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 monarchs in question. They are, however, genuine helms of the greatest rarity, and most interesting possessions, though sadly mutilated. They have certainly been adapted at some early date for hanging over tombs. But over what tombs, and in what church, we shall never know.

English, about 1475-90. Erroneously supposed to have belonged to King Henry VI St. George's Chapel, Windsor

The next of this family of English helms to be considered is that now preserved in the Pyx Chapel of the Abbey Church of Westminster (Fig. 456, a, b). For many years it was deposited on loan in the Rotunda, Woolwich. There it remained until comparatively recent times, when it was once more returned to Westminster. It has been fully described in the ''Archaeological Journal'', vol. xxv, p. 224; so in this narrative it will suffice to mention the points in which it differs from the other two helms of the class we have been dealing with. On comparing the general outline and the construction of the head-piece, it will be noticed that in the case of the Westminster helm