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 the most complete and interesting, even if a little inclined to be clumsy in workmanship. This is the helm hanging over the tomb of Sir John Fogge in Ashford Church, Kent (Fig. 457). The construction is precisely the same as that of the other three; but not one of the edges of the plates is escalloped. It will also be observed that a band some three inches wide is firmly riveted to the lower edge, splaying out to fit over the breastplate. Despite the great thickness of this helm, a reinforcing plate, attached by staples and pins, covers the sinister side of the front. This is hardly noticeable in the illustration, the short return of the reinforcement around the front of the helm being alone visible. The weight of this helm is 23 lb. 15 oz. The fifth (Fig. 458), the New York example, certainly of the same school, is rough in make and now sadly overcleaned on the wheel; it shows that curious flanged protection to the dexter opening on its front plate which is so pronounced in the Broadwater head-piece (see page 148, Fig. 487).

English, about 1475-90. Hanging over the tomb of Sir John Fogge, sometime Treasurer to the Household of King Edward IV, Ashford Church, Kent

These helms link together the less known types, which we date between 1470-1490, with those on the continent of a slightly later date, the portrayal