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Easy one. Massively hated. Buckingham had been the source of all political favours and rewards under James I and managed to make the jump to favourite of Charles I . He dominated the landscape for around 20 years. If you sort office, land, power or position you pretty much had to be very wealthy you...

I'd suggest this FB page and have a chat with them

https://www.facebook.com/Dutchrevolt?fref=ts

BTW. What group are you with ?

TBH...

The acting was feeble, the plot and script was nonsense and everything else was crap......

Who deals in fur now ?

Finally gave up last after trying to watch episode 3 on BBC's On Demand. The 900th rendition of contaminated water not safe to drink finally cracked me.

Mind you, this one has been filmed on what looks to be a budget of £3.60 a scene.

It's almost impossible to tell from a wood cut what fabric is being used to make the skirt and hood. This painting http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Hendrick_Avercamp,_Kolfspelers_op_het_ijs,_Circa_1625.jpg does suggest that the golfer is wearinga shot silk doublet but what fabrics ...

Using Dutch art as a source, although tempting, does bear the risk that's it's not showing English fashions. Which are different as the group known as the Pilgrim Fathers whinged about during their short stay in the Low Countries. http://the1642goodwyfe.wordpress.com/ is a better source of English w...

All very interesting stuff, but the OP was asking about a 1650s Royalist regiment, rather than a Commonwealth regiment. Post Restoration of course you get a mix of red and blue coats, but apart from the Coronation description which is sadly quite vague, nothing specific about Wentworth & Russells r...

A little more pertainent perhaps

April 3 1654
Comissioners of Customs and Excise.
To allow 1,600 yds. of red cloth for Gen. Monk's regiment to pass free to Scotland

Warrants of the Protector and Council', Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Interregnum, 1654 (1880), pp. 433-443

Coats in the NMA during the 1650's 24 coats to be provided for the marshal's men, to be of blue cloth and marked with white daggers. From: 'Volume 9: April 1650', Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Interregnum, 1650 (1876), pp. 72-135. 2. The committee which meets with the army officers to give orde...

I've tripped over an interesting one in the Calendar State Papers for Ireland in the Reign of Charles I 1625 - 1632. On pages 346 to 349 is the rather snappy set of "Instructions for our officers in Ireland for keeping up our army in Ireland at its full strength." Article 13 goes (13.) Officers shal...

Thank you very much indeed, in that case, could you be so kind as to recommend some suitable footwear in a size 13 please? My choice ? Sarah Juniper or Kevin Garlick http://www.sarahjuniper.co.uk/ or http://www.kmgarlick-shoemaker.co.uk/ You may cough up £250 a pair BUT you will get, with care and ...

Some of you may be interested in this dated C.1650 http://www.kategillconservation.co.uk/portfolio/man%E2%80%99s-fragmentary-17thc-coat-conservation-documentation-and-replication http://www.kategillconservation.co.uk/sites/default/files/imagery/portfolio/coat-08.jpg The cuffs are a later addition....

Yes, you can contact Sean directly in the UK and order that way

Gloves and muskets is very bad drills. There is no need whatseover to wear gloves whilst armed with a musket other than bad drills and a deluded idea of whats safe. NOT being able to feel where the scouring stick is and fumbling around trying to open and close powder flasks and bottles is more dange...

Castor is another word linked with beaver fur felt hats. Demi castor implies a roughly half an half mix of beaver and rabbit fur felt or sometimes beaver/wool

Mark

Wade is pretty damm good at taking extra pictures if requested. His website has some pretty decent close ups already. Like these http://www.allenantiques.com/Details.html

Mark

A Gentleman in the Fairfax Battalia by the name of Wayne Nelmes, based on an example from the the Graz and owned by Wade Allen

http://www.allenantiques.com/A-15.html is the source and Wayne made mine by this only

Does anyone know of anythiing that covers the duties, laws, rules and such like for estate outdoor staff like bailiffs and stewards ?

My first pass at an Elizabethan targeteer

wondering if anyone can help? i have traced my family back to Thoried De Campo Born 1100 possibly France or Italy,this is as much info as i can find on him!! when the family gets to 1235, Norman De Campo takes on his wife Amilas name of Kempe. does anyone know a reason why a man would do this back ...

Bit late but I remembered this http://larsdatter.com/paston.htm The Paston letter do make referecnes to doublets and the fabrics. Named fabrics are worsted "...ye woll send me hedir ij elne of worsted for doblettes to happe me this cold wynter, and that ye inquere where William Paston bought his tep...

In my experience with Shotgun certificates and Blackpowder licences I've noticed that Different forces seem to be following different laws.My current FO hasn't the slightest interest in what group I belong, having prety much settled on a wording he seems to like on the licence "For the purposes of R...

I have a fine pair of shoes or two from that Doyen of shoe making Sarah Juniper and have suddenly found myself wondering what the best product is for protecting said shoes from the recent slightly damp conditions. Any Ideas ?

I must admit I'm interested....

But do I play for the dasterdly French or the papist Spanish ?

A hat cap then....? or hatte cappe as they put it...

I just remembered these prints http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/about/bgallery/Gallery/researchcoll/ireland.html Now, they contain a bit of artistic licence, in that the English Army in Ireland never looked that neat and I've yet to see a reference to Light Horse being levied in England in mail shirts and no...

Found this on the Rijksmusuem site

http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/collectie/SK- ... der-hoeven

The full size picture seems to show silver braid on a cloth backing

Sally. I'm guessing it's wool felt and is, as I assumed, a high crown, small brim knd of thing ?

I've always been of the belief that wool felt hats were a more 17th century thing, then I reread this that I collected some time ago. "Cost of an ordinary suit, 2l. 9s. 2d. (doublet 8s. 6d., cassock 14s. 11d., 1 pair venetians 8s., hat cap 1s. 4d., 3 pairs cloth stockings 3s. 9d., 4 pairs shoes 6s. ...