High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Greenwich armour was a distinctively English style of plate armour of the 16th and 17th centuries, produced by the Royal Almain Armoury founded by Henry VIII in 1525 in Greenwich. The armoury's name came from the German master armourers hired by Henry VIII. During the 16th century the armoury was traditionally headed by Germans - the most notable armourer of the Greenwich workshop was Jacob Halder, who was master of the armoury from 1576 to 1607. This was the peak period of the armoury's production and it coincided with the elaborate, colourful fashion styles and decorative art characteristic of late Tudor England, incorporating these forms into the armour. As the use of full plate in actual combat had declined by the late 16th century, the Greenwich armours were primarily created not for battle but for the tournament. As such, this was a workshop which catered primarily to the nobility; the book of Greenwich armour designs for 24 different...

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