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yeomen 2s/yard

lesser servants 1s 7d/yard

Note: loose tunics take 2.25-2.5 yards. In the late 14th century, shorter doubled (lined) tunics, known as doublets, became fashionable, requiring 4 yards ([3], pp 175,176).

ARMOR

Price

Mail 100s

Ready-made Milanese armor L8 6s 8d

Squire's armor L5-L6 16s 8d

Armor for Prince of Wales,

"gilt and graven" L340

Complete Lance Armor L3 6s 8d

Complete corselets 30s

Cuirass of proof with pauldrons 40s

Normal cuirass with pauldrons 26s 8d

Target of proof 30s

Morion 3s 4d

Burgonet 4s

Cuirass of pistol-proof with

pauldrons L1 6s

Cuirass without pauldrons L1

Lance Armor L4

Targets of Proof 24s

Cuirass with cap L4

Armor of proof L14 2s 8d

Bascinet 13s 4d + 3s 4d to line it

Armor in a merchant's house

leather 5s

Total Armor owned by a knight L16 6s 8d

Fee for cleaning rust off

corselets 5d each

Fee for varnishing, replacing

straps, and rivetting helmet

and corselet 1s 4d

Barrel for cleaning mail 9d

Cuirass of proof with pauldrons:

plates: 5s 6d

finishing, rivets, and straps: 7s 6d

selling price 26s

Lance armor:

plates 14s 5d

finishing, et cetera 40s

selling price 80s

WEAPONS Item Price

Cheap sword (peasant's) 6d

Pair of wheel-lock pistols,

with tools for them L2 16s

Holsters for pistols 6d

Wheel-lock carbine L1 10s

Shoulder belt for carbine 1s

Pair of flintlock pistols L2 5s

Flintlock carbine L1 2s

Musket 16s 6d-18s 6d

It was mandatory in England for all freemen to own certain types of weapons and armor. (In 1181 every freeman having goods worth 10 marks (1 mark = 13s 4d) had to have a mail shirt, a helmet, and a spear. All other freemen should have helmet, spear, and gambeson (quilted armor) Later, the government stored arms and armour in churches for use; in the 13th century anyone with an income of L2-L5 (wealthy peasants) had to have bows; archery practice became compulsory on Sundays and holidays. You may know that the extreme range of the longbow was 400 yards, but did you know that a statute of Henry VIII no one over 24 could practice at a range of less than 220 yards? An armorer might make 24s a month; say a week to make a decent sword, and you might get a price that way.

MARRIAGE

Item Price

Sample peasant dowries: 13s 4d,

35s 11d,

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