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raised by Charles I in 1643-6 (European Arms and Armour in the University of Oxford, 1912, p. 63). At this Pembroke sale was also sold the celebrated Pembroke suit by the Greenwich School, referred to and illustrated in Volume iv (p. 37, Fig. 1116). The price paid was £25,000, which it is believed is the highest price ever paid at a public auction for a suit of armour.—C.D.]

Fig. 1465b. Specimens of the armour of the men-at-arms in the retinue of William, third Earl of Pembroke

Of English workmanship, early XVIIth century. Collection: Mr. F. H. Cripps-Day From the armoury at Wilton

(a) Helmet; (b) Cuisses; (c) Pikeman's breastplate and tassets