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[GoT] Why does no one in the Night's Watch wear armour?

I understand that the Night's Watch are underfunded and a large protion of their numbers are prisoners but some of them are noble born bastards and second sons.  You would think that Ned having treated Jon as a well as a legitimate son would have had some armor forged for him, at the very least a chain shirt or breast plate.
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Several brothers do actually, even that Samwell Tarly kid has armor. Most of the Watch wears boiled leather though, usually with some chainmail. It keeps them light, as been said, but you also have to remember the Wildlings have shit weapons. The best you'll find north is the Thenns with their bronze, but they're so far north the Watch rarely encounter them. 

Edit: Holy grammar Batman.