CAPS. SHOES. BOOTS. CALIGAE. GLOVES. 581 



a man of substance, and in 1543 and 1574 is. 4d. to a woman 

 of condition. I find also 'calipodia' at id. a pair in 1503 

 and 1507, and 'pedibomae' in 1502 at id. a pair. These are 

 probably some cheap kind of slipper. 



The purse hung at the girdle. There are two entries at 

 lod. in 1547, and $d. in 1546. In 1494, 1496, and 1505 they 

 are bought by Sion at is. 6d., is. 8d., and 2s. the dozen. Girdles 

 cost 4$-. the dozen in 1494, and 8j. in 1546. 



Gloves are of three kinds, those worn by or given to 

 labourers, those purchased for ordinary use, and those given 

 to distinguished personages. It was the custom to give 

 labourers gloves. The price of these varies from 4^. in 1457 

 to is. a dozen in 1510. Hedging-gloves are dearest, 4.$-. gd. a 

 dozen, and probably those at 4^-., though not so described, are 

 of this character. I have found Spanish, probably Cordova, 

 gloves in 1534 at $d. each. 



Very different and far more costly are those presented to 

 distinguished visitors, and perhaps occasionally filled with 

 money. These occur frequently. In 1451 Oriel College gives 

 a pair of gloves to the Bishop of Lincoln, and another to the 

 Chancellor, which cost is. lod. and is. 4d. In 1489 it gives 

 a pair at is. icd. to the Bishop of Lichfield, and in 1504 to 

 the Bishop of Lincoln, at is. In 1509 it gives two pairs at 

 4s. 4d. and 43. 6d. to the same prelate. In 1517 Magdalen 

 College gives Wolsey a pair at a cost of 6s. ^d. In 1519 the 

 same College gives two pairs at is. id., the donee not being 

 named. In 1555 the city of Oxford gives a pair, gold twisted, 

 at a cost of 5^-., and another at is. 6d. In 1556 Lady Williams 

 of Thame has a pair at 4$-. In 1559 the city gives a pair to 

 the Earl of Bedford (him of the great head) at 4$-. 4^., two pairs 

 to his sons at is. ^d., and sixteen pairs to his retinue at is. 

 In 1561 Corpus gives four pairs to Lord and Lady Bedford 

 at 5.$-., and in 1563 to the clerk of the assize at Winton at 5,5-. 

 In 1564 the city gives four pairs to the judges at 45-., and three 

 to Sir Francis Knollys, Lady Knollys, and the Lord President, 

 at Ss. In 1566 the city gives two pairs to the Lord Admiral 



