The Oxburgh Chalice is preserved by the church authorities in the parish of Templeport in County Cavan, Ireland.
The Oxburghs were strong supporters of James II and several officers of the family fought at Derry, Aughrim and the Boyne.
Clare Oxburgh made a claim on her late husband’s property and this helps to establish the donors of the chalice.
A synod of the Irish church was held in the townland of Owengallees, Baunbuidhe (Bawnboy) in the parish of Templeport at Pentecost 1669, four years after the Oxburgh Chalice was made.
There are figures of two animals and a bird that resembles a pelican with its young on its back, being fed with the mother’s flesh and blood, a symbol for the Eucharist.