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English: Brass monument to Sir John D'Auberbnoun, St Mary, Stoke D'Abernon, Surrey (1277). From:

Fairbank, F.R. (1886). "Monumental brasses, with a series of illustrations of military brasses, being the facsimiles of actual rubbings in miniature.". Associated Architectural Societies Reports And Papers 18 (2): 181-191.
The earliest figure of a knight still remaining in England is that of Sir John d'Aubernoun, c. 1277, 5 Edw. I. The armour consists of :—

• A Hawberky or shirt of mail, reaching nearly to the knees, slit up a short way in front for convenience of riding.
• A Coif de Mailles, or hood, which wraps round the neck and head, and fastens across the forehead with an interlaced strap.
• Long sleeves terminating in mufflers or gloves not divided into fingers, fastened round the wrists by straps.
• Chausses of mail, encasing the thighs, legs, and feet ;
• Foleyns or Genoidllieres, or knee pieces, probably made of leather, usually much ornamented (metal, Boutell) ;
• Prick Spurs, single pointed, buckled round the ankles;
• Surcoat, worn over the armour, sleeveless, with a short skirt, open in front, and confined round the waist by a narrow belt or cord;
• Shield, either large and concave to the body, or small and heater shaped, attached over the left arm by a Guige, or ornamental strap passing over the right shoulder; a large Sword, with enriched scabbard and hilt, suspended from the left side by a broad belt

buckled across the hips, and hung down in front of the legs;

• Hauketon, beneath the hawberk, was a tunic of leather, or other material, stuffed with wool, cotton, tow, &c., stitched in parallel lines, worn to diminish the pressure of the hawberk, and as additional protection — it was sometimes worn outside or alone;
• Pourpoint, a similar garment, but of lighter materials
• Ailettes. As a protection for the shoulders were square pieces of leather, projecting

above them