| But the next year, 1372-3, as we learn from the sacrist, saw Colchester entrusted with a still more delicate duty. |
| There was often a sub-sacrist to assist the sacrist in his duties. |
| The sacrist was also a cleric, but his duties were more generally concerned with the college establishment. |
| On the sides are the initials of Ralph Whitechurch, sacrist of the Abbey. |
| It is that gray lean wolf of a sacrist who hungers for our land. |
| He was assisted by the sacrist as his deputy, and under the sacrist, by three vergers. |
