A WELSH MEDIEVAL OAK CHEST
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A WELSH MEDIEVAL OAK CHEST

15TH 16TH CENTURY

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A WELSH MEDIEVAL OAK CHEST
15TH 16TH CENTURY
The lid in two parts, one with a coin slot, with hammered iron strap hinges
23¼ in. (59 cm.) high; 50 in. (127 cm.) wide; 17 in. (43 cm.) deep
Literature
'Chirk Castle', Guide Book, 2003, illustrated in situ in the Guard Room, p.23.

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Lot Essay

The chest's use as a 'poor box' recalls the direction given at the start of Edward VI's reign that every parish should 'provide a strong chest with a hole in the upper part thereof, and having three keys, for the oblations and alms of the parishioners'. A related 16th century slab-ended chest in the Old Church, Esher, Surrey is illustrated in F. Roe, Ancient Church Chests and Chairs, London, 1929 (p.114, fig.88)..

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