Henry VIII's foot combat armour for the Field of Cloth of Gold tournament in 1520

This video shows two of Henry VIII's two foot combat armours made for him while he was a young athletic man, for the Field of Cloth of Gold tournament in 1520. They are usually on display in the Royal Armouries in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. This video was created by History™ for the exhibition "Dressed to Kill", which was a joint exhibition between Historic Royal Palaces and the Royal Armouries, in the year of the 500th anniversary of his accension to the English throne. It examined the arms and armour of Henry VIII. The exhibition was open at the Tower of London 3 April 2009 - 17 January 2010.

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[tantorecords]

IMHO one of the ugliest pieces of armour ever made. Beautifully constructed in terms of fitting yes, but i'm a fan of german high gothic so the very rounded appearance of this makes me want to vom. What people dont realise about henry is that before he became hugely fat, he was massive for the period. 6ft 1 and weighing 200 lbs. Men who required harnesses like this had always been slight, or lanky but never so tall and never so heavy so this must have been a huge undertaking for the armourer.

[GTR717]

ahahahahaha we watched this video at school every one was laughing at henry's armour, cock protection lol

[TalonMercenary]

Beautiful armour, but the cod piece is just ridiculous

[crazy8sdrums]

So many secrets...

Thanks for the great video!

[Halberds]

Great vid. Thanks for sharing.

[Mububban23]

Excellent video, thankyou so much for sharing it in such detail

[ogukuo72]

He must also have been very fit in order to be able to fight in all that steel, even if it was just for tournaments.

[Yoharu160]

another amazing video! i just love the incomplete foot combat armour, is an inspiration for novice armourers, and again these videos make an incredible source of information and inspiration, pleace, keep doing these videos, the mean a lot to people like me. you have my thanks.

Tomas Suazo

Santiago,Chile