From all which it appears that these shapes—Nos. 13 to 15—began about 1520, and prevailed till about the third quarter of the sixteenth century; and from their beautiful outlines, they occasionally are used even to the present day. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries they may often be found hacked and scrolled.
No. 16 occurs in a monument to Raynes, 1689 (engraved in Drake's Eboracum, p. 515).
This is a shape which would lend itself peculiarly to monuments or stained glass.
The shields engraved in Chauncey's History of Hertfordshire, 1700, are of this shape, slightly eared, and very slightly hollowed out in the sides.
Nos. 17 and 18.—In these a decidedly German influence is visible.
They occur in the German book of Virgil Solis, 1555.
The earliest English instance of No. 17 which I have noticed appears in the Visit. Hunts, 1613 (Camden Society), p. 4, with the arms of Clifton, but no exact date is attached.