Henry IV Bodyguards

cblackthorne · Post by **cblackthorne** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 1:14 pm

Hello,

I havent been able to find a book that covers this yet, so I thought I would post my question here.

What kind of helms would the personal bodyguards of England's Henry IV wear? This is outside the battlefield, if that makes a difference.

Ive heard bascinets, kettle helms, and barbutes, but I would like more opinions. If you have pictures of your examples, please post them.

Thanks in advance for the assistance.

Regards,
Chris

^ · Post by ^ » Mon Sep 14, 2009 4:41 pm

You are safe going with a bascinet that early in the 15th century for the kings archers. Probably not the other two, definitely not a barbute. Proto-sallet might be a possibility but probably to early.

Dragon_Argent · Post by **Dragon_Argent** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 5:37 pm

I would think an open faced bassinet the most likely by far.

Konstantin the Red · Post by **Konstantin the Red** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:23 pm

Footmen's bascinets, minus the camail and means of attachment. These were seen up through the first three decades of the fifteenth, at an informed guess. The rest of the fifteenth saw many variations of simple basic footmen's helmets. Many of these would put you in mind of cloche hats done in steel. Others had a sallet-like skull and roundels over either ear or were late forms of kettlehat, with broad brims or narrow, close-lying turned-down ones.

Henry Bolingbroke reigned as Henry IV from 1399 to 1413. This was the beginning of the era of the great bascinet, so we'd just see hand-me-down regular bascinets and their footmen's followon for a generation following c. 1400.