Transcriber's Note:
This text contains two books which were bound in a single volume:"Armour in England" and "Foreign Armour in England", both byJ. Starkie Gardner.
Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully aspossible, including inconsistent hyphenation. The tables ofcontents were created by the transcriber.
Larger versions of some of the illustrations may be seen by clicking on the illustration.
In the first book, Sir Noël Paton's Christian name was spelled"Noel"; this has been retained.
On page 47, in the sentence starting"A little later, as at the battle of Montlhéry,""Montlhéry" is a correction of "Montlhery".
Armour in England
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Plate I.—Full suit of armour of Henry, Prince of Wales, in the guard-chamber atWindsor Castle. Attributed to William Pickering, master armourer.
ARMOUR IN ENGLAND
FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES
TO THE REIGN OF JAMES THE FIRST
By
J. STARKIE GARDNER
LONDON
SEELEY AND CO. LIMITED, GREAT RUSSELL STREET
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY1897
CONTENTS
CHAPTERPAGE
I. The Britons--An Early Age of Plate-Armour5
II. The Mailed Warrior9
III. The Transition Period--From about the Reign of Edward I. to that ofRichard II., 1272-139927
IV. The Age of Plate-Armour45
V. The Age of Enriched Armour78
 INDEX99
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 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
 
 COLOURED PLATES
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I. Full suit of armour of Henry, Prince of Wales, in the Guard-chamber atWindsor Castle. Attributed to William Pickering, master-armourerFrontispiece
II. Second suit of Sir Henry Lee, Master of the Armoury, reduced facsimile ofNo. 19 in the Armour                        
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