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Jack-of-Plate quilted body armor, before 1600
This fragment of armor, made of wool and iron, was excavated at Jordan's Journey.
Following the 1622 Powhatan attack, the London Company reported to the colonists that King James I was sending from the armory at the Tower of London a shipment of weapons and armor to be used in a new offensive to replant abandoned plantations and drive away the Indians. The armor was antiquated -- ineffective against gunfire -- but authorities thought it might prove useful against the Indians. |