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quo vixit annos xlix memoriae pariter ae suae in spem felicissimae Resurrectionis / Monumentu / Hoc pro supremo munere non sine lachrimis consecravit / Illa Vixit annos 78 et 4 die Februar, obiit Ano Dn'. Incarnat. M D C."

ULLENHALL CHURCH. (St. Mary, in the parish of Henley-in-Arden, Birmingham.)

[Communicated by Mr. A. C. Coldicott.]

In Ullenhall is a charity known as "St. Marks or the Chapel lands" (origin unknown). First charge was repair of church, and rest of income "for the relief of those who were called upon to serve in the King's levies." Some old inhabitants still (1920) remember the armour. There are entries in the records of the church of the repair of the armour. All has disappeared. The balance now is paid to repair of roads under a scheme of the charity commissioners.

Fig. 1779. Warwick

Fig. 1780. Warwick

Fig. 1781. Warwick

Fig. 1782. Warwick

WARWICK. (St. Mary.)

There are four helmets in the chantry chapel and two helmets in the chapter house.


1. Great helm of circa 1520, with added visor piece and bars in XVIIth century. Partly gilded for church purposes; weight, 8 lb. 10 oz. (Figs. 1779, 1780, 1781, 1782, and 1783a). The Figs. 1780 and 1783a show the fine keel and opening on the dexter side.