Items matching armour

Types of Armour

Explanation of the Plate of Armour No. 1. A Shield called a Roundel. No. 2. A Target. No. 3. A Leaden Mallet, used by the archers, mentioned in the military part of the preface. No. 4. An Iron Mace us [...]

Keywords: armour, weapons, knights, shields, helmets, swords, spears

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Added: 2006-01-11

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2048.—Cuirassier, 1645 (From a Specimen at Goodrich Court)

See Fig. 2045.

Keywords: soldiers, people, armour, knights, swords, helmets

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Added: 2006-03-19

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2047.—Soldier of Trained Band, 1633

“One of our military [wood-]cuts represents a soldier of the Trained Bands, 1638 (Fig. 2047).” (p. 211)

See Fig. 2046 for more detail.

Keywords: soldiers, armour, weapons, guns, hats, beards

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Added: 2006-06-12

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2050.—Helmets, 1645. (From Specimens at Goodrich Court.)

Helmets worn by soldiers in the English Civil War. See Fig. 2045 for details.

Keywords: armour, weapons, helmets

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Added: 2006-02-28

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2043.—Musketeer, 1603

(From a Specimen at Goodrich Court; engraved in Skelton’s Armour.)

Keywords: armour, weapons, people, costumes, soldiers, swords

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Added: 2005-12-20

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2046.—Pikeman, 1635. (From a Specimen at Goodrich Court.)

A soldier from the English Civil war. “The trained bands were the ridicule of the Cavaliers, as being composed of apprentices, artisans, and shopkeepers of London; they were called the “thimble and bo [...]

Keywords: soldiers, armour, weapons, swords, people, helmets, beards

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Added: 2006-06-12

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2045.—Infantry Armour, 1625 (From a Specimen at Goodrich Court; engraved in Skelton’s Armour)

“Armour, on the decline at the close of the last period, continued to be used through the [English] Civil Wars, though it did not exactly justify James I’s characteristic praise—that it not only saved [...]

Keywords: soldiers, armour, weapons, swords, shields, people, helmets

Places shown: England

Added: 2006-03-19

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