| Soon after a second Church of St. Mary was built by the sacrist at the south-west corner of the abbey cemetery. |
| But the next year, 1372-3, as we learn from the sacrist, saw Colchester entrusted with a still more delicate duty. |
| The sacrist leaned forward with the face of one who bears tidings of woe. |
| It is that gray lean wolf of a sacrist who hungers for our land. |
| There was often a sub-sacrist to assist the sacrist in his duties. |
| He was assisted by the sacrist as his deputy, and under the sacrist, by three vergers. |
