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 Kinges Majestes Armourer" to receive at Windsor from Sir Thomas Wollner the following pieces:

Windeso^r.—Allmayne Revette Brestes   ccc iiij^{xx} iiij Backes to the same         ccc iiij^{xx} ij            Splintes to them            ccc iiij^{xx} Sallettes & Scullez        ccclxvij Gorgette of Mail           ccclxxvij Kodpieces of steele        ccclxix

All which Parcelle were delivered by M^r Warde to the said John Lynsey by comaundement of my Lord Protecto^r & other the Lordes of the Councell at Leaden Hall in Maye anno predicto [1547].

By Nicholas Hilliard, inscribed " 1607. Aetatis suae 14."

Collection: H.M. the King, Windsor Castle

The first XVIIth century suit at Windsor Castle with which we will deal is that little three-quarter harness of etched and gilt armour which in the middle of the XIXth century was for the first time reputed to have been worn by Henry, Prince of Wales. At the time we speak of there was no authority for this attribution. It became, however, an established fact, owing to the discovery by the author of a miniature in the royal collection at Windsor, painted by Nicholas Hilliard in 1607, which, according to the inscription upon it, represents a portrait of Prince Henry at the age of fourteen. In the miniature (Fig. 1424) the Prince is seen wearing the identical armour which we have just mentioned, the three-quarter suit which is still to be seen in the Windsor Armoury. Indeed, we feel that were a systematic examination possible of all existing known