The arms (Sandys of the Vyne and quarterings impaling Windsor) are probably those of Henry Sandys, who married Elizabeth, daughter of William, 2nd Lord Windsor, and who died before 1560. This cushion cover is said to have come from the Chapel of the Holy Ghost at Basingstoke, the private chapel of the Sandys family. The family moved to Mottisfont, near Romsey, Hampshire, after the sale of the Vyne. Mottisfont was subsequently inherited by Sir Charles Mill, Baronet, a descendent of the Sandys, and eventually passed to the donor of this object, Mr. Peter Barker-Mill.