RAMSGATE. (St. Peter.)
[Communicated by the Rev. R. Jeffcoat, M.A.]
Close helmet, probably funerary.
SANDWICH. (St. Peter.)
Close helmet, Elizabethan, circa 1570 (all belonging), crested, an antelope's head (Fig. 1662). Tradition. Carried at the funeral of one of the Mennes family. "In the south-east angle of the north aisle is a vault built originally for the family of Mennes whose achievement, helm and crest are suspended above" (Hasted, iv, p. 282, note v). Arms. Gu. a chevron vairy or and az. betw. three leopards' faces of the second. (Mennes.) Crest. An antelope's head gu. tufted and armed or, issuing out of rays of the last.
Vide ante, vol. iii, p. 112. SHADOXHURST. (SS. Peter and Paul.)
[Communicated by the Rev. C. E. Woodroffe, M.A., F.S.A., and the Rev. B. D. Evans, M.A.]
1. Close helmet, XVIIth century, funerary, crested, a greyhound under a tree (Fig. 1663). 2. Spurs. 3. Sword. 4. Gauntlets. Banners and other armour were removed in 1870 and never replaced. Tradition. Hanging over the monument to Sir Charles Molloy, Kt., "Lord of this Manor," a captain in the Royal Navy, who married (1) Anne, widow of Sir Isaac Elton, Bart., of Bristol, son of Sir Abraham Elton of Bristol, and (2) Ellen, daughter of John Cooke of Swifts, near Cranbrook, ob. 24 August 1760, age seventy-six. Arms. Arg. a lion rampant sa. between three trefoils gu. (Molloy.) Crest. On a wreath or a greyhound courant arg. under a tree ppr.
THANET. (St. Peter Apostle.)
"N. and Q.," 6th series, vol. viii, p. 292, records the preservation of two or three helmets in this church.
TONBRIDGE. (SS. Peter and Paul.)
[Communicated by Colonel Mitchell.]
Close helmet, late XVIth century, with spike. All the parts of the helmet are complementary, except the
bars (Fig. 1664).
Tradition. Associated with the monument on the south side of the chancel, over which it hangs, of Sir Anthony Denton, Kt., "one of the honourable band of Pensioners both to our late renowned lady Queen Elizabeth and also to our now Sovereign Lord King James," ob. 26 August 1615, aet. 54 (Fig. 1665). TUNSTALL. (St. John the Baptist.)
[Communicated by Mr. W. H. Fenton, J.P.]
1. Close helmet, XVIIth century, circa 1625 (Fig. 1666). 2. Gauntlets. Tradition. Associated with the monument to Sir Edward Hales, ob. 1655 (effigy in armour), over which the armour hangs (Fig. 1666A). Arms. Gu. three broad arrows or, feathered and headed arg. (Hales.) Crest. An arm embowed in armour ppr. garnished or, holding in the hand ppr. an arrow arg. headed of the second, round the arm a scarf vert.
WALDESHARE. (All Saints.)
[Communicated by Colonel Mitchell.]
1. Close helmet, early XVIIth century, crested, a head crowned (Fig. 1667). Hanging in the south transept.
Tradition. Associated with the tomb of Sir Peregrine Bertie and Susan Monins. The manor had been in the Monins family from the reign of Henry VI. In 1373 it had been held by Henry Malmains. Early in the XVIIIth century the Monins family sold the manor to Sir Henry Furnese.
Crest. A Saracen's head couped at the shoulders ppr. ducally crowned or, charged on the chest with a fret az. (Bertie.)
