The Armourer

Jan here.

In Chris Skidmore's book Bosworth I came across the following in the narrative of what happened after Bosworth:

Mindful of the value of having skilled craftsmen working there [in the Tower], and perhaps even impressed at the sight of the dead king's own armour and weaponry in battle, Henry also reappointed Richard III's armourer Vincencio Tutolez as his official armourer with a salary of £20 a year.

Now I never heard of VT before reading Bosworth. CS does not give his source in the notes for this chapter of his book but I assume there would be a mention in the Patent Rolls or H7's account books. From his name I guess VT might have been Spanish or Italian. If you have heard Dr T Capwell lecturing on RIII's armour you will understand why I'd like to know more.

Has anybody come across references to VT before now, possibly someone who has studied H7's reign?

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You can find it at the bottom of Page 404 in Volume One of William Campbell's *Materials for a History of the Reign of Henry VII: From Original Documents* dated 1873:

http://books.google.com/books?id=7R9aAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA404&lpg=PA404&dq=Vincencio+Tutolez&source=bl&ots=JuOOb52oQK&sig=iqiVrpEo-RyDjzpjAT2siyz8RJU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=utHMUtKHNoaN2gWIrYCYCg&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Vincencio%20Tutolez&f=false

See also: http://archive.org/stream/materialsforhist01camp/materialsforhist01camp_djvu.txt (though this is error-ridden as all get out)

Tamara

Thank you, Tamara!Jan.

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On 8 Jan 2014, at 04:33, <khafara@...> wrote:

You can find it at the bottom of Page 404 in Volume One of William Campbell's *Materials for a History of the Reign of Henry VII: From Original Documents* dated 1873:

http://books.google.com/books?id=7R9aAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA404&lpg=PA404&dq=Vincencio+Tutolez&source=bl&ots=JuOOb52oQK&sig=iqiVrpEo-RyDjzpjAT2siyz8RJU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=utHMUtKHNoaN2gWIrYCYCg&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Vincencio%20Tutolez&f=false

See also: http://archive.org/stream/materialsforhist01camp/materialsforhist01camp_djvu.txt (though this is error-ridden as all get out)

Tamara