EditorialSir John Cheney or Cheyne, the Vigorous Knight, Master of the Horse to King Edward IV, bodyguard to Henry VII, 1442-1499. In suit of plate armour with tuiles, chainmail apron, helmet, and holding the banner of Henry VII, a red dragon on green and white...
EditorialMan at arms with a standard, 1483. The armour on the left arm has a pauldron with raised pass-guard, while the right arm has a plain pauldron and a large pointed elbow guard. The tuiles are shaped differently, plate gauntlets and pointed sollerets. The...
EditorialCharles VII King of France, and Joan of Arc, the Maid of Orleans, 1420. They wear suits of plate armour with tuiles or toiles hanging over the thighs. Joan of Arc wears a man's armour, She carries a sword, lance and helmet. Handcoloured lithograph by M...
EditorialSir Thomas Peyton, 1484. He wears a suit of jousting armour with a globular breastplate with demi-placard, ribbed pauldrons, ornamented elbow plates or bracciaiuola, gauntlets and tuiles. Taken from a brass effigy in Isleham Church, Cambridgeshire. Han...
EditorialJohn Beaufort, First Duke of Somerset, English nobleman and military commander, 1403-1444. He wears a conical helm, and a suit of splendid armour with borders along the arms, legs and genouillieres, tuiles and chainmail apron. He carries a pole-axe and...