"Item an altar cloth hanginge afore the altare of redde silke with a crucyfix."
This was probably the frontal used in Passiontide, i.e., from Passion Sunday until Easter. Other Lenten ornaments were the following:
"Item iiij paynted clothes for altar clothes in Lent."
"Item iij paynted clothes to hange upon saynt Katerynes and saynt Margarettes in Lent."
The following is an interesting description of a panelled or striped frontal and frontlet:
"Item an altar cloth for the frontur of thalter of redde velvyt and yelowe & redde damask in paynes with Kateryn wheles in the bordour above."
The sales are quoted as realising in all £165 17s. 8d., but an addition of the separate items does not result in this total.
The difficulties in the way of an exact calculation are (1) lax or ambiguous entries, e.g.:
"Item iiij chalyces wayng liiij onz. wherof ij communyon cuppis were made by the said Calton (purchaser of a previous lot) waynge but lij onz.... xvijs viii.d"
(2) The omission of prices, and (3) the disappearance of articles quoted as "myssinge at the praysement of the vestry stuff," or (4) "myssinge and not delyveryd to the now Churche wardens neither sold or accompted for to thuse of the Churche."