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 Arms. ''Quarterly per pale dovetail gu. and or.'' (Bromley.) Crest. ''Out of a mural crown or a demi-lion rampant sa., holding a standard vert, charged with a griffin pass. of the second, staff ppr. headed arg.''

Cf. Rev. E. H. Evelyn-White, F.S.A., "County Churches, Cambridgeshire," p. 104.

ISLEHAM. 

[Communicated by the Baron de Cosson.]

1. Close helmet, reputed to be early XVIth century.

2. Close helmet, XVIIth century, funerary.

The helmets hang in the Peyton chapel (the south aisle).

Tradition. None. There are monuments and brasses to members of the Peyton family.

SAWSTON. 

Helmet, probably funerary and late XVIth century. On a perch on the north wall of chancel.

Tradition. The helmet hangs above the monument to the Pole family, but there is no tradition connecting the helmet with the family. Near this helmet hangs a shield bearing ''gu. a fret arg.'' (Huddleston) with various quarterings. Gomm, in "Gents. Mag. Lib. Eng. Top.," XI, ii, p. 70, notes that there was formerly hanging over the monument to "Henry Hodleston," "Sir Robt. Hodleston" and others of the same family, of the mid-XVIIth century, another helmet.

Cf. Rev. E. H. Evelyn-White, F.S.A., "County Churches, Cambridgeshire," p. 151.

WITCHAM.

Confirmation of a report received that there is armour in this church, has not been obtained.

CHESHIRE

BOWDON. 

In the Billson sale at Christie, Manson, and Woods, 1897, lot 143 (£7 7s.): "From the parish church of Bowden, Cheshire, a close helmet (visor wanting) with roped comb, middle of the XVIth century, a deep gorget, temp. Chas. I, has been added, ex Bateman collection."

LOWER PEOVER. 

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

1. Helmet.

2. One spur.

Tradition. The monument to Sir Geoffrey Shakerley, ob. 1696.

MACCLESFIELD. 

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

1. Close helmet, with spike, XVIth century (Fig. 1602).

Tradition. Associated with the funeral of Sir John Savage (ob. 1597), which took place at this church.

2. Breastplate (altered) and placate.

3. Pikeman's pott.

4. Pikeman's gorget.

5. A gorget plate of a XVIIth century helmet.

NANTWICH. 

In "N. and Q.," 6th series, vol. v, p. 138, is recorded the existence of a coat of arms suspended over the tomb of a member of the Wilbraham family.