Draft of a paper concerning the history of dress, undated (Series 87.02) - No. 0058

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                 Riding & Trappings . Carriages

1486      King Henry 7th in the Even of St. Simon & St. Jude Came from his Palace at Kensington to visit Thos Bouchier Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth after Dinner with a [goodly?] Company of Nobles both Spiritual & Temporal  he Returnd by Land  His Nobles Riding after the Guise of France upon Small Hakeneys two & two upon a Horse  Stow
1378      Anne Queen to Richd2nd first Taught English women to Ride upon Side Saddles  before that time they Rode astride  Camden Remains p 255
1390      at the Great [jousts?] held at Smithfield 60 Ladies of honor Issued from the Tower mounted on Palfreys Riding on one side Richly apparelld & every Lady Led a Knight with a chain of Gold, when the Ladies come to the Place prepard for them they were taken down from their Palfreys  Hall p. 1077.
1392      the Citizens of London presented to the King a fair white Steed 1 Sadled Bridled & Trapped in Rich cloth of Gold Pasted with Red & White & a Palfrey Trapped in Like manner to the Queen   H 1082
1580      Bullion ornaments of Bridles or Poitrells  Alveary
1509      The [1st?] Hen 8  The King ordained a Special Guard of 50 Spears each to have a archer a Demilannce & a Custrell attendant & three great Horses Trapped in cloth of Gold silver & Goldsmiths work  Hollings  p 1466

1  a horse fit to be Ridden upon as a bed Sted is a Place fit to put a bed upon