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CRANBROOK. (St. Dunstan.)

1. Armet, of about 1515-25. The wrapper is missing. The neck plates added when the helmet was used for a funeral (Fig. 1652).

2. Close helmet, late XVIth century, skull-piece, mezeil, chin-piece, and gorget plates, with a visor of earlier date added, probably that of an armet cut down, crested, an eagle (Fig. 1653).

3. Close helmet, with genuine XVIIth century skull-piece, with funerary additions, crested, an eagle (Fig. 1653A).

4. Coat of arms.

5. Gauntlet.

6. Spurs.


Tradition. The family of Roberts of Glassenbury. Arms. Az. on a chevron arg. three mullets sa. (Roberts.) Crest. An eagle displayed arg. gorged with a chaplet vert.

In the church are buried: William Roberts, ob. 1522; Thomas, his son, ob. 1557: the latter was succeeded by his son Walter, ob. 1580, leaving a son, Sir Thomas Roberts, ob. 1627, etc. See the pedigree on the monument in the church.

Fig. 1655. Lullingstone

Fig. 1656. Lullingstone

EASTWELL. (St. Mary the Virgin.)

[Communicated by Dr. G. C. Williamson, Hampstead.]

Helmet.

Tradition. The tomb of Sir Moyle Finch, ob. 1614.

Sir Thomas Moyle died 1560 (tomb in the church), leaving two daughters; one married Sir Thomas Finch, Kt., ob. 1563, leaving an eldest son, Sir Moyle Finch, created a baronet, ob. 1614, leaving his widow, Elizabeth, afterwards created Viscountess Maidstone, and subsequently Countess of Winchilsea, ob. 1633, whose son, the 1st Earl of Winchilsea, succeeded her (ob. 1614), leaving a son, the 2nd Earl (ob. 1689) who had four wives and twenty-seven children.

Crest. A pegasus courant arg. winged, maned and hoofed or, ducally gorged. (Finch.)

HAYES.

Helmet (missing since about 1850).

Tradition. None.

HERNE. (St. Martin.)

[Communicated by Mr. H. Plowman, F.S.A.]

Helmet.

There are a large number of monuments, tablets, etc., among which those to the Milles family are prominent.