238 A Paper on Monumental Brasses 



the armour worn at that period. On the head is the helmet or 

 bascinet, conical in shape ; from the rim descends the camail or i 

 tippet of chain mail, covering the shoulders, and fastened to the j 

 helmet by a lace, which is plainly seen. The hauberk or shirt is of 

 ring mail, covered by the jupon or jerkin, escalloped at the lower 

 edge. The arms are encased in plate armour, with joints of mail 

 at the elbows and shoulders. The legs are encased in plates, with 

 joints of chain at the instep. The feet with pointed sollerets, riveted 

 and jointed. The long straight sword is attached to the belt on the 

 left, while on the right is attached the short sword or miserecorde, 

 or <( dagger of mercy" which was used to give the last stroke, unless 

 the foe cried for mercy. The left hand is in a gauntlet uplifted 

 on the breast, while the right hand grasps that of his wife. She 

 is habited as a widow with the wimple and coverchef; a loose robe 

 with tight sleeves fastened by a cord with slide and tassels ; her 

 head resting on a cushion with chequered embroidery. The in- 

 scription is in Norman French : — "Ifonn Sire Edward Cerne chivaler 

 et Eigne sa Femme gist icy : de les queux almes Deux p sa pyte eyt 

 met: Amen." 



The shields of arms which were at each corner of the stone slab 

 have been torn away ; as also the crest, which from the shape of the 

 matrix, is supposed to have been a demi-lion rampant, on a helmet. 

 There was another brass near, which Aubrey speaks of, that of 

 Philippa de Cerne, daughter of Sir Edward : which was in the 

 church within the memory of old persons — now wholly lost. 



The Laycock Brass. 



This brass represents Robert Baynard, his wife, and eighteen 

 children, lying on the floor of the south transept of Laycock 

 Church. This family were for ten generations Lords of the Manor 

 of Lackham, which they obtained about 1349, by marriage with 

 the heiress of Sir John Bluet (whose family was said to be settled 

 there before the foundation of Laycock Abbey). The effigy of 

 Robert Baynard is remarkable for exhibiting the ancient way of 

 wearing arms; literally a coat of arms. This is called the "Tabard" 

 embroidered with the arms of Bluet {or, an eagle with two heads 



