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better-off classes. In one of these there is a great variety of price. 

 In 1606 Shuttleworth gives only is. $d. for a hat. In 1620 

 the Archers pay 26s. a-piece for two. In 1650 Bering pays 

 24s. for a hat. In 1673, zos. is given at Horsted Keynes. These 

 are all the higher prices. In 1631 a London purchase of 

 Lord Spencer is i8j. 6d. In 1664 a hat costs i6s. 6d. at 

 Horsted Keynes, and in 1667 Master gives i6s. for a grey hat. 

 In 1584 Lord North gives ics. for a taffeta hat, and in 1585 

 buys three at i6j. 6d. each. In 1683 a hat is bought for i$s. 

 in London, and in 1693 one by Caryll at 145. All the rest are 

 jos. or under. An average of twenty-six entries is IDS. o\d. 



There are two entries of boys' hats at 4^. in 1587, and at 

 is. 4d. in 1599; of a servant's hat in 1656 at 4s. There is also 

 a grey hat with silver lace at 26s. in 1666, of a gold-laced 

 hat in 1672 at 325., and of a boy's hat with silver lace in 

 1675 at 205., the boy being Master's son, and about nine years 

 old. 



The second kind is riding-hats. Master gives 125. for a 

 black French riding-hat in 1661, 365. for a riding-hat in 1662, 

 22s. for a white riding-hat in 1664, and 305. for a riding-hat in 

 1673. A woman's (Lady Pembroke's) taffeta hat is 22s. in 

 1589, and a hat and girdle together in 1632 cost us. 



The third kind of hat is the beaver or castor, sometimes 

 called demicastor. Most of the entries are from Master's 

 account book. The first which I have noted is also the 

 dearest. One is bought by him in 1651 for jos., and is said 

 to be French. In 1655 a French demicastor and band cost him 

 46s. 6d. ; in 1656 the same article is 405. In 1657 a demicastor 

 and band are 445. In 1658 and 1659 a hat and fine castor are 

 each 4os. 6d. In 1660 a fine castor is 435. 6<^., in 1662 a demi- 

 castor and band is 45^. In 1665 a beaver hat is 45^-; in 1668, 

 42s. 6d. ; in 1669, with band, 42^. ; in 1670, 47^. ; in 1672, $os. ; 

 in 1675, 6is. id., this being the last year of Master's accounts. 

 One would think, from the number which he bought, that he 

 must have made wagers of hats. In 1683 a black beaver in 

 London costs 505. Now several of these hats in early years 



