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 Winceby was fought near by), but the opinion is held by many that they were more probably used in the Lincolnshire Rising of 1536.

Cf. "Lincs. N. and Q.," vi, pp. 1-3.

1672a.

1672b.

MABLETHORPE. 

[Communicated by Mr. J. G. Mann.]

Armet, circa 1440, the visor and one of the cheek pieces are missing (Figs. 1672 a and b).

Hanging over a tomb (Fig. 1673) unidentified.

Tradition. The armet is said to have been worn by one of two "Earls" who fought in a combat à outrance near a bridge spanning a small stream on the main road leading from Mablethorpe to Maltby, which divides the two parishes. Ever since the combat, so the story runs, the bridge has been called "Earls' Bridge." Both "Earls" were killed in their combat, and the villagers are said to have seized their armour and placed it in the two churches, where the two "Earls" were respectively buried. Mr. H. Bocock, of Mablethorpe (who kindly sent me the photographs from which the illustrations are taken), has been informed by old villagers that they remember a helmet and a sword in Maltby Church as late as 1834, and that these pieces rusted away.

MALTBY-LE-MARSH. 

[Communicated by Mr. H. Bocock.]

1. Helmet (now missing).

2. Sword (now missing).

(See preceding note, s.n., Mablethorpe.)

STAINFIELD. 

[Communicated by Mr. Tyrwhitt-Drake, Arundel.]

1. Helmet, crested, a nude man.

2. Two gauntlets.

3. A spur.

4. A sword.

5. Three banners.

6. An escutcheon.