Tradition. Associated with the Cope family. Sir Anthony Cope, ob. 1614, was buried in the church. He was the son of William Cope, Cofferer to the Royal Household. The Cope family lived at Cope Castle, which is connected by an underground passage with the aisle of the church built by them. The family name was formerly spelt Coope. Crest. A fleur de lis per pale or and arg. (Cope.) HASELEY. (St. Peter.) Tilting helm (vide ante, vol. ii, p. 138, Fig. 478). Tradition. Hanging over the tomb of Sir William Barendyne, with which the helm is associated. Cf. Billson, "Proc. of the Soc. of Ant.," vol. xvi, p. 54. MILTON, GREAT. (All Saints.)
[Communicated by the Baron de Cosson.]
1. Helmet, of the second half of the XVIth century, decorated with bands of gilding along the border of the mezeil and down the side openings, etc., crested with a white horse or hart. 2. A sword, with straight quillons, the ends of which are round and flattened. 3. The remains of a coat of arms, banner, or sword-belt. All suspended high up on the north wall of the south aisle. Tradition. These pieces bear the tradition of having once belonged to Cromwell! Sir Michael Dormer, to whom there is a monument in the church, sold the manor to Sir Michael Greene in 1588. A crest of the Greene family is a stag trippant arg.
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Fig. 1703. Cropredy
OXFORD. (Merton College Chapel.)
Close helmet, circa 1580.
Tradition. This helmet formerly hung over the monument to Sir Thomas Bodley, but there is no tradition associating the helmet with the monument.
Cf. ffoulkes, "European Arms and Armour in the University of Oxford," p. 61, Fig. 182.
ROTHERFIELD GREYS. (Holy Trinity.)
[Communicated with drawings by Mr. J. G. Mann, B.A.]
Close helmet, circa 1550-60, with a spike, and painted a dark colour. Skull of one piece, roped comb, with a sunk band on each side. The edges of the ocularium, upper edges of visor, and chin-piece roped. The mezeil has seven breathing holes on the dexter side. The upper borders of visor and mezeil and gorget plates have sunk bands. The rivets for attachment of lining are preserved. On a perch (Fig. 1707).
There are other perches in the church, but the achievements are missing.
Tradition. The helmet hangs in the Knollys chapel, built by William Knollys, Earl of Banbury, in 1605, whose tomb is dated 1632. The Knollys family acquired the manor in the reign of Henry VIII.
STANTON HARCOURT. (St. Michael.)
1. Helmet, 1580-90, crested, a bird rising out of a coronet (vide ante, vol. iv, p. 115, Fig. 1202).
2. Coat of arms (now missing, reported to have been hung formerly in the church).
3. Banners.
4. Two coronets.
Tradition. All the above are associated with the Harcourt family.
Crest. On a ducal coronet or a peacock close ppr. (Harcourt.)
Cf. Bloxam, "Fragmenta Sepulchralia," p. 135.
SWALCLIFFE. (SS. Peter and Paul.)
[Communicated by Mr. J. G. Mann, B.A.]
1. Close helmet, circa 1550-60, gilded for church achievement, crested, a bull's head (Fig. 1708).
