BOCKING. (St. Mary the Virgin.)
Morion, XVIth century.
Tradition. None. There are monuments to John Stocker Jekyll, ob. 1598; Thomas Jekyll, ob. 1657. A brass to Oswald Fitch, ob. 1612. Cf. "R. C. on Hist. Mon." (Essex), i, p. 32. BRADWELL. (Holy Trinity.)
[Communicated by Mr. C. R. Beard.]
Helmet, XVIIth century. Tradition. The tomb of Sir "William Maxey, born 1574, ob. 1645, over which it is suspended. Arms. Gu. a fesse betw. three talbot's heads erased arg. (Maxey.) Crest. A talbot's head erased arg. collared and ringed gu.
CRESSING. (All Saints.)
[Communicated by Mr. C. R. Beard.]
1. Helmet, early XVIIth century, crested.
Tradition. Associated with the monument to Henry Smyth, ob. 1612, over which it is suspended. Arms. Arg. a cross gu. betw. four peahens az. (Smyth [Carington].) Crest: A peacock's head erased az. ducally gorged or.
2. Helmet.
DAGENHAM. (SS. Peter and Paul.)
[Communicated by Mr. W. H. Fenton, J.P.]
Two helmets.
Tradition. None. There is a monument to Sir Richard Alibon, a XVIIth century judge.
DANBURY. (St. John the Baptist.)
[Communicated by the Rev. J. B. Plumptre,
M.A., the rector.]
1. Helmet, late XVIth century, crested, a lion.
Tradition. Associated with the funeral of Humphry Mildmay, ob. 1613, the son of Sir William Mildmay (Chancellor of Exchequer to Queen Elizabeth) by Maria (sister of Francis Walsingham, private secretary to Queen Elizabeth) his wife.
Crest. A lion rampant guardant az. (Mildmay.)
2. Helmet and a pair of gauntlets disappeared fifty years ago.
EARLS-COLNE. (St. Andrew.)
[Communicated by Colonel W. G. Probert, O.B.E.,
F.S.A.]
Helmet, end of XVIth century, or beginning of XVIIth century (Fig. 1615A).
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Fig. 1615a. Earls-Colne
This helmet is no longer in the church.
Tradition. Associated with the funeral of Colonel William Harlakenden, of Colne Engaine, ob. circa 1659, removed from the chancel of the church during its restoration in 1862 by Henry Carwardine, by whom it was given to his nephew, Charles Kentish Probert. The helmet is no longer in the possession of the family.
EAST HORNDON. (All Saints.)
[Communicated by Mr. W. H. Fenton, J.P.]
1. Helmet, crested, a boar's head and feathers.
2. Helmet.
3. A pair of gauntlets.
4. A sword, 24 in. long.
Tradition. All the above hang in the Tyrrell chapel and are associated with the family of that name.
Crest. A boar's head erect, out of the mouth a peacock's tail, ppr. (Tyrrell.)
FAULKBOURNE. (St. Germans.)
Helmet, end of the XVIth century or early XVIIth century.
Tradition. The helmet hangs over the mural tablet to the memory of Sir Edward Bullock, ob. 1644, with whom it is traditionally associated.
