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 ELSTOW. 

[Communicated by Mr. W. H. Fenton, J.P.]

1. Helmet.

2. Coat of arms.

Tradition. Associated with burial of Thomas Hillersdon, ob. 1656. Arms. ''Arg. on a chevron engrailed sa. three bulls' heads cabossed of the field.'' (Hillersdon.) Crest. ''A squirrel sejant ppr. collared and cracking a nut or.''

Thomas Hillersdon acquired the manor in 1616.

Cf. Bloxam, "Fragmenta Sepulchralia," p. 136.

HUSBORNE CRAWLEY. (St. Mary.)

1. Visor of a helmet.

2. Sword.

Tradition. Associated with the Thompson family, whose arms, ''az. a leopard or'', appear on the monument with effigies of St. John Thompson and his wife Dorothy. The effigy of St. John Thompson shows him in a peascod breastplate.

The manor of Husborne Crawley came into the Thompson Family in 1597.

LUTON. 

1. Close helmet with spike, late XVIth century skull, with early XVIth century visor of an armet. (Figs. 1574 and 1575 a).

2. Close helmet, late XVIth century (Fig. 1575 b).

3. Pair of gauntlets associated with (1) (Fig. 1574).

Tradition. The first helmet is associated with the burial of Sir John, Lord Wenlock, Lord of Someries, ob. 1471. His body first rested in the Despensers' tomb at Tewkesbury, where he was killed. It was afterwards brought to his "faire chapel at Luton."

Both helmets and gauntlets hang in the Someries Chapel (Fig. 1576).

Cf. "N. and Q.," 5th series, x, p. 276. [The photographs were courteously supplied by Mr. E. Craven-Lee.]