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
For a millwheel with stondard, 2 beams & brasys [braces]
belonging thereto and two small wheels to drive the
glasys 40s.
For two elm planks for lanterns for the same mill 5s.
13 lbs. of tin at 5d. a lb. 5s. 5d.
28 lbs. of white soap for tempering the said mill at 2d. lb. 4s. 10d.
500 gauntlet nailes 8d.
100 & a half of iron 4/8, 3 rivetting hamers 2/- 6s. 8d.
a payre of pynsers 2/8, 4 crest fylys 4/- 6s. 8d.
2 greate fylys 5s.
100 & a half of steele for vambraces & gaunteletes 60s.
The mill-wheel was for the water-power used for turning the
grind-stones and other appliances which will be noticed later on
in this chapter. The “glasys” are probably the glazing-wheels for
putting the final polish upon the finished armour. The white soap
was for lubricating the axle of the mill-wheel or for the final
polish of the metal on the wheel or buff. The “gauntlet nailes” are
small rivets for gauntlets which, being of thinner metal, would
require a smaller-sized rivet than the rest of the body armour. The
steel for vambraces and gauntlets was probably thinner than that
used for other portions of the suit.
1514. _Record Office, 22 July, to John Blewbery._
for the glasyers of the said mill and one spindle to
the same glasyers £4 0 0
for a grind stone & the beam for the same mill 1 0 0
_Kings Book of Payments, Record Office._
1516. _Feb., to Edith, widow of Fountain, millman._
for milling & carriage of harness 15 0 0
1516. _Record Office_, _loc. cit._, _May, John Hardy, fishmonger_.
4 bundles of Isebrooke stuff for making parts of
harness £8 6 8
It is difficult to see why this payment should have been made
unless the fishmonger had imported the Innsbruck metal in one of
his boats. The term “Isebroke” will be found mentioned under the
chapter dealing with the Proving of Armour.
1517. _Record Office_, _loc. cit._, _April, to John de Mery_.
2541 lbs. of steel plates of Isebroke and Lymbrickes
stuff £26 12 0
The “Lymbricke” metal came from Limburg, in North Brabant.
1517. _Record Office_, _loc. cit._, _May, to Sir Edw. Guylford_.
making two forges & the repairs in the Armory at
Southwark £19 2 0
1520. _Record Office,[50] April, Richd. Pellande, Rauffe Brand,
Richd. Cutler, and Hans_, four of the King’s armourers, brought
to the Field of the Cloth of Gold all sorts of necessaries for
armour, such as buckles, files, chisels, punches, hinges, hides,
and rivets.
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