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 ELING. 

Close helmet, circa 1600, the gorget plates added at a later date, crested, a burning tower (Fig. 1628).

Formerly there were also suspended a pair of gauntlets and a coat of arms. These disappeared twenty years ago. The iron bar for the coat of arms still remains.

Tradition. Hanging near the monument to Gilbert Serle, ob. 1720, with which the helmet is traditionally associated. On the monument is the same crest.

Cf. "Vic. C. H." (Hants), iv, p. 557. [The illustration is taken from a photograph kindly forwarded by the Rector.]

FROYLE. 

Helmet, with spike.

Tradition. None.

Cf. "Vic. C. H." (Hants), ii, p. 504. Interior of church with helmet illustrated.

GODSHILL. 

1. Helm, skull-piece 1510, buffe, a little later, crested, a hind (Fig. 1629).

2. Gauntlets (stolen circa 1860).

Tradition. Associated with the monument to Sir John Leigh, over which it hangs. In 1522 Sir John Leigh obtained a licence to found a chantry in the church.

Crest. A hind trippant arg. (Leigh.)

3. Helmet, circa 1570, with XVIIth century gorget plates added, crested, a wolf's head (Fig. 1630).

4. Gauntlets, funerary.

Tradition. Associated with the monument to Richard, ob. 1567, son of Sir James Worsley (ob. 1536) and Anne, only daughter of Sir John Leigh. Richard Worsley was Captain of the Wight.

Crest. A wolf's head erased or. (Worsley.)

5. Armet, skull-piece, reinforcing piece for skull, visor (of which only part remains), and chin-piece, circa 1440-50, buffe circa 1500. A piece between the buffe and chin-piece has been added for church purposes. The neck-plates are XVIth century additions. The stem for the rondel is preserved (Figs. 1631 a and b).

Tradition. None.

Cf. "Vic. C. H." (Hants), v, p. 176 (monument to Sir John Leigh illustrated); Bloxam, "Fragmenta Sepulchralia," p. 134; Bartlett, "Short account of the parish church of Godshill."