. Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX . greatly in contrast withhis rich laced triple ruff and cuffs and embroideredgarments. That of Thomas Cecil on page 230varies slightly. Two very singular shapings of the plain hat maybe seen, one on page 223 on the head of Fulke Gre-ville, where the round-topped, high crown is mostdisproportionate to the narrow brim. The second,on page 225, shows an extreme sugar-loaf, almost apointed crown. A good hat was very expensive, and importantenough to be left among bequests in a will. Theywere borrowed and hired for many years, and evendown to the
. Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX . greatly in contrast withhis rich laced triple ruff and cuffs and embroideredgarments. That of Thomas Cecil on page 230varies slightly. Two very singular shapings of the plain hat maybe seen, one on page 223 on the head of Fulke Gre-ville, where the round-topped, high crown is mostdisproportionate to the narrow brim. The second,on page 225, shows an extreme sugar-loaf, almost apointed crown. A good hat was very expensive, and importantenough to be left among bequests in a will. Theywere borrowed and hired for many years, and evendown to the time of Queen Anne we find the rentof a subscription hat to be JC2 6s. per annum ! Thehiring out of a hat does not seem strange when hir-ing out clothes was a regular business with wife of a person of low estate hired a gown ofQueen Elizabeths to be married in. Tailor ThomasGylles complained of the Yeoman of the queenswardrobe for suffering this. He writes, Thecopper cloth of gold gowns which were made last, n° Two Centuries of Costume. and another, were sent into the country for the mar-riage of Lord Montague. The bequest of half-worngarments was highly regarded. On the very day ofDarnleys funeral, Mary Queen of Scots gave hisclothes to Bothwell, who sent them to his tailor tobe refitted. The tailor, bold with the riot and dis-order of the time, returned them with the impudentmessage that the duds of dead men were given to the duds ofmen who werehanged weregiven to thehangman al-most as long ashangings tookplace. A poorNew Englandgirl, hanged forthe murder ofher child, wentto the scaffoldin her mean-est attire, andtaunted the ex-ecutioner thathe would get but a poor suit of clothes from her. Thelast woman hanged in Massachusetts wore a whitesatin gown, which I expect the sheriffs daughter muchrevelled in the following winter at dancing-parties. Old Philip Stubbes has given us a wonderfuldescription of English head-gear : — Thomas Cecil. Caps and Bea
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