Chamlett

(27,32.) Camlet, a material originally made of camel's hair; a cloth made of silk and wool

Chaungeably Silke

(21.) Variegated, shot silk.

Cheker Velvett

(11, 44.) Checkered velvet, i.e. formed into little squares, by lines or stripes of different colours.

Cheseble

(13,33,46.) Chasuble, the uppermost garment worn by the priest at Mass.

Chrismatory

(4,30,32,33,34,39,46.) A case containing the vessels which held the chrism or consecrated oil. These oils were of three kinds, "Oleum sanctum, oleum chrismatis, et oleum infirmorum;" that is, holy oil, chrism oil, and sick men's oil. Each church was required to possess three bottles for these oils.

Cope

(1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10,11,13,13,14,16,17,18, 20, 21, 23, 33, 34, 36, 36, 27, 38, 39, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46.) The mantle, or outer garment of a priest. It was without sleeves, open in front, and fastened round the neck by a morse, or brooch.

Corporace, Corporouse, Corporesses, Corporous, Corpores, Corporal

(3,4, 5, 6, 7, 8,10,11,13, 14,15,17,18, 20, 22, 24, 25, 31, 36, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44,46.) A cloth of fine white linen, on which the sacred elements were consecrated; so called from the body (corpus) of Christ which rested thereon. The corporal cloths, when not in use, were carefully preserved in a case somewhat resembling a portfolio, usually made of silk, and enriched with embroidery.

The corporal cloth itself was always of white linen, and seldom more than a foot square ; but it was frequently inserted in the middle of a large piece of coloured silk, or other material The technical name of the embroidered case was "theca," "bursa," "repositorium," etc.

Corporasse Kercheffe

(14.) A Sacrament cloth: see Pyx and Pyx Cloth.

Coteor The Rood

(19.) A covering for the rood, or crucifix.

Coverlett

(33, 45.) Probably altar-cloths. The term is sometimes used in these inventories to denote the carpets laid before the altar; also called Pede-cloths and Tapets.

Crane Coloured

(39.) Saffron colour, from the Mediaeval Latin, croncum = croceum. (Da Cange).

Cresse Cloth

(19.) Fine linen cloth. (Haliwell).

Cross

(3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9,11,12,14,16,17,19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30,31, 32, 33, 34,36, 39, 40, 41, 42,43, 44, 45, 46.) The Cross placed on the altar, in the middle of it. "Super altare collocetnr Crus in medio." The Rubric of the Mass-book orders, that the Priest, when he approaches to the altar, should stand before the lowermost step of it, and profoundly bow to the Cross, placed above, upon the altar: "Cum pervenerit ad altare, stans ante illius infimum gradum, caput detegit, et altari, seu imagini crucifixae desuper positae profunde inclinat".

Crosse Cloth, Or Rood Clolh

(7, 8, 19, 23, 31.) A hanging before the rood, that could be raised, lowered, or drawn aside by a cord,

Cruelle

(13, 22,27,30,37,46.) Crewel, a fine sort of worsted, commonly made from the thrums or ends of the stuff, or weavers' canes used to mark or do curious needlework with. (Dyche's Eng. Dict)

Cruettes

(3, 4, 5, 6, 8,11,19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 30,31, 33, 34, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 45, 46, 47.) The flasks, or cruets, containing the wine and water used at the altar. These cruets were often most beautifully wrought, and sometimes had precious stones set in the lid, of a colour so as to shew which held the water, which the wine.

Cushion

(47.) See Pyllow.

Dexc-Cloth

(32). For the Lectern or Litany-desk; or for the Service-book, or Missal, placed on the altar.

Diaper

(3, 7,11, 22, 24, 26, 28. 33, 37, 42.) Was a silken fabric, held everywhere in the highest estimation during many hundred years, both abroad and here in England. What was its distinctive characteristic, and whence it drew its name, we have not been hitherto told with anything like certainty. . . . Among its vast collection of liturgical garments, a.d. 1295, old St. Paul's had a large number made of diaper, which was most always white.....By degrees the word 'diaper' became widened in its meaning. Not only all sorts of textile, whether of silk, of linen, or of worsted, but the walls of a room were said to be diapered, when the self-same ornament was repeated, and sprinkled well over it. Thus, to soothe his daughter's sorrows, the King of Hungary promises her a chair or carriage, that -

"Shal be coverd wyth velvette reede

And clothes of fyne golds al about your heeds,

With damasks whyte and azure blows

Well dyaperd with lylles newe." (Introd. to Rock's Textile Fabrics, xlvi - viii)

Dornexe

(5, 6,11,15,16, 28, 24, 26, 30, 34, 39, 40, 41, 48, 45.) Dornixe, a tissue, or rich sort of staff, interwoven originally with gold, silver, etc., manufactured at Tonrnay, originally called Dorneck, a city in Flanders.

Fannell, Fanon, Or Maniple

(4, 25, 32.) One of the vestments worn by the sacrificing priest at Mass. In early days it was nothing but a plain strip of linen - a napkin, in fact - worn upon the left wrist of the celebrant. In later times it was highly decorated, and often made of the richest materials. The word is derived from the German Faten, Fatten, or Fana. (Du Fresne, Gloss., sub voc.) The short white sleeves worn by butchers are still called fannels or fannons.

Originally the maniple was a narrow strip of linen, suspended from the left arm, to cleanse away the perspiration from the face and brow, occasioned by the heat of the weather, or the fatigues or labours of the minister; and it supplied the place, and was used for all the purposes, of the modern pocket-handkerchief. Gradually, however, it received embellishment: first of all it was bordered by a fringe, then decorated with needlework; till, at length, it became too precious to be employed for its original purpose. But, although it ceased to be used as a handkerchief, it was retained for an ornament, to which could be appropriately attached a spiritual meaning. A little later, from its being made of linen, it began to resemble in colour, and to be composed of the same splendid materials of which the chasuble was formed; and we find that, about the eighth century, it was enumerated among the sacerdotal vestments. (Rock's Hierurgia, vol. ii. pp. 613 - 16).