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English costume (1907)

Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 457

An illustration from English costume, 1907, leaf 457
inthe cap that now remains to us in the cap of the Beefeaters atthe Tower ofLondon. It is thetime of jerkinor jacket,doublet orcoat, and hose— generallyworn withtrunks, whichwere puffed,short knicker-bockers. The flat cap, afterwards the statute cap as orderedby Elizabeth, became, as I say, the… … EDWARD THE SIXTH 277 of the English trade of cappers. • One cap ofwool, knit, thicked, and dressed in England, wasto be worn by all over six years of age, exceptsuch persons as had twenty marks by year inlands, and their heirs, and such as have borne officeof worship. Edward, according to the…

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