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Effigy of Sir Humphrey Littlebury is in Monumental Effigies of Great Britain.
THIS effigy is in Holbeach church, Lincolnshire. The border of the surcoat is formed into leaves. The cuisses are semee with cinquefoil studs. Relative to the application of nails to body-armour, the following passage from Philip de Comines seems to be in point: "The Dukes of Berry and Bretagne were at their ease upon their hobbies, armed only with gilt nails sown upon sattin, that they might weigh the lessa." Details. 1. Roundel of plate at the elbow. 2. One of the compartments of the ornamented girdle. 3. Side-view of the handle of the sword, with that portion of the scabbard which remains. 4. Cinquefoil stud on the cuisses.
Note a. Memoirs of Philip de Comines, book i.
