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English costume (1906)

Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 167

An illustration from English costume, 1906, leaf 167
See them ragged andhungry, being fed by Remigius, Bishop of Lincoln,after all the misery caused by the Conquest; ordespairing during the Great Frost of 1205, whichbegan on St. Hilarys Day, January 11, and lasteduntil March 22, and was so severe that the landwas like iron, and could not be dug or… … 80 ENGLISH COSTUME Countess of Lincoln, then clothes and stuffs manu-factured in the towns became cheaper and moreeasy to obtain, and the very rough skin cloth ^s andundressed hides began to vanish from among theclothes of the country, and the rough garteredtrouser gave way before cloth cut to fit…

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