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358 EFFIGY OF A KNIGHT OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTUKY. the Prioress and nuns of Minster. He "was buried Avitli great state in a chapel which had been the conventual church, adjoining to the north-east part of the parish church of Minster. But his son, Henry Lord Cheney, having, in October, 1581, obtained a license to remove the coffins and bones of his father and ancestors from thence (he having sold the materials of the said chapel to Sir Humphrey Gilbert), and place them in the parish church, the coffin of his father was, among others, removed and deposited in the north chancel of it, where a handsome monument was erected over him." (Hasted, ii. 648.) Whether our effigy was included " among others" of Lord Cheney's ancestors, or whether it formed part of the lot sold to Sir Humphrey Gilbert, can now be only matter of con- jecture. Perhaps the circumstance of its being buried in the churchyard may be accepted as a reason for its not belonging to the Cheney family. J. HEWITT. NOTE. lu page 354, the term " kneecop " lias been employed, being invariably so written in the ancient Inventories preserved in the Tower. For instance, " kneecopp " occurs in the Survey of 1660, printed in the Journal, vol. iv., pp. 345 and 346. The word " cap" is repeatedly found in the context. It seems probable, therefore, that "knee copp" is intentionally so written, and to be distinguished from " knee cap," in its ordinary sense. In old language a " cop " signifies the finial or peak, the summit of a hill, the crest of a bird, &c. In Kent, a cock of hay is called a "cop." Hormau, in his Vidgaria, speaks of a "a copheedyd felowe,— c//o," that is, having a great round forehead. He remarks, also, that "somtyme men were coppid cappis hke a suger lofe." Other examples might Ije cited, tending to show that the piece of armour, in which the knee was eucasfed, might properly be termed, a " kneecop."