>Then there was the farcical argument by Captain Cosbie that the men should all look similarly smart with new Spanish morions instead of the Italian form with high crest while - even more shocking - some were black while others were not. The pikemen, moreover, had not been supplied with peascod breastplates. So indignant was he that he had troops throw away their arm defences and only carry helmet and cuirass. Cosbie even moaned about the lack of stockings in Sussex.
Was it autism?
Francis Crosby had decades of combat experience, so I think he might know a little bit more about how soldiers should be equipped than some faggot with a history degree.
It was corruption, he wanted an excuse to buy helmets.