whiche lived together in godly mariage 29 years & hadde issue, 9 sonnes & 6 daughters, the say^d. Sir Thomas decessed in the year of Our Lord God 1567, the 23^d. of March, & Dame Elizabeth decessed in the year of Our Lord God 1591, the last of Marche. Pray God to joyn their Soules together in Heaven."
2. Pikeman's pott helmet, made of one piece of metal (Fig. 1685).
Tradition. Associated with the tomb of Sir Francis Lovell, who succeeded his uncle, Sir Thomas Lovell, K.G. He married Ann, daughter of George Ashfield of Harefield, Middlesex, and died 1650. The tomb is placed on the north side of the sanctuary and bears Lovell, arg. a chevron az. betw. three squirrels sejant gu., quartering Muswell, vert two chevrons arg., each charged with three cinquefoils gu., impaling Ashfield. 3. Helmet, now missing. It is probable that the two helmets still preserved belong to the perches over the tombs of Sir Thomas Lovell, ob. 1604, and Sir Francis Lovell, ob. 1650, and that the missing helmet was the one once hanging over the monument to Sir Thomas Lovell, ob. 1567. Cf. "Norfolk and Norwich Arch. Papers," xviii, p. 62. [The Rev. B. H. Grigson courteously supplied the photographs.] EAST RAYNHAM. (St. Mary.) In the collection of Mr. P. J. Thornhill is a helmet made up of a skull-piece of the end of the XVth century, and a buffe of the early years of the XVIth century (Fig. 1686). This helmet is said to have been hung formerly in this church.
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Fig. 1688. Salle HANWORTH. (St. Bartholomew.) Two pikeman's pott helmets. Tradition. Both the above hang in the chancel and are probably headpieces used by soldiers of the Trained Bands of the end of the XVIth century. Cf. "Gunton and Hanworth Parish Magazine," February 1907. NORWICH.
[Communicated by Mr. F. J. Johnson.]
A. The Treasury of the Cathedral. Six pikeman's pott helmets and some old matchlocks (Figs. 1687 a and b). B. Church of St. Gregory. 1. Helmet, crested, a talbot's head, now missing. 2. Gauntlet, now missing. Tradition. These pieces are said to have been suspended over the monument to Judge Francis Bacon, ob. 1657. Arms. Arg. on a fess engrailed betw. three escutcheons gu. three mullets or. (Bacon.) Crest. A talbot's head erased per fess sa. and arg. holding a sheep's foot in his mouth or.
REDENHALL. (St. Mary.)
Helmet, late XVIth century.
Tradition. Hanging in the chancel over the monument to the Gawdy family.
Illustrated in the "Connoisseur," February 1920.
REEPHAM. (Nativity of St. Mary the Virgin.)
Helmet.
SALLE. (SS. Peter and Paul.)
[Communicated by Miss V. Winearls.]
Close helmet, circa 1570 (Fig. 1688).
Tradition. This piece hangs over the tablet erected to the memory of John Fontayne of Dalling, ob. 1671, but there is no tradition connecting the helmet with the monument. There is a tradition that a black marble slab in the church marks the burial-place of Anne Boleyn; it is said the body was secretly removed from the Tower. When the slab was raised a few years ago nothing was found beneath it. There is a similar tradition as to a slab at the church at Horndon-on-the-Hill. (See also Erwarton, Suffolk.)
