English costume from prehistoric times to the end of the eighteenth century (1910)
Clinch, George, 1860-1921 · Chicago : A. C. McClurg; London, Methuen · leaf 85
essworn by Thomas a Becket, before he accepted theprimacy, is recorded by William Fitz-Stephen asfollows :— He (Thomas k Becket) was sitting one day at the [gameof] Exchequer, dressed in a cape with sleeves. Archetinus,Prior of Leicester, came to see him, coming from the KingsCourt, who was in… … o t [l^ NORMAN COSTUME 35 person, one in singularity, but several in dig-nity: Arch-deacon of Canterbury, Dean of Hastings, Provost of Bever-ley, a Canon here and there, an Archiepiscopal proctor, and,as rumour very frequently is current at Court, you will beArchbishop. CHAPTER IVTHIRTEENTH CENTURY…
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