[1] Girouard, M., The Return to Camelot, Chivalry and the English Gentleman, 1981, p. 8.
[2] Ibid, pp. 6-8.
[3] Wynn, Arms and Armour, The Connoisseur, 1901-1960, 1961, privately printed booklet.
[4] For more information on medieval and renaissance armouring families, see Pfaffenbichler, M., Armourers, Medieval Craftsmen series, 1992.
[5] Who Was Who, 1929, p. 600.
[6] Sheppard, F., The Treasures of London's Past, 1991, p. 46.
[7] Parsons, P., ‘Sir Guy Francis Laking, Bart., C.B., M.V.O., F.S.A. 1875-1919,’ unpublished notes in the archives of the Meyrick Society, nd
[8] Hayward, J., ‘Sir Guy Francis Laking: Profili Biografici’ in Armi Antiche  (Bolletino dell'Accademia di S. Marciano, Turin), 1964, p. 266.
[9] de Cosson, Baron C. A., introduction to G. Laking’s A Record of European Armour and Arms, vol I, 1920, p. xxx.
[10] Hayward, J., ‘Sir Guy Francis Laking: Profili Biografici’ in Armi Antiche  (Bolletino dell'Accademia di S. Marciano, Turin), 1964, p. 267.
[11] Cripps-Day, F., preface to G. Laking’s A Record of European Armour and Arms, vol. V, 1922, p. v.
[12] Hayward, J., (quoting F. Cripps Day) ‘Sir Guy Francis Laking: Profili Biografici’ in Ami Antiche  (Bolletino dell'Accademia di S. Marciano, Turin), 1964, p. 267.
[13] Sheppard, F., The Treasures of London's Past, 1991, p. 46.
[14] anon., ‘Celebrities at Home,’The World, 1 October  1907, p. 593.
[15] Judd, D., The Life and Times of George V, 1973, p. 64.
[16] Parsons, P., ‘Sir Guy Francis Laking, G., Bart., C.B., M.V.O., F.S.A. 1875-1919,’ unpublished notes in the archives of the Meyrick Society, nd.
[17] anon.,  ‘Celebrities at Home’ The World, October 1, 1907, p. 539.
[18] Laking, G., Catalogue of the European armour and arms in the Wallace Collection at Hertford House, 1900, introduction.
[19] Cust, L., King Edward VII and his Court; some reminiscences, 1930, pp. 10-11.
[20] Ibid, p. 209.
[21] Ibid, p. 217.
[22] Parsons, P., ‘Sir Guy Francis Laking, G., Bart., C.B., M.V.O., F.S.A. 1875-1919,’ unpublished notes in the archives of the Meyrick Society, nd.
[23] Parsons, P., ‘Sir Guy Francis Laking, G., Bart., C.B., M.V.O., F.S.A. 1875-1919,’ unpublished notes in the archives of the Meyrick Society, nd.
[24] Mann, J., Wallace Collection Catalogues, European Arms and Armour, vol. I, 1962, p. iv.
[25] Sheppard, F., The Treasures of London's Past, 1991, p. 47.
[26] Ibid, pp. 45-46.
[27] Ibid, pp. 47-57.
[28] Ffoulkes, C., (addition to the obituary notice of Sir Guy Laking) Times, 24 November 1919, p. 17.
[29] Parsons, P., ‘Sir Guy Francis Laking, Bart., C.B., M.V.O., F.S.A. 1875-1919,’ unpublished notes in the archives of the Meyrick Society, nd.
[30] Ffoulkes, C., Inventory and Survey of the Armouries of the Tower of London, 1916-1917.
[31] Sheppard, F., The Treasures of London's Past, 1991, p. 46.
[32] miscellaneous notes, Meyrick Society Archives, care of Dr. P. Parsons.
[33] Mann, J., ‘The Meyrick Society and an Exhibition of Swords,’ Connoisseur, vol. CVI, 1940, pp. 47-48.
[34] Ibid.
[35] Ffoulkes, C., Arms and the Tower, 1939, pp. 207-209.
[36] Sheppard, F., The Treasures of London's Past, 1991, p. 86.
[37] Parsons, P., ‘Sir Guy Francis Laking, Bart., C.B., M.V.O., F.S.A. 1875-1919,’ unpublished notes in the archives of the Meyrick Society, nd.
[38] Sheppard, F., The Treasures of London's Past, 1991, p. 87.
[39] Ibid, p. 88.
[40] Blair, C., ‘Crediton, the Story of Two Helmets’, Studies in European Arms and Armour, edited by Watkins,1992, pp. 168-171 (footnotes 32-43).
[41] Sheppard, F., The Treasures of London's Past, 1991, p. 88.
[42] Hayward, J., ‘Sir Guy Francis Laking: Profili Biografici’ in Ami Antiche  (Bolletino dell'Accademia di S. Marciano, Turin), 1964, p. 268.
[43] Blair, C., ‘Crediton, the Story of Two Helmets’, Studies in European Arms and Armour, edited by Watkins, 1992, p. 181.
[44] ‘The woman who played this part, the governess of Laking’s children, was reputed to be his mistress, and, if the stories once told about his amatory exploits are to be believed, she was only one of the many.’  Blair, C., ‘Crediton, the Story of Two Helmets’, Studies in European Arms and Armour, edited by Watkins, 1992, p. 169. Laking’s reputation as a lady’s man made him a figure of legend in the arms collecting community, who to this day speak of his exploits.  Claude Blair once recounted one such anecdote to the author that involved Laking having himself smuggled out of Christies’ in an antique chest to avoid the attentions of a jealous husband.
[45] De Cosson, Baron C. A., foreword to G. Laking’s A Record of European Armour and Arms, vol. I, 1920, p. xxxviii.
[46] Hayward, J., ‘Sir Guy Francis Laking: Profili Biografici’ in Ami Antiche  (Bolletino dell'Accademia di S. Marciano, Turin), 1964, p. 268.
[47] Blair, C., ‘Crediton, the Story of Two Helmets’, Studies in European Arms and Armour, edited by Watkins, 1992, p. 170; Sheppard, F., The Treasures of London's Past, 1991, p. 46.
[48] Blair, C., ‘Crediton, the Story of Two Helmets’, Studies in European Arms and Armour, edited by Watkins, 1992, p. 170.
[49] Ibid.
[50] Duveen, Secrets of an Art Dealer, 1937, p. 102.
[51] Ibid.
[52] Blair, C., ‘Crediton, the Story of Two Helmets’, Studies in European Arms and Armour, edited by Watkins,1992, p. 170.
[53] Ibid, p. 171.
[54] Cripps-Day, F., preface to G. Laking’s A Record of European Armour and Arms, vol. II, 1920, p. i.
[55] anon., (Cripps-Day, obituary notice) Times 15 July 1961.
[56] de Cosson, Baron C. A., preface to ‘Laking Sale’ in F. Cripps-Day’s A Record of Armour Sales, 1881-1924, 1925, p. 177.
[57] Laking, G., A Record of European Armour and Arms, vol. I, p. vii, 1920.
[58] Ibid.
[59] Camp, S., ‘Seven Centuries of European Armour and Arms,’ (review of G. Laking’s A Record of European Armour and Arms),’ Burlington Magazine, vol. XXXVIII, 1920, p. 179.
[60] de Cosson, Baron C. A., foreword to G. Laking’s A Record of European Armour and Arms, vol. I, 1920,  p. xxx.
[61] anon., review of G. Laking’s A Record of European Armour and Arms, part 1, in Connoisseur, vol. LVI, 1920, pp. 259.
[62] Laking, G., A Record of European Armour and Arms, vol. I, 1920,  pp. 5-6.
[63] ‘H.P.’, Review of G. Laking’s A Record of European Armour and Arms, in The Archaeological Journal , vol. LXXVI, 1919, p. 308.
[64] Laking, G., A Record of European Armour and Arms, vol. I, 1920,  p. 104.
[65] Camp, S., ‘Seven Centuries of European Armour and Arms,’ (review of G. Laking’s A Record of European Armour and Arms),’ Burlington Magazine, vol. XXXIX, 1921, p. 252.
[66] Camp, S., ‘Seven Centuries of European Armour and Arms,’ (review of G. Laking’s A Record of European Armour and Arms),’  Burlington Magazine, vol. XL, 1922, p. 246.
[67] Laking, G., A Record of European Armour and Arms, vol. II, 1920, p. 178.
[68] Ibid, vol. I, 1920,  p. x.
[69] Ibid, vol. V, 1922, p. 143.
[70] Camp, S., ‘Seven Centuries of European Armour and Arms (review of G. Laking’s A Record of European Armour and Arms),’ Burlington Magazine, vol. XLII, 1923, p. 155.
[71] Cripps-Day, F., ‘On Armour Preserved in Churches,’ in G. Laking’s A Record of European Armour and Arms, vol. V, 1922, p. 153.
[72] Camp, S., ‘Seven Centuries of European Armour and Arms (review of G. Laking’s A Record of European Armour and Arms),’ Burlington Magazine, vol. XLII, 1923, p. 155.
[73] Laking, G., A Record of European Armour and Arms, vol. III, 1920,  p. 38.
[74] Cripps-Day, F., preface to G. Laking’s A Record of European Armour and Arms, vol. V, 1922, p. vi.
[75] ‘H.P.’, Review of G. Laking’s A Record of European Armour and Arms, in The Archaeological Journal , vol. LXXVI, 1919, p. 308.
[76] Laking, G., A Record of European Armour and Arms, vol. I, 1920,  pp. x-xi.
[77] Camp, S., ‘Seven Centuries of European Armour and Arms (review of G. Laking’s A Record of European Armour and Arms),’ Burlington Magazine, vol. XXXVIII, 1920, p. 174.
[78] Hewitt, J., ‘Mediaeval Arms and Armour,’ Reliquary , 1869-70, pp. 13-14.
[79] Ffoulkes, C., addition to the obituary notice of Sir Guy Laking, G., Times, 24 November 1919, p. 17.
[80] anon., review of G. Laking’s A Record of European Armour and Arms, part 1, in Connoisseur, vol. LVI, 1920, p. 259.
[81] ‘H.P.’, Review of G. Laking’s A Record of European Armour and Arms, in The Archaeological Journal , vol. LXXVI, 1919, pp. 307-308.
[82] Blair, C., preface to The Complete Encylocpaedia of Arms & Armour, edited by C. Blair and L. Tarassuk, 1982, pp. 12-13.
[83] Camp, S., ‘Seven Centuries of European Armour and Arms (review of G. Laking’s A Record of European Armour and Arms),’ Burlington Magazine, vol. XXXVIII, 1920, pp. 179-180.
[84] Parsons, P., ‘Sir Guy Francis Laking, Bart., C.B., M.V.O., F.S.A. 1875-1919,’ unpublished notes in the archives of the Meyrick Society, nd., quoting Mann.
[85] Camp, S., ‘Seven Centuries of European Armour and Arms,’ (review of G. Laking’s A Record of European Armour and Arms),’ Burlington Magazine, vol. XXXIX, 1921, p. 252.
[86] Cripps-Day, F., preface to G. Laking’s A Record of European Armour and Arms, vol. V, 1922, p. vi.
[87] Cripps-Day, F., preface to G. Laking’s A Record of European Armour and Arms, vol. II, 1920, p. i.
[88] anon., ‘Obituary Notice of Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick,’ Gentleman’s Magazine, July 1848, p. 93.
[89] anon., review of G. Laking’s A Record of European Armour and Arms, part 1, in Connoisseur, vol. LVI, 1920, p. 260.
[90] Cripps-Day, F., preface to G. Laking’s A Record of European Armour and Arms, vol. V, 1922, p. vii.