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No 6 Shoes
1460 in the beginning of the Reign of Edwd 4th the Toes of shoes & boots were turned up & made so long that the wearers fastened them to their knees by
1465 chains of Silver or Laces of Silk in the Sixth 5th year of the same king it was proclaimed througt England that the Beekes or Pikes of shoone & bootes should not Pass 2 inches on Pain of cursing by the clergy & Forfeiting 20 Shills one Pound weight of standard Silver or £3.2. according to our present Rate of Coinage a sum which in those days when Beef & mutton was sold for Less than a Penny a Pound would Purchase as much of the necessaries of life as £100 will now do
This Severe Penalty no doubt took effect as the sill fashion had intirely disappeard before the close of the 15th Century nothing Remarkable appearing in the make of the Shoes represented in any authentic Picture of that Period
1553 in Hans Holbeins Picture of the delivery of the charter of Bridewell by Edwd 6th the King the Earl of Pembroke & the Painter the only persons whose feet can be seen wear Slippers Slashd but without Buckles Latchet or Roses
1090? The Fashion of wearing high toed shoes began in the Reign of Wm Rufus The inventor of it Robert was from the fashion he had introducd cald Cornutes These shoes were stuffd with [taw] & twisted like [in Remy] from Ordericus Vitale
Saten the saten shoes resembled those now usd in Iceland these are made of Raw Sheep Skin Stripd of the wool & are Laced on the Foot Slee Strutt vol 1 Pl 4 & 7. 23
Cracow The high Pointed Shoes calld Cracow were used in Edwd 3ds Reign See Camdens Remains
1583 They have corked shoes Pinsnets & Fine Pantoufles which bear them up a finger or two from the ground of Leather or velvet while Black & Red or Green Raced Carved Cut or Stitched all over with Silk & Lacd on with Gold or Silver Stubbes anatomy of abuses
1580 A Latchet of a Shoe ligula Corrigia, Fastened with Latchets or thongs Alveary see Boot Latchets calld Harlots see Camdens remains also Hose
[1582?] Start up L. Pero Veron Generaly written Storten was Certainly a Shoe with high heele Contrivd to make the wearer appear Tall veron [Transtale Peronatus?] in French Guestre Qui la des guestes ou Triquehouse chausse Triquehouses must mean Knitted hosen
Soulier Cambres Shoes that have hollow Raised or Polonian heeles cotyr