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 METHLEY. 

1. Helmets.

2. Swords.

3. Gauntlets.

All hanging in the nave.

Tradition. None. Probably connected with the Savile family. Arms. ''Arg. on a bend sa. three owls of the field.'' (Savile.) Crest. An owl arg.

RIPLEY. 

[Communicated by Mr. T. S. Gowland.]

1. Helmet, XVIIth century, gilded, crested, a boar's head.

2. Pair of gauntlets, funerary.

3. A banner.

)   (a)    (Or c not clear)    (d)    (b)    (d)  Fig. 1804. Londesborough]  Tradition. Hanging at the north-east corner of the Ingilby chapel on the north-east side of the chancel.  Arms. Sa. an estoile arg., a bordure engrailed compony or and gu. (Ingilby.)  Crest. A boar's head couped and erect arg., armed or, in the mouth an estoile of the last.''

RIPON. 

[Communicated by Mr. C. R. Beard.]

1. Helmet.

2. Gauntlets.

3. Coat of arms.

4. Sword.

Tradition. Associated with the Blackett monument over which they hang, and said to have been used at the funeral of Sir Edward Blackett, ob. 1718. Arms. ''Arg. on a chevron betw. three mullets pierced sa., as many escallops of the first.'' (Blackett.) Crest. A falcon's head erased ppr.

SHEFFIELD. 

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

Three helmets, all hanging in the Shrewsbury chapel.

Herald's funerals of Francis Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, 1560, and of Gilbert Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, took place at the church, 1616.

The accounts of these funerals are printed in Hunter's "Hist., etc. of Sheffield," 1819 (from Peck,