34 The History of the Spur 



under the ankle-bone. The other spur, on the same plate, 

 shows an attempt at the same curve, but in a modified form. 

 In several of these spurs there are remnants of the straps 

 rivetted on to the plates at the ends of the sides. 



The illustration on Plate 15 shows the foot of the alabaster 

 effigy of John of Eltham, son of Edward II., in Westminster 

 Abbey, dated 1334. It is interesting as being the latest 

 recorded instance of a prick spur. It has a fanciful termina- 

 tion of the curved sides into a bird's beak holding a ring, to 

 which the sole and instep straps were attached by means of 

 hooks. The point much resembles those on the tombs in the 

 Temple Church previously described. 



