Female Headwear

Crespine Headress

In 1390 Sampson Strelley -1390 was buried at All Saints' Church, Strelley, Nottinghamshire .Monument to Sampson and Elizabeth Hercy -1405 . Early Plate Bascinet and Gorget Period .Finely made in Chellaston alabaster. The detail of the mail incomplete. Bascinet, no orle, moustache. Great helm with Saracen's Head Crest , strangled as denoted by the tongue out. Extended mantling. She wearing an early form of Crespine Headress . Holding Hands .

On 11 Apr 1418 John Harrington 4th Baron Harington 1384-1418 (34) died . He was buried at Lady Chapel, St Dubricius Church, Porlock, Somerset . His brother William Harrington 5th Baron Harington 1390-1457 (28) succeeded as 5th Baron Harington .
18 Oct 1471 Elizabeth Courtenay Baroness Bonville -1471, Baroness Harington -1471 died . She was buried at Lady Chapel, St Dubricius Church, Porlock, Somerset .
Monument to John Harrington 4th Baron Harington 1384-1418 (34) and Elizabeth Courtenay Baroness Bonville -1471. Finely carved alabaster monument of the Early Plate Bascinet and Gorget Period . Note the decorated orle and the plate gorget (throat protection), Arse Girdle and the Horses Head Crest . She wearing a Crespine Headress .

On 17 Dec 1419 William Gascoigne Chief Justice 1350-1419 (69) died at Gawthorpe Hall, Harewood, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire . He was buried at All Saints Church, Harewood, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire with his wife Elizabeth Mowbray 1350-1396 . He in judges robes. She wearing an elaborate Crespine Headress .

After 1423 . St John the Baptist Church, Tideswell, Derbyshire . Thurstan de Bower -1423 and Margaret. Early Plate Bascinet and Gorget Period . Lancastrian Esses Collar . Basinet with decorated orle and writing.She wearing a Crespine Headress .

On 22 Mar 1426 Richard Redman Master of the Horse 1350-1426 (76) died at Harewood Castle, Harewood, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire . He was buried at Church of the Black Friars, York, Yorkshire . Monument to Richard Redman Master of the Horse 1350-1426 (76) and Elizabeth Aldeburgh 1362-1417 . Early Plate Bascinet and Gorget Period . Lancastrian Esses and Inter-twined Knots Collar . Horses Head Crest . Elaborate Crespine Headress .

On 01 Oct 1440 William Rhyther 1379-1440 (61) died at Harewood, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire . All Saints Church, Harewood, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire . Monument to William Rhyther 1379-1440 (61) and Sybil Aldeburgh 1363-1439 . Early Plate Bascinet and Gorget Period . Lancastrian Esses Collar . Crespine Headress .

After 06 Jun 1441 William Phelip 6th Baron Bardolf 1383-1441 was buried at St Mary's Church, Dennington, Suffolk . Monument to William Phelip 6th Baron Bardolf 1383-1441 and Joan Bardolf 6th Baroness Bardolf 1390-1447 (50) . Early Plate Bascinet and Gorget Period . Feathered Crest . Detail of the Wyvern on which her feet rest. Detail of Eagle , possibly hawk, on which his feet rest. Crespine Headress covering her hair. He wearing a bascinet with orle and IHC lettering. Both wearing a Lancastrian Esses Collar . Leg Garter below the left knee.

Bongrace

On 04 Apr 1617 Charles Cavendish 1553-1617 (63) died . On 18 Apr 1629 Catherine Ogle 8th Baroness Ogle 1570-1629 (47) died at Bothal, Northumberland . Monument to Charles Cavendish 1553-1617 (63) and Catherine Ogle 8th Baroness Ogle 1570-1629 (47) in Church of St Mary and St Laurence, Bolsover, Derbyshire . Jacobean Period . Bongrace .

On 15 Aug 1625 Mary Holford 1562-1625 (63) died at Vale Royal, Cheshire . On 06 Jan 1596 Hugh "The Younger" Cholmondeley 1552-1596 (73) died . Jacobean Period monument in St Oswald's Church, Malpas, Cheshire . She wearing a Bongrace .

A Bongrace was a velvet-covered headdress, stiffened with buckram, that covered the top of the head only.

Butterfly Headress

On 07 Jun 1438 John Cockayne 1370-1438 (68) died at Pooley, Warwickshire . He was buried at St Oswalds Church, Ashbourne, Derbyshire . Early Plate Bascinet and Gorget Period . Lancastrian Esses Collar . Cockerel Crest (most of which is missing). Butterfly Headress .

On 15 Nov 1448 Hugh Willoughby 1380-1448 was buried at St Mary & All Saints Church, Willoughby on the Wolds, Nottinghamshire .Monument to Hugh Willoughby 1380-1448 and Margaret Freville 1401-1493 (47) . Early Plate Bascinet and Gorget Period . Arse Girdle . Butterfly Headress .

On 12 Oct 1477 Humphrey Blount 1421-1477 (56) died at Kinlet, Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire . He was buried at Church of St John The Baptist, Kinlet, Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire .
Monument to Humphrey Blount 1421-1477 (56) and Elizabeth Winnington . Fluted Period . He wearing a Yorkist Suns and Roses Collar . She wearing a fine Butterfly Headress with large flap as also detailed in the weepers. Finely made folds at the foot of her dress with Dog(s) chewing at her dress .

On 02 Mar 1484 Ralph Fitzherbert 1428-1484 (56) died at Norbury, Staffordshire . He was buried at Church of St Barlok, Norbury, Staffordshire .
On 20 Oct 1490 Elizabeth Marshall 1437-1490 (47) died . She was buried at Church of St Barlok, Norbury, Staffordshire .
Monument to Ralph and Elizabeyth. Finely made in Chellaston alabaster of the Fluted Period . His effigy notable for being the only remaining with the Yorkist Boar Pendant[boar of Richard III] on his Yorkist Suns and Roses Collar . Bobbed hair with finely detailed ringlets. No facial hair. The chest finely made with weepers on the three extant sides. On one side five single men (a knight, a monk, two merchants and one unknown), and one couple. On the other side women, four single, two duos. Ralph and Elizabeth had twelve children, six male, six female so probable the weepers represent their children, possibly with spouses, possibly with offspring since in the two females duos there is a noticeable difference in height. Tudor Livery Collar . Fine sabbatons, the armoured feet, with spurs. Note the beadsman under the right foot. Unlikely the sculptor had ever seen a lion. Feet resting on a Lion . The Fitzherbert Clenched Fist Crest . A finely carved Butterfly Headress . A finely carved collar with Mary and baby Jesus pendant. A Bedesman looking somewhat bored. Excellent weepers on all sides, probably their issue, possibly with grandchildren, on the longer sides since they had six boys and six girls.Possibly Harpur and Moorecock of Burton on Trent .

Widow's Barbe

Around 1465 William Gascoigne 1409-1465 (56) died at Gawthorpe Hall, Harewood, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire . All Saints Church, Harewood, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire . Monument to William Gascoigne 1409-1465 (56) and Margaret Clarell . Fluted Period . Yorkist Suns and Roses Collar . His bare head, with finely detailed hair, no facial hair, rests on an unusual helm which appears to be a Maiden's Face , with an orle. Below the waist faulds and tasses under which mail may be seen.Both rest on a chest tomb with finely detailed weepers on each side. She , on his right, with a Widow's Barbe (from the French for beard) drawn up to her chin at the finely carved end of her dress two dogs, one pulling at the folds Dog(s) chewing at her dress .

Gabled Headress

On 13 Mar 1518 Thomas Babington 1449-1518 (69) died at Ashover, Derbyshire . He was buried at All Saints Church, Ashover, Derbyshire .
Monument to Thomas Babington 1449-1518 (69) and Editha Fitzherbert 1457-1511 . Excellent painted alabaster monument of the Tudor Period with the colours much refreshed. He in civilian clothes with a purse (aka scrip aka gypciere) hanging from his belt. Dog(s) chewing at her dress . Gabled Headress . The chest tomb of exceptional quality with the fifteen weepers under crocketed canopies broadly undamaged. The weepers are believed to represent Thomas and Editha's children and their respective spouses. The chest tomb bow abuts the south wall of the chancel meaning only three sides visible. Carved by Harpur and Moorecock of Burton on Trent .

On 14 Feb 1531 John Blount 1469-1531 (62) died at Kinlet, Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire . He was buried at Church of St John The Baptist, Kinlet, Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire .
Monument to John Blount 1469-1531 (62) and Catherine Peshall -1540 . Tudor Period . Lancastrian Esses Collar . Long bobbed hair, no facial hair. Bare hands; gauntlets at the right side of the legs. She wearing a short Gabled Headress . Chest tomb somewhat of the wrong period ie Renaissance suggesting this may be a replacement effigy, or re-used. Probably Richard Parker of Burton on Trent .

After 1534 . Monument to Richard Knightley 1455-1534 (79) sculpted by Richard Parker of Burton on Trent in St Mary's Church, Fawsley, Northamptonshire . Gabled Headress . Lancastrian Esses Collar .

Gabled Headress with Lappets

Around 1510 Meynnart Wewyck 1499-1525 (10) . Portrait of Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond 1443-1509 in the Masters Lodge, St John's College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire .Commissioned by John Fisher Bishop of Rochester 1469-1535 (40) . Note the Beaufort Arms on the wall beneath which is the Beafort Portcullis. Repeated in the window.She is wearing widow's clothes, or possibly that of a convent; Gabled Headress with Lappets . On 29 Mar 2019 , St John's College, Cambridge , which she founded, announced the portrait was original work by Wewyck.

After 12 Oct 1516 Isabel Neville 1457-1516 was buried at St Peter's Church, Elford, Staffordshire . Monument to William Smythe 1480-1526 (36) , Anne Staunton -1529 and Isabel Neville 1457-1516 . Tudor Period . Lancastrian Esses Collar . Dog(s) chewing at her dress . Gabled Headress with Lappets .Probably Harpur and Moorecock of Burton on Trent .