Detail of Henry VIII's foot combat armour showing right gauntlet gripping pollaxe

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Stunt Riding Show

An action-packed display of skill-at-arms and crazy trick-riding by the master’s of excitement, Atkinson Action Horses.

LEEDS

29 March 2013

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Did you know?

Is newer better?

The last cast-iron British smoothbore cannon, the 68 pounder, was 8 inches (203 mm), the same calibre as the heaviest guns of King Henry VIII three hundred years earlier. Their performance was probably not very different either!