Kt., of the Household of Henry VIII, ob. 1538. The piece bore a small shield bearing the arms of Coffyn: az. four bezants within five crosses crosslet or.
Cf. "R. C. on Hist. Mon." (Herts), p. 207; "Life and Times of Sir R. Sadleir," by F. Sadleir Stoney, 1877. WATFORD. (St. Mary.) There is now no armour in the church, but there is a report that there was formerly a helmet. FROM A HERTFORDSHIRE CHURCH. Close helmet, funerary (XVIIth century), now in the collection of Mr. P. J. Thornhill (Fig. 1637). HUNTINGDONSHIRE ST. NEOTS. There is in the possession of Mr. W. B. Redfern at Milton Hall, Cambs, a church helmet, which was formerly suspended in a church near St. Neots. STAUGHTON, GREAT.
[Communicated by the Rev. J. W. Wragg.]
There are a helmet and a pair of gauntlets in this church, traditionally associated with the monument of Sir James Beverley, ob. 1670. KENT ADDINGTON. (St. Margaret.) Close helmet, XVIIth century, crested, demi-figure of a cherub (Fig. 1638). Tradition. Associated with the tomb of Thomas Watton, ob. 1622, over which the helmet hangs. The family held Addington manor from 1441 to 1703. Crest. A cherub's head ppr. (Watton.) Cf. "Arch. Cant.," xxxiii, p. 317; Fielding, "Memories of Malling," pp. 41, 49, 68, 75, 98, 228. ASHFORD. (St. Mary.) 1. Helm (vide ante, vol. ii, p. 114, Fig. 457). Tradition. The funeral of Sir John Fogge, whose tomb is in the chancel. Cf. Weever, "Ancient Funeral Monuments," ed. 1631, p. 275: "There hang in the Quire the achievements of sixe of them [the Fogge family] that have had their funerall obsequies attended with Heralds of Armes (an honour to the dead now shamefully neglected)." 2. Close helmet, XVIth century, now in the collection of Mr. P. J. Thornhill (Fig. 1639), traditionally said to have once hung in this church, over one of the Smythe monuments, where there is an empty perch. 3. Close helmet, late XVIth century, crested, an ounce's head. 4. Close helmet, temp. James I. Tradition. The last two helmets hang over one of the monuments to the Smythe family in the Smythe chapel. There are monuments to Thomas Smythe, commonly called "The Customer," ob. 1591; his son, Sir John Smythe, Kt., ob. 1609, whose son, Sir Thomas, was created Viscount Strangford in 1628; and Sir Richard Smythe, Kt., ob. 1628. Crest. An ounce's head erased arg. pelletée, collared, chained sa. (Smythe.) AYLESFORD. (St. Peter.) 1. Close helmet, XVIIth century, funerary, with a spike (Fig. 1640). 2. Sword. 3. Gauntlet. Tradition. Associated with the monument to Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Aylesford (buried 8 August 1719, Reg.). The Friary came to this earl in 1714. He married Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Banks, Bart. See infra. Arms. Arg. a chevron between three gryphons sa. (Finch.) Crest. A gryphon passant sa.
4. Close helmet, Italian, 1570-80 (Fig. 1641), and two gauntlets.
