48 The History of the Spur 



by Martin A, S. Hume. It contains an account of a duel 

 fought at Calais in 1536, between Captain Julian, an English- 

 man, and Captain Mora, a Frenchman. The duel was fought 

 with the approval of the King, who sent Sir Henry Knyvett 

 to witness the combat. They fought mounted, but without 

 lances, each having a sword and dagger. In the course of the 

 fight the Frenchman killed, or disabled, the Englishman's horse, 

 and Julian, when on foot, was encumbered with his spurs, 

 and dodged his adversary round his fallen horse until, " watching 

 his opportunity, he dropped on one knee, and with his dagger 

 cut the straps of his spurs and threw them away." He then 

 wounded the Frenchman's horse, who, fearing it would fall, 

 determined to get a short distance away and dismount. But 

 Julian, " being on foot and light without his spurs, ran after 

 him and overcame him while trying to alight," thus somewhat 

 ingloriously winning the battle. The Englishman was probably 

 wearing some such spurs as are shown in our illustrations. 



The spur found in London, of which I give an illustra- 

 tion on Plate 25, is now in the City of London Museum, 

 It is probably a little earlier than the Barnet spur. It is 

 somewhat uncommon in having a rowel of twelve points. No 

 doubt, when new, the points were longer than they are now, 

 quite two inches probably, making the rowel about five inches in 

 diameter. This spur affords a very good example of the state 

 in which ancient spurs are very frequently found, and which 

 I have endeavoured to represent in my drawing. 



The very beautiful and highly decorated spur, now in the 

 British Museum, figured on Plate 26, is, to the best of my 



