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THE MONUMENTAL BRASSES OF WARWICKSHIRE. 
THE MONUMENTAL BRASSES OF WARWICKSHIRE. 
BY E. W. BADGER, M.A. 
( Continued from page 53.) 
BAGINTON. —Sir Wm. Bagot, 1407, with arms on 
jupon, and wf. Margt. ( Whatton), in mantle (head restored ), both 
with SS. collars, large. Haines. 
These fine effigies, which have been relaid and re¬ 
enamelled, and are now fixed upon the south wall of the 
chance], are nearly 4ft. lOin. long. The knight, who is clad 
in mixed armour of mail and plate, wears upon his head a 
sharp-pointed helmet called a bascinet, the border of which is 
chased with a scroll-pattern. The sides of the head and neck 
are defended by the camail of chain mail, which was fastened 
by laces to the helmet, and had an opening for the face. 
Round the knight’s neck is the collar of SS., of which little 
is known beyond the fact that it is a badge of the house of 
Lancaster, first granted by Henry IV. The body-armour is 
a habergeon , or short hauberk of chain-mail, the edge of 
which is seen below the jupon, which is a short, sleeveless 
garment fitting close to the body, escalloped at the lower 
edge, and made of velvet or silk. In the present instance 
the jupon is embroidered with the arms of Bagot : arg. a 
cliev., gu., between three martlets sa.; a crescent for differ¬ 
ence. The shoulders are covered with epaulieres of five or six 
plates ; the upper arms with brassarts , which are fastened by 
two straps; the elbows with coutes , and the forearms with 
vam.braces. Upon his hands, which are upraised, the knight 
has gauntlets, the knuckles of which are armed with pointed 
projections called gadlings, used sometimes for offence. The 
thighs, knees, and legs of the effigy are encased respectively 
in plate armour, called misses, genouillieres with plates below 
them, and jambs (which are fastened with straps). Gussets 
of mail are seen at the knees and insteps. Upon his feet, 
which rest upon a lion, the knight has pointed sollerets and 
rowelled spurs. An ornamental transverse belt surrounds 
his hips, and supports at his left side his sword, with its 
straight cross-guard, and at his right an anelace, misericorde, or 
dagger. The scabbards and hilts of these weapons are richly 
engraved. 
