. Wiltshire notes and queries . ; for John de Montacute, son of No. 1, who, seven years after hisfathers death, succeeded his uncle as third Earl. 4. A blank shield, marked with a central upright line, as it intendedfor impalement. The bold effigy of the Knight is represented in the allbut complete armour worn during the latter part of the reign 1 Leland, waiting a century earlier (1540) :*ays :— Ther lyith under anarche on the north side of our lady, two noblemen of the Longcspee,probably mistaken by him for Earl William Longespee (l22t*>). and Sir Johndc Montacute (1390), both of w hose t
. Wiltshire notes and queries . ; for John de Montacute, son of No. 1, who, seven years after hisfathers death, succeeded his uncle as third Earl. 4. A blank shield, marked with a central upright line, as it intendedfor impalement. The bold effigy of the Knight is represented in the allbut complete armour worn during the latter part of the reign 1 Leland, waiting a century earlier (1540) :*ays :— Ther lyith under anarche on the north side of our lady, two noblemen of the Longcspee,probably mistaken by him for Earl William Longespee (l22t*>). and Sir Johndc Montacute (1390), both of w hose tombs were on the north side of theLady Chapel. 2 This much earlier occurrence of the bordure at once seems to negativethe conjecture of Mr. Anstis that it denotes a supposed descent of thepresent Montag&s from a natural son of Thomas, fourth Earl of . Complete 1ceraije, vol. v, p. 20G. 3 This seems to suggest a third brother of the second Earl, either at thattime unmarried, or whose wifes arms were Some Notes on the Montacittcs. 539 of Edward III, and those of Richard II and Henry IV. It isnearly seven feet in length, and at once reminds that ofthe Black Prince, within the Chapel of the Holy Trinity, inCanterbury On the head is the pointed bascinet,which was frequently worn in battle, with a removable vizor,the crested heaume, or tilling helm (which the Knight willed tobe represented beneath his head) being reserved for thetournament. The next piece of chain, known as the camail,was fastened by a cord passing through rings round the edgeof the bascinet, and spread over the shoulders. The closefitting jupon, which succeeded the loose surcoat of an earlierperiod, is encircled by the splendid military belt, and terminatesin a rich escalloped edging, which just allows the chain hauberteto be seen below it; and, what is especially interesting, overthe person is a breastplate, connected, of course, with a back-plate, a fashion of which we d
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