An Unknown Welshman: A novel of Henry VII by Jean Stubbs

Author:Jean Stubbs [Stubbs, Jean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sapere Books
Published: 2018-10-18T04:00:00+00:00

Peter Curteys, the king’s wardrober, had been put to a vast amount of worry and trouble, promising to furnish the robes for the coronation in nine days’ time. The king alone must wear not one but two sets of robes: purple velvet furred with ermine, crimson velvet embroidered with gold and furred with miniver; doublet and stomacher of blue cloth of gold, and all most marvellously wrought with nets and pineapples. And two hats of estate, with round rolls behind them and beaks in front of them. Hose and shirt and coat and surcoat and mantle and hood of crimson satin. A tabard of white sarcenet and a coif of lawn. His shoes to be covered with crimson cloth of gold.

Among the stacks of rich materials Master Curteys held his head, and wondered whether his neck would be stretched if he failed to meet the royal requirements. At least he had the robes from the original coronation as a beginning. But Richard’s son, Prince Edward, must have another gown. For one did not dress a royal heir in the same fashion as a duke’s offspring.

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