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Fig. 445. The English armet

A and B. Profile and three-quarter view of a complete armet of about 1510, in the parish church of St. Mary, Bury St. Edmunds. C. Armet, altered for funerary purposes, about 1515. The skull-piece may be Italian of about 1480. In the parish church of St. Mary, Bury St. Edmunds. D. Armet, about 1520, the gorget plates are not the original. Tower of London. E. Armet, about 1525, the gorget plates wanting. Collection: Sir Edward Barry, Bart. F. Armet, probably of the Capel family, about 1520. From old Rayne Church, Essex (see page 155). It has the wrapper round the bevor. Collection: Mr. Henry G. Keasby. G. Armet, English, about 1520. The skull-piece might possibly be Italian. H. Armet, altered late in the XVIth century for funerary purposes. Hanging above the Hastings tomb in Stoke Poges Church. I. Skull-piece of an armet of a different type, about 1500. Formerly belonging to the Dering family, Surrenden, Kent. Collection: Sir Edward Barry, Bart. J. Armet apparently by the same armourer as the skull-piece I. This head-piece is complete and untouched. In St. Peter's Church, Stourton, Wilts.