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the Lord Keeper at 74^. In 1625 S. John's College gives the 

 Bishop of Ely a pair at i8j., and in 1626 a pair to the Bishop 

 of Bath and Wells at 35^. and the Duke of Buckingham at $$s. 

 In 1627 the Countess of Warwick gets a pair at 55*. from 

 Corpus Christi College, which in 1628 gives a pair at 70^. to 

 the Bishop of Winchester, and in 1629 another pair to Lady 

 Warwick again at 55^. 



In 1633 S. John's College gives a pair at 55^. to the Duke 

 of Lennox. In 1635 Magdalen College buys two pairs for the 

 Bishops of Winchester and Norwich at a cost of 4 6s. $d. In 

 1637 the Bishop of Winchester receives a pair from Corpus 

 Christi College at 40^., and in 1639 the Bishop of Ely one from 

 S. John's College at 505. In 1644 All Souls College gives 

 the Lord Keeper a pair at 49^., and the custom ceases for 

 sixteen years. 



In 1660 New College gives the Chancellor a pair of gloves 

 and two spur royals at a cost of 7, and in 1672 the same 

 College gives a pair at 855. to the same official. It may be 

 noted that out of the thirty-three years in which these presents 

 were made, Cambridge fell into the fashion only six times, of 

 which King's College is only represented once, and that for a 

 long time S. John's College was moderate in its expense. 



It cannot I think be doubted that these presents are 

 exceedingly suspicious. It is hardly possible to conceive that 

 any workmanship would amount with the material to 5, to 

 say nothing of reiterated presents to the same official. Now 

 my accounts within 1583 and 1687 give me occasional entries 

 of gloves purchased by gentle-folks for their own use. The 

 price varies from is. $d. to 3^., though only three entries are 

 above 2s. The average price of twenty-three entries of these 

 gloves is almost exactly is. yd. a pair. Common gloves, 

 frequently given at audit dinners to farmers, cost from 6d. to 

 lod. a pair, and generally 8</. or yd. I have found a pair of 

 buckskin gloves in i6-,S at 25., and a pair of 'shammay riding 

 gloves ' in 1660 at 6s. 



There are three markedly different kinds of hat worn by the 



