£2,000 reward offered for 'Holy Grail' return

[Neil]

4 March 2015

The owners of a stolen Holy Grail relic are offering a reward for its return after the cup was stolen last year.

The Nanteos Cup was taken from a home in Weston under Penyard, near Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire in July 2014.

West Mercia Police described the dark wood cup as a "medieval mazer bowl" and "a wooden cup/chalice", and that it was kept in a blue velvet bag.

The owners are offering £1,000 and West Mercia Police are offering an additional £1,000 for its safe return.

Police are also hoping for information leading to the arrest and subsequent conviction of those who stole it.

The Nanteos Cup, a wooden chalice named after the mansion in Aberystwyth where it was once kept, is claimed to be the cup from which Jesus drank at the Last Supper and then brought to Britain by Joseph of Arimathea.

It is then believed to have been taken to Nanteos Mansion by seven monks from Strata Florida, Ceredigion, during the reign of Henry Vlll.

Owner Margaret Powell kept the chalice locked in a cupboard in a library.

After many years it left Nanteos Mansion and came into the ownership of the Steadman family in Ross-on-Wye.

[Val Beechey]

Whoever has it now isn't likely to be interested in £2,000   they probably paid many times that for it to be stolen in the first place.

I watched a program about a couple or so years ago. It certainly has an interesting history and appears to be connected to many modern miracles. Ah the power of undaunted faith.

Thanks for posting Neil.

[david995]

On one of my permissions there is a field named in welsh translates to  " the field of the chalice " obviously if woodeni would not find it if anything but have spent time there just in case of something 

[Resurgam]

Perhaps you will find this, or one very like it! 

[Chef Geoff]

But for God sake don't find one of these

It was this little baby that got metal detecting banned in Ireland......Talk about a poisoned chalice

[Resurgam]

I belive that the Celts had a thing about chalices but I don't know if it was Christian or Druidic based. My be even both! 

[Chef Geoff]

No both of those are 8th-9th century Christian

[fdefano]

4 March 2015

The owners of a stolen Holy Grail relic are offering a reward for its return after the cup was stolen last year.

The Nanteos Cup was taken from a home in Weston under Penyard, near Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire in July 2014.

West Mercia Police described the dark wood cup as a "medieval mazer bowl" and "a wooden cup/chalice", and that it was kept in a blue velvet bag.

The owners are offering £1,000 and West Mercia Police are offering an additional £1,000 for its safe return.

Police are also hoping for information leading to the arrest and subsequent conviction of those who stole it.

The Nanteos Cup, a wooden chalice named after the mansion in Aberystwyth where it was once kept, is claimed to be the cup from which Jesus drank at the Last Supper and then brought to Britain by Joseph of Arimathea.

It is then believed to have been taken to Nanteos Mansion by seven monks from Strata Florida, Ceredigion, during the reign of Henry Vlll.

Owner Margaret Powell kept the chalice locked in a cupboard in a library.

After many years it left Nanteos Mansion and came into the ownership of the Steadman family in Ross-on-Wye.

something like that should be in a museum for all to see rather than a library cupboard...imho.

[Val Beechey]

I'm amazed it hasn't gone missing long ago. I'm also amazed that the Vatican didn't say they wanted it.

Val

[Resurgam]

                I'm amazed that Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell didn't have it destroyed during the reformation.

[Dryland]

It's probably been thrown by the person who stole it, not realising what it is