British and Foreign Arms & Armour

The year 1554, which saw the production of some of the above suits, probably witnessed the delivery of another to King Sebastian of Portugal, which is preserved in the Royal Armoury at Madrid, and is perhaps the most magnificent in the whole collection. The details of the backplate, pauldrons, and arm defences are shown in Plate XX.*, p. 232. It is the work of Anton Pfeffenhauser of Augsburg, and undoubtedly his masterpiece; as an example of repoussé work it places him upon an equality with the best German masters of his time. “Mythological figures are embossed upon the bands traversing the backplate; designs symbolical of Power, Victory, Peace, and Navigation are represented on the pauldrons, back and front, while the coudières display the four figures of the cardinal virtues.” It is essentially a pageant suit, as is also the one presented to Philip III., when prince, at the age of seven. It is a half-suit of Italian workmanship, formed in gilded iron and decorated with figures, masks, &c., all embossed and damascened (Plate XVIII.*, p. 196). Another, presented to the same monarch in his childhood, is represented in Plate XIX.*, p. 212, and is believed to be the work of Lucio Picinino of Milan. The decoration is less profuse but quite as beautiful as in the preceding example. A piece of Spanish armour made at Pamplona in Navarre in 1620 is shown in Plate XXII.*, p. 240. Mr. Calvert states: “It is of steel-plated iron and of extraordinary thickness.… A curious feature is the seven indentations made by the bullets of an arquebus, and each set with silver pearls. These marks do not say much for the quality of the metal, which is 10 millimetres thick. The backplate, which is only 3 millimetres thick, has been perforated by a bullet. The arms are defended by espaliers reaching to the elbow, where they meet the cuffs of the gauntlets.”

Plate XXI.*, p. 236, is a suit of Milanese make, early seventeenth century, intended for war purposes, and absolutely devoid of ornamentation. An example of Flemish armour of 1624 is represented in Plate XXIII.*, p. 268; it was sent by the Infanta Isabel Clara Eugenia to Philip IV. The ugliness of the breastplate and the huge rivet-heads upon the pauldrons are strongly suggestive of the “boiler plate” armour prevailing in England at the same period. Plate XXXV.* is a suit presented by the Cardinal Infante Ferdinand to Philip IV., and exhibits the lames of plate inserted in the gousset of the coudière, similar to the Henry VIII. foot armour in the Tower. It is of Milanese make, and decorated with vertical bands of medallions, &c.

A second example of armour of Spanish make is given in Plate XXXVI.*; it was fabricated at Pamplona for the Duke of Savoy in 1620, and is decidedly an improvement upon the suit shown in Plate XIX.*, p. 212, which came from the same locality. It is worthy of remark that Spain, with all its vast resources of the finest iron ores in the world, did not become a centre for arms and armour. She was undoubtedly able to supply her own requirements, and in the wars against the Moors these were of no mean order, but no distinct Spanish “School” was evolved similar to the German or Italian. The excellent quality of her swords attained world-wide reputation, and the blades of Toledo, Bilbao, and Seville are justly famous. No town in France achieved special success in armour or arms, although many were active in the production. Burgundy was chiefly noted for its eccentricities, the breastplate illustrated in Fig. 445 furnishing an example, though many inventions, such as the burgonet, emanated from that warlike district, while its hand-gun men of the fifteenth century were the best in the world. Holland and Belgium have always enjoyed a reputation for arms, and Netherlandish weapons and defences were in great demand. The overwhelming superiority of Italian products must not be ascribed solely to one town, Milan, for many others were famous, such as Pisa, Verona, Lucca, Mantua, and Brescia, while Florence became a serious rival to Milan in the latter part of the sixteenth century. In Germany, Augsburg and Nuremberg probably were the most renowned for armour, but Cologne bore pre-eminence for weapons.

CHAPTER XIX

The invention of gunpowder and its use in propelling missiles from tubes was the signal for the abolition of armour, as we have indicated, though the struggle for supremacy between the two lasted for considerably more than a century. The Eastern nations are generally credited with the discovery of the properties of a mixture of saltpetre, carbon, and sulphur so far as their use in fireworks is concerned, but it was undoubtedly to the Western nations that the knowledge and application of the propelling nature of the mixture were due. The first authentic account of its use for military purposes must be ascribed to the seventh century, when, under the name of Greek fire, it was used at the defence of Constantinople by the Byzantine emperors against the invading Saracens. The true Greek fire, however, is supposed to have contained more ingredients than the three which constitute gunpowder proper, viz. resin and naphtha, the latter being in excess, and this mixture appears to have been so inflammable and so difficult to extinguish that the terror excited by its use was out of all proportion to the destruction that it wrought. It was propelled from balistæ, projected from tubes, and carried by means of arrows which bore tow steeped in the composition, while its use in a besieged town to pour down upon assailants was probably the most efficacious. Its composition was for a long time kept secret, but the knowledge gradually spread, and during the later mediæval period its use was not unknown in England (Fig. 337). Gunpowder proper was used for the first time in the Spanish wars with the Moors in the twelfth century by both combatants; and the secret of its composition was discovered by Roger Bacon in the thirteenth century, probably from the translation of manuscripts. Schwartz, a German Frank, perfected it about a century later, and its first use in England occurred in the wars against the Scots by Edward III. in 1327, when the cannon were denominated “crakeys,” a diminutive from “crake,” the first name of the composition, which may be a corruption of “grec.” At the siege of Cambrai in 1339 cannon were in use, and they are specifically mentioned by Froissart. After that time their use became general, and in 1346 many were in operation at the battle of Creçy, the gunpowder being imported from abroad until the reign of Elizabeth, when English powder-mills were established in the country. The word artillery had been in use to denote projectile-throwing weapons anterior to the use of gunpowder, and became eventually the term by which the larger kind of firearms was designated. The construction of the first cannon was, as might be inferred, of the rudest possible description. Pieces or bars of iron were arranged longitudinally so as to form a rough tube, around which iron hoops were placed to hold them together. The powder and ball were in a separate case, open at one end to allow of the exit of the ball; this case was inserted in one end of the tube and secured by a stirrup arrangement pivoting upon two projections on either side of the tube, which fell over the open end and prevented the case from being blown out when the discharge occurred. The powder was fired by the insertion of a red-hot wire. The cannon was fixed down to a piece of timber which rested upon a similar piece: at the breech end of the cannon the two planks were hinged together, and by the insertion of wedges in the front between the timbers the piece could be elevated. Other contrivances almost as crude as that described were introduced in order to overcome the difficulties of taking aim. The projectiles were at first made of stone, and subsequently of lead or iron, or stone coated with lead. It must not be supposed that the introduction of such weapons created the profound consternation which a few contemporary writers have led us to suppose; the general impression produced was, in fact, one of contemptuous indifference, and it was only after many improvements had been effected that cannon began to be taken seriously. The earliest were only used in sieges, as the transport of such cumbrous pieces was nearly an impossibility, and when they were subsequently adopted for use in the field it was but seldom they were used after the first discharge. During the fifteenth century fresh developments took place; trunnions were invented, whereby the recoil was transferred directly to the carriage; the weapon was cast in one piece which tapered towards the muzzle, and many improvements in loading and discharging were made. Bombards were introduced, being short pieces with a large bore which were fired at a considerable elevation and discharged balls of stone to a small distance; they were the prototypes of our modern mortars and howitzers. One of the earliest examples of mediæval ordnance preserved in this country may be seen at the Rotunda, Woolwich (Plate XL., p. 366). It is known as the Creçy Bombard, and may possibly date back to the time of Edward III. It is said to have been found in the moat of Bodiham Castle, Sussex, and is known to have been in Battle Abbey for many years. Its interior is of cast iron, one of the earliest known specimens of the metal in that form, and iron hoops have been shrunk upon this inner core. The chamber in the smaller portion of the breech will hold about three or four pounds of powder; the stone shot discharged weighed about a hundred and sixty pounds and was fifteen inches in diameter. The carriage is modern. The cannonier wears a capacious salade and is defended by a hauberk of mail and a thick leather apron; he is discharging the bombard with a hot iron and protects his face with his hand from the inferior powder blown off the touch-hole by the explosion.

Very large cannon were in use at times. Mons Meg at Edinburgh is an example of a fifteenth century production; it weighs nearly four tons, has a calibre of 20 inches, and threw a stone projectile of 300 lbs. The powder-chamber is considerably smaller in bore than the cannon, in order to withstand the force of the discharge. This piece is reputed to have been made in 1455 for the siege of Thrieve Castle by James II.; this latter monarch was killed five years later by the bursting of a similar cannon, the Lion. Another example is preserved at Ghent, where a foundry existed for their manufacture: the piece has a calibre of 26 inches, while English guns are to be seen at Mont St. Michael of 15 inches and 19 inches bore respectively. A remarkable example of fifteenth century monster ordnance is the Dardanelles bronze gun preserved at the Rotunda, Woolwich, and illustrated in Plate XXXVIII. It was cast during the reign of Sultan Mahomed II., a.d. 1468, and presented to Queen Victoria by the Sultan of Turkey in 1867. It weighs 18 tons 14 cwt., the calibre is 25 inches, and the total length equals 17 feet. It is made in two parts, which are screwed together, and the breech portion which forms the powder chamber has a bore of only ten inches. The stone shot weighed 6 cwt. each. The names applied to ancient ordnance were many and various, and at the same time confusing, inasmuch as the calibre of the various pieces was constantly changing. The following is an approximate list of some of the pieces ordinarily in use:—

Cannon Royal, weight of shot, 66 lbs.; Carthorun, 48 lbs.; Cannon, 34 lbs.; Bastard Cannon; Great Culverin, 15 lbs.; Bastard Culverin, 7 lbs.; Demi-Culverin, 2 lbs.; Basilisk, Serpentin, Aspik, Dragon, Syren. For field service: Falcon, 1 lb.; Falconet, 14 ozs.; Saker.

Cannon have been made of various materials apart from iron and bronze, such as wood, paper, and rope, the outside covering being of leather. All the early guns used in England were obtained from abroad; the first foundry in England was that of Hugget of Uckfield, Sussex, in 1521, who cast cannon in brass and iron, using the Sussex iron smelted with charcoal. There are some pieces of ordnance preserved in the Rotunda at Woolwich which are of this age, and may possibly have come from the Sussex foundry. Examples of early cannon are rare in England, but on the Continent many may be found, especially in Belgium. The Rotunda and the Tower of London probably contain the finest specimens in the British Isles. In the Royal Arsenal at Madrid is preserved a small piece of ordnance dating from late fifteenth century. It is double-barrelled and breech-loading, and exhibits a wealth of ornamentation upon almost every part (Plate XXXVII.*). A breech-loading peterara of forged iron of the time of Edward IV. is in the Rotunda, and is illustrated in Plate XXXIX. It is made of longitudinal bars of iron hooped together with iron rings; the powder-chamber with its lifting handle is seen in position, and a simple locking arrangement prevented its blowing out upon the discharge. Trunnions are affixed to the piece, and the metal by which it was attached to the long-decayed wooden gun-carriage is still preserved. The length of the gun is 3 feet and the calibre 2½ inches, while the name implies that the shot was of stone. This very rare piece of ordnance is in excellent condition.

The progress in artillery was very slow, but gradually cannon became mounted upon wheels and rude carriages, an advance upon the logs and cumbrous beds of the preceding period, while iron was substituted for stone in the projectile. The engagement of trained professional gunners in place of the civilians who had managed the artillery in the fourteenth century, was another step which led to improvement, Dutch artillerymen being employed by Henry VIII. Charles VIII. and subsequent French monarchs undoubtedly did much for the improvement of the weapon; they adopted light guns for field artillery, and introduced the system of rapidly taking up different positions from which to assail the enemy. The Civil War in England found a great scarcity of cannon, and more particularly of efficient gunners, and generally it may be stated that the English use of artillery was much behind that existing upon the Continent until the middle of the eighteenth century.

The existence of cannon in the mediæval period would naturally suggest a weapon that might be used in the hand, and from a very early period hand-guns have been in evidence. They are rarely mentioned by writers of the time, and very few illuminations are extant showing the weapons then employed, which would tend to show that their use was restricted, and their efficacy valued but little. The earliest were simply tubes affixed to a stick and fired by means of a lighted match; some of them were ignited from the muzzle, thus indicating that they were shotless and only used to frighten horses in a cavalry charge. The long-bow and arbalest were of infinitely greater efficacy than the early hand-gun, and it is a matter for wonder that the latter held a place at all in the armies of the period. It was made in various shapes, but that generally shown in contemporary illustrations is depicted in Fig. 339, the piece being discharged by means of a touch-hole on the top of the barrel near the breech. The earliest use of a hand-gun is involved in obscurity; there can be no doubt that many attempts were made to introduce such a weapon, but the first mention that occurs is in the reign of Edward III., when they were brought into England from Flanders. They were in use by both horse and foot soldiers, the stock in the first case being shortened so that it could be placed against the chest, while in the second it passed under the right arm, the left hand being used to grasp it and the right to hold the discharging match. The gun was supported in the case of cavalry by a forked rest which projected from the saddle. In all these guns the powder-chamber was smaller than the calibre of the barrel. In some cases the hand-gun was used as a mace after being discharged.

Hand Culverin.—A larger hand-gun was subsequently evolved, which was much in use during the second half of the fifteenth century, and necessitated the presence of two men for its manipulation. It was called the hand culverin, and had a bore of about three-quarters of an inch; it was constructed of forged iron, and was attached by bands to a straight stock of wood. This weapon was fired from a rest. It was subsequently improved by the addition of a pan and touch-hole at the side and a modification of the stock, while the barrels were often of brass or bronze, and polygonal in section. Their weight varied from ten to sixteen pounds, and a variety which was carried on horseback at times weighed nearly sixty pounds. Warwick the King-maker employed “Burgundenses” or Burgundian hand-gun men in the Second Battle of St. Albans, 1461, and culveriners formed a part of the forces under Edward IV. in the later battles of the Wars of the Roses.

The Serpentin, Matchlock, or Arquebus.—An improvement was made about the year 1500, whereby the slow match, hitherto held in the hand, was affixed to a lever bent into the form of a serpent and fastened by the centre to the stock on a pivot; by pulling the lower portion the upper end carrying the match was made to descend upon the priming powder. Subsequent innovations consisted of a sliding cover over the flash-pan, and the jointing of the serpentin to increase the leverage. The matchlock was in use for about two centuries, in spite of the cumbersome nature of the weapon, the slow rate of its discharge, the trouble involved in keeping the match alight during boisterous or rainy weather, and the heavy rest for holding it when loading and taking aim. The greatest merit was undoubtedly its simplicity and cheapness. The arquebus shown in Plate XXVII., p. 322, is of the sixteenth century, time of James VI., and is in the Edinburgh Museum. The figure of an arquebusier may be discerned in Plate VIII., p. 64, under the horse’s head of the Bayard figure. The arquebus is seen poised upon its rest with a piece of loose tow hanging from the barrel; the arquebusier is in the act of taking aim, and is accoutred in seventeenth century military dress. In Plate XXXIX. a wall arquebus is shown from the Rotunda, which is nearly 9 feet in length and weighs 87 lbs. It is fitted with a tube sight and an arrangement for pivoting in an iron socket upon a wall or in an embrasure. Its calibre is 1.3 inches. These pieces were at times carried into the field and required three men to manipulate them.

The Wheel-lock.—The great difficulty experienced in keeping the match alight resulted in the invention of the wheel-lock in the earlier part of the sixteenth century at Nuremberg, and its introduction into England about 1540. The mechanism consisted of a wheel serrated at the edge which protruded into the priming pan, and was fixed by its axle to the lock plate (Plate XLI.). This axle was made square upon the outside for a key, while at the other end a strong spring engaged with it; by winding it the spring was compressed and held in place by a catch. The lock held a piece of pyrites, and when it was depressed rested in the priming pan, which had a removable cover; upon the trigger being pulled the spring caused the wheel to revolve quickly, whereby its file-like edges struck sparks of fire from the pyrites with which it was in contact and thus ignited the powder. For the cavalry and also for sporting purposes the wheel-lock was in use for many years, but its cost precluded a general introduction among the infantry. A high degree of ornamentation was lavished upon many of these weapons; examples may be readily found in all museums of importance.

The Snap-hance.—This variety of lock was invented in Holland or Germany about 1550, and from the simplicity and ease with which it was made and the consequent cheapness of production, rapidly came into favour in England and on the Continent. It is said to have been evolved by a body of Dutch poultry stealers (Snaphans), who could not use the matchlock because of the light entailed, or the wheel-lock because of the expense, and thereupon devised the snap-hance, little dreaming that the invention would become so popular. The wheel-lock was superseded by a hammer which struck upon a piece of sulphurous pyrites; the flash-pan was the same, but the cover was actuated by a spring and flew back when the hammer descended, thus allowing a free passage for the shower of sparks.

The Flint-lock.—The snap-hance was undoubtedly the intermediate weapon between the wheel-lock and flint-lock. The latter may be claimed as an English invention, as a specimen occurs in the Tower having the date 1614 upon it, the date generally assigned for its introduction being 1630 according to continental records. The knowledge that fire could be produced by striking flint upon steel was well known to the ancients. In the flint-lock the fall of the hammer containing the flint was made to open the flash-pan and at the same time to strike sparks from its cover. The earlier kinds had all the mechanism upon the outside of the lock, but subsequently it was hidden, and a tumbler connected the mainspring with the hammer. Highly decorated examples of the flint-lock are common, especially those of Italian and Spanish origin (Plate XLI.*). The weapon did not come into extensive use in England until the second half of the seventeenth century, but it eventually superseded all others, and was adapted for every kind of firearm, both military and civil, and remained in use until the advent of the percussion cap about 1830.

Pistols underwent the same variations as the larger weapon, but these were often combined, being fixed in shields, battle-axes, pole-axes, daggers, halberds, &c.

The subject of this chapter is an extremely wide one, and an attempt to cover it completely in the pages of this work has not been attempted; the broad facts given here may, however, be acceptable to the general reader.

FOOTNOTES

INDEX

• Ailette, 101
• circular, 109, 110
• introduction of, 97
• lozenge-shaped, 103
• of Henry de Beaumont, 102
• of Gilbert de Clare, 103
• of John de Warenne, 102
• use of, 105
• Album, Jacobi, 294
• Albyn, Robert, brass of, 190
• Allecret, 307
• Almayne corselets, 305
• rivets, 282, 305
• Almeric, Lord St. Amand, bascinet of, 151
• chapelle-de-fer of, 151
• mentonnière of, 151
• Amand, Lord St., 161
• Angon, Frankish, 44
• Anelace, 252, 334
• Anton Pfeffenhauser, 357
• Arbalest, 93
• Arbalestier, 126
• at Rotunda (Plate 40, p. 366), 132
• Archer, Chain Mail Reinforced Period, 122
• Surcoatless Period, 209
• Archers, English, 255
• Etruscan, 35
• Half Armour Period, 318
• Archer’s stake, 209
• Archery, 124, 130
• Argentine, Sir John de, 189
• Armet, 221
• Arm defences, Tabard Period, 225
• Armour, Burgundy Cross, 355
• Charles V. (Plates 30 and 33, pp. 340, 352), 353
• upon coinage, 161
• decorated, 292
• Edinburgh Castle (Plate 24, p. 312), 306
• Edinburgh Castle (Plate 25, p. 316), 316
• English, 352
• and foreign compared, 350
• Flemish (Plate 23, p. 268), 357
• foot, 358
• fluted, 277
• Frankish, 45
• German (Pl. 21, p. 236), 353, 356
• German influence upon, 349
• Gothic, 353
• horse, 354
• for Infante (Philip III.), (Plate 18, p. 196), 357
• influence of gunpowder upon, 360
• Italian, 355
• influence upon, 349
• lancers’ (Plate 25, p. 316), 316
• Maximilian, 278
• Milanese (Plate 21, p. 236), 355, 357
• Milanese, of King Philip IV. (Plate 35, p. 356), 358
• Norman, 67
• from Pamplona (Plate 22, p. 240), 357
• by Picinino (Pl. 19, p. 212), 357
• Roman Republican, 36
• Savoy, Duke of (Plate 36, p. 358), 358
• King Sebastian (Plate 20, p. 232), 356
• slashed, 291
• tegulated, 74
• tilting, 233
• Armourers’ Hall, 294
• gauntlet, 298
• Arms, towns renowned for, 359
• Arquebus, 306, 367
• wall (Plate 39, p. 364), 368
• Arquebusier, 260, 315
• Maximilian, 30
• Arrow-heads, 4
• bronze, 16
• Saxon, 55
• Assyrians, the, 20
• Artilleryman, 365
• Audley, Lord, brass of, 269
• Augsburg armour (Plate 30, p. 340), 353
• Colman family of, 353
• Axe, Danish, 64
• Edinburgh Castle (Plate 27, p. 322), 322
• Saxon, 53
• Bacon, Sir — de, brass of, 118
• Balista, 343
• Bamberg, effigy at, 169
• Banded mail, 70, 134
• construction of (Plate 14, p. 136), 134
• introduction of, 97
• Banner, 110
• Banneret, knight, 110
• Barbute, 172
• Bardiche, 210
• Bardwell, William, brass of, 270
• Bascinet (British Museum MSS.), 150, 153, 172, 173, 209
• Lord St. Amand, 151
• Thomas de Beauchamp, 150
• Sir William Burgate, 174
• Camail and Jupon Period, 170
• Sir John de Creke, 142
• Cyclas Period, 142
• Parham Park, 171
• St. Albans, Camail and Jupon Period, 170
• Sir Humphrey de Stafford, 216
• Studded and Splinted Period, 149
• Surcoatless Period, 195, 208
• Tower of London, 171
• Ulrich Landschaden, 173
• Wallace Collection, 171
• Baselard, 338
• Bases or lamboys, 289
• Basket-hilted sword, 337
• Bastard sword, 197, 261
• Battle-axes, 8
• Bavière (British Museum MSS.), 208, 266
• Surcoatless Period, 195
• Tabard Period, 220
• Bayard, Chevalier, armour of (Plate 8, p. 64), 272
• Bayeux Tapestry, 65, 67
• Bear’s-paw sabbatons, 280
• Beauchamp Chapel, 244
• Richard de, 211
• effigy of, 244
• Thomas, Earl of Warwick, 160
• Thomas de, bascinet, 150
• Belt, bronze, Greek, 31
• Berkeley, Lord, 169
• Bifid beard, Saxon, 62
• Bill (Plate 27, p. 322), 328
• Billman (British Museum MS.), 205
• Surcoatless Period, 204
• Bipennis, 54, 80
• Bitton, Sir John de, 87
• Black Prince, heaume of, 184
• Bœotian helmet, 29
• Bohun, Humphrey de, crest of, 116
• Bolts or quarrels, 133
• Bombard, the Creçy (Plate 40, p. 366), 363
• Bombards, 307, 362
• Bothe, Sir Robert del, brass of, 249
• Bouche, 253
• Bourdonass lance, 311
• Bow, Assyrian, 22
• Egyptian, 23
• Greek, 26, 32
• Norman, 66
• Bowman, 255
• Bracer, 209, 319
• Brass at Croft, 118
• Brass of Robert Albyn, 190
• Sir John d’Aubernoun, 97, 144
• Lord Audley, 269
• Sir — de Bacon, 118
• William Bardwell, 270
• Sir Robert del Bothe, 249
• Sir Thomas Braunston, 190
• Humphrey Brewster, 301
• Sir Robert de Bures, 116
• Lord Robert Ferrers of Chartley, 199
• Sir William Cheyne, 157
• Robert Colt, 230, 248
• John Colt, 270
• John Daundelion, 247
• Sir William de Echingham, 176
• Lord L’Estrange, 270
• Sir Simon de Felbrygge, 199
• Sir — de Fitzralph, 118
• John Gaynesford, 247
• Henry Green, 250
• Walter Green, 247
• Sir Thomas Grene, 250
• Sir Anthony de Grey, 230, 252
• Richard Gyll, 270
• Sir John Hanley, 190
• Sir Robert Harcourt, 230
• Sir John de Harpedon, 217
• Sir Hugh Hastings, 150, 158
• Sir Ralph de Knevynton, 169
• Knight at Laughton, 193
• Sir John de Leventhorpe, 201
• Sir John Lysle, 201
• Sir John de Northwode, 144
• Henry Parice, 230, 248
• Sir John Peryent, 229
• Sir John de St. Quintin, 190
• Sir Thomas de St. Quintin, 200, 244
• Sir John Say, 252
• Sir Robert de Septvans, 117
• Edward Stafford, 269
• Sir Humphrey Stanley, 271
• Sir Miles de Stapleton, 157, 188, 227
• Sir Robert Staunton, 229, 248
• Sir Roger de Trumpington, 99
• Sir John Wylcotes, 192
• Brassarts, demi-, 118
• Jacobi, 297
• Transition Period, 269
• Brayette, 284
• Breastplate (British Museum MS.), 168
• Burgundian, 358
• Camail and Jupon Period, 168
• Cyclas Period, 140
• Globose, 242
• Jacobi, 296
• long form of, 250
• Maximilian, 282
• peascod, 283
• Studded and Splinted Period, 148
• Surcoatless Period, 195
• Tabard Period, 223
• Transition Period, 267
• (Tower of London), 225
• Brigandines, construction of, 263
• Bronze Age, 9
• arrow-heads of, 16
• daggers of, 11
• mace of, 19
• shields of, 17
• spear of, 14
• sword of, 12, 19
• Bronze gun, Dardanelles, 363
• Brown bill, 328
• Bufe, 279
• Bures, Sir Robert de, brass of (Plate 11, p. 116), 116
• Burgate, Sir William, bascinet of, 174
• Burgonet, 28
• Hatfield House, 307
• “Burgundenses,” 262
• Burgundian breastplate, 358
• Burgundy cross armour (Plate 31, p. 346), 355
• Byrnie, Saxon, 58
• Cabasset (Plate 26, p. 318), 304
• Caliver, 306, 316
• Calthorpe, Sir William, 201
• Camail and Jupon Period, 166, 174
• bascinet, 170
• bascinet, St. Albans, 170
• gauntlets, 178
• hauberk, 169
• heaume of, 183
• hip belt, 180
• laminated epaulières, 177
• leg armour, 180
• misericorde, 182
• plate defences, 177
• shield, 183
• sword, 181
• visor, 171
• Cannon, construction of, 364
• Dardanelles (Plate 38, p. 362), 363
• at Ghent, 363
• Madrid (Plate 37, p. 360), 365
• at Mont St. Michael, 363
• names of, 364
• at Rotunda, 364
• Cannonier, 262, 306, 363
• Cap-à-pie suit, Tower of London, 240
• Wallace Collection, 242
• Carabine, 306
• Carbineer, half armour of, 316
• Catapult, 342
• Cavalry, Half Armour Period, 315
• Maximilian Period, 307
• Celts, bronze, 9
• Egyptian, 7
• origin of name, 2
• pronunciation of, 2
• Palæolithic and Neolithic, 3
• Chain mail, 84
• fabrication of, 86
• Period, 81
• Reinforced Period, 97
• archer, 122
• guige, 99
• heaume, 101
• soldier, 121
• sword, 98
• Saxon, 60
• Chanfron (Plate 34, p. 354), 354
• Chapelle-de-fer, 259
• of Lord St. Amand, 151
• Charles V., equestrian suit of, 354
• Negroli armour (Plate 10, p. 80), 355
• Chausses, 98
• Norman, 76
• Studded and Splinted Period, 149
• Cheney, Sir John, genouillière of, 272
• Chevalier Bayard, armour of, 272
• Cheyne, Sir Thomas, 189
• Sir William, 157, 189
• Cinquedea, 334
• Claymore, 337
• Clehongre, effigy at, 145
• Club tournament, 312
• Cobham, Sir Reginald de, orle of, 187
• Sir John de, 190
• Coif-de-mailles, 98
• fixing of, 105
• Coif, Norman, 73
• Coinage, armour upon, 161
• Colt, John, brass of, 270
• Robert, brass of, 230, 248
• Thomas, pauldron of, 228
• Collections, foreign armour in, 350
• German suits in, 350
• Colman, Desiderius, foot armour (Plate 12, p. 128), 356
• family at Augsburg, 353
• Composition of gunpowder, 361
• Construction of early cannon, 361
• Contoise, 101, 186, 237
• Continental equipment, 351
• and English equipment, 352
• Coronal, 238
• lance head, 311
• Corporation mace, 331
• Corselets, almayne, 305
• Coudières, 118
• butterfly, 244
• fan-shaped, 201
• of Thomas Playters, 229
• Studded and Splinted Period, 155
• fan-shaped, Surcoatless Period, 196
• Tabard Period, 228
• Wallace Collection, 229
• Courses, 308
• Courtney, Edward, panache of, 187
• Crakeys, 361
• Cray, John, misericorde of, 182
• Creçy bombard, 363
• Creke, Sir John de, bascinet of, 142
• Crest, Humphrey de Bohun, 116
• Richard Fitzalan, 116
• introduction of, 90
• John de Warenne, 116
• Crests, 97, 115, 186
• Crinet, 354
• Cross-bow, 126
• barrelled, 133
• à Galet, 133
• goat’s foot, or hind’s foot, 131
• hand, 131
• missiles, 133
• moulinet and pulleys, 132
• wheel and ratchet, 132
• Cross-legged effigies, 99
• Cuirass, 30
• Etruscan, 34
• Greek, 24
• Roman Imperial, 39
• Roman Republican, 36, 37
• Cuirassier, Half Armour Period, 315
• Cuir-bouilli, 98
• Cuishes, 309
• Cuissarts, Transition Period, 269
• Cuisses, Maximilian Period, 284
• Culette, 291
• Cultellus, 79, 334
• Culverin, hand, 367
• Cumæ, 29
• Cyclas Period, 139, 141
• soldier of, 144
• sword, 144
• Dag, 308
• Dagger, 338
• bronze, 11
• kidney, 339
• main-gauche, 339
• Norman, 79
• Saxon, 54
• thumb-guard, 339
• Daggers, 6
• Dagging, 168
• Dardanelles bronze gun (Plate 38, p. 362), 363
• Danes, 63
• Danes and Saxons, 47
• Danish axe, 64
• helmet, 63
• shield, 64
• spear, 64
• sword, 64
• Das Deutsche Stechen, 238, 308
• d’Aubernoun, Sir John, brass of, 97, 144
• Daundelion, John, brass of, 247
• Decorated armour, 292
• Defences, not plate, 71
• Demi-placcate (British Museum MS.), 225
• Tabard Period, 223
• d’Eresby brass, 192
• orle, 187
• Despencer, Hugh de, 160
• Dragon, 308
• Half Armour Period, 316
• Dunbar, Patrick, heaume of, 113
• Early cannon, construction of, 361
• Early projectiles, 362
• Echingham, Sir W. de, brass of, 176
• Edinburgh Castle, armour in (Plate 24, p. 312), 306
• Edward III., 160
• Edward, Prince of Wales, heaume of, 116
• Effigies, cross-legged, 99
• Effigy, Bamberg Cathedral, 196
• Richard Beauchamp, 244
• Clehongre, 145
• Prince John of Eltham, 145
• from tomb of Lady Eleanor Fitzalan, 153
• Sir Robert Shurland, 141
• Aymer de Valence, 143
• Sir John Verney, 247
• Sir Thomas Vernon, 246
• Egyptians, 22
• Engines, projectile-throwing, 340
• English archers, 255
• armour, 352
• and Continental equipment, 352
• Épaule de mouton, 237, 286
• Epaulières, laminated, Camail and Jupon Period, 177, 196
• Tabard Period, 226
• Equestrian suit, Charles V., 354
• Wallace Collection, 241
• Equipment, continental, 351
• Espalier pauldrons, 239
• Etruscans, 33
• Falarica, 343
• Falchion, 334
• Falcon, 307
• Fauchard, 210, 320
• Felbrygge, Sir Simon de, brass of, 199
• Ferrara suit, 300
• Ferrars, Robert de, heaume of, 112
• of Chartley, Lord R., brass of, 199
• Fire-pot, 261
• Fitzalan, Lady Eleanor, effigies from tomb of, 152
• Fitzalan, Richard, crest of, 116
• Fitzralph, Sir — de, brass of, 118
• Flail, military, 329
• Flamberge, 337
• Flemish armour (Plate 23, p. 268), 357
• Flint-lock, 369
• Fluted armour, 277
• Foot armour, 287, 288, 358
• soldier (British Museum MSS.), 206, 207
• Surcoatless Period, 204
• tournaments, 312
• Forbidden gauntlet, 356
• Armourers’ Hall and Tower of London, 298
• Foreign armour in collections, 350
• Foreign armour and tournaments, 350
• Fork, military, 326
• scaling (Plate 27, p. 322), 326
• Francisca, Frankish, 43
• Franks, 43
• Free Course, 286, 312
• Fustibal or staff-sling, 134
• Fylfote, 99
• Fynderne, William, tabard of, 215
• Gadlings, 179
• Gambeson, 67
• Cyclas Period, 141
• Surcoatless Period, 196
• Gammadion, 99
• Garde-de-bras, 229, 237, 287
• Garde-de-rein, 241, 279, 282
• Gauntlet, Armourers’ Hall, 298
• Camail and Jupon Period, 178
• Charles V. (Plate 32, p. 348), 354
• forbidden, 356
• Jacobi, 298
• mail, 107
• shell, 253
• Surcoatless Period, 196
• Gaynesford, John, brass of, 247
• Genouillière, Jacobi, 297
• of Sir Roger le Strange, 272
• Wallace Collection, 231
• Genouillières (British Museum MSS.), 156, 232
• Chain Mail Reinforced Period, 98
• of Sir John Cheney, 272
• Studded and Splinted Period, 155, 156
• Tabard Period, 232
• Geoffrey, Count of Anjou, crest of, 90
• Gerard, Piers, sabbatons of, 232
• tabard of, 215
• German armour (Plate 21, p. 236), 353, 356
• Course, 308
• suits in collections, 350
• Ghent, cannon at, 363
• Gilbert de Clare, ailettes of, 103
• Glaives (Plate 27, p. 322), 328
• Goedendag, 330
• Gorget, Jacobi, 296
• Maximilian Period, 280
• Surcoatless Period, 194, 212
• Transition Period, 267
• Gothic armour, Wallace Collection, 239
• style, 242
• suits, 353
• Goussets, laminated, 239
• plate, 225, 267
• Grande-garde, 285
• Greaves, Greek, 25, 30, 31
• Greek engines, 341
• fire, 261, 360
• historic age, 24, 27
• lance, 27
• phalanx, 27
• Green, Henry, brass of, 250
• Walter, brass of, 247
• Grene, Sir Thomas, brass of, 250
• Grevières or jambarts, Studded and Splinted Period, 157
• Grey, Sir Anthony de, brass of, 230, 252
• Grey of Ruthin, Lord, 160
• Gridiron helmet, 312
• Guard-plate to knee, 250
• Guige, 78, 238
• Chain Mail Reinforced Period, 99
• Guisarme, 210, 320
• Norman, 79
• Gunpowder, composition of, 361
• influence on armour, 360
• introduction of, 27
• Gyll, Richard, brass of, 270
• Gyn, 345
• Half Armour Period, 313
• archers, 318
• arquebusier, 315
• carbineer, 316
• cavalry, 315
• cuirassier, 315
• dragoon, 316
• helmet, 313
• musketeer, 317
• pikeman, 316
• three-quarter suit, 314
• Halberd, Edinburgh Castle (Plate 27, p. 323), 323
• Hand-and-a-half sword, 197
• Hand culverin, 367
• guns, 365
• gun man, 261, 262
• gun men, Burgundian, 262
• Hanley, Sir John, brass of, 190
• Haqueton, 117
• Cyclas Period, 139
• Harcourt, Sir Robert, brass of, 230
• Harpedon, Sir John de, brass of, 217
• Hastings, Sir Hugh, brass of, 150
• Sir Hugh, heaume of, 154
• Lawrence, 160
• Hatfield House, burgonet, 307
• helmet, 300
• sabbatons, 305
• Hauberk, 98
• Camail and Jupon Period, 169
• Cyclas Period, 140
• Norman Period, 73
• Studded and Splinted Period, 147
• Surcoatless Period, 196
• Hausse-col, 252
• Haut-de-chausses, Studded and Splinted Period, 156
• Hawberk, Sir Nicholas, 169
• Head-piece (British Museum MS.), 206
• Heaume, 81
• Berlin, 91
• Black Prince (Plate 17), 184
• the Brocas (Plate 39, p. 364), 274
• Roger de Bigod, 82
• Camail and Jupon Period, 183
• Chain Mail Reinforced Period, 101, 112
• Richard de Clare, 83
• Cœur de Lion, 91
• conical, introduction of, 97
• Patrick Dunbar, 113
• Hugh Fitz-Eudo, 82
• Edward, Prince of Wales, 116
• Robert de Ferrars, 112
• Hamelin, 83
• Sir Hugh Hastings, 154
• Henry de Lacy, 115
• Painted, at Leipzic, 82
• Sir Geoffrey Luterell, 154
• Henry de Perci, 115
• Pembridge, 185
• Richard Plantagenet, 112
• Pranker, 187
• Rotunda (Plate 39, p. 364), 185
• Sir William de Staunton, 101
• Tower of London, 273
• Sir Edward de Thorpe, 187
• Tilting, 235
• Various, 274
• Hugh de Vere, 83
• The Wallace, 273
• Helmet, Assyrian, 21
• Cabasset, 304
• Danish, 63
• Egyptian, 23
• Etruscan, 33
• Greek, 24, 28
• Gridiron, 312
• Grotesque, 292
• Half Armour Period, 313
• Hatfield House, 300
• Jacobi, 295
• latticed, 312
• Maximilian Period, 280
• morion, 304
• nasal, 112
• Norman, 78
• of Philip II. by Wolf (Plate 16, p. 166), 356
• Roman Imperial, 39
• Republican, 37
• Saxon, 56
• Tabard Period, 216
• Transition Period, 265
• Henry de Beaumont, ailettes of, 102
• Henri de Perci, banner of, 111
• Heraldry, beginning of, 89
• Hip belt, Camail and Jupon Period, 180
• Surcoatless Period, 196
• Hog’s bristle, 318
• Holy water sprinkler, 329
• Horse armour, 354
• Houppelande, 207, 259
• Huskyn, 319
• Imperial Period, Roman armour, 37
• Infantry, Maximilian Period, 301
• Italian armour, 355
• Course, 238, 286, 310
• Jacobi brassarts, 297
• breastplate, 296
• gauntlets, 298
• genouillière, 297
• gorget, 296
• jambarts, 297
• pauldrons, 297
• sabbatons, 297
• suits, 294
• taces, 296
• turners, 297
• Jacque, 204, 262
• Jambarts, demi-, 118
• Jacobi, 297
• Javelin, 4, 31, 263
• Jazeraint work, 264
• John de Warenne, ailettes of, 102
• Joustes of Peace, 238
• Jupon, Camail and Jupon Period, 167
• Kidney dagger, 339
• guard, 282
• King Sebastian, armour, 356
• Knevynton, Sir Ralph de, 188
• brass of, 169
• Knighthood, 111
• Knight, Transition Period, 271
• Lacy, Henry de, heaume, 115
• Lambrequins, 31, 237
• Lamboys or bases, 289
• Laminated goussets, 239
• Lancaster, Henry, Earl of, 160
• Lance, 99, 332
• Assyrian, 22
• Bourdonass, 311
• Frankish, 44
• Greek, 26
• Lance head, coronal, 311
• Norman, 65
• rest, 233
• Landschaden, Ulrich, bascinet of, 173
• Landschut, Wolf, family of, 355
• Latimer, Sir W. de, panache of, 186
• Latten, 242
• Latticed helmet, 312
• Laughton, knight at, brass of, 193
• Leg armour, Camail and Jupon Period, 180
• Leg defence, leather, 109
• Leg defences, Tabard Period, 231
• L’Estrange, Lord, brass of, 270
• Leventhorpe, Sir John de, brass of, 201
• Littlebury, Sir Humphrey, 189
• Lobster-tail tassets, 307
• Long-bow, Saxon, 55
• Lucio Picinino, 357
• Ludwig of Bavaria, Duke, salade of, 220
• Luterell, Sir Geoffrey, heaume of, 154
• Lysle, Sir John, brass of, 201
• Mace, 329
• Assyrian, 22
• Bronze Age, 19
• Corporation, 331
• Norman, 67
• Saxon, 67
• used by ecclesiastics, 331
• Madrid, Royal Armoury at, 353
• Mail, banded, 134
• gauntlet, 107
• skirt, 240
• Main-de-fer, 237
• Mainfaire, 355
• Main-gauche, 339
• Malacat, Sir Pandulf, 212
• Mammelières, 204, 261
• Man-at-arms, Chain Mail Period, 95
• Surcoatless Period, 203
• Mangonel, 346
• Manifere, 237
• Manteau d’armes, 286, 311
• Mantling, 237
• Martel-de-fer, 331
• Matchlock, 367
• drill, 318
• Maule, 319
• Maunche, 159
• Maximilian armour, 278
• breastplate, 282
• cavalry, 307
• cuisses, 284
• gorget, 280
• infantry, 301
• pauldrons, 283
• Period, 275
• pikeman, 303
• Mentonnière, of Lord St. Amand, 151
• Tabard Period, 219
• Wallace Collection, 221
• Milanese armour (Plate 21, p. 236), 355, 357
• Military flail, 329
• fork, 326
• pick, 79
• Misericorde, 252
• Camail and Jupon Period, 182
• John Cray, 182
• Surcoatless Period, 197
• Missaglias, 244
• Mons Meg, 363
• Mont St. Michael, cannon at, 363
• Morgensterns, 330
• Morion, 304
• Morning star, 329
• Musketeer, Half Armour Period, 317
• Names of cannon, 364
• Nasal, Norman, 78
• Negroli family, 355
• Neville, Richard, 253
• Norman armour, 67
• bow, 66
• chausses, 76
• coif, 73
• hauberk, 73
• helmet, 78
• lance, 65
• mace, 67
• nasal, 78
• pennon, 65
• period, 65
• Norman shield, 77
• sword, 66
• Northwode, Sir John de, brass of, 144
• Occularium, 218, 222
• Open Course, 238
• Orle, 187, 246
• Sir Reginald de Cobham, 187
• d’Eresby, 187
• Palette, 196, 237
• Paletoot, Sir John de, 189
• Pamplona armour (Plate 21, p. 240), 357
• Panache, 186
• Edward Courteney, 187
• Sir William de Latimer, 186
• Parazonium, Greek, 32
• Parice, Henry, brass of, 230, 248
• Partisan, 210, 324
• Pas d’ane, 336
• Passe gardes, 227
• Patron, 308
• Pauldrons, 237
• Thomas Colt, 228
• espalier, 229
• Jacobi, 297
• laminated, Tabard Period, 227
• Maximilian, 283
• Tabard Period, 227
• Transition Period, 268
• Wallace Collection, 228
• William Yelverton, 228
• Pavise, 257
• (British Museum MS.), 258
• Wallace Collection, 257
• Pavon, 110, 111
• Peascod breastplate, 283
• Pembridge, Sir Richard, shield of, 183
• heaume, 185
• Pennon, 110
• Norman, 65
• Pennonçel, 110
• Perci, Henry de, heaume of, 115
• Perrier, 345
• Peryent, Sir John, brass of, 229
• Petardier, 261
• Peterara (Plate 39, p. 364), 365
• Petrary, 346
• Petronel, 306
• Pfeffenhauser, Anton, 357
• Philip III. armour (Plate 18, p. 196; Plate 19, p. 212; Plate 22, p. 240), 357
• Picinino, Lucio (Plate 19, p. 212), 300, 357
• Pike, 210, 324
• guards, 227, 244, 268
• Pikeman, Half Armour Period (Plate 24, p. 312), 316
• Maximilian Period, 303
• Surcoatless Period, 204
• Pilum, Roman (Imperial), 40
• Pistols, 370
• Plantagenet, Richard, heaume of, 112
• Plastron-de-fer, Norman, 73
• Plate defences, Camail and Jupon Period, 177
• goussets, 225
• Playters, Thomas, coudière of, 229
• Polder mitten, 237, 286
• Pole-axe, 210, 240, 321
• Saxon, 54
• Poniard, 338
• Pot-de-fer, 260
• Pourpoint, 155
• Pranker heaume, 187
• Pre-Norman Period, sword of, 333
• Projectile-throwing engines, 340
• early, 362
• Pryck spurs, 99
• Quarrels or bolts, 133
• Queue, Tower of London, 236
• Wallace Collection, 236
• Quintin, Sir John de St., 190, 199
• Sir Thomas de St., brass of, 200
• Thomas de St., brass of, 244
• Quiver, 209
• Greek, 33
• Ranseur (Plate 27, p. 322), 324
• Rapier, 336
• Rhodes armour (Plate 9, p. 72), 253
• Ricasso, 337
• Richard III., 253
• Rivets, almayne, 305
• Roman armour, Republican, 36
• Imperial Period, 37
• engines, 341
• Rondache, Augsburg (Plate 4, p. 40), 299
• Desiderius Colman (Plate 3, p. 32), 299
• Italian (Plate 1, p. 16), 299
• (Plate 5, p. 48), 299
• (Plate 6, p. 56), 299
• Philip II. (Plate 2, p. 24), 299
• Rondaches, 298
• Rotunda, 253
• cannon at, 364
• heaume, 185
• Roundels, 118
• Royal Armoury, Madrid, 353
• Sabbaton, 232
• Sabbatons, bear’s-paw, 280
• of Piers Gerard, 232
• Hatfield House, 305
• Jacobi, 297
• Transition Period, 269
• Sabre, 334
• Salade, 217, 260
• on brasses, 248
• of Duke Ludvig of Bavaria, 220
• of German pattern, 220
• Maximilian Period, 281
• Milanese (Plate 7, p. 60), 355
• Tower of London, 219
• Wallace Collection, 219
• Salletts, 218
• Saxon arrow-head, 55
• axe, 53
• byrnie, 58
• chain mail, 60
• dagger, 54
• helmet, 56
• long-bow, 55
• pole-axe, 54
• shield, 57
• sling, 55
• spear-heads, 49
• swords, 50
• Saxon umbo, 57
• Saxons and Danes, 47
• Say, Sir John, brass of, 252
• tabard of, 215
• Scaling fork, 326
• Scarisbrick Tabard, 216
• Scimitar, 209, 335
• Sebastian, King, armour of (Plate 20, p. 232), 356
• Septvans, Sir Robert de, brass of, 117
• Serpentin, 307, 367
• Sharfrennen, 309
• Shell gauntlets, 253
• Shelton, Sir Ralph, tabard of, 215
• Shield, Assyrian, 21
• Bronze Age, 17
• (British Museum MS.), 203
• Camail and Jupon Period, 92
• Danish, 64
• Egyptian, 23
• Etruscan, 35
• Greek, 25, 28
• Norman, 77
• Roman, Imperial Period, 39
• Saxon, 57
• Sir Richard Pembridge, 183
• Studded and Splinted Period, 157
• Surcoatless Period, 203
• of Robert Wyvill, 183
• Shields or rondaches, 298
• Shurland, Sir Robert, effigy of, 141
• Sieges, 340
• Sir John de Bitton, 87
• Sir Oliver d’Ingham, stone effigy, 100
• Sir Roger de Kerdeston, stone effigy, 100
• Sir Robert de Trumpington, brass of, 99
• Sir William de Staunton, heaume, 101
• Skirt of mail, Transition Period, 269
• Slab, Sir John de Bitton, 87
• Slashed armour, 291
• Sling, Saxon, 55
• Sling-stones, 7
• Snap-hance, 369
• Snout-faced visor, 171
• Soldier, Cyclas Period, 144
• Chain Mail Period, 93
• Chain Mail Reinforced Period, 121
• Sollerets, 120
• studded and splinted, 157
• Spanish soldiers, eleventh century, 351
• Spear, bronze, 14
• Danish, 64
• Egyptian, 23
• heads, 4
• Greek, 32
• Saxon, 49
• Roman Imperial, 40
• Saxon, 48
• Spearman (British Museum MS.), 207
• Chain Mail Reinforced Period, 96
• Spetum, 324
• Spontoon, 326
• Sprinkler, holy water, 329
• Spurs, 242
• pryck, 99
• Stafford, Lord, 160
• Edward, brass of, 269
• Sir Humphrey de, bascinet of, 216
• Staff-sling or fustibal, 94, 134
• Stake, archer’s, 209
• Standard of mail, Transition Period, 221, 267
• Stanley, Sir Humphrey, brass of, 271
• Stapleton, Sir Miles, 189
• brass of, 157, 188, 227
• Staunton, Sir Robert, brass of, 229, 248
• Stechtarsche, 238
• Stone Age, 1
• arrow and javelin heads, 4
• battle-axes, 8
• celts, 2
• daggers, 6
• sling-stones, 7
• spear-heads, 4
• Stone effigy, Sir Oliver d’Ingham, 100
• Sir R. de Kerdeston, 100
• Strange, Sir Roger le, genouillière of, 272
• Studded and Splinted Period, 146
• Suits, Jacobi, 294
• Surcoat, 98
• Chain Mail Period, 88
• Surcoat or jupon, Studded and Splinted Period, 147
• Surcoatless Period, 194
• archer, 209
• bascinet, 195, 208
• bavière, 195
• billman, 204
• breastplate, 195
• fan-shaped coudières, 196
• foot soldier, 204
• gambeson, 196
• gauntlets, 196
• gorget, 194, 212
• hauberk, 196
• hip belt, 196
• man-at-arms, 203
• misericorde, 197
• pikeman, 204
• shield, 203
• sword, 197
• taces, 195
• Svastika, 99
• Swedish feather, 318
• Swine’s feather, 318
• Sword, 252, 332
• anelace, 334
• Assyrian, 21
• bastard, 261, 338
• basket-hilted, 337
• bronze, 12, 19
• Camail and Jupon Period, 181
• Chain Mail Reinforced Period, 98
• Cinquedea, 334
• Cortes (Plate 29, p. 338), 335
• cultellus, 334
• Cyclas Period, 144
• Danish, 64
• Egyptian, 23
• Falchion, 334
• Flamberge, 337
• Frankish, 45
• Gonsalvo de Cordoba (Plate 29, p. 338), 335
• guards of, 335
• Greek, 25, 28
• Norman, 66
• Pre-Norman Period, 333
• Roman Imperial, 40
• Philip II. (Plate 28, p. 334; Plate 29, p. 338), 335
• sabre, 334
• Saxon, 50
• scimitar, 335
• Surcoatless Period, 197
• Tabard Period, 232
• thumb-guard, 336
• two-handed, 255, 336
• Swynborne, Sir Robert, brass of, 170
• Tabard, William Fynderne, 215
• Piers Gerard, 215
• Period, 213, 214
• arm defences, 225
• bavière, 220
• breastplate, 223
• coudières, 228
• demi-placcate, 223
• genouillières, 232
• helmet, 216
• laminated epaulières, 226
• laminated pauldrons, 227
• leg defences, 231
• mentonnière, 219
• pauldrons, 227
• sword, 232
• taces, 229
• tuilles, 229
• tuillettes, 229
• Scarisbrick, 216
• Sir John Say, 215
• Sir Ralph Shelton, 215
• John Wantele, 215
• Taces, Jacobi, 296
• Surcoatless Period, 195
• Tabard Period, 229
• Tapul, 283
• Tassets, 282
• lobster tail, 307
• Tegulated armour, 74
• Thorpe, Sir Edward de, heaume, 187
• Three-quarter suit, Half Armour Period, 314
• Thumb-guard, dagger, 339
• sword, 336
• Tilting armour, 233
• German, 234
• Wallace Collection, 235
• heaume, 235
• pieces, 285
• Tormentum, 342
• Tournaments, 308
• and foreign armour, 350
• Tower of London, Greek armour, 29
• Towns renowned for arms, 359
• Transition Period, 265
• brassarts, 269
• breastplate, 267
• cuissarts, 269
• gorget, 267
• helmet, 265
• knight, 271
• pauldrons, 268
• sabbatons, 269
• skirt of mail, 269
• standard of mail, 267
• Trebuchet (British Museum MSS.), 344, 345, 346, 347
• Trews, 117
• Tuilles, Tabard Period, 229
• Tuillettes, Tabard Period, 229
• Tunic, Assyrian, 20
• Egyptian, 22
• Turners, 254
• Jacobi, 297
• Two-handed sword, 336
• Über die Pallia, 238, 310
• Umbo, Saxon, 57
• Umbril, 307
• Valence, Aymer de, effigy of, 143
• Vamplate, 310
• Tower of London, 236
• Vambraces, demi, 118
• Studded and Splinted Period, 155
• Ventaille, 112
• Verney, Sir John, effigy of, 247
• Vernon, Sir Thomas, effigy of (Frontispiece), 246
• Vervelles, 142, 176, 222
• Visor, Camail and Jupon Period, 171
• Volante piece, 285, 356
• Voulge, 326
• Wantele, John, tabard of, 215
• Warenne, John de, crest of, 116
• War hat, Wallace Collection, 152
• Warwick Roll, 253
• Welsches Gestech, 238
• Wheel-lock, 367
• Wolf family, 365
• Philip II., armour (Plate 13, p. 132), 356
• tilting armour (Plate 15, p. 146), 356
• Wylcotes, Sir John, brass of, 102
• Wyvill, Robert, shield, 183
• Yelverton, William, pauldron of, 228