wambais

Updated: May 15, 2025

And euerie free man of the laitie hauing goods in value worth ten marks, should haue an habergeon, a steele cap, & a speare; and all burgesses, and the whole communaltie of frée men should haue a wambais, a cap of steele, and a speare.

Raphael Holinshed - Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (5 of 12): Henrie the Second