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Tower of London, Class II, No. 8 R

From the Henry VIII suit (Figs. 1023 and 1024). Removed from Windsor Castle to the Tower of London in 1914 by command of His Majesty the King

*rein; also fine large cuisses, knee-cops, jambs, and large sollerets laminated at the ankle; the bear's paw formation of the toe-cap is not exaggerated. The saddle steels, together with the stirrups both belong to it. The rest of the horse armour is associated, as is the right-hand gauntlet. In September 1914 this portion of the great Henry VIII suit was dismounted and sent to the armoury of Windsor Castle in part exchange for armour sent from Windsor as to the Tower of London. Our frontispiece in Vol. i shows it dismounted and as now to be seen in the Windsor Castle Armoury. Upon the other horse in the Tower of London, Class II, No. 8 (Fig. 1024), there is an almost similar group of armour, though there are differences in the formation of certain of the plates—mainly in the case of the pauldrons, which are a little more ample in proportions, though the right upright shoulder guard is now missing. The interior bend of the arm-pieces is in this suit protected by laminated plates; the cuisses of the leg defences are formed of small and insignificant plates; there are no sollerets, but simple toe-caps of metal; the rest of the foot defence must have been of chain mail; there is a large tilting gauntlet for the left hand. The saddle steels, stirrups, somewhat small chanfron, and crinet of ten plates, belong to this suit; the other horse armour is associated. The extra reinforcing and interchangeable plates, now in the Tower of London, belonging to these two harnesses are: a grand-guard, a plate for reinforcing the left arm, a pair of arms finishing at the turners immediately above the rerebraces, a set of taces