These are evidently the contents of the castle armourer’s workshop: an anvil, a hammer, and a small pair of bellows of no value. Perhaps such items are hardly worth chronicling, but in a work of this nature it seems to be advisable to collect every entry bearing upon the subject, so as to make it a complete study of the craft of the armourer both technically and historically, as far as is possible with the very limited material obtainable. 1369. _Dethe Blaunche, l. 9964._ Chaucer. As hys brothres hamers ronge upon hys anuelet up and doon. 1386. _Knight’s tale, l. 1649._ Chaucer. Faste the armurers also with fyle and hamer prikynge to and fro. This refers to the travelling armourer who accompanied his lord to the tournament or to war. 1465. _Acts. of Sir John Howard._ 20,000 Bregander nayle 11s. 8d. These are the small rivets used in making the brigandine. A brigandine with sleeves at Madrid (c. 11) is composed of 3827 separate plates and over 7000 rivets were used in putting it together. 1460 (?). _Ordinances of Chivalry, fol. 123b._[47] Also a dosen tresses of armynge poyntis. Also a hamyr and pynsones and a bicorne. Also smale nayles a dosen. The “tresses” were plaited laces for fastening the various portions of armour to the wearer. These may be seen in the portrait of the Duc de Nevers(?) at Hampton Court, the picture of S. Demetrius by L’Ortolano in the National Gallery, and more clearly in the portrait of an unknown navigator in the Fortnum Room of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. The arming-points will be found described and illustrated on page 109. 1513. _Equipage of Henry, Earl of Northumberland._[48] Emmery & oile for dressing my Lord’s harnes. Leather, bokills & naylles for mendyng my Lords harnes. Towles conserning the mending of my Lord’s harnes. Item a payre of nyppers, a payre of pynsores, a pomyshe,[49] & ij fylles. Item a small sti’the, a hammer, and all ouy^r stuffe and tooles belonginge an armorer. Item viij yards of white blaunkett for trussing of my Lord’s harnes in. The emery and oil were used in cleaning the armour and will be noticed in due course on page 78. The nippers, pincers, etc., have been alluded to before. The “sti’the” is an anvil, a term used up to Shakespeare’s time, as may be found in _Hamlet_, iii. 2, 89. All these “Towles” or tools would be part of the travelling equipment of the armourer who accompanied his lord on active service. 1514. _Record Office, 9 July, to John Blewbery._