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 HARPHAM.

[Communicated by the Rev. C. V. Collier, F.S.A.]

Formerly there were pieces of armour lying on the altar tomb of Sir William St. Quintin, but owing to the pilfering of the public, they were removed for safe custody.

HEMINGBROUGH. 

[Communicated by the Rev. C. V. Collier, F.S.A.]

1. Helmet.

2. Two gauntlets.

Hanging in the south choir of the aisle.

Tradition. None. KIRKLINGTON. [Communicated by Mr. H. B. Macall, F.S.A., and Mr. T. S. Gowland.] 1. Helmet, said to have been made for a funeral, crested, a church. 2. A pair of gauntlets. 3. A vambrace. 4. Two banners. Hanging over an arch of the nave near the chancel arch. Tradition. Locally associated with the burial of Sir John Wandesford, ob. 1503, but probably connected with the funeral of Sir Christopher Wandesford, ob. 1590 (effigy in the church). Arms. ''Or a lion rampant, double queued az. armed and langued gu.'' (Wandesford.) Crest. A minster ppr., the spire az.

There is a hatchment to Sir Christopher Wandesford, the first baronet, ob. 1686/7. Cf. "Vic. C. H." (Yorks), i, p. 377 (illustration showing helmet); H. B. Macall, "The Wandesfords of Kirklington." LONDESBOROUGH. 1. Helmet, crested, a lion's head on a coronet (Fig. 1804a). Tradition. The helmet of the first Earl of Burlington, ob. 1697. 2. Helmet, crested, as in (1), but the coronet is missing (Fig. 1804b). Tradition. The helmet of Lord Clifford of Londesborough, son of the first Earl of Burlington, ob. 1694. 3. Two pairs of gauntlets (one pair is funerary) (Fig. 1804). 4. Three banners. 5. One mutilated standard. In the church are an unbroken series of monuments and brasses, commencing with that of the fourth Earl of Cumberland, and continuing to the end of the XVIIIth century. Francis Clifford, fourth Earl and brother of the third Earl, lived at Londesborough. His son, the fifth Earl, married a Cecil (one of the banners records the alliance). The fifth Earl died without male issue, his daughter Elizabeth married Lord Dungarvan, afterwards second Earl of Cork, and subsequently created Earl of Burlington. There was issue of the marriage a son, Charles, afterwards created Baron Clifford, who died 1694, age fifty-five. He quartered Boyle and Clifford. The banners are by tradition those used at the funeral of the first Earl of Burlington: (1) ''Per bend crenellée arg. and gu. (Boyle) impaling chequey or and az. a fess gu. (Clifford); (2) Clifford impaling Barry of ten arg. and az., over all six escutcheons sa., each charged with a lion rampant of the first (Cecil); (3) Arg., a cross between four fleurs-de-lis sa. (Fenton) impaling erm. a martlet gu. on a chief az. four bezants or'' (Weston); and (4) Boyle impaling (?) Fenton. Crest. ''Out of a ducal coronet or a lion's head erased per pale crenellée arg. and gu. (Boyle.) Cf.'' R. C. Wilton, "The Cliffords and Boyles of Londesborough," 1907. [The Rev. A. G. Bagshaw, M.A., kindly supplied the photographs.] MARR. [Communicated by Mrs. Ingham.]  1. Close helmet of the late XVIth century, with visor of earlier date, crested, a coronet with feathers (Fig. 1805a). 2. Burgonet with buffe, XVIIth century, with a similar crest (Fig. 1805b). Both helmets hang in the chancel. Tradition. Associated with the Lewys family (crest, out of a coronet or a plume of five feathers alternately or and sa.

Arms. ''Sa. a chevron between three trefoils slipped or.''

The crest was granted to Robert Lewys, 22 October 1580.