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Fig. 777. From the brass of John Daundelyon, gent., 1445

Church of St. John the Baptist, Margate

Fig. 778. Rondel Dagger

English, about 1430 Found in the Thames British Museum

Fig. 779. Rondel Dagger

English, about 1440. Found in the Horseferry Road, Westminster London Museum

that show a variation in form from those we have previously described; the pommels are not flat but slightly hemispherical, and the grips swell in the centre. This type of rondel dagger is to be noted on the brass of John Daundelyon in the church of St. John the Baptist, Margate (Fig. 777), dated by the late Mr. Waller as being of the year 1445. Two very simply