Inventory and Survey of the Armouries of the Tower of London
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THE ARMOVRIES OF THE TOWER OF LONDON MCMXVI McKEW PARR COLLECTION 1 MAGELLAN and the AGE of DISCOVERY PRESENTED TO BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY • 1961 INVENTORY of the ARMOURIES 1915 (VOLUME II : OFFENSIVE ARMS.) Plate XXVI BI954. ¥n.72 m 217 W 78 ¥0 951 ^Jn81 -501.214 ¥n.56 101.933 ^^^\^^^/l^?Vg^. : INVENTORY AND SURVEY OF THE Armouries OF THE Tower of London BY CHARLES J. FFOULKES, B.Litt.Oxon, F.S.A. CURATOR OF THE ARMOURIES Volume IL LONDON Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office THE ARMOURIES OF THE TOWER OF LONDON. 221 CLASS VH : STAFF WEAPONS. Boar Spears. 1-45. Military Boar Spears' (Early XVIth Century).—The blades are leaf-shaped, with strongly marked central ribs, and vary in length from I4in. to i8in., and in width, at the broadest part, from 3^in. to ^^^ 3fin. They bear the Tudor Rose, pounced roughly on both sides, ^^ formerly gilt, and are stamped with the maker's mark. They are probably the weapons carried by " The King's Spears," the Royal ^°^' ^~'^^- Bodyguard enrolled by Henry VHI, which at a later date became the Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms. 1547. Bore speares wt. asshen staves trymed zot lether iiij'''' xv. 1676. Boar Spears, Spanish " 196. 1688. (Valuation.) Spanish Boar Spears 201 at 55. a pee. 46-71. Twenty-six Military Boar Spears, similar to the above (Plate XXVI).—The heads vary in size from i8in. by 3|in. to i4in. by 28in. The following makers' marks are found on these weapons : X T y T <^ ^ No. 50. Nos. 51-52. Nos. 54, 56. No. 55. Nos. 56, 59-65. No. 57. No. 58 72. Sporting Boar Spear (Middle of XVIth Century). Plate XXVI. —The head is engraved on the one side with a shield bearing the Imperial Eagle beneath a crown and within the Collar of the Golden Fleece. On either side is the motto of the Emperor Charles V, PLVS OVLTRE. The socket is hexagonal and the cross-bar wanting. Blade, i2in. by 3jin. ; mouth of socket, 2|in. diameter, thus necessitat- ing the use of a very thick staff. 73. Sporting Boar Spear (End of XVIth Century).—The socket is engraved with the arms of Saxony and the Collar of the Danish Order of the Elephant. Three interlaced C.'s probably stand for Christian IV of Denmark, brother-in-law of James I, in whose reign the wild boar was last hunted in England.' Blade, 7|in. by 2|in. ' After the Restoration many of the weapons of this type in the Armouries were wrongly described as spoils from the Spanish Armada. - The Order of the Elephant was established by Christian I, on the marriage of his son with Christiana of Saxony in 1478. 1 HMi .95 222 THE ARMOURIES OF THE TOWER OF LONDON. 74. Sporting Boar Spear (Middle of XVIth Century), the head engraved with the arms of the Medici. The cross-bar is forged with the socket, and is not separate, as is usually the case. 75. Sporting Boar Spear, with fixed cross-bar of wavy form. Blade, 6|in. by 2|in. ; mouth of socket, 2in. No. 74. Arms of the Medici. 76. Sporting Boar Spear, with fixed cross- bar, bearing an indecipherable maker's mark. 77. Sporting Boar Spear, similar to the above. ^"''" 78. Sporting Boar Spear (End of XVIth Century). Plate XXVI.—The head engraved with foliage, and on the one side two shields bearing the arms of Saxony and on the other David and Goliath. It is mounted on its original staff, studded with nails. 79-80. Sporting Boar Spears, the cross-bars wanting. Blades, 8in. by 4fin. 81. Sporting Boar Spear (Middle of XVIth Century). Plate XXVI.—The lower part of the head finely damascened in gold and silver. The staff and socket are hexagonal in section. There is a stout cross-bar, or toggle, 5jin. long, ringed to the socket below the head. Blade, I3in. by 4in. Spears. 82-102. Twenty-one Spears (XVIth Century).—These -r » are probably horsemen's arms, and have stout, ribbed heads i about I5^in. by i^in. There is a small triangular hole in the nos. 82-102. neck for fastening the head to the staff. Several of these bear makers' marks. 103-126. Twenty- four Spears (XVIth Century), with ^% heads I2^in. long and the blades 9|in., and iron ribbons, or cheeks, ^? running down the staves. The heads bear the maker's mark. nos. 103-126 127. Spear (XVIth Century), with short leaf-shaped head. 128-129. Spears, with leaf-shaped and ribbed heads fastened to the staff by long iron cheeks. CLASS VII: STAFF WEAPONS. 223 1 30-13 1. Spears, with leaf-shaped heads socketed on to the staff. 132-133. Spears, with long, narrow heads. 134-135. Spears, with quadrangular heads, 4in. long, and a strip of iron wound spirally round the staff. This does not appear to be a weapon, but may possibly have been used for running at the ring. 136-137. Ferrules of staff weapons mounted on staves. 138-139. Spears (Middle of XVIth Century), with three- m flanged heads. Both are mounted on velvet-covered staves, and w No. 139 bears the maker's mark. No. 139. 140-141. Spears, with leaf-shaped heads. No. 141 bears the name HAD LEY engraved upon it. 142-144. Three Spears (XVIth-XVIIth Century), with small triangular points. These are probably hunting weapons. Partizans. 145. Partizan (Middle of XVIth Century), the blade strongly ribbed and pounced with figures of animals. There are small horns, or lugs, at the base of the blade, which measures 3oin. by 4in. In the Inventory of 1547 over one thousand of these weapons are noted.' In this and the succeeding examples the blades were formerly ^ gilt, but overcleaning has destroyed all traces of gold in '^•'f most instances. 9 <' h ^ 146. Partizan, similar to the above, the blade pounced '^'^^0^'^£0^^'' with the figure of St. Barbara on the one side and the I^^S^a^^Ti Royal Arms of England on the other." I Ji>^!^^ | 1547. Partysans partly gilte wt the kings armes graven uppon \^2^, .^.jl them garnyshed wt blewe velvet and fringed wt I H^lvZ^p^ I blewe silke. U%|:^^i '- 147. Partizan, similar to the above, the blade pounced ^:W^ on the one side with the Royal Arms of England, and ^^^^^_ RoyaiArmsof on the other with an armed head. England, 1405-1603. ' Hentzner (1598) writes " Hastae multae et splendidae quas Partizan vulgo appellant at quibus ad defensionam regii corporis in bello satellites utuntur." (See p. 61 of present work.) In this example the arms of England are quartering those of France, thus reversing the usual arrangement of 1, 4 France, 2, 3 England. 224 THE ARMOURIES OF THE TOWER OF LONDON. 148. Partizan, similar to the above, the blade pounced with the Royal Arms of England. 149. Partizan, similar to the above, the blade pounced with crossed dolphins, an antelope and the sun. These two latter badges were used by Henry VH and Henry VHI. 150. Partizan, similar to the above, the blade pounced with figures of St. Barbara and St. George. 151. Partizan, similar to the above, the blade pounced with figures of St. George and St. Hubert. blade 152. Partizan, similar to the above, the ^Xt^^ engraved roughly at a later date with a shield of arms and the word LIBERTAS. It bears also the maker's no. 152. mark. 153. Partizan, similar to the above, the blade pounced with masks and foliage. 154. Partizan, similar to the above, the blade pounced No. 152. with foliage. 155-156. Partizans, similar to the above, the blades pounced with crossed dolphins. 157. Partizan, similar to the above, the blade engraved with satyrs. 158. Partizan, similar to the above, the blade engraved with a nude man and a satyr. 159. Partizan, similar to the above, the blade engraved with nude figures. 160. Partizan, similar to the above, the blade engraved with foliage. 161. Partizan, similar to the above, the blade engraved with scale pattern. 162. Partizan, similar to the above, the blade faintly pounced with dolphins. 163-164. Partizans, similar to the above, with faint traces of engraving. 165-166. Partizans, similar to the above, the blades plain. CLASS VII : STAFF WEAPONS. 225 167. Partizan, similar to the above, with very broad blade and velvet covered staff. 168-175. Eight Partizans, similar to the above, with plain blades. Nos. 170 and 171 are mounted on velvet-covered staves. 176. Partizan (Middle of XVIth Century), the blade engraved with I.H.S.. an anchor and a serpent. On the socket is the inscription : LA BRAVE MORTS HONORE LA VIE. 177-180. Four Partizans (Middle of XVIth Cen- tury), with no central rib. 181. Partizan, with central rib and boldly scalloped lugs at the base of the blade. 182. Partizan (Middle of XVIth Century), stamped with crescent-shaped lines and the maker's ^• mark. There are no lugs on this weapon. No. 182. 183. Partizan, similar to the above, engraved roughly with a rosette, and stamped with the T maker's mark. No. 183. 184. Partizan, similar to the above, the blade pounced with figures of St. George and St. Barbara. 185. Partizan, similar to the above, the blade ^ engraved with figures of St. Sebastian, St. Alban, ^ St. Barbara and St. Catherine. It bears a fleur- no. 185. de-lys and the maker's mark. PARTIZ.\NS (Vn, 176, 183). 186. Partizan, similar to the above ; the blade plain. 187-212. Twenty-six Partizans of similar type to the above, but of smaller size, the blades being about 2iin.