Greenwich armour
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Greenwich armour is the plate armour in a distinctively English style produced by the Royal Almain Armoury founded by Henry VIII in 1511 in Greenwich near London, which continued until the English Civ
Armour of George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland (1558–1605), 1586
Gilded Greenwich harness of King Henry VIII
Sir Nicholas Carew wearing an early Greenwich armour of 1532–33.
The garniture of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, as depicted in the Jacob album
Armet
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The armet is a type of combat helmet which was developed in the 15th century. It was extensively used in Italy, France, England, the Low Countries and Spain. It was distinguished by being the first he
Construction of a classic armet (c. 1490), it is fitted with a wrapper and aventail, and the method of opening the helmet is shown
Italian bascinet c. 1400. It has a single hinged cheekpiece, and its type may have had some influence on the development of the armet.
Early armet, c. 1440, probably Milanese, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Armet made in 1915 to replace the missing original on an English Greenwich armour c. 1587