At a _soiree_ recently held at Crosby Hall, there were exhibited by the
churchwardens of St. Benet's, Gracechurch Street, Erasmus' _Commentary on
the Gospels_ in English, with the chains annexed, by which they were
fastened in the church. There are two volumes, in good preservation, and
black letter.
In Minster Church, near Margate, Kent, there is an oak cover to a Bible
chained to a desk, temp. Henry VIII. The whole of the letter-press has been
taken away (by small pieces at a time) by visitors to this beautiful Norman
church.