The corpus figure from a mediaeval crucifix which was less than 10 centimetres high was recovered four years after it had been stolen from this parish church. The church was kept open and was relatively remote. It was therefore proposed that the corpus should be given on long-term loan to the Cathedral Treasury, where it could be kept secure and be available to the public. In granting a faculty for the disposal the chancellor considered the approach of the Court of Arches set down in Re St Lawrence, Oakley with Wootton St Lawrence which stated that faculties should seldom be granted in disposal cases without a hearing in open court. He had regard to the overriding objective under Rule 1(4) of the Faculty Jurisdiction Rules 2015 and concluded that where, as here, there was no outright alienation, the proposal was uncontroversial and the court would be no better informed by the hearing of live evidence, it was appropriate to dispose of the matter on written representations. [RA]