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 CAMBRIDGESHIRE

CROXTON. 

1. Helmet, triple-barred Cromwellian pott (Fig. 1601).

2. Breast- and backplate of mid-XVIIth century (Fig. 1601).

Tradition. Associated with the table-tomb in the church bearing the arms of Lede. Arms. ''Arg a fesse gu. betw. three eagles displ. sa. a bordure wavy of the second.'' (Leeds of Croxton Park.) Crest. A staff raguly fesseways vert, thereon a cock gu., wings expanded.

Cf. Rev. C. H. Evelyn-White, F.S.A., "County Churches, Cambridgeshire," p. 56. FOWLMERE. [Communicated by the Rev. A. Campbell Yorke, the rector.] 1. Helmet, funerary, crested, a garb, XVIIIth century. 2. Helmet, funerary, crested, a garb, XVIIIth century. 3. Two funerary helmets, destroyed circa 1870. 4. Banners, destroyed circa 1870, bearing ''sa. on a fess three mascules or within a bordure of the last''. (Mitchell.) 5. Swords, destroyed circa 1870. Hanging on the north and south walls of the chancel. Tradition. All the achievement is made up of early XVIIIth century funerary pieces, and is associated with the monument to the Mitchell family, who acquired the manor of Fowlmere in 1715. The Mitchell family appear to have acquired, and lived at, Carshalton. The record of the funeral in 1745 is one of great ostentation. Crest. A garb vert. (Mitchell.) Cf. Rev. E. H. Evelyn-White, F.S.A., "County Churches, Cambridgeshire," p. 75. HARDWICK. [Communicated by the Rev. W. D. Saunders, a former rector of the parish.] 1. Burgonet. 2. Rapier without hilt. Tradition. None. Cf. Rev. E. H. Evelyn-White, F.S.A., in his "County Churches, Cambridgeshire," pub. 1911, writes: "A large oak chest has remains of armour." HASINGFIELD. 1. Helmet, crested. 2. Two gauntlets. The spurs, sword, and pennons, which formerly were suspended as parts of the achievement have disappeared. Tradition. The armour is hung over the monument of Sir Thomas Wendy, K.B., ob. 1643, with which it is by tradition associated. He was nephew of Thomas Wendy, the court physician who attended Henry VIII, Edward VI, and Mary on their deathbeds. Arms. ''Az a chevron betw. three lions' heads erased or., a bordure of the last.'' (Wendy.) Crest. A lion's head erased az., gorged with a collar dancetté or.

Cf. Rev. E. H. Evelyn-White, F.S.A., "County Churches, Cambridgeshire,"' p. 93.

HORSEHEATH. 

Helmet. Hanging on the north wall.

Tradition. Associated with the burial of John Bromley, 1st Baron Montfort, ob. 1651, to whose memory there is affixed a tablet.