. Inventory and survey of the armouries of the Tower of London . ;:ml <Mm. Book Plate of the Record Office in the Tower by J. MYNDE circa 1760 To The Kings Most Excellent Majesty SIRE, IN laying this History and Inventory of the Armouries of the Towerof London before Your Majesty, I cannot but feel that, in a work ofthis nature, it would be unfitting that I should take credit for morethan the compilation and collation of a large amount of work doneby others in the past. In tracing the changes that have taken place fromthe time when the Tower was a Storehouse of Military Equipment up tothe p
. Inventory and survey of the armouries of the Tower of London . ;:ml <Mm. Book Plate of the Record Office in the Tower by J. MYNDE circa 1760 To The Kings Most Excellent Majesty SIRE, IN laying this History and Inventory of the Armouries of the Towerof London before Your Majesty, I cannot but feel that, in a work ofthis nature, it would be unfitting that I should take credit for morethan the compilation and collation of a large amount of work doneby others in the past. In tracing the changes that have taken place fromthe time when the Tower was a Storehouse of Military Equipment up tothe present day, when it is the resting place of a Collection of Royal andHistorical Armours many of which are without equal in Europe, I haveavailed myself of the National Records and also of the generous assistance ofliving authorities who have made a special study of the several subjectswhich are dealt with in these pages. I therefore ask Your Majestys gracious permission to acknowledge here myindebtedness and gratitude to my predecessor Viscount Dillon, first Curatorof the
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