INDEX

INDEX

A Alba, Duke of, 132 Albrecht, Harnischmeister, 9, 134 Almain armourers, 14 — — settle in England, 16 Almain Armourer’s Album, 19, 143 Almain rivet, 52 Amman, Jost, 24, 36 Angellucci, Major, on “proof,” 63, 67 Anvils, 24 Arbois, 14, 136 Armenia, Poisoned ore in, 40 Arming-doublet, 106 Arming-nails, 52 Arming-points, 30, 109, 111 Armour, Simplicity of English, 16 — Boxes for, 82 — cut up for lock-plates, 19 — Disuse of, 116 — Painted, 80 — reinforced on left side, 52 — Scarlet covering for, 93 — Tinned, 33 — Weights of, 42, 116 Armourers’ Company of London, 120 — — — absorb the Bladesmiths, 124 — — — and the informers Tipper and Dawe, 123 — — — employed for coin-striking, 123 — — — examine imported armour, 123 — — — Hall-mark of, 124, 191 — — — Regulations for apprentices of, 124 Armourers, Regulations for, 57 — Marks of, 70 — — Illustrations of, 22-4, 36 Arrows for proving armour, 64 Ash, Monument at, 51, 106 Ashford, Helm at, 17, 18 Ashmolean Museum, Pictures in, 30, 98 — — Leather gauntlet in, 96 — — — hat, 99 B Banded mail, 46 Barcelona, 12 Bards of leather in Tower and Armeria Reale, Turin, 102 — Painting of, 98 Barendyne helm, 17, 119 Barrel for cleaning armour, 79 Baskets for armour, 81 Battering-mills, 22, 35, 188 Beauchamp, Richard, Earl of Warwick, effigy of, 15, 138 — Pageants, 15 Belleval, Marquis de, 113 Berardi, Guigliemo, Statue of, 74 Blewbery, John, 60 — — Tools of, 27, 30 Bordeaux, 12 Bottes, Armure à, 62 — cassées, 62 Bracers for archers, 101 Bracket for sallad, 56 Bradshaw, Hat of, 99 Brampton, Nicholas, 88 Brassard, Construction of, 53 — of cuir-bouilli, 100 Brescia, 13 Breughel, Picture by, 35, 92 Brigandarius, Office of, 61 Brigandine, Construction of, 29, 49 — Marking of, 71 — Proving of, 64 — Reinforcing plates for the, 50 British Museum, Anvil and pincers in the, 24 — — Brigandine cap, 30 Brocas helm, 17, 111, 119 Buckram used for armour, 86 Buff coat, Last use of, 103 Bullato, Baltesar, 16 Burgmair, Hans, 131 Burgonet, Skilful forging of, 51 — Meyrick’s views on the, 54 Burrel, Walter, on iron-smelting, 39 Burring machine, 36 Buttin, Charles, x, 62, 68, 100 C Calverly, Sir Hugh, discards leg-armour, 115 Camail, Construction of, 45 Camelio, Vittore, 131 Campi, Bartolomeo, 37, 76, 132 Cantoni brothers, 133 Castile, Helmet of King of, 73 Catheloigne, 13 Cavalry, Weight of modern equipment of, 119 Cellini, Benvenuto, on damascening, 76 Chalcis, Italian armour from, 18, 78 — Brigandine-plates from, 50 Charnel, The, 111 Charles I, Armour of, 76 Charles V, 2, 16, 132, 134 Chiesa, Pompeo della, 37, 140 Christian II, Armour in Dresden of, 75 Cloueur, Demi, 62 — Haute, 62 Clous perdus, 11 Coats of fence, 84, 87 Colleoni, Pauldrons on statue of, 5 Colman, Coloman, 133 — Desiderius, 134 — — his rivalry with the Negrolis, 16 — Lorenz, 133 Cologne, 12 Cosson, Baron de, x, 84, 138 Craft rules, 3 Cramer, J., 44 Cuir-bouilli, 97 Cuisse for foot-soldier, 6 Curzon, The Hon. R., 96 D D’Aubernon, Brass of Sir John, 74 Davies, Edward, 48 Dawtrey helm, 119 De Bures, Brass of Sir Robert, 74 Deforestation due to iron-smelting, 58 Derby, Earl of, brings over Milanese armourers, 15 Derrick’s Image of Ireland, 48 Dillon, Viscount, x, 107, 109, 144 — — Ditchley accounts, 19 — — on proof of armour, 66 Dobbles, 28, 104 Doul, Dr., and the Armourers’ Company, 122 Dover Castle inventory, 25, 33, 79 Dresden, Armour in, 75, 80, 134-7, 140 Dudley, Dud, 40, 41 Dürer, Albrecht, 89, 131 E Edward II and the Armourers’ Company, 121 England, Documents relating to armourers in, 57-60 “Engraved suit,” Tower, 10, 53, 74, 142 Eyelet coats, 90 Erasmus (Kirkenor), 60 Erith, Plating-mills at, 34, 188 Estramaçon, Proof by, 62 F Fabrics imitated in armour, 77 Falkenor, Petition by, 59 Falstoffe, Inventory of Sir John, 92 Field of the Cloth of Gold, Armourers at, 31 Florence, Armourers of, 14 Fogge Helm, 17 Foulke, Roger, 41 Framlingham Castle inventory, 25 Frauenpreis, Matthaias, 135 G Galeazzo Maria Sforza, 133 Galliot de Balthasin, 113 Gambesons, Regulations for making, 85 — soaked in vinegar, 92 Garbagnus, 21, 68 Gauntlet discarded for complex sword-hilt, 7 Gaya mentions proof of armour, 28, 69 “Glancing surface,” The, 3, 4 Glazing-wheels, 31 Goodrich Court, Leather armour at, 98 — — New College armour at, 65 Gratz, Armoury at, 18 “Great Bear” anvil, 35, 193 Greenwich, Workshops at, 32 — Painting of a jack at, 49 Gresham, Steelyard of Sir Thomas, 19 Grünewalt, Hans, 135 Guiart, 84 Guidobaldo II, 132 Guise, Armour of the Duc de, 65, 118 Gustavus Adolphus, Leather coat of, 88 — — — guns of, 99, 102 H Hall-mark of the Armourers’ Company, 60, 70, 120 Hampton Court, Portrait of the Duc de Nevers at, 30, 111 Haselrigg’s “lobsters,” 81 Hastings MS. mention of padding, 88 — — regulations for undergarments, 107 — Battle of, 1 Haustement, The, 111 Hearne, his visit to Ditchley, 19 Helm for “barriers,” 7 — Fastenings for, 112 Helmet-caps, 89 Helmschmied, see Colman Helmsmith at work, 23 Hengrave Hall inventory, 48 Henry VIII, suit for fighting on foot, 57 — “Engraved” suit, 10, 53, 74, 142 Henry VIII imports armourers, 16 Henry, Prince of Wales, Armour of, 11, 20, 59 Hewitt, John, ix, 125 Hill, Treatise of Johan, 93, 173 Hippopotamus hide used for armour, 102 Holinshed’s description of jacks, 90 Homildon, Arrows at the battle of, 38 Hope, David le, 57 Hopfer, Daniel, 136 Horse-armour, 8 — padded, 85 — of leather, 102 — laminated, 9, 134 Horse-trappers, 84 — of leather, 98 I Infantry, Weight of modern equipment of, 118, 119 Iron mills, 58 — ore, Poisoned, 40 — Prices of, 39 Isebrook, as used by Shakespeare, 38 J Jack, Construction of, 49, 50 — Regulations of Louis XI for, 87 — stuffed with horn and mail, 92 Jacobi mentioned as master workman, 66 James II, Proclamation against use of gold and silver foliate, 59, 187 Joinville, Armour given by the Prince de, 11 Jousting, Position of rider in, 5 Jousting-armour, Construction of, 7 Jousting-helm, Occularium of, 5 — Fastenings of, 112 K Kelk, John, and the Armourers’ “Mannakine,” 125 Knopf, Heinrich, 75 Kugler supplies inferior metal to Seusenhofer, 13, 38, 142 Kyrkenor, Erasmus, 60 L Lames simulated by embossing, 11 La Noue criticizes weight of armour, 117 Leather horse-armour, 102 — guns, 99, 102 — cuisses and morion, 98 Lee, Sir Henry, Armour of, 19, 144 — — Helmet of, 89, 145 — — Trial of armour by, 66 — — Master of the Armouries, 59 Legg, Col. William, Master of the Armouries, 34, 193 “Leicester” suit in the Tower, 57, 144 Lewisham, Armoury mill at, 35 Lindsay helm, 119 Linen armourers, 88, 94 Lochner, Conrad, 136 Locking-gauntlet in Armourers’ Hall, 55, 125, 145 Locking-hooks, 55, 56 Locking-pins, 55 Louis XIV, Armour of, 21 — Proof mark on armour of, 68 M Madrid, Armour in, 16, 29, 57, 75, 76, 111, 119, 131-7, 140 Mail cut up for gussets and sleeves, 19 — Construction of, 44 — Double, 45 — Proof of, 62 — Marking of, 70 — Painted, 80 — used at end of sixteenth century, 103 — Banded, 146 — makers, 23 Manifer, Main faire, Main de fer, x, 92 Mantegna, Picture of S. George by, 15, 138 Mantua, Francesco di, 134 Marche, Oliver de la, mentions secret tempering for armour, 67 — — — — leather for duelling-armour, 98 Martin, John, Erection of plating-mills by, 34, 188 — — appeals for German platers, 121, 188 Mary of Burgundy, 14 Maximilian I, 133-7 Maximilian II, 2, 14, 134, 136, 141, 142 — his theories on making armour, 16, 143 Mendlesham, Village armoury at, 18, 90 Merate brothers, 14, 136 Merchant Tailors, 95 Meyrick, Sir Samuel, ix — — his theories on banded mail, 48 — — — — the burgonet, 54 Milan, 12, 13, 138 — Important factories of armour in, 15 Milanese armourers employed by Henry VIII, 16, 58 Mildmay, Sir Walter, and the Armourers’ Company, 122 “Milliner” derived from Milaner, 94 Missaglia, The, 21, 137 — Helm in the Tower by, 7 — Antonio, Marks of, 50 — — Armour by, 14, 139 — Tomaso, Armour by, 138 Mola, Gasparo, 139 Montauban, Chapeaux de, 12 Moroni, Portraits by, 109 “Muhlberg” suit of Charles V, 57 Multscher, Hans, Statue of S. George by, 14 Musée d’Artillerie, Armour in, 21, 57, 64, 65, 68, 71, 74, 111, 119, 136, 139, 140, 143 — — Eyelet coat in, 90 — — Horse-armour in, 8 — — Leather guns in, 102 N Nasal, The, 46 Negrolis, 12, 16, 75, 140 New College, Armour from, 19, 65 New York, Anvil in Metropolitan Museum, 24 Niello-work as decoration for armour, 74 North, The Hon. Robert, describes padded armour, 94 Northumberland, Equipage of the Earl of, 30, 111 O Or San Michele, Statue of S. George in, 14 Ortolano, Picture by, 30 P Painted Chamber, Westminster, Frescoes in, 8 Passau, 13 — Mark of the city of, 71 Parkes, his fowling-piece of “Dudley ore,” 41 Passe-guard, x, 52, 92 — wrong use of the word, x, 4 Pauldrons, Large, 5 Pavia, Picture of the battle of, 98 Peffenhauser, Anton, 11, 75, 140 Peruzzi, Marchese, 19 Petit of Blois, 76 Petworth, Helm at, 18 Piccinino, Lucio, 11, 140 Pickering, William, 20, 59, 122 Piers Gaveston, Inventory of, 73 Pitt-Rivers Museum, Culottes and coats of fence in the, 84 Plate armour on legs, Reasons for, 3 Platers, 22 Plates, Size of, 42 Plating-mills, 34, 188 Pluvinel, De, 114 Poldermitton, The, 7 Poore, William, suggests a preservative for armour, 81 Porte de Hal Musée, Horse-cuissard in, 9 — — — Eyelet coat in, 90 Privy coats, 87 Proof of armour, 62-72 — — — by Sir Henry Lee, 66 — marks on bascinet in Tower, 64 — — on armour of Louis XIV, 68 R René, King, 85, 88, 101 Rerebrace, Construction of the, 5 Richmond at Bosworth Field, 2 Richmond, John, and the Armourers’ Company, 123 Rivets filed flat, 4 Rivet, Sliding, 52, 53 — word used for a suit of armour, 52 Robinet, the King’s tailor, 82, 91 Rogers, Prof. Thorold, 38 Rosebecque, Battle of, 101 Rudolph of Nuremberg, 44 Ryall, Henry de, 94 S S. Demetrius, Picture of, 30 S. George, Statuette by Multscher of, 15 — — at Prague of, 51 — Engravings by Dürer of, 89 S. Victor, Picture at Glasgow of, 51 S. William, Carving at Strasburg of, 106 Sallad cap, 89 — Cover for, 93 — Venetian, 93 Sanseverino, Armour of Roberto di, 14 Saulx-Tavannes, J. de, 28 Saxe, Marshal, 65, 99 Search, Right of, 20, 58, 121 Sebastian, Armour of King, 75, 140 Seusenhofers, The, 141 Seusenhofer, Conrad, 10, 74, 77, 141 — — complains of inferior metal, 13 — — his workshop described in the Weisz Künig, 15 Shrewsbury, Gild of Armourers at, 59 Sidney, Sir Philip, 115 Sigismond of Tirol, Armour of, 21 Siris bronzes, 73 Sliding rivet, Construction of, 10, 52, 53 Smith, Sir John, 91, 113, 145 Solingen, 13 Solleret, Construction of, 6 — Unpractical, 11 Speculum Regale, 84 Splinted armour, 49, 51 Spring-pins, 56 Staley, E., 14 Stamps, Armourer’s, 72 Stanley, John, Sergeant Armourer, 26 Staples for helms, 111 Stibbert Museum, 19 Stokes, W., The Vaulting Master, 113 Stone, Benjamin, blade-maker, 60 Sturtevant’s Metallica, 63 Surcoat, The use of, 79 Sword-pommels used for weights, 19 T Thyrkill, Richard, 71 Tilt-hammers, 35, 40 Toledo, 13 Tonlet, 109 Tools, 24-31 Topf, Jacob, 143 — — Armour by, 19, 76 — — Armour in Armourers’ Hall by, 125 — — Peculiarity of hook on armets by, 21 Toulouse, 12 Tower of London, Armour in, 11, 53, 57, 74, 119, 137, 139, 142, 144, 145 — — Helm by the Missaglias in, 7, 64 — — Jacks in, 49 “Toiras” armour, 60 Tresses, 109 Turin, Armeria Reale, 71, 102, 141 Tyler, Wat, destroys a jack, 49 U Undergarments, 106 V Vambrace, Construction of, 6 Van der Goes, Picture in Glasgow by, 50 Vaulting Master, The, 113 Verney Memoirs, mention of proof of armour, 68 — — — — fit of armour, 105 Versy, 12 Vervelles, 46 Vienna, Armour in, 14, 133-41, 143, 145 — Brigandine in, 50 — Helm-cap in, 89 — Helmet-covers in, 93 Vireton, 64 W Wallace helm, 18, 117 — Collection, Horse-armour in, 9 — — Armour in, 134, 139, 145 — — Bascinet and camail in, 46 — — Tools in, 24 Waller, J. G., his views on banded mail, 48 Walsingham, 49 Way, Albert, 107 Weisz Künig, 15, 141, 142 — — Armourer’s tools figured in, 28 Westminster helm, 17, 18, 119 — Workshops in, 32 Whalebone used for gloves and jacks, 100 Whetstone, his project for light armour of proof, 59 Willars de Honnecourt, 45 William the Conqueror, 1 Willoughby, Jack of Sir John, 49 Windsor Park Tournament, 29, 100 Wire-drawing, Invention of, 44 Woolvercote, Sword-mills at, 34 Woolwich Rotunda, Tools in the, 24 — — helm, 18 — — leather guns, 102 Z Zeller, Walter, 92 Zurich, 18

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