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Title: London and its environs, including excursions to Brighton, the Isle of Wight, etc.: handbook for travellers
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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Publisher: Leipsic : K. Baedeker
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he S. of the White Tower,outside the entrance to the Horse Armoury, is an interesting col-lection of old cannon, some of which are of very heavy calibre. The Horse Armoury, a gallery 150 ft. in length, built in 1826,contains a Collection of old armour, carefully arranged by Sir Sam-uel Meyriek, Mr. J. R. Planche, and Mr. Hewitt. Numerous tro-phies are suspended on the walls. Below the windows, whichcontain old stained glass, is a series of glass cases containingEtruscan, Roman, British, Anglo-Sa>.on, and other armour; in thefourth case is a complete suit of ancient Greek armour, discoveredin a tomb at Cumae. The centre of the gallery is occupied by arow of 22 equestrian figures in full equipment, affording a faithfulpicture, in chronological order, of English war-array from the timeof Edward I. (1272) down to that of James II. (1688). (It is onlyin a few instances that the suits of armour are proved to have actu-ally belonged to the persons whose names they bear.) 103 8. THE TOWER.
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8. THE TOWEK. 109 The collection begins (from the W. door) with a suit of armour (shirtof maiP, dating from the time of Kdward I. (1272-1307). Then a suit of thetime of Henrv VI. (1422-61). Tournament suit of the time of Kdward IV.(1461-83); adjacent a knights suit of the time of Richard III. (1483-85),worn by the Marquis of Waterford at the Eglinton Tournament in 1839.Suit of Burgundian armour, Henry VII. (14^5-1509); adjacent a second suitof the same period. Suit of richly damascened armour, actually worn byHenry VIII. (1509-47). Suit worn by Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk(1520). Suit of Kdward Clinton, Karl of Lincoln (1535). A recess opposite,in the window wall, contains a magnificent suit, of German workmanship,said to have been presented by the Emperor Maximilian to Henry VIII.on the occasion of his marriage with Catharine of Aragon. Among thenumerous ornaments inlaid in gold, the rose and pomegranate, the badgesof Henry and Catharine, are of frequent recurrence ; the other co

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