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In the Nevill vault is buried George, Lord Bergavenny, ob. 1536, who married firstly, Joan, daughter of Thomas Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel, and secondly, Mary, daughter of the Duke of Buckingham. Lord Bergavenny was a distinguished soldier, who fought in Cornwall under Henry VII, and in France under Henry VIII. He had sons (a) Henry, Lord Bergavenny, ob. 1586, also buried in the vault, and (b) Edward, friend and companion of Henry VIII, a great jouster, who tilted at Greenwich in 1511, as Joyeux Penser, and figures in the Heralds Coll. Tournament Roll; he also took part in the great tournaments in Paris in 1515, and at the Field of the Cloth of Gold; he lived at Addington, near by; beheaded 1538. Cf. "Arch. Cant.," xxxii, p. 317; Fielding, "Memories of Malling," p. 126. BRABOURNE. (St. Mary.) 1. The skull-piece is reputed to be part of a bascinet, with a plate added at the back. The piece above the buffe appears to resemble a reinforcing chin-piece. The buffe is that of a tilting helm of about 1510, crested, an eagle's head (Fig. 1647). 2. The skull-piece of a tilting helm of about 1510 (Fig. 1648). Tradition. Both helmets are associated with the Scott family of Scott's Hall.

Fig. 1646a. Birling

Fig. 1646b. Birling

Fig. 1647. Brabourne

Fig. 1648. Brabourne In the chancel are six brasses, 1433-1527, commemorating members of the Scott family, and in the Scott chapel are eight mural tablets to the same family. Weever notes "from this family John Gower the poet was descended" ("Funeral Monuments," 1631, p. 270). Arms. Arg. three Catherine wheels sa. a bordure engr. gu. (Scott.) Crest. A demi griffin segreant sa. beaked and legged or.

Cf. "Proc. of the Soc. of Ant.," 8 May 1919, xxxi, p. 196. Paper by Major Farquharson, F.S.A.

CANTERBURY.

A. The Cathedral.

1. Helm, crested.

2. Gauntlets.

3. Surcoat.

4. Shield.

5. Part of sword scabbard and part of sword belt.

The sword, dagger, and another shield are missing.

These pieces are the remaining parts of the achievement of the Black Prince.

Cf. ante, vol. i, pp. 141, 150, 152, 232, 275; ii, p. 207. Figs. 184, a and b, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 322, 559, 560, 561.

B. St. Stephen.

[Communicated by the Rev. C. Stonehouse, who courteously took the photograph.]

1. Close helmet, late Elizabethan, crested, head of a lion (Fig. 1649).

2. Gauntlet.

3. Sword.