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REIGATE. (St. Mary Magdalene.)

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

(1) Close helmet, circa 1580, with spike (Fig. 1758a), probably English.

(2) Close helmet, circa 1590, with spike (Fig. 1758b), probably English.

(3) Close helmet, circa 1580, with spike (Fig. 1758c), probably English.

(4) Helmet, with umbril and spike, Charles I period (Fig. 1758d).

(5) Funerary close helmet and funerary gauntlet, all XVIIth century (Fig. 1758e).

Fig. 1758a. Reigate

Fig. 1758b. Reigate

Fig. 1758c. Reigate

Fig. 1758d. Reigate

Fig. 1758e. Reigate

Fig. 1759. Stoke d'Abernon

There are monuments in the church to Lord Howard of Effingham, K.G., Admiral, ob. 1624; the Skinner family, 1516, 1558, 1584; the Elyot family, 1608, 1612; Sir Thomas Bludder, ob. 1618, his son, ob. 1655, and others.

Cf. "N. and Q.," 6th series, vol. v, p. 177. [Photographs kindly taken by Mr. H. C. Archer.]

STOKE D'ABERNON. (St. Mary the Virgin.)

1. Helmet, XVIIth century (Fig. 1759).

2. Coat of arms (Fig. 1759).

The helmet hangs on a perch above the coat of arms (Fig. 1759).

Tradition. This helmet and coat are associated with Sir Thomas Vincent, ob. 1613, but there is also a