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 armour of the last quarter of the XIVth century. But above all the bascinet is particularly of XIVth century type; for although the border is richly decorated and the skull-piece is encircled by an orle of the greatest magnificence, it still retains the camail of chain mail, which in this case, however, would appear to be covered with leather. It might be imagined that by this time—the end of the first quarter of the XVth century—the camail attached to the bascinet would have been entirely abandoned in favour of the standard of plates; for no matter how well fashioned was the camail, the drag upon the head must have been very trying. The chief decoration on the armour takes the form of a single but ornamental border line of some applied material, probably brass. On the gauntlets appear kite-shaped gadlings, and the finger-nails are represented on the top of the finger plates. Beneath the lambrequined edge of the surcoat can also be seen the lower edge of a hauberk of mail. The skull-piece of the bascinet is high, though not acutely pointed. Above the forehead appears the commencement of an inscription. The sword is missing, as is also the dagger; but the thongs are represented by which they were attached. The helm on which the earl rests his head is very similar in form to that above the tomb of Henry V in the abbey church of Westminster (Chapter XIII).

Staindrop Church, Durham. After Stothard

Dennington Church, Suffolk. After Stothard

We next give an illustration of an effigy in Dennington Church, Suffolk, that was at one time attributed to Sir Robert Grushill, but is now believed to be that