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 it is quite unrecognizable in the subsequent inventories of 1611, 1629, 1660, 1676, 1683, 1691, and 1693. Since the description of this Henry VII suit in the 1547 inventory accords with the description of the Seusenhofer suit, and since the Seusenhofer suit is newly christened in the 1660 inventory as "masking armour compleat reported to be made for King Henry the vij," the King Henry VIII suit continued to be described as the armour of King Henry VII until 1827, when Sir Samuel Meyrick recognized it as being the King Henry VIII suit clearly defined in the 1547 inventory.

A suit of armour much like the Henry VIII Seusenhofer suit in the Tower. Gallery of Engravings, Berlin

There is a drawing in the Gallery of Engravings, Berlin (Fig. 1017), perhaps by Albrecht Dürer, dated 1510, of a complete suit of horse armour stated to have been made by order of Maximilian, though apparently not for himself, which very closely resembles the Tower suit. In the drawing three views of the suit are given, while in the top right-hand corner there are three studies of interchangeable helmets. Can these be pictures, more or less faithful, of the Henry VIII Seusenhofer suit in the Tower? Mr. J. R. Planché, in his brochure on "British Costume," published in 1849, after alluding to this