. Inventory and survey of the armouries of the Tower of London . JOHN DUDLEY, Duke of Northumberland, of the Armouries, 1534-1544. (From an Engraving.) VISCOUNT DILLON, Hon. , ,First Curator of the Armouries, 1895-1913. (From a Photograph by Elliott & Fry.) The following have held the office of Master of the Armouries. Whereno Grants of Appointment have been found the date given is that ofthe earliest mention in the State Papers Domestic : 1461. John Don, or Doon. Possibly he was father or a relative ofGriffith Doon, whose name figures prominently in accounts ofjousts a

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. Inventory and survey of the armouries of the Tower of London . JOHN DUDLEY, Duke of Northumberland, of the Armouries, 1534-1544. (From an Engraving.) VISCOUNT DILLON, Hon. , ,First Curator of the Armouries, 1895-1913. (From a Photograph by Elliott & Fry.) The following have held the office of Master of the Armouries. Whereno Grants of Appointment have been found the date given is that ofthe earliest mention in the State Papers Domestic : 1461. John Don, or Doon. Possibly he was father or a relative ofGriffith Doon, whose name figures prominently in accounts ofjousts and pageants held in the reign of Henry VIII. Grantof Appointment March ii, 1461. 1485. Sir Richard Guilford, , of Hempstead, Kent (i455(.?)—1506).Master of the Ordnance, attainted by Richard III, Privy Councillorand Chamberlain of the Exchequer 1485 ; reclaimed the Guildfordlevel in Sussex, attended Henry VII at Boulogne 1492 ; Sheriff ofKent, Controller of the Household, created banneret for servicesagainst the Cornish rebels 1497 ; 1499 ; died

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