The glazing-mill was taken down at Greenwich and was set up at Guisnes with four forges. 1544. _Cott. App. XXVIII, f 69, Brit. Mus._ Working in the privy Armoury upon the filing of the king’s Majestie’s harnes & other necessaries from May 11-July 16. (This is part of the account of Erasmus, the King’s armourer, who is noticed elsewhere.) 1544. _Loc. cit., f. 76. Charges of the King’s Armoury._ Item 8 bundles of steel to the said Armoury for the whole year 38/- the bundle li. xv iiii (Lockers and Millmen are mentioned in this entry.) On page 31 it was noted that in 1516 four bundles of steel cost £8 6s. 8d., in 1517 2541 lb. cost £26 12s., that is about 2½d. per lb. From these three entries taken together we gather that the “bundle” was about 20 lb. 1544. _Cott. App._[51] XXVIII, f. 76. Item for 16 bundles of steel to serve both shops a whole year at 38/- per bundle li. xxx viii Item i hide of buff leather every month for both shops at 10/- the hide vi x Item to every of the said shops 4 loads of charcoal a month 9/- the load xl xix Item for both shops 1 cowhide every month at 6/8 the hide iv vi viii Item 100 of iron every month for both shops at 6/8 the 100 iv vi viii Item in wispe steel for both shops every month 15 lbs. at 4d. lb. lxv Item in wire monthly to both shops 12 lb. monthly at 4d. the lb. lii Item in nayles & buckles for both shops monthly lxv This record contains other details in connection with the two workshops of Greenwich and Westminster, in which 12 armourers, 2 locksmiths, and 2 millmen and 2 prentices are employed who “will make yearly, with the said 16 bundles of steel and the other stuff aforesaid, 32 harnesses complete, every harness to be rated to the king’s Highness at £12, which amounteth in the year towards his Grace’s charge iii^c iiii^{xx} iiii^{li}” (£384). From these details we can find approximately that the 32 suits required 13 hundred of iron and 195 lb. of whisp steel. Therefore each suit took 40¾ lb. of iron and about 6 lb. of whisp steel. [Illustration: _PLATE VIII_ ARMOUR OF HENRY VIII FOR FIGHTING ON FOOT IN THE LISTS] The leather was either for straps and linings for the armour, or may have been used for facing the polishing-wheels or “buffs.” The year was divided into thirteen lunar months. 1559. _Henry V, iv, chorus._ Shakespeare. The Armourers accomplishing the knights With busy hamers closing riuets up.