dredged up at Thorpe, and believed to have been lost in 1277, when King Edward I made a military progress through Suffolk and Norfolk, and kept his Easter at Norwich.  The blade is scimitar-shaped, is one-edged, and has a groove at the back.  We may compare this with the sword of the time of Edward IV now in the possession of Mr. Seymour Lucas.  The development of riding-boots is an interesting study.  We show a drawing of one in the possession of Mr. Ernest Crofts, R.A., which was in use in the time of William III.

[Illustration:  Knightly Basinet (temp. Henry V) in Norwich Castle]

[Illustration:  Hilt of Thirteenth-century Sword in Norwich Museum]

An illustration is given of a chapel-de-fer which reposes in the noble hall of Ockwells, Berkshire, much dented by use.  It has evidently seen service.  In the same hall is collected by the friends of the author, Sir Edward and Lady Barry, a vast store of armour and most interesting examples of ancient furniture worthy of the beautiful building in which they are placed.  Ockwells Manor House is goodly to look upon, a perfect example of fifteenth-century residence with its noble hall and minstrels’ gallery, its solar, kitchens, corridors, and gardens.  Moreover, it is now owned by those who love and respect antiquity and its architectural beauties, and is in every respect an old English mansion well preserved and tenderly cared for.  Yet at one time it was almost doomed to destruction.  Not many years ago it was the property of a man who knew nothing of its importance.  He threatened to pull it down or to turn the old house into a tannery.  Our Berks Archaeological Society endeavoured to raise money for its purchase in order to preserve it.  This action helped the owner to realise that the house was of some commercial value.  Its destruction was stayed, and then, happily, it was purchased by the present owners, who have done so much to restore its original beauties.

[Illustration:  “Hand-and-a-half” Sword.  Mr. Seymour Lucas, R.A.]

[Illustration:  Seventeenth-century Boot, in the possession of Ernest Crofts, Esq., R.A.]

[Illustration:  Chapel de Fer at Ockwells, Berks]

Ockwells was built by Sir John Norreys about the year 1466.  The chapel was not completed at his death in 1467, and he left money in his will “to the full bilding and making uppe of the Chapell with the Chambres ajoyng with’n my manoir of Okholt in the p’rish of Bray aforsaid not yet finisshed XL li.”  This chapel was burnt down in 1778.  One of the most important features of the hall is the heraldic glass, commemorating eighteen worthies, which is of the same date as the house.  The credit of identifying these worthies is due to Mr. Everard Green, Rouge Dragon, who in 1899 communicated the result of his researches to Viscount Dillon, President of the Society of Antiquaries.  There are eighteen shields of arms.  Two are royal and ensigned with royal crowns.  Two are ensigned with mitres and fourteen with mantled helms, and of these fourteen, thirteen support a crest.  Each achievement is placed in a separate light on an ornamental background composed of quarries and alternate diagonal stripes of white glass bordered with gold, on which the motto