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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;the blacksmith, post: 9363614, member: 20148&quot;]The codpiece, which was normal wear, was suitably enlarged and prominent, as was quite normal for the period, to help portray an impressive, potent and powerful monarch. Though he was very probably impotent by this time, something that his lawyers and doctors went to great pains to try and point out wasn&#039;t in fact true during his divorce of Anne Boleyn and Anne of Cleves in 1535 and 1540, though probably few believed this, and by 1540 vastly overweight. His once famous shapely calf&#039;s were also swollen and ulcerated. So he admittedly cut a very different figure from that of his youth, and at the time of his death on 28th January 1547, he weighed in at about 28 stone (180 kgs.).</p><p>He was however, a colossal figure of a man, 6&#039; &quot;2 tall (186cm), especially for the period. In that respect, it wasn&#039;t propaganda, and even today standing with his armour, one has a feeling of awe and trepidation. He must have been truly frightening to actually have met and stood before!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]431246[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Henry VIII armour, Greenwich, 1540[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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