About the year 1280 the conical-topped heaume came into use, whose general form is delineated in Fig. 137, and has already been noticed in the Trumpington brass. It was of great weight, and either hung at the saddle bow, or was carried by the squire, when not in use; it rested upon the shoulders, and thus relieved the head of the greater part of its weight. Two heaumes are here shown (Figs. 138, 139) from Add. MS. 10,294 in the British Museum. One is of the plain and ordinary pattern, but the second shows a movable visor which can either be raised or removed entirely. It also illustrates a reinforcing plate protecting the sides of the head. Inside it was thickly padded, and representations of this feature may often be discerned upon monumental effigies, where the heaume is used to support the head of the recumbent knightly figure. To keep it in position laces were attached to the lower edge at the back; these are clearly seen in Fig. 121, p. 106. [Illustration: FIG. 137.] [Illustration: FIG. 138.--Heaume. (Add. MS. 10,294.)] [Illustration: FIG. 139.--Heaume. (Add. MS. 10,294.)] [Illustration: FIG. 140.--Heaume of Henri de Perci, _c._ 1300.] The development of the crest during this period did not make much headway, but a few examples from seals and MSS. will show that there was a certain amount of progress. The heaume of Baron Henri de Perci, _c._ 1300 (Fig. 140), exhibits a highly ornamented crest with the distinctive feature of two streamers affixed to its base, the contoise or mantling in its incipient form. The comb is deeply serrated, and ornamented with gadroons springing from the centre. Upon the seal of Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, 1301 (Fig. 141), the conical heaume is shown, not reaching, however, to the shoulders, with a small, plain comb upon its summit, differing in that respect from the crests of Richard Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel (Fig. 142), and Humphrey Bohun, Earl of Hereford (Fig. 143), which both date from the same year. A singularly plain heaume, considering the distinction of the wearer, is that of Edward, Prince of Wales, 1305, as delineated upon his seal (Fig. 144). The crest of John de Warenne, Earl of Surrey, 1329, shown in Fig. 117 on p. 102, displays a startling development upon the preceding examples, and exhibits a high order of decorative design in crests at this early period. [Illustration: FIG. 141.--From the seal of Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, 1301.] [Illustration: FIG. 142.--From the seal of Richard Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel, 1301.] [Illustration: FIG. 143.--From the seal of Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, 1301.] [Illustration: FIG. 144.--From the seal of Edward of Carnarvon, Prince of Wales, 1305.] [Illustration: PLATE XI Sir Robert de Bures, 1302. Acton Church, Suffolk]