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Early XIVth century. Reepham Church, Norfolk, After Stothard

Middle of XIVth century Found in London Guildhall Museum

About 1370. Ingham Church, Norfolk After Stothard

Late XIVth century Found in London Guildhall Museum

except for the innumerable and diverse shapes taken by the quillon itself: apart from this the only variation of note is in the fashion of its decoration. One of the first instances of the quillon dagger represented in detail is that to be seen on the effigy of Sir Roger de Kerdeston in Reepham Church, Norfolk, about 1335 (Fig. 725). Here are shown a decorated hexagonal wheel pommel, a faceted grip, and straight quillons; but, as the latter are somewhat damaged, their original form is difficult to make out. Another variation of the late XIVth century dagger was to be seen depicted on the brass of Sir Miles Stapleton formerly in Ingham Church, Norfolk, a brass which has been dated at about 1370 (Fig. 726). The pommel is of simple wheel form, the grip appears to be bound with wire, and the quillons are straight, drooping at their extreme ends. There is in the Guildhall Museum (Fig. 727) a dagger that was found in London, minus its pommel, that might well belong to that period: the quillons and their ends droop towards the blade, which is