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 KNIGHTLY EFFIGIES AT SANDWICH AND ASH. 2<J3 tlic fringed sleeveless surcoat, girt at the waist with a narrow Ijelt, which serves also to sustain the (la<'-«rer. The particular object of placing a third " coat of fence " between the hauberk and surcoat is not altogether clear to our modern perceptions, but the usage is sufficiently frecjucnt to show that it met the approval of those who were best qualified to pronounce upon its merits. In the effigies of John of Eltham, of Sir Oliver Ingham, and of hiii- Ilumfrey Littlebury, (Stothard's Monuments, Plates 55, GG, and 75,) we find a bezanted garment between the hauberk and surcoat. The brass of Sir John D'Aubernoun, (Stothard, PI. GO.) and that of De Creke, (Waller, Pt. 8,) exhibit a studded pour- point in the same position. The effigy in Ash Church (Stothard, PI. Gl) has a quilted gambeson thus worn. Tlic statue of a Pembridge (llolhs, Pt. 5) has a garment simi- larly placed ; and in the figure of Albrecht von Hohenlohe, (Hefner's TracJiten, Pt. 2, PI. 87) ^ve observe at the shoulders a defence of scale-work interposed between the surcoat and the hauberk of chain-mail. On the arm of our knight is seen a portion of the gambeson, and over that the loose sleeve of the hauberk, furnished with rondelles at the elbow and shoulder. These rondelles were frequently attached to the hauberk with points. Instancfes occur in the brass of Sir John D'Aubernoun, (Stothard, PI. 60,) in the marble effigy of an Italian knight at Naples, (Hefner, Pt. 2, PI. 33,) in the brass of William Wenemaer at Ghent, (Arch. Journal, vol. vii., p. 287,) and in some of the illuminations of Roy. MS., IG, G. VI. The gauntlets have received too much injury for their construc- tion to be detected : they were probably of leather, armed with strips of steel. The " bassinet rond, " with its pendents and ornaments in rehef, bears a close reseml)lance to the neighbouring example at Ash, figured by Stothard, PI. Gl. The pendents here are ridged : therefore probably of metal or cuir-bouilli. Compare also the effigy at Ifield (Stothard, PI. 59). The camail of chain-mail off'ers no pccuh'ar feature. The knightly belt and the cross-belt (q. the guige ?) are richly ornamented with studs and rosettes. The mamcl- lieres have the form of lion's heads : the chain from the right one appears of inconvenient length to be attaclicd to the lower part of the helm, though such was its usual purpose. The dagger hilt is secured by a chain, while a