as Norroy, by preparing achievements for the funeral of Sir Ralphe Ashton, of Middleton; at the trial at Stafford, 1667, he recovered damages to the amount of £20" (Bloxam, "Fragmenta Sepulchralia," p. 142).
Cf. "Vic. C. H." (Lancs), v, p. 157; T. S. Jones, "A Sketch of the parish church of St. Leonard" "Hist. of Middleton," p. 141. [Mr. J. Jones courteously supplied the photograph.]
PENWORTHAM. (St. Mary the Virgin.)
[Communicated by Mr. C. R. Beard.]
1. Burgonet, Elizabethan, with a plate riveted to the umbril. On a perch to which are also attached
part of a coat of arms and a tassel from a pennon. Another coat of arms and two swords of the
spadroon type were formerly also suspended here, but they disappeared fifteen years ago.
2. Close helmet, temp. Charles I, crested, a tail of a wolf. To the visor is affixed a plate, added for a funeral. Underneath is a coat of arms (per pale nebuly az. and or six martlets counter-changed, Fleetwood).
Tradition. The Fleetwood family (crest, a wolf regardant arg.). In the west window is a small shield to
"Richard Fleetwood and Margery, his wife, 1595."
Cf. "Vic. C. H." (Lancs), vi, p. 53.
SAMLESBURY. (St. Leonard the Less.)
1. Helmet, funerary, crested, a bull's head.
2. Heraldic sword.
3. Escutcheon bearing, Quarterly, arg. and sa., in each quarter a chevron between three cross crosslets all counter-changed.
The above hang on the north wall of the nave.
Tradition. Associated with the family of Southworth.
Crest. A bull's head erased sa. armed arg. (Southworth.)
Cf. "Vic. C. H." (Lancs), vi, p. 312.
LEICESTERSHIRE
STOCKERTON. (St. Peter.)
[Communicated by Mr. W. J. W. Stocks.]
Helmet.
WYMONDHAM. (St. Peter.)
De Cosson and Burges, in "Helmets and Mail" (p. 93), record that a helmet was exhibited in 1880 purporting to have been suspended formerly in this church. The helmet was a forgery and was not one made for a funeral. It was in the collection of the late Sir Noël Paton (No. 182, Catalogue printed in 1879).
LINCOLNSHIRE
BOTTESFORD. (St. Mary.)
In "N. and Q.," 5th series, x, p. 277, it is recorded that there were helmets in this church.
HORNCASTLE. (St. Mary.)
[Communicated by Mr. J. G. Mann.]
Thirteen scythe-blades, some hafted.
Tradition. These peasant weapons are said to have been used during the Civil War (the battle of
