The antiquities of England and Wales . reign of Queen Elizabeth; it derives its name from thehead piece ftiled a Morion. No. 9. Diiferent Chanfrins or CheifFronts, being mafks of ironfor defending the heads of horfes; taken from the Horfe Armoryin the Tower of London. No. 10. A Cuirafs of Plate Mail, compofed of fmall iron platesfaftened one over the other, fo as to yield to every motion of the-body. The original is in the colIe£tion of curiofities at Don Sal-teros Coffee Houfe, Chelfea. No. II. A Complete Suit of Armour fhewn in the Tower ofLondon, and faid to have belonged to John of Gaunt,
The antiquities of England and Wales . reign of Queen Elizabeth; it derives its name from thehead piece ftiled a Morion. No. 9. Diiferent Chanfrins or CheifFronts, being mafks of ironfor defending the heads of horfes; taken from the Horfe Armoryin the Tower of London. No. 10. A Cuirafs of Plate Mail, compofed of fmall iron platesfaftened one over the other, fo as to yield to every motion of the-body. The original is in the colIe£tion of curiofities at Don Sal-teros Coffee Houfe, Chelfea. No. II. A Complete Suit of Armour fhewn in the Tower ofLondon, and faid to have belonged to John of Gaunt, Duke ofLancafter, fourth fon of Edward IIL He died 1399. No. 12. A Complete Suit of Armour in the Tower of London,made for Henry VIII. when he was but eighteen years of age. Itis rough from the hammer. No. 13. A Hawberk, or Suit of Chain Mail Armour, compofedof iron rings. It confifts of a helmet, coat and breeches. Theoriginal is in the Mufeum of Mr. Green, of Lichfield. No. 14. Knee Piece called a Genouillere. No. 15. A Gauntlet, ^. MONAS- PREFACE, 53 MONASTERIES. 1 HE era of the firft inftitution of monafteries in England, isby no means afcertained : nothing can be more difcordant thanthe accounts and opinions of our hiftorians and antiquaries onthis fubjed ; fome making them coeval with the introdu6lion ofChriftianity into this illand ; which, it is pretended, was preachedA. D. 31, by Jofeph of Arimathea, and certain difciples of Philipthe apoftle. A very learned writer furmifes, (a) that fome con-verted druids became our firfl monks : others fayj (b) there wasa college or monaftery at Bangor, in Flintfliire, as early as theyear 182 ; though this, with greater probability, is generally placedlater by almoft three hundred years. The learned Bifliop Stillingfleet, (c) and others, fuppofe thefirfl Englifli monaflery was founded at Glaflonbury, by St. Pa-trick, about the year 425 ; whilll, on the other hand, it has beendoubted, (d) whether St. Patrick was ever at Glaflonbury,
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