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 BASING. 

[Communicated by Miss Burnett.

1. Close helmet, XVIIth century.

2. Close helmet, XVIIth century.

3. Close helmet, XVIIth century.

4. Close helmet, XVIIth century.

5. Close helmet, XVIIth century.

6 and 7. Two pairs of gauntlets and a single gauntlet, all funerary.

8. Two wooden crests of falcons.

Tradition. All the above hang on the walls of the Bolton chapel (Figs. 1626 and 1627).

Crest. ''A mound, therefrom a falcon rising or, charged on the heart with an estoile gu., gorged with a ducal coronet az., and holding in the beak a salmon ppr.'' (Bolton.)

Cf. "Vic. C. H." (Hants), iv, p. 126. Interior of church with helmets illustrated.

CHRISTCHURCH. 

[Communicated by Mr. W. E. Gawthorp, F.S.A., and Mr. Herbert Druitt.]

Close helmet, of the late XVIth or early XVIIth century, rough from the hammer. The comb (1-3/4 in. at greatest depth) is roped. There are two occularia with lower edges roped, 3-1/4 in. by 1/4 in. There are two small breathing holes on each side of visor. The mezeil has roped edge and four breathing holes on each side. Chin-piece has roped edge. There are front and back gorget plates, the lower edge of the former is roped and turned over a wire. The heads of the rivets securing the visor and mezeil are plain and circular. The pin of the visor is in position, as are two hooks on the dexter side of chin-piece. The hook to secure chin-piece to mezeil is lost, but the eye on the mezeil is preserved. Height of helmet, 11-3/4 in.

The helmet is hanging in the north-east angle of the eastern chapel of the north chancel aisle, close to the altar tomb of Sir John Chidiock, ob. 1450 (effigy in armour), and Katherine, his wife, ob. 1461, which tomb was formerly situated in the north transept. Formerly the helmet hung in the chapel on the south side of the south chancel aisle.

Tradition. None, but Mr. H. Druitt suggests that it may have been the helmet carried at the funeral of a Berkeley.

EAST TYTHERLEY. 

Helmet, crested, a hand holding flowers.

Tradition. The helmet hangs over the monument to Richard Gifford, ob. 1568 (effigy in armour), second son of Sir William Gifford, Kt.

Crest. A cubit arm erect vested gu., slashed and cuffed arg., holding three gillyflowers all ppr. (Gifford.)

Cf. "Vic. C. H." (Hants), iv, p. 518.