News by email Donate

Suggestions

Top Stories

Most Read

Popular Videos

St-Veep-Parish-Church-main_article_image.jpg
Wikimedia
UK News

Cornwall church accuses Lloyds Bank of losing its priceless artefacts

by Aaron James

One of the items from Veep Parish Church in St Austell include a silver communion cup dating back to 1579, before the English Civil War, which is thought to be worth more than £4,000.

Other artefacts include a silver flagon tankard, dated back to 1737, and a silver plate dated 1738.

Bernard Bonsey, the Veep churchwarden, originally tried getting the items back to put on display for Easter 2015. The church still does not have its deposits.

Mr Bonsey told the Daily Telegraph: "I truly believe the bank has lost the silverware but won't admit it.

"No one at Lloyds seems to know, or worse, seems at all interested, and despite repeated requests have heard absolutely nothing from them.

"This cup is pre-English Civil War and is extremely rare because during the war, the majority of the country's silver was melted to pay the troops, and therefore could be very valuable; in excess of £4,000."

"We have had no word of apology or telling us they will endeavour to find it.

"We didn't want to have to go public on this, but the bank has left us little option."

Lloyds Bank said: "We take the security of our customers items very seriously, and are currently investigating the location of the items referred to.

"We are very sorry that this investigation is taking longer than anticipated and will continue to keep St Veep Church updated on our progress."  

A Monthly Gift Of $11 Makes A World Of Difference

In a world of fake news there’s never been a greater need for quality Christian journalism. Premier’s mission is to provide the Church with the most up to date and relevant news, told from a Christian perspective. But we can’t do it without you.

Unlike many websites we haven't put up a paywall — we want to keep our journalism free at the point of need and as open as we can. Premier’s news output takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce. No one in the USA is sharing news like we are across radio, magazines and online so please help us to continue that today.

For a monthly gift of $11 or more we’d also be able to send you a free copy of the brand new Premier Bible, a wonderful Anglicised version of the NLT packed with exclusive bonus content, reading plan and resources to help you get the most out of scripture.

Your monthly support will make a world of difference. Thank you.

Support Us
Continue the conversation on our Facebook page

Related Articles

Sign up to our newsletter to stay informed with news from a Christian perspective.

News by email

Connect

Donate

Donate