 | London (England) - 1761 - 398 pages
...arms ufed to wear; with the tilting lance, the reft for the lance, and grand guard. 4. A complete fuit of armour made for King Henry VIII. when he was but eighteen years of age, rough from the hammer. It is at leaft fix feet high, and the joints in the hands, arms... | |
 | Francis Grose - Armies - 1801 - 588 pages
...originals of both are in the Tower. PLATE XVIII. A SUIT of black morion or harquebufs armour. PLATE XIX. A SUIT of armour made for King Henry VIII. when he was but eighteen years of age. It is rough from the hammer, the joints in the hands, arms, knees and feet, move with... | |
 | David Hughson - London (England) - 1805 - 590 pages
...tilting lance, with the grand guard, »nd the slits before the eye, through which they took the sight. A complete suit of armour made for king Henry VIII. when he was but 18 years of age, rough from the hammer: it is at least six feet high, and the joints in the hands,... | |
 | David Hughson - London (England) - 1805 - 598 pages
...tilting lancer with the grand guard, and the slits before the eye, through which they took the sight. A complete suit of armour made for king Henry VIII. when he was but 18 years of age, rough from the hammer: it is at least six feet high, and the joints in the hands,... | |
 | B. Lambert - London (England) - 1806 - 624 pages
...the kings of France is said to have been killed, by a shiver of a spear striking him in the eye. 4. A complete suit of armour, made for King Henry VIII. when he was but eighteen years of age. It is at least six feet high, and the joints in the hands, arms, thighs, knees, and feet,... | |
 | Curiosities and wonders - 1833 - 448 pages
...King Edward I. dressed in a very curious suit of gilt armour, and in shoes of mail, with a battle-axe in his hand. And William the Conqueror, the first...made for King Henry VIII. when he was but eighteen years of age, rough from the hammer ; a small suit of armour made for King Charles II. when he was... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - Adventure and adventurers - 1838 - 672 pages
...King Edward I. dressed in a very curious suit of gilt armour, and in shoes of mail, with a battle-axe in his hand. And William the Conqueror, the first...other principal curiosities in this room are a large tilt ing-lance of Charles Brandon, duke of Suffolk; a complete suit of armour, made for King Henry... | |
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... Henry V. and Henry IV. King Edward III. with a venerable beard, in a suit of plain bright armour, with two crowns on his sword, alluding to his having been crowned king both of England and France. King Edward I. dressed in a very curious suit of gilt... 