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{
  "description": "The piece of the Holy Rood set in the knop of the foot of the silver-gilt chalice given to S. Helene of Wenlock by Dame Margery FitzHardy in 1402; the only item from the priory's plate not received by the Crown's Jewel-house in June 1538. Wrapped in mid-Tudor linen, dimensions c. iv × i × ¼ in. Hidden at Astley; surfaced once in 1819 (Allardyce's note, #405) and once in 1924 (Annerley's accession card, #874)."
}