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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… reduced the longevity of the garment, so that 'Formerly doublets of fustian would last 2 years or more, now scarcely … (1495)]. Like the WAISTCOAT much later, the pieces of doublets were occasionally for sale to be made up at home; … found in the Dictionary Archive the term was shortened to 'doublets', although the context made the meaning clear …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… And that no man below the degree of knight shall wear doublets or gowns of any kind of velvet. And that no man … men below the degree of esquire or gentleman, shall wear doublets of damask or satin, or gowns of camlet, upon pain of …
Calendar of State Papers, Ireland
… upon the highway and some out of their beds without shoes, doublets, &c. Abuse of their conductors. Many run away. p. 1. …
Calendar of State Papers, Ireland
… shoes and stockings ; others affirming they lacked shirts, doublets, hose, &c. (which wants were not mentioned, nor …