jan 1, 1568 - plate-coat
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A corselet of leather on which small plates of metal were sewn. 1567 <i>one plate cote one styched Tacke two Salletts one gorgett</i>, Fixby (YRS134/16). Sometimes ‘coat of plate’: 1563 <i>2 coats of plate and a Jacke</i>, Elmswell (DW229); 1568 <i>a steylle Cappe ... An Armyng Sword ... twelve Cootes of playt</i>, Healaugh (YRS134/34).
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