The armourer and his craft from the XIth to the XVIth centuryFfoulkes, Charles John
History
The armourer and his craft from the XIth to the XVIth century
Ffoulkes, Charles John
Armor -- History; Armorers; Weapons -- History
18. It. que nuls marchans ne maistres forains ne pourront tenir
ouvrouers ne boutiques de harnois, brigandines, javelines, lances,
picques ne espees, ne choses deppendantes desd. mestiers en ceste
ville s’ils ne sont maistres en cette ville.
_Ordonn. des rois_, T. XX, p. 156, etc.
AGREEMENT TO SUPPLY ARMOUR BY FOREIGN ARMOURERS IN BORDEAUX
1375. Conegude cause sie que Guitard de Junquyères, armurer de
Bordeu, Lambert Braque, d’Alemaine, armurer de cotes de fer,
reconegon e autreyan e en vertat confessan aver pres e recebut
de la man de Moss. de Foxis 100 florins d’aur d’Aragon, per los
quans lo prometan e s’obligan aver portat a Morlaas 60 bacinetz ab
capmalh e 60 cotes de fer o plus si plus poden, boos e sufficientz.
_Arch. des B. Pyrénées_, E, 302, fol. 129.
PERMISSION GRANTED BY LOUIS XI TO FOREIGN ARMOURERS TO PRACTISE IN
BORDEAUX FOR TWENTY YEARS
1490. Sachent tous ... que cum le temps passe de 6 ans ou environ
Estienne Daussone, Ambroye de Caron, Karoles et Glaudin Bellon
natifs du pays de Mylan en Lombardie et Pierre de Sonnay natif de
la duché de Savoye, les quels ce fussent associés, acompaignés et
adjustez entre eulx l’un avecques l’autre, de faire leur résidence
pesonnelle et continuelle a ouvrer et trafiquer du mestier de
armurerie et pour l’espace de 20 ans ou environ....
_Min. dec. not. Frapier, Arch. de la Gironde, Rev. d’Aquitaine_,
XII, 26.
APPENDIX F
EXPENSES OF THE ROYAL ARMOURIES, _TEMP._ HENRY VIII
Brit. Mus., Cotton., Appendix XXVIII, f. 76
1544
The charges of the king’s own armoury accounting the Master of the
Armourie’s fee, the Clerk & Yeoman’s wages and 5 armourers for his
Highness’ own person with 1 Gilder 2 Lockyers, 1 Millman and a
prentice, in the year.
In primis the Master of the Armouries fee by the year
and is paid by the Customer of Cichister’s hands xxxi xi
Item the Clerk and Yeoman both, for their wages 22/-
the month apiece and is paid by the Treasurer of
the Chamber by the year xxviii xii
Item Erasmus the chief Armourer hath for his wages
by the month 26/8 and is paid by the said Treasurer xvii vi viii
Item Old Martyn hath 38/10 the month which is by the
year xxv v x
Item Mathew Dethyke hath 24/- the month which is
by the year xv xii
Item Hans Clinkedag hath 24/- the month which is by
the year xv xii
Item Jasper Kemp hath 24/- the month which is by
the year xv xii
Item the Gilders wages by the year xl
Item the 2 Lockyers have 20/- a month apiece which
is by the year xxvi
Item 1 Millman 24/- a month which is by the year xv xii
Item for the prentice 6d. for the day ix x
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