® Mr. A. W. Moore, C.V.O., M.A., whose well-known 
 works- — The History of the Isle of Man ; Manx Worthies; 
 Diocesan History of Sodor and Man ; and Manx Surnames 
 and Place Names — have been freely consulted in the com- 
 pilation of this little volume. 
 
 To the clergy of the Isle of Man I am indebted for 
 their courtesy in giving me ready access to the plate. 
 
 Mr. Jackson’s book, English Goldsmiths and their Marks , 
 has been instrumental in the identification of marks pre- 
 viously unknown. 
 
 My friend, Mr. K. A. R. Sugden, R.A., sometime Demy 
 of Magdalen College, Oxford, has helped in many directions. 
 
 Finally, I desire to thank the publishers for their great 
 consideration and forbearance in the preparation of this small 
 work, and in The Church Plate of the Diocese of Bangor. 
 
 E. ALFRED JONES. 
 

 
 
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 
 
 Plate 
 
 I. Kirk Patrick of Jurby — Silver Chalice, Parcel-Gilt, 
 
 1 52 1 -2 . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece 
 
 Facing Page 
 
 II. Kirk Malew— Silver Paten, circa 1525 xi 
 
 III. Kirk German — Elizabethan Silver Beaker, 1591-2 . . 2 
 
 IV. Kirk German — Commonwealth Silver Cup, 1650-1; 
 
 Commonwealth Silver Flagon, 1653-4 ; and Silver Paten- 
 
 Cover, circa 1665 3 
 
 V. Kirk Braddan — Silver Chalice, 1756-7; Paten, 1705-6; 
 
 Tankard, 1675-6; Beaker, 1745; and Goblet, 1807-8 . 4 
 
 VI. No. 1, Kirk Conchan — Silver Chalices, 1637-8 and 1802-3; 
 
 and Silver Salver, 1804-5 6 
 
 No. 2, S. Paul’s, Ramsey — Dutch Silver Beaker, circa 1600; 
 
 George I. Silver Dish, 1718-19; and New Silver Beaker 6 
 
 VII. Kirk Michael — Silver Chalice, 1754-5 8 
 
 VIII. No. 1, Kirk Andreas — Silver Chalice, circa 1685 ; and 
 
 Silver Chalice, 1820-1 9 
 
 No. 2, Kirk Marown — Silver Beaker, circa 1705; Paten, 
 
 circa 1750; French Silver Beaker, circa 1730 . . 9 
 
 IX. S. Matthew’s, Douglas — Silver Chalices, 1710 and 1790-1 ; 
 
 Silver Beaker, 1741-2 ; Silver Flagon, 1728-9; Silver 
 Dish, circa 1740; and Silver Salver, 1741-2 . . .11 
 
 X. No. 1, Kirk Patrick — Silver Beaker and Paten ; Dublin 
 
 date-letter, 1708-10 13 
 
 No. 2, Kirk Lonan — Silver Paten, 1722-3 ; Silver Beaker, 
 
 1735 13 
 
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 XI. S. Mary’s Chapel, Castletown — Charles II. Silver 
 Chalice and Paten-Cover, 1661-2 ; Silver Chalice, 1827-8 ; 
 
 Pair of Silver Candlesticks, 1770-1 ; Silver Salver, 
 
 1 734-5 ; Irish Silver Cup, circa 1725 ; and Silver Paten, 
 
 1830-1 15 
 
 XII. Kirk Santon — S ilver Beaker, wrought by a Douglas 
 
 craftsman, 1758 17 
 
 XIII. Kirk Arbory— S ilver Mug, 1812-13 19 
 
 Kirk Maughold — S ilver Goblet, 1812-13; and Salver, 
 
 1819-20 -19 
 
 Kirk Santon — S ilver Communion Service, 1824-32 . . 19 
 
 XIV. No. 1, Kirk Malew — T wo Silver Chalices, 1781-2 . . 20 
 
 No. 2, Ballaugh — T wo Silver Chalices, 1795-6 . . 20 
 
 XV. Kirk Christ Lezayre — T wo Silver Chalices, 1793-4; and 
 
 Silver Paten, circa 1685 21 
 
 XVI. S. George’s, Douglas — S ilver Communion Service, 1776-7 22 
 
 XVII. No. 1, Kirk Maughold— Two Pewter Patens, 1746; two 
 
 Flagons, circa 1740 and 1746; and Dish, 1746 . . 23 
 
 No. 2, Kirk Bride — P ewter Flagon and Bowl, circa 1750 ; 
 
 and Pewter Dish, 1759 23 
 
 XVIII. No. 1, Kirk Patrick — P ewter Dish and Flagon, circa 1710 25 
 
 No. 2, Kirk Braddan — P ewter Dish and Flagon, circa 1750 25 
 
 XIX. No. 1, Kirk Conchan — P ewter Dish and Flagon, circa 1735 2 7 
 
 No. 2, Kirk Lonan — P ewter Flagon and two Plates, 1735 ! 
 
 Cover of a Bowl, and Plate 27 
 
 XX. Kirk Malew — M edieval Crucifix and Top of Censer in 
 
 Latten 30 
 
PLATE II. 
 
 KIRK MALEVV. 
 Silver Paten, 
 Date: circa 1525 . 
 
INTRODUCTION 
 
 LTHOUGH the Isle of Man contains in proportion 
 to its geographical area a larger number of sculp- 
 tured monuments 1 of the early Christian period 
 than any other part of the British Isles, yet no 
 sacramental vessels of any description, in a complete or 
 fragmentary condition, nor even one of the small iron or 
 bronze hand-bells (which survive in large numbers in their 
 country of origin, Ireland, and in Scotland and Wales) con- 
 nected with the early Celtic Church in Man, have come down 
 to the present day. 
 
 Any vessel composed wholly or partially of precious or 
 semi-precious material suffered the fate which in many cases 
 befell the ecclesiastical plate in other parts of these islands 
 during times of social and religious unrest. 
 
 The earliest and only authentic record of ecclesiastical 
 plate of Latin Christianity in this island is to be found in 
 the Rolls, 32 Henry VIII., of Rushen Abbey, founded in 
 1134 by the Cistercians of Furness. Here, prior to its dissolu- 
 tion about 1539, was preserved a rich display of silver plate, 
 which found its way into the hands of the Earl of Derby, 
 who paid the sum of .£34 8 s. 8 d. for the whole of this 
 treasure — consisting of four chalices, 2 one abbot’s pastoral staff, 
 
 1 P. M. C. Kermode’s Manx Crosses. 
 
 2 Patens are not specified in this list, and were presumably included with 
 the four chalices — a point which recalls the preservation to our own time of no fewer 
 than thirty-four medieval silver patens in the county of Norfolk alone out of the 
 total number of about ninety-five throughout England and Wales. This remarkably 
 large proportion in one county is thought to be due to the omission of the word 
 “paten” from the injunction that “those monuments of superstition” — chalices — 
 should be destroyed, or turned into “decent Communion cups,” 
 
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 one censer, a cross, two little headless crosses, one ship, 1 a 
 bishop’s head and hand, 2 four cruets, 3 eleven spoons, two 
 standing cups, two ale pots and covers, a drinking cup, one 
 salt, two mazers, 4 and one pix. The contents of the abbey- 
 included, as will be observed, not only the necessary ecclesias- 
 tical vessels for the services of the Church, but also purely 
 domestic plate, such as that important adjunct of the table 
 in the Middle Ages— the salt. A belief survives to this day 
 in the Isle of Man, among those who have made no enquiries 
 on the subject, that this treasure of Rushen has been handed 
 down through successive generations to the present Earl of 
 Derby ; whereas, as a matter of fact, the whole of the Stanley 
 family plate, together with this treasure and £40,000 in money, 
 went towards the cause of Charles I. in the Civil War. 
 
 The Isle of Man can, happily, still show two medieval 
 or pre-Reformation silver vessels — a chalice and a paten. 
 The chalice, which is at Kirk Patrick of Jurby (Plate i.), is 
 in a fairly good state of preservation, and bears the London 
 date-letter for 152 1-2, and an unknown maker’s mark — two 
 links of a chain — as on a chalice of the same type in S. Mary’s 
 Roman Catholic Church at Leyland, Lancashire, formerly in 
 
 1 A vessel, in the form of a ship, for incense. The Earl of Carysfort owns one 
 of parcel-gilt, temp. Henry VII., which once belonged to Ramsey Abbey. 
 
 2 Reliquaries in the form of a head and a hand. In the British Museum is the 
 head of S. Eustace, of wood overlaid with silver, of the eleventh century, from 
 Basle Cathedral. Many of the treasuries of English cathedrals contained reliquaries 
 of this kind. S. Thomas’s, covered with precious metal and jewels, called the 
 “ Golden Head,” was at Canterbury. The shrine of S. Lachtin’s arm, of bronze 
 and silver, dating from about mo, is in the Museum of the Royal Irish Academy. 
 Several such reliquaries are preserved in the treasuries of churches and monasteries 
 in Italy, France, and Spain. 
 
 3 It is impossible to say whether these cruets, for wine and water, were composed 
 wholly of silver or partially of glass and silver. A pre-Reformation English silver 
 cruet — the only English specimen known — dating from 1530-35, is a highly-prized 
 treasure at S. Peter Port Church, Guernsey. 
 
 ■1 The mazer was the commonest of all medieval drinking vessels in England 
 from the thirteenth to the fifteenth century. The bowl was generally of maple 
 wood, and was often elaborately mounted in silver, and occasionally of gold, some of 
 the border mounts being engraved with interesting inscriptions. Though so common 
 then, the number recorded as in existence to-day does not exceed fifty. 
 
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 the parish church at that place, and on two patens in East 
 Anglia — one of 1509-10, at Great Hockham, Thetford ; and 
 the other of 1 521-2, at Great Waltham, Essex. This chalice 
 was probably provided when the bishop of Sodor and Man 
 was Hugh Hesketh. Five other chalices of this same type, 
 in addition to those of Jurby and Ley land, are preserved in 
 different parts of England ; and all these, with the exception 
 of the one at Ebbesbourne, Wiltshire, are enumerated on page 7. 
 The earliest of these is 1507-8, while the latest is 1527-8. 
 
 The medieval silver paten referred to is at Kirk Malew 
 (Plate ii.). Engraved on the rim is the legend — 
 
 iSancfe &upe <Dra pro ($o6ts* 
 
 now faint with long usage and restoration. The Vernicle, or 
 face of our Lord, enclosed in a glory of long rays, is engraved 
 in the sunk sexfoil centre. This inscription had long been 
 supposed, by later Latin Christianity and throughout post- 
 Reformation times, to connect Kirk Malew Church with 
 S. Lupus, a pupil of S. German’s ; but it is now believed to 
 refer to the Irish saint Moliba or Molipa under a Latinized 
 form. 1 
 
 A brief sketch of the main features in the evolution in 
 the form of the medieval massing chalice — of which only 
 some forty exist — in England may not be out of place here. 
 
 From about the beginning to the middle of the thirteenth 
 century the bowl of the chalice is almost hemispherical, 
 broad and shallow, while the stem, knop and foot are circular 
 and plain. A slight departure in detail from this is observable 
 in the magnificent chalice, probably the finest English medieval 
 chalice extant, 2 which was found with the companion paten 
 near Dolgelley, in North Wales, some years ago. 
 
 1 The subject is exhaustively dealt with by Mr. A. W. Moore in Manx Place 
 Names , 2nd edition, p. 140. 
 
 2 Illustrated and described in Archceologia, vol. liii. 
 
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 This is succeeded by a type existing from 1250 to 1275, 
 where the shape of the bowl remains almost unchanged, though 
 a difference in the knop and stem is now apparent, the knop 
 in one instance being octagonal and in two others eight-lobed. 
 
 The last quarter of the same century witnesses the intro- 
 duction of an enriched foot with a series of lobes radiating 
 from below the stem over the foot, the stem being circular in 
 two specimens and octagonal in another, the shape of the 
 knop also varying. 
 
 From 1300 to 1360, if the inference drawn from the 
 only example so far discovered is correct — namely, the one at 
 York Minster — the chalice would seem to be somewhat taller 
 and the bowl deeper and more conical in form than the previous 
 types. The foot remains circular ; the stem is cylindrical, taller 
 and more slender ; and the knop eight-lobed. This example, 
 too, is of special interest from the fact that it illustrates the 
 introduction into England of the engraved crucifix on the 
 foot. 
 
 The next development noticed is the adoption of a curved 
 hexagonal or mullet-shaped foot, to the exclusion of the circular 
 foot, as a result of the increasing practice in the fourteenth 
 century of laying the chalice on its side on the paten at the 
 ablutions at Mass, the shape of the foot effectually preventing 
 the chalice from moving. 
 
 Later, the circular stem gives way to the hexagonal, and 
 the knop is six-sided. 
 
 This is followed by a type, existing from about 1450 to 
 1510, the main characteristics of which, though there are 
 differences in decorative details, are a deep and conical bowl 
 and a plain hexagonal stem divided by a large six-lobed knop, 
 the lobes being decorated in some examples with faces of 
 angels, as on the Jurby chalice, or lozenge-shaped ornaments 
 decorated with roses or other flowers, in most cases originally 
 enamelled. The knop is mostly pierced, and the foot remains 
 
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 six-sided, and in later specimens the points terminate in small 
 pierced ornaments, added, it is conjectured, to save the sharp 
 points from causing damage to the cloths on the altar. An 
 inscription — 
 
 Caftcem gafufam acctptam ef nomen ©orntm tnnocafio 
 
 (Psnlm cv. Sarum Breviary ), 
 
 is engraved on the bowls of two chalices of this period. To 
 this period belong the earliest existing pieces of English 
 plate, either ecclesiastical or domestic, with the London date- 
 letter — 1479 — the well-known chalice and paten at Nettle- 
 combe, Somerset. 
 
 The next stage in the evolution is the introduction of 
 a sexfoil foot, the bowl becoming nearly hemispherical, while 
 the stem and knop remain almost unchanged, except that the 
 latter is not always pierced. The most interesting example in 
 this group is the only pre-Reformation chalice of gold that has 
 escaped destruction — namely the one, dated 1507-8, preserved 
 with its paten at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and given by 
 the founder, Richard Foxe, Bishop of Winchester. 
 
 Finally, the chalice, in its form and decoration, during 
 the few eventful years preceding the dawn of the Reformation 
 in England, becomes more ornate under the influence of the 
 architecture of that time. The bowl, which still remains 
 shallow and broad at the bottom, is inscribed in every instance 
 but one with a legend, as is also the foot, the most common 
 legend being the one already mentioned from Psalm cv., Sarum 
 Breviary. The stem of one chalice has beautiful quatrefoil 
 tracery from top to bottom, with cables applied to the angles ; 
 two others have plain unpierced stems, and another is 
 buttressed at the angles. A pierced gallery, with a vase-shape 
 buttress at each angle, adorns the junction of the stem with 
 the foot, which is a wavy-sided hexagon, though in one 
 example the earlier sexfoil form has been retained. The only 
 
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 change seen in the knop is that it is slightly flatter, and it is 
 without traceried openings. 
 
 The medieval silver paten may be divided into seven 
 groups In the twelfth and thirteenth century, from about 
 1 1 So to 1260, the lower depression is quatrefoil, with various 
 symbols engraved in the centre, followed by a type prevailing 
 from 1260 to 1300 with a lower depression or single depression, 
 octofoil or multifoil, though there are variations from this main 
 type. 
 
 Throughout the first half of the next century, the four- 
 teenth, the lower depression is sexfoil, and the central device 
 usually the Manus Dei. 
 
 This in its turn gives way to a paten of similar outline, 
 with the addition of a rayed ornament filling the spandrels, 
 and the most frequent symbol in the centre is the Vernicle, 
 or face of our Lord. 
 
 The sexfoil depression is superseded in the fifth type by 
 a single circular depression, and the centre is more generally 
 occupied by the sacred monogram I.H.C. or I.H.S. 
 
 In the next group the lower depression is sexfoil, with a 
 central device surrounded by a glory of long rays filling the 
 field of the paten, and the rim is engraved with a legend. 
 The paten at Kirk Malew belongs to this group. 
 
 In the final stage of the pre-Reformation paten the single 
 depression is circular, with the Vernicle surrounded by a glory 
 of long rays, the rim being engraved with a legend. The date 
 of this type is from about 1520 to 1535. 
 
 Though every county throughout England and Wales 
 contains innumerable examples of the early post-Reformation 
 chalice, or Elizabethan Communion Cup, in many instances 
 transformed from the original massing chalice, and in the main 
 following one type — viz. : a beaker-shape bowl, curved at the 
 lip, and engraved with an interlaced strap-work belt of foliage, 
 supported by a stem divided by a compressed knop, the foot 
 
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 always circular, with a small paten-cover fitting closely over the 
 lip of the cup — yet no single specimen of this kind has been 
 found in any Manx church, nor can the author discover that 
 such a cup was ever adopted in the island. This may be 
 accounted for by the tenacious hold on the people of many 
 of the customs of the un-Reformed Church long after such 
 “ reliques of popish superstition ” had been abandoned in 
 England. 
 
 The Isle of Man is not, however, without one piece of 
 Elizabethan plate — the fine beaker of 1 591-2, preserved with 
 the other valuable plate at Kirk German (Plate iii.). It is 
 considerably curved towards the lip, which is engraved with 
 a plain intersecting band filled with conventional foliage (as 
 on many of the Elizabethan Communion Cups just described), 
 a spray of three roses suspending from each intersection. The 
 border of the applied foot has a delicate ovolo moulding. 
 Three other pieces of plate are recorded with the same 
 unknown maker’s mark, and these are mentioned on page 2. 
 
 How this rare example came into the possession of this 
 church neither documentary, traditional, nor inscribed evidence 
 can be adduced to determine. Though made during the 
 episcopate of the first Bishop of the Reformed Church in the 
 Isle of Man, John Meryck, we cannot, in the absence of other 
 evidence, say that he or any other Manx Churchman of that 
 period purchased it at the expense of the parish or bestowed 
 it as a gift upon the Church. 
 
 This beaker has, however, created a taste for beakers 
 as Communion Cups in the island, just as this form of Dutch 
 domestic drinking-cup, first introduced into Scotland through 
 Aberdeen by traders from the Low Countries in the 
 sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, was adopted by Scotch 
 silversmiths as a Communion vessel in the north-east of 
 Scotland, where it is confined to parishes in Forfarshire, 
 Aberdeenshire, Banffshire, Morayshire, and Nairnshire, and 
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 found as far north as Orkney and Shetland, though, interesting 
 to note, it does not exist in any churches south of the Tay, 
 with the solitary exception of the parish of Biggar, in Lanark- 
 shire. Some of the beakers in the district of Aberdeen are 
 of foreign workmanship. 
 
 The same traders, too, and also the Protestant refugees 
 who sought protection from the religious persecutions in the 
 Netherlands, are responsible for the introduction of this 
 same type of beaker on the east coast of England in the 
 sixteenth century. The defunct Dutch church at Norwich 
 owned four splendid beakers of the year 1595, made by a 
 Norwich craftsman, probably of Dutch descent. Three of 
 these beakers are now in private collections, while the fourth 
 is in the Museum at Amsterdam. Other fine beakers have 
 been recorded in the same county, among them the Elizabethan 
 beaker of 1574, and the remarkable plain set of six of the 
 Commonwealth period, dated 1654, and engraved with the 
 initials of the donors, all belonging to the old Independent 
 Meeting House at Great Yarmouth. 
 
 Beakers like the one at Kirk German were made in 
 England in small numbers until the reign of Charles I., when 
 they became plainer. 
 
 While we have seen the gradual adoption of the beaker 
 as a sacramental cup in one part of Scotland, in other parts 
 of the same country a low, tazza form of cup of the seventeenth 
 century prevails — a cup obviously inspired by the mazer of 
 maple wood on a silver-mounted stem of the middle of the 
 sixteenth century belonging to S. Mary’s College, S. Andrew’s, 
 and the S. Leonard’s Mazer, also at S. Andrew’s. 
 
 The beaker became known in Holland as the “ Lady’s 
 Cup,” and is frequently depicted with the “ Gentleman’s Cup,” 
 the tazza, in Dutch pictures of the seventeenth century, 
 especially in those of Pieter and Willem Claesz. 
 
 It found its way, too, across the Atlantic to America, 
 
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 where a few historic specimens of the silversmith’s work of 
 the early settlers from England in Massachusetts and their 
 immediate descendants are preserved in the earliest churches 
 established there, notably a beaker decorated with an engraved 
 band of foliage, made by David Jesse about 1672, and now 
 in the First Church at Dorchester. Another interesting beaker 
 belonging to the same New England church is one covered 
 with a broad band of granulated work, which has its counter- 
 part in the beaker at the First Church at Boston, wrought 
 by John Hull and Robert Sanderson, who were in partnership 
 as silversmiths at Boston from 1652 to 1683. Hull went out 
 as a boy from his English home in Leicestershire, and shortly 
 after reaching his new home turned his hand to the trade of 
 a goldsmith, afterwards becoming, with his partner and friend, 
 Robert Sanderson, responsible for the coining of the first 
 American coinage — the pine-tree shillings of Massachusetts. 
 
 The Kirk German beaker is followed, in point of age, by 
 the fine one of Dutch workmanship, delicately engraved, dating 
 from about 1600 (Plate vi., No. 2), given in 1747 to S. Paul’s, 
 Ramsey, by Dr. Thomas Wilson, son of Bishop Wilson, who 
 had previously bestowed, in 1735, together with a silver paten 
 and some pewter vessels, the plain silver beaker on the new 
 church of Kirk Lonan (Plate x., No. 2). A plain beaker, made 
 by an Irish artificer, and hall-marked at Dublin in 1708-10 
 (Plate x., No. 1), was given to Kirk Patrick by J. Holroyd, 
 a friend of Bishop Wilson. A small French one of about 
 1730 is preserved at Kirk Marown with a larger plain beaker, 
 probably English, of Queen Anne’s reign (Plate viii., No. 2). 
 At Kirk German is a tall plain beaker, originally the gift of an 
 unknown benefactor, one John Crane, and later “ renewed by 
 Captain Philip Cowell.” S. Matthew’s, Douglas, claims a small 
 plain beaker of 1741, presented by Elizabeth Murrey, and 
 made by Richard Richardson, one of six silversmiths of the 
 well-known Richardson family who flourished at Chester from 
 
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 1697 to about 1812 (Plate ix.). A notable Manxman, Rev. 
 Philip Moore, gave a small beaker (Plate v.) to Kirk Braddan 
 in 1745. Most interesting of all is the unique beaker at Kirk 
 Santon (Plate xii.), plain and massive, fashioned by a Manx 
 craftsman in 1758, one Thomas Appleby, of Douglas, whose 
 identity cannot, unfortunately, be determined. Though not 
 old, the silver beaker at S. Paul’s, Ramsey (Plate vi., No. 2), is 
 not without interest, having been given by Bishop Vowler Short. 
 
 It will thus be seen from this list that no fewer than ten 
 beakers have been found in this small island, and no two are 
 alike. 
 
 The Kirk German beaker is followed in point of date by 
 the plain silver chalice with inverted bell-shape bowl on a 
 baluster stem of the reign of Charles I., dated 1637-8, at Kirk 
 Conchan (Plate vi., No. 1). In the same church is an interesting 
 reproduction of this same chalice of the reign of George III., 
 1802-3. This type of cup is the successor of a cup with V-shape 
 bowl, embossed with foliage, on a baluster stem ; and of 
 another cup with a plain V-shape or oviform bowl on a high, 
 slender baluster stem, both of the reign of James I. Cups 
 like the Conchan chalice were made throughout the reign of 
 Charles I. and the Commonwealth as late as the Restoration, 
 when the bowl exhibits a tendency to become flatter at the 
 base. The historic silver chalice, similar to that at Kirk 
 Conchan, in which Charles I. received the last Communion on 
 the scaffold at the hands of Bishop Juxon, is now in the 
 possession of the Duke of Portland. 
 
 This diocese of Sodor and Man contains in the tall chalice 
 or cup, and the flagon at Kirk German, two rare and valuable 
 examples of plate wrought during the Commonwealth — that 
 disturbed period in English history — when the amount of plate 
 produced was necessarily very limited. Though made at that 
 time, in the year 1650, this cup did not come into the posses- 
 sion of that church until twenty years later, the donor 
 
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 being the successor in the see of Bishop Isaac Barrow, 
 Henry Bridgeman (1671-82), whose chief claim to distinction 
 appears to be that he visited his see only twice. The bowl of 
 the cup has a granulated surface, and in the centre the arms 
 of the see, impaling the Bishop’s arms, are engraved. 
 
 Tall cups on baluster stems of this type, the bowls 
 frequently covered with a matted or granulated surface, except 
 for a narrow plain margin at the lip and base, as on the Kirk 
 German cup, succeeded the more ornate cups with repousse 
 bowls, frequently with covers surmounted by a “ steeple,” of 
 the reign of James I. An early example of the year 1629 is 
 in a private collection, and several of the City Companies own 
 specimens. One of 1649 belongs to the Haberdashers’ 
 Company; and three others, the “ Hinde Cup” of 1654, the 
 “Osborne Cup” of 1658, and the “Stockton Cup” of 1682, 
 form part of the treasures of the Innholders’ Company. An 
 early one, dated 1650, is in the possession of the Skinners’ 
 Company ; and a large one with a cover, of three years later, 
 is owned by the Barber Surgeons. The unique “ Blacksmiths’ 
 Cup,” dated 1655-6, formerly the property of the Blacksmiths’ 
 Company, has a bowl with the same granulated surface as on 
 those already enumerated, but the baluster stem is replaced 
 by one of appropriate symbolism — the figure of a black- 
 smith. 
 
 The other piece of Commonwealth plate at Kirk German 
 is the plain cylindrical flagon (Plate iv.), which is dated 1653-4. 
 The original flat cover, however, has been replaced by a tall 
 domed one. It is not only interesting from the scarcity of 
 plate of this period, but also because of the engraved repre- 
 sentation of the Good Shepherd by a contemporary artist — 
 an unusual feature in English plate, especially of this date. 
 The finest English chalice with pictorial engraving known to 
 the author is the unique chalice of 1610, which is engraved 
 with figures of S. Mary the Virgin, S. Mary Cleophas, and 
 
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 S. Mary Salome, given to the church at Beddgelert by Sir John 
 Williams, goldsmith to James I. An interesting silver chalice 
 of 1640 of a medieval type, in the private chapel of Earl 
 Ferrers at Staunton Harold, is engraved with a figure of the 
 Good Shepherd and the inscription, “ My blood is drinke 
 indeed ” ; a chalice and paten of five years earlier, with a repre- 
 sentation of Abraham offering up Isaac, are at S. Botolph, 
 Aldgate; and an alms-dish with the Lord’s Supper depicted 
 thereon was given in 1751 to S. Lawrence, Jewry. The list is 
 extended by the curious little chalice, engraved with the Cruci- 
 fixion, at Kirk Andreas (Plate viii., No. 1); by the immense 
 silver-gilt alms-dish of 1660-1 with representation of the Last 
 Supper, in relief, in the centre, belonging to the Chapel Royal, 
 S. James’s Palace ; and by a silver chalice of 1624 at Steynton, 
 in Pembrokeshire, engraved with the Last Supper ; and a 
 chalice of nine years later, with the Christian symbol, a pelican 
 in her piety, at S. Thomas’s, Haverfordwest, in the same county. 
 Worthy of inclusion, too, is the splendid silver-gilt alms-dish 
 of about 1683, embossed with a composition in high relief of 
 the Last Supper from an Italian design, at S. James’s Church, 
 Piccadilly. 
 
 Nineteen other tall silver chalices or cups on stems are 
 included in this volume, the third in order of date after the two 
 already described being the large plain chalice with beaker- 
 shape bowl on a trumpet-shape stem, of the reign of Charles II., 
 at S. Mary’s Chapel, Castletown (Plate xi.). With it is its 
 original paten-cover, which, as is scarcely necessary to remark, 
 was intended for the double purpose of a cover and a paten. 
 Contrary to the usual custom, the foot of this paten-cover is 
 engraved with the Agnus Dei. The feet are invariably plain 
 at this time, except for a date. Later in this century they are 
 frequently engraved with the sacred monogram, I.H.S. No 
 inscription appears on this chalice with paten-cover, nor 
 does any record exist as to whether it was purchased for 
 
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 the consecration in 1701 of this the first church erected during 
 the eventful episcopate of Bishop Wilson, or whether it was 
 provided by William, ninth Earl of Derby, who was instru- 
 mental in the erection of S. Mary’s Chapel. 1 
 
 This type of plain, unadorned chalice on a trumpet-shaped 
 stem with paten-cover, with variations in size, is first noticed 
 in the reign of Charles I., becoming more numerous at the 
 Restoration, and remaining in vogue to a limited extent until 
 the early part of the eighteenth century. Cotemporary with it, 
 and more common, was a chalice with the same style of bowl, 
 varying in holding capacity, but with a depressed knop in the 
 centre of the stem. 
 
 Allusion has already been made to a rare little chalice at 
 Kirk Andreas (Plate viii., No. 1). It has more than one 
 feature of interest : the crudely engraved Crucifixion, with the 
 sacred letters I.H.S. above, and the inscription — 
 
 “Andreas Cristi famulus,” 
 
 below ; and another feature is the short vase-shape stem cut 
 into six lobes. At the base of the bowl is a rope-twist 
 moulding. A chalice with the same shape of bowl, and with 
 similar rope-twist moulding, on a short, plain, vase-shape 
 stem, dating from about 1690, is at Pentir, near Bangor, 
 in North Wales; and two others of 1670, the stems, 
 however, trumpet-shape, belong to Hapton Congregational 
 Chapel, near Norwich. Though the Kirk Andreas chalice 
 bears no other mark than the initials of an unknown silver- 
 smith, perhaps provincial — whether English, Scotch, or Irish 
 it is impossible to say — its date may be assigned to the last 
 quarter of the seventeenth century. 
 
 The next chalice in chronological order is at S. Matthew’s, 
 Douglas. This is quite plain, and has a beaker-shape bowl on 
 
 1 The first Chapel was pulled down in 1826, when the present building was 
 erected. 
 
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 a high stem divided by a knop. It was doubtless made in 1710 
 to the order of an unknown benefactor, Major Charles 
 Nicholson, whose name is inscribed. The only marks on it are 
 the maker’s initials, S. H., and the word STERLING — the latter 
 a mark used by Irish silversmiths at Cork between 1710 and 
 1719 as a guarantee of quality, and at Limerick at the end of 
 the eighteenth century. Chester silversmiths, too, at the end 
 of the seventeenth century stamped their productions with this 
 mark. Though the maker’s name remains for the present 
 unidentified, the place of origin of this chalice was probably 
 Cork. It served as a model for the second chalice at 
 S. Matthew's, as will be seen from a comparison of the 
 illustrations on Plate ix. It is stamped with the Chester date- 
 letter for 1 790- 1, and the maker’s mark, I. H., which is believed 
 by the author to represent the initials of Isaac Hadwine, a 
 Liverpool silversmith, who, with others from the same city, are 
 known to have had their plate marked at Chester as the nearest 
 assay office. 
 
 A chalice of some interest, not on account of age or rarity 
 of form, but on account of its sacred association with its donor 
 and with the church of the parish where it is now preserved, 
 Kirk Michael, is illustrated on Plate vii. The inscription 
 records that it was the gift, in 1755, of Dr. Thomas Wilson, 
 son of Bishop Wilson, to the parish of his nativity. Twenty- 
 one years later he rebuilt the chancel of this church, and among 
 his other benefactions to the Church in the Isle of Man are 
 the Communion vessels at Kirk Lonan and S. Paul’s, Ramsey. 
 This chalice was made in London in 1754-5, where the donor 
 had been Prebendary of Westminster and Rector of 
 S. Stephen’s, Walbrook, and S. Margaret’s, Westminster. 
 
 The larger silver chalice at Kirk Braddan (Plate v.), made 
 in London a year later, is in its form very similar to that at 
 Kirk Michael, and the purchaser may have been actuated in 
 his choice by this one. 
 
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 The later silver chalices on tall stems in the Isle of Man 
 call for no special comment. There are two plain ones, with 
 bell-shape bowls, exactly alike in shape and size, of London 
 make of the year 1793, at Kirk Christ Lezayre (Plate xv.). 
 Two others of a different type, with plain oviform bowls, resting 
 on circular bases with beaded borders, and engraved with a 
 shield of arms, described on page 25, probably those of the 
 donor (whose name cannot be traced), are at Kirk Malew. Both 
 are dated 1781-2, and are illustrated on Plate xiv., No. 1. 
 Similar in form are the two of 1795-6 at Ballaugh (Plate xiv., 
 No. 2). 
 
 Another variety of chalice (Plate xiii.) is at Kirk 
 Maughold. Though inscribed with the date 1831, together with 
 the name of the parish and the names of the four wardens, it 
 was made in London in 1812-13. A massive plain one 
 (Plate viii., No. 1), made at Sheffield in 1820-21, belongs to Kirk 
 Andreas; and an ornate chalice of 1827-8, given in 1830, with 
 a paten, by Robert Quayle, is at S. Mary’s Chapel, Castletown. 
 
 The two chalices belonging to the massive silver 
 Communion service of 1777 (Plate xvi.) at S. George’s, 
 Douglas — traditionally said to have been the gift of the fourth 
 Duke of Atholl to this Church, then called “ Douglass New 
 Chapel” — and the chalice of 1832-3 in the silver service given 
 by Mrs. Ann Bacon to Kirk Santon (Plate xiii.), complete the 
 list of tall chalices on stems, which presents seventeen distinct 
 types or variations. 
 
 An instance of the bestowal of a strictly secular cup for 
 sacramental purposes is afforded in the silver goblet, made 
 in 1807-8, at Kirk Braddan (Plate v.). Originally offered by a 
 noted Manxman and member of the House of Keys, John 
 Christian Curwen, who also became a member of Parliament 
 for Carlisle and West Cumberland, as a prize for the best 
 cultivated farm in the Isle of Man, it was given later to this 
 church, presumably by the winner or his descendants. 
 
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 Equally secular is the small silver mug of 1812-13, with 
 initials, W. W. C., long used as a Communion Cup at Kirk 
 Arbory (Plate xiii.). 
 
 Exclusive of the Commonwealth flagon at Kirk German, 
 the number of flagons in the Isle of Man is three. A fine, plain, 
 massive one, with a spout and a domed cover (Plate ix.), a 
 notched rat-tail running down the shoulder of the hollow 
 scrolled handle, made by David King, of Dublin, in 1728-9, 
 and bequeathed to S. Matthew’s, Douglas, in 1727 by John 
 and Susanna Murrey. John Murrey will be remembered as 
 the prosperous Manx merchant who issued, in 1 668, the first 
 coinage in the Isle of Man — a brass token of the value of a 
 penny, bearing the arms of the island and the motto, QVO 
 Cvnqve Gesseris Stabit, on the obverse, and his name, the 
 date 1668, and his initials on the reverse. His wife was a 
 cousin of Bishop Wilson’s wife, Mary Patten. 
 
 A plain flagon belongs to the Communion service 
 (Plate xvi.) of 1777 at S. George’s, Douglas, and a massive 
 one of 1824 forms part of the service at Kirk Santon 
 (Plate xiii.). 
 
 A fine plain silver tankard with flat cover of the reign of 
 Charles II., with London date letter for 1675-6 (Plate v.), is 
 at Kirk Braddan. This, though a purely domestic vessel, was 
 doubtless given for use as a flagon. The initials of the former 
 owners, who have not so far been identified, are engraved on 
 the handle. 
 
 Large tankards like this fine specimen, with flat covers, 
 were in common use in the Restoration period to the end of the 
 seventeenth century and through the reign of Queen Anne. 
 The earlier ones were invariably plain, except for a surbase 
 of embossed acanthus foliage, “ cut-card ” work, or in rarer 
 cases embellished with figures and other details in the Chinese 
 taste. 
 
 There are ten silver patens, excluding the medieval 
 
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 paten at Kirk Malew. The earliest, which, however, is a 
 paten-cover separated from its original chalice, is one of about 
 1665, given to Kirk German by Bishop Henry Bridgeman, 
 whose arms are engraved on it (Plate iv.). 
 
 A small plain paten with a wide flat rim on a short 
 truncated stem (Plate xv.), date about 1685, is at Kirk Christ 
 Lezayre. 
 
 One of Queen Anne, made in London in 1705-6, belongs 
 to Kirk Braddan (Plate v.), followed by one of Dublin make, 
 1708-10, which was given to Kirk Patrick by a friend of Bishop 
 Wilson, Elizabeth Wybrants (Plate x., No. 1). A fifth paten, 
 with London hall-mark for 1722-3, and engraved with a 
 monogram, is at Kirk Lonan — probably given at the dedication 
 of the new church in 1735 (Plate x., No. 2). The Rev. John 
 Christian, Vicar of Kirk Marown, gave to that church in 1759 
 a plain silver paten on three small feet — the feet added in 
 recent years. 
 
 The massive service of Plate at S. George’s, Douglas, 
 contains a large paten and two smaller ones of 1776-7 
 (Plate xvi.). 
 
 A highly-decorated paten of 1830-1 is at S. Mary’s Chapel, 
 Castletown; and the one of 1832-3, given by Mrs. Ann Bacon 
 to Kirk Santon, completes the inventory of silver patens. 
 
 Domestic plate, as we have seen in the case of the 
 Charles II. tankard at Kirk Braddan, the splendid two-handled 
 Irish loving cup of S. Mary’s Chapel, Castletown, and the small 
 mug at Kirk Arbory, has often been bestowed by pious 
 benefactors to churches for sacramental purposes. No fewer 
 than four silver salvers, in use as alms-dishes or patens, exist 
 in Manx churches to-day. Earliest of these is a fine plain 
 one of 1734-5 (Plate xi.), bestowed in 1809 on S. Mary’s Chapel, 
 Castletown. The second, of a different pattern, dated 174 1-2 
 (Plate ix.), was the gift of David and Margaret Murrey to 
 S. Matthew’s, Douglas. A third, which is of similar design 
 
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 in the border to the last, but of later date — 1804-5 — is at 
 Kirk Conchan (Plate vi.) ; and the fourth is a small one of 
 1819-20 (Plate xiii.) at Kirk Maughold. 
 
 A piece of domestic plate of some rarity, in use as a paten 
 at S. Paul’s, Ramsey, is the silver dish with escallop border, 
 bearing the London date-letter for 1718-19 (Plate vi., No. 2). 
 It was given by Dr. Thomas Wilson, with the Dutch silver 
 beaker, in 1747, and it was then that the sacred monogram — 
 cross and three nails in glory — were engraved in the centre 
 of this dish. 
 
 Only two of the orthodox form of silver alms-dishes 
 have been met with : the large plain dish with wide flat rim 
 (Plate ix.) made by Thomas Williamson, of Dublin, about 1740, 
 and given to S. Matthew’s, Douglas, by David and Susanna 
 Egwin ; and the massive alms-dish belonging to the service 
 at S. George’s, Douglas. 
 
 Old silver candlesticks of a strictly ecclesiastical type are 
 of uncommon occurrence in English churches, though Georgian 
 table candlesticks are occasionally found in the possession of 
 churches. A pair of tall ones, dating from 1770-71 (Plate xi.), 
 doubtless part of the family plate, was given in 1831 by 
 Margaret Christian Ouilliam to S. Mary's Chapel, Castletown ; 
 and the companion pair was bequeathed at the same time by 
 the same lady to the chapel of King William’s College. 
 
 Some forty-five pieces of silver plate in the Isle of Man 
 bear the London hall-mark, the most important examples being 
 the Henry VIII. chalice at Jurby, the Elizabethan beaker and 
 the Commonwealth chalice and flagon at Kirk German, the 
 Charles I. chalice at Kirk Conchan, and the Charles II. tankard 
 and the chalice with paten-cover of the same period at Kirk 
 Braddan and S. Mary’s, Castletown, respectively. The Chester 
 assay is represented by the beaker of 1741-2 of S. Matthew’s, 
 Douglas, and by the chalice of 1790-91 in the same church. Ire- 
 land’s silversmiths have contributed four examples of plate in 
 
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 the beaker and paten of 1708-10 at Kirk Patrick; the magnifi- 
 cent two-handled loving cup with cover of about 1725, probably 
 wrought by Thomas Walker, of Dublin, at S. Mary’s Chapel, 
 Castletown; and the large dish of some fifteen years later 
 belonging to S. Matthew’s, Douglas — all stamped with the 
 Dublin mark. Though its place of origin cannot for the 
 present be definitely determined, the chalice of 1710 in the 
 latter church was probably wrought at Cork. It will be seen 
 later that the author believes that most of the old pewter in 
 Manx churches came from Ireland. The appearance of Irish 
 plate in the Isle of Man in the beginning and middle of the 
 eighteenth century is not surprising in view of two facts — 
 that most of it dates from the episcopate of Bishop Wilson, 
 who was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and therefore 
 would perhaps be in personal touch with that city ; and, 
 moreover, it is well known that at this time most of the island’s 
 trade was connected with Ireland. 
 
 The only English provincial specimen is the chalice at 
 Kirk Andreas, made at Sheffield in 1820-21. 
 
 There are two beakers of foreign silversmiths’ work : the 
 fine Dutch beaker of about 1600 at S. Paul’s, Ramsey, and the 
 small French beaker of about 1730 at Kirk Marown. 
 
 The importance of the highly-interesting silver beaker of 
 Kirk Santon, wrought in the island itself by Thomas Appleby, 
 of Douglas, in 1758, has already been emphasised. 
 
 A goodly quantity of old pewter, none, however, earlier 
 in date than the first quarter of the eighteenth century, has 
 survived. No chalice or cup has been found. 
 
 There are eight flagons, all displaying some variation in 
 size, outline, in the size of the base, in the cover, or in the 
 addition or omission of a spout. The earliest flagon, dating 
 from about 1710, which is at Kirk Patrick (Plate xviii., No. 2), 
 was given with an alms-dish and two plates in 1714. 
 
 A flagon with a crudely-fashioned spout, dating from 
 
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 about 1735, at Kirk Conchan (Plate xix., No. 1), is inscribed 
 “ Duggless, C.,” and has presumably wandered from its original 
 home, S. Matthew’s, Douglas, like the two plates, dated 1711, 
 now at Kirk Michael, but formerly the property of Kirk 
 Patrick, and the two pewter patens and alms-dish, now at Kirk 
 Maughold, originally in the chapel of S. Catherine’s, Ballure. 
 
 The flagon at Kirk Bride is engraved with the sacred 
 monogram, and a Scriptural inscription (Plate xvii., No. 2). 
 
 Other flagons belong to Kirk Maughold (where there are 
 two), Kirk Michael, Kirk Braddan, and Kirk Lonan, the latter 
 given by Dr. Thomas Wilson in 1735. 
 
 The orthodox type of paten on a foot is represented by 
 three specimens : a large one, by Samuel Smith, of London, 
 and the two smaller ones (the gift of Mrs. Margaret Taubman) 
 just mentioned as having belonged to S. Catherine’s, Ballure. 
 These three are now at Kirk Maughold. 
 
 Ten large dishes or plates exist in different churches, the 
 earliest being dated 1710. 1 
 
 An alms-basin, with a cover, of unusual form is preserved 
 at Kirk Bride (Plate xvii., No. 2) ; and another similar to it 
 is at Kirk Michael. The former is inscribed, “ The poor ye 
 always have with you,” which disposes of the suggestion that 
 these bowls were intended for baptismal purposes. Their date 
 would seem to be about the middle of the eighteenth century. 
 
 The links in the chain of evidence here collected seem to 
 prove that almost all the pewter throughout the isle is of Irish 
 make, 2 and the author has already indicated two reasons for 
 this supposition. Further, there is Bishop Wilson’s letter, 
 mentioned on page 26, ordering from Dublin a quantity of 
 pewter vessels for Kirk Malew Church. 
 
 1 Since the compilation of this list, Mr. P. M. C. Kennode has kindly brought to 
 the writer’s notice an old pewter plate at Kirk Marown, of which, however, no 
 particulars can be obtained. 
 
 2 Some of the marks resemble those used by Dublin pewterers. Dublin and 
 Cork were the chief centres in Ireland where pewter was wrought. 
 
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 One Sheffield plate is represented by one specimen only — 
 the plain beaker, dated 1789, at Kirk Christ Rushen. 
 
 Thomas Bolsover is credited with the first discovery, in 
 1742, of the process of coating copper with silver and 
 fashioning articles of domestic use of this combination of 
 metals, which continued to be utilised until the introduction 
 of electro-plating. 
 
 Though strictly outside the province of a work on old 
 sacramental vessels, the curious medieval crucifix and the top 
 of a censer at Kirk Malew, both made of that mixed metal, 
 latten, resembling brass, so extensively used in medieval 
 ecclesiastical vessels and ornaments, have been considered 
 worthy of inclusion here, and are illustrated on Plate xx. 
 
 Many of the Manx churches contain collecting dishes of 
 copper with long wooden handles, resembling “ warming pans,” 
 of the last half of the eighteenth century. The earliest dated 
 examples are two of 1751 at Kirk Malew, the gift of Jane 
 Clucas. Two of 1786, given by W. Clucas, then rector, are 
 at Kirk Bride ; two undated ones are in Kirk Braddan Church ; 
 two others, dated 1789, belong to Kirk Christ Rushen; and 
 three others, ten years earlier (1779), are at Kirk Patrick. 
 
 These few notes bring to an end the description of the 
 plate of the Isle of Man, and there only now remains to add 
 that the Reformation, the carelessness and ignorance of clergy 
 and wardens, rigid puritanism, and changes in fashion have all 
 combined in causing the loss and destruction of church plate 
 of all kinds in this island as in England and elsewhere. 
 
 Whether the ancient vessels of such churches as the 
 Cathedral of German and of the ruined sanctuaries of Patrick 
 and Lonan were of silver, pewter or other material, no evidence 
 can be supplied to determine. 
 
 The companion chalice of the historic silver paten at 
 Kirk Malew has disappeared, as has also the paten belonging 
 to the Jurby chalice. Kirk Arbory, rebuilt in 1772, has no 
 
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 older plate than the small domestic mug of early nineteenth 
 century date. 
 
 Definite records exist of the loss of vessels from various 
 places. From Kirk German “a very large silver chalice” has 
 disappeared, the gift of Lady Moore, wife of Sir George 
 Moore, Knt., Speaker of the House of Keys from 1763 to 1780. 
 Kirk Bride has lost a silver cup. “ A very small silver cup 
 and a pewter flagon ” have gone from Kirk Marown. A 
 beaker, described as of silver, and dated 1703, is no longer 
 at Kirk Christ Rushen. 
 
 Several pewter vessels have been lost from Kirk Malew — 
 namely : a “ flagon, a large dish, and two or three plates of 
 the best pewter,” inscribed with the name of Mrs. Catherine 
 Halshall. One of these plates or dishes is in private hands at 
 present. Two pewter patens have disappeared from Kirk 
 Conchan, a flagon from Kirk Christ Lezayre, and an alms- 
 basin from Kirk Patrick. 
 
KIRK PATRICK-HOLY TRINITY 
 
 A PLAIN silver Beaker, slightly tapering, the lip and base 
 moulded. It is inscribed in roman capitals in an oval 
 cartouche surrounded by engraved scrolls, foliations, etc., and 
 surmounted by a cherub : — 
 
 “ DEO 
 
 ET ECCLESDE 
 ST. PATRICIY 
 SACRVM.” 
 
 Dublin date-letter for 1708-9-10. Maker’s mark, IH, with 
 crown above, in a shaped shield (John Hamilton). 
 
 Height, 4f in. ; diameter, 3J in. 
 
 This Beaker was given in 1714 by Jo. Holroyd, Esq. 
 He is believed to have been a friend of Bishop Wilson. 
 
 A plain silver Paten on foot, inscribed in script lettering: — 
 
 “ Deo 
 
 et Ecclesiae 
 S t! . Patricij 
 Sacrum.” 
 
 Dublin date-letter for 1708-9-10. Maker’s mark illegible. 
 
 Diameter, 5§ in. ; height, if in. 
 
 This Paten was given to this Church by Madam Elizabeth 
 Wyb rants, who is believed to have been a friend of Bishop 
 Wilson. (Plate x., No. 1.) 
 
 A tall Pewter Flagon, with an upright cylindrical body, 
 moulded lip, flat cover, plain scrolled handle, and a moulded 
 base. 
 
 Inscribed in large roman capitals: — 
 
 “ St Patrick. 
 
 171 1.” 
 
 Height, io£ in. 
 
 Probably of Dublin make. 
 
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 A circular Alms Dish of Pewter, I2| in. in diameter. 
 
 Date, circa 1710. Probably of Dublin make. 
 
 The donor of the pewter Flagon and Alms Dish was 
 probably Mr. Philip Hooper, Steward of the Bishop’s Court 
 Estate during the episcopate of Bishop Wilson. He also gave 
 a Bible, Common Prayer, a Dish, two pewter Plates, which are 
 now at Kirk Michael, and an Alms Bason. The Alms Bason 
 has disappeared. All these gifts were presented at the con- 
 secration of the Church on S. Peter’s Day, 1714 (though the 
 Flagon is dated 1 7 1 1), and are recorded in the Parish Register 
 in Bishop Wilson’s own handwriting. The Bishop himself gave 
 the pulpit, reading desk, Communion table and rails, and the 
 Clerk’s desk. The first Vicar appointed was the Rev. 
 Matthias Curghy. 
 
 KIRK GERMAN 
 
 An Elizabethan silver Beaker, engraved near the curved 
 lip with a plain intersecting double strap-work band filled with 
 conventional foliage, a spray of three roses suspending from 
 each intersection. On the edge of the foot is an ovolo 
 moulding. There is no inscription. It bears the London 
 date-letter for 1 591-2, and the maker’s mark is a double- 
 headed eagle displayed, with the initials TS above, as on two 
 silver-gilt Flagons, dated 1587-8, at S. Mary Woolnoth, 
 London, and on a parcel-gilt Beaker of the date 1602-3, at 
 S. Giles’, Cripplegate, London. Its height is 6£ in. ; diameter 
 at mouth, 3f in. ; diameter at foot, 3 T 6 s- in. (Plate iii.) 
 
 A large Commonwealth silver Chalice with beaker-shape 
 bowl, the surface matted, supported by a tall baluster stem 
 on plain splayed foot. This inscription is engraved in an 
 oval cartouche: — 
 
PLATE III. 
 
 KIRK GERMAN. 
 Elizabethan Silver Beaker. 
 Date: i 591 - 2. 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
PLATE IV. 
 
 Commonwealth 
 Silver Cup. 
 
 Date: 1650-1. 
 
 Given by Bishop Henry Bridgeman , 
 
 l6/0. 
 
 KIRK GERMAN. 
 
 Commonwealth Silver 
 
 Silver Flagon. Paten-Cover. 
 
 Date: 1653-4. Date: circa 1665. 
 
 ( The Coz’er inter.) Given by Bishop H cnry Bridgeman. 
 
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 “ Ecclesiae 
 Cathedralis S li 
 Germani 
 
 Peelae in Insula Monas 
 Sacro Usui 
 D D D 
 
 Suus Humilis Minis- 
 ter. Henricus 
 Bridgeman 
 1670.” 
 
 In an oval cartouche on the opposite side, a shield of 
 arms— the arms of the See : . . the Virgin Mary standing 
 on three ascents, supporting on the dexter a church all proper. 
 In base the arms of the Island, surmounted by a mitre, 
 impaling the arms of the donor, Bishop Henry Bridgeman : 
 
 . . ten plates, four, three, two, and one, on a chief . 
 a lion passant . . and a crescent. 
 
 London date-letter for 1650-1. Maker’s mark, a hound 
 sejant in a shaped shield, as on Communion plate at Rochester 
 Cathedral. 
 
 Height, 1 1 in. ; depth of bowl, 4I in. ; diameter of mouth, 
 5 in. Weight marked, 35 oz. 8 dwt. (Plate iv.) 
 
 The donor of this fine Chalice and the Paten Cover was 
 Hemy, third son of John Bridgeman, who was Bishop of 
 Chester in 1619. He was Dean of Chester in 1660, and 
 succeeded Isaac Barrow, on this prelate’s translation to 
 St Asaph, in the Bishopric of Sodor and Man, which he held 
 from 1671 until his death in 1682. It will be observed that the 
 Chalice was given the year before his appointment as Bishop. 
 
 A Commonwealth silver Flagon, with tall, plain, cylindrical 
 body, moulded lip, the foot spreading out from a plain 
 moulding, the scrolled handle terminating in a tongue-shaped 
 shield. In front, within a double-lined oval cartouche, the 
 
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 standing figure of Christ, represented as the Good Shepherd, 
 has been engraved by a contemporary artist. The original 
 flat cover has been superseded by a tall domed cover, sur- 
 mounted by a vase-shape knob. 
 
 London date-letter for 1653-4. Maker’s mark is probably 
 TL with rose between two pellets above, in ornamental circular 
 cartouche. 
 
 Height to top of cover, ii| in.; body, in.; diameter 
 of mouth, 4^ in.; diameter of foot, in. (Plate iv.) 
 
 A plain silver Paten Cover, inscribed on the foot: — • 
 
 “ Ex. Dono 
 Hen ci . Bridgeman 
 Episc‘. Monensis 
 Eclesiae S*. Germani.” 
 
 Bishop Bridgeman’s arms, . . ten plates, four, three, two, 
 and one, on a chief . . a lion passant . ., are engraved in 
 the centre. 
 
 There are no marks. Date, circa 1665. 
 
 Diameter, 5J in.; height, i£ in. 
 
 A plain silver Beaker, on a moulded foot, inscribed in two 
 lines : — 
 
 “ The Gift of John Crane. 
 
 Renewed by Captain Philip Cowell.” 
 
 The only mark is that of an unknown maker, IW, in an 
 oblong. Probable date, about 1710. 
 
 Height, 6 T 5 a in. ; diameter of mouth, 3^ in. 
 
 “ The very large silver Chalice given by Lady Moore,” 
 wife of Sir George Moore, Knt., Speaker of the House of 
 Keys from 1763 to 1780, mentioned in Church Notes in the 
 Diocese of Sodor and Man, by W. Harrison, vol. xxix. of the 
 Manx Society’s Publications, has unhappily disappeared. 
 
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 KIRK MICHAEL— S. MICHAEL AND 
 ALL ANGELS 
 
 There is here a plain silver Chalice with inverted bell- 
 shape bowl, supported by a tall slender stem divided by a 
 narrow plain moulding, and resting on a splayed foot. It is 
 inscribed in roman lettering within a wreath of palm leaves : — 
 
 “ Tho s . Wilson, D.D., 
 son of 
 
 Tho s . Lord Bishop of 
 Sodor & Man 
 humbly offers this Chalice 
 for the Use of the Altar 
 of K.K. Michael, y e Place 
 of his Nativity 
 1755 ” 
 
 London date-letter for 1754-5. Maker’s mark, FW, with 
 pellet between, in a shaped shield — the mark of Fuller White. 
 
 Height, 81V in.; diameter of mouth, 3! in. (Plate vii.) 
 
 The donor was born at Bishop’s Court, in the Isle of Man. 
 He was Prebendary of Westminster in 1743, Rector of 
 S. Margaret’s, Westminster, 1753, Rector of S. Stephen’s, 
 Walbrook, where he is buried, from 1737 until his death in 
 1784. He was noted for his great benevolence, and in this 
 Island he will be remembered for his benefactions to the 
 Church. He rebuilt the chancel of Kirk Michael Church in 
 1776, and he gave several pieces of Communion plate, including 
 the silver Beaker and Dish at S. Paul’s, Ramsey, and the silver 
 Beaker at Kirk Lonan. 
 
 A tall pewter Flagon, with domed cover and tapering 
 cylindrical body, 13 in. high. No inscription. 
 
 Date, circa 1750. 
 
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 A circular Bowl and Cover of pewter, inscribed: — 
 
 “ KK. Michael 1759.” 
 
 Diameter, 8A in. ; depth, 4 in. 
 
 A similar Bowl and Cover are at Kirk Bride. 
 
 Two pewter Plates, inscribed: — 
 
 “ S. Patrick 1711.” 
 
 Diameter, 8 in. 
 
 These two plates originally belonged to Kirk Patrick, and 
 formed part of the gift of Mr. Philip Hooper to that Church. 
 
 BALLAUGH— S. MARY 
 
 In this Church are two plain silver Chalices with oviform 
 bowls supported by splayed feet with reeded edges. There 
 are no inscriptions or initials to indicate whether they were 
 given to this Church or purchased by the parishioners. They 
 have the London date-letter for 1795-6, and the maker’s mark, 
 RG, in a rectangular shield with scalloped edges. 
 
 Height, 6 in. (Plate xiv., No. 2.) 
 
 The comparative newness of these cups is explained by 
 the fact that, according to a note in the parish register of 
 Marown, the older ones are said to have been stolen in 
 “ Mr. Howard’s time,” and that popular opinion charged the 
 local watchmaker with this sacrilegious act, and in consequence 
 he “ died miserably forsaken by God and man.” 
 
 KIRK PATRICK OF JURBY 
 
 The silver Chalice here is an interesting and, in the Isle 
 of Man, unique example of a pre-Reformation Chalice of the 
 type prevailing from about the year 1510 until 1525. It has 
 a plain conical bowl, broad and shallow, with plain hexagonal 
 
PLATE VI. 
 
 No. i. 
 
 George III. 
 Silver Chalice. 
 Date: 1802-3. 
 
 KIRK CONCHAN. 
 
 George III. 
 Silver Salver. 
 Date : 1S04-5. 
 
 Charles I. 
 Silver Chalice. 
 Date : 1637-8. 
 
 No. 2. 
 
 Dutch Silver 
 Beaker. 
 
 Circa 1600. 
 
 Given by Rev. Dr. Thos. 
 Wilson , 1747. 
 
 S. PAUL’S, RAMSEY. 
 George I. Silver Dish. 
 Date : 1718-19. 
 
 Given by Rev. Dr. Thos. Wilson, 
 1747 - 
 
 New Silver 
 Beaker. 
 
 The Gift oj Bishop Short , 
 
 1843. 
 
7 
 
 stem, with hollow-chamfered mouldings at the junctions, divided 
 by a large ornate knop, on which are six diamond-shape pro- 
 jections decorated with angel faces. A rudely-engraved 
 representation of the Crucifixion appears on the foot, which 
 is sexfoil in form and has a border of delicately-chased foliage. 
 It bears the London date-letter for 1521 -2, and a maker’s 
 mark — two links of a chain — as on a Paten of 1509-10 at 
 Great Hockham, Thetford, and on another, of 1 521-2, at Great 
 Waltham, Essex. Its dimensions are : Height, 7 in. ; depth 
 of bowl, iyf in.; diameter, 4 T \ in.; greatest diameter of foot, 
 4x& in. (Plate i.) 
 
 Five other pre-Reformation silver Chalices of this type 
 have escaped destruction : the first, with the same maker’s 
 mark as on this Chalice, now in S. Mary’s Roman Catholic 
 Church at Leyland in Lancashire, but formerly in the Parish 
 Church at Leyland ; the second at S. Sampson’s, Guernsey ; 
 the third at Corpus Christi College, Oxford ; the fourth, dated 
 1527-8, said to have been found in Iceland, now in the South 
 Kensington Museum ; and the fifth is in a private collection. 
 
 KIRK BRIDE — S. BRIDGET 
 
 The old plate in this Church is entirely of pewter, and 
 consists of a Flagon, Dish, and Bowl with cover. The Flagon 
 has an upright cylindrical body, a short spout, splayed base, 
 domed cover, and a scrolled thumb-piece. It is inscribed in 
 script lettering in two lines: — 
 
 “ Heb : 13 • 20 — The Blood of the Everlasting &c. 
 
 I. In°. I • 7 — Cleanseth us from all sin.” 
 
 Above the inscription, the sacred letters, IHS, within a halo, 
 are engraved. 
 
 Height to top of cover, io| in. ; height of body only, 9J in. ; 
 diameter of mouth, 5 in. (Plate xvii., No. 2.) 
 
8 
 
 The large circular Dish is 15 in. in diameter, and is 
 inscribed on the flat rim in roman capitals: — 
 
 “KK BRIDE 1759.” 
 
 The circular Bowl has a short moulded base, and a 
 slightly domed cover with an acorn-shape knob. It is 
 inscribed in script lettering in one line: — 
 
 “ The Poor ye have always with you.” 
 
 Diameter of Bowl, 8§ in. ; height, 3 in. ; height to top of 
 knob, 5§ in. 
 
 Both the Flagon and the Bowl may be said to date from 
 circa 1759. The Bowl appears to have been intended solely 
 for the receipt of alms, not for baptismal purposes, as its 
 shape would seem to indicate. A similar Bowl and cover, 
 dated 1759, are at Kirk Michael. 
 
 The parish register of Marown contains a note that a 
 silver Cup was stolen from this Church some years ago. 
 
 KIRK ANDREAS— S. ANDREW 
 
 The old plate here consists of two silver Chalices. The 
 earlier of the two has a plain, tapering, beaker-shape bowl, 
 on which is a rudely engraved representation of the Crucifixion, 
 with the sacred letters, IHS, in roman capitals, above, and 
 this inscription below : “ Andreas Cristi famulus.” A twisted 
 rope moulding encircles the edge of the base of the bowl, 
 which is supported by a short vase-shape six-lobed and notched 
 stem, on a plain splayed foot. The only mark stamped on it 
 is SH, with a flower below, in a heart-shape shield — the mark 
 of an unknown silversmith, probably a provincial craftsman. 
 From the form and general appearance of this Chalice, its 
 date may be assigned to the fourth quarter of the seventeenth 
 century, circa 1685. Its dimensions are : Height, 5 A in. ; 
 depth of bowl, 3 T 7 ^ in.; diameter of mouth, 3yV in. (Plate viii., 
 No. I.) 
 
PLATE VI J. 
 
 KIRK MICHAEL. 
 Silver Chalice, 1754-5. 
 
 Given by Rev. Thos. IVi/son, D.D. , 
 T755- 
 

PLATE VIII. 
 
 No. i. 
 
 KIRK ANDREAS. 
 
 Silver Chalice. Silver Chalice. 
 
 Date: circa 1685. Sheffield Date-letter: 1820-1. 
 
 No. 2. 
 
 Plain Silver 
 Beaker. 
 Date: circa 1705. 
 
 KIRK MAROWN. 
 
 Silver Paten. French Silver 
 
 Date: circa 1750. Beaker. 
 
 Given by Rev. John Christian, 1759. DATE: circa I 7 3 ^' 
 
9 
 
 The other Chalice is tall and plain, with an inverted 
 bell-shape bowl, standing on a stem divided by a plain knop, 
 and resting on a moulded foot. It is inscribed on the bowl 
 in script lettering : “ Parish of KK Andreas.” The marks 
 stamped on it are the Sheffield date-letter for 1820-1, and the 
 maker’s mark, IW, with pellet between, in a rectangular 
 cartouche — the mark of John Watson. Its height is 8 in., 
 and the diameter of mouth 4^ in. (Plate viii., No. 1.) 
 
 KIRK CHRIST LEZAYRE— HOLY TRINITY 
 
 Two tall, plain silver Chalices with inverted bell-shape 
 bowls, the lips moulded, supported by stems divided by 
 depressed reeded knops, resting on moulded bases with reeded 
 edges. Inscribed in roman capitals : — 
 
 “ FOR THE USE OF 
 CHRIST CHURCH LEZAYRE 
 
 1793 ” 
 
 Both bear the London date-letter for 1793-4, and the 
 maker’s mark, SH, in a rectangular shield. Height, 8J- in. ; 
 diameter of mouth, 4A in. 
 
 A plain silver Paten with wide flat rim, standing on a 
 short truncated stem. There is no inscription, and the only 
 mark, which is indecipherable and repeated three times, is that of 
 the maker. Its date is circa 1685. Diameter, 6 T V in. ; width 
 of rim, I in. ; height, 1 1 in. 
 
 Bishop Hildesley (1755-1772), to whose generosity the 
 Church in the Isle of Man owes so much, complained bitterly 
 of the lamentable condition not only of the fabrics them- 
 selves, but also of the contents of the Churches, and at Lezayre 
 he deplored the lack of a Dish for the service of the Com- 
 munion, an Offertory Bason, and the neglected state of the 
 C 
 
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 Flagon. The Flagon, which was probably of pewter, is, 
 however, no longer in this Church. 
 
 KIRK MAUGHOLD— S. MAUGHOLD 
 
 A plain silver Chalice with oviform bowl, moulded lip, 
 on a short stem, with moulded base. It is inscribed in an 
 oval cartouche in script lettering: — 
 
 “ Wm. Christian 
 W m. Kerruish 
 E d . Stowell 
 Wm. Kerruish 
 WARDENS.” 
 
 And on the opposite side, in a similar cartouche: — 
 
 “K K Maughold 
 1831.” 
 
 London date-letter for 1812-13. Maker’s mark illegible. 
 
 Height, 5|f in. (Plate xiii.) 
 
 A silver domestic Salver in use as a Paten, with gadroon 
 border, the centre engraved with scrolls, standing on three feet 
 formed of a claw, scrolls, roses, and shells. Inscribed: — 
 
 “ DONUM REVERENDI BOWYER HARRISON 
 VICAR OF MAUGHOLD 
 MDCCCL.” 
 
 London date-letter for 1819-20. Maker’s mark, j S e r d 
 in a square. 
 
 Diameter, 8£ in. 
 
 The donor was Vicar of Maughold from 1818 until his 
 death in 1871. 
 
 A pewter Flagon (1), with plain cylindrical body, spreading 
 base, moulded lip, short spout, scrolled handle, and domed cover, 
 with solid scrolled thumb-piece, inscribed: — 
 
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“ The Gift of M rs . Margret Taubman to y e Altar of God 
 in the New Chappell of Ramsea A.D. 1746.” 
 
 Height to top of cover, 1 1 in. ; body only, gl in. ; diameter 
 of mouth, 4! in. ; diameter of base, y\ in. 
 
 No marks. (Plate xvii., No. 1.) 
 
 A pewter Flagon (2), with cylindrical body, a moulding 
 encircling it, moulded base, short spout, domed cover, plain 
 solid thumb-piece, and scrolled handle. No marks or inscription. 
 
 Height to top of cover, iof in. ; body only, 8f in. ; 
 diameter of mouth, \\ in. 
 
 A large circular pewter Paten, on moulded foot, inscribed in 
 roman capitals in one line: — 
 
 “THIS PATEN BELONGS YE PARISH XCH. OF KK MAVGHALL 
 HENY ALLEN VICAR.” 
 
 Marks : (1) f^mi, with a sheaf and an animal rampant. 
 (2) Tudor rose crowned between two pillars, with LONDON 
 below. (3) london* in scrolls. 
 
 Diameter, 13! in.; height, 3f in. 
 
 Henry Allen was Vicar of Maughold from 1727 until 1746. 
 He died in 1748, when he was succeeded by his son. His 
 father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and great-great- 
 grandfather had preceded him as Vicars of this parish, the 
 dynasty of this family lasting in unbroken succession for one 
 hundred and twenty-eight years, from 1625 until 1753. 
 
 Two small pewter Patens on moulded feet, inscribed in 
 script lettering in a circle : — 
 
 “The Gift of Mrs. Margret Taubman to the Alter of God 
 in the New Chappell of Ramsea, A.D. 1746.” 
 
 One is stamped with three marks in small shields : 
 (1) Lion rampant; (2) fleur-de-lys ; (3) CR. 
 
 Diameter, 8£ in. ; height, 2 in. 
 
12 
 
 A large pewter Alms Dish with flat rim, inscribed: — 
 
 “ The Gift of M rs . Margret Taubman to the Altar of God 
 in the New Chappel of Ramsea, Anno Domini 1746.” 
 
 It is stamped with four marks in small shields : (1) Fleur- 
 de-lys ; (2) lion rampant ; (3) fleur-de-lys ; (4) illegible. 
 
 Diameter, 14! in. 
 
 The donor of the two pewter Patens and Alms Dish was 
 probably the daughter and heiress of Captain Nicholas 
 Christian, of Ballure, who married Deemster John Taubman. 
 
 This new chapel was known as the Chapel of Ballure- 
 S. Catherine, and built in the parish of Maughold by Bishop 
 Wilson, and consecrated by him in 1747. 
 
 RAMSEY— S. PAUL. 
 
 A fine old silver Beaker, partially gilt, engraved near the 
 lip with a double, plain, interlaced strap-work band, filled with 
 conventional sprays of foliage, large sprays of similar foliation 
 suspending from each intersection. The base has a vertical 
 reeded moulding. It is inscribed in rude black letters: — 
 
 “ Tho. Sodor & Man 
 Tho. Wilson S.T.P. 
 
 Ramsea Chapel 
 AD. 1747.” 
 
 On it are stamped three marks — T, a crowned lion 
 rampant, and L — in separate, shaped shields. It is probably 
 of Dutch work, wrought at Utrecht at the end of the sixteenth 
 or the beginning of the seventeenth century. Height, 5§ in. 
 (Plate vi., No. 2.) 
 
 Another silver Beaker here, though not old, is worthy of 
 mention as having been the gift of Thomas \owler Short, 
 Bishop of Sodor and Man from 1841 to 1846, when he was 
 

PLATE X. 
 
 KIRK PATRICK. 
 
 Silver Bearer. Silver Paten. 
 
 Given by J. Holroyd , 1714 . Given by Elizabeth Wybrants, 1714 . 
 
 No , 2. 
 
 KIRK LONAN. 
 
 Silver Paten. 
 London Date-letter, 1722-3. 
 
 Silver Bearer. 
 
 Given by Rev. Thos. Wilson, 1735 . 
 
13 
 
 translated to St. Asaph. This is engraved with arabesques, 
 and is inscribed : — 
 
 “Deo et Altari Capellae de Ramsea Manens Sacrum 1843 
 Tho s . Vowler Sodor & Man.” 
 
 The Paten in use here takes the form of an old silver 
 sweetmeat dish, circular in shape, with fluted and scalloped 
 border. In the centre the sacred symbols, IHS, a cross and 
 three nails in a halo, are engraved, and surrounded by this 
 inscription : — 
 
 “ Deo & Altari Capellae de Ramsea Manens Sacrum.” 
 
 It is inscribed on the back : — 
 
 “Ex Devotionibus Patris & Fillii Ille. THO SODOR & Man 
 Episcopvs : Hie Tho. Willson, S.T.P. Sti Stephani 
 de Walbroke Rector Regiae Majestatis a Sacris, & 
 Eccles Chathed. Westmonist. Prebendarius.” 
 
 It bears the London date-letter for 1718-19. Maker’s 
 mark illegible. Diameter, 6§ in. 
 
 The Beaker and Paten Dish were given at the consecration 
 of this chapel in 1747 by Thomas Wilson, son of Bishop Wilson, 
 who also gave the interesting silver Chalice at Kirk Michael 
 and the silver Beaker and pewter Flagon and Plates at Kirk 
 Lonan. The chaplain at the consecration was Thomas 
 Woods, a kinsman of the Bishop’s old friend, the Rev. John 
 Woods, Vicar-General, and one of his alumni. 
 
 KIRK LONAN — ALL SAINTS 
 
 A large, plain silver Beaker, with curved lip, inscribed : — 
 
 “ DEO ET ALTARI S TI LONANI SACRVM. Ex devotionibus 
 Thomas Wilson Mannensis, A. M. Thomae, Episcopi 
 Sodorensis Filii Die Consecrationis Hujus Ecclesiae 
 1735 ” 
 
14 
 
 Marks illegible. Maker’s mark, IG, a mullet between, in 
 trefoil. Height, 5| in. (Plate x., No. 2.) 
 
 A plain silver Paten, with narrow moulded edge, on plain 
 truncated stem, engraved with TAR in a double monogram 
 in an oval cartouche surrounded by engraved foliage, scrolls, 
 etc., and this inscription: — 
 
 “ Deo Sacrum 
 ECCLESIA S TI . LONANI.” 
 
 London date-letter for 1722-3. Maker’s mark illegible. 
 Diameter, 5§ in.; height, if in. (Plate x., No. 2.) 
 
 A pewter Flagon, with tall cylindrical body, short spout, 
 spreading base, domed cover with vase-shape knob, scrolled 
 thumb-piece, and plain scrolled handle. Inscribed: — 
 
 “ DEO ET ALTARI ECCLESI/E S TI LONANI SACRVM 
 Ex devotionibus Thomse Wilson Mannensis A.M. 
 
 Thomae Episcopi Sodorensis Filii 1735.” 
 
 No marks. Date, circa 1735. 
 
 Height to top of cover, 15 in. ; body only, 12\ in. ; diameter 
 of mouth, 3 in.; foot, 8 in. (Plate xix., No. 2.) 
 
 A large circular pewter Plate, 12 in. in diameter, with the 
 same inscription as on the Flagon. 
 
 No marks. Date, circa 1735. 
 
 A smaller pewter Plate, without inscription, 9§ in. in 
 diameter. 
 
 Another pewter Plate, with same inscription as on the Flagon, 
 8J in. in diameter. 
 
 A pewter cover of a bowl, inscribed “ KK Lonon, S.G.V.” 
 The bowl is missing. This probably resembled the covered 
 bowls at Kirk Bride and Kirk Michael. 
 
PLATE XL 
 
 Charles II. Silver 
 
 Silver Chalice. Chalice 
 
 1827-8. and Paten Cover. 
 
 't'n by Robert Qttayle , 1830. l66l-2. 
 
i5 
 
 The silver Beaker and the pewter Flagon and two Plates 
 were given by Thomas Wilson, D.D., son of Bishop Wilson, at 
 the dedication of the new church at Kirk Lonan, March 25th, 
 1735. He also gave a silver Chalice to Kirk Michael, and a 
 silver Beaker and Dish to S. Paul’s, Ramsey. 
 
 KIRK CONCHAN—S. PETER 
 
 A Charles I. plain silver Chalice, with V-shape bowl, sup- 
 ported by a baluster stem, on splayed foot. No inscription. 
 London date-letter for 1637-8 ; maker’s mark, IB, with pellet 
 between, buckle below, in shaped shield (? J. Buckle). 
 
 Height, 5 t 9 6 in. (Plate vi., No. 1.) 
 
 A George III. plain silver Chalice, an exact copy of the 
 previous Chalice. No inscription. London date-letter for 
 1802-3. Maker’s mark illegible. 
 
 Height, 5 tb in. 
 
 A plain circular silver Salver, George III., with shaped shell 
 border, on three feet. No inscription. London date-letter for 
 1804-5. Maker’s mark, HS in an oblong (Henry Sardet). 
 
 Diameter, 7A in- (Plate vi., No. 1.) 
 
 A pewter Flagon, with tapering cylindrical body, moulded 
 lip and base, spout, flat cover, scrolled thumb-piece, and scrolled 
 handle, inscribed: — 
 
 “Duggless C.” 
 
 A pewter Dish or Plate, with wide flat rim, engraved with the 
 initials, i A m . (Plate xix., No. 1.) 
 
 Two pewter Patens, mentioned in vol xxix., published in 
 1879, of the Manx Society's Publications, are missing from this 
 Church. 
 
KIRK BRADDAN— S. BRENDAN 
 
 A plain silver Chalice with inverted bell-shape bowl, a plain 
 knop in centre of the tall stem, the foot moulded. Inscribed : — 
 
 “ KK. Bradon 1757.” 
 
 London date-letter for 1756-7. Maker’s mark illegible. 
 Height, 9J in. (Plate v.) 
 
 A silver Goblet, with oviform bowl; the rim on the lip is 
 engraved with Greek fret-work pattern, and the lower part of 
 bowl is engraved with acanthus foliage. The stem is plain, and 
 the foot has a gadroon moulding. It is inscribed in an oval 
 cartouche : — 
 
 “ Presented by 
 I. C. Curwen Esq* M.P. 
 President of the Workington 
 Isle of Man 
 
 Agricultural Society 
 A Member of the House of Keys 
 to for 
 
 the best Cultivated Farm 
 in the said Island.” 
 
 London date-letter for 1807-8. Maker’s mark, r|, with ^ 
 pellet between, in a square (Wm. Burwash and Richd. Sibley). 
 Height, 6i in. 
 
 John Christian Curwen (1756-1828), a distinguished 
 Manxman, was Member of Parliament for the City of Carlisle 
 in 1786, and later for West Cumberland. He did much to foster 
 agricultural improvements in his native Island by the establish- 
 ment of agricultural societies and other practical means, and this 
 Cup was no doubt presented to this Church by the winner of a 
 prize in the Manx branch of the Workington society. The cup 
 

PLATE XII. 
 
 KIRK SANTON. 
 
 Silver Beaker. 
 
 Wrought by a Douglas Craftsman, 
 
 ■ 758 . 
 
i ; 
 
 is engraved with the Curwen arms: — Quarterly, 1-4 arg. fretty 
 gules, a chief az. (Curwen), 2-3 a _ detni-viascle between three 
 covered cups or, with an inescutcheon. Quarterly, 1-4 Curwen, 
 2-3 azure a lion rampant argent charged with five lozenges 
 gules (Le Brun). Crest — a unicorn's head erased. Motto — Si 
 Je n'estoy. 
 
 A small plain silver Beaker, on short moulded foot, and 
 moulded lip, inscribed: — 
 
 “ The Gift of P.M. to KK Braddan 1745.” 
 
 No marks. Height, 2\ in. 
 
 The donor of this Beaker was a noted Manxman, the Rev. 
 Philip Moore, Rector of Bride and Chaplain of S. Matthew’s, 
 Douglas, Master of Douglas Grammar School, and chaplain to 
 his great friend, Bishop Wilson. 
 
 A Charles II. large plain silver Tankard, with moulded lip 
 and base, flat cover, scrolled handle, and double volute thumb- 
 piece. On the shoulder of handle the initials of the original 
 owners, w # m are engraved. The names of the owners cannot, 
 unfortunately, be traced. It bears the London date-letter for 
 1675-6, and the makers mark, TK. with pellet between, a flower 
 below, in plain shield. 
 
 Height to top of cover, 6 in. ; body only, 5! in. ; diameter 
 of mouth, 5 in. (Plate v.) 
 
 A Queen Anne plain silver Paten, with narrow moulded edge, 
 standing on a moulded truncated stem. No inscription. London 
 date-letter for 1705-6. Maker’s mark, |e, in black letters in a 
 plain shield. (Jno. W. Stocker & Edw. Peacock.) 
 
 Diameter, 7 in. ; height, 2 in. (Plate v.) 
 
 A tall pewter Flagon, with tapering cylindrical body, a 
 moulding encircling body, moulded lip and foot, domed cover, 
 D 
 
i8 
 
 pierced scroll thumb-piece, an acanthus leaf applied to the 
 shoulder of the scrolled handle. No marks. 
 
 Height to top of cover, 1 1 in. ; body only, gh in. ; diameter 
 of mouth, 4^ in. 
 
 A large circular pewter Dish, with flat rim. No marks. 
 1 5§ in. in diameter. (Plate xviii., No. 2.) 
 
 DOUGLAS— S. MATTHEW 
 
 A plain silver Chalice, 7§ in. high, with beaker-shape bowl, 
 supported by a stem divided by a plain knop, resting on a 
 moulded base. It is inscribed in script lettering in one line: — 
 
 “The Guift of Major Charls Nicholson to the Chappel of 
 Douglas in the Isle of Man 1710.” 
 
 The bowl and the inside edge of the base are stamped 
 with these maker’s marks, SH, ster^ * n °Mong shields, twice 
 repeated. The “sterling” mark — a guarantee of quality — was 
 adopted at Cork between 1710 and 1719, and was used by 
 Limerick goldsmiths at the end of the eighteenth century. 
 Chester silversmiths of the end of the seventeenth century 
 also stamped plate with this mark. No name of a goldsmith 
 with these initials appears in the valuable list of Cork gold- 
 smiths given in Mr. Jackson’s book, English Goldsmiths and 
 their Marks, and therefore the place of origin of this Chalice, 
 though probably Cork, must for the present remain uncertain. 
 (Plate ix.) 
 
 Another plain silver Chalice, 2 i 5 o in. high, of similar style, 
 inscribed in black letters in three lines: — 
 
 “ S‘. Matthews Chapel 
 Douglass 
 1792.” 
 
 Chester date-letter for 1790-1. Maker’s mark, IH, with 
 pellet between, in an oblong (? Isaac Hadwine, of Liverpool). 
 
Silver Goblet. Silver Mug. Silver Salver. 
 
 1812-13. 1812-13. 1819-20. 
 
 At Kirk Maughold. At Kirk Arbory. At Kirk Maughold. 
 
 
 Silver Service of Chalice, Paten, Flagon, and Alms Dish. 
 Dates : 1832, 1832, 1824, and 1832. 
 
 At Kirk Santctn. 
 
19 
 
 A small plain silver Beaker, with tapering body, curved 
 lip, and moulded base, inscribed: — 
 
 “ Eliz : Murrey Sacello Douglasiensi Donavit 
 1742 
 
 To’ Aorrjpiov FfuAo'ytac ” 
 
 Chester date-letter for 174 1-2. Maker’s mark, RR, in a plain 
 shield (Richard Richardson). 
 
 A large plain silver Flagon, with cylindrical body, short 
 spout, moulded base, domed cover, leaf and scroll thumb-piece, 
 and on the shoulder of the scrolled handle is a notched “ rat 
 tail.” It is inscribed in script lettering in two lines: — 
 
 “ The Gift of John and Susanna Murrey to the Chaple of 
 Duglas Isle of Man 1727.” 
 
 Dublin date-letter for 1728-9. Maker’s mark, DK, with 
 crown above, in an oval cartouche (David King). 
 
 Height to top of cover, 12 in. ; body only, 10 in. ; diameter 
 of mouth, 4§ in. ; diameter of base, 8 in. Weight, 58 oz. 8 dwts. 
 
 Susannah Murrey, or Murray, nee Patten, was a cousin of 
 Bishop Wilson’s wife. Her husband, John Murrey, was a pro- 
 minent Manx merchant, and son of John Murrey, who issued 
 the first Manx coinage in 1668 — a brass token of the value of 
 a penny, with his name on— and who gave a clock to 
 S. Matthew’s in 1709. 
 
 A large plain circular silver Dish, with wide flat rim, on 
 which is inscribed in script lettering : — 
 
 “ The Gift of David and Susanna Egwin to Douglass 
 Chappell 1740.” 
 
 Dublin marks, no date-letter. Maker’s mark, T.W., with 
 pellet between, in a shaped shield (Tho b . Williamson). 
 
 Date, circa 1740. Diameter, iof in. 
 
 Susanna Egwin was a daughter of John and Susanna 
 
20 
 
 Murrey. She was married to David Egwin, or Aigoin, by 
 Bishop Wilson in 1739. 
 
 A domestic silver Salver, plain centre, with shaped and shell 
 border, on three feet. The sacred letters, I.H.S., and this 
 inscription are engraved in the centre: — 
 
 “ SACROSANTO X'ovto IN EUCHARISTIA. 
 
 The Gift of David Murrey & Marg 1 his 
 wife to Douglass Chap 1 .” 
 
 London date-letter for 174 1-2. Maker’s mark, RA, in script 
 capitals, with pellet between, in a double-lobed shield (Robt. 
 Abercromby). 
 
 Diameter, in. 
 
 David Murrey was probably a son of John and Susanna 
 Murrey, the donors of the Flagon. (Plate ix.) 
 
 “ Douglass Chapel ” was built mainly from funds collected 
 from the Earl of Derby and others by Bishop Wilson, who was 
 himself a liberal subscriber. It was consecrated on the 
 2 1st September, 1708. 
 
 DOUGLAS— S. GEORGE 
 
 A massive plain silver Communion Service, consisting of two 
 Chalices, two small Patens, a large Paten, Alms Dish, Flagon, 
 and Spoon. The Chalices, which are alike, and have oviform 
 bowls, moulded lips, vase-shape stems, and moulded bases, 
 are inscribed on the bases: — 
 
 “ DOUGLASS NEW CHAPEL 
 1777 .” 
 
 Engraved with sacred symbols, IHS, cross and three nails 
 in a halo. 
 
 London date-letter for 1776-7. Maker’s mark, FK, in script 
 capitals in an oblong. Height, 8^1 in. (Plate xvi.) 
 
PLATE XIV. 
 
 No. i. 
 
 KIRK MALEW. 
 Two Silver Chalices. 
 1781-2. 
 
 No. 2. 
 
 BALLAUGH. 
 
 Two Silver Chalices. 
 1795 - 6 . 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PLATE XV. 
 
 KIRK CHRIST LEZAYRE. 
 
 Two Silver Chalices, Date, 1793-4, and Silver Paten, Date, circa 1685. 
 
21 
 
 The large Paten has a gadroon border, and is supported by 
 a trumpet-shape stem, with moulded edge ; the sacred symbols 
 as on the Chalices are engraved in the centre, and this inscrip- 
 tion in roman capitals on the foot: — 
 
 “ DOUGLASS NEW CHAPEL 
 
 1 777 ” 
 
 Same marks as on the Chalices. Diameter, 1 1 in. ; height, 
 4J in. Weight, 29 oz. 7 dwts. 
 
 The circular Alms Dish has a gadroon border, the sacred 
 letters IHS within a halo are engraved on the rim, and also 
 the same inscription as on the Chalices and Paten ; same marks. 
 Diameter, n in. Weight, 22 oz. 4 dwts. 
 
 The tall Flagon has a tapering cylindrical body, moulded lip 
 and base, a plain moulding encircling the body near the base, 
 a domed cover, double scroll thumb-piece, and a scrolled handle. 
 The sacred symbols as on the Chalices are engraved in the 
 centre, and this inscription in script lettering on the base : — 
 “ DOUGLASS NEW CHAPEL 
 
 1 777 '' 
 
 London date-letter for 1776-7. Maker’s mark, CW, in an 
 oblong (Chas. Wright). 
 
 Height to top of cover, 144V in. ; body only, I 2 T \ in.; 
 diameter of mouth, 4! in. 
 
 The two small Patens have moulded edges and plain feet. 
 No inscriptions or symbols. 
 
 Same marks as on the Chalices. 
 
 Diameter, 4 f in.; height, ifV in. 
 
 A silver Spoon, with oval bowl, a cross at the end of the flat, 
 square stem, inscribed: — 
 
 “ 1878 S‘ George’s Communion Service.” 
 
 Maker’s mark, RS, in an oblong. 
 
 Length, 4|- in. 
 
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 A tradition has been handed down to successive sextons 
 of this Church that the donor of this Service was John, fourth 
 Duke of Atholl. The sovereignty of the Isle of Man passed 
 to James Murray, second Duke of Atholl, in 1736, on failure 
 of the heirs male of the sixth Earl of Derby, and on the death 
 of Lady Harriet Ashburnham, only daughter of Lord Ashburn- 
 ham. The second Duke’s maternal grandmother was Amelia 
 Sophia Stanley, third daughter of the seventh Earl of Derby. 
 
 KIRK MAROWN— S. RUNIUS 
 
 OTHERWISE S. RONAN 
 
 A large plain silver Beaker, the body slightly curved, the 
 base moulded. It is engraved with this inscription, enclosed 
 in a cartouche formed of scrolls, clusters of flowers, etc., 
 surmounted by a cherub’s head : — 
 
 “ Ecclesiae 
 Sti Runij 
 Mannensis 
 Sacrum 
 1705 ” 
 
 No marks. Date, circa 1705. 
 
 Height, 5 t S 6 in- ; diameter of mouth, 4! in. 
 
 A small plain silver Beaker, bell shape, with moulded lip 
 and short foot. No inscription. Trench work, circa 1730. 
 Height, 2f in. ; diameter of mouth, 2\ in. 
 
 A plain, silver Paten, with moulded edge, inscribed: — 
 
 “ Ecclesiae S l . Runii Mannesis Sacrum 1739. 
 
 The Gift of the Rev. John Christian, Vicar ” 
 
 The donor was Vicar from 1753 to 1779 - 
 
 Date, circa 1750. Marks illegible. (Plate viii., No. 2.) 
 
PLATE XVI. 
 
 Silver Communion Service. 
 

 
 
 
PLATE XVII. 
 
 No . i. 
 
 KIRK MAUGHOLD. 
 
 
 
 Pewter Vessel; 
 
 
 
 Paten. 
 
 Flagon. 
 
 Dish. 
 
 Flagon. 
 
 Paten. 
 
 Dated: 1746. 
 
 Dated : 1 746. 
 
 Dated: 1746. 
 
 No . 2 . 
 
 Date : circa 1 740. 
 
 Dated: 1746. 
 
 
 KIRK BRIDE. 
 
 
 
 Pewter Vessels. 
 
 
 F LAGON. 
 
 Dish. 
 
 Bowl. 
 
 Date : circa 1750. 
 
 Dated : V759. 
 
 Date : circa 1750. 
 
23 
 
 At a visitation of Archdeacon Hall, on the 30th August, 1841, 
 the Sacramental plate of this Church consisted of a “ very small 
 silver Cup and Paten, a Flagon — presumably pewter — and a 
 pewter Plate, in addition to the vessels here now, but these 
 have, unfortunately, since disappeared. 
 
 KIRK SANTON— S. SANCTAN 
 
 A very curious and probably unique old silver Beaker, with 
 curved body, narrow moulded lip, inscribed in rude roman 
 capitals : — 
 
 “KK S T Anne 1758.” 
 
 It is engraved on the flat bottom with this inscription : 
 “ THO s APPLEBY Faecit DUGLIS,” and his initials, TA, in a 
 rectangular cartouche, are roughly stamped three times. 
 
 Height, 4J in. ; diameter of mouth, 3f in. ; base, 3^ in. 
 
 This Beaker was made, as the inscription indicates, by a 
 Douglas craftsman, and is therefore of the highest value and 
 interest. All attempts at discovering his exact trade have, 
 unfortunately, proved unsuccessful. (Plate xii.) 
 
 There is also in this Church a massive silver Service, con- 
 sisting of a Chalice, Paten, Flagon, and Alms Dish, all 
 engraved with the sacred symbols, IHS, cross and three nails 
 in glory. The Chalice has an inverted bell-shape bowl, sup- 
 ported by a tall stem on a circular base, with fluted edge. It 
 is inscribed in script lettering on the base : — 
 
 “ Dedicated to the Service of God at the Altar of the 
 Parish Church of S*. Anne, by M rs . Ann Bacon, widow 
 of the late In 0 . Jo’ s . Bacon Esq re . and daughter of 
 the late Rev d Jo s . Cosnahan of Seafield, alias Balia 
 Villa, on Christmas Day, A.D. 1832.” (Plate xiii.) 
 London date-letter for 1832-3. Maker’s mark, WE, in 
 an oblong (probably Wm. Eaton). 
 
 Height, 7! in. 
 
24 
 
 The plain Paten has a fluted border, on short foot, and is 
 engraved with the same inscription as on the Chalice. Same 
 date-letter and maker’s mark. 
 
 Diameter, 6 in. ; height, 2 in. 
 
 The tall cylindrical Flagon has a plain body, a moulding 
 encircling it near the base, the edge of foot fluted, an 
 applied acanthus leaf on the spout, the edges of the domed 
 cover fluted, shell thumb-piece, and hollow scrolled handle. 
 Engraved with same inscription as on the Chalice. 
 
 London date-letter for 1824-5. Same maker’s mark as on 
 Chalice. 
 
 Height to top of cover, 1 if in. ; body only, 10} in. ; diameter 
 of mouth, \\ in. ; diameter of foot, 7 in. 
 
 The Alms Dish has a plain sunk centre and fluted border, and 
 is engraved with same inscription as on the Chalice, and has 
 the same marks. 
 
 Diameter, 10 in. 
 
 The donor was the daughter and heiress of the Rev. Joseph 
 Cosnahan, Vicar of Braddan, and owner of Seafield, Santon. 
 She married John Joseph Bacon, Captain in the 95th Regiment. 
 
 KIRK MALEW 
 
 A medieval silver Paten, with sexfoil depression, filled with 
 a rudely engraved vernicle or face of the Saviour, surrounded 
 by long, straight-sided rays, a small radiating ornament filling 
 the spandrels between the lobes. The flat rim is inscribed in 
 small black-letter characters, the words divided by Gothic 
 foliage : — 
 
 “ SANCTE LUPE ORA PRO NOBIS.” 
 
 There are no marks. 
 
 Date, circa 1525. 
 
 Diameter, 5§ in. (Plate ii.) 
 
PLATE XVIII. 
 
 No. i. 
 
 KIRK PATRICK. 
 
 Pewter Dish and Flagon. 
 Date: ci/ra 1710. 
 
 No . 2. 
 
 KIRK BRADDAN. 
 Pewter Dish and Flagon. 
 Date: circa 1750. 
 
25 
 
 Three other examples of English silver Patens of similar type 
 are known, one at Cliffe Church in Kent, with an enamelled 
 representation of the Holy Trinity in the centre, and the rim 
 engraved with the legend, “ Benedicamus patrem et filium cum 
 spirito sancto ” ; another, dated 1527-8, at Trinity College, 
 Oxford, with vernicle in the centre, and this legend on the rim, 
 “ Calicim salutaris accipiam et nomine Domine in vocabo ” ; and 
 the third, dated 152 1-2, at Great Waltham, Essex, with the 
 same legend as the Paten at Cliffe, and has the same maker’s 
 mark as the Chalice at Jurby. 
 
 Two plain silver Chalices, with oviform bowls supported by 
 plain stems on circular bases with beaded edges. They are 
 engraved with a shield of arms, probably those of an unknown 
 donor : sable , three pheons . . . with an inescutcheon, 
 
 Quarterly, 1 and 3, gales, a lion rampant 2 and 4, 
 
 argent, three boars' heads cabossed . . . 
 
 London date-letter for 1781-2. Maker’s mark illegible. 
 
 Height, in. (Plate xiv., No. 1.) 
 
 This Church contains portions of two medieval relics, 
 namely, a Crucifix and the top of a Thurible, both of latten 
 — a mixed metal resembling brass, much used in medieval 
 ecclesiastical vessels and ornaments. (Plate xx.) 
 
 Some old pewter Dishes and a Flagon have been alienated 
 from this Church; one of the Dishes or Plates is at present in 
 private hands, but unfortunately the others cannot be traced. 
 This is inscribed in large script lettering in one line on the 
 wide, fiat rim : — 
 
 “ The Gift of Mrs. Catherine Halshall to God and the 
 Alter of Maliew, Anno Domini 1745 ” 
 
 Its diameter is 14! in., and it is stamped with four small 
 marks in separate shields, (1) fleur-de-lys, (2) lion rampant, 
 F 
 
26 
 
 (3) as No. i, (4) maker’s initials; the first is a G, the other is 
 illegible. This is similar to the Dish at Kirk Maughold given 
 by Mrs. Margaret Taubman, and is probably by the same maker. 
 
 T. he letter of Bishop Wilson, dated S. Peter’s Day, 1745, 
 written to the Rev. James Wilks, Vicar of German, and later 
 of Kirk Michael, Vicar-General in 1749, who was then on a 
 visit to Dublin, ordering these pewter vessels, is, we believe, 
 still in existence, and is as follows: — 
 
 “ But I fear a letter of mine hath miscarried in which I desired 
 you to bespeak a Flagon of a gallon at least, one large Dish, 
 and two or three plates of the best Pewter with this inscription, 
 ‘ The Gift of Mrs. Catherine Halshall to God and the Alter of 
 KK Malew Church.’ ” 
 
 CASTLETOWN— CHAPEL OF S. MARY 
 
 Charles II. silver Chalice, with Paten-cover. The Chalice 
 has a plain, beaker-shape bowl, and is supported by a truncated 
 stem with moulded edge. The Paten-cover is plain, and has 
 an incised line around the edge of rim. The Agnus Dei is 
 engraved on the foot of the Paten — an unusual feature in 
 English patens of this period. 
 
 Both have the London date-letter for 1661-2, and the maker’s 
 mark, TG, with three pellets above and below, in a dotted circle. 
 No inscriptions. 
 
 Dimensions : Height of Chalice, 7 in. ; depth of bowl, 3I in. ; 
 diameter of mouth, 4J in. ; diameter of Paten-cover, 5 in. ; 
 height, if in. 
 
 This Chalice and Paten-cover were no doubt given to the 
 Chapel at its consecration on the nth April, 1701. It was built 
 mainly at the cost of William, ninth Earl of Derby, and 
 was the first church building erected during the eventful 
 episcopate of Bishop Wilson. 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PLATE XIX. 
 
 KIRK CONCHAN. 
 
 Pewter Flagon and Dish. 
 Date: circa 1735. 
 
 No. 2. 
 
 KIRK LON AN. 
 
 Pewter Vessels. 
 
 Flagon and Two Plates. 
 
 The Gif t oj Rev. T/tos. IV ilson , 1735. 
 
 A Cover of a Bowl and a Plate. 
 No Date. 
 
27 
 
 A silver Chalice, with short beaker-shape bowl, the lower 
 part of which is repousse with formal floreation, foliage, etc. 
 The same decoration is repeated in the centre of the tall stem 
 and on the border of the circular foot. The sacred symbols, 
 IHS, a cross and nails in a halo, are engraved on the bowl. It 
 is inscribed : — 
 
 “This Cup 
 was given by 
 Robert Quayle Esq r 
 for the use of 
 Saint Mary’s Chapel 
 Castletown 
 Oct 25 th 1830.” 
 
 London date-letter for 1827-8. Maker’s mark, | in a 
 quatrefoil (Rebecca Ernes and Edwd. Barnard). 
 
 Height, 9& in. 
 
 * 
 
 There is also a silver Paten, standing on a plain foot, with 
 flat acanthus-like foliage on a matted surface on the border, 
 and acanthus edge, and is engraved with the same inscription. 
 The sacred symbols, IHS, a cross and three nails in glory, are 
 engraved in the centre. 
 
 London date-letter for 1830-1. Maker’s mark, in a 
 
 quatrefoil (Edw. Barnard, Edw. Barnard Jun r ., John Barnard 
 & Wm. Barnard). 
 
 Diameter, 8 in. ; height, 2 in. 
 
 This Chapel is also in possession of a large and handsome 
 silver Cup and cover, with two plain scrolled handles, of Irish 
 make. The body is repousse with foliage and scroll decoration 
 above and below the plain moulding which encircles the centre, 
 and rests on a moulded foot, which is similarly decorated. The 
 domed cover is also similarly decorated, and is surmounted by a 
 pine-apple knob. The only marks are the Dublin mark, an 
 
28 
 
 Irish harp crowned, in an irregular shield, and the maker’s mark, 
 T W, with pellet between and crown above, in a shaped shield 
 — the same initials, but in a shield of different shape, appearing 
 on the body — probably the mark of Thos. Walker, of Dublin. 
 Its date is circa 1725. 
 
 Height, including cover, u§ in.; exclusive of cover, 8 in.; 
 diameter, 5! in. Weight marked, 47 oz. 17 dwts. 
 
 The donor of this valuable Cup and cover was Margaret 
 Christian Quilliam, daughter of Richard Ambrose Stevenson, 
 of Balladoole, and Marjery Trissel. She married Captain John 
 Quilliam, R.N., who fought at the Battles of Camperdown and 
 Copenhagen, and was under Nelson on the Victory at Trafalgar. 
 She was born in 1770, and died in 1844. In her will, dated 
 November 19th, 1831, she directs, “I leave to the chaplains 
 and wardens (for the time being) of St. Mary’s Chapel in Castle- 
 town aforesaid my two best silver chased Candlesticks to and 
 for the use of the said Chapel for ever and to be placed therein 
 on the Communion Table. I also leave to the chaplains and 
 wardens of St. Mary’s Chapel aforesaid and to their successors 
 in office for ever my best silver chased Cup and Cover to and 
 for the use of the said Chapel.” 
 
 A pair of tall silver Candlesticks, of gadroon and shell 
 decoration, with baluster-like stems on hexagonal bases, and 
 with gadroon borders, engraved with a crest, perhaps a Cornish 
 chough with a small branch in its beak. 
 
 London date-letter for 1770-1. Maker’s mark, E.C, with 
 pellet between in an oblong. 
 
 Height, 10 \ in. 
 
 These are the Candlesticks which were left to this Chapel 
 by Margaret Christian Quilliam according to the terms of her 
 will. She also bequeathed another pair exactly similar and of 
 the same date, to the Chapel of King William’s College. 
 
29 
 
 A large, plain silver Salver, with shaped border, on four 
 feet, inscribed on the back : — 
 
 “ The Gift of Miss Qualtrough 
 to Castletown Chapel 
 1809 ” 
 
 London date-letter for 1734-5. Maker’s mark, GH, in an 
 oblong (Geo. Hindmarsh). 
 
 Diameter, io£ in. 
 
 The donor was Miss Jane Qualtrough, of Kentraugh. 
 (Plate xi.) 
 
 S. MARK THE EVANGELIST, MALEW 
 
 A silver Chalice, inscribed: — 
 
 “ The Gift of the Ladies of the 
 Parish of Kirk Marown 
 to 
 
 S l . Mark’s Chapel.” 
 
 London date-letter for 1772-3. 
 
 Height, 6f in. 
 
 The Rev. John Christian, Vicar of Marown, gave the sum 
 of £3 13s. 6d. towards the purchase of this Chalice. 
 
 A silver Salver on three feet, with the Arms of the Isle of 
 Man, surrounded by the following inscription, engraved in the 
 centre : — 
 
 “ Presented to S 4 . Mark’s Chapel in Kirk Malew by Ann 
 Bridson of Douglas.” 
 
 London date-letter for 1 750-1. Maker’s mark, EC. 
 
 Diameter, 6| in. 
 
 These gifts were made at the consecration of this Chapel 
 in 1772. 
 
30 
 
 KIRK ARBORY— S. COLUMBA 
 
 A small silver Mug, with ribbed body, and these initials, 
 WWC, engraved in script capitals thereon. 
 
 London date-letter for 1812-13. Maker’s mark, ^w, j n a 
 square (Thos. Wallis and Jonathan Hayne). 
 
 Height, 3rVin. (Plate xiii.) 
 
 KIRK CHRIST RUSHEN— HOLY TRINITY 
 
 A plain Beaker of old Sheffield plate, inscribed: — 
 
 “ Ecclesias Christi de Rushen Sacrum Insula Mona 1789.” 
 Height, 5i in. 
 
 Another Beaker, described as of silver, and inscribed: — 
 “ Ecclesise Christi de Rushen Sacrum Insula Mona, 1703,” 
 has been lost from this Church. 
 
PLATE XX. 
 
 KIRK MALEYV. 
 
 Medieval Crucifix and Top of Censer in Latten. 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY 
 
 Cripps’ Old English Plate. 
 
 J. H. Buck’s Old Plate. 
 
 J. Starkie Gardner’s Old Silver Work. 
 Burn’s Old Scottish Communion Plate. 
 
 A. W. Moore’s Manx Worthies. 
 
 ,, Diocesan History of Sodor and Man. 
 
 ,, Manx Surnames and Place Names. 
 
 ,, History of the Isle of Man. 
 
 Burke’s General Armoury. 
 
 Keble’s Life of Bishop Wilson. 
 
 Wilson’s History of the Isle of Man. 
 
 F eltham’s Tour through the Isle of Man. 
 
 Browne Willis, Manx Society , vol. xviii. 
 
 Wm. Harrison’s “Account of the Diocese of Sodor and 
 Man and S. German’s Cathedral ” ( Manx Society , 
 vol. xxix.). 
 
 J. G. Cumming’s Rushen Castle and Abbey. 
 
 J. C. Wall’s Shrines of British Saints. 
 
 W. H. St. John Hope and T. M. Fallow on “ Medieval 
 Chalices and Patens,” in Archceological fournal, 
 vol. xliii. 
 
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Index to Places 
 
 Page 
 
 Ballaugh — S. Mary . . . . .6 
 
 Castletown — Chapel of S. Mary . . .26 
 
 Douglas — S. Matthew . . . . .18 
 
 „ S. George . . . . .20 
 
 Kirk Andreae — S. Andrew .... 8 
 
 Kirk Arbory — S. Columba . . . 30 
 
 Kirk Braddan — S. Brendan . . . .16 
 
 Kirk Bride — S. Bridget . . . . .7 
 
 Kirk Conchan — S. Peter . . . 1 5 
 
 Kirk Christ Lezayre — Holy Trinity . . .9 
 
 Kirk Christ Rushen — Holy Trinity . . - 3 ° 
 
 Kirk German ...... 2 
 
 Kirk Lonan — All Saints . . . . 13 
 
 Kirk Malew . . . . . .24 
 
 „ S. Mark the Evangelist . . -29 
 
 Kirk Marown — S. Runius (otherwise S. Ronan) . 22 
 
 Kirk Maughold — S. Maughold . . . .10 
 
 Kirk Michael — S. Michael and All Angels . . 5 
 
 Kirk Patrick— Holy Trinity . . . . 1 
 
 Kirk Patrick of Jurby ..... 6 
 
 Kirk Santon — S. Sanctan . . . .23 
 
 Ramsey — S. Paul . . . . .12 
 
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 the Earls of Craven, Derby, and Yarborough, Earl Spencer, Lord Fitzhardinge, Lord Waleran, 
 Mr. Leopold de Rothschild, the Colleges of Oxford and Cambridge, &c. Royal 4to, buckram, 
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 THE CHURCH PLATE OF THE DIOCESE OF BANGOR. 
 
 By E. Alfred Jones. With illustrations of about one hundred pieces of old Plate, including 
 a pre- Reformation Silver Chalice, hitherto unknown ; a Mazer Bowl ; a fine Elizabethan Domestic 
 Cup and Cover ; a Tazza of the same period ; several Elizabethan Chalices ; and other important 
 Plate from James I. to Queen Anne. Demy 4to, buckram. Price 21 /= net. 
 
 LLANDAFF CHURCH PLATE. 
 
 By George Eley Halliday, F.R.I.B.A., Diocesan Surveyor of Llandaff, with 59 Illustrations 
 in line and half-tone. Royal 8vo, cloth. Price 12/6 net. 
 
 “ A thoroughly good contribution to the history of Church Plate.” — Reliquary. 
 
 GARDEN CITIES IN THEORY AND PRACTICE. 
 
 By A. R. Sennett, A.M.I.C.E., &c. Large Crown 8vo. Two vols., attractively bound in 
 cloth, with 400 Plates, Plans, and Illustrations. Price 21 /= net. 
 
 “ . . . What Mr. Sennett has to say here deserves, and will no doubt command, the careful 
 
 consideration of those who govern the future fortunes of the Garden City.” — Bookseller. 
 
 THE ART OF THE OLD ENGLISH POTTER. 
 
 By M. L. Solon. An Account of the Progress of the Craft in England from the earliest 
 period to the middle of the eighteenth century. The work forms a handsome volume in 
 imperial quarto, printed on Dutch hand-made paper, with 50 Plates etched on copper by the 
 Author. Only 250 copies were printed, and the plates destroyed after publication. Messrs. 
 Bemrose & Sons Ltd. have a few copies left, which are offered at 105 /= each net. 
 
 Second Edition, Revised. With an Appendix on Foreign imitations of English 
 Earthenware. Illustrated by the Author. Demy 8vo, Cloth. Price 10/6 ; large paper, 21 /=. 
 
MEMORIALS OF OLD SOMERSET. 
 
 Edited by F. J. Snell, M.A., Author of “ A Book of Exmoor,” &c„ and Editor of “ Memorials of 
 Old Devonshire.” Dedicated by kind permission to the Most Hon. the Marquess of Bath. With 
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 county.” — Standard. 
 
 MEMORIALS OF OLD WILTSHIRE. 
 
 Edited by Alice Dryden, Editor of “ Memorials of Old Northamptonshire.” With numerous 
 Illustrations. Demy 8vo, cloth extra, gilt top. Price 15 /= net. 
 
 Among the contributors are : — Sir Alexander Muir-Mackenzie, Bart- ; J. Alfred Gotch, F.S.A., 
 F.R.I.B.A. ; Rev. Canon Wordsworth ; the Lord Bishop of Bristol ; Rev. J. Charles Cox! 
 
 LL.D., F.S.A. ; Harold Brakspear, F.A.S., F.R.I.B.A. ; M. Jourdain, and other eminent writers. 
 
 The following volumes are in preparation : 
 
 With numerous Illustrations. Demy Svo, cloth extra, gilt top. Price to subscribers before 
 publication, 10 6 each net. Prospectuses will be sent on application. 
 
 Memorials of Old Kent. Edited by P. H. Ditchfield, M.A., F.S.A., and George Clinch, F.G.S. 
 „ „ Shropshire. Edited by T. Auden, F.S.A. 
 
 ,, ,, Essex. Edited by A. Clifton Kelway. 
 
 ,, ,, Warwickshire. Edited by Alice Dryden. 
 
 „ „ Yorkshire. Edited by T. M. Fallow, M.A., F.S.A. 
 
 „ „ Gloucestershire. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L. 
 
 ,, ,, Lincolnshire. Edited by Canon Hudson, M.A. 
 
 „ „ Nottinghamshire. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L. 
 
 ,, ,, Norfolk. Edited by H. J. Dukinfield Astley, M.A., D. Litt., &c. 
 
 ,, ,, Dorset. Edited by T. Perkins, M.A., F.R.A.S. 
 
 LONGTON HALL PORCELAIN. 
 
 Being further information relating to this interesting fabrique, by William Bemrose, F.S.A., 
 Author of “ Bow, Chelsea, and Derby Porcelain.” Illustrated with 27 Coloured Art Plates, 
 21 Collotype Plates, and numerous line and half-tone Illustrations in the text. Bound in 
 handsome “ Longton-blue ” cloth cover suitably designed. Price 42/= net. Prospectus will be 
 sent on application. 
 
 “This magnificent work on the famous Longton Hall ware will be indispensable to the collector.” 
 
 — Bookman. 
 
 “ The collector will find Mr. Bemrose’s explanations of the technical features which characterize ‘ 
 the Longton Hall pottery of great assistance in identifying specimens, and he will be aided 
 thereto by the many well-selected illustrations.” — Athenaeum. 
 
 THE VALUES OF OLD ENGLISH SILVER AND SHEFFIELD PLATE. 
 FROM THE FIFTEENTH TO THE NINETEENTH CENTURIES. 
 
 By J. W. Caldicott. Edited by J. Starkie Gardner, F.S.A. 3,000 Selected Auction Sale 
 Records; 1,600 Separate Valuations; 660 Articles. Illustrated with 87 Collotype Plates. 
 300 pages. Royal 4to, cloth. Price, 42 = net. Prospectus will be sent on application. 
 
 “ ... A most elaborate and painstaking work, which no collector of silver could afford to 
 
 be without.” — Scotsman. 
 
 “A most comprehensive and abundantly illustrated volume . . . Enables even the most"] 
 
 inexperienced to form a fair opinion of the value either of a single article or a collection, while 
 as reference and reminder it must prove of great value to an advanced student.” — Daily 
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 “ A finely-got-up book, copiously and well illustrated, giving detailed auction records and’other 
 information of value to buyer, seller, and owner.” — Times. 
 
HISTORY OF OLD ENGLISH PORCELAIN AND ITS MANUFACTORIES. 
 
 With an Artistic, Industrial and Critical Appreciation of their Productions. By M. L. Solon, 
 the well-known Potter Artist and Collector. In one handsome volume. Royal 8vo, well printed 
 in clear type on good paper, and beautifully illustrated with 20 full-page Coloured Collotype and 
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 “ Mr. Solon writes not only with the authority of the master of technique, but likewise with 
 that of the accomplished artist, whose exquisite creations command the admiration of the 
 connoisseurs of to-day.” — Athenceum. 
 
 “Like the contents and the illustrations, the whole get-up of the book is excellent to a degree 
 which is not often met with even in English books. ... a real mine of information and 
 a beautiful work of art.” — Tonindustrie-Zeitung, Berlin. 
 
 “Written in a very clear and lucid style, it is a practically exhaustive account of the evolution 
 of English Porcelain.” — Connoisseur. 
 
 MANX CROSSES: 
 
 Or The Inscribed and Sculptured Monuments of the Isle of Man, from about the end of the 
 Fifth to the beginning of the Thirteenth Century. By P. M. C. Kermode, F.S.A.Scot., &c. 
 The inscribed and sculptured stones treated in this work belong to the system of Early Christian 
 Sepulchral Monuments in the British Isles, to which attention has been more particularly directed 
 of late years. The illustrations are from drawings specially prepared by the Author, founded 
 upon rubbings, and carefully compared with photographs and with the stones themselves. In one 
 handsome Quarto Volume 1 1^ in. by 8f in., printed on Van Gelder hand-made paper, bound in full 
 buckram, gilt top, with special design on the side. Price to subscribers, 42 /= net. The edition 
 is limited to 400 copies. [In the Press. 
 
 OLD ENGLISH GOLD PLATE. 
 
 By E. Alfred Jones. With numerous illustrations of existing specimens of Old English 
 Gold Plate, which by reason of their great rarity and historic value deserve publication in book 
 form. The examples are from the collections of Plate belonging to His Majesty the King, the 
 Dukes of Devonshire, Newcastle, Norfolk, Portland, and Rutland, the Marquis of Ormonde, 
 the Earls of Craven, Derby, and Yarborough, Earl Spencer, Lord Fitzhardinge, Lord Waleran, 
 Mr. Leopold de Rothschild, the Colleges of Oxford and Cambridge, &c. Royal 4to, buckram, 
 gilt top. Price to subscribers, 21 /= net. [In the Press. 
 
 THE CHURCH PLATE OF THE DIOCESE OF BANGOR. 
 
 By E. Alfred Jones. With illustrations of about one hundred pieces of old Plate, including 
 a pre- Reformation Silver Chalice, hitherto unknown ; a Mazer Bowl ; a fine Elizabethan Domestic 
 Cup and Cover ; a Tazza of the same period ; several Elizabethan Chalices ; and other important 
 Plate from James I. to Queen Anne. Demy 4to, buckram. Price 21 /= net. 
 
 LLANDAFF CHURCH PLATE. 
 
 By George Eley Halliday, F.R.I.B.A., Diocesan Surveyor of Llandaff, with 59 Illustrations 
 in line and half-tone. Royal 8vo, cloth. Price 12/6 net. 
 
 “A thoroughly good contribution to the history of Church Plate.” — Reliquary. 
 
 GARDEN CITIES IN THEORY AND PRACTICE. 
 
 By A. R. Sennett, A.M.I.C.E., &c. Large Crown 8vo. Two vols., attractively bound in 
 cloth, with 400 Plates, Plans, and Illustrations. Price 21 /= net. 
 
 “ . . . What Mr. Sennett has to say here deserves, and will no doubt command, the careful 
 
 consideration of those who govern the future fortunes of the Garden City.” — Bookseller. 
 
 THE ART OF THE OLD ENGLISH POTTER. 
 
 By M. L. Solon. An Account of the Progress of the Craft in England from the earliest 
 period to the middle of the eighteenth century. The work forms a handsome volume in 
 imperial quarto, printed on Dutch hand-made paper, with 50 Plates etched on copper by the 
 Author. Only 250 copies were printed, and the plates destroyed after publication. Messrs. 
 Bemrose & Sons Ltd. have a few copies left, which are offered at 105 /= each net. 
 
 Second Edition, Revised. With an Appendix on Foreign imitations of English 
 Earthenware. Illustrated by the Author. Demy 8vo, Cloth. Price 10/6 ; large paper, 21 /=. 
 
SOME DORSET MANOR HOUSES, WITH THEIR LITERARY AND 
 HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS. 
 
 By Sidney Heath, with a fore-word by R. Bosworth Smith, of Bingham’s Melcombe. Illustrated 
 with forty drawings by the Author in addition to the numerous rubbings of Sepulchral Brasses 
 by VV. de C. Prideaux, reproduced by permission of the Dorset Natural History and Field 
 Club. Dedicated by kind permission to the Most Hon. the Marquess of Salisbury. Royal 4to, 
 cloth, bevelled edges. Price to subscribers, 30/= net. [In the Press. 
 
 DERBYSHIRE CHARTERS: 
 
 In Public and Private Libraries and Muniment Rooms. Compiled with Preface and Indexes 
 for Sir Henry Howe Bemrose, Kt., by Isaac Herbert Jeayes, Assistant-Keeper in the 
 Department of MSS., British Museum. Royal 8vo, cloth, gilt top. Price 42/= net. 
 
 DERBY : ITS RISE AND PROGRESS. 
 
 By A. VV. Davison, illustrated with 12 plates and 2 maps. Crown 8vo, cloth. Price 5/=. 
 “ A volume with which Derby and its people should be well satisfied.” — Scotsman. 
 
 JOHN N. RHODES: A YORKSHIRE PAINTER, 1809-1842. 
 
 By William H. Thorp. Illustrated by 19 Plates of Reproductions of J. N. Rhodes’ Oil Paintings, 
 Sepia Drawings, and Crayon Sketches, four of which are in colour. Crown 4to, artistically 
 bound in cloth. Price 10 6 net. The edition is limited to 400 copies. 
 
 ACROSS THE GREAT ST. BERNARD. 
 
 The Modes of Nature and the Manners of Man. By A. R. Sennett, A.M.I.C.E., &c. With 
 Original Drawings by Harold Percival, and nearly 200 Illustrations. Large Crown 8vo, 
 attractively bound in cloth. Price 6 /= net. 
 
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 privileged to behold.” — Glasgow Herald. 
 
 THE CORPORATION PLATE AND INSIGNIA OF OFFICE OF THE 
 CITIES AND TOWNS OF ENGLAND AND WALES. 
 
 By the late Llewellynn Jewitt, F.S.A. Edited and completed with large additions by 
 W. H. St. John Hope, M.A. Fully Illustrated, 2 vols., Crown 4to, buckram, 84/= net. 
 Large paper, 2 vols., Royal 4to, 105/= net. 
 
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 THE RELIQUARY : AN ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE FOR ANTI- 
 QUARIES, ARTISTS, AND COLLECTORS. 
 
 A Quarterly Journal and Review devoted to the study of primitive industries, mediaeval handi- 
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 “ Of permanent interest to all who take an interest in the many and wide branches of which it 
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 TRACES OF THE NORSE MYTHOLOGY IN THE ISLE OF MAN. 
 
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 Kermode, F.S.A.Scot., &c. Demy 8vo. Illustrated with 10 plates, paper cover. Price 2 6. 
 
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