152 SEPULCHRAL MONUMENTS AT CLIFTOX REYKES, BUCKS.

with squares, perhaps iutendeil for cliequ}^ the bearing of Reyiies ; he has kuee-pieces, but no appearance of armour beneatl) theni on the legs, nor on tlie arms Avhich have been Coloured red ; no spurs or straps remain : no bosses appear at the shoulders or elbows ; the toes are pointed, but there is no appearance of sollerets. His liead rests on two cushions; liis right hand is in the attitude ofsheathing the sword, which is entirely broken away, and there is no appearance of the swordbelt ; with his left arm he holds a shield, semi-cylindrical and of the heater shape, but devoid of armorial device. His right leg is crossed over the left, and his feet rest on a dog. The lady Aveai's a veil over the head with a fillet encircling the temples, and another passing from the forehead over the crown. The veil, passing under the fillet, falls on each side the face down to the shoulders. A wimple, or gorget, covers the neck and chin almost up to the under lip. The dress, low about the neck, falls in folds to the feet, which are remarkably small ; the gown, or super-tunic, is sleeveless ; there is no girdle. The hands are in the attitude of prayer, and the arms, or sleeves of the imdcr dress, havebeencoloured red. The head rests on a double cushion, and the feet on a dog. The dimensions are as follows : — length of the effigies, 6 feet 1 inch ; length of the tomb, G feet 5 inches. There is neither date nor inscription on this monument, hut the armorial bearings may assist us in determining whom it was intended to comniemo- ivitc, il indeed the cfligies and the tonil) originally belonged to each otlior. Lipscomb as- signs it ((I Sir Thomas Ivcynes an<l his wile, (Jccili.-i, daughter olSii- Koii;('r Tyi'iiiL;liam, pro- y liiiL'li.'iiii ;i|ipi'ar on I he (oiiih. hahly lifcause the ;tiiiis ol 'I