Armor Garniture of George Clifford (1558-1605), Third Earl of Cumberland 1586 Made under the direction of Jacob Halder George Clifford (1558-1605) was appointed Queens Champion in 1590 and was made a Knight of the Garter two years later. A favorite of Queen Elizabeth I (reigned 1558-1603), he chose for the decoration of this armor the Tudor rose, the French fleur-de-lis (then part of the English arms), and the cipher of Elizabeth, two Es back to back.The Cumberland armor is part of a garniture for field and tournament use. It was made in the royal workshops at Greenwich under the direction of the master armorer Jacob Halder (documented in England 1558-1608). The complete garniture is illustrated in the Jacobe Album, a late sixteenth-century manuscript of pen-and-wash drawings that records the decorated armors produced in the Greenwich workshops. The surviving pieces are the mans armor and several exchange or reinforcing elements--a grandguard (defense for the lower face and upper le