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XVII. Observations on the Body-Armour anciently worn in England. By Samuel Rush Meyrick, LL.D. in a Letter addressed to Henry Ellis, Esq. F.R.S. Secretary
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 July 2012
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As I think the subject has not received that attention which the interest it occasions merits, I am induced to trouble you with some remarks on the various species of body-armour worn in England from the time of the Conquest to that of Henry VI. It is however very difficult to affix a precise date to each variety, because the new invention, not being generally adopted, did not altogether exclude the old; and such was the extent of military caprice, that ancient fashions, modified but in a trifling degree, were frequently revived.
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page 124 note a In the accurate representations of the royal seals published in the new edition of the Fœdera, Henry I., Stephen, Eustace his son, and Henry II. all appear with this kind of hauberk, though the first seal of Henry I. exhibits one covered with flat circular plates not perforated.
page 126 note a Vol. II. Pl. II. fig. 66 and 67.
page 129 note a The seal however of William II. is a very early specimen of this.
page 135 note a See the explanation of the word Poleyn in the index to the Account of the Wardrobe in the time of Edward I. published by the Society of Antiquaries.
page 139 note a They were called Dextrarii, or Destriers, because the attendant led them by the right hand.
Hyaumes mis, Gorgieres ladés.
Helmets fixed, gorgets of. laeed work.