Dear all, Thank you so very much to Audrey, Roy, Barbara, Matt and Margaret for their very interesting and enlightening replies to my query. I've gone back to the inventory, magnifying glass in hand, and there is a comma after Silver plate, one body suit of Armour etc., so I must agree that the silver plate and armour are separate items, but I still find it fascinating that Richard Sherlock had his armour, probably from his earlier days and involvement in the Civil War. I have been researching his life for some time now, and knew that he had been an ardent Royalist, serving as chaplain to the troops in Ireland, and was mentioned in despatches (but that's for another day of obtaining the original records). He was removed by Cromwell's men from one or two of the churches where he later served, and it was said that he never shaved off his beard after the beheading of King Charles. He was a great benefactor to the poor, and his inventory also lists several gifts to the desperately poor, most if not all considered irrecoverable by his executors. An interesting member of the family, my 10 x great uncle; a picture taken from his portrait in St. Oswald's Church, Winwick, in his ecclesiastical garb, hangs over my computer, but I never had envisaged him in his suit of armour in his younger years!! With my thanks again for all the great replies. Kind regards, Yvonne Purdy (nee Sherlock)