Fig. 195.—Leg of man-at-arms. (Add. MS. 12,228.)
Fig. 196.—Demi-jambart, &c., of studded cuir-bouilli.
Fig. 197.—Sollerets of cuir-bouilli, Sir William Cheyne, 1375.
Grevières or Jambarts.—These, if of plate, are rare, but demi-grevières are common ([Fig. 195]). Perhaps the defence most in vogue was of the splinted kind, which consisted of parallel bands of steel arranged in vertical lines and embedded in pourpoint with studs showing, or affixed to cuir-bouilli. The latter was often used for vambraces and cuissarts ([Fig. 196]). Perhaps the best example of splinted armour and banded mail combined is that shown in the brass of Sir Miles de Stapleton on p. [188], and many references to this style of defence will appear in the chapter on the Camail and Jupon Period. Sollerets, if worn at all, were invariably of the pattern shown in the Creke brass, and seldom covered all the upper part of the foot. Occasionally we find the ubiquitous cuir-bouilli being used, and a brass as late as 1375 shows an example; it is that of Sir William Cheyne at Drayton Beauchamp, Bucks. ([Fig. 197]).
The Shield.—Very few representations of the shield of the period occur, but that in use was of the small heater-shape variety. An early shield occurs at Whitworth, Durham ([Fig. 198]).