Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe: From the Iron Period of the Northern Nations to the End of the Thirteenth CenturyHewitt, John
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Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe: From the Iron Period of the Northern Nations to the End of the Thirteenth Century
Hewitt, John
Armor; Weapons
[265] An instructive series of English sculptured figures has been
finely engraved in Stothard's Monumental Effigies, and in the
continuation of this work by the brothers Hollis. The continental
examples, especially those of Germany, are ably figured in Hefner's
_Costumes du Moyen-Age_. The sculptured effigies preserved in the
Church of St. Denis are well described in the _Monographie de l'Eglise
de St. Denis_ of the Baron De Guilhermy. The monumental brasses of
England have been engraved excellently and in large numbers by Messrs.
Waller, and in the subsequent works of the Rev. Mr. Boutell. The
knightly statues given in Blore's Monuments, though not numerous, are
of the highest order of art, and perfect in their truthfulness.
[266] This manuscript is perhaps a little later than the year
1300, but the armour represented in it is essentially that of the
thirteenth century.
[267] Matthew Paris, p. 853. ed. Wats.
[268] Collection des Ordonnances, i. 383.
[269] Abstracts of both are given at a later page of this division.
[270] Vol. iii. p. 403.
[271] Eyton's Antiq. of Shropshire, i. 160, sq.
[272] Blount's Anc. Tenures, and Eyton's Antiq. of Shropshire, i. 180.
[273] Page 248.
[274] Paris, p. 374.
[275] Ibid., p. 467.
[276] Paris, p. 514.
[277] Paris, p. 518, _ad an._ 1242.
[278] Rot. Claus. 6 John, m. 66.
[279] Rot. Claus. 7 John, m. 18.
[280] Vol. v. c. 42.
[281] Froissart, bk. i. c. 287.
[282] Hist., p. 591.
[283] Vol. i. p. 198.
[284] pike.
[285] Ann. 1214.
[286] Rigord.
[287] Brito, _ad ann._ 1202.
[288] The abbot of St. Medard.
[289] The Bishop Elect of Beauvais.
[290] Roll of Expenses of K. Edward I. at Rhuddlan Castle: Archæol.
xvi., 47.
[291] Ibid.
[292] chattels.
[293] "Hauber, chapel de feer, espe, cutel e cheval." Stat. of
Winchester.
[294] "Haubergeon." Ibid.
[295] "Parpoint, chapel de feer, espe e cutel." Ib.
[296] "Espe, ark, setes e cutel." Ib.
[297] "Fans, gisarmes, e cotaus, e autres menues armes." Ib.
[298] These are the same equipments as before, only calculated by
a money qualification instead of a landed property. The Winchester
Statute has a similar provision.
[299] Here the Stat. of Winchester has an additional class: "Qui meins
ad de chateux de vynt marcs, espees, cuteus e autres menues armes."
[300] "Arcs et setes hors de forestes, e dedenz forestes arcs et
piles (_var._ pilets)." Stat. Win.
[301] "Deus foiz par an." Stat. Win.
[302] Cap. 23.
[303] Blount's Ancient Tenures.
[304] Rot. Pat. 55.
[305] "Culvertage means in plain English the penalty of being a
turn-tail. The culprit was liable by law to the forfeiture of all
property, and perpetual servitude." Lingard, Hist, of Eng. See also
Ducange, v. Culvertagium.
[306] New Rymer, 444. See also Hallam's Middle Ages, vol. i. p. 170.
ed. 1855.
[307] M. Paris. Additamenta.
[308] Ibid., p. 1145.
[309] Page 568.
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