WOOTTON WAWEN. (St. Peter.)
[Communicated by the Rev. L. A. Pollock, the rector.]
1. Close helmet, XVIth century, circa 1565-70, probably English, with roped comb, reputed to be a tilting piece, weight 5-1/2 lb., placed where it now hangs in 1881 (Figs. 1784, a and b). Tradition. The burial of Francis Smyth, ob. 1606, son of John Smyth and Agnes Harewell. The great grandson of Francis Smyth, Charles, was created the first Baron Carrington. 2. Helmet, funerary. Tradition. Associated with the tomb of John Smyth, ob. 1764, over which it hangs, but it probably should be connected with the monument to Francis Smith, ob. 1620 (illustrated, Dugdale, "Warwickshire,' p. 571). Cf. Bloxam, "Churches of Warwickshire," pub. 1846, who refers to the pieces of armour being at that time scattered about the belfry. WESTMORELAND KENDAL. (Holy Trinity.)
[Communicated by the Rev. H. A. Hudson, F.S.A., of Manchester.]
Helmet. Tradition. It is said to have belonged to Major Robert Philipson, a Royalist known as "Robin the Devil" (W. Scott, "Rokeby," canto vi, 33). ORMSHED. (St. James.) Town armour, found in the churchyard. Cf. A. G. Loftie, "Great Salkeld," p. 61. WILTSHIRE BROAD HINTON. (St. Peter ad Vincula.)
[Communicated by the Rev. H. V. White, M.A.]
1. Close helmet, XVIIth century. 2. Sword. 3. Gauntlets. 4. Cartouche. Tradition. The tomb of Colonel Francis Glanville, ob. 1661, son of Sir John Glanville, Speaker of the House of Commons, 1640. Colonel Glanville was killed at the siege of Bridgewater, 1645. Arms. Az. three saltires or. (Glanville.) Crest. On a mount vert a buck statant ppr. with difference.
BROMHAM. (St. Nicholas.)
[Communicated by the Rev. E. H. Goddard, M.A.]
1. Armet, English workmanship, circa 1520 (Fig. 1785a). 2. Close helmet, Elizabethan, circa 1570 (Fig. 1785b). 3. Close helmet, XVIIth century (Fig. 1785c), crested, a griffin's head. 4. Pair of gauntlets, probably real pieces. Tradition. All the above hang in the Bayntun chapel. Brass to John Bayntun, ob. 1516; canopied tomb and brass to Sir Edward Bayntun, 1578; altar tomb to Sir Roger Tocotes, second husband of Lady St. Armand, who built the chapel. Arms. Sa. a bend lozengy arg. (Baynton.) Crest. A griffin's head erased sa.
