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A History of the County of Huntingdon
… first the three schoolmasters with their pupils in black gowns and Monmouth caps, then John Ferrar and John Collet, …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… in my opinion very little need of them. In the meanwhile gowns or cloth were given to all the servants; to the …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… and their skins serve for the linings of (men's ?) gowns. There are studs of horses, almost all of them for the …
Survey of London
… provided by an orchestra of 'lady musicians in Pompadour gowns'. 88 Walter Gibbons, who was subsequently knighted, was …
A History of the County of Essex
… and one brass gauge remained. 82 The bailiffs' livery gowns were first recorded in 1372. Aldermen were probably … 84 and common councillors their own mulberry coloured gowns and caps. In 1598 councillors' gowns were changed to black cloth faced with lambskin, with …
A History of the County of Sussex
… in 1637, 84 and ten years later a livery of black cloth gowns faced with black velvet was introduced, like that of … 85 In 1664, and evidently earlier, burgesses had to wear gowns to accompany the mayor to Sunday morning service. 86 …