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 LAUGHTON. 

[Communicated by Mr. C. H. Crouch.]

1. Helmet, Elizabethan.

2. Helmet, late XVIIth century, funerary.

Hanging on a beam above the chancel arch.

Tradition. Associated with the Pelham family; forty-two members of the family are buried in the vault.

Crest. A peacock in pride arg. (Pelham.)

Cf. "N. and Q.," 5th series, vol. x, p. 130; Harrison, "Notes on Sussex Churches," p. 115.

LEWES. 

Helmet, skull-piece first half of XVIth century, visor and mezeil, second half of the XVIth century (Fig. 1768).

Tradition. Associated with the monument to Sir Nicholas Pelham, ob. 1559, over which it is placed (Fig. 1769).

Cf. "N. and Q.," 5th series, x, p. 130. [The illustrations are from a photograph and drawing kindly taken and made by Mr. J. S. North.]

MAYFIELD. 

In the Londesborough sale, 1888, lot 268: "Heaulme, temp. Henry III. From Mayfield Church, Sussex." £18 18s. 0d. Purchaser, "Davis."