For the type of smith Blacksmith Unreferenced date December 2009 An armourer is a member of a military or police force who maintains and repairs small arms and weapons systems, with some duties resembling those of a civilian gunsmith . With the renewed interest in traditional armour and weaponry, the occupation also involves working with film, stage, and historical and reenactment societies. Period costumes may require reproduction armour, swords, and related equipment. Britain Armourers are the oldest trade in the British Army and trace their heritage back several centuries. Today they form a core role within the Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers REME and work on an extremely wide variety of weapon systems. Typically Armourers are attached to Infantry Battalions, where the Staff Sergeant Armourer also commands the REME Detachment of other tradesman including vehicle mechanics and electricians . Within the British Army, Armourers serve with a diverse range of units including Infantry, Cavalry, Tanks, Special Forces and also in larger REME units providing depth repair. Armourers have the rank of Craftsman upon starting their trade training, which is the equivalent of Private and they have similar ranks of the remainder of the Army thereafter. As they increase in rank they can follow one of two streams Artisan or Artificer. As an Artificer they must complete a Selection course and then a 2 year engineering course, where they emerge as a Staff Sergeant SSGT and have ... Occupational Specialty of armorer . At the unit level, an armourer duty position exists and is filled ... armourer training as part of their MOS training, and will often attend further armourer training when assigned to that duty position. Many of the traditional functions of an armourer are performed ... and working life of an armourer in those days. At the battle of Aliwal, the Sergeant Armourer of the 16th Lancers was cited with spiking the enemy guns throughout history the Sergeant Armourer ... more details
Infobox book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name The Armourer s House image File The Armourer s House cover.jpg 200px image caption First edition cover author Rosemary Sutcliff illustrator C. Walter Hodges country United Kingdom language English genre Historical novel publisher OUP release date 1951 media type Print Hardcover pages 235 pp isbn 0192770276 The Armourer s House is a children s historical novel by Rosemary Sutcliff and first published in 1951. It is set primarily in Tudor London London during the reign of Henry VIII of England King Henry VIII . It is Sutcliff s third book, and is acknowledged by her as being a little too cozy and a little too sweet, being part of what she refers to as her apprenticeship phase of writing. ref http www.historicalnovelsociety.org solander 20files rosemary sutcliff.htm Historical Novel Society Rosemary Sutcliff ref and will likely read as more of an outright children s novel than most of her later works. Though unrelated to the Eagle of the Ninth series connected by the Dolphin Signet ring, this novel features Sutcliff s first use of Dolphin imagery in her storytelling. Plot summary The story revolves around a 10 year old girl named Tamsyn, who has been orphaned and is being raised by her uncle, a shipowner in Bideford . She is brought to live in London by another uncle, who works as a swordsmith , or armourer, being the owner of the house after which the novel is titled. Tamsyn is a dark complected girl, contrasting with the entirely red headed family which has taken her in showing Sutcliff s reoccurring themes of outsiders, belonging, red heads, and light vs. dark. She is homesick for her West Country life, but slowly adapts to London city life and being part of a larger family. Through the novel ... showing a strong interest in sailing, which she shares with one of the Armourer s sons, Piers ... on The Armourer s House and all Rosemary Sutcliff books by her godchild and literary executor DEFAULTSORT ... more details
Thomas Horner may refer to Thomas Horner armourer character an armorer in Henry VI, Part 2 Thomas Horner Mells Manor , man connected to Little Jack Horner Thomas Strangways Horner English MP for Somerset in 1713 and 1727 Thomas Hornor artistic surveyor 1785 1844 Tom Horner Minnesota politician, Independence Party of Minnesota Independence Party member and 2010 gubernatorial candidate hndis name Horner, Thomas ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 Some Like Them Short is a 1939 collection of short story short stories by William March . Contents Geraldette A Haircut in Toulouse The Listening Post The Toy Bank A Sum in Addition The First Dime Runagate Niggers Senator Upjohn A Short History of England Tune the Old Cow Died To Bill s Eyes The Last Meeting Nine Prisoners Upon the Dull Earth Dwelling The Shoe Drummer Sweet, Who Was the Armourer s Maid A Snowstorm in the Alps The Funeral A Memorial to the Slain Time and Leigh Brothers Category 1939 short story collections Category Short story collections by William March Story collection stub ... more details
Orphan date January 2012 Konrad Seusenhofer died 30 August 1517, in Innsbruck , Tyrol state Tirol was a 16th century German armourer who worked for Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor . ref http www.myarmoury.com feature mow charlesv.html ref References commons category Seusenhofer armour reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Seusenhofer, Konrad ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 30 August 1517 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Seusenhofer, Konrad Category 1517 deaths Category Year of birth missing Germany bio stub de Konrad Seusenhofer es Konrad Seusenhofer ja ... more details
Guillaume Baudry 2 October 1657 &ndash 1732 was a gunsmith and gold and silversmith in Lower Canada . Baudry, who was also written as Beaudry, also went by Des Butes, or Desbutes. He married an armourer s daughter at Quebec City Quebec and they settled at Trois Rivi res . They had fifteen children and ensured the future of their family in the area. One son, Jean Baptiste Baudry Jean Baptiste , became a gunsmith and was one of the first inhabitants of Detroit. External links http www.biographi.ca 009004 119.01 e.php?&id nbr 630 Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Baudry, Guillaume ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 2 October 1657 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1732 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Baudry, Guillaume Category French Quebecers Category 1657 births Category 1732 deaths Quebec bio stub ... more details
unsourced date February 2010 Eudald Pradell 1721 1788 was a typographer. He was born in Ripoll in Catalonia , a little village below the Pyrenees, and belonged to a family of gunsmiths. Pradell learned the armourer s trade from his father and studied the craft of punchcutting . He established his own workshop in Barcelona. Although he was illiterate, he produced one of the most admired typefaces ever cut in Spain. King Charles III of Spain Carlos III gave him a pension in order to provide new typefaces at the Imprenta Real in Madrid, where he eventually moved and set up his own type foundry foundry . By the time of his death, he was considered the leading punchcutter in Spain. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Pradell, Eudald ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1721 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1788 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Pradell, Eudald Category 1721 births Category 1788 deaths Category Catalan artists Category Spanish designers Category Typographers Catalonia artist stub ... more details
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The Worshipful Company of Armourer s and brass Brasiers is one of the Livery Company Livery Companies of the City of London . The Armourers Guild was established in 1322 it received a Royal Charter in 1453. Other Companies, including the Armour Repairers, merged with the Armourers. In 1708, brass workers joined the Company, which was renamed as the Armourers and Brasiers Company. The Company does support the metallurgy industry, but does not retain a close association with its original trade, as is the case with a majority of Livery Companies. It exists primarily as a charitable establishment. The Company is based at Armourers Hall , situated on the corner of Coleman Street and London Wall , and has occupied this same site since 1346. The Hall was one of the very few to escape destruction in the Great Fire of London in 1666. In 1795, the Hall was enlarged, but it was decided in 1839 to rebuild it completely. The lantern, or dome, of the Livery Hall was added in 1872. On 29 December 1940, during a major blitz on London, the surrounding area was devastated, but again the Hall survived. The Armourers and Brasiers Company ranks twenty second in the order of precedence of Livery Companies. The Company s motto is We Are One . External links http www.armourersandbrasiers.co.uk The Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers Livery Companies in the City of London Category Livery companies Armourers and Brasiers Category 1322 establishments in England England org stub London stub ... more details
The name ffoulkes is not supposed to be capitalized not sure why, but it s how it occurs in all sources and on book covers. This includes at the start of sentences Charles John ffoulkes 1868 1947 was a United Kingdom British historian , and curator of the Royal Armouries at London . He wrote extensively on medieval weapon arms and armour . ffoulkes was selected as the Curator of the Armouries by his predecessor, Harold Arthur Lee Dillon , and assumed the office on 1 January 1913. He played an important role in the British Arts and Crafts movement , and was an acquaintance of William Morris . His wife was ghostwriter Maude ffoulkes Maude Mary Chester ffoulkes . Published works 1909 Armour and Weapons , Oxford Clarendon Press republished by Westholme Publishing 2005 ISBN 1594160228 1912 The Armourer and His Craft , London Methuen republished by Dover, 1988 ISBN 0486258513 1930 . The Dardanelles Gun at the Tower . References http www.royalarmouries.org extsite view.jsp?sectionId 1627 Royal Armouries biography worldcat id lccn n50 1255 sorting is supposed to be case insensitive, but since almost all other articles begin with a capital letter, we have to capitalize here too, to get all the f s together it s a Wikipedia bug Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Ffoulkes, Charles ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1868 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1947 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Ffoulkes, Charles Category British historians Category 1868 births Category 1947 deaths UK historian stub medieval armour stub no Charles ffoulkes ... more details
Antonio Missaglia 1416 1417 1495 1496 was an Italy Italian armourer . Missaglia s last name was a nickname taken by the artist based on where he was born Missaglia . The original family name was Negroni. ref name Missaglia cite web url http www.bta.it txt a0 03 bta00340.html title Missaglia Family Biography italian accessdate 2008 11 07 ref Both Antonio and his brother Tommaso created armor by trade, primarily to nobles and knights in Milan. Some of Missaglia s pieces can be seen at the Kunsthistorisches Museum and the Cleveland Museum of Art . ref name Missaglia2 cite web url http www.clevelandart.org Explore artistwork.asp?creatorid 2812&recNo 0&woRecNo 1 title Antonio Missaglia Pauldron, Cleveland Museum of Art accessdate 2008 11 07 Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Missaglia, Antonio ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1416 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1495 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Missaglia, Antonio Category 1416 births Category 1495 deaths Category Italian artists Italy painter 15thC stub ... more details
File 1500 05jorgbreu.jpg thumb upright Kolman Helmschmied and Agnes Breu. Wedding portrait by J rg Breu the Elder . The Helmschmieds of Augsburg were one of late medieval Europe s foremost families of armourer s. Their name, sometimes also spelled Helmschmid , translates to helmet smith . The family s most prominent members were Lorenz Helmschmied active 1467, died 1515 , Kolman Helmschmied 1471 1532 and Desiderius Helmschmied 1513 1579 . ref name Breiding cite web url http www.metmuseum.org toah hd make hd make.htm title Famous Makers and European Centers of Arms and Armor Production last Breiding first Dirk H. date October 2002 work Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History publisher Metropolitan Museum of Art accessdate 25 January 2010 ref The Helmschmieds made armour for the high nobility of the Holy Roman Empire , including the Holy Roman Emperor Emperor and the Archduke of Austria archdukes of Austria and County of Tyrol Tyrol , as well as other wealthy clients. ref name Breiding They competed for fame and noble patronage with the other two most prominent late 15th century armoursmith families, the Seusenhofer s of Innsbruck Austria and the Missaglia s of Milan . References commonscat Helmschmied armour reflist Category Armourers ro Helmschmied ... more details
Other uses Hildebrand is a character from Germanic legend . Hildebrand is the modern German form of the name in Old High German it is Hiltibrant and in Old Norse Hildibrandr . The word hild means battle and brand means sword . The name itself is very likely of Langobard origin. ref Frederick Norman, Hildebrand and Hadubrand , in Three Essays on the Hildebrandslied , London 1973, p. 47. ref He is associated with the cycle of legends about Theodoric the Great , called Dietrich in German, to whom he is a companion. Hildebrand figures in three famous songs in the Old High German Hildebrandslied , the Middle High German Nibelungenlied , and in the Old Norse song Hildebrand s death in smundar saga kappabana called Hildibrandr . He also appears as Hildiger in Gesta Danorum . In the Nibelungenlied , he is the armourer, brother in arms and fatherly friend of Dietrich von Bern . It is he that kills Kriemhild , after she ordered her brother s death and killed Hagen legend Hagen herself. In the Hildebrandslied , which is older, Hildebrand fights his own son Hadubrand. In fact Hildebrand became Dietrich s armourer, because he had to leave his home, he left his wife and his son. 30 years later, Hildebrand returns. His son Hadubrand is now ruling over his land, he is leading his army against the supposed invasion. As is customary, the two leaders meet between the armies. They start to list their family tree, in order to prevent themselves from killing a relative. Hadubrand says that he is Hadubrand Hildebrand s son , but he was told that Hildebrand died, and he thinks that the fighter before him is using Hildebrand s name to deceive him. In fact in the original text with the end of the song is lost, but the legends and the third song tell the end of the story. Hildebrand has to kill his son otherwise he would be killed by him he has pictures of all the warriors he killed on his red shield, and his son s picture is added to the others. The Scandinavian song Hildebrand s death tell ... more details
Infobox architect name Robert Woodward nationality Australian birth date birth date 1923 06 05 df y ref name athletics birth place death date death date and age 2010 02 21 1923 06 06 df yes ref name tribute death place significant projects El Alamein Fountain El Alamein Memorial Fountain awards Robert Raymond Bob Woodward Order of Australia AM 5 June 1923 21 February 2010 was an Australia n architect who gained widespread recognition for his innovative fountain designs. ref name tribute cite web title Woodward, Robert Tribute publisher Fairfax Digital url http onlinetributes.com.au Woodward Robert accessdate 2010 03 15 ref ref name designer ref name NLA cite web title Robert Woodward interviewed by Hazel de Berg in the Hazel de Berg collection sound recording work catalogue publisher National Library of Australia url http catalogue.nla.gov.au Record 2148409 accessdate 2010 03 15 ref Woodward was educated at Granville Technical Granville and Sydney Technical College . ref name Neale cite journal last1 Neale first1 Ralph year 1979 month July title Robert Woodward fountain sculptor journal Landscape Australia volume 3 pages 155 160 ref He served in the army during wartime working as an armourer. ref name Jones cite news author Jones, Caroline Viera title Armourer and architect designed the El Alamein Fountain work The Age date 16 March 2010 url http www.smh.com.au national obituaries armourer and architect designed the el alamein fountain 20100315 q9i5.html accessdate 2010 03 16 ref Upon completion of his service he enrolled in the architecture course at the University of Sydney . ref name people cite journal year 1979 month July title People in this issue journal Landscape Australia volume 3 pages 117 ref After graduating with honours, he worked locally for a year and then travelled to Finland to work for architects Alvar Aalto and Viljo Revell for two years. ref name Neale Upon his return he went into partnership, forming Woodward, Taranto and Wallace, specialising i ... more details
Infobox military person name Heinz Schweizer birth date 18 July 1908 death date Death date and age df yes 5 June 1946 18 July 1908 birth place Berlin death place Breydin Klobbicke Biesenthal allegiance flag Nazi Germany branch Image Balkenkreuz.svg 18px link alt Luftwaffe serviceyears rank Hauptmann unit F hrer Sprengkommando der Luftwaffe I IV Ratingen D sseldorf commands battles World War II awards Knight s Cross of the Iron Cross laterwork Hauptmann Heinz Schweizer 18 July 1908 5 June 1946 was a Luftwaffe Feuerwerker armourer Feuerwerker or armourer, specifically a bomb disposal operator, during World War II . He is noted for his role in saving a group of Red inverted triangle political prisoners at the end of the war. ref name Hogben, p261 Cite book title Designed to Kill last Hogben first Arthur, Major year 1987 isbn 0 85059 865 6 publisher Patrick Stephens Limited ref Hogben, 1987 page 261 ref Most German bomb disposal during World War II was carried out by the History of the Luftwaffe 1933 1945 Luftwaffe . Feuerwerker or armourer s were given specific and extensive training in bomb disposal, ref name Hogben, AxD Hogben, 1987 Hogben, 1987 , Annex D, German bomb disposal, pp. 258 260 ref although by the late war period this was replaced by experience and examination alone, as for the British system. A bomb disposal section or Sprengkommando was led by an officer or Oberfeuerwerker Senior Non commissioned officer NCO with three or four Feuerwerker . Simple labouring, such as excavation for buried bombs, was carried out by prisoners either criminals or political prisoners, but not prisoners of war. Citizens of occupied countries were also used, within those countries. These prisoner labourers were in turn guarded by Luftwaffe guards. Relations between Luftwaffe members and prisoners appear to have been cordial, ref name Hogben, AxD for the political prisoners at least, if not the criminals. On 28 June 1943 he was awarded his Knight s Cross of the Iron Cross ... more details
Image Langobard Shield Boss 7th Century.jpg right thumb 250px A Lombards Lombard shield boss from northern Italy, 7th century Metropolitan Museum of Art A shield boss , or umbo , is a round, wikt convex convex or conical piece of material at the centre of a shield . Shield bosses or sometimes, just bosses are usually made of thick metal but could also be made of wood. The boss was originally designed to deflect blows from the centre of round shields, though they also provided a place to mount the shield s grip. As time went on and heater shield s with curved bodies became more popular, and enarmes superseded the bar grip, the boss became more of an ornamental piece. Often, bosses are not present on non circular shields due to the differences in technique with a round shield, one makes a Punch strike punch ing motion towards an oncoming blow, while with a heater shield heater or kite shield , attacks are blocked by pivoting the shield about the body. A boss provides a significant advantage for deflecting blows when using a punching motion, but is not very effective when using a pivot to block an attack. Manufacture In medieval times, shield bosses were made by armourers out of sheets of iron or steel. The armourer started with a flat, relatively thin sheet and Sinking metalworking sank the metal into a bowl, which might then be planishing planished and polishing buffed . References Unreferenced date March 2007 See also Phalera harness External links http www.arador.com construction shieldboss.html Arador Armour Library article on construction of a shield boss Category Medieval shields medieval armour stub de Schildbuckel it Umbone arma lt Antskydis ru ... more details
A Plackart also spelt Placcard , Planckart or Placcate ref Ffoulkes, Charles. The Armourer and his craft Methues London. 1912 ref is a piece of medieval and Renaissance era armour , initially covered the lower half of the front torso. It was a plate reinforcement that composed the bottom part of the front of a medieval breastplate . ref Edge David. Arms and Armour of the Medieval Knight . Bison Books, London 1988. p188 ref They were predominantly worn in the 15th century. Sometimes they were worn with a metal finish, while the top part of the cuirass was covered in material often velvet , the difference in finish making a contrast. The plackart stopped around the groin, and metal plates, much like a skirt, were attached to the bottom of the plackart. These were called Faulds plate armour faulds , and protected the hip and the groin. The plackart originally protected the bottom half of the torso, and was attached to the breastplate which covered the top half of the torso. The plackart could be attached with rivets in such a way that it could slide and give movement, though sometimes they were fixed, so the whole front part of the cuirass acted as one solid piece. Eventually, especially in Italian armour , it evolved to the point where it covered more of the front of the armour , covering nearly the entire breastplate . This form of plackart was later employed by cuirassier s and other armoured cavalry of the late 16th and 17th centuries as a reinforce designed to give added protection against firearms. Plackarts of the Germans German Gothic art Gothic style were often fluted a form of decoration that gave straight ridges to the armour and generally more decorated than the Italian style. Fluting decorated the armour while also making it stronger, and possibly deflected sword blows by guiding them off the armour . The tip of the plackart, where it met the breastplate, was often decorated. References references Elements of Medieval armor Category Medieval armour Category ... more details
Odoardo Barri 13 September 1844 January 1920 is the pseudonym of Edward Slater . ref http www.hyperion records.co.uk tw.asp?w W4375 Hyperion Records sleeve notes ref He was born in Dublin and became a composer, music teacher and an oratorio singer in Italy and Spain. ref see IMSLP ref ?? do you mean http imslp.org wiki 6 Morceaux de Salon Barri, Odoardo , that is, information in the preface, say, of one of the files there? the information is not on the composer category page. Schissel After working in Italy and Spain, he opened a music school in London and ran it for 50 years. He claimed to have been born in Como and that he had fought at Solferino . His most notable composition was The Old Brigade with words by Frederick Weatherly . His other works include a Mass for the King of Spain and about 1500 songs, including The Shadow of the Cross , Saved From the Storm , The Good Shepherd , The Armourer s Gift and Birdie s Nest . He also wrote the operettas M.D. 1879 , Our Amateur Theatricals 1894 and That Terrible Turk 1898 . Barri also worked as a theatre manager. External links IMSLP id Barri, Odoardo References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Barri, Odoardo ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 13 September 1844 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1920 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Barri, Odoardo Category Irish composers Category People from Dublin city Category 1844 births Category 1920 deaths Ireland composer stub ... more details
Use mdy dates date April 2012 File CoA of the Visconti dukes of Milan chivalric .svg thumb right Coat of arms of Visconti Family Dukes of Milan Estorre Visconti , or Astorre according to other sources 1346 spaced ndash January 7, 1413 , was one of the many illegitimate sons of the famous Bernab Visconti , Lord of Milan and already deposed by his nephew Gian Galeazzo Visconti in 1385. Biography Born in Milan , son of Barnab and Beltramola de Grassi, Estorre in 1404 had received as its domain the Lordship of Martinengo and Morengo . He was a member of the Society of Braid , chivalric order founded Archduke Albert III of Austria . Giovanni Maria Visconti , son of Gian Galeazzo and Duke of Milan, and accused him of conspiracy and had him close in the terrible prison of Ovens in the Castle of Monza , from which he was freed by his followers of the Ghibelline party. In 1407 he was proclaimed Lord of Monza and made a mint to mint its own coins with the words Hestor Vicecomes Modoetie . At the killing of Giovanni Maria Visconti May 16, 1412 , Duke Estorre was acclaimed by the people of Milan, and remained so until June of that year. In fact defeated by Filippo Maria Visconti , brother of Giovanni Maria Estorre, his sister Valentina and the husband Giovanni Aliprandi , fled to Monza where he was besieged by the Count of Carmagnola . Here, in the courtyard of the castle, while he was watering his horse, a stone thrown at random from a catapult of the besiegers broke his leg causing death in Monza after a few days. In 1711, following the work in the Duomo of Monza , his mummified body was found and is now preserved in the Museum. His sword, a valuable work of the Milanese armourer, is exhibited in the Museum of the Treasure of the Cathedral of Monza. ref http www.valentinam.com Regione Lom Estorre Visconti Monza.html History of Monza and Estorre Visconti. ref References reflist colwidth 30em Persondata NAME ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1346 PLACE OF BIRT ... more details
Lawrence Schoonover 1906 1980 was an American novelist. Born in Anamosa, Iowa , Schoonover attended the University of Wisconsin, then worked in advertising before becoming a novelist. Lawrence Schoonver had four daughters with his wife, Gertrude Hedwig Bonn Judith Hedwig Schoonver 1940 , married to James D. Regan chidren James L. Regan 1964 and Tracy Regan 1966 Mary Elizabeth Schoonover 1942 , married to George Marshall children Christopher Marshall 1966 Caroline Grace Schoonver 1944 2005 , married to Herve J. Pensec children Danielle A. Pensec 1965 , Monique S. Pensec 1968 , Michele H. Pensec 1968 married to Alois J. Mathe Virginia Schoonover, 1946 Writing mostly historical fiction, his attention to detail and historical accuracy won him great praise by his contemporaries. Among his many well known books are http www.fcpub.com queenscross.php Queen s Cross , The Burnished Blade , Gentle Infidel , The Spider King , and The Prisoner of Tordesillas . These and other titles are being redesigned for release beginning in 2008 by http www.fcpub.com index.php Fountain City Publishing . Bibliography The Burnished Blade 1948 . The flaming martyrdom of Joan of Arc opens this historical romance in France at the dawn of the Renaissance. Among the onlookers at that terrible spectacle was Pierre, a frightened boy whom Hugh, the armourer, had rescued that morning on the road outside Rouen. Under Hugh s tutelage, Pierre learns the closely guarded secrets of the armourer s trade. But he is destined not to use them... http www.fcpub.com archetype.php Gentle Infidel 1950, 2009 . Two lovely women, different as night and day, two conflicting faiths one of the East, the other of the West claimed the heart of young Michael da Montelupo. The son of Christian parents, handsome, stalwart Michael was impressed as a boy into the Turkish Emperor s elite Janissary corps, rigorously trained to become a brave, fanatical Moslem soldier. As a Turk, Michael fell under the sultry spell of Aeshia, a se ... more details
Gow is Scottish Gaelic for Smith. ref the armourer , while he is sleeping, on Valentine s Day . But Catharine ... interrupts an attempted abduction, the armourer is drawn simultaneously into royal intrigue and highland feud. Plot summary The armourer, Henry Gow, had excited the jealousy of the apprentice Conachar ... his clan, appeared to carry off her councillor from arrest as an apostate reformer. The armourer ... home in the armourer s coat and cap, as a protection against other revellers, he received a blow ..., whose body was at first mistaken for that of the armourer, excited general commotion in the city ..., reminded him that she was betrothed to the armourer, and his foster father promised to screen ..., afterwards Eachin M Ian, Chief of the Clan Quhele Kay Henry Gow Smith, an armourer and burgess ... more details
Image Gilbert Dethick in 1574.jpg thumb right 200px Sir Gilbert Dethick in 1574 Sir Gilbert Dethick Knight Kt Society of Antiquaries of London FSA c. 1510 3 October 1584 was a long serving England English Officer of Arms officer of arms at the College of Arms in London . He would eventually rise to the highest heraldry heraldic office in England and serve as Garter Principal King of Arms . Family origins Gilbert Dethick claimed descent from a family originally seated at Dethick Hall in Derbyshire . However, Ralph Brooke , York Herald York Herald of Arms in Ordinary , claimed his progenitor was one Robert Dericke, a Dutchman who came to England with Erasmus Crukenez, yeoman armourer to Henry VIII of England Henry VIII . Robert married Agatha, daughter of Matthias Leydendecker, a Dutch barber from Acon, near the Netherlands Dutch border with Germany , who also became an armourer to Henry VIII of England Henry VIII . This Robert and Agatha had three sons Dericke, Matthias and Gilbert. Gilbert later procured denization from Parliament of England Parliament for himself and his brothers. This alone casts doubt upon the later claim of a Derbyshire origin. All three brothers prospered in England. Personal details Gilbert Dethick first married Alice, daughter of Leonard Peterson, a Dutchman, but Alice died on 13 January 1572. Dethick then married Jane, daughter of Richard Duncomb of Moreton, Buckinghamshire and widow of William Naylor, one of the six clerks in chancery. In his first marriage, Dethick had three sons Nicholas Dethick, who would become Windsor Herald Windsor Herald of Arms in Ordinary William Dethick Sir William Dethick , who would become Garter Principal King of Arms like his father, and Henry Dethick, Chancellor of the Diocese of Carlisle . In his second marriage, Dethick had one son, Robert, and a daughter, Mary. For notes on William Flower, Norroy king of arms, and Robert Glover, Portcullis, see the introduction by F. R. Raines to the 1567 Visitation of Lan ... more details
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