English costume from prehistoric times to the end of the eighteenth century (1910)
Clinch, George, 1860-1921 · Chicago : A. C. McClurg; London, Methuen · leaf 301
er- non, Surrey) F.S.A., to the Archceological Journal(Vol. XLIX, pp. 69-82), entitled Widows and Vow-esses. Norfolk contains two undoubted monuments tovowesses, namely that to Juliana Angell, about theyear 1500, at Witton Church, near Blofield, andanother to Joan Braham, 1519, at Frenze, a… … i82 ENGLISH COSTUME which end in tassels, whilst the gown is confined byan ornamental girdle and has cuffs. No ring is seenon either figure. It may be gathered from this that itis by no means easy to distinguish between widowswho were and widows who were not vowesses. WIMPLE The wimple was a…
Costume -- Great Britain · England -- Social life and customs
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