BROADHEMBURY. (St. Andrew Apostle and Martyr.)
Helmet, early XVIIth century (Fig. 1606).
Tradition. Associated with the monument to Thomas Drewe, Solicitor-General to James I. Arms. Erm. a lion passant gu. (Drewe.) Crest. On a mount vert a roebuck saliant or.
Cf. "Devon and Cornwall N. and Q.," xi, p. 92. [Mr. A. Radford kindly supplied the block from which the illustration is taken.]
CHAGFORD. (St. Michael.)
Helmet, said to have been made for the occasion of a funeral, XVIIth century, crested, a demi-lion issuant from a coronet.
Tradition. Associated with the memorial to John Prouze, buried 1664, who married Judith Southcot. Near the helmet is an escutcheon of oak bearing the arms of Prouze and twenty-two quarterings.
Crest. A demi-lion rampant sa., langued gu., issuant from a coronet. (Prouze.)
CHARDSTOCK. (All Saints.)
1. Helmet, XVIIth century.
2. Pair of spurs "inlaid with gold" (no longer in the church).
3. Pair of jack boots (no longer in the church).
Tradition. The helmet was taken out of the church in 1864 to Panock Lodge, Tatworth, the seat of the family of Langdon, owners of the Tytherleigh aisle in right of the lordship of the manor of Tytherleigh which the family acquired in 1729.
The helmet was restored through the help of the Rev. F. E. W. Langdon.
Cf. "Devon and Cornwall N. and Q.," x, pt. ii, pp. 86, 175; xi, p. 92.
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Fig. 1606. Broadhembury
CHULMLEIGH. (St. Mary Magdalen.)
Helmet, late XVIth century.
Hanging on a perch in the north aisle of the chancel.
Tradition. By some said to have been found in a field in the parish, but this tradition seems unlikely to be correct, as in 1830 it was described as having "part of a crest, a ducal coronet upon it," and as being associated with the funeral of General Molford, whose family crest was, out of a ducal coronet or, a demi-swan, wings expanded arg., beaked gu.
Cf. "Devon and Cornwall N. and Q.," x, pt. ii, p. 84; xi, p. 92; "N. and Q.," 5th series, vol. xi, p. 375.
COCKINGTON. (St. George and St. Mary.)
Helmet, early XVIth century. Skull-piece and visor appears to be that of a late armet; the skull has a
small comb. The visor has probably been cut down. It is escalloped over the skull. The mezeil is
a later addition, probably funerary, the chin-piece is also later. The mezeil is decorated with a
painted design.
The helmet now hangs on a modern perch in the chancel on the south wall.
Tradition. Associated with the burial of Sir G. Cary, ob. 1660.
On 23 October 1914 was found, under the stones with which the squint from the parvise was blocked, a single spur of the time of the Civil War.
Cf. "Devon and Cornwall N. and Q.," x, pt. ii, p. 124; xi, pt. iii, p. 92.
CREDITON. (The Holy Cross.)
1. Helmet, Elizabethan, circa 1575. An elegant piece in good state.
2. Rapier.
3. Stirrups.
4. Jack boots, leather Cromwellian coat.
5. Jacobean breastplate and pauldrons.
The above are all in the "Governor's Room."
Cf. "Devon and Cornwall N. and Q.," x, pt. ii, p. 85; xi, pt. iii, p. 92.
